1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 33rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1997.

1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
VenueMalley Sports Center
LocationSwitzerland Lausanne, Switzerland
Start dateAugust 31, 1997 (1997-08-31)
End dateSeptember 7, 1997 (1997-09-07)

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

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
 China
Shen Jian
Li Xiaopeng
Huang Xu
Lu Yufu
Xiao Junfeng
Zhang Jinjing
 Belarus
Ivan Ivankov
Vitali Rudnitski
Dmitry Kasperovich
Alexander Shostak
Ivan Pavlovski
Alexei Sinkevich
 Russia
Dmitri Vasilenko
Alexei Bondarenko
Alexei Voropaev
Alexei Nemov
Evgeni Ghukov
Nikolai Kryukov
Individual all-around
Belarus Ivan Ivankov Russia Alexei Bondarenko Japan Naoya Tsukahara
Floor
Russia Alexei Nemov France Dimitri Karbanenko China Li Xiaopeng
Pommel horse
Germany Valery Belenky France Eric Poujade North Korea Pae Gil-su
Rings
Italy Yuri Chechi Hungary Szilveszter Csollány Belarus Ivan Ivankov
Vault
Kazakhstan Sergei Fedorchenko Russia Nikolai Kryukov Romania Adrian Ianculescu
Parallel bars
China Zhang Jinjing China Li Xiaopeng Japan Naoya Tsukahara
Horizontal bar
Finland Jani Tanskanen Spain Jesús Carballo Ukraine Alexander Beresh
Women
Team all-around
 Romania
Simona Amânar
Claudia Presăcan
Gina Gogean
Alexandra Marinescu
Corina Ungureanu
Mirela Tugurlan
 Russia
Svetlana Khorkina
Yelena Produnova
Yevgeniya Kuznetsova
Svetlana Bakhtina
Elena Dolgopolova
Elena Grosheva
 China
Liu Xuan
Kui Yuanyuan
Meng Fei
Bi Wenjing
Mo Huilan
Zhou Duan
Individual all-around
Russia Svetlana Khorkina Romania Simona Amânar Russia Yelena Produnova
Vault
Romania Simona Amânar China Zhou Duan Romania Gina Gogean
Uneven bars
Russia Svetlana Khorkina China Meng Fei China Bi Wenjing
Balance beam
Romania Gina Gogean Russia Svetlana Khorkina China Kui Yuanyuan
Floor
Romania Gina Gogean Russia Svetlana Khorkina Russia Yelena Produnova

Medal table

Overall

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania (ROU)4127
2 Russia (RUS)35311
3 China (CHN)2349
4 Belarus (BLR)1113
5 Finland (FIN)1001
 Germany (GER)1001
 Italy (ITA)1001
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
9 France (FRA)0202
10 Hungary (HUN)0101
 Spain (ESP)0101
12 Japan (JPN)0022
13 North Korea (PRK)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (14 entries)14141442

Men

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China2114
2 Russia1214
3 Belarus1113
4 Finland1001
 Germany1001
 Italy1001
 Kazakhstan1001
8 France0202
9 Hungary0101
 Spain0101
11 Japan0022
12 North Korea0011
 Romania0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (14 entries)88824

Women

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania4116
2 Russia2327
3 China0235
Totals (3 entries)66618

