1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 17th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia, in 1970.

1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
A Yugoslav stamp featuring the logo of the 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
LocationSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia

Cathy Rigby won the first medal for the United States women at the World Championships with a silver on balance beam.[1]

Results
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
  Japan
Eizo Kenmotsu
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Akinori Nakayama
Fumio Honma
Takuji Hayata
Takeshi Katō		  Soviet Union
Mikhail Voronin
Viktor Klimenko
Sergei Diomidov
Viktor Lisitsky
German Bogdanov
Valery Karasyov		  East Germany
Matthias Brehme
Klaus Köste
Wolfgang Thüne
Gerhard Dietrich
Peter Kunze
Bernd Schiller
Individual all-around
 Japan Eizo Kenmotsu Japan Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan Akinori Nakayama
Floor
 Japan Akinori Nakayama Japan Eizo Kenmotsu Japan Takeshi Katō
Pommel horse
 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miroslav Cerar Japan Eizo Kenmotsu Soviet Union Viktor Klimenko
Rings
 Japan Akinori Nakayama Japan Mitsuo Tsukahara Soviet Union Mikhail Voronin
Vault
 Japan Mitsuo Tsukahara Soviet Union Viktor Klimenko Japan Takeshi Katō
Parallel bars
 Japan Akinori Nakayama Japan Eizo Kenmotsu
Soviet Union Mikhail Voronin		 none awarded
Horizontal bar
 Japan Eizo Kenmotsu Japan Akinori Nakayama East Germany Klaus Köste
Japan Takuji Hayata
Women
Team all-around
  Soviet Union
Lyubov Burda
Olga Karaseva
Tamara Lazakovich
Larisa Petrik
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Zinaida Voronina		  East Germany
Angelika Hellmann
Karin Janz
Marianne Noack
Richarda Schmeißer
Christine Schmitt
Erika Zuchold		  Czechoslovakia
Soňa Brázdová
Luba Krasna
Hana Lišková
Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová
Bohumila Řimnáčová
Marcella Váchová
Individual all-around
 Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva East Germany Erika Zuchold Soviet Union Zinaida Voronina
Vault
 East Germany Erika Zuchold East Germany Karin Janz Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva
Soviet Union Lyubov Burda
Uneven bars
 East Germany Karin Janz Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union Zinaida Voronina
Balance beam
 East Germany Erika Zuchold United States Cathy Rigby East Germany Christine Schmitt
Soviet Union Larisa Petrik
Floor
 Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union Olga Karaseva Soviet Union Zinaida Voronina

Medals
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 JPN76417
2 URS35816
3 GDR3339
4 YUG1001
5 USA0101
6 TCH0011
Totals (6 entries)14151645

Men

Team Final
RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan571.100
Eizo Kenmotsu 115.050
Mitsuo Tsukahara 113.850
Akinori Nakayama 113.800
Fumio Honma 113.450
Takuji Hayata 112.900
Takeshi Katō 112.850
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Soviet Union564.350
Mikhail Voronin 113.750
Viktor Klimenko 113.600
Sergei Diomidov 112.450
Viktor Lisitsky 111.650
German Bogdanov 110.300
Valentin Karasev 108.500
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  East Germany553.150
Mathias Brehme 112.100
Klaus Koste 111.400
Wolfgang Thune 110.950
Gerhard Dietrich 109.800
Peter Kunze 107.950
Bernd Schiller 107.700
4  Yugoslavia549.450
Miroslav Cerar 112.500
Milenko Kersnic 110.300
Janez Brodnik 110.100
Miroslav Vratic 109.400
Avgust Kussel 106.800
Drago Sostaric 102.700
5  Poland547.050
Mikolai Kubica 111.250
Wilhelm Kubica 110.950
Sylweszter Kubica 109.400
Andrzej Szajna 107.450
Mieczyslaw Strzalka 105.250
Jerzy Kruza 104.950
6   Switzerland541.750
Roland Hurzeler 109.400
Peter Rohner 108.650
Hans Ettlin 107.950
Max Bruhwiler 106.800
Edwin Gerutmann 106.450
Paul Muller 63.000
7  United States537.600
Makoto Sakamoto 111.650
Kanati Allen 107.650
Marshall Avener 105.200
Brent Simmons 105.150
George Greenfield 105.000
Tom Lindner 102.150
8  Romania536.550
Petre Mihaiuc 108.450
Miroslav Gheorghiu 107.450
Gheorghe Paunescu 106.650
Nicolae Achim 106.550
Dan Grecu 105.550
Gheorghe Tohaneanu 104.300

