1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Gymnastics competition August 2023 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships USA Fort Worth, USA 1978 1981 The 20th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Fort Worth, United States, in 1979. In November 1977 the 55th FIG Congress, held in Rome, changed the cycle of world championships: since 1979 they were to be held each two years, and the pre-Olympic ones were to be qualifications for the Olympic tournament. The first 12 teams in the team competition of the 1979 World Championships were invited to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics. January 1978 Within International Federations Olympic Review 123 68 http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1978/ore123/ore123r.pdf 2006-04-11 December 8, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101208183833/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1978/ore123/ore123r.pdf dead These were the first World Championships in artistic gymnastics to be held outside of Europe,World Gymnastics Spur Hopes of U. S. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/03/archives/world-gymnastics-spur-hopes-of-us-men-start-first.html 4 May 2020 The New York Times 3 December 1979 and the first that China competed at since 1962 following a 1978 vote in which the International Gymnastics Federation voted to accept the People's Republic of China as a member.Taiwan's appeal fails and China get vote https://login.thetimes.com/?gotoUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.com%2Farchive%2Farticle%2F1978-10-23%2F10%2F4.html 4 May 2020 The Times 23 October 1978 Results Men Team all-around#Team final Alexander DityatinAleksandr TkachyovVladimir MarkelovNikolai AndrianovBogdan MakutsArtur Akopyan Hiroshi KajiyamaShigeru KasamatsuNobuyuki KajitaniToshiomi NishikiiKoji GushikenEizo Kenmotsu Kurt ThomasBart ConnerJim HartungLarry GerardTim LaFleurPeter Vidmar Individual all-around#All-around URS Alexander Dityatin USA Kurt Thomas URS Aleksandr Tkachyov Floor#Floor exercise GDR Roland BrücknerUSA Kurt Thomas none awarded URS Aleksandr Tkachyov Pommel horse#Pommel horse HUN Zoltán Magyar USA Kurt Thomas JPN Koji Gushiken Rings#Rings URS Alexander Dityatin ROU 1965 Danuţ Grecu URS Aleksandr Tkachyov Vault#Vault URS Alexander Dityatin URS Nikolai Andrianov GDR Ralph BärthelUSA Bart Conner Parallel bars#Parallel bars USA Bart Conner URS Aleksandr TkachyovUSA Kurt Thomas none awarded Horizontal bar#Horizontal bar USA Kurt Thomas URS Aleksandr Tkachyov URS Alexander Dityatin Women Team all-around#Team all-around 2 ROU 1965Nadia ComăneciRodica DuncaEmilia EberleMelita RuhnDumitriţa TurnerMarilena Vladarau Maria FilatovaNellie KimElena NaimushinaNatalia ShaposhnikovaNatalia TereschenkoStella Zakharova Maxi GnauckRegina GrabolleSilvia HindorffSteffi KräkerKatharina RenschKarola Sube Individual all-around#Individual all-around 2 URS Nellie Kim GDR Maxi Gnauck ROU 1965 Melita Ruhn Vault#Vault 2 ROU 1965 Dumitriţa Turner URS Stella Zakharova