The 1996
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 ...
were held in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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, from 16 to 20 April 1996.
The team and all-around events were not contested at the 1996 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The format was similar to that of the 1992 and 2002 Worlds, with medals being awarded for the individual WAG and MAG apparatus. There were three rounds of competition: the preliminary round open to everyone; the semi-finals open to the top sixteen qualifiers; and the finals for the top eight gymnasts.Until 2021,the 1996 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were also the last to be held in the same year as a
Summer Olympics
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.
Medalists
Medal table
Overall
Men
Women
Men
Floor exercise
Pommel horse
Still rings
Vault
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Women
Vault
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Floor exercise
References
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