Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were first held in 1934, at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1938, at the 11th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added.

The women's balance beam competition 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 numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories.

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1938 Prague * Vlasta Děkanová * unknown unknown 1950 Basel Helena Rakoczy Marja Nutti Licia Macchini 1954 Rome Keiko Tanaka Eva Bosáková Ágnes Keleti 1958 Moscow Larisa Latynina Sofia Muratova Keiko Tanaka 1962 Prague Eva Bosáková Larisa Latynina Anikó Ducza Keiko Ikeda 1966 Dortmund Natalia Kuchinskaya Věra Čáslavská Larisa Petrik 1970 Ljubljana Erika Zuchold Cathy Rigby Larisa Petrik Christine Schmitt 1974 Varna Ludmilla Tourischeva Olga Korbut Nellie Kim 1978 Strasbourg Nadia Comăneci Elena Mukhina Emilia Eberle 1979 Fort Worth Věra Černá Nellie Kim Regina Grabolle 1981 Moscow Maxi Gnauck Chen Yongyan Tracee Talavera Wu Jiani 1983 Budapest Olga Mostepanova Hana Říčná Lavinia Agache 1985 Montreal Daniela Silivaș Ecaterina Szabó Yelena Shushunova 1987 Rotterdam Aurelia Dobre Yelena Shushunova Svetlana Boginskaya Ecaterina Szabó 1989 Stuttgart Daniela Silivaș Olesya Dudnik Gabriela Potorac 1991 Indianapolis Svetlana Boginskaya Tatiana Gutsu Lavinia Miloșovici Betty Okino 1992 Paris Kim Zmeskal Li Yifang Maria Neculiță 1993 Birmingham Lavinia Miloșovici Dominique Dawes Gina Gogean 1994 Brisbane Shannon Miller Lilia Podkopayeva Oksana Fabrichnova 1995 Sabae Mo Huilan Dominique Moceanu Lilia Podkopayeva 1996 San Juan Dina Kochetkova Alexandra Marinescu Dominique Dawes Liu Xuan 1997 Lausanne Gina Gogean Svetlana Khorkina Kui Yuanyuan 1999 Tianjin Ling Jie Andreea Răducan Olha Rozshchupkina 2001 Ghent Andreea Răducan Ludmila Ezhova Sun Xiaojiao 2002 Debrecen Ashley Postell Oana Ban Irina Yarotska 2003 Anaheim Fan Ye Cătălina Ponor Ludmila Ezhova 2005 Melbourne Nastia Liukin Chellsie Memmel Cătălina Ponor 2006 Aarhus Iryna Krasnianska Sandra Izbașa Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs 2007 Stuttgart Nastia Liukin Li Shanshan Steliana Nistor 2009 London Deng Linlin Lauren Mitchell Ivana Hong 2010 Rotterdam Ana Porgras Rebecca Bross Deng Linlin 2011 Tokyo Sui Lu Yao Jinnan Jordyn Wieber 2013 Antwerp Aliya Mustafina Kyla Ross Simone Biles 2014 Nanning Simone Biles Bai Yawen Aliya Mustafina 2015 Glasgow Simone Biles Sanne Wevers Pauline Schäfer 2017 Montreal Pauline Schäfer Morgan Hurd Tabea Alt 2018 Doha Liu Tingting Ana Padurariu Simone Biles 2019 Stuttgart Simone Biles Liu Tingting Li Shijia 2021 Kitakyushu Urara Ashikawa Pauline Schäfer-Betz Mai Murakami 2022 Liverpool Hazuki Watanabe Ellie Black Miyata Shoko 2023 Antwerp Simone Biles (4) Zhou Yaqin Rebeca Andrade 2025 Jakarta Zhang Qingying Kaylia Nemour Aiko Sugihara

* There is conflicting and incomplete information about medal winners in the individual apparatus events at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as non-primary sources gives different information about it.

All-time medal count Last updated after the 2025 World Championships.

Multiple medalists Rank Gymnast Nation YearsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 2013–2023 4 0 2 6 2 2005–2007 2 0 0 2 1985–1989 2 0 0 2 4 2015–2021 1 1 1 3 5 1954–1962 1 1 0 2 Deng Linlin 2009–2010 1 1 0 2 1958–1962 1 1 0 2 Liu Tingting 2018–2019 1 1 0 2 1999–2001 1 1 0 2 10 1954–1958 1 0 2 3 11 1987–1991 1 0 1 2 1993–1997 1 0 1 2 1991–1993 1 0 1 2 2013–2014 1 0 1 2 15 1994–1995 0 2 0 2 16 1993–1996 0 1 1 2 2001–2003 0 1 1 2 1974–1979 0 1 1 2 2003–2005 0 1 1 2 1985–1987 0 1 1 2 1985–1987 0 1 1 2 22 1966–1970 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