Soviet Union at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

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Medals	Gold 5 Silver 3 Bronze 5 Total 13
Appearances
	1; 1992

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World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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Medals	Gold 111 Silver 86 Bronze 59 Total 256
Appearances
	14; 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991

The Soviet Union didn't compete at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships until 1954.^[1] Despite it being their first appearance they dominated the competition, winning gold in both team events and winning 20 total medals.^[2]^[3] The Soviet Union competed for the last time at the 1991 World Championships as the Soviet Union; the following year they competed as the Commonwealth of Independent States and in 1993 athletes from former Soviet member states officially began competing under their own flags.^[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Year	Event
Gold	Albert Azaryan, Viktor Chukarin, Sergei Dzhayani, Yevgeny Korolkov, Valentin Muratov, Hrant Shahinyan, Boris Shakhlin, Ivan Vostrikov	1954 Rome	Men's team
Gold	Nina Bocharova, Pelageya Danilova, Maria Gorokhovskaya, Larisa Diriy, Tamara Manina, Sofia Muratova, Galina Rud'ko, Galina Sarabidze		Women's team
Gold	Viktor Chukarin		Men's all-around
Gold	Valentin Muratov
Bronze	Hrant Shahinyan
Gold	Galina Rud'ko		Women's all-around
Gold	Valentin Muratov		Men's floor exercise
Gold	Tamara Manina		Women's vault
Gold	Hrant Shahinyan		Men's pommel horse
Bronze	Viktor Chukarin		Men's pommel horse
Silver	Galina Rud'ko		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Albert Azaryan		Men's rings
Silver	Yevgeny Korolkov
Bronze	Valentin Muratov
Bronze	Sergei Dzhayani		Men's vault
Gold	Viktor Chukarin		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Tamara Manina		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Maria Gorokhovskaya		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Valentin Muratov		Men's horizontal bar
Silver	Boris Shakhlin		Men's horizontal bar
Gold	Albert Azaryan, Valentin Lipatov, Valentin Muratov, Boris Shakhlin, Pavel Stolbov, Yuri Titov	1958 Moscow	Men's team
Gold	Polina Astakhova, Raisa Borisova, Lidiya Kalinina, Larisa Latynina, Tamara Manina, Sofia Muratova		Women's team
Gold	Boris Shakhlin		Men's all-around
Bronze	Yuri Titov		Men's all-around
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's all-around
Bronze	Tamara Manina		Women's all-around
Bronze	Yuri Titov		Men's floor exercise
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's vault
Silver	Sofia Muratova
Silver	Lidiya Kalinina
Silver	Tamara Manina
Gold	Boris Shakhlin		Men's pommel horse
Silver	Pavel Stolbov		Men's pommel horse
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Polina Astakhova		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Albert Azaryan		Men's rings
Bronze	Yuri Titov		Men's rings
Gold	Yuri Titov		Men's vault
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's balance beam
Silver	Sofia Muratova		Women's balance beam
Gold	Boris Shakhlin		Men's parallel bars
Bronze	Pavel Stolbov		Men's parallel bars
Silver	Larisa Latynina		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Boris Shakhlin		Men's horizontal bar
Silver	Albert Azaryan
Bronze	Yuri Titov
Silver	Valery Kerdemelidi, Viktor Leontyev, Viktor Lisitsky, Boris Shakhlin, Pavel Stolbov, Yuri Titov	1962 Prague	Men's team
Gold	Polina Astakhova, Lidiya Ivanova, Larisa Latynina, Tamara Manina, Sofia Muratova, Irina Pervuschina		Women's team
Gold	Yuri Titov		Men's all-around
Bronze	Boris Shakhlin		Men's all-around
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's all-around
Bronze	Irina Pervuschina		Women's all-around
Silver	Larisa Latynina		Women's vault
Bronze	Tamara Manina		Women's vault
Silver	Boris Shakhlin		Men's pommel horse
Gold	Irina Pervuschina		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Larisa Latynina		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Yuri Titov		Men's rings
Silver	Boris Shakhlin		Men's rings
Bronze	Boris Shakhlin		Men's vault
Silver	Larisa Latynina		Women's balance beam
Silver	Boris Shakhlin		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Larisa Latynina		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Irina Pervuschina		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Pavel Stolbov		Men's horizontal bar
Silver	Mikhail Voronin, Sergei Diomidov, Valery Kerdemelidi, Yuri Titov, Valery Karasev, Boris Shakhlin	1966 Dortmund	Men's team
Silver	Natalia Kuchinskaya, Larisa Petrik, Zinaida Druzhinina, Larisa Latynina, Polina Astakhova, Olga Kharlova		Women's team
Gold	Mikhail Voronin		Men's all-around
Silver	Natalia Kuchinskaya		Women's all-around
Bronze	Natalia Kuchinskaya		Women's vault
Silver	Mikhail Voronin		Men's pommel horse
Gold	Natalia Kuchinskaya		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Mikhail Voronin		Men's rings
Gold	Natalia Kuchinskaya		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Larisa Petrik		Women's balance beam
Gold	Sergei Diomidov		Men's parallel bars
