2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Kitakyushu, Japan from October 18–24, 2021. The competition took place at the Kitakyushu City General Gymnasium. It was the third time that Japan hosted the event, following the 1995 and 2011 editions.

The competition was originally scheduled to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, before the Danish Gymnastics Federation withdrew from hosting in July 2020. In November 2020, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique announced Kitakyushu as the replacement host city for the same dates.

Although the World Championships are traditionally not held in Olympic years, the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics caused the 2021 event to fall during the same year. The last time the Olympics and the World Championships were held in the same year was in 1996.

Competition schedule

Date Session Time Subdivisions Friday, October 15 – Sunday, October 17Podium trainingMonday, October 18Women's Qualification 9:45 AMWAG: Subdivision 1 11:15 AMWAG: Subdivision 2 1:00 PMWAG: Subdivision 3 2:30 PMWAG: Subdivision 4 4:00 PMWAG: Subdivision 5 5:45 PMWAG: Subdivision 6 7:15 PMWAG: Subdivision 7Tuesday, October 19 9:45 AMWAG: Subdivision 8 11:15 AMWAG: Subdivision 9 1:00 PMWAG: Subdivision 10Men's Qualification 5:00 PMMAG: Subdivision 1 7:10 PMMAG: Subdivision 2Wednesday, October 20 9:20 AMMAG: Subdivision 3 11:10 AMMAG: Subdivision 4 1:20 PMMAG: Subdivision 5 3:10 PMMAG: Subdivision 6 5:20 PMMAG: Subdivision 7 7:10 PMMAG: Subdivision 8 Thursday, October 21Women's Individual All-Around Final6:00–8:50 PMTop 24 from qualification Friday, October 22Men's Individual All-Around FinalSaturday, October 23Apparatus Finals4:10–7:35 PMMAG: Floor, Pommel horse, RingsWAG: Vault, Uneven barsSunday, October 244:25–7:45 PMMAG: Vault, Parallel bars, Horizontal barWAG: Balance beam, Floor Listed in local time (UTC+09:00).

Medal summary Medalists Event Gold Silver BronzeMen Zhang Boheng Daiki Hashimoto Illia Kovtun Nicola Bartolini Kazuki Minami Emil Soravuo Stephen Nedoroscik Weng Hao Kazuma Kaya None awarded Lan Xingyu Marco Lodadio Salvatore Maresca Grigorii Klimentev Carlos Yulo Hidenobu Yonekura Andrey Medvedev Hu Xuwei Carlos Yulo Shi Cong Hu Xuwei Daiki Hashimoto Brody MaloneWomen Angelina Melnikova Leanne Wong Kayla DiCello Rebeca Andrade Asia D'Amato Angelina Melnikova Wei Xiaoyuan Rebeca Andrade Luo Rui Urara Ashikawa Pauline Schaefer-Betz Mai Murakami Mai Murakami Angelina Melnikova Leanne Wong

Medal standings Overall

Men

Women

Men's results Individual all-around China's Zhang Boheng narrowly defeated reigning Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto of Japan by 0.017 points to take the title. Both won their first individual World medals. Ukrainian gymnast Illia Kovtun rounded out the podium in bronze.

Both Zhang and Hashimoto later withdrew from the first day of event finals.

Rank Gymnast Total Zhang Boheng 14.883 13.466 14.600 14.866 15.366 14.800 87.981 Daiki Hashimoto 14.833 14.166 13.966 14.800 15.066 15.133 87.964 Illia Kovtun 14.366 14.400 12.933 14.300 14.400 14.500 84.899 4 Yul Moldauer 14.500 14.866 12.466 14.333 14.900 13.300 84.365 5 Ahmet Önder 14.100 13.800 13.666 13.966 14.800 13.900 84.232 6 Shi Cong 14.466 13.500 13.733 14.658 13.400 14.300 84.057 7 Joel Plata 14.133 13.766 13.200 14.000 14.666 13.600 83.365 8 William Emard 14.633 12.433 14.625 14.466 13.766 13.333 83.256 9 Joshua Nathan 13.700 15.000 12.833 14.366 13.966 13.366 83.231 10 Néstor Abad 13.900 13.233 13.666 14.233 14.366 13.333 82.731 11 Adem Asil 14.400 12.733 14.466 14.700 12.600 13.800 82.699 12 13.700 13.700 13.400 14.058 13.900 13.933 82.691 13 Caio Souza 13.300 12.200 13.966 14.633 14.566 14.000 82.665 14 Krisztofer Mészáros 13.800 13.716 13.066 13.833 13.633 13.533 81.581 15 Robert Tvorogal 13.033 13.200 13.175 13.666 14.466 14.000 81.540 16 Luka Van den Keybus 13.666 12.933 12.833 14.533 13.500 13.800 81.265 17 Nikita Ignatyev 13.733 12.466 13.366 14.116 13.400 13.566 80.647 18 Robert Kirmes 13.866 13.700 12.633 13.966 13.266 12.366 79.797 19 Nikolaos Iliopoulos 12.733 12.633 13.308 14.033 13.666 13.366 79.739 20 Noah Kuavita 13.600 12.900 12.366 13.300 13.166 14.266 79.598 21 Sofus Heggemsnes 12.500 13.600 13.233 14.266 12.500 13.200 79.299 22 Oskar Kirmes 13.566 13.333 12.500 13.666 13.700 11.466 78.231 23 Eyal Indig 12.833 12.666 11.166 13.466 13.300 12.833 76.264 24 Alexander Benda 12.333 11.200 12.666 13.633 13.000 11.333 74.165