All-around
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptional scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)57.00058.050115.050
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)56.65057.200113.850
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)56.05057.750113.800
4  Mikhail Voronin (URS)56.40057.350113.750
5  Viktor Klimenko (URS)55.90057.700113.600
6  Fumio Honma (JPN)56.65056.800113.450
7  Takuji Hayata (JPN)56.20056.700112.900
8  Takeshi Katō (JPN)56.10056.750112.850
9  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)55.90056.600112.500
10  Sergei Diomidov (URS)55.75056.700112.450
11  Matthias Brehme (GDR)55.80056.300112.100
12  Makoto Sakamoto (USA)55.70055.950111.650
12  Viktor Lisitsky (URS)55.20056.450111.650

Floor Exercise
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.5509.47519.025
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)9.4009.57518.975
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Takeshi Katō (JPN)9.4009.50018.900
4  Raycho Khristov (BUL)9.4009.47518.875
5  Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)9.4009.40018.800
6  Viktor Klimenko (URS)9.1509.50018.650

Pommel Horse
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)9.6509.72519.375
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)9.7009.62519.325
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Viktor Klimenko (URS)9.5009.55019.050
4  Milko Vratic (YUG)9.4509.55019.000
5  Matthias Brehme (GDR)9.4009.47518.875
6  Wilhelm Kubica (POL)8.9509.55018.400

Rings
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.7009.70019.400
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)9.6509.60019.250
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.6009.62519.225
4  Takuji Hayata (JPN)9.4509.45018.900
4  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)9.4509.45018.900
6  Viktor Lisitsky (URS)9.2509.42518.675

Vault
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)9.4509.67519.125
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Viktor Klimenko (URS)9.5009.50019.000
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Takeshi Katō (JPN)9.2009.40018.600
4  Fumio Honma (JPN)8.9509.37518.325
5  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)8.6259.50018.125
6  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)8.5759.45018.025

Parallel Bars
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.7009.70019.400
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)9.5509.70019.250
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.5009.75019.250
4  Takeshi Katō (JPN)9.5509.65019.200
5  Viktor Klimenko (URS)9.5009.67519.175
6  Sergei Diamidov (URS)9.6259.30018.925

Horizontal Bar
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)9.8009.67519.475
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.7009.67519.375
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Takuji Hayata (JPN)9.7009.65019.350
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Klaus Köste (GDR)9.7009.65019.350
5  Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.6009.67519.275
6  Fumio Honma (JPN)9.6509.60019.250