Silver	Mikhail Voronin		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Natalia Kuchinskaya		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Zinaida Druzhinina		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Mikhail Voronin, Viktor Klimenko, Sergei Diomidov, Viktor Lisitsky, German Bogdanov, Valery Karasyov	1970 Ljubljana	Men's team
Gold	Lyubov Burda, Olga Karaseva, Tamara Lazakovich, Larisa Petrik, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Zinaida Voronina		Women's team
Gold	Ludmilla Tourischeva		Women's all-around
Bronze	Zinaida Voronina		Women's all-around
Bronze	Lyubov Burda		Women's vault
Bronze	Ludmilla Tourischeva		Women's vault
Bronze	Viktor Klimenko		Men's pommel horse
Silver	Ludmilla Tourischeva		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Zinaida Voronina		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Mikhail Voronin		Men's rings
Silver	Viktor Klimenko		Men's vault
Bronze	Larisa Petrik		Women's balance beam
Silver	Mikhail Voronin		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Ludmilla Tourischeva		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Olga Karaseva
Bronze	Zinaida Voronina
Silver	Nikolai Andrianov, Edvard Mikaelian, Vladimir Marchenko, Paata Shamugiya, Vladimir Safronov, Viktor Klimenko	1974 Varna	Men's team
Gold	Ludmilla Tourischeva, Olga Korbut, Elvira Saadi, Rusudan Sikharulidze, Nina Dronova, Nellie Kim		Women's team
Silver	Nikolai Andrianov		Men's all-around
Gold	Ludmilla Tourischeva		Women's all-around
Silver	Olga Korbut		Women's all-around
Gold	Olga Korbut		Women's vault
Silver	Ludmilla Tourischeva		Women's vault
Silver	Nikolai Andrianov		Men's pommel horse
Silver	Olga Korbut		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Ludmilla Tourischeva		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Nikolai Andrianov		Men's rings
Silver	Nikolai Andrianov		Men's vault
Gold	Ludmilla Tourischeva		Women's balance beam
Silver	Olga Korbut
Bronze	Nellie Kim
Silver	Nikolai Andrianov		Men's parallel bars
Bronze	Vladimir Marchenko		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Ludmilla Tourischeva		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Olga Korbut
Bronze	Elvira Saadi
Bronze	Rusudan Siharulidze
Silver	Nikolai Andrianov, Eduard Azarian, Alexander Dityatin, Gennady Krysin, Vladimir Markelov, Aleksandr Tkachyov	1978 Strasbourg	Men's team
Gold	Maria Filatova, Natalia Shaposhnikova, Elena Mukhina, Nellie Kim, Svetlana Agapova, Tatiana Arzhannikova		Women's team
Gold	Nikolai Andrianov		Men's all-around
Bronze	Alexander Dityatin		Men's all-around
Gold	Elena Mukhina		Women's all-around
Silver	Nellie Kim
Bronze	Natalia Shaposhnikova
Bronze	Alexander Dityatin		Men's floor exercise
Gold	Nellie Kim		Women's vault
Silver	Elena Mukhina		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Nikolai Andrianov		Men's rings
Silver	Alexander Dityatin		Men's rings
Silver	Nikolai Andrianov		Men's vault
Silver	Elena Mukhina		Women's balance beam
Silver	Nikolai Andrianov		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Nellie Kim		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Elena Mukhina		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Gennady Krysin		Men's horizontal bar
Gold	Alexander Dityatin, Aleksandr Tkachyov, Vladimir Markelov, Nikolai Andrianov, Bogdan Makuts, Artur Akopyan	1979 Fort Worth	Men's team
Silver	Maria Filatova, Nellie Kim, Elena Naimushina, Natalia Shaposhnikova, Natalia Tereschenko, Stella Zakharova		Women's team
Gold	Alexander Dityatin		Men's all-around
Bronze	Aleksandr Tkachyov		Men's all-around
Gold	Nellie Kim		Women's all-around
Bronze	Aleksandr Tkachyov		Men's floor exercise
Silver	Stella Zakharova		Women's vault
Bronze	Nellie Kim		Women's vault
Gold	Alexander Dityatin		Men's rings
Bronze	Aleksandr Tkachyov		Men's rings
Gold	Alexander Dityatin		Men's vault
Silver	Nikolai Andrianov		Men's vault
Silver	Nellie Kim		Women's balance beam
Silver	Aleksandr Tkachyov		Men's parallel bars
Silver	Nellie Kim		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Aleksandr Tkachyov		Men's horizontal bar
Bronze	Alexander Dityatin		Men's horizontal bar
Gold	Yuri Korolev, Bogdan Makuts, Alexander Dityatin, Aleksandr Tkachyov, Artur Akopyan, Pavel Sut	1981 Moscow	Men's team
Gold	Elena Davydova, Olga Bicherova, Maria Filatova, Stella Zakharova, Elena Polevaya, Natalia Ilienko		Women's team
Gold	Yuri Korolev		Men's all-around
Silver	Bogdan Makuts		Men's all-around
Gold	Olga Bicherova		Women's all-around
Silver	Maria Filatova
Bronze	Elena Davydova
Gold	Yuri Korolev		Men's floor exercise
Silver	Stella Zakharova		Women's vault
Bronze	Yuri Korolev		Men's pommel horse
Bronze	Elena Davydova		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Alexander Dityatin		Men's rings
Bronze	Bogdan Makuts		Men's rings
Silver	Artur Akopyan		Men's vault
Bronze	Bogdan Makuts		Men's vault
Gold	Alexander Dityatin		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Natalia Ilienko		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Elena Davydova		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Aleksandr Tkachyov		Men's horizontal bar
Silver	Artur Akopyan		Men's horizontal bar
