1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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The 22nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Budapest
Budapest
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, the capital of Hungary
Hungary
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, in 1983.

Medals

1  Soviet Union 9 5 1 15
2  Mainland China 3 2 4 9
3  Romania 1 5 2 8
4  Japan 1 1 2 4
5  German Democratic Republic 1 0 2 3
6  Bulgaria 1 0 1 2
7=  Early Modern France 0 1 0 1
7=  Hungary 0 1 0 1
7=  Czechoslovakia 0 1 0 1

All-around

1st  Soviet Union Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev is a Soviet/Russian gymnast. One of the most accomplished gymnasts in history, he is a two-time World All-Around Champion and three-time Olympic Champion. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow....

(URS)
119.200
2nd  Japan Koji Gushiken
Koji Gushiken
was an Olympic gymnast for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won a total number of five medals, including two gold. Born November 12, 1956. He currently coaches other Olympic contenders.-References:* *...

 (JPN)
118.425
3rd  Mainland China Lou Yun (CHN) 118.150
3rd  Soviet Union Arthur Akopian (URS) 118.150

Floor exercise

1st  Mainland China Tong Fei
Tong Fei
Tong Fei is a male Chinese gymnast. He competed at 1984 Olympic Games, and won a silver medal in men's horizontal bar . He also helped Chinese men's gymnastics team to win a silver medal in team competition....

(CHN)
19.900
2nd  Soviet Union Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev is a Soviet/Russian gymnast. One of the most accomplished gymnasts in history, he is a two-time World All-Around Champion and three-time Olympic Champion. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow....

 (URS)
19.875
3rd  Mainland China Li Ning
Li Ning
Li Ning is a well-known Chinese gymnast and entrepreneur. He was born in an ethnic Zhuang family.-Gymnastics career:...

 (CHN)
19.800

Pommel horse

1st  Soviet Union Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev is a Soviet/Russian gymnast. One of the most accomplished gymnasts in history, he is a two-time World All-Around Champion and three-time Olympic Champion. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow....

(URS)
20.000
2nd  Mainland China Li Xiaoping
Li Xiaoping
Li Xiaoping is a male Chinese gymnast. He competed at the 1984 Olympic Games, and won a silver medal in Men's Team. In the 1983 World Championships, he won a gold medal for Men's Team and a gold medal for pommel horse.-References:...

 (CHN)
19.950
2nd  Hungary Gyorgy Guczoghy (HUN) 19.950

Rings

1st  Japan Koji Gushiken
Koji Gushiken
was an Olympic gymnast for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won a total number of five medals, including two gold. Born November 12, 1956. He currently coaches other Olympic contenders.-References:* *...

(JPN)
19.925
1st  Soviet Union Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev is a Soviet/Russian gymnast. One of the most accomplished gymnasts in history, he is a two-time World All-Around Champion and three-time Olympic Champion. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow....

(URS)
19.925
3rd  Mainland China Li Ning
Li Ning
Li Ning is a well-known Chinese gymnast and entrepreneur. He was born in an ethnic Zhuang family.-Gymnastics career:...

 (CHN)
19.900

Vault

1st  Soviet Union Arthur Akopian (URS) 19.875
2nd  Mainland China Li Ning
Li Ning
Li Ning is a well-known Chinese gymnast and entrepreneur. He was born in an ethnic Zhuang family.-Gymnastics career:...

 (CHN)
19.850
3rd  German Democratic Republic Bernd Jensch (GDR) 19.825

Parallel bars

1st  Mainland China Lou Yun (CHN) 19.950
1st  Soviet Union Vladimir Artemov
Vladimir Artemov
Vladimir Nikolaevich Artemov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union.He was born in Vladimir....

(URS)
19.950
3rd  Mainland China Tong Fei
Tong Fei
Tong Fei is a male Chinese gymnast. He competed at 1984 Olympic Games, and won a silver medal in men's horizontal bar . He also helped Chinese men's gymnastics team to win a silver medal in team competition....

 (CHN)
19.850
3rd  Japan Koji Sotomura (JPN) 19.850

Horizontal bar

1st  Soviet Union Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev is a Soviet/Russian gymnast. One of the most accomplished gymnasts in history, he is a two-time World All-Around Champion and three-time Olympic Champion. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow....

