2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Gymnastics competition 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Artistic Gymnastics 2002 Worlds logo.jpg 2002 11 20 2002 11 24 Főnix Hall HUN Debrecen, Hungary 2001 2003 The 36th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2002 at Főnix Hall. The team and all-around events were not contested at the 2002 Worlds. The format was similar to that of the 1992 and 1996 Worlds, with medals being awarded for the individual WAG and MAG apparatus. There were three rounds of competition: the preliminary round open to everyone; the semi-finals open to the top sixteen qualifiers; and the finals for the top eight gymnasts. Results Men Floor#Floor ExerciseROU Marian DrăgulescuBUL Yordan YovchevUSA Paul Hamm Pommel horse#Pommel HorseROU Marius UrzicăCHN Xiao QinJPN Takehiro Kashima Rings#Still RingsHUN Szilveszter CsollányBUL Yordan YovchevITA Matteo Morandi Vault#VaultCHN Li XiaopengPOL Leszek BlanikCHN Yang Wei Parallel Bars#Parallel BarsCHN Li XiaopengSLO Mitja PetkovšekBLR Alexei Sinkevich Horizontal bar#Horizontal BarGRE Vlasios MarasBLR Ivan IvankovSLO Aljaž Pegan none awarded Women Vault#Vault 2 RUS Elena Zamolodchikova RUS Natalia Ziganshina UZB Oksana Chusovitina Uneven bars#Uneven Bars USA Courtney Kupets ROU Oana Petrovschi RUS Ludmila Ezhova Balance beam#Balance Beam USA Ashley Postell ROU Oana Ban UKR Irina Yarotska Floor#Floor Exercise 2 ESP Elena Gómez NED Verona van de Leur USA Samantha Sheehan Men Floor Exercise Rank Gymnast Total Marian Drăgulescu ROU 9.712 Yordan Yovchev BUL 9.675 Paul Hamm USA 9.625 4 Diego Hypólito BRA 9.575 5 Ioan Suciu ROU 9.562 5 Roman Zozulya UKR 9.562 7 Yang Wei CHN 8.550 DQ Gervasio Deferr ESP* 9.700 In July 2003, Gervasio Deferr was stripped of his silver medal after testing positive for marijuana prior to the 2002 World Championships. http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/articulo/gervasio-deferr-pierde-medalla-plata-mundial-dopaje/csrcsrpor/20030731csrcsrdep_4/Tes/?print=1 Gervasio Deferr pierde la medalla de plata del Mundial por dopaje 31 July 2003 13 November 2013 13 November 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131113023029/http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/articulo/gervasio-deferr-pierde-medalla-plata-mundial-dopaje/csrcsrpor/20030731csrcsrdep_4/Tes/?print=1 dead Pommel Horse Rank Gymnast Total Marius Urzică ROU 9.787 Xiao Qin CHN 9.750 Takehiro Kashima JPN 9.687 4 Teng Haibin CHN 9.662 5 Eric Casimir FRA 9.650 6 Nikolai Kryukov RUS 9.625 6 Ioan Suciu ROU 9.625 8 Paul Hamm USA 9.050 Rings Rank Gymnast Total Szilveszter Csollány HUN 9.725 Yordan Yovchev BUL 9.675 Matteo Morandi ITA 9.650 4 Hiroyuki Tomita JPN 9.637 5 Ivan Ivankov BLR 9.637 6 Andrea Coppolino ITA 9.625 7 Timur Kurbanbayev KAZ 9.600 8 Jeffrey Johnson USA 9.550 Vault Rank Gymnast Total Li Xiaopeng CHN 9.818 Leszek Blanik POL 9.675 Yang Wei CHN 9.631 4 Kyle Shewfelt CAN 9.512 5 Benoit Caranobe FRA 9.474 6 Yernar Yerimbetov KAZ 9.400 7 Marian Drăgulescu ROU 9.374 8 Róbert Gál HUN 9.212 Parallel Bars Rank Gymnast Total Li Xiaopeng CHN 9.812 Mitja Petkovšek SLO 9.787 Alexei Sinkevich BLR 9.712 4 Huang Xu CHN 9.612 5 Brett McClure USA 9.562 6 Ilia Giorgadze GEO 1990 9.550 7 Andreu Vivó ESP 9.487 8 Runar Alexandersson ISL 7.500 Horizontal Bar Rank Gymnast Total Vlasios Maras GRE 9.725 Ivan Ivankov BLR 9.700 Aljaž Pegan SLO 9.700 4 Cédric Guille FRA 9.675 5 Isao Yoneda JPN 9.662 6 Philippe Rizzo AUS 9.650 7 Paul Hamm USA 8.887 8 Yang Tae-Seok KOR 5.900 Women Vault Rank Gymnast Vault 1 Vault 2 Total Elena Zamolodchikova RUS 9.450 9.437 9.443 Natalia Ziganshina RUS 9.412 9.375 9.393 Oksana Chusovitina UZB 9.462 9.312 9.387 4 Oana Petrovschi ROU 9.387 9.337 9.362 5 Sabina Cojocar ROU 9.287 9.387 9.337 6 Ashley Postell USA 9.337 9.125 9.231 7 Verona van de Leur NED 9.262 9.112 9.187 8 Alona Kvasha UKR 9.262 8.912 9.087 Uneven Bars Rank Gymnast Total Courtney Kupets USA 9.550 Oana Petrovschi ROU 9.525 Ludmila Ezhova RUS 9.375 4 Elizabeth Tweddle GBR 9.312 5 Laura van Leeuwen NED 8.612 6 Tatiana Zharganova BLR 8.187 7 Svetlana Khorkina RUS 7.387 8 Irina Yarotska UKR 7.000 Balance Beam Rank Gymnast Total Ashley Postell USA 9.537 Oana Ban ROU 9.350 Irina Yarotska UKR 9.212 4 Svetlana Khorkina RUS 9.125 5 Evgeniya Kuznetsova BUL 9.075 6 Ludmila Ezhova RUS 8.975 7 Ilaria Colombo ITA 8.750 8 Oksana Chusovitina UZB 8.312 Floor Exercise Rank Gymnast Total Elena Gómez ESP 9.487 Verona van de Leur NED 9.350 Samantha Sheehan USA 9.325 4 Oana Ban ROU 9.275 5 Daniele Hypólito BRA 9.237 6 Oksana Chusovitina UZB 9.137 7 Natalia Ziganshina RUS 8.862 8 Brenda Magana MEX 8.462 Medal count Overall 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Men flagcountry 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Women flagcountry 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 References FIG Official Results: 36th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Category:World Artistic Gymnastics Championships G G W World Artistic Gymnastics Championships