Floor Nicola Bartolini of Italy won the country's first-ever gold medal on floor, as well as its first World title since Juri Chechi's 1997 win on rings. Silver medalist Kazuki Minami of Japan and bronze medalist Emil Soravuo of Finland also won their first individual World medals. Defending champion Carlos Yulo of the Philippines had a costly out-of-bounds deduction and finished fifth.

Rank Gymnast Total Nicola Bartolini 6.200 8.600 14.800 Kazuki Minami 6.500 8.266 14.766 Emil Soravuo 6.000 8.700 14.700 4 Ryu Sung-hyun 6.500 8.100 14.600 5 Carlos Yulo 6.600 8.266 –0.3 14.566 6 Kazuma Kaya 5.900 8.633 14.533 7 Milad Karimi 6.400 7.933 14.333 8 Hayden Skinner 6.500 7.900 –0.3 14.100

Pommel horse Stephen Nedoroscik won the United States' first title on pommel horse and the country's first men's title in any event since Danell Leyva won parallel bars in 2011. China's Weng Hao and Kazuma Kaya of Japan tied for the silver medal.

Rank Gymnast Total Stephen Nedoroscik 6.500 8.766 15.266 Weng Hao 6.600 8.300 14.900 Kazuma Kaya 4 Nariman Kurbanov 6.200 8.566 14.766 5 Alec Yoder 6.500 8.266 6 Joshua Nathan 6.600 8.133 14.733 7 Filip Ude 6.100 7.733 13.833 8 Harutyun Merdinyan 6.200 7.200 13.400

Rings Top qualifier Lan Xingyu of China won his first individual World title after previously earning gold as an alternate for the Chinese team in 2018. Marco Lodadio of Italy was called up from first reserve and earned a second consecutive silver on the event, his third World medal overall. Lodadio's teammate Salvatore Maresca and Grigorii Klimentev of RGF tied for the bronze medal, the first individual World medal for both.

Rank Gymnast Total Lan Xingyu 6.400 8.800 15.200 Marco Lodadio 6.300 8.566 14.866 Salvatore Maresca 6.200 8.633 14.833 Grigorii Klimentev 5 Vinzenz Höck 6.200 8.533 14.733 6 İbrahim Çolak 8.466 14.666 7 William Emard 6.000 8.533 14.533 8 Courtney Tulloch 6.200 8.000 14.200

Vault

Rank GymnastVault 1Vault 2 Total Score 1 Score 2 Carlos Yulo 5.600 9.200 14.800 5.600 9.433 15.033 14.916 Hidenobu Yonekura 6.000 9.000 15.000 5.600 9.133 14.733 14.866 Andrey Medvedev 5.600 8.933 14.533 5.600 9.166 14.766 14.649 4 Thomas Grasso 5.600 9.233 14.833 5.200 9.166 –0.1 14.266 14.549 5 Yang Hak-seon 5.600 9.166 14.766 6.000 8.033 14.033 14.399 6 Courtney Tulloch 5.600 8.700 14.300 5.600 8.866 14.466 14.383 7 Nazar Chepurnyi 5.600 9.266 14.866 5.600 7.933 –0.1 13.433 14.149 8 William Emard 5.200 8.066 13.266 5.200 7.933 13.133 13.199

Parallel bars

Rank Gymnast Total Hu Xuwei 6.600 8.866 15.466 Carlos Yulo 6.400 8.900 15.300 Shi Cong 6.000 9.066 15.066 4 Daiki Hashimoto 6.200 8.800 15.000 5 Yul Moldauer 6.400 8.600 6 Kazuma Kaya 6.300 8.600 14.900 7 Caio Souza 6.100 8.466 14.566 8 Christian Baumann 6.200 6.133 12.333

Horizontal bar Rank Gymnast Total 1 Hu Xuwei 6.700 8.466 15.166 2 Daiki Hashimoto 6.500 8.566 15.066 3 Brody Malone 6.500 8.466 14.966 4 Carlo Macchini 6.700 8.266 14.966 5 Milad Karimi 6.400 8.433 14.833 6 Kōhei Uchimura 6.600 8.000 14.600 7 Illia Kovtun 6.000 8.166 14.166 8 Ilias Georgiou 5.800 7.866 13.666

Women's results Individual all-around Angelina Melnikova (RGF) became the first non-American to win a World or Olympic all-around title since her Russian teammate Aliya Mustafina did so at the 2010 World Championships. Americans Leanne Wong and Kayla DiCello won the silver and bronze medals, respectively, the first individual World medal for both.