URS Nellie KimGDR Steffi Kräker Uneven bars#Uneven bars CHN Ma YanhongGDR Maxi Gnauck none awarded ROU 1965 Emilia Eberle Balance beam#Balance beam TCH Věra Černá URS Nellie Kim GDR Regina Grabolle Floor#Floor exercise 2 ROU 1965 Emilia Eberle URS Nellie Kim ROU 1965 Melita Ruhn Men Team final The Soviet Union's first-place finish made them the first team since 1960 to beat Japan at an Olympics or World Championships. The United States' bronze medal was their first team medal and best result yet.Russians Capture Gymnastics https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/06/archives/russians-capture-gymnastics.html 4 May 2020 The New York Times 6 December 1979 Rank Team Floor Pommelhorse Rings Vault Parallelbars Horizontalbar Total C O C O C O C O C O C O Image:Gold medal icon.svg 98.20097.15097.65098.65097.60098.250587.500Alexander Dityatin9.8009.8509.7509.7509.9009.9009.9009.9009.7509.8509.8009.950118.100Aleksandr Tkachyov9.8509.9009.7009.7509.7509.8009.8009.8009.7509.8509.8009.900117.650Vladimir Markelov9.7509.7509.6509.7509.7009.8009.8009.8509.7009.8009.8009.800117.150Nikolai Andrianov9.8509.9009.7509.7509.7009.6509.9509.8509.7009.8509.1009.750116.800Bogdan Makuts9.7509.7509.5509.6009.6009.6009.9009.8509.5009.8509.7509.850116.550Artur Akopyan9.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.7009.6009.8509.3009.7009.8509.700116.100 Image:Silver medal icon.svg 97.70096.90096.60097.40097.15097.950583.700Hiroshi Kajiyama9.7509.8009.6509.6009.6009.8009.5509.9009.7009.8009.8509.600116.600Eizo Kenmotsu9.6009.8509.6509.7009.5009.6009.7509.7509.5509.7009.8509.900116.400Koji Gushiken9.7509.7509.8009.8009.8009.8009.6509.8009.7009.8009.0009.700116.350Toshiomi Nishikii9.7009.7009.6009.5009.5509.7509.6509.7009.5009.8009.8009.750116.000Nobuyuki Kajitani9.4009.8509.6009.6009.6009.6009.6009.8009.6009.7009.7509.800115.900Shigeru Kasamatsu9.7509.9009.7009.8008.7009.6009.6009.9009.8009.4509.7509.800115.750 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg 97.85096.30096.35097.40096.30096.950581.150Kurt Thomas9.9009.9009.8009.8509.6509.8009.7009.8009.8009.8009.8509.900117.750Bart Conner9.8509.8509.7009.7009.6509.6009.9009.8509.7509.9009.9009.300116.950Jim Hartung9.8009.7009.6009.7009.6009.8009.8009.8009.5509.3009.8009.750116.200Larry Gerard9.5509.8009.3509.5509.1009.6509.6009.7509.4009.5509.6509.600114.550Tim LaFleur9.4509.8009.5009.6009.5509.6009.4509.6009.2509.6009.5509.400114.300Peter Vidmar9.7009.5009.3509.5509.4509.2509.6009.6009.4009.5509.0509.550113.550 4 97.85096.45096.40097.75096.05096.500581.000Roland Brückner9.6509.9009.8509.7009.6009.7009.6009.9009.6509.7009.8009.700117.000Michael Nikolay9.6509.7509.8509.9009.6009.6009.6009.8509.6509.8009.8009.800116.850Lutz Mack9.7509.7509.3009.5509.8009.7509.7609.7509.5509.5509.6009.300115.400Andreas Bronst9.5009.7509.6009.7009.3509.4009.6009.6009.5009.7509.4009.600114.750Lutz Hoffmann9.8009.4009.6009.6509.4509.5009.7009.7509.4009.1509.7009.600114.700Ralf Bärthel9.8009.8008.6509.5009.6009.7009.8009.8509.4009.5009.5009.450114.550 5 