The 39th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in

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, from October 13 to October 21, 2006. The International Gymnastics Federation, which celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2006, introduced a new Code of Points at the World Championships, removing the " perfect 10" in favor of an open-ended code with separate scores for the difficulty and execution of a routine.

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won the first female gold medal for Italy in the individual all-around.

Results

Men

Qualification

Team Final

All-around

Floor Exercise

Pommel Horse

Rings

Vault

Parallel Bars

Horizontal Bar

Women

Qualification

Team Final

All-around

Vault

Uneven Bars

Balance Beam

Floor Exercise

Medal count

Overall

Men

Women

References

FIG official site

External links

Official website of the championships
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