Women

Team Final
Rank Team Total
C O C O C O C O
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union 95.75096.10092.55096.250380.650
Ludmilla Tourischeva 9.7009.6009.7009.800 9.1509.5009.7009.900 77.050
Zinaida Voronina 9.5509.5009.6009.700 9.1509.4009.5009.750 76.150
Lyubov Burda 9.7009.6009.5509.700 8.8009.4509.5009.750 75.850
Larisa Petrik 9.5009.6009.4009.700 9.2509.4509.3509.550 75.800
Olga Karasyova 9.5009.5009.2509.550 9.0009.4009.6509.800 75.650
Tamara Lazakovich 9.4009.4009.4009.450 8.0009.3009.2509.300 73.500
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  East Germany 96.00095.60093.15093.000377.750
Erika Zuchold 9.7009.8009.6009.600 9.4509.5509.4009.350 76.450
Karin Janz 9.5509.7509.7009.800 9.5008.7009.4009.600 76.000
Christine Schmitt 9.5009.6009.5009.600 9.2509.4509.2509.300 75.450
Angelika Hellmann 9.6009.5509.4009.400 9.3509.3509.2509.250 75.150
Marianne Noack 9.5009.4509.4509.550 9.2509.3009.0509.150 74.700
Richarda Schmeißer 9.3009.3009.4009.350 9.2008.4509.0509.100 73.150
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Czechoslovakia 94.40093.90091.00092.650371.950
Marcela Váchová 9.6009.6509.4509.550 9.0009.2509.1009.100 74.700
Bohumila Řimnáčová 9.5009.5009.2509.450 9.1009.2009.3509.300 74.650
Soňa Brázdová 9.5509.3008.9509.300 8.9509.1009.2509.300 73.650
Marianna Némethová 9.3009.4009.4509.700 8.8008.4509.2009.250 73.550
Ľuba Krásna 9.3009.1509.1509.250 9.0509.0009.0008.950 72.850
Hana Lišková 9.3009.3009.3506.650 9.0509.3009.4009.400 71.750
4  Japan 92.65093.75092.30092.950371.650
Miyuki Matsuhisa 9.2009.5509.4009.600 9.5009.4509.4509.500 75.650
Kayoko Hashiguchi 9.2009.3009.4009.500 9.1009.3509.4009.350 74.600
Kazue Hanyu 9.2009.4509.3009.400 9.2509.2009.3009.300 74.400
Mitsuko Mizukawa 9.2009.2509.3009.500 9.0509.3009.1009.200 73.900
Yoko Murakami 8.8509.0509.1009.050 8.8509.2509.2009.150 72.500
Yoko Nagao 9.1009.2009.1009.350 8.4009.1509.1009.100 72.500
5  Romania 90.55092.00090.60091.350364.500
Elena Ceampelea 9.2008.9009.3509.350 9.2509.3509.3509.550 74.300
Paula Ioan 9.4009.2008.9509.250 8.5509.1009.2009.300 72.950
Elisabeta Turcu 9.2009.0508.9509.350 8.9009.0508.8509.100 72.450
Alina Goreac 9.0008.8508.8509.150 9.1009.1508.9009.200 72.200
Olga Stefan 8.9008.6009.1509.350 8.8508.9508.9009.000 71.700
Rodica Apateanu 9.0008.7509.0009.300 8.9008.5008.8508.950 71.250
6  Hungary 92.60091.15088.90090.150362.800
Ilona Békési 9.3509.3509.2009.400 8.7509.1008.9509.100 73.200
Márta Kelemen 9.2509.2008.9509.400 8.6509.3008.8508.950 72.550
Ágnes Bánfai 9.3009.2008.9509.300 9.0008.6308.9509.150 72.500
Margit Horváth 9.1009.1509.1009.100 8.8008.7509.0509.150 72.200
Mária Gál 9.3509.2008.4008.800 8.7508.9508.8009.100 71.350
Zsuzsa Nagy 9.2509.0508.9008.850 8.4508.8508.9008.800 71.050

All-around
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptional scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)38.80038.25077.050
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Erika Zuchold (GDR)38.30038.15076.450
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Zinaida Voronina (URS)38.35037.80076.150
4  Karin Janz (GDR)37.85038.15076.000
5  Lyubov Burda (URS)38.40037.45075.850
6  Larisa Petrik (URS)38.30037.50075.800
7  Olga Karasyova (URS)38.25037.40075.650
7  Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN)38.10037.55075.650
9  Christine Schmitt (GDR)37.95037.50075.450
10  Angelika Hellmann (GDR)37.55037.60075.150
11  Marianne Noack (GDR)37.45037.25074.700
11  Marcela Váchová (TCH)37.55037.15074.700

Vault
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Erika Zuchold (GDR)9.7009.75019.450
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Karin Janz (GDR)9.7009.65019.350
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)9.6509.65019.300
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Lyubov Burda (URS)9.6509.65019.300
5  Marcela Váchová (TCH)9.6509.62519.275
6  Angelika Hellmann (GDR)9.5009.57519.075

Uneven Bars
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Karin Janz (GDR)9.8009.75019.550
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)9.7009.75019.450
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Zinaida Voronina (URS)9.6509.65019.300
4  Marianna Némethová (TCH)9.7009.57519.275
4  Lyubov Burda (URS)9.6509.62519.275
6  Erika Zuchold (GDR)9.6009.60019.200

Balance Beam
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Erika Zuchold (GDR)9.7009.50019.200
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Cathy Rigby (USA)9.7009.35019.050
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Larisa Petrik (URS)9.4009.50018.900
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Christine Schmitt (GDR)9.5509.35018.900
5  Angelika Hellmann (GDR)9.5009.35018.850
6  Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN)8.6509.47518.125

Floor Exercise
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)9.8509.80019.650
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Olga Karasyova (URS)9.8009.72519.525
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Zinaida Voronina (URS)9.7509.62519.375
4  Karin Janz (GDR)9.7009.50019.200
5  Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN)9.6009.47519.075
6  Lyubov Burda (URS)8.7009.52518.225

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