Dutch gymnast Hendricus Thijsen competed at the inaugural World Championships in 1903. While there he co-won gold on the pommel horse. At the 1905 World Championships the Dutch men won the silver medal in the team competition. It would be another 96 years before another gymnast won a medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, with Renske Endel earning a silver medal in 2001.
Medalists MedalNameYearEvent Hendricus Thijsen 1903 Antwerp Men's pommel horse D. de Boer, G.J. Douw, B. Florijn, Dirk Janssen, Jan Janssen, Jan Jacob Kieft, Ferdinand Lambert, J.H. Reder, Johan Schmitt 1905 Bordeaux Men's team Renske Endel 2001 Ghent Women's uneven bars Verona van de Leur 2002 Debrecen Women's floor exercise Yuri van Gelder 2005 Melbourne Men's rings Suzanne Harmes Women's floor exercise Yuri van Gelder 2006 Aarhus Men's rings Yuri van Gelder 2007 Stuttgart Men's rings Epke Zonderland 2009 London Men's horizontal bar Epke Zonderland 2010 Rotterdam Men's horizontal bar Epke Zonderland 2013 Antwerp Men's horizontal bar Epke Zonderland 2014 Nanning Men's horizontal bar Sanne Wevers 2015 Glasgow Women's balance beam Epke Zonderland 2017 Montreal Men's horizontal bar Bart Deurloo Epke Zonderland 2018 Doha Men's horizontal bar
Medal tables By gender
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