The 2014

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 gymna ...

was held in

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at the

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from 3–12 October 2014. The competition was the fourth time a

has been held in the continent of Asia.

Competition schedule

All times are CST (

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Venues

Main Arena

The main arena where the competition was held was the

, which opened in 2012.

Training Gymnasium

The training facility for the competition was held at the Li Ning Sports Park. As per any

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competition format, there was a podium training session where the gymnast trains on the podium in the arena to get a feel for the competition equipment on a raised surface.

Mascots

In April 2013, the mascots Nannan (male) and Ningning (female) were unveiled as the official mascots of the event.

Medalists

Names with an asterisk (*) denote the team alternate.

Medal table

Men

Women

Men's results

Team competition

Individual all-around

In the men's all-around final, only two gymnasts per country can compete. Ryohei Kato and

Shogo Nonomura is a Japanese male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. At the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Nonomura won the team all-around bronze medal (with Yusuke Tanaka, Hiroki Ishikawa, Ryōhei Katō and Chihiro Yoshioka). He partici ...

of Japan,

Lin Chaopan Lin Chaopan (, born 27 August 1995) is a Chinese artistic gymnast. He competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Personal life Lin was born 27 August 1995 in Jinjiang, China ...

of China,

Max Whitlock Max Antony Whitlock (born 13 January 1993) is a British artistic gymnast. With fourteen medals and six titles in Olympic and world championships, Whitlock is the most successful gymnast in his nation's history, and the most successful pommel ...

and

Daniel Keatings Daniel Ryan Keatings (born 4 January 1990) is a retired British artistic gymnast representing Scotland and Great Britain. Both an all-around gymnast and a specialist pommel horse worker, Keatings was the first male British gymnast to medal at th ...

of Great Britain, and

Nikita Ignatyev Nikita Alekseevich Ignatyev (russian: Никита Алексеевич Игнатьев, born 21 June 1992 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia) is a Russian artistic gymnast. He is the 2015 European Games All-around bronze medalist. Comp ...

of Russia were among those who had earned scores in the qualification round high enough to qualify for the individual all-around final, but could not compete due to the two-per-country rule. On October 8,

Nile Wilson Nile Michael Wilson (born 17 January 1996) is a former British artistic gymnast. He won an Olympic bronze medal in the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar, men's horizontal bar at the 2016 Summer Olympics; he was a wo ...

withdrew from the all-around final due to a wrist injury, and his teammate, Max Whitlock, competed in his place. On that day, it was also announced that

Alexander Shatilov Alexander "Alex" Shatilov ( he, אלכסנדר "אלכס" שטילוב, russian: Александр Шатилов; born March 22, 1987) is a USSR-born Israeli artistic gymnast. He specializes in the floor exercise, in which he won several medals ...

of Israel had pulled out of the competition and would be replaced by reserve athlete

Ferhat Arıcan Ferhat Arıcan (born 28 July 1993) is a Turkish male artistic gymnast. He represented Turkey at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. At the 2020 Olympic Games he became the first Turkish gymnast to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze on the para ...

of Turkey.

Kōhei Uchimura is a retired Japanese artistic gymnast. He is a seven-time Olympic medalist (all-around, team and floor exercise), winning three golds and four silvers, and a twenty-one-time World medalist (all-around, team, floor exercise, horizontal bar, a ...

of Japan once again made history by winning his fifth consecutive World all-around title.

Floor

2011 World champion and 2013 bronze medalist on floor Kohei Uchimura qualified in 5th, but did not progress to the final because his Japanese teammates

Kenzo Shirai is a common masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Kenzō can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *賢三, "wise, three" *健三, "healthy, three" *謙三, "humble, three" *健想, "healthy, concept" *建造, "bu ...

and Ryohei Kato qualified ahead of him.

Pommel Horse

After failing to make the finals in Antwerp in 2013, 2011 World and 2012 Olympic champion

Krisztián Berki Krisztián Berki (; born 18 March 1985 in Budapest) is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. He is a pommel horse specialist. In 2016 a pommel horse element of difficulty level 'E' was named after him. Sports career He is the 2012 Olympic Champion, ...

reclaimed his title on his specialty.

Rings

Reigning Olympic and defending World champion

Arthur Zanetti Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (born April 16, 1990) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. He won the gold medal in the rings exercise at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, becoming the first Brazilian and Latin American gymnast to win an Olympic medal in ...

was edged out by newcomer Liu Yang by 0.200.

Vault

Reigning Olympic and 2-time World champion

Yang Hak-Seon Yang Hak-seon ( ; born 6 December 1992) is a South Korean artistic gymnast who specialises in the vault. He is the first South Korean gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal. Personal life According to his Olympic profile, Yang started his gymn ...

failed to defend his title or even make the podium because he fell on both of his vaults. The 2007 World bronze medalist

Ri Se-Gwang Ri Se-gwang (; born January 21, 1985) is a retired North Korean artistic gymnast, representing the April 25 Sports Club. He is often considered a specialist on vault apparatus in the sport of men’s artistic gymnastics (MAG). Career Ri was t ...

grabbed his first world title. Only

and

attempted two top 6.4 difficulty vaults with the former failing at both the ''Yang Hak Seon'' on vault and Tsukahara 3½, and latter succeeding in the ''Ri Se Gwang'' and ''Ri Se Gwang 2'' on vault.