98.30095.40096.85096.30095.25096.850578.950Huang Yubin9.8509.8009.6009.6509.7509.7509.5009.8009.6509.6009.8009.650116.400Cai Huanzong9.7009.8509.7009.3009.5009.7009.6009.5509.6509.4509.6009.750115.950Li Yuejiu9.8509.9009.4509.5509.3509.5009.7009.7509.6009.5009.6009.800115.550Tong Fei9.9009.7009.6009.0509.7009.6009.4509.7009.5009.0509.7009.900114.850Peng Yaping9.6509.8509.4009.5509.7009.7009.3009.6509.5509.4009.6509.400114.800Xiong Songliang9.9009.4008.9509.6009.7009.7509.6009.4009.4009.3509.6009.200113.850 All-around Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Alexander Dityatin URS 9.900 9.850 9.900 9.850 9.800 9.900 59.200 59.050 118.250 Kurt Thomas USA 9.850 9.900 9.800 9.900 9.800 9.850 59.100 58.875 117.975 Aleksandr Tkachyov URS 9.550 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.900 58.650 58.825 117.475 4 Vladimir Markelov URS 9.800 9.700 9.800 9.850 9.700 9.850 58.700 58.575 117.275 5 Bart Conner USA 9.700 9.750 9.650 9.850 9.800 9.800 58.550 58.475 117.025 6 Roland Brückner GDR 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.900 9.600 9.600 58.500 58.500 117.000 7 Koji Gushiken JPN 9.750 9.800 9.750 9.800 9.700 9.800 58.600 58.175 116.775 8 Stoyan Deltchev BUL 1971 9.650 9.200 9.800 9.850 9.750 9.900 58.150 58.375 116.525 9 Jim Hartung USA 9.750 9.750 9.700 9.900 9.450 9.800 58.350 58.100 116.450 9 Hiroshi Kajiyama JPN 9.550 9.650 9.700 9.800 9.700 9.750 58.150 58.300 116.450 11 Huang Yubin CHN 9.550 9.800 9.600 9.800 9.750 9.700 58.200 58.200 116.400 12 Philippe Delasalle CAN 9.800 9.800 9.650 9.900 9.800 9.700 58.650 57.650 116.300 13 Li Yuejiu CHN 9.900 9.650 9.450 9.800 9.700 9.900 58.400 57.775 116.175 14 Michael Nikolay GDR 9.700 9.150 9.800 9.750 9.400 9.800 57.600 58.425 116.025 15 Tishomi Nishikii JPN 9.550 9.700 9.700 9.700 9.600 9.650 57.900 58.000 115.900 16 Péter Kovács HUN 9.750 9.550 9.750 9.750 9.600 9.800 58.200 57.475 115.675 17 Ferenc Donáth HUN 9.300 9.750 9.800 9.700 9.600 9.700 57.850 57.800 115.650 18 Zoltán Magyar HUN 9.550 9.950 9.400 9.700 9.600 9.600 57.800 57.700 115.500 19 Cai Huanzong CHN 9.500 9.500 9.700 9.700 9.700 9.600 57.700 57.675 115.375 20 Lutz Mack GDR 9.750 9.200 9.750 9.800 9.500 9.450 57.450 57.700 115.150 21 Eberhard Gienger FRG 9.600 9.600 9.650 9.600 9.750 9.550 57.750 57.025 114.775 22 Henri Boerio FRA 9.650 9.700 9.500 9.750 9.600 9.450 57.650 57.100 114.750 23 Dănuț Grecu ROU 1965 9.250 9.650 9.800 9.750 9.450 9.550 57.450 57.200 114.650 24 Volker Rohrwick FRG 9.450 9.450 9.450 9.700 9.600 9.650 57.300 57.200 114.500 25 Jiří Tabák TCH 9.700 9.100 9.600 9.850 9.400 9.550 57.200 57.100 114.300 26 Kurt Szilier ROU 1965 9.300 9.350 9.550 9.700 9.500 9.600 57.000 57.275 114.275 27 Plamen Petkov BUL 1971 9.550 9.500 9.500 9.750 9.650 9.550 57.500 56.675 114.175 28 Andrzej Szajna POL 9.500 9.100 9.700 9.800 9.550 9.700 57.350 56.800 114.150 29 Benno Gross FRG 9.300 9.700 9.300 9.700 9.300 9.650 56.950 57.075 114.025 30 Aurel Georgescu ROU 1965 9.700 9.200 9.450 9.800 9.450 9.450 57.050 56.600 113.650 31 Markus Lehmann SUI 9.300 9.300 9.400 9.750 9.500 9.450 56.700 56.225 112.925 31 Jozef Konecny TCH 9.350 8.800 9.450 9.800 9.350 9.600 56.350 56.575 112.925 33 Finn Gjertsen NOR 9.300 9.650 9.500 9.650 8.850 9.400 56.350 56.500 112.850 34 Lars Pettersen NOR 9.200 9.400 9.300 9.450 9.450 9.450 56.250 56.300 112.550 35 Fernando Bertrand ESP 9.350 9.300 9.500 9.650 8.300 9.700 55.800 56.225 112.025 36 Warren Long CAN 0.000 0.000 2.