World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Men's parallel bars

The men's parallel bars competition was an inaugural event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[1][2] It has been held in every year since its inception.

The first event was in 1903, and followed every other year until and including 1913. Competitions were not held during World War I, ultimately returning in 1922, and was then held every fourth year, until and including 1942. Competitions resumed after World War II, starting in 1950. It continued every fourth even year until and including 1978. The next event was held a year later, when the schedule was switched to an every-odd year until and including 1991. It then became an annual event, until and including 1997. It was next held in 1999. During the 21st century, the World Championships became an annual event held each non-Summer Olympic year.

Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position.

Medalists

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Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories.

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1903   Antwerp   François Hentges
  Joseph Martinez
  André Bordang
  Eugène Dua
1905   Bordeaux   Marcel Lalu
  Joseph Martinez
  Pierre Payssé
1907   Prague   Joseph Lux   Josef Čada   František Erben
  Louis Ségura
1909   Luxembourg   Joseph Martinez (3)   Josef Čada
  Auguste Castille
  Marco Torrès
1911   Turin   Giorgio Zampori   Dominique Follacci   Antoine Costa
  Jules Labéeu
  Jules Lecoutre
  Paolo Salvi
  Ferdinand Steiner
  Stane Vidmar
1913   Paris   Guido Boni
  Giorgio Zampori
  Pierre Hentges
1915–1917 Not held due to World War I
1922   Ljubljana   Leon Štukelj   Stane Derganc
  Stanislav Indruch
  Miroslav Klinger
  Vladimir Simončič
  Stane Vidmar
1926   Lyon   Ladislav Vácha   Jan Gajdoš   Leon Štukelj
1930   Luxembourg   Josip Primožič   Alfred Krauss   Ladislav Vácha
1934   Budapest   Eugen Mack   Josef Walter   Walter Bach
1938   Prague   Michael Reusch   Alois Hudec   Josip Primožič
1942 Not held due to World War II
1950   Basel   Hans Eugster   Olavi Rove   Raymond Dot
1954   Rome   Viktor Chukarin   Josef Stalder   Helmut Bantz
  Hans Eugster
  Masao Takemoto
1958   Moscow   Boris Shakhlin   Takashi Ono   Pavel Stolbov
1962   Prague   Miroslav Cerar   Boris Shakhlin   Yukio Endō
1966   Dortmund   Sergey Diomidov   Mikhail Voronin   Miroslav Cerar
1970   Ljubljana   Akinori Nakayama   Eizō Kenmotsu
  Mikhail Voronin
1974   Varna   Eizō Kenmotsu   Nikolai Andrianov   Vladimir Marchenko
1978   Strasbourg   Eizō Kenmotsu   Nikolai Andrianov
  Hiroshi Kajiyama
1979   Fort Worth   Bart Conner   Kurt Thomas
  Aleksandr Tkachyov
1981   Moscow   Alexander Dityatin
  Kōji Gushiken
  Nobuyuki Kajitani
1983   Budapest   Vladimir Artemov
  Lou Yun
  Kōji Sotomura
  Tong Fei
1985   Montreal   Sylvio Kroll
  Valentin Mogilny
  Kōji Gushiken
1987   Rotterdam   Vladimir Artemov   Dmitry Bilozerchev   Sven Tippelt
1989   Stuttgart   Vladimir Artemov (3)
  Li Jing
  Andreas Wecker
1991   Indianapolis   Li Jing   Ihor Korobchynskyi   Guo Linyao
1992   Paris   Li Jing (3)
  Aleksey Voropayev
  Valery Belenky
1993   Birmingham   Vitaly Scherbo   Ihor Korobchynskyi Valery Belenky (UNA) [d]
1994   Brisbane   Huang Liping   Rustam Sharipov   Alexei Nemov
1995   Sabae   Vitaly Scherbo   Huang Liping   Hikaru Tanaka
1996   San Juan   Rustam Sharipov   Alexei Nemov
  Vitaly Scherbo
1997   Lausanne   Zhang Jinjing   Li Xiaopeng   Naoya Tsukahara
1999   Tianjin   Lee Joo-hyung   Alexei Bondarenko
  Naoya Tsukahara
2001   Ghent   Sean Townsend   Erick López   Ivan Ivankov
2002   Debrecen   Li Xiaopeng   Mitja Petkovšek   Alexei Sinkevich
2003   Anaheim   Li Xiaopeng   Huang Xu
  Alexei Nemov
2005   Melbourne   Mitja Petkovšek   Li Xiaopeng   Yann Cucherat
2006   Aarhus   Yang Wei   Hiroyuki Tomita
  Yoo Won-chul
2007   Stuttgart   Kim Dae-eun
  Mitja Petkovšek
  Anton Fokin
2009   London   Wang Guanyin   Feng Zhe   Kazuhito Tanaka
2010   Rotterdam   Feng Zhe   Teng Haibin   Kōhei Uchimura
2011   Tokyo   Danell Leyva   Vasileios Tsolakidis
  Zhang Chenglong
2013   Antwerp   Lin Chaopan
  Kōhei Uchimura
  John Orozco
2014
  Nanning   Oleg Verniaiev   Danell Leyva   Ryōhei Katō
2015
  Glasgow   You Hao   Oleg Verniaiev   Deng Shudi
  Oleg Stepko
2017   Montreal   Zou Jingyuan   Oleg Verniaiev   David Belyavskiy
2018   Doha   Zou Jingyuan   Oleg Verniaiev   Artur Dalaloyan
2019   Stuttgart   Joe Fraser   Ahmet Önder   Kazuma Kaya
2021   Kitakyushu   Hu Xuwei   Carlos Yulo   Shi Cong
2022   Liverpool   Zou Jingyuan (3)   Lukas Dauser   Carlos Yulo
2023   Antwerp   Lukas Dauser   Shi Cong   Kaito Sugimoto

