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

Results

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
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  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
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  Eizo Kenmotsu   Mitsuo Tsukahara   Akinori Nakayama
Floor
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  Akinori Nakayama   Eizo Kenmotsu   Takeshi Katō
Pommel horse
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  Miroslav Cerar   Eizo Kenmotsu   Viktor Klimenko
Rings
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  Akinori Nakayama   Mitsuo Tsukahara   Mikhail Voronin
Vault
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  Mitsuo Tsukahara   Viktor Klimenko   Takeshi Katō
Parallel bars
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  Akinori Nakayama   Eizo Kenmotsu
  Mikhail Voronin
none awarded
Horizontal bar
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  Eizo Kenmotsu   Akinori Nakayama   Klaus Köste
  Takuji Hayata
Women
Team all-around
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  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
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  Ludmilla Tourischeva   Erika Zuchold   Zinaida Voronina
Vault
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  Erika Zuchold   Karin Janz   Ludmilla Tourischeva
  Lyubov Burda
Uneven bars
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  Karin Janz   Ludmilla Tourischeva   Zinaida Voronina
Balance beam
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  Erika Zuchold   Cathy Rigby   Christine Schmitt
  Larisa Petrik
Floor
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  Ludmilla Tourischeva   Olga Karaseva   Zinaida Voronina

Medals

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

Team Final

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Rank Gymnast Total
    Japan 571.100
Eizo Kenmotsu 115.050
Mitsuo Tsukahara 113.850
Akinori Nakayama 113.800
Fumio Honma 113.450
Takuji Hayata 112.900
Takeshi Katō 112.850
    Soviet Union 564.350
Mikhail Voronin 113.750
Viktor Klimenko 113.600
Sergei Diomidov 112.450
Viktor Lisitsky 111.650
German Bogdanov 110.300
Valentin Karasev 108.500
    East Germany 553.150
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   Yugoslavia 549.450
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   Poland 547.050
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    Switzerland 541.750
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 States 537.600
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   Romania 536.550
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

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Rank Gymnast Compulsory Optional score Total
    Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 57.000 58.050 115.050
    Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) 56.650 57.200 113.850
    Akinori Nakayama (JPN) 56.050 57.750 113.800
4   Mikhail Voronin (URS) 56.400 57.350 113.750
5   Viktor Klimenko (URS) 55.900 57.700 113.600
6   Fumio Honma (JPN) 56.650 56.800 113.450
7   Takuji Hayata (JPN) 56.200 56.700 112.900
8   Takeshi Katō (JPN) 56.100 56.750 112.850
9   Miroslav Cerar (YUG) 55.900 56.600 112.500
10   Sergei Diomidov (URS) 55.750 56.700 112.450
11   Matthias Brehme (GDR) 55.800 56.300 112.100
12   Makoto Sakamoto (USA) 55.700 55.950 111.650
12   Viktor Lisitsky (URS) 55.200 56.450 111.650

Floor Exercise

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Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Akinori Nakayama (JPN) 9.550 9.475 19.025
    Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 9.400 9.575 18.975
    Takeshi Katō (JPN) 9.400 9.500 18.900
4   Raycho Khristov (BUL) 9.400 9.475 18.875
5   Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) 9.400 9.400 18.800
6   Viktor Klimenko (URS) 9.150 9.500 18.650

Pommel Horse

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Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Miroslav Cerar (YUG) 9.650 9.725 19.375
    Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 9.700 9.625 19.325
    Viktor Klimenko (URS) 9.500 9.550 19.050
4   Milko Vratic (YUG) 9.450 9.550 19.000
5   Matthias Brehme (GDR) 9.400 9.475 18.875
6   Wilhelm Kubica (POL) 8.950 9.550 18.400

Rings

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Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Akinori Nakayama (JPN) 9.700 9.700 19.400
    Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) 9.650 9.600 19.250
    Mikhail Voronin (URS) 9.600 9.625 19.225
4   Takuji Hayata (JPN) 9.450 9.450 18.900
4   Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 9.450 9.450 18.900
6   Viktor Lisitsky (URS) 9.250 9.425 18.675

Vault

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Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) 9.450 9.675 19.125
    Viktor Klimenko (URS) 9.500 9.500 19.000
    Takeshi Katō (JPN) 9.200 9.400 18.600
4   Fumio Honma (JPN) 8.950 9.375 18.325
5   Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 8.625 9.500 18.125
6   Akinori Nakayama (JPN) 8.575 9.450 18.025

Parallel Bars

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Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Akinori Nakayama (JPN) 9.700 9.700 19.400
    Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 9.550 9.700 19.250
    Mikhail Voronin (URS) 9.500 9.750 19.250
4   Takeshi Katō (JPN) 9.550 9.650 19.200
5   Viktor Klimenko (URS) 9.500 9.675 19.175
6   Sergei Diamidov (URS) 9.625 9.300 18.925

Horizontal Bar

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Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) 9.800 9.675 19.475
    Akinori Nakayama (JPN) 9.700 9.675 19.375
    Takuji Hayata (JPN) 9.700 9.650 19.350
    Klaus Köste (GDR) 9.700 9.650 19.350
5   Mikhail Voronin (URS) 9.600 9.675 19.275
6   Fumio Honma (JPN) 9.650 9.600 19.250

Women

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Team Final

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Rank Team         Total
C O C O C O C O
    Soviet Union 95.750 96.100 92.550 96.250 380.650
Ludmilla Tourischeva 9.700 9.600 9.700 9.800 9.150 9.500 9.700 9.900 77.050
Zinaida Voronina 9.550 9.500 9.600 9.700 9.150 9.400 9.500 9.750 76.150
Lyubov Burda 9.700 9.600 9.550 9.700 8.800 9.450 9.500 9.750 75.850
Larisa Petrik 9.500 9.600 9.400 9.700 9.250 9.450 9.350 9.550 75.800
Olga Karasyova 9.500 9.500 9.250 9.550 9.000 9.400 9.650 9.800 75.650
Tamara Lazakovich 9.400 9.400 9.400 9.450 8.000 9.300 9.250 9.300 73.500
    East Germany 96.000 95.600 93.150 93.000 377.750
Erika Zuchold 9.700 9.800 9.600 9.600 9.450 9.550 9.400 9.350 76.450
Karin Janz 9.550 9.750 9.700 9.800 9.500 8.700 9.400 9.600 76.000
Christine Schmitt 9.500 9.600 9.500 9.600 9.250 9.450 9.250 9.300 75.450
Angelika Hellmann 9.600 9.550 9.400 9.400 9.350 9.350 9.250 9.250 75.150
Marianne Noack 9.500 9.450 9.450 9.550 9.250 9.300 9.050 9.150 74.700
Richarda Schmeißer 9.300 9.300 9.400 9.350 9.200 8.450 9.050 9.100 73.150
    Czechoslovakia 94.400 93.900 91.000 92.650 371.950
Marcela Váchová 9.600 9.650 9.450 9.550 9.000 9.250 9.100 9.100 74.700
Bohumila Řimnáčová 9.500 9.500 9.250 9.450 9.100 9.200 9.350 9.300 74.650
Soňa Brázdová 9.550 9.300 8.950 9.300 8.950 9.100 9.250 9.300 73.650
Marianna Némethová 9.300 9.400 9.450 9.700 8.800 8.450 9.200 9.250 73.550
Ľuba Krásna 9.300 9.150 9.150 9.250 9.050 9.000 9.000 8.950 72.850
Hana Lišková 9.300 9.300 9.350 6.650 9.050 9.300 9.400 9.400 71.750
4   Japan 92.650 93.750 92.300 92.950 371.650
Miyuki Matsuhisa 9.200 9.550 9.400 9.600 9.500 9.450 9.450 9.500 75.650
Kayoko Hashiguchi 9.200 9.300 9.400 9.500 9.100 9.350 9.400 9.350 74.600
Kazue Hanyu 9.200 9.450 9.300 9.400 9.250 9.200 9.300 9.300 74.400
Mitsuko Mizukawa 9.200 9.250 9.300 9.500 9.050 9.300 9.100 9.200 73.900
Yoko Murakami 8.850 9.050 9.100 9.050 8.850 9.250 9.200 9.150 72.500
Yoko Nagao 9.100 9.200 9.100 9.350 8.400 9.150 9.100 9.100 72.500
5   Romania 90.550 92.000 90.600 91.350 364.500
Elena Ceampelea 9.200 8.900 9.350 9.350 9.250 9.350 9.350 9.550 74.300
Paula Ioan 9.400 9.200 8.950 9.250 8.550 9.100 9.200 9.300 72.950
Elisabeta Turcu 9.200 9.050 8.950 9.350 8.900 9.050 8.850 9.100 72.450
Alina Goreac 9.000 8.850 8.850 9.150 9.100 9.150 8.900 9.200 72.200
Olga Stefan 8.900 8.600 9.150 9.350 8.850 8.950 8.900 9.000 71.700
Rodica Apateanu 9.000 8.750 9.000 9.300 8.900 8.500 8.850 8.950 71.250
6   Hungary 92.600 91.150 88.900 90.150 362.800
Ilona Békési 9.350 9.350 9.200 9.400 8.750 9.100 8.950 9.100 73.200
Márta Kelemen 9.250 9.200 8.950 9.400 8.650 9.300 8.850 8.950 72.550
Ágnes Bánfai 9.300 9.200 8.950 9.300 9.000 8.630 8.950 9.150 72.500
Margit Horváth 9.100 9.150 9.100 9.100 8.800 8.750 9.050 9.150 72.200
Mária Gál 9.350 9.200 8.400 8.800 8.750 8.950 8.800 9.100 71.350
Zsuzsa Nagy 9.250 9.050 8.900 8.850 8.450 8.850 8.900 8.800 71.050