(URS)
19.850
2nd  Early Modern France Philippe Vatuone (FRA) 19.825
2nd  Soviet Union Alexander Pogorelov (URS) 19.825

Team final

1st  Mainland China Tong Fei
Tong Fei
Tong Fei is a male Chinese gymnast. He competed at 1984 Olympic Games, and won a silver medal in men's horizontal bar . He also helped Chinese men's gymnastics team to win a silver medal in team competition....

591.450
Li Ning
Li Ning
Li Ning is a well-known Chinese gymnast and entrepreneur. He was born in an ethnic Zhuang family.-Gymnastics career:...

Lou Yun
Xu Zhiquiang
Li Xiaoping
Li Xiaoping
Li Xiaoping is a male Chinese gymnast. He competed at the 1984 Olympic Games, and won a silver medal in Men's Team. In the 1983 World Championships, he won a gold medal for Men's Team and a gold medal for pommel horse.-References:...

Li Yuejiu
Li Yuejiu
Li Yuejiu is a former male Chinese gymnast.Li competed at 1984 Olympic Games, and won a silver medal in Men's Team competition. He was China's first World Champion on floor exercise in 1981. Li retired in October 1984. He went to study in Canada, and became a coach in Canadian national gymnastic...

2nd  Soviet Union Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Bilozerchev
Dmitry Vladimirovich Bilozerchev is a Soviet/Russian gymnast. One of the most accomplished gymnasts in history, he is a two-time World All-Around Champion and three-time Olympic Champion. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow....

591.350
Artur Akopian
Alexander Pogorelov
Vladimir Artemov
Vladimir Artemov
Vladimir Nikolaevich Artemov is a former Russian gymnast, Olympic champion and world champion who competed for the Soviet Union.He was born in Vladimir....

Yury Korolev
Bogdan Makuts
3rd  Japan Koji Gushiken
Koji Gushiken
was an Olympic gymnast for Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won a total number of five medals, including two gold. Born November 12, 1956. He currently coaches other Olympic contenders.-References:* *...

588.850
Koji Sotomura
Nobuyuki Kajitani
Mitsuake Watanabe
Noritoshi Hirata
Shinji Morisue
Shinji Morisue
is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic champion. He hails from Okayama City.-Olympics:He received a gold medal in horizontal bar, a silver medal in vault, and a bronze medal in team combined exercises at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....


All-around

1st  Soviet Union Natalia Yurchenko
Natalia Yurchenko
Natalia Vladimirovna Yurchenko was a Soviet artistic gymnast, who was the women's all-around gold medalist at the 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships...

(URS)
79.350
2nd  Soviet Union Olga Mostepanova
Olga Mostepanova
Olga Vasilyevna Mostepanova is a retired prominent Soviet gymnast. Her birth year has been variously reported as 1968 or 1969, but Mostepanova herself has stated that she was actually born in 1970.-Gymnastics career:...

 (URS)
79.000
3rd  Romania Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo is an ethnic Hungarian former artistic gymnast from Romania who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals...

 (ROU)
78.975

Vault

1st  Bulgaria Boriana Stoyanova
Boriana Stoyanova
Boriana Stoyanova is a retired Bulgarian artistic gymnast. She was the 1983 World Champion on the vault and represented Bulgaria at the 1984 Friendship Games and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.-External links:...

(BUL)
19.825
2nd  Romania Lavinia Agache
Lavinia Agache
Lavinia Agache is a retired Romanian gymnast. She had a successful senior career winning a number of ten medals at major international events. She medaled team gold at the 1984 Olympics and team silver at the 1983 Worlds...

 (ROU)
19.800
2nd  Romania Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo is an ethnic Hungarian former artistic gymnast from Romania who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals...

 (ROU)
19.800

Uneven bars

1st  German Democratic Republic Maxi Gnauck
Maxi Gnauck
Maxi Gnauck is a retired Artistic Gymnast. With a total of 27 medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, and European Championships she is considered one of the most successful woman gymnast that Germany has ever produced.Her parents were expecting a boy and they planned to name...

(GDR)
19.925
2nd  Romania Lavinia Agache
Lavinia Agache
Lavinia Agache is a retired Romanian gymnast. She had a successful senior career winning a number of ten medals at major international events. She medaled team gold at the 1984 Olympics and team silver at the 1983 Worlds...

 (ROU)
19.800
2nd  Romania Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo is an ethnic Hungarian former artistic gymnast from Romania who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals...