All-time medal count

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Last updated after the 2023 World Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China178429
2  Soviet Union88218
3  Japan551222
4  France54716
5  Yugoslavia3339
6  Switzerland3227
7  United States3216
8  Italy3014
9  Ukraine2507
10  Belarus2125
11  Slovenia2103
  South Korea2103
13  Czechoslovakia1416
14  Germany1102
15  East Germany1023
  Luxembourg1023
17  CIS [c]1012
18  Great Britain1001
19  Russia0336
20  Bohemia [a]0224
21  Philippines0112
22  Cuba0101
  Finland0101
  Greece0101
  Turkey0101
26  Austria-Hungary [b]0011
  Azerbaijan0011
  Belgium0011
  Uzbekistan0011
  West Germany0011
Unattached athlete [d]0011
Totals (30 entries)615552168
Notes

Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Years Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Vladimir Artemov   Soviet Union 1983–1989 3 0 0 3
Li Jing   China 1989–1992 3 0 0 3
Joseph Martinez   France 1903–1909 3 0 0 3
Zou Jingyuan   China 2017–2022 3 0 0 3
5 Li Xiaopeng   China 1997–2005 2 2 0 4
6 Eizō Kenmotsu   Japan 1970–1978 2 1 0 3
Mitja Petkovšek   Slovenia 2002–2007 2 1 0 3
Vitaly Scherbo   Belarus 1993–1996 2 1 0 3
9 Giorgio Zampori   Italy 1911–1913 2 0 0 2
10 Oleg Verniaiev   Ukraine 2014–2018 1 3 0 4
11 Lukas Dauser   Germany 2022–2023 1 1 0 2
Feng Zhe   China 2009–2010 1 1 0 2
Huang Liping   China 1994–1995 1 1 0 2
Danell Leyva   United States 2011–2014 1 1 0 2
Boris Shakhlin   Soviet Union 1958–1962 1 1 0 2
Rustam Sharipov   Ukraine 1994–1996 1 1 0 2
17 Miroslav Cerar   Yugoslavia 1962–1966 1 0 1 2
Hans Eugster   Switzerland 1950–1954 1 0 1 2
Kōji Gushiken   Japan 1981–1985 1 0 1 2
Josip Primožič   Yugoslavia 1930–1938 1 0 1 2
Leon Štukelj   Yugoslavia 1922–1926 1 0 1 2
Kōhei Uchimura   Japan 2010–2013 1 0 1 2
Ladislav Vácha   Czechoslovakia 1926–1930 1 0 1 2
24 Alexei Nemov   Russia 1994–2003 0 2 1 3
25 Nikolai Andrianov   Soviet Union 1974–1978 0 2 0 2
Josef Čada   Bohemia 1907–1909 0 2 0 2
Ihor Korobchynskyi   Soviet Union
  Ukraine
1991–1993 0 2 0 2
Mikhail Voronin   Soviet Union 1966–1970 0 2 0 2
29 Shi Cong   China 2021–2023 0 1 1 2
Naoya Tsukahara   Japan 1997–1999 0 1 1 2
Stane Vidmar   Austria-Hungary
  Yugoslavia
1911–1922 0 1 1 2
Carlos Yulo   Philippines 2021–2022 0 1 1 2
33 Valery Belenky   CIS
Unattached athlete [d]
1992–1993 0 0 2 2

References

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  1. ^ "47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships MONTREAL (CAN)". live.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  2. ^ "48th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships DOHA (QAT)". www.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.