The 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in
Birmingham
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,
Great Britain
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. There was no team competition at this meet; gymnasts competed in the all-around and event finals only.
The opening ceremony took place on 12 April at the
National Indoor Arena
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, and the competition took place from 13–18 April at the
National Exhibition Centre
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. Fifty-seven nations participated, more than at any previous edition of the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The Artistic Gymnastics World Championships are the world championships for artistic gymnastics governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). The first edition of the championships was held in 1903, exclusively for male gymnas ...
. The member states of the
Soviet Union
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competed under their own flags for the first time.
This was the first world championships to allow only 24 gymnasts in the all-around final, with 2 gymnasts per nation instead of 3. This format returned at the
2003 World Championships and has remained ever since.
Medallists
* Because Belenky's home country, Azerbaijan
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, did not have a gymnastics federation, he competed at this event as an independent (UNA) athlete.
Medals
Overall
Men
Women
Participants
Men
* Because Belenky's home country, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
, did not have a gymnastics federation, he competed at this meet as an unattached (UNA) athlete.
Women
Men's results
All-around
Floor exercise
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Women's results
All-around
Vault
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Floor exercise
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