1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

A total of 60 competitors were individually ranked in the all-around competition.[1]

Medal	Country	Gymnast	Score
	Czechoslovakia	Jan Gajdoš	138.06
	Czechoslovakia	Jan Sládek	137.46
	Switzerland	Eugen Mack	136.40
4	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec	136.33
5	Switzerland	Leo Schürmann	134.53
6	Czechoslovakia	Gustav Hrubý	133.83
7	Switzerland	Walter Beck	132.60
8	Switzerland	Hans Negelin	131.36
9	Czechoslovakia	Emanuel Löffler	131.03
10	Czechoslovakia	Vratislav Petráček	129.83

A total of 32 woman gymnasts were individually ranked for the all-around competition.[1] With the context of both the previous World Championships which were the first with a women's segment to the competition as well as the interceding Olympic Games, the outcome and composition of the women's all-around podium at these championships was significant. Reportedly, cheating occurred at the first 1934 women's installment of these games[3] which, when undone, allowed the Czechoslovakian team and their foremost star Vlasta Děkanová to be the first-place finishers, as a team and individual, respectively. Going into the 1936 Olympics, the Czechoslovakians and Děkanová were the favorites, but had to take 2nd place behind the home-ground advantaged German team (who did not compete at the 1934 Worlds), and the top three scoring individuals were all German. These 1938 Worlds were hosted in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and this time all three spots on the all-around podium were occupied by individuals from the Czechoslovakian team. Děkanová (a Bohemian) successfully defended her first-place finish from the previous worlds, Zdeňka Veřmiřovská (a Moravian) won silver, and Matylda Pálfyová (a Slovakian) won bronze. The three regions from which each hailed within the former Czechoslovakia were the 3 largest and most significant regions of that nation, so the fullest representation possible of geographical diversity within that country was made manifest on this all-around podium.

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Vlasta Děkanová (TCH)	83.66
	Zdeňka Veřmiřovská (TCH)	82.71
	Matylda Pálfyová (TCH)	81.98
4	Janina Skirlińska (POL)	80.30
5	Marie Skálová (TCH)	80.10
6	Anna Nezerpová (TCH)	78.88
7	Lidija Rupnik (YUG)	78.86
8	Ančka Hafner (YUG)	78.70
9	Marie Hendrychová (TCH)	77.83
10	Božena Dobešová (TCH)	76.96

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As of 1938, women sometimes still performed on the parallel bars, which are now exclusive to men in competition, rather than the uneven bars, which are now exclusive to women in competition.

Medal	Country	Gymnast
	Czechoslovakia	Matylda Pálfyová
	Czechoslovakia	Vlasta Děkanová