1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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The 15th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held on July 3–8, 1962 in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, the capital of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

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Men’s events

Team all-around
Nobuyuki Aihara
Nobuyuki Aihara
is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Aihara competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a silver medal in floor exercise, and a silver medal in the team competition. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in floor...


Yukio Endo
Yukio Endo (gymnast)
was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.-Olympics:He was born in Akita City, Akita-ken.He won gold medals with the Japanese team in three Olympics, in 1960, 1964 and 1968...


Takashi Mitsukuri
Takashi Mitsukuri
is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Mitsukuri competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises...


Takashi Ono
Takashi Ono
is a Japanese gymnast who won five gold medals at the Olympic Games.Competing in four Summer Olympics, he took the Olympic Oath at Tokyo in 1964.Ono was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1998....


Shinji Tsurumi
Haruhiro Yamashita
Haruhiro Yamashita
is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals for his country in Team Combined Exercises, and Long Horse Vault....


Valery Kerdemelidi
Vassily Leontiev
Viktor Lisitsky
Boris Shakhlin
Boris Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics...


Pavel Solbov
Yuri Titov
Yuri Titov
Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He received a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games .-Olympics:...


Pavel Gajdos
Karel Klecka
Permsyl Krbec
Vaclav Kubicka
Ladislav Pazdera
Jaroslav Stastny
Individual all-around  Soviet UnionYuri Titov
Yuri Titov
Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He received a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games .-Olympics:...


Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
 JapanYukio Endo
Yukio Endo (gymnast)
was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.-Olympics:He was born in Akita City, Akita-ken.He won gold medals with the Japanese team in three Olympics, in 1960, 1964 and 1968...


Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (JPN)
 Soviet UnionBoris Shakhlin
Boris Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics...


Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
Floor  JapanNobuyuki Aihara
Nobuyuki Aihara
is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Aihara competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne where he received a silver medal in floor exercise, and a silver medal in the team competition. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in floor...


Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 JapanYukio Endo
Yukio Endo (gymnast)
was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.-Olympics:He was born in Akita City, Akita-ken.He won gold medals with the Japanese team in three Olympics, in 1960, 1964 and 1968...


Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 ItalyFranco Menichelli
Franco Menichelli
Franco Menichelli is an Italian former gymnast and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he received bronze medals in floor exercise and team combined exercises, and at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he received a gold medal in floor exercises, a silver...


Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

Pommel horse  Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaMiroslav Cerar
Miroslav Cerar
Miroslav Cerar is a Slovenian gymnast who competed in the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.In 1999 Cerar was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.-References:...


Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

 (YUG)
 Soviet UnionBoris Shakhlin
Boris Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics...


Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
 People's Republic of ChinaYu Lifeng
China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

 (CHN)
 JapanTakashi Mitsukuri
Takashi Mitsukuri
is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Mitsukuri competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises...


Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (JPN)
Rings  Soviet UnionYuri Titov
Yuri Titov
Yuri Yevlampiyevich Titov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and four times world champion, who competed for the Soviet Union. He received a total of nine Olympic medals from three Olympic games .-Olympics:...


Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
 JapanYukio Endo
Yukio Endo (gymnast)
was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.-Olympics:He was born in Akita City, Akita-ken.He won gold medals with the Japanese team in three Olympics, in 1960, 1964 and 1968...


Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (JPN)
none awarded
 Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin
Boris Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics...


Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
Vault  CzechoslovakiaPremysel Krbec
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 (TCH)
 JapanHaruhiro Yamashita
Haruhiro Yamashita
is a Japanese gymnast, who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals for his country in Team Combined Exercises, and Long Horse Vault....


Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (JPN)
 JapanYukio Endo
Yukio Endo (gymnast)
was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.-Olympics:He was born in Akita City, Akita-ken.He won gold medals with the Japanese team in three Olympics, in 1960, 1964 and 1968...


Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (JPN)
 Soviet UnionBoris Shakhlin
Boris Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics...


Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
Parallel bars  Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaMiroslav Cerar
Miroslav Cerar
Miroslav Cerar is a Slovenian gymnast who competed in the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.In 1999 Cerar was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.-References:...


Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....

 (YUG)
 Soviet UnionBoris Shakhlin
Boris Shakhlin
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics...


Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
 JapanYukio Endo
Yukio Endo (gymnast)
was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.-Olympics:He was born in Akita City, Akita-ken.He won gold medals with the Japanese team in three Olympics, in 1960, 1964 and 1968...


Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (JPN)
Horizontal bar  JapanTakashi Ono
Takashi Ono
is a Japanese gymnast who won five gold medals at the Olympic Games.Competing in four Summer Olympics, he took the Olympic Oath at Tokyo in 1964.Ono was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1998....


Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (JPN)
 JapanYukio Endo
Yukio Endo (gymnast)
was a Japanese artistic gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion.-Olympics:He was born in Akita City, Akita-ken.He won gold medals with the Japanese team in three Olympics, in 1960, 1964 and 1968...


Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (JPN)
none awarded
 Soviet UnionPavel Stolbov
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)

Women's events

Team all-around
Polina Astakhova
Polina Astakhova
Polina Astakhova was a Soviet/Ukrainian gymnast who won ten medals at the Summer Olympics, where she participated as a member of the USSR team in 1956, 1960 and 1964.-Biography:Astakhova became interested in artistic gymnastics at age 13,...


Lidia Ivanova
Lidia Ivanova
Lidia Mikhailovna Ivanova was a Russian print and television journalist, television announcer and writer. She died of complications from diabetes on November 7, 2007.-External links:* *...


Larisa Latynina
Tamara Manina
Tamara Manina
Tamara Ivanovna Manina is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad....


Sofia Muratova
Sofia Muratova
Sofia Ivanovna Muratova was a Soviet gymnast, who competed in the 1950s and 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow, and won eight Olympic medals.-Early life:...


Irina Pervushina

Eva Bosáková
Eva Bosáková
Eva Bosáková-Hlaváčková, née Věchtová was a Czech gymnast whose career spanned at least from the 1954 World Championships to the 1962 World Championships...


Věra Čáslavská
Vera Cáslavská
Věra Čáslavská is a Czech gymnast. Blonde, cheerful and possessing impressive stage presence, she was generally popular with the public and won a total of 22 international titles...


Libuse Cmiralova
Hana Ruzickova
Ludmila Svedova
Adolfina Tkacikova

Ginko Abukawa
Keiko Ikeda
Taniko Nakamura
Kiyoko Ono
Kiyoko Ono
is a Japanese politician. She also represented Japan in Tokyo Olympic Games as an artistic gymnast.-Politician:Kiyoko won the election in 1986 and was one of the members in the House of Councillors for 1986 to 2007....


Toshiko Shirasu
Hiroko Tsuji
Individual all-around  Soviet Union Larisa Latynina
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
 Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská
Vera Cáslavská
Věra Čáslavská is a Czech gymnast. Blonde, cheerful and possessing impressive stage presence, she was generally popular with the public and won a total of 22 international titles...


Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 (TCH)
 Soviet Union Irina Pervushina
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
Vault  Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská
Vera Cáslavská
Věra Čáslavská is a Czech gymnast. Blonde, cheerful and possessing impressive stage presence, she was generally popular with the public and won a total of 22 international titles...


Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 (TCH)
 Soviet Union Larisa Latynina
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
 Soviet Union Tamara Manina
Tamara Manina
Tamara Ivanovna Manina is a retired Soviet Olympic gymnast and a sports scientist. She competed for Burevestnik sports society, in Leningrad....


Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
Uneven bars  Soviet Union Irina Pervushina
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
 Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková
Eva Bosáková
Eva Bosáková-Hlaváčková, née Věchtová was a Czech gymnast whose career spanned at least from the 1954 World Championships to the 1962 World Championships...


Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 (TCH)
 Soviet Union Larisa Latynina
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
Balance beam  Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková
Eva Bosáková
Eva Bosáková-Hlaváčková, née Věchtová was a Czech gymnast whose career spanned at least from the 1954 World Championships to the 1962 World Championships...


Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 (TCH)
 Soviet Union Larisa Latynina
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
 Hungary Aniko Ducza
Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 (HUN)
 Japan Keiko Ikeda
Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (JPN)
Floor  Soviet Union Larisa Latynina
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
 Soviet Union Irina Pervushina
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (URS)
 Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská
Vera Cáslavská
Věra Čáslavská is a Czech gymnast. Blonde, cheerful and possessing impressive stage presence, she was generally popular with the public and won a total of 22 international titles...


Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

(TCH)

Medal table

1  Soviet Union 6 8 5 19
2  Japan 4 4 5 13
3  Czechoslovakia 3 3 2 8
4  Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2 0 0 2
5=  People's Republic of China 0 0 1 1
5=  Hungary 0 0 1 1
5=  Italy 0 0 1 1
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