Men

Team

Rank Team Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China 37.86137.28636.73738.58638.47337.174226.117
Huang Xu -8.8629.4379.5629.2379.400
Li Xiaopeng 9.6129.200-9.4759.7128.762
Lu Yufu 9.4129.3128.1759.6879.5629.287
Shen Jian 9.2509.1378.850-9.462-
Zhang Jinjing 9.4379.6379.4259.5379.7379.612
Xiao Junfeng 9.400-9.0259.800-8.875
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Belarus 36.54936.67437.01137.74837.73735.849221.568
Alexander Shostak 8.8258.4629.312-9.4258.050
Ivan Ivankov -9.5379.5509.5129.6009.337
Vitaly Kasperovich 8.187-8.9879.6629.087-
Ivan Pavlovski 9.1759.0128.6759.1759.2008.912
Vitaly Rudnitski 9.3378.9009.1629.3379.5128.750
Alexei Sinkevich 9.2129.225-9.237-8.850
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Russia 37.47437.01236.62438.46236.96134.149220.682
Alexei Bondarenko 9.4379.4129.2509.3379.6627.625
Evgeni Ghukov 9.3128.9628.987-9.2008.987
Nikolay Krukov 9.0759.3509.2129.7509.0628.550
Alexei Nemov 9.6509.225-9.675-8.225
Dmitri Vasilenko 8.5129.0258.8879.4759.037-
Alexei Voropaev --9.1759.5628.6878.387
4  Japan 36.09937.42336.78737.54936.84835.937220.643
Kenichi Fujita 9.0509.2129.0509.4629.0128.162
Yoshiaki Hatakeda 8.9509.4378.5259.2259.1128.875
Takuya Kishimoto 8.9129.075---8.862
Shigeru Kurihara --9.3759.2008.575-
Naoya Tsukahara 8.8759.3379.4129.3259.1629.025
Yoshihiro Saito 9.1879.4378.9509.5379.5629.175
5  United States 36.58635.84936.24937.98736.88736.248219.806
Mike Dutka 9.1878.862-9.5128.800-
Jason Gatson 9.0628.6508.7759.5009.3758.375
John Macready 9.0628.612---9.087
John Roethlisberger -9.0508.9379.4508.8009.087
Jay Thornton 9.225-8.9509.1759.1128.637
Blaine Wilson 9.1129.2879.5879.5259.6009.437
6  Germany 34.78736.71237.13736.57437.04935.575217.834
Valeri Belenki 8.4509.5509.5759.2629.387-
Uwe Billerbeck --9.275-9.2378.650
Daniel Farago 8.5759.0758.8129.0378.9508.612
Sergei Charkov 8.7128.7759.4759.2509.4009.175
Dimitri Nonin 7.9509.312-9.025-9.050
Sergej Pfeifer 9.0508.6008.7758.6629.0258.700

All-around

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ivan Ivankov (BLR)9.3629.1009.6259.5759.7009.52556.887
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)9.4629.4379.0259.7379.3759.02556.061
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Naoya Tsukahara (JPN)9.1879.4379.1629.6009.4259.21256.023
4  Dmitri Karbanenko (FRA)9.5259.4878.8879.6259.2009.21255.936
5  Huang Xu (CHN)8.5379.6259.3629.5259.2379.51255.798
6  Nikolai Kryukov (RUS)8.5629.4379.2759.6509.0379.66255.623
7  Jesús Carballo (ESP)9.0008.9759.4879.1629.3629.50055.486
8  Eric López Ríos (CUB)8.9759.1009.3509.4379.3128.88755.061
9  Alexander Beresh (UKR)8.4629.5509.0629.8128.5259.52554.936
10  Blaine Wilson (USA)8.6758.7129.5509.5629.5628.85054.911
11  Yoshiaki Hatakeda (JPN)8.8879.5008.3759.1009.3629.48754.711
12  Lu Yufu (CHN)8.8009.4628.4259.7128.8259.46254.686
13  Roman Zozulia (UKR)8.8629.0879.4009.7128.8628.73754.660
14  Zhang Jinjing (CHN)9.3758.9508.4129.4879.6758.70054.599
15  Sergei Kharkov (GER)8.6628.9629.5379.3008.9009.18754.548
16  Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ)9.3759.3757.8509.7258.5759.46254.362
17  Cristian Leric (ROU)9.2629.5759.0259.5259.0377.87754.311
18  Omar Cortes (ESP)8.4379.1379.4629.1378.9879.15054.310
19  Andrei Kravtsov (AUS)9.2509.4878.3629.0379.0259.02554.186
20  Sergei Pfeifer (GER)9.2259.3758.7378.6129.1378.98754.073
21  Zoltán Supola (HUN)8.5379.5629.1379.2758.8628.60053.973
22  Jason Gatson (USA)8.9258.5878.7879.4879.0879.06253.935
23  Igors Vihrov (LAT)9.0758.5509.3129.4508.5378.92553.849
24  Lazaro Lamela (CUB)8.6508.6758.7759.4008.9259.12553.550
25  Alexei Dmitrenko (KAZ)7.9009.1758.7009.5259.2259.02553.550
26  Alexei Nemov (RUS)9.5509.2256.8259.7259.0009.06253.387
27  Vitaly Rudnitsky (BLR)8.1759.0009.1759.1509.2128.61253.324
28  Dorin Petcu (ROU)9.0379.4878.2259.5878.3508.47553.161
29  Mitja Petkovšek (SLO)8.3008.5628.9008.9629.4258.87553.024
30  Lee Joo-Hyung (KOR)8.4258.5128.5509.5628.7509.12552.924
31  Giovanni D'Innocenzo (ITA)8.7508.3628.7129.2128.7878.98752.810
32  Valeri Goncharov (UKR)8.3509.0258.3879.2129.2758.46252.711
33  Dieter Rehm (SUI)8.5258.6378.2509.6378.2258.95052.224
34  Felipe Andres (SUI)8.5878.2008.3259.3878.5508.87551.924
35  Kenichi Fujita (JPN)9.1758.7379.0759.2128.9506.62551.774