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.000 56.750 58.750 Floor exercise Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Kurt Thomas USA 9.900 9.900 19.800 Roland Brückner GDR 9.900 9.900 19.800 Aleksandr Tkachyov URS 9.900 9.875 19.775 4 Nikolai Andrianov URS 9.850 9.875 19.725 5 Bart Conner USA 9.850 9.850 19.700 6 Li Yuejiu CHN 9.850 9.875 19.575 6 Shigeru Kasamatsu JPN 9.700 9.825 19.575 8 Huang Yubin CHN 9.350 9.825 19.175 Pommel horse Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Zoltán Magyar HUN 9.950 9.875 19.825 Kurt Thomas USA 9.900 9.825 19.725 Koji Gushiken JPN 9.800 9.800 19.600 4 Alexander Dityatin URS 9.800 9.750 19.550 5 Stoyan Deltchev BUL 1971 9.800 9.725 19.525 6 Shigeru Kasamatsu JPN 9.700 9.750 19.450 7 Nikolai Andrianov URS 9.000 9.750 18.750 8 Michael Nikolay GDR 8.800 9.875 18.675 Rings Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Alexander Dityatin URS 9.900 9.900 19.800 Dănuț Grecu ROU 1965 9.900 9.800 19.700 Aleksandr Tkachyov URS 9.900 9.775 19.675 4 Koji Gushiken JPN 9.850 9.800 19.650 5 Stoyan Deltchev BUL 1971 9.800 9.825 19.625 6 Huang Yubin CHN 9.800 9.750 19.550 7 Lutz Mack GDR 9.750 9.775 19.525 8 Ferenc Donáth HUN 9.500 9.775 19.175 Vault Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Alexander Dityatin URS 9.825 9.900 19.725 Nikolai Andrianov URS 9.800 9.900 19.700 Bart Conner USA 9.800 9.875 19.675 Ralph Bärthel GDR 9.850 9.825 19.675 5 Roland Brückner GDR 9.750 9.850 19.600 6 Jiří Tabák TCH 9.775 9.750 19.525 7 Shigeru Kasamatsu JPN 9.700 9.750 19.450 8 James Hartung USA 9.575 9.800 19.375 Parallel bars Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Bart Conner USA 9.900 9.825 19.725 Kurt Thomas USA 9.900 9.800 19.700 Aleksandr Tkachyov URS 9.900 9.800 19.700 4 Koji Gushiken JPN 9.850 9.750 19.600 4 Alexander Dityatin URS 9.800 9.800 19.600 6 Hiroshi Kajiyama JPN 9.700 9.750 19.450 7 Roland Brückner GDR 9.750 9.675 19.425 8 Michael Nikolay GDR 9.600 9.725 19.325 Horizontal bar Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Kurt Thomas USA 9.900 9.875 19.775 Aleksandr Tkachyov URS 9.900 9.850 19.750 Alexander Dityatin URS 9.800 9.875 19.675 4 Stoyan Deltchev BUL 1971 9.700 9.850 19.550 5 Tong Fei CHN 9.700 9.800 19.500 5 Michael Nikolay GDR 9.700 9.800 19.500 7 Nobuyuki Kajitani JPN 9.700 9.775 19.475 8 Péter Kovács HUN 9.150 9.800 18.950 Women Team final RankTeam Total C O C O C O C O ROM 1988 Summer97.65097.20096.80097.900389.550 Melita Ruhn 9.8009.9009.7509.8009.5509.8009.7509.90078.250 Rodica Dunca 9.6009.7509.6509.6009.5009.7509.7009.80077.350 Emilia Eberle 9.6009.7509.8509.8509.6508.9509.8509.85077.350Dumitrița