1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Gymnastics competition 1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FRA Strasbourg, France 1974 1979 The 19th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Strasbourg, France, in 1978 from October 23 to October 29. This was the first world championships to make use of video replays. A video control system was installed near each apparatus to help judges in disputable situations.October–November 1978 Within the IFs Olympic Review 132–133 644 http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1978/ore132/ore132z.pdf 2006-04-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20081031061615/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1978/ore132/ore132z.pdf 2008-10-31 The system had first been used at the 1977 European Championships. For the first time eight gymnasts were allowed to qualify to each of the apparatus finals, rather than six. This became the standard going forward. Results Men Team all-around#Team final Hiroshi KajiyamaShigeru KasamatsuEizo KenmotsuJunichi ShimizuShinzo ShiraishiMitsuo Tsukahara Nikolai AndrianovEduard AzarianAlexander DityatinGennady KrysinVladimir MarkelovAleksandr Tkachyov Ralph BärthelRoland BrücknerRalf-Peter HemmannLutz MackMichael NikolayReinhard Rückriem Individual all-around#All-around URS Nikolai Andrianov JPN Eizo Kenmotsu URS Alexander Dityatin Floor#Floor exercise USA Kurt Thomas JPN Shigeru Kasamatsu URS Alexander Dityatin Pommel horse#Pommel horse HUN Zoltán Magyar FRG Eberhard Gienger BUL 1971 Stoyan Deltchev Rings#Rings URS Nikolai Andrianov URS Alexander Dityatin ROU 1965 Dănuț Grecu Vault#Vault JPN Junichi Shimizu URS Nikolai Andrianov GDR Ralph Bärthel Parallel bars#Parallel bars JPN Eizo Kenmotsu JPN Hiroshi KajiyamaURS Nikolai Andrianov none awarded Horizontal bar#Horizontal bar JPN Shigeru Kasamatsu FRG Eberhard Gienger BUL 1971 Stoyan DeltchevURS Gennady Krysin Women Team all-around#Team all-around 2 Maria FilatovaNatalia ShaposhnikovaElena MukhinaNellie KimSvetlana AgapovaTatiana Arzhannikova ROU 1965 RomaniaNadia ComăneciEmilia EberleMarilena NeacsuTeodora UngureanuAnca GrigorașMarilena Vlădărău Steffi KräkerSilvia HindorffBirgit SüßHeike KuhardtKarola SubeUte Wittwer Individual all-around#Individual all-around 2 URS Elena Mukhina URS Nellie Kim URS Natalia Shaposhnikova Vault#Vault 2 URS Nellie Kim ROU 1965 Nadia Comaneci GDR Steffi Kräker Uneven bars#Uneven bars USA Marcia Frederick URS Elena Mukhina ROU 1965 Emilia Eberle Balance beam#Balance beam ROU 1965 Nadia Comăneci URS Elena Mukhina ROU 1965 Emilia Eberle Floor#Floor exercise 2 URS Nellie KimURS Elena Mukhina none awarded ROU 1965 Emilia EberleUSA Kathy Johnson NB: Team rosters are incomplete. Kurt Thomas and Marica Frederick's gold medals were the first at world championship level for the American men and women.Golden dawn for United States as darkness falls on Miss Comaneci https://www.thetimes.com/archive/article/1978-10-30/9/2.html 4 May 2020 The Times 30 October 1978 Men Team final 1st Japan 579.8502nd USSR 578.9503rd East Germany 571.7504thUSA 568.7005thWest Germany 566.9006thHungary 566.3007thRomania 1965 560.850 All-around Rank Gymnast Total Prelims AA Total Nikolai Andrianov URS 9.850 9.700 9.900 9.850 9.750 9.850 58.900 58.300 117.200 Eizo Kenmotsu JPN 9.600 9.750 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.750 58.450 58.050 