 (ROU)
19.800

Balance beam

1st  Soviet Union Olga Mostepanova
Olga Mostepanova
Olga Vasilyevna Mostepanova is a retired prominent Soviet gymnast. Her birth year has been variously reported as 1968 or 1969, but Mostepanova herself has stated that she was actually born in 1970.-Gymnastics career:...

(URS)
19.775
2nd  Czechoslovakia Hana Ricna (TCH) 19.750
3rd  Romania Lavinia Agache
Lavinia Agache
Lavinia Agache is a retired Romanian gymnast. She had a successful senior career winning a number of ten medals at major international events. She medaled team gold at the 1984 Olympics and team silver at the 1983 Worlds...

 (ROU)
19.675

Floor exercise

1st  Romania Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo is an ethnic Hungarian former artistic gymnast from Romania who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals...

(ROU)
19.975
2nd  Soviet Union Olga Mostepanova
Olga Mostepanova
Olga Vasilyevna Mostepanova is a retired prominent Soviet gymnast. Her birth year has been variously reported as 1968 or 1969, but Mostepanova herself has stated that she was actually born in 1970.-Gymnastics career:...

 (URS)
19.900
3rd  Bulgaria Boriana Stoyanova
Boriana Stoyanova
Boriana Stoyanova is a retired Bulgarian artistic gymnast. She was the 1983 World Champion on the vault and represented Bulgaria at the 1984 Friendship Games and the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.-External links:...

 (BUL)
19.850

Team final

1st  Soviet Union Olga Bicherova
Olga Bicherova
Olga Anatolyevna Bicherova was a Soviet gymnast, who won the women's all-round gold medal at the 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships....

393.450
Tatiana Frolova
Natalia Ilienko
Natalia Ilienko
Natalia Ilienko was a Soviet gymnast born March 26, 1967 in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan. Her biggest accomplishment was becoming world floor champion in 1981....

Olga Mostepanova
Olga Mostepanova
Olga Vasilyevna Mostepanova is a retired prominent Soviet gymnast. Her birth year has been variously reported as 1968 or 1969, but Mostepanova herself has stated that she was actually born in 1970.-Gymnastics career:...

Albina Shishova
Natalia Yurchenko
Natalia Yurchenko
Natalia Vladimirovna Yurchenko was a Soviet artistic gymnast, who was the women's all-around gold medalist at the 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships...

2nd  Romania Lavinia Agache
Lavinia Agache
Lavinia Agache is a retired Romanian gymnast. She had a successful senior career winning a number of ten medals at major international events. She medaled team gold at the 1984 Olympics and team silver at the 1983 Worlds...

392.100
Mirela Barbălată
Mirela Barbălată
Mirela Barbălată is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. In 1983 she won the silver medal with the team at the 1983 World Championships. At the same competition she scored a perfect ten on vault and she had the highest qualifying score for the vault final. However, she did not compete in the...

Laura Cutina
Laura Cutina
Laura Cutina is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic gold medalist and a two-time world silver medalist with the team.-External links:*...

Simona Renciu
Simona Renciu
Simona Renciu is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. In 1983 she won the silver world medal with the team at the 1983 World Championships. After retirement she emigrated in Luxemburg where she is working as a judge for the Luxemburg Gymnastics Federation and as a gymnastics coach at the Le Réveil...

Mihaela Stănuleţ
Mihaela Stanulet
Mihaela Stănuleţ is a Romanian artistic gymnast, who competed in international events between 1979 and 1984. She is an Olympic gold medalist and a world silver medalist with the team. Individually, she is a European bronze medalist on beam. She also placed fourth on the uneven bars final at the...

Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo
Ecaterina Szabo is an ethnic Hungarian former artistic gymnast from Romania who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals...

3rd  German Democratic Republic Maxi Gnauck
Maxi Gnauck
Maxi Gnauck is a retired Artistic Gymnast. With a total of 27 medals at the Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cups, and European Championships she is considered one of the most successful woman gymnast that Germany has ever produced.Her parents were expecting a boy and they planned to name...

389.250
Gabriele Faehnrich
Gabriele Faehnrich
Gabriele Faehnrich is a German former gymnast. She competed for the Berlin club Sportvereinigung Dynamo and for the German Democratic Republic...

Astrid Heese
Diana Morawe
Silvia Rau
Bettina Schieferdecker
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