Turner9.8009.9009.5509.7009.4009.7009.5509.70077.300Marilena Vlădărău9.5509.7009.4509.5009.4509.5509.7009.85076.750 Nadia Comăneci 9.8500.0009.9500.0009.9009.9509.8000.00049.450 97.77595.95097.30097.900388.925Nellie Kim9.7509.9009.8509.8009.8009.7509.9009.75078.500 Maria Filatova 9.6509.8009.8009.8009.8009.7509.7509.95078.300 Natalia Shaposhnikova 9.7009.8009.8009.1009.9009.5009.8009.80077.400 Stella Zakharova 9.8009.8509.7009.0009.7009.7509.6009.85077.250 Elena Naimushina 9.6509.7009.6009.5509.6509.7009.6509.80077.250 Natalia Tereschenko 9.7259.8009.5509.0009.4009.3509.5509.80076.175 97.25097.65096.65096.525388.075 Maxi Gnauck 9.7509.8009.9509.9009.7009.6509.7009.90078.350 Steffi Kräker 9.7509.9009.9009.8009.7009.6009.4009.65077.700 Regina Grabolle 9.6009.6009.8509.6009.8009.7509.4509.80077.450 Silvia Hindorff 9.6509.8009.6509.5009.6009.6009.5759.70077.075 Karola Sube 9.5509.5509.7009.4509.6509.6009.4009.65076.550 Katharina Rensch 9.6009.8009.8509.6009.4009.0509.7009.20076.200 4 95.45097.30095.35096.500384.600 Zhu Zheng 9.4509.8009.8509.8009.5009.7009.6509.55077.300 Zheng Sihua 9.3509.8509.8009.5509.4009.6509.7509.70077.050 Liu Yajun 9.3509.7009.7009.5009.2509.8009.6009.70076.600 Ma Yanhong 9.2009.5509.9509.9009.2009.5009.5509.60076.450 He Xiumin 9.3509.5009.8509.2509.5009.4509.6009.65076.150 Li Cuiling 9.4509.6009.6509.4009.3509.7009.7008.95075.800 5 96.05095.10097.05094.100382.300 Věra Černá9.7509.5009.7509.1509.9009.9009.6509.70077.300Eva Marečková9.7009.6009.7009.6009.7509.7509.7009.20077.000 Radka Zemanová9.7009.5509.4009.5509.7009.7509.4009.00076.050Katarína Šarišská9.7009.5009.5009.5009.6009.6509.4009.05075.900 Anita Sauerová9.5509.5009.5009.4009.3509.5009.4509.40075.650 Lenka Chatarová9.4009.3509.2509.2009.4509.6009.4509.10074.800 All-around Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Nellie Kim URS 9.850 9.850 9.850 9.850 39.400 39.250 78.650 Maxi Gnauck GDR 9.700 9.900 9.700 9.900 39.200 39.175 78.375 Melita Ruhn ROU 1965 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.800 39.200 39.125 78.325 4 Maria Filatova URS 9.800 9.400 9.800 9.800 38.800 39.150 77.950 5 Rodica Dunca ROU 1965 9.500 9.750 9.900 9.900 39.050 38.675 77.725 6 Věra Černá TCH 9.600 9.800 9.700 9.850 38.950 38.650 77.600 7 Steffi Kräker GDR 9.800 9.750 9.650 9.350 38.550 38.850 77.400 8 Emilia Eberle ROU 1965 9.700 9.900 9.200 9.900 38.700 38.675 77.375 9 Regina Grabolle GDR 9.500 9.550 9.800 9.700 38.550 38.725 77.275 10Eva Marečková TCH 9.650 9.600 9.750 9.700 38.700 38.500 77.200 11 Zhu Zheng CHN 9.650 9.600 9.700 9.300 38.250 38.650 76.900 12 Leslie Pyfer USA 9.750 9.600 9.650 9.650 38.650 38.175 76.825 13 Elena Naimushina URS 9.700 9.600 9.350 9.450 38.100 38.625 76.725 14Radka Zemanová TCH 9.550 9.600 9.650 9.700 38.500 38.025 76.525 15 Zheng Sihua CHN 9.650 9.200 9.200 9.700 37.750 38.525 76.275 15 Erika Flander HUN 9.750 9.550 9.500 9.550 38.350 37.925 76.275 17 Krasimira Toneva BUL 1971 9.700 9.350 9.550 9.650 38.250 37.825 76.075 18 Erzsébet Hanti HUN 9.550 9.500 9.400 