Silver	Dmitry Bilozerchev, Artur Akopyan, Alexander Pogorelov, Vladimir Artemov, Yury Korolev, Bogdan Makuts	1983 Budapest	Men's team
Gold	Olga Bicherova, Tatiana Frolova, Olga Mostepanova, Natalia Ilienko, Albina Shishova, Natalia Yurchenko		Women's team
Gold	Dmitry Bilozerchev		Men's all-around
Bronze	Artur Akopyan		Men's all-around
Gold	Natalia Yurchenko		Women's all-around
Silver	Olga Mostepanova		Women's all-around
Silver	Dmitry Bilozerchev		Men's floor exercise
Gold	Dmitry Bilozerchev		Men's pommel horse
Gold	Dmitry Bilozerchev		Men's rings
Gold	Artur Akopyan		Men's vault
Gold	Olga Mostepanova		Women's balance beam
Gold	Vladimir Artemov		Men's parallel bars
Silver	Olga Mostepanova		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Dmitry Bilozerchev		Men's horizontal bar
Silver	Alexander Pogorelov		Men's horizontal bar
Gold	Vladimir Artemov, Yuri Korolev, Valentin Mogilny, Yury Balabanov, Aleksei Tikhonkikh, Aleksandr Tumilovich	1985 Montreal	Men's team
Gold	Irina Baraksanova, Vera Kolesnikova, Olga Mostepanova, Oksana Omelianchik, Yelena Shushunova, Natalia Yurchenko		Women's team
Gold	Yuri Korolev		Men's all-around
Silver	Vladimir Artemov		Men's all-around
Gold	Oksana Omelianchik		Women's all-around
Gold	Yelena Shushunova		Women's all-around
Silver	Yuri Korolev		Men's floor exercise
Gold	Yelena Shushunova		Women's vault
Gold	Valentin Mogilny		Men's pommel horse
Gold	Yuri Korolev		Men's rings
Bronze	Yury Balobanov		Men's rings
Gold	Yuri Korolev		Men's vault
Bronze	Yelena Shushunova		Women's balance beam
Gold	Valentin Mogilny		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Oksana Omelianchik		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Yelena Shushunova		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Dmitry Bilozerchev, Valeri Liukin, Vladimir Artemov, Yuri Korolyov, Vladimir Novikov, Aleksei Tikhonkikh	1987 Rotterdam	Men's team
Silver	Yelena Shushunova, Svetlana Baitova, Oksana Omelianchik, Elena Gurova, Svetlana Boginskaya, Tatiana Tuzhikova		Women's team
Gold	Dmitry Bilozerchev		Men's all-around
Silver	Yuri Korolyov
Bronze	Vladimir Artemov
Silver	Yelena Shushunova		Women's all-around
Silver	Vladimir Artemov		Men's floor exercise
Gold	Yelena Shushunova		Women's vault
Gold	Dmitry Bilozerchev		Men's pommel horse
Bronze	Yelena Shushunova		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Yuri Korolyov		Men's rings
Silver	Dmitry Bilozerchev		Men's rings
Silver	Yelena Shushunova		Women's balance beam
Bronze	Svetlana Boginskaya		Women's balance beam
Gold	Vladimir Artemov		Men's parallel bars
Silver	Dmitry Bilozerchev		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Yelena Shushunova		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Dmitry Bilozerchev		Men's horizontal bar
Gold	Igor Korobchinsky, Vladimir Artemov, Valentin Mogilny, Vitaly Marinich, Valery Belenky, Vladimir Novikov	1989 Stuttgart	Men's team
Gold	Natalia Laschenova, Olga Strazheva, Svetlana Boginskaya, Olesya Dudnik, Elena Sazonenkova, Svetlana Baitova		Women's team
Gold	Igor Korobchinsky		Men's all-around
Silver	Valentin Mogilny		Men's all-around
Gold	Svetlana Boginskaya		Women's all-around
Silver	Natalia Laschenova
Bronze	Olga Strazheva
Gold	Igor Korobchinsky		Men's floor exercise
Silver	Vladimir Artemov		Men's floor exercise
Gold	Olesya Dudnik		Women's vault
Gold	Valentin Mogilny		Men's pommel horse
Bronze	Olga Strazheva		Women's uneven bars
Bronze	Vitaly Marinich		Men's rings
Bronze	Vladimir Artemov		Men's vault
Silver	Olesya Dudnik		Women's balance beam
Gold	Vladimir Artemov		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Svetlana Boginskaya		Women's floor exercise
Silver	Vladimir Artemov		Men's horizontal bar
Gold	Vitaly Scherbo, Grigory Misutin, Valeri Liukin, Igor Korobchinsky, Valery Belenky, Alexei Voropaev	1991 Indianapolis	Men's team
Gold	Svetlana Boginskaya, Tatiana Gutsu, Tatiana Lysenko, Oksana Chusovitina, Rozalia Galiyeva, Natalia Kalinina		Women's team
Gold	Grigory Misutin		Men's all-around
Silver	Vitaly Scherbo
Bronze	Valeri Liukin
Silver	Svetlana Boginskaya		Women's all-around
Gold	Igor Korobchinsky		Men's floor exercise
Silver	Vitaly Scherbo		Men's floor exercise
Silver	Oksana Chusovitina		Women's vault
Gold	Valery Belenky		Men's pommel horse
Silver	Tatiana Gutsu		Women's uneven bars
Gold	Grigory Misutin		Men's rings
Silver	Vitaly Scherbo		Men's vault
Gold	Svetlana Boginskaya		Women's balance beam
Silver	Tatiana Gutsu		Women's balance beam
Silver	Igor Korobchinsky		Men's parallel bars
Gold	Oksana Chusovitina		Women's floor exercise
Bronze	Vitaly Scherbo		Men's horizontal bar
Competing as the Commonwealth of Independent States
Gold	Igor Korobchinsky	1992 Paris	Men's floor exercise
Silver	Vitaly Scherbo		Men's floor exercise
Silver	Svetlana Boginskaya		Women's vault
Bronze	Oksana Chusovitina		Women's vault
Gold	Vitaly Scherbo		Men's pommel horse
Gold	Vitaly Scherbo		Men's rings
Bronze	Grigory Misutin		Men's rings
Silver	Igor Korobchinsky		Men's vault
Gold	Alexei Voropaev		Men's parallel bars
Bronze	Valery Belenky		Men's parallel bars
Bronze	Tatiana Lysenko		Women's floor exercise
Gold	Grigory Misutin		Men's horizontal bar
Bronze	Igor Korobchinsky		Men's horizontal bar