All-around

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Rank Gymnast Compulsory Optional score Total
    Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) 38.800 38.250 77.050
    Erika Zuchold (GDR) 38.300 38.150 76.450
    Zinaida Voronina (URS) 38.350 37.800 76.150
4   Karin Janz (GDR) 37.850 38.150 76.000
5   Lyubov Burda (URS) 38.400 37.450 75.850
6   Larisa Petrik (URS) 38.300 37.500 75.800
7   Olga Karasyova (URS) 38.250 37.400 75.650
7   Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN) 38.100 37.550 75.650
9   Christine Schmitt (GDR) 37.950 37.500 75.450
10   Angelika Hellmann (GDR) 37.550 37.600 75.150
11   Marianne Noack (GDR) 37.450 37.250 74.700
11   Marcela Váchová (TCH) 37.550 37.150 74.700

Vault

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Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Erika Zuchold (GDR) 9.700 9.750 19.450
    Karin Janz (GDR) 9.700 9.650 19.350
    Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) 9.650 9.650 19.300
    Lyubov Burda (URS) 9.650 9.650 19.300
5   Marcela Váchová (TCH) 9.650 9.625 19.275
6   Angelika Hellmann (GDR) 9.500 9.575 19.075

Uneven Bars

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Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Karin Janz (GDR) 9.800 9.750 19.550
    Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) 9.700 9.750 19.450
    Zinaida Voronina (URS) 9.650 9.650 19.300
4   Marianna Némethová (TCH) 9.700 9.575 19.275
4   Lyubov Burda (URS) 9.650 9.625 19.275
6   Erika Zuchold (GDR) 9.600 9.600 19.200

Balance Beam

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Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Erika Zuchold (GDR) 9.700 9.500 19.200
    Cathy Rigby (USA) 9.700 9.350 19.050
    Larisa Petrik (URS) 9.400 9.500 18.900
    Christine Schmitt (GDR) 9.550 9.350 18.900
5   Angelika Hellmann (GDR) 9.500 9.350 18.850
6   Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN) 8.650 9.475 18.125

Floor Exercise

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Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total
    Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) 9.850 9.800 19.650
    Olga Karasyova (URS) 9.800 9.725 19.525
    Zinaida Voronina (URS) 9.750 9.625 19.375
4   Karin Janz (GDR) 9.700 9.500 19.200
5   Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN) 9.600 9.475 19.075
6   Lyubov Burda (URS) 8.700 9.525 18.225

References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Girl Gymnast Takes Second Place in World Title Event". The New York Times. 28 October 1970. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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