9.600 38.050 37.975 76.025 19 Suzy Kellems USA 9.600 9.000 9.450 9.700 37.750 38.225 75.975 20 Elfi Schlegel CAN 9.600 9.500 9.000 9.700 37.800 38.075 75.875 20 Silvia Topalova BUL 1971 9.500 9.700 9.000 9.600 37.800 38.075 75.875 22 Éva Óvári HUN 9.600 9.450 8.950 9.600 37.600 38.175 75.775 23 Marcia Frederick USA 9.850 8.700 9.600 9.700 37.850 37.900 75.750 24 Liu Yajun CHN 8.950 9.200 9.500 9.600 37.250 38.300 75.550 24 Sakiko Nozawa JPN 9.350 9.600 9.350 9.600 37.900 37.650 75.550 26 Yayoi Kano JPN 9.450 9.450 9.500 9.250 37.650 37.850 75.500 27 Annette Michler FRG 9.500 9.450 9.450 9.500 37.900 37.500 75.400 28 Romi Kessler SUI 9.600 9.500 9.100 9.600 37.800 37.525 75.325 29 Ellen Stewart CAN 9.450 9.500 9.400 9.400 37.750 37.475 75.225 30Łucja Matraszek POL 9.350 9.450 8.950 9.400 37.150 37.675 74.825 31 Diana Carnegie CAN 9.550 9.150 9.450 9.400 37.550 37.250 74.800 31 Lee Hyang Rim KOR 9.400 9.450 9.000 9.550 37.400 37.400 74.800 33 Galina Marinova BUL 1971 9.500 8.700 9.550 9.550 37.300 37.450 74.750 34 Claudia Rossier SUI 9.350 9.450 8.900 9.600 37.300 37.225 74.525 35 Rika Anami JPN 9.500 9.000 8.900 9.600 37.000 37.425 74.425 36 Martine Pidoux FRA 9.550 8.550 9.300 9.200 36.600 37.250 73.850 Vault Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Dumitrița Turner ROU 1965 9.925 9.850 19.775 Stella Zakharova URS 9.875 9.825 19.700 Nellie Kim URS 9.850 9.825 19.675 Steffi Kräker GDR 9.850 9.825 19.675 5 Christa Canary USA 9.825 9.813 19.638 6 Maxi Gnauck GDR 9.800 9.775 19.575 7 Melita Ruhn ROU 1965 9.625 9.850 19.475 8Suzy Kellems USA 8.800 9.675 18.475 Uneven bars Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Maxi Gnauck GDR 9.900 9.925 19.825 Ma Yanhong CHN 9.900 9.925 19.825 Emilia Eberle ROU 1965 9.900 9.850 19.750 4 Steffi Kräker GDR 9.850 9.850 19.700 5Nellie Kim URS 9.800 9.825 19.625 6 Marcia Frederick USA 9.800 9.800 19.600 7 Maria Filatova URS 9.300 9.800 19.100 8 Zhu Zheng CHN 9.250 9.825 19.075 Balance beam Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Věra Černá TCH 9.900 9.900 19.800 Nellie Kim URS 9.850 9.775 19.625 Regina Grabolle GDR 9.800 9.775 19.575 4Eva Marečková TCH 9.800 9.750 19.550 5 Maria Filatova URS 9.750 9.775 19.525 6 Maxi Gnauck GDR 9.700 9.675 19.375 7 Krasimira Toneva BUL 1971 9.650 9.675 19.325 8 Melita Ruhn ROU 1965 9.300 9.675 18.975 Floor exercise Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Emilia Eberle ROU 1965 9.950 9.850 19.800 Nellie Kim URS 9.950 9.825 19.775 Melita Ruhn ROU 1965 9.900 9.825 19.725 4 Maxi Gnauck GDR 9.900 9.800 19.700 5 Maria Filatova URS 9.800 9.850 19.650 6 Věra Černá TCH 9.900 9.675 19.575 7 Zheng Sihua CHN 9.800 9.725 19.525 8 Leslie Pyfer USA 9.750 9.725 19.475 Medals 5 7 5 3 3 2 3 1 3 ROU 1965 2 1 4 1 0 0 People's Republic of China 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 References Category:World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Category:1979 in gymnastics Category:1979 in American sports Category:International gymnastics competitions hosted by the United States