Floor exercise

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Alexei Nemov (RUS)9.625
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Dmitri Karbanenko (FRA)9.550
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Li Xiaopeng (CHN)9.537
4  Evgeny Zhukov (RUS)9.412
5  Valeri Pereshkura (UKR)9.275
6  Vitaly Rudnitski (BLR)9.262
7  Gervasio Deferr (ESP)8.887
8  Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ)8.625

Pommel horse

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Valeri Belenki (GER)9.700
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Eric Poujade (FRA)9.700
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Pae Gil Su (PRK)9.700
4  Zhang Jinjing (CHN)9.662
5  Nikolai Kryukov (RUS)9.612
6  Zoltán Supola (HUN)9.600
7  Adrian Ianculescu (ROU)9.487
8  Marius Urzică (ROU)9.112

Rings

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Yuri Chechi (ITA)9.775
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Szilveszter Csollány (HUN)9.687
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ivan Ivankov (BLR)9.662
4  Valeri Belenki (GER)9.587
5  Roberto Galli (ITA)9.575
6  Dimosthenis Tampakos (GRE)9.562
7  Alexei Demyanov (CRO)9.537
8  Yoshihiro Saito (JPN)9.500

Vault

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ)9.581
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Nikolai Kryukov (RUS)9.556
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Adrian Ianculescu (ROU)9.437
4  Xiao Junfeng (CHN)9.325
5  Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)9.218
6  Roman Zozulia (UKR)8.999
7  Valeri Goncharov (UKR)8.981
8  Vitaly Kasperovich (BLR)8.956

Parallel bars

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Zhang Jinjing (CHN)9.775
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Li Xiaopeng (CHN)9.737
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Naoya Tsukahara (JPN)9.562
4  Sergei Kharkov (GER)9.500
5  Mitja Petkovšek (SLO)9.487
6  Ivan Ivankov (BLR)9.450
7  Jesús Carballo (ESP)9.325
8  Alexander Shostak (BLR)9.262

Horizontal bar

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Jani Tanskanen (FIN)9.700
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jesús Carballo (ESP)9.675
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Alexander Beresh (UKR)9.625
4  Evgeny Zhukov (RUS)9.562
5  Yoshiaki Hatakeda (JPN)9.312
6  Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ)8.850
7  Ivan Ivankov (BLR)8.762
8  Marius Urzică (ROU)8.750

Women

Team

RankTeamTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Romania 38.236 (1)38.348 (2)38.475 (1)38.661 (2)153.720
Simona Amânar 9.6819.7129.5259.737
Claudia Presăcan 9.4819.6879.6759.562
Gina Gogean 9.5878.1009.7259.787
Alexandra Marinescu 9.4879.5879.5509.287
Corina Ungureanu 9.3069.3009.575
Mirela Țugurlan 9.362
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia 37.998 (2)38.274 (3)38.250 (2)38.675 (1)153.197
Svetlana Khorkina 9.6379.7629.7009.775
Yelena Produnova 9.4319.5259.7009.550
Yevgeniya Kuznetsova 9.4439.5259.4759.675
Svetlana Bakhtina 9.4629.3759.675
Elena Dolgopolova 9.4879.225
Elena Grosheva 8.9509.2009.387
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China 37.655 (4)38.774 (1)38.111 (3)37.461 (5)152.001
Liu Xuan 9.5129.7379.5129.625
Kui Yuanyuan 9.0189.5759.6879.500
Meng Fei 9.4069.6878.6259.662
Bi Wenjing 9.8009.462
Mo Huilan 9.3259.5629.3258.837
Zhou Duan 9.4378.837
4  Ukraine 36.992 (5)38.174 (4)37.262 (4)38.375 (3)150.803
Liubov Sheremeta 9.3069.6259.1759.750
Olga Teslenko 9.2939.7259.1509.625
Inga Shkarupa 9.2009.3629.4129.675
Galina Tyryk 9.1939.4629.5259.325
5  France 36.860 (6)37.049 (5)36.649 (5)37.811 (4)148.369
Isabelle Severino 9.4629.5629.0259.612
Elvire Teza 9.1939.4009.3759.237
Magalie Ruffato 9.0129.0258.8379.312
Ludivine Furnon 9.1938.8629.4129.650
Emilie Volle 8.9129.062
Cecile Canqueteau 8.825
6  United States 37.687 (3)36.212 (6)36.636 (6)37.362 (6)147.897
Kristy Powell 9.2319.3509.0759.125
Kristen Maloney 9.5569.2879.5378.700
Kendall Beck 9.4509.3879.225
Dominique Moceanu 9.0938.8008.6379.512
Mohini Bhardwaj 9.4508.775
Jennie Thompson 8.1758.0009.500