116.550 Alexander Dityatin URS 9.600 9.750 9.700 9.800 9.750 9.800 58.400 57.975 116.375 4 Eberhard Gienger FRG 9.650 9.750 9.650 9.800 9.700 9.800 58.350 57.850 116.200 5 Hiroshi Kajiyama JPN 9.550 9.700 9.600 9.800 9.700 9.800 57.950 57.950 115.900 6 Kurt Thomas USA 9.800 9.750 9.500 9.800 9.650 9.750 58.250 57.475 115.725 7 Shigeru Kasamatsu JPN 9.750 8.900 9.700 9.700 9.750 9.800 57.600 58.025 115.625 8 Stoyan Deltchev BUL 9.750 9.550 9.400 9.600 9.750 9.500 57.550 57.675 115.225 9 Bart Conner USA 9.600 9.800 9.550 9.700 9.650 9.400 57.700 57.500 115.200 10 Michael Nikolay GDR 9.400 9.800 9.300 9.800 9.700 9.750 57.750 57.425 115.175 11 Aleksandr Tkachyov URS 9.750 8.700 9.700 9.800 9.750 9.550 57.250 57.825 115.075 12 Zoltán Magyar HUN 9.550 9.850 9.300 9.750 9.700 9.650 57.800 57.250 115.050 13 Roland Brückner GDR 9.600 9.700 9.500 9.750 9.500 9.700 57.750 57.025 114.775 14 Ralf Bartel GDR 9.600 9.500 9.550 9.700 9.550 9.650 57.550 56.900 114.450 15 Peter Kovacs HUN 9.650 9.500 9.550 9.750 9.400 9.700 57.550 56.650 114.200 16 Ferenc Donath HUN 9.500 9.650 9.650 9.200 8.950 9.600 56.550 57.400 113.950 17 Willy Moy FRA 9.700 8.700 9.600 9.750 9.200 9.550 57.500 56.425 113.925 17 Volker Rohrwick FRG 9.400 9.500 9.500 9.650 9.600 9.600 57.250 56.675 113.925 19 Robert Bretscher SUI 9.600 9.600 9.500 9.850 9.500 9.550 57.600 56.250 113.850 20 Mike Wilson USA 9.800 9.700 9.400 9.750 9.450 9.300 57.400 56.400 113.800 21 Henri Boerio FRA 9.300 9.550 9.550 9.600 9.350 9.800 57.150 56.325 113.475 22 Michel Boutard FRA 9.550 9.700 9.550 9.300 9.500 9.650 57.250 56.075 113.325 23 Kurt Szilier ROM 9.350 9.550 9.400 9.700 9.350 9.550 57.250 56.075 113.325 24 Dan Grecu ROM 9.150 9.600 9.700 9.200 9.400 9.500 56.550 56.350 112.900 25 Ion Checiches ROM 9.600 9.400 9.500 9.700 9.300 9.500 57.000 55.775 112.775 26 Jiri Tabak TCH 9.650 9.300 9.300 9.700 9.450 9.500 56.900 55.855 112.750 27 Edgar Jorek FRG 9.650 9.000 8.850 9.700 9.500 9.450 56.150 56.500 112.650 28 Warren Long CAN 9.450 9.300 9.300 9.750 9.000 9.500 56.300 55.825 112.125 29 Andrzej Szajna POL 9.600 9.400 8.950 9.800 9.500 9.650 56.900 55.100 112.000 30 Peter Schmid SUI 9.200 9.650 9.000 9.600 9.500 9.350 56.300 55.150 111.450 31 Jan Migdau TCH 9.450 9.450 9.250 9.650 9.700 9.600 56.100 55.025 111.125 32 Philippe Gaille SUI 9.300 9.100 9.150 9.500 9.500 9.400 55.950 55.050 111.000 33 Fernando Bertrand ESP 9.400 9.500 9.350 9.200 9.000 9.400 55.850 55.100 110.950 34 Ian Neale GBR 9.400 9.150 8.550 9.600 8.700 9.500 54.900 55.700 110.600 35 Jean Choquette CAN 9.300 9.400 8.750 9.100 9.000 9.650 55.200 57.350 110.550 36 Juan de la Casa ESP 9.300 9.250 8.800 9.600 8.900 9.300 55.200 55.325 110.525 Floor exercise Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Kurt Thomas USA 9.900 9.750 19.650 Shigeru Kasamatsu JPN 9.850 9.725 19.575 Alexander Dityatin URS 9.700 9.700 19.400 4 Nikolai Andrianov URS 9.500 9.850 19.350 5 Stoyan Deltchev BUL 9.500 9.700 19.200 6 Edgar Jorek FRG 9.450 9.725 19.175 7 Roland Brückner GDR 9.100 9.750 18.850 8 Jiří Tabák TCH 8.900 9.725 18.625 Pommel horse Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Zoltán Magyar HUN 9.900 9.900 19.800 Eberhard Gienger FRG 9.700 9.725 19.425 Stoyan Deltchev BUL 9.700 9.700 19.400 4 Alexander Dityatin URS 9.700 9.650 19.350 4 Ferenc Donáth HUN 9.700 9.650 19.350 6 Michael Nikolay GDR 9.650 9.675 19.325 7 Bart Conner