title: 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
text: # 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
  
  The 13th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Rome, the capital of Italy, on June 28 - July 1, 1954. It was the first World Championships at which the Soviet Union competed, winning 20 medals overall (more than three times the amount of any other country). Other major changes at this championships included: 1) it was the first world championships at which a Code of Points was used; and 2) it was the last world championships that would be held "in open air" (outdoors).
  
  ## Medallists
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men ||||
  | Team all-around details | Soviet Union Albert Azaryan Viktor Chukarin Sergei Dzhayani Yevgeny Korolkov Valentin Muratov Hrant Shahinyan Boris Shakhlin Ivan Vostrikov | Japan Akitomo Kaneko Akira Kono Masami Kubota Tetsumi Nabeya Takashi Ono Yoshiyuki Oshima Masao Takemoto | Switzerland Hans Bründler Oswald Bühler Hans Eugster Jack Günthard Hans Schwartzentruber Josef Stalder Melchior Thalmann Jean Tschabold |
  | Individual all-around details | Viktor Chukarin Valentin Muratov | none awarded | Hrant Shahinyan |
  | Floor details | Masao Takemoto Valentin Muratov | none awarded | Karl William Thoresson |
  | Pommel horse details | Hrant Shahinyan | Josef Stalder | Viktor Chukarin |
  | Rings details | Albert Azaryan | Yevgeny Korolkov | Valentin Muratov |
  | Vault details | Leo Sotorník | Helmut Bantz | Sergei Dzhayani |
  | Parallel bars details | Viktor Chukarin | Josef Stalder | Helmut Bantz Masao Takemoto Hans Eugster |
  | Horizontal bar details | Valentin Muratov | Helmut Bantz Boris Shakhlin | none awarded |
  | Women ||||
  | Team all-around details | Soviet Union Nina Bocharova Pelageya Danilova Maria Gorokhovskaya Larisa Diriy Tamara Manina Sofia Muratova Galina Rud'ko Galina Sarabidze | Hungary Eva Banati Ilona Bánhegyi Milanovits Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Ágnes Keleti Alice Kertész Olga Lemhényi-Tass Edit Perényi-Weckinger | Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Miroslava Brdičková Alena Chadimová Věra Drazdíková Zdeňka Lišková Anna Marejková Alena Reichová Věra Vančurová |
  | Individual all-around details | Galina Rud'ko | Eva Bosáková | Helena Rakoczy |
  | Vault details | Ann-Sofi Pettersson Tamara Manina | none awarded | Evy Berggren |
  | Uneven bars details | Ágnes Keleti | Galina Rud'ko | Helena Rakoczy |
  | Balance beam details | Keiko Tanaka | Eva Bosáková | Ágnes Keleti |
  | Floor details | Tamara Manina | Eva Bosáková | Maria Gorokhovskaya |
  
  ## Men's results
  
  ### Team competition
  
  | Rank | Team | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Soviet Union | 344.500 | 345.400 | 689.900 |
  | | Japan | 333.600 | 339.650 | 673.250 |
  | | Switzerland | 333.650 | 337.900 | 671.550 |
  | 4 | Germany | 334.400 | 335.850 | 670.250 |
  | 5 | Czechoslovakia | 328.350 | 333.050 | 661.400 |
  | 6 | Finland | 328.150 | 331.700 | 659.850 |
  | 7 | Hungary | 322.600 | 327.400 | 650.000 |
  | 8 | Italy | 314.300 | 323.150 | 637.450 |
  | 9 | Bulgaria | 312.500 | 313.050 | 625.550 |
  | 10 | France | 313.450 | 310.200 | 623.650 |
  | 11 | Poland | 303.800 | 311.700 | 615.500 |
  | 12 | Yugoslavia | 297.250 | 305.900 | 603.150 |
  | 13 | Austria | 293.300 | 297.500 | 590.800 |
  | 14 | Egypt | 280.800 | 275.900 | 566.700 |
  | 15 | Luxembourg | 274.350 | 287.050 | 561.400 |
  | 16 | Denmark | 273.000 | 287.500 | 560.500 |
  