Rank Gymnast Total Angelina Melnikova 14.466 14.533 13.800 13.833 56.632 Leanne Wong 14.341 14.066 13.900 14.033 56.340 Kayla DiCello 14.600 12.766 13.400 13.800 54.566 4 Vladislava Urazova 13.566 14.333 12.333 13.366 53.598 5 Naomi Visser 13.400 13.800 12.966 12.666 52.832 6 Wei Xiaoyuan 13.200 14.733 13.733 12.400 54.066 7 Filipa Martins 13.466 13.000 12.933 12.800 52.199 8 Alice D'Amato 14.400 12.916 11.766 13.000 52.082 9 Carolann Héduit 14.266 12.533 12.633 12.533 51.965 10 Anastasiia Bachynska 13.533 12.800 12.800 12.700 51.833 11 Shin Sol-yi 13.500 12.900 12.766 12.600 51.766 12 Asia D'Amato 14.366 12.600 11.900 12.833 51.699 13 Lee Yun-seo 13.033 13.566 12.100 13.000 51.699 14 Yelyzaveta Hubareva 13.200 13.100 12.733 12.566 51.599 15 Ruby Stacey 13.500 13.433 12.600 11.900 51.333 16 Maria Ceplinschi 13.633 12.566 11.633 13.066 50.898 17 Georgia-Mae Fenton 14.333 11.400 12.566 12.000 50.299 18 Rose Woo 13.400 12.166 11.700 12.933 50.299 19 Emma Slevin 13.600 12.533 12.733 11.266 50.132 20 Célia Serber 13.900 13.200 10.300 12.333 49.733 21 Csenge Bácskay 13.666 11.366 11.700 11.933 48.665 22 Marlies Männersdorfer 12.666 13.200 11.566 12.200 48.598 23 Jennifer Williams 13.333 10.733 12.066 12.100 48.232 24 Stefanie Siegenthaler 11.700 11.433 12.166 11.133 46.432

Vault Reigning Olympic champion Rebeca Andrade of Brazil won the title for her first individual World medal. Silver medalist Asia D'Amato is the first Italian female artistic gymnast to ever qualify for a World vault final. Angelina Melnikova (RGF)'s bronze was her second individual medal at the World Championships following the all-around title. Position Gymnast Vault 1 Vault 2 Total D Score E Score Pen. Score 1 D Score E Score Pen. Score 2 Rebeca Andrade 6.000 9.133 15.133 5.400 9.400 14.800 14.966 Asia D'Amato 5.400 8.733 14.133 5.200 8.833 14.033 14.083 Angelina Melnikova 5.400 9.033 14.433 4.800 8.700 13.500 13.966 4 Nancy Taman 5.400 8.733 14.133 4.600 8.733 13.333 13.733 5 Csenge Bácskay 5.000 8.866 13.866 4.800 8.800 13.600 13.733 6 Ofir Netzer 4.800 8.833 13.633 4.800 8.800 13.600 13.616 7 Natalia Escalera 5.000 8.466 –0.1 13.366 4.800 8.800 13.600 13.483 8 Elze Geurts 5.400 8.966 14.366 4.800 7.533 12.333 13.349

Uneven bars Wei Xiaoyuan won the title for her first individual World medal and China's first medal on the event since winning four titles in a row from 2013 to 2017 (tie in 2015). Top qualifier Rebeca Andrade of Brazil earned the silver for her second individual medal of the day. Wei's teammate Luo Rui finished in bronze after losing a tiebreaker to Andrade.

Rank Gymnast Total Wei Xiaoyuan 6.500 8.233 14.733 Rebeca Andrade 5.900 8.733 14.633 Luo Rui 6.200 8.433 14.633 4 Angelina Melnikova 6.100 8.433 14.533 5 Zsófia Kovács 6.200 8.266 14.466 6 Elisa Iorio 6.200 8.200 14.400 7 Vladislava Urazova 6.300 8.100 14.400 8 Filipa Martins 6.000 8.066 14.066

Balance beam

Rank Gymnast Total Urara Ashikawa 5.900 8.200 14.100 Pauline Schäfer-Betz 5.400 8.400 13.800 Mai Murakami 5.800 7.933 13.733 4 Leanne Wong 5.500 7.833 13.333 5 Luo Rui 5.800 7.500 13.300 6 Rebeca Andrade 5.400 7.100 12.500 7 Angelina Melnikova 5.400 7.000 12.400 8 Kayla DiCello 4.900 6.966 11.866 9 Yana Vorona 5.200 6.633 11.833

Floor Rank Gymnast Total Mai Murakami 5.800 8.266 14.066 Angelina Melnikova 5.600 8.400 14.000 Leanne Wong 5.700 8.133 13.833 4 Vladislava Urazova 5.300 8.400 13.700 5 Kayla DiCello 5.400 8.233 13.633 6 Maria Ceplinschi 5.200 8.166 13.366 7 Anastasiia Bachynska 5.100 7.933 13.033 8 Yuna Hiraiwa 5.100 7.033 12.133

Qualification Men's results Subdivision 6 of the men's qualification was delayed 90 minutes while the equipment was disinfected after a Colombian gymnast, later revealed to be Jossimar Calvo, in the previous subdivision tested positive for COVID-19. Calvo subsequently withdrew from the all-around final.

Individual all-around