USA 9.650 9.650 19.300 8 Shigeru Kasamatsu JPN 8.950 9.800 18.750 Rings Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Nikolai Andrianov URS 9.900 9.800 19.700 Alexander Dityatin URS 9.900 9.775 19.675 Dănuț Grecu ROU 1965 9.900 9.750 19.650 4 Shigeru Kasamatsu JPN 9.800 9.725 19.525 5 Lutz Mack GDR 9.800 9.700 19.500 6 Eizo Kenmotsu JPN 9.700 9.775 19.475 7 Nicolae Oprescu ROU 1965 9.650 9.675 19.325 8 Ferenc Donáth HUN 9.550 9.725 19.275 Vault Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Junichi Shimizu JPN 9.850 9.750 19.600 Nikolai Andrianov URS 9.825 9.750 19.575 Ralph Barthel GDR 9.825 9.725 19.550 4 Alexander Dityatin URS 9.800 9.675 19.525 5 Lutz Mack GDR 9.700 9.700 19.400 6 Edgar Jorek FRG 9.675 9.700 19.375 7 Bart Conner USA 9.525 9.675 19.200 8 Eizo Kenmotsu JPN 9.425 9.725 19.150 Parallel bars Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Eizo Kenmotsu JPN 9.900 9.700 19.600 Hiroshi Kajiyama JPN 9.750 9.825 19.575 Nikolai Andrianov URS 9.800 9.775 19.575 4 Aleksandr Tkachyov URS 9.750 9.700 19.450 5 Bart Conner USA 9.850 9.525 19.375 6 Eberhard Gienger FRG 9.700 9.575 19.275 6 Henri Boerio FRA 9.700 9.575 19.275 8 Michael Nikolay GDR 9.700 9.525 19.225 Horizontal bar Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Shigeru Kasamatsu JPN 9.900 9.775 19.675 Eberhard Gienger FRG 9.900 9.750 19.650 Stoyan Deltchev BUL 9.900 9.700 19.600 Gennady Krysin URS 9.900 9.700 19.600 5 Aleksandr Tkachyov URS 9.800 9.700 19.500 6 Michael Nikolay GDR 9.800 9.650 19.450 7 Reiner Ruckrein GDR 9.650 9.575 19.225 8 Eizo Kenmotsu JPN 9.300 9.775 19.075 Women Team final RankTeamTotalCO CO COCO 97.25096.90096.700 97.350388.250Elena Mukhina 9.6509.7009.7509.9009.7009.8009.8009.95078.250Natalia Shaposhnikova 9.7009.8009.7009.7509.8009.9009.9009.40077.950Nellie Kim9.6509.9009.5509.7009.6509.7509.7509.90077.850Maria Filatova 9.7009.8009.7009.8009.9009.3509.8009.50077.550Tatiana Arzhannikova 9.6509.7009.5009.5509.4009.5009.5009.80076.600Svetlana Agapova 9.5509.6009.6009.1009.4009.3009.6509.70075.900 95.90096.15096.55095.300383.900Nadia Comăneci9.7509.8009.7509.7009.7509.9009.7009.60077.950Emilia Eberle9.5009.8009.9009.7509.7009.8509.7009.70077.900Teodora Ungureanu9.6009.6009.6509.5009.5009.6009.4009.40076.250Marilena Neacșu9.5009.4509.4509.4009.6009.8009.4509.30075.950Marilena Vlădărău9.3509.5509.6508.9509.6009.2509.5009.50075.350Anca Grigoraș9.5009.4009.5509.4009.4009.4009.3009.30075.250 All-around Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Elena Mukhina URS 9.900 9.900 9.850 9.950 39.600 39.125 78.725 Nellie Kim URS 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.950 39.650 38.925 78.575 Natalia Shaposhnikova URS 9.850 9.850 9.400 9.800 38.900 38.975 77.875 4 Nadia Comăneci ROU 1965 9.900 9.250 9.800 9.800 38.750 38.975 77.725 5 Emilia Eberle ROU 1965 9.700 9.750 9.250 9.650 38.350 38.950 77.300 6Věra Černá TCH 9.700 9.550 9.800 9.700 38.750 38.275 77.025 7 Steffi Kräker GDR 9.800 9.800 9.550 9.550 38.700 38.250 76.950 8 Kathy Johnson USA 9.800 9.600 9.250 9.900 38.550 38.275 76.825 9 Rhonda Schwandt USA 9.850 9.800 9.050 9.800 38.500 38.150 76.650 10Zsuzsa Kalmár HUN 9.700 9.650 9.700 9.500 38.550 38.050 76.600 11 Silvia Hindorff GDR 9.650 9.200 9.700 9.550 38.100 38.300 76.400 12 Éva Óvári HUN 9.400 9.650 9.650 9.500 38.020 38.175 76.375 13Dana Brýdlová TCH 9.550 9.750 9.650 9.450 38.400 37.925 76.325 14Marilena