  ### Individual all-around
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Total |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Valentin Muratov (URS) | 115.450 |
  | | Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 115.450 |
  | | Hrant Shahinyan (URS) | 114.600 |
  | 4 | Boris Shakhlin (URS) | 114.050 |
  | 4 | Albert Azaryan (URS) | 114.050 |
  | 6 | Ivan Vostrikov (URS) | 113.650 |
  | 7 | Yevgeny Korolkov (URS) | 113.500 |
  | 8 | Helmut Bantz (FRG) | 113.400 |
  | 9 | Josef Stalder (SUI) | 113.350 |
  | 10 | Takashi Ono (JPN) | 112.850 |
  | 11 | Akira Kono (JPN) | 112.500 |
  | 12 | Jack Günthard (SUI) | 112.300 |
  
  ### Floor exercise
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Valentin Muratov (URS) | 9.650 | 9.600 | 19.250 |
  | | Masao Takemoto (JPN) | 9.650 | 9.600 | 19.250 |
  | | William Thoresson (SWE) | 9.450 | 9.750 | 19.200 |
  | 4 | Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 9.550 | 9.600 | 19.150 |
  | 4 | Masami Kubota (JPN) | 9.600 | 9.550 | 19.150 |
  | 6 | Hrant Shahinyan (URS) | 9.550 | 9.500 | 19.050 |
  
  ### Pommel horse
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Hrant Shahinyan (URS) | 9.600 | 9.700 | 19.300 |
  | | Josef Stalder (SUI) | 9.600 | 9.650 | 19.250 |
  | | Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 9.500 | 9.700 | 19.200 |
  | 4 | Boris Shakhlin (URS) | 9.450 | 9.700 | 19.150 |
  | 5 | Ivan Vostrikov (URS) | 9.400 | 9.500 | 18.900 |
  | 6 | Valentin Muratov (URS) | 9.350 | 9.500 | 18.850 |
  
  ### Rings
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Albert Azaryan (URS) | 9.750 | 9.950 | 19.750 |
  | | Yevgeny Korolkov (URS) | 9.800 | 9.750 | 19.550 |
  | | Valentin Muratov (URS) | 9.800 | 9.700 | 19.500 |
  | 4 | Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 9.800 | 9.650 | 19.450 |
  | 5 | Hrant Shahinyan (URS) | 9.600 | 9.800 | 19.400 |
  | 6 | Sergei Dzhayani (URS) | 9.650 | 9.650 | 19.300 |
  
  ### Vault
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Leo Sotorník (TCH) | 9.450 | 9.800 | 19.250 |
  | | Helmut Bantz (FRG) | 9.400 | 9.800 | 19.200 |
  | | Sergei Dzhayani (URS) | 9.550 | 9.550 | 19.100 |
  | 4 | Albert Azaryan (URS) | 9.300 | 9.600 | 18.900 |
  | 4 | Takashi Ono (JPN) | 9.450 | 9.450 | 18.900 |
  | 6 | Adalbert Dickhut (FRG) | 9.200 | 9.650 | 18.850 |
  
  ### Parallel bars
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 9.850 | 9.750 | 19.600 |
  | | Josef Stalder (SUI) | 9.750 | 9.800 | 19.550 |
  | | Masao Takemoto (JPN) | 9.600 | 9.800 | 19.400 |
  | | Hans Eugster (SUI) | 9.650 | 9.750 | 19.400 |
  | | Helmut Bantz (FRG) | 9.600 | 9.800 | 19.400 |
  | 6 | Jack Günthard (SUI) | 9.700 | 9.650 | 19.350 |
  
  ### Horizontal bar
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Valentin Muratov (URS) | 9.800 | 9.900 | 19.700 |
  | | Helmut Bantz (FRG) | 9.750 | 9.650 | 19.400 |
  | | Boris Shakhlin (URS) | 9.700 | 9.700 | 19.400 |
  | 4 | Josef Stalder (SUI) | 9.600 | 9.700 | 19.300 |
  | 5 | Masao Takemoto (JPN) | 9.600 | 9.650 | 19.250 |
  | 5 | Viktor Chukarin (URS) | 9.550 | 9.700 | 19.250 |
  