Medal tables

By gender

By event


Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Men's individual all-around	13	6	8	27
Men's rings	13	4	8	25
Women's floor exercise	12	8	6	26
Women's individual all-around	12	8	6	26
Women's team	11	3	0	14
Men's parallel bars	9	8	3	20
Men's team	8	6	0	14
Men's pommel horse	8	4	3	15
Women's vault	7	9	6	22
Men's horizontal bar	6	7	5	18
Women's balance beam	5	8	5	18
Men's floor exercise	5	6	3	14
Men's vault	4	7	4	15
Women's uneven bars	3	5	7	15

References

^ "Soviet dominance set for a tumble? Divided loyalties no coup for gymnasts". The Baltimore Sun. September 14, 1991.
^ "Viktor Chukarin IGHoF profile". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
^ "Maria Gorokhovskaya". Jewish Women's Archive.
^ "Burden Is on Miller : After Her Five Medals at Barcelona Olympics, World Championships Will Provide a Crucial Test". Los Angeles Times. April 11, 1993.

[1] "Soviet dominance set for a tumble? Divided loyalties no coup for gymnasts". The Baltimore Sun. September 14, 1991.

[2] "Viktor Chukarin IGHoF profile". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

[3] "Maria Gorokhovskaya". Jewish Women's Archive.

[4] "Burden Is on Miller : After Her Five Medals at Barcelona Olympics, World Championships Will Provide a Crucial Test". Los Angeles Times. April 11, 1993.

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Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Men	66	48	34	148
Women	50	41	30	121

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