1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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The 18th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Varna
Varna
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, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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, in 1974.

Medals

1  Soviet Union 6 10 5 21
2  Japan 5 1 4 10
3  German Democratic Republic 1 2 2 5
4  Hungary 1 0 1 2
5=  Romania 1 0 0 1
5=  West Germany 1 0 0 1
7  Poland 0 0 2 2
8=  Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
8=  Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1

All-around

1st  Japan Shigeru Kasamatsu
Shigeru Kasamatsu
is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kasamatsu received a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, a silver medal in parallel bars, and bronze medals in floor exercise and horizontal bar.-World championships:At the 1974 World Artistic...

(JPN)
115.500
2nd  Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...

 (URS)
115.375
3rd  Japan Eizo Kenmotsu
Eizo Kenmotsu
is a Japanese gymnast, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar....

 (JPN)
114.750

Floor exercise

1st  Japan Shigeru Kasamatsu
Shigeru Kasamatsu
is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kasamatsu received a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, a silver medal in parallel bars, and bronze medals in floor exercise and horizontal bar.-World championships:At the 1974 World Artistic...

(JPN)
19.375
2nd  Japan Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN) 19.325
3rd  Bulgaria Andrei Keranov (BUL) 19.225

Pommel horse

1st  Hungary Zoltán Magyar
Zoltan Magyar
Zoltán Magyar was the premier pommel horse gymnast in the world in the 1970s...

(HUN)
19.575
2nd  Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...

 (URS)
19.375
3rd  Japan Eizo Kenmotsu
Eizo Kenmotsu
is a Japanese gymnast, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar....

 (JPN)
19.225

Rings

1st  Romania Danuţ Grecu
Danut Grecu
Dănuţ Grecu is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who specialized in rings. In 1974 he became Romania’s first world champion in artistic gymnastics. He is a bronze Olympic medalist and a multiple world and European medalist on rings...

(ROU)
19.525
1st  Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...

(URS)
19.525
3rd  Poland Andrzej Szajna (POL) 19.225

Vault

1st  Japan Shigeru Kasamatsu
Shigeru Kasamatsu
is a Japanese gymnast, world champion and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kasamatsu received a gold medal with the Japanese team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, a silver medal in parallel bars, and bronze medals in floor exercise and horizontal bar.-World championships:At the 1974 World Artistic...

(JPN)
19.325
2nd  Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...

 (URS)
19.250
3rd  Japan Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN) 19.225

Parallel bars

1st  Japan Eizo Kenmotsu
Eizo Kenmotsu
is a Japanese gymnast, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar....

(JPN)
19.375
2nd  Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...

 (URS)
19.325
3rd  Soviet Union Vladimir Marchenko (URS) 18.850

Horizontal bar

1st  West Germany Eberhard Gienger
Eberhard Gienger
Eberhard Gienger is a German politician and former gymnast. The Gienger salto is named after him. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.- Weblinks :...

(FRG)
19.500
2nd  German Democratic Republic Wolfgang Thüne (GDR) 19.450
3rd  Japan Eizo Kenmotsu
Eizo Kenmotsu
is a Japanese gymnast, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar....

 (JPN)
19.275
3rd  Poland Andrzej Szajna (POL) 19.275

Team final

1st  Japan 571.400
2nd  Soviet Union 567.350
3rd  German Democratic Republic 562.400

All-around

1st  Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967...

(URS)
78.450
2nd  Soviet Union Olga Korbut
Olga Korbut
Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team....

 (URS)
77.650
3rd  German Democratic Republic Angelika Hellmann (GDR) 76.875

Vault

1st  Soviet Union Olga Korbut
Olga Korbut
Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team....

(URS)
19.450
2nd  Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967...

 (URS)
19.200
3rd  Czechoslovakia Bozena Perykulova (TCH) 19.075

Uneven bars

1st  German Democratic Republic Annelore Zinke
Annelore Zinke
Annelore Zinke is a German gymnast who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won many international competitions.- External links :*...

(GDR)
19.650
2nd  Soviet Union Olga Korbut
Olga Korbut
Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team....

 (URS)
19.575
3rd  Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967...

 (URS)
19.500

Balance beam

1st  Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967...

(URS)
19.725
2nd  Soviet Union Olga Korbut
Olga Korbut
Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team....

 (URS)
19.525
3rd  Soviet Union Nellie Kim
Nellie Kim
Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics...

 (URS)
19.200

Floor exercise

1st  Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967...

(URS)
19.775
2nd  Soviet Union Olga Korbut
Olga Korbut
Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team....

 (URS)
19.600
3rd  Soviet Union Elvira Saadi
Elvira Saadi
Elvira Saadi is a retired artistic gymnast from the former Soviet Union who is now an elite gymnastics coach in Canada....

 (URS)
19.550
3rd  Soviet Union Rusudan Siharulidze (URS) 19.550

Team final

1st  Soviet Union Nina Dronova 384.150
Nellie Kim
Nellie Kim
Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics...

Olga Korbut
Olga Korbut
Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team....

Elvira Saadi
Elvira Saadi
Elvira Saadi is a retired artistic gymnast from the former Soviet Union who is now an elite gymnastics coach in Canada....

Rusudan Sikharulidze
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.Tourischeva began gymnastics in 1965 and began competing for the Soviet team as early as in 1967...

2nd  German Democratic Republic Richarda Schmeißer 376.550
Bärbel Röhrich
Heike Gerisch
Irene Abel
Irene Abel
Irene Abel is a German gymnast and competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo, and competed for East Germany. Her team took a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-External links:...

Angelika Hellmann
Annelore Zinke
Annelore Zinke
Annelore Zinke is a German gymnast who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. She won many international competitions.- External links :*...

3rd  Hungary Krisztina Medveczky 370.600
Zsuzsa Nagy
Marta Egervari
Márta Egervári
Márta Egervári is a retired Hungarian artistic gymnast, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1976. Her best result came in 1976, when she won a bronze medal on the uneven bars.-References:...

Monika Csaszar
Zsuzsa Matulai
Agnes Banfai
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