1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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The 18th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Varna
, Bulgaria
, in 1974.
Varna
Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, in 1974.
Medals
| 1 |  Soviet Union |
6 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 2 |  Japan |
5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 |  German Democratic Republic |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Hungary |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5= |  Romania |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5= |  West Germany |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Poland |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8= |  Bulgaria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8= |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
All-around
| 1st | Japan Shigeru Kasamatsu Shigeru Kasamatsu is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kasamatsu received a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, a silver medal in parallel bars, and bronze medals in floor exercise and horizontal bar.-World championships:At the 1974 World Artistic... (JPN) |
115.500 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics... (URS) |
115.375 |
| 3rd | Japan Eizo Kenmotsu Eizo Kenmotsu is a Japanese gymnast, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.... (JPN) |
114.750 |
Floor exercise
| 1st | Japan Shigeru Kasamatsu Shigeru Kasamatsu is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kasamatsu received a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, a silver medal in parallel bars, and bronze medals in floor exercise and horizontal bar.-World championships:At the 1974 World Artistic... (JPN) |
19.375 |
| 2nd | Japan Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN) |
19.325 |
| 3rd | Bulgaria Andrei Keranov (BUL) |
19.225 |
Pommel horse
| 1st | Hungary Zoltán Magyar Zoltan Magyar Zoltán Magyar was the premier pommel horse gymnast in the world in the 1970s... (HUN) |
19.575 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics... (URS) |
19.375 |
| 3rd | Japan Eizo Kenmotsu Eizo Kenmotsu is a Japanese gymnast, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.... (JPN) |
19.225 |
Rings
| 1st | Romania Danuţ Grecu Danut Grecu Dănuţ Grecu is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who specialized in rings. In 1974 he became Romania’s first world champion in artistic gymnastics. He is a bronze Olympic medalist and a multiple world and European medalist on rings... (ROU) |
19.525 |
| 1st | Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics... (URS) |
19.525 |
| 3rd | Poland Andrzej Szajna (POL) |
19.225 |
Vault
| 1st | Japan Shigeru Kasamatsu Shigeru Kasamatsu is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kasamatsu received a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, a silver medal in parallel bars, and bronze medals in floor exercise and horizontal bar.-World championships:At the 1974 World Artistic... (JPN) |
19.325 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics... (URS) |
19.250 |
| 3rd | Japan Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN) |
19.225 |
Parallel bars
| 1st | Japan Eizo Kenmotsu Eizo Kenmotsu is a Japanese gymnast, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.... (JPN) |
19.375 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics... (URS) |
19.325 |
| 3rd | Soviet Union Vladimir Marchenko (URS) |
18.850 |
Horizontal bar
| 1st | West Germany Eberhard Gienger Eberhard Gienger Eberhard Gienger is a German politician and former gymnast. The Gienger salto is named after him. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.- Weblinks :... (FRG) |
19.500 |
| 2nd | German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Thüne (GDR) |
19.450 |
| 3rd | Japan Eizo Kenmotsu Eizo Kenmotsu is a Japanese gymnast, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.... (JPN) |
19.275 |
| 3rd | Poland Andrzej Szajna (POL) |
19.275 |
Team final
| 1st | Japan |
571.400 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union |
567.350 |
| 3rd | German Democratic Republic |
562.400 |
All-around
| 1st | Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967... (URS) |
78.450 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Olga Korbut Olga Korbut Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team.... (URS) |
77.650 |
| 3rd | German Democratic Republic Angelika Hellmann (GDR) |
76.875 |
Vault
| 1st | Soviet Union Olga Korbut Olga Korbut Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team.... (URS) |
19.450 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967... (URS) |
19.200 |
| 3rd | Czechoslovakia Bozena Perykulova (TCH) |
19.075 |
Uneven bars
| 1st | German Democratic Republic Annelore Zinke Annelore Zinke Annelore Zinke is a German gymnast who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won many international competitions.- External links :*... (GDR) |
19.650 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Olga Korbut Olga Korbut Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team.... (URS) |
19.575 |
| 3rd | Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967... (URS) |
19.500 |
Balance beam
| 1st | Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967... (URS) |
19.725 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Olga Korbut Olga Korbut Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team.... (URS) |
19.525 |
| 3rd | Soviet Union Nellie Kim Nellie Kim Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics... (URS) |
19.200 |
Floor exercise
| 1st | Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967... (URS) |
19.775 |
| 2nd | Soviet Union Olga Korbut Olga Korbut Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team.... (URS) |
19.600 |
| 3rd | Soviet Union Elvira Saadi Elvira Saadi Elvira Saadi is a retired artistic gymnast from the former Soviet Union who is now an elite gymnastics coach in Canada.... (URS) |
19.550 |
| 3rd | Soviet Union Rusudan Siharulidze (URS) |
19.550 |
Team final
| 1st | Soviet Union |
Nina Dronova | 384.150 |
| Nellie Kim Nellie Kim Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics... |
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| Olga Korbut Olga Korbut Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team.... |
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| Elvira Saadi Elvira Saadi Elvira Saadi is a retired artistic gymnast from the former Soviet Union who is now an elite gymnastics coach in Canada.... |
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| Rusudan Sikharulidze | |||
| Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Tourischeva Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967... |
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| 2nd | German Democratic Republic |
Richarda Schmeißer | 376.550 |
| Bärbel Röhrich | |||
| Heike Gerisch | |||
| Irene Abel Irene Abel Irene Abel is a German gymnast and competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo, and competed for East Germany. Her team took a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-External links:... |
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| Angelika Hellmann | |||
| Annelore Zinke Annelore Zinke Annelore Zinke is a German gymnast who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won many international competitions.- External links :*... |
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| 3rd | Hungary |
Krisztina Medveczky | 370.600 |
| Zsuzsa Nagy | |||
| Marta Egervari Márta Egervári Márta Egervári is a retired Hungarian artistic gymnast, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1976. Her best result came in 1976, when she won a bronze medal on the uneven bars.-References:... |
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| Monika Csaszar | |||
| Zsuzsa Matulai | |||
| Agnes Banfai |