Neacșu ROU 1965 9.500 9.600 9.550 9.650 38.300 37.974 76.275 15 Birgit Süß GDR 9.550 9.800 8.900 9.500 37.900 38.325 76.225 16Eva Marečková TCH 9.750 9.600 9.400 9.650 38.400 37.600 76.000 17 Karen Kelsall CAN 9.550 9.650 9.500 9.500 38.200 37.475 75.675 18Łucja Matraszek POL 9.500 9.600 9.450 9.350 37.900 37.700 75.600 19Éva Kanyó HUN 9.350 9.650 9.500 9.300 37.800 37.775 75.575 20 Marcia Frederick USA 9.700 9.900 9.000 9.700 38.300 37.200 75.500 21 Annette Michler FRG 9.550 9.650 9.450 9.350 38.000 37.375 75.375 22 Elfi Schlegel CAN 9.600 9.250 9.350 9.600 37.800 37.475 75.275 23 Yayoi Kano JPN 9.400 9.650 8.900 9.550 37.500 37.625 75.125 24 Sakiko Nozawa JPN 9.450 9.650 9.350 9.500 37.950 37.100 75.050 24 Petra Kurbjuweit FRG 9.450 9.650 9.300 9.500 37.900 37.150 75.050 26 Annette Toifl FRG 9.550 9.650 9.450 9.250 37.900 36.975 74.875 27 Irina Goreva BUL 1971 9.450 9.500 9.550 9.450 37.950 36.800 74.750 28 Yoshiko Matsumoto JPN 9.600 9.650 8.950 9.350 37.550 37.175 74.725 29 Romi Kessler SUI 9.600 9.400 9.350 9.500 37.850 36.550 74.400 30 Diliana Glucheva BUL 1971 9.500 9.650 8.900 9.400 37.450 36.725 74.175 31 Monica Valentini ITA 9.300 9.400 9.300 9.300 37.300 36.750 74.050 32 Silvia Topalova BUL 1971 9.400 9.700 8.400 9.450 36.950 37.050 74.000 33 Sherry Hawco CAN 9.300 9.350 9.450 9.050 37.150 36.800 73.950 34Małgorzata Sosin POL 9.450 9.450 8.900 9.400 37.200 36.625 73.825 35 Ingrid Bolleboom NED 9.350 9.500 8.750 9.300 36.900 36.850 73.750 36Aurora Morata ESP 9.350 9.500 8.200 9.400 36.450 36.575 73.025 Vault Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Nellie Kim URS 9.850 9.775 19.625 Nadia Comăneci ROU 1965 9.825 9.775 19.600 Steffi Kräker GDR 9.800 9.750 19.550 4 Rhonda Schwandt USA 9.850 9.675 19.525 5 Emilia Eberle ROU 1965 9.800 9.650 19.450 6 Natalia Shaposhnikova URS 9.650 9.750 19.400 7 Heike Kunhardt GDR 9.500 9.700 19.200 8 Andrea Horacsek HUN 9.450 9.625 19.075 Uneven bars Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Marcia Frederick USA 9.950 9.850 19.800 Elena Mukhina URS 9.900 9.825 19.725 Emilia Eberle ROU 1965 9.800 9.825 19.625 4 Maria Filatova URS 9.850 9.750 19.600 5 Nadia Comăneci ROU 1965 9.850 9.725 19.575 6 Steffi Kräker GDR 9.800 9.700 19.500 7Věra Černá TCH 9.700 9.600 19.300 8 Birgit Süß FRG 9.200 9.625 18.825 Balance beam Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Nadia Comăneci ROU 1965 9.800 9.825 19.625 Elena Mukhina URS 9.850 9.750 19.600 Emilia Eberle ROU 1965 9.800 9.775 19.575 4 Éva Óvári HUN 9.700 9.700 19.400 5Věra Černá TCH 9.700 9.600 19.300 6 Silvia Hindorff GDR 9.600 9.625 19.225 7Éva Kanyó HUN 9.250 9.650 18.900 8 Natalia Shaposhnikova URS 9.000 9.850 18.850 Floor exercise Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total Nellie Kim URS 9.950 9.825 19.775 Elena Mukhina URS 9.900 9.875 19.775 Kathy Johnson USA 9.850 9.675 19.525 Emilia Eberle ROU 1965 9.825 9.700 19.525 5 Silvia Hindorff GDR 9.700 9.775 19.475 6Věra Černá TCH 9.750 9.700 19.450 7 Birgit Süß GDR 9.700 9.675 19.375 8 Nadia Comăneci ROU 1965 9.600 9.650 19.250 Medals 7 7 4 4 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 ROU 1965 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 BUL 1971 References Category:World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Category:1978 in gymnastics Category:1978 in French sport Category:International gymnastics competitions hosted by France