All-around

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)9.5499.8509.5629.67538.636
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Simona Amânar (ROU)9.6759.3879.7509.77538.587
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Yelena Produnova (RUS)9.4129.6879.7509.70038.549
4  Gina Gogean (ROU)9.6189.3759.8009.75038.543
5  Meng Fei (CHN)9.4189.6379.3759.61238.042
6  Liubov Sheremeta (UKR)9.2569.6379.4259.57537.893
7  Liu Xuan (CHN)9.2379.6759.4129.53737.861
8  Claudia Presăcan (ROU)9.4438.9379.6759.66237.717
9  Olga Teslenko (UKR)8.8069.5509.6629.58737.605
10  Isabelle Severino (FRA)9.3129.6128.9509.42537.299
11  Kui Yuanyuan (CHN)9.4878.9379.6129.26237.298
12  Inga Shkarupa (UKR)9.3189.5378.7129.65037.217
13  Kristen Maloney (USA)9.4438.8629.4879.26237.054
14  Dominique Moceanu (USA)9.2499.0509.2379.42536.961
15  Alena Polozkova (BLR)9.2509.2378.7629.53736.786
16  Yevgeniya Kuznetsova (RUS)8.4938.8759.6879.67536.730
17  Irina Evdokimova (KAZ)9.1688.8629.0629.50036.592
18  Adrienn Varga (HUN)9.0379.1629.2509.10036.549
19  Elvire Teza (FRA)9.1248.7879.5009.10036.511
20  Yvonne Tousek (CAN)9.1879.6008.2629.41236.461
21  Elena Savko (BLR)9.2068.6628.7879.50036.155
22  Ludivine Furnon (FRA)9.0068.6379.1629.32536.130
23  Kristy Powell (USA)9.3379.1378.5259.10036.099
24  Sarah Deegan (CAN)9.1008.9878.4009.45035.937
25  Risa Sugawara (JPN)8.9498.9258.7759.20035.849
26  Svetlana Bakhridinova (UZB)9.3629.3627.6259.45035.799
27  Yvonne Pioch (GER)8.9009.0759.5008.23735.712
28  Veronique Leclerc (CAN)9.2629.2758.1378.95035.624
29  Lisa Skinner (AUS)8.9818.8129.0008.75035.543
30  Elena Piskun (BLR)8.9629.1629.0258.32535.474
31  Masumi Okawa (JPN)8.9068.5258.8379.00035.268
32  Alexandra Gordeeva (UZB)8.8878.5508.5509.27535.262
33  Anastasia Dzyundzyak (UZB)9.1688.8628.4008.80035.230
34  Rebecca Wilson (AUS)8.4998.6128.8509.20035.161
35  Mok Un Ju (PRK)8.9188.0258.8378.76234.542
36  Vasiliki Tsavdaridou (GRE)4.2128.9758.8379.52531.549

Vault

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Simona Amânar (ROU)9.712
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Zhou Duan (CHN)9.606
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Gina Gogean (ROU)9.600
4  Adrienn Varga (HUN)9.543
5  Mohini Bhardwaj (USA)9.512
6  Kui Yuanyuan (CHN)9.350
7  Elena Dolgopolova (RUS)9.331
8  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)4.537

Uneven bars

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)9.875
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Meng Fei (CHN)9.800
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Bi Wenjing (CHN)9.787
4  Liubov Sheremeta (UKR)9.750
5  Claudia Presăcan (ROU)9.725
6  Alexandra Marinescu (ROU)9.712
7  Olga Teslenko (UKR)9.675
8  Yevgeniya Kuznetsova (RUS)9.412

Balance beam

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Gina Gogean (ROU)9.800
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)9.787
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kui Yuanyuan (CHN)9.787
4  Ludivine Furnon (FRA)9.725
5  Olga Teslenko (UKR)9.662
6  Elvire Teza (FRA)9.650
7  Kristen Maloney (USA)9.512
8  Yelena Produnova (RUS)9.412

Floor exercise

RankGymnastTotal
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Gina Gogean (ROU)9.800
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)9.800
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Yelena Produnova (RUS)9.775
4  Meng Fei (CHN)9.675
5  Vasiliki Tsavdaridou (GRE)9.650
6  Claudia Presăcan (ROU)9.600
7  Liubov Sheremeta (UKR)8.937
8  Zhou Duan (CHN)8.787

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