World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's vault

Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships[1][2] were first held in 1934 at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1938, at the 11th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added.

The women's vault competition has been held in every year since its inception.

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. If three gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

Medalists

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Bold number in brackets denotes record number of victories.

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1938   Prague *   Vlasta Děkanová * unknown unknown
1950   Basel   Helena Rakoczy   Gertrude Kolar   Alexandra Lemoine
1954   Rome   Tamara Manina
  Ann-Sofi Pettersson
  Evy Berggren
1958   Moscow   Larisa Latynina   Lidia Kalinina
  Tamara Manina
  Sofia Muratova
1962   Prague   Věra Čáslavská   Larisa Latynina   Tamara Manina
1966   Dortmund   Věra Čáslavská   Erika Zuchold   Natalia Kuchinskaya
1970   Ljubljana   Erika Zuchold   Karin Janz   Lyubov Burda
  Ludmilla Tourischeva
1974   Varna   Olga Korbut   Ludmilla Tourischeva   Božena Perdykulová
1978   Strasbourg   Nellie Kim   Nadia Comăneci   Steffi Kräker
1979   Fort Worth   Dumitrița Turner   Stella Zakharova   Nellie Kim
  Steffi Kräker
1981   Moscow   Maxi Gnauck   Stella Zakharova   Steffi Kräker
1983   Budapest   Boriana Stoyanova   Lavinia Agache
  Ecaterina Szabó
1985   Montreal   Yelena Shushunova   Ecaterina Szabó   Dagmar Kersten
1987   Rotterdam   Yelena Shushunova   Eugenia Golea   Aurelia Dobre
1989   Stuttgart   Olesia Dudnik   Cristina Bontaș
  Brandy Johnson
1991   Indianapolis   Lavinia Miloșovici   Oksana Chusovitina
  Henrietta Ónodi
1992   Paris   Henrietta Ónodi   Svetlana Boginskaya   Oksana Chusovitina
1993   Birmingham   Elena Piskun   Lavinia Miloșovici   Oksana Chusovitina
1994   Brisbane   Gina Gogean   Svetlana Khorkina   Lavinia Miloșovici
1995   Sabae   Simona Amânar
  Lilia Podkopayeva
  Gina Gogean
1996   San Juan   Gina Gogean   Simona Amânar   Annia Portuondo
1997   Lausanne   Simona Amânar   Zhou Duan   Gina Gogean
1999   Tianjin   Elena Zamolodchikova   Simona Amânar   Maria Olaru
2001   Ghent   Svetlana Khorkina   Oksana Chusovitina   Andreea Răducan
2002   Debrecen   Elena Zamolodchikova   Natalia Ziganshina   Oksana Chusovitina
2003   Anaheim   Oksana Chusovitina   Kang Yun-mi
  Elena Zamolodchikova
2005   Melbourne   Cheng Fei   Oksana Chusovitina   Alicia Sacramone
2006   Aarhus   Cheng Fei   Alicia Sacramone   Oksana Chusovitina
2007   Stuttgart   Cheng Fei (3)   Hong Su-jong   Alicia Sacramone
2009   London   Kayla Williams   Ariella Käslin   Youna Dufournet
2010   Rotterdam   Alicia Sacramone   Aliya Mustafina   Jade Barbosa
2011   Tokyo   McKayla Maroney   Oksana Chusovitina   Phan Thị Hà Thanh
2013   Antwerp   McKayla Maroney   Simone Biles   Hong Un-jong
2014   Nanning   Hong Un-jong   Simone Biles   Mykayla Skinner
2015   Glasgow   Maria Paseka   Hong Un-jong   Simone Biles
2017   Montreal   Maria Paseka   Jade Carey   Giulia Steingruber
2018   Doha   Simone Biles   Shallon Olsen   Alexa Moreno
2019   Stuttgart   Simone Biles   Jade Carey   Ellie Downie
2021   Kitakyushu   Rebeca Andrade   Asia D'Amato   Angelina Melnikova
2022   Liverpool   Jade Carey   Jordan Chiles   Coline Devillard
2023   Antwerp   Rebeca Andrade   Simone Biles   Yeo Seo-jeong

* There is conflicting and incomplete information about medal winners in the individual apparatus events at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as non-primary sources gives different information about it.

All-time medal count

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Last updated after the 2023 World Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union78520
2  United States78419
3  Romania69621
4  Russia5409
5  China3104
6  Czechoslovakia3014
7  East Germany2248
8  Brazil2013
9  North Korea1315
10  Uzbekistan1225
11  Hungary1102
12  Sweden1012
13  Belarus1001
  Bulgaria1001
  Poland1001
  Ukraine1001
17  CIS [a]0112
  Germany0112
  Switzerland0112
20  Austria0101
  Canada0101
  Italy0101
23  France0033
24  Cuba0011
  Great Britain0011
  Mexico0011
Russian Gymnastics Federation [b]0011
  South Korea0011
  Vietnam0011
Totals (29 entries)434437124
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Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Years Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Cheng Fei   China 2005–2007 3 0 0 3
2 Simone Biles   United States 2013–2023 2 3 1 6
3 Simona Amânar   Romania 1995–1999 2 2 0 4
4 Elena Zamolodchikova   Russia 1999–2003 2 1 0 3
5 Gina Gogean   Romania 1994–1997 2 0 2 4
6 Rebeca Andrade   Brazil 2021–2023 2 0 0 2
Věra Čáslavská   Czechoslovakia 1962–1966 2 0 0 2
McKayla Maroney   United States 2011–2012 2 0 0 2
Maria Paseka   Russia 2015–2017 2 0 0 2
Yelena Shushunova   Soviet Union 1985–1987 2 0 0 2
11 Oksana Chusovitina   Soviet Union
  CIS
  Uzbekistan
  Germany
1991–2011 1 4 4 9
12 Jade Carey   United States 2017–2022 1 2 0 3
13 Alicia Sacramone   United States 2005–2010 1 1 2 4
14 Hong Un-jong   North Korea 2013–2015 1 1 1 3
Tamara Manina   Soviet Union 1954–1962 1 1 1 3
Lavinia Miloșovici   Romania 1991–1994 1 1 1 3
17 Svetlana Khorkina   Russia 1994–2001 1 1 0 2
Larisa Latynina   Soviet Union 1958–1962 1 1 0 2
Henrietta Ónodi   Hungary 1991–1992 1 1 0 2
Erika Zuchold   East Germany 1966–1970 1 1 0 2
21 Nellie Kim   Soviet Union 1978–1979 1 0 1 2
22 Ecaterina Szabo   Romania 1983–1985 0 2 0 2
Stella Zakharova   Soviet Union 1979–1981 0 2 0 2
24 Steffi Kräker   East Germany 1978–1981 0 0 3 3

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.