1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 33rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Lausanne

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The 1997 Worlds were notable because they were the first major contest to be held after the elimination of compulsory exercises.

All-round

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	56.887	56.061	56.023
Team	People's Republic of China Jian Shen Xiaopeng Li Li Xiaopeng (gymnast) Li Xiaopeng is a male Chinese gymnast, who specializes in parallel bars and vault. He currently holds 16 world titles, more than any other gymnasts in China... Huang Xu Huang Xu Huang Xu is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He specializes on the pommel horse and the parallel bars and is also strong on still rings.-Background:Huang began gymnastics training when he was five and was a member of the Jiangxu provincial team in 1989... Yu-Fu Lu Junfeng Xiao Zhang Jinjing Zhang Jinjing Zhang Jinjing is a Chinese gymnast. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a silver medal in men's team competition, as well as placing fourth in parallel bars and individual all-around.-References:... 226.117	Belarus Ivan Ivankov Ivan Ivankov Ivan Ivankov is an artistic gymnast who competed for Belarus. The 1994 and 1997 all-around World Champion and the 1994 and 1996 all-around European Champion, Ivankov has competed for over a decade on the international circuit... Vitali Rudnitski Dimitri Kaspiarovich Alexander Shostak Ivan Pavlovski Alexei Sinkevich 221.568	Russia Dmitri Vasilenko Dmitri Vasilenko Dmitri Andreyevich Vasilenko is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 1996 Olympic Games. He won gold medal in the team competition-External links:... Alexei Bondarenko Alexei Bondarenko Alexei Bondarenko is a gymnast who competed for Russia from 1996 to 2004. His coach was Valery Alfosov and he trained at Dynamo Moscow... Alexei Voropaev Alexei Voropaev Alexei Nikolayevich Voropaev was a gymnast who competed for Russia in the two Olympic Games. He won gold medals in the 1992 1996 Olympic Games.-External links:... Alexei Nemov Alexei Nemov Alexei Yurievich Nemov is a gymnast from Russia and one of the most medaled gymnasts, male or female, of all time. He has won 12 Olympic medals, including more Olympic bronze medals than any other athlete. Nemov's sense of showmanship and his difficult routines have won him many fans... Evgeni Ghukov Nikolai Kryukov Nikolai Kryukov Nikolai Vyacheslavovich Kryukov is a Russian artistic gymnast. A three-time Olympian, he was also the World Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Champion at the 1999 World Gymnastics Championships in Tianjin, China.-External links:... 220.682

Apparatus

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Floor exercise	9.625	9.550	9.537
Pommel horse	9.700 †	9.700 †	9.700 †
Rings	9.775	9.687	9.662
Vault	9.581	9.556	9.437
Parallel bars	9.775	9.737	9.562
Horizontal bar	9.700	9.675	9.625

All-Around

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual	38.636	38.587	38.549
Team	Romania Simona Amânar Simona Amânar Simona Amânar is a Romanian gymnast. She is a seven-time Olympic medalist and a ten-time world medalist. Amânar helped Romania to win four consecutive world team titles as well as the 2000 Olympic team title. She has a vault named after her, the Amanar... Gina Gogean Gina Gogean Gina Gogean is a retired gymnast from Romania who competed internationally in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. During her career she won an impressive number of 30 medals at Olympic Games, world championships or continental championships... Alexandra Marinescu Alexandra Marinescu Alexandra Marinescu is a retired Romanian Olympic artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic bronze medalist with the team and a two-time world champion with the team. Individually, she is a world silver medalist on beam and a seven-time Junior European medalist. She currently works as a minimal electro... Claudia Presăcan Mirela Ţugurlan Mirela Tugurlan Mirela Ţugurlan is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic bronze medalist and a world gold medalist with the team. After being named to the 1996 Romanian Olympic Team, she made the trip to Atlanta, where she then needed knee surgery and was unable to compete in the rest of the... Corina Ungureanu Corina Ungureanu Corina Georgiana Ungureanu is a world-class Romanian artistic gymnast who competed internationally between 1993 and 1999... 153.720	Russia Svetlana Bakhtina Elena Dolgopolova Elena Dolgopolova Elena Vladimirovna Dolgopolova is a Russian gymnast, who competed in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and won a silver medal with her team. She was also in the running for the 2000 team, but was left out. A specialist on vaults, she posted the 1996 team's highest score on this apparatus... Elena Grosheva Elena Grosheva Yelena Nikolayevna Grosheva is a Russian gymnast.At the age of 5 she took up gymnastics and showed a natural talent for the sport. Then in 1992, she was sent to Round Lake to train as part of the National Team... Svetlana Khorkina Svetlana Khorkina Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina is a popular Russian gymnast and seven-time Olympic medalist, who is now a deputy at the Russian State Duma. With an unprecedented nine gold, eight silver, and three bronze World Championships medals, she is one of the most successful female gymnasts of her era and has... Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Yevgeniya Kuznetsova Yevgeniya Petrovna Kuznetsova is a former Olympic gymnast who competed for Russia in the 1996 Olympic Games. She won silver medal in the team competition. Also competed for Bulgaria in 2004 Olympic Games.... Elena Produnova 153.197	People's Republic of China Wenjing Bi Bi Wenjing Bi Wenjing is a Chinese gymnast. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a silver medal in uneven bars, and placing fourth in the team competition with the Chinese team.-References:... Yuanyuan Kui Xuan Liu Liu Xuan (gymnast) Liu Xuan is a Chinese Gymnast. She was coached by Guo Xinming and Zhang Zhen.Liu said she took up gymnastics with encouragement from her mom, who had to cease gymnastics training during her younger years because of the closure of the gym during the Cultural Revolution... Fei Meng Meng Fei (gymnast) Meng Fei is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She won the silver medal in the uneven bars and the bronze medal in the team event at the 1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She was also a part of the silver-medal-winning team at the 1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.-References:... Huilan Mo Mo Huilan Mo Huilan is a Chinese gymnast who competed at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She was one of China's most successful gymnasts in the 1990s. She is known for performing routines of exceptional difficulty and technique, but also for inconsistency.... Duan Zhou 152.001

Apparatus

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Vault	9.712	9.606	9.600
Uneven bars	9.875	9.800	9.787
Balance beam	9.800	9.787	9.787
Floor exercise	9.800	9.800	9.775

NB: For this competition, tie-breaker policies were used. When scores were identical, the gymnast with the higher score in the preliminary round was awarded the higher placement in finals.

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