The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico

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, Puerto Rico

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, in 1996.

The team and all around events were not contested at the 1996 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The format was similar to that of the 1992 and 2002 Worlds, with medals being awarded for the individual WAG and MAG apparatus. There were three rounds of competition: the preliminary round open to everyone; the semi-finals open to the top sixteen qualifiers; and the finals for the top eight gymnasts.

Apparatus

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Floor exercise	9.787	9.700	9.625
High bar	9.800	9.775	9.762
Parallel bars	9.750	9.737	—
		9.737
Pommel horse	9.825	9.812	9.787
Rings	9.825	9.737	—
		9.737
Vault	9.756	9.743	—
		9.743

Apparatus

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Balance beam	9.887	9.812	9.800
			9.800
Floor exercise	9.850	—	9.800
	9.850		9.800
Uneven bars	9.787	—	9.775
	9.787
Vault	9.800	9.787	9.756