  ## Women's results
  
  ### Team competition
  
  | Rank | Team | Total |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Soviet Union | 524.310 |
  | | Hungary | 518.280 |
  | | Czechoslovakia | 511.750 |
  | 4 | Romania | 498.570 |
  | 5 | Italy | 495.770 |
  | 6 | Poland | 495.660 |
  | 7 | Bulgaria | 494.030 |
  | 8 | Sweden | 491.210 |
  | 9 | France | 490.360 |
  | 10 | Germany | 486.560 |
  | 11 | Yugoslavia | 485.440 |
  | 12 | Austria | 453.790 |
  | 13 | Belgium | 430.710 |
  | 14 | Saar | 407.240 |
  | 15 | Luxembourg | 378.560 |
  
  ### Individual all-around
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Total |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Galina Rud'ko (URS) | 75.680 |
  | | Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 75.110 |
  | | Helena Rakoczy (POL) | 74.370 |
  | 4 | Edit Perényi (HUN) | 74.310 |
  | 5 | Elena Leuşteanu (ROU) | 74.240 |
  | 6 | Nina Bocharova (URS) | 74.210 |
  | 7 | Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) | 74.140 |
  | 8 | Keiko Tanaka (JPN) | 73.740 |
  | 9 | Alena Chadimová (TCH) | 73.600 |
  | 10 | Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles (HUN) | 73.470 |
  | 11 | Alice Kertész (HUN) | 73.440 |
  | 12 | Galina Sarabidze (URS) | 73.420 |
  
  ### Vault
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ann-Sofi Pettersson (SWE) | 9.400 | 9.560 | 18.960 |
  | | Tamara Manina (URS) | 9.660 | 9.300 | 18.960 |
  | | Evy Berggren (SWE) | 9.430 | 9.500 | 18.930 |
  | 4 | Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) | 9.600 | 9.260 | 18.860 |
  | 5 | Galina Rud'ko (URS) | 9.430 | 9.360 | 18.790 |
  | 6 | Elena Leuşteanu (ROU) | 9.260 | 9.360 | 18.620 |
  
  ### Uneven bars
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ágnes Keleti (HUN) | 9.730 | 9.730 | 19.460 |
  | | Galina Rud'ko (URS) | 9.600 | 9.730 | 19.330 |
  | | Helena Rakoczy (POL) | 9.500 | 9.700 | 19.200 |
  | 4 | Nina Bocharova (URS) | 9.400 | 9.730 | 19.130 |
  | 4 | Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 9.530 | 9.600 | 19.130 |
  | 6 | Pelageya Danilova (URS) | 9.460 | 9.660 | 19.110 |
  
  ### Balance beam
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Keiko Tanaka (JPN) | 9.260 | 9.630 | 18.890 |
  | | Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 9.300 | 9.460 | 18.760 |
  | | Ágnes Keleti (HUN) | 9.160 | 9.560 | 18.720 |
  | 4 | Edit Perényi (HUN) | 9.260 | 9.400 | 18.660 |
  | 5 | Galina Rud'ko (URS) | 9.200 | 9.400 | 18.600 |
  | 5 | Nina Bocharova (URS) | 9.000 | 9.560 | 18.560 |
  
  ### Floor exercise
  
  | Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Tamara Manina (URS) | 9.660 | 9.730 | 19.390 |
  | | Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 9.400 | 9.760 | 19.160 |
  | | Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) | 9.660 | 9.460 | 19.120 |
  | 4 | Ágnes Keleti (HUN) | 9.500 | 9.600 | 19.100 |
  | 5 | Galina Rud'ko (URS) | 9.360 | 9.600 | 18.960 |
  | 5 | Larisa Latynina (URS) | 9.460 | 9.500 | 18.960 |
  
  ## Medals
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 12 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
  | 2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
  | 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
  | 6 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 7 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 17 | 12 | 15 | 44 |
  