Yang Yang may refer to: * Yang, in yin and yang, one half of the two symbolic polarities in Chinese philosophy * Korean yang, former unit of currency of Korea from 1892 to 1902 * YANG, a data modeling language for the NETCONF network configuration ...

was trying to successfully complete the Tsukahara 3½ to become his second eponymous skill on men's vault, but since he fell on landing, his attempt was only credited for its difficulty score and not his name.

was the top qualifier, despite using two 6.0-difficulty vaults in qualifying before increasing them to two 6.4s in the final. Gwang used own 6.4s in all rounds. Shirai's lower difficulty of 5.6 of his second vault, which was also the only vault performed in the finals with a difficulty less than 6.0, was a contributor significant enough to miss him a spot on the podium here as he only trailed American

Jacob Dalton Jacob "Jake" Dalton (born August 19, 1991) is a retired American gymnast who was a member of the University of Oklahoma gymnastics team and the United States men's national gymnastics team. He represented the United States at the 2012 Summer ...

in an average combined score by just 0.137, a deduction on landing equivalent to a small step.

Parallel bars

Reigning World champion

of China failed to qualify for the final, placing 17th in qualifications. Former World champion

failed to qualify due to the two-per-country rule, with his teammates Ryohei Kato and Yusuke Tanaka qualifying ahead of him.

Horizontal bar

Reigning Olympic and defending World champion

Epke Zonderland Epke Jan Zonderland (born 16 April 1986) is a Dutch artistic gymnast and the 2012 Olympic gold medallist on high bar. He is a 4-time Olympian (2008–20) and has also taken 3 World Championships golds on high bar at the 2013, 2014 and 2018 W ...

successfully took home the gold on horizontal bar. 2013 World silver medalist

Fabian Hambüchen Fabian Hambüchen (also spelled Hambuechen; ; born 25 October 1987) is a retired German gymnast who was a four-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) and was Olympic, World, and European champion. Fabian also won gold medals at European Games a ...

failed to qualify. He finished in 22nd place with a score of 14.366.

Women's results

Team competition

Individual all-around

Only two athletes per country are allowed to compete in this event. The following athletes scored enough to qualify for the individual all-around final but did not compete due to the two-per-country rule:

Mykayla Skinner MyKayla Brooke Skinner Harmer (born December 9, 1996) is an American former artistic gymnast. She was the 2020 Olympic vault silver medalist and was an alternate for the 2016 Olympic team. Skinner competed at the 2014 World Championships wher ...

of the United States (6th),

Madison Kocian Madison Taylor Kocian (born June 15, 1997) is a retired American artistic gymnast. On the uneven bars, she is one of four 2015 world champions and the 2016 Olympic silver medalist. She was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the " Final ...

of the United States (14th), and

Ekaterina Kramarenko Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Kramarenko (russian: Екатерина Александровна Крамаренко, born April 22, 1991 in St Petersburg) is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2007 European bronze medalist on the uneven bars an ...

of Russia (15th).

Simone Biles Simone Arianne Biles (; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast. Having won 25 World Championship medals, she is the most de ...

successfully defended her title.

Larisa Iordache Larisa Andreea Iordache (; born 19 June 1996) is a former Romanian artistic gymnast. She represented Romania at the 2012 Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal with the team, and at the 2020 Olympic Games. The Romanian press referred to Ior ...

gave Romania its first medal of the 2014 Worlds with a silver. 2013 World all-around silver medalist

Kyla Ross Kyla Briana Ross (born October 24, 1996) is a retired American artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles. Ross w ...

took the bronze. Russia's

Aliya Mustafina Aliya Farkhatovna Mustafina (russian: Алия Фархатовна Мустафина) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. With a combined total of 45 Olympic, World and European Championship medals, she is considered one of the most success ...

placed fourth, not making the podium for only the second time in her senior career after falling on floor.

Vault

Reigning 2011 and 2013 World champion

McKayla Maroney McKayla Rose Maroney (born December 9, 1995) is a retired American artistic gymnast and singer. She was a member of the American women's gymnastics team dubbed the Fierce Five at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the team ...

missed the competition to recover from a knee injury. She was the only 2013 World champion not to compete in Nanning. 2008 Olympic champion and 2013 World bronze medalist

Hong Un-jong Hong Un-jong (; born 9 March 1989) is a North Korean artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic champion and 2014 World Champion on vault. She was the first North Korean female gymnast to win a medal at the Olympics. Career She was an indi ...

claimed her first world title on vault, the first North Korean World champion since Kim Gwang-Suk in 1991.

claimed silver again as she did in 2013, and

grabbed her first individual medal, a bronze.

Uneven bars

Due to the two-per-country rule,

Tan Jiaxin Tan Jiaxin (; born December 3, 1996 in Changsha) is an elite Chinese gymnast. Career 2012 Although she did not make the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Tan has continued to compete and become a strong player for China. Later in 2012, she co ...

of China and

of Russia were not able to compete in the final due to other members of their national team qualifying ahead of them. 2013 World champion

Huang Huidan Huang Huidan () is a Chinese artistic gymnast. She is the 2013 world uneven bars champion and 2014 world uneven bars silver medalist. She represents Zhejiang in domestic competitions. Junior career Huang joined the Chinese national team in 200 ...

settled for the silver by 0.067 to her compatriot Yao Jinnan, who claimed her first World championship gold medal. 2014 European bronze medalist

Daria Spiridonova Daria Sergeyevna Nagornaya