The men's vault competition at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was first contested in 1934. It 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
Bold number in brackets denotes record number of victories.
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1934 Budapest Eugen Mack Eduard Steinemann Romeo Neri 1938 Prague Eugen Mack Walter Beck Hans Nägelin 1942 Not held due to World War II 1950 Basel Ernst Gebendinger Olavi Rove Walter Lehmann 1954 Rome Leo Sotorník Helmut Bantz Sergei Dzhayani 1958 Moscow Yuri Titov Masao Takemoto Takashi Ono 1962 Prague Přemysl Krbec Haruhiro Yamashita Yukio Endō Boris Shakhlin 1966 Dortmund Haruhiro Yamashita Takeshi Katō Akinori Nakayama 1970 Ljubljana Mitsuo Tsukahara Viktor Klimenko Takeshi Katō 1974 Varna Shigeru Kasamatsu Nikolai Andrianov Hiroshi Kajiyama 1978 Strasbourg Junichi Shimizu Nikolai Andrianov Ralph Bärthel 1979 Fort Worth Alexander Dityatin Nikolai Andrianov Ralph Bärthel Bart Conner 1981 Moscow Ralf-Peter Hemmann Artur Akopyan Bohdan Makuts 1983 Budapest Artur Akopyan Li Ning Bernd Jensch 1985 Montreal Yuri Korolyov Laurent Barbiéri Lou Yun 1987 Rotterdam Sylvio Kroll Lou Yun Dian Kolev 1989 Stuttgart Jörg Behrend Sylvio Kroll Vladimir Artemov 1991 Indianapolis Yoo Ok-ryul Vitaly Scherbo Yutaka Aihara 1992 Paris Yoo Ok-ryul Ihor Korobchynskyi Victor Colon Curtis Hibbert 1993 Birmingham Vitaly Scherbo Chang Feng-chih Yoo Ok-ryul 1994 Brisbane Vitaly Scherbo Li Xiaoshuang Yeo Hong-chul 1995 Sabae Hrihoriy Misyutin Alexei Nemov Vitaly Scherbo 1996 San Juan Alexei Nemov Andrea Massucchi Yeo Hong-chul 1997 Lausanne Sergey Fedorchenko Nikolai Kryukov Adrian Ianculescu 1999 Tianjin Li Xiaopeng Jevgēņijs Saproņenko Dieter Rehm 2001 Ghent Marian Drăgulescu Jevgēņijs Saproņenko Charles León Tamayo 2002 Debrecen Li Xiaopeng Leszek Blanik Yang Wei 2003 Anaheim Li Xiaopeng Marian Drăgulescu Kyle Shewfelt 2005 Melbourne Marian Drăgulescu Leszek Blanik Alin Jivan 2006 Aarhus Marian Drăgulescu Dmitry Kasperovich Fabian Hambüchen 2007 Stuttgart Leszek Blanik Ilie Daniel Popescu Ri Se-gwang 2009 London Marian Drăgulescu (4) Flavius Koczi Anton Golotsutskov 2010 Rotterdam Thomas Bouhail Anton Golotsutskov Dmitry Kasperovich 2011 Tokyo Yang Hak-seon Anton Golotsutskov Makoto Okiguchi 2013 Antwerp Yang Hak-seon Steven Legendre Kristian Thomas 2014 Nanning Ri Se-gwang Igor Radivilov Jacob Dalton 2015 Glasgow Ri Se-gwang Marian Drăgulescu Donnell Whittenburg 2017 Montreal Kenzō Shirai Igor Radivilov Kim Han-sol 2018 Doha Ri Se-gwang Artur Dalaloyan Kenzō Shirai 2019 Stuttgart Nikita Nagornyy Artur Dalaloyan Igor Radivilov 2021 Kitakyushu Carlos Yulo Hidenobu Yonekura Andrey Medvedev 2022 Liverpool Artur Davtyan Carlos Yulo Igor Radivilov 2023 Antwerp Jake Jarman Khoi Young Nazar Chepurnyi 2025 Jakarta Carlos Yulo Artur Davtyan Nazar Chepurnyi
All-time medal count Last updated after the 2025 World Championships.
Note Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from former Soviet Union at the 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Paris, France, as medals for CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).
Multiple medalists Rank Gymnast Nation YearsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 2001–2015 4 2 0 6 2 Ri Se-gwang 2007–2018 3 0 1 4 3 Li Xiaopeng 1999–2003 3 0 0 3 4 1991–1995 2 1 1 4 5 2021–2025 2 1 0 3 6 Yoo Ok-ryul 1991–1993 2 0 1 3 7 1934–1938 2 0 0 2 1995–1996 2 0 0 2 Yang Hak-seon 2011–2013 2 0 0 2 10 2002–2007 1 2 0 3 11 1981–1983 1 1 0 2 2022–2025 1 1 0 2 1987–1989 1 1 0 2 Lou Yun 1985–1987 1 1 0 2 1962–1966 1 1 0 2 16 2017–2018 1 0 1 2 17 1974–1979 0 3 0 3 18 2014–2022 0 2 2 4 19 2009–2011 0 2 1 3 20 2018–2019 0 2 0 2 1999–2001 0 2 0 2 22 2006–2010 0 1 1 2 1966–1970 0 1 1 2 Yeo Hong-chul 1994–1996 0 1 1 2 25 1978–1979 0 0 2 2 2023–2025 0 0 2 2
References
FIG Results: 1903 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1905 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1907 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1909 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1911 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1913 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1922 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1926 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1930 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Individuals Competition) FIG Results: 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team Competition) FIG Results: 1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships FIG Results: 2006 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships FIG Results: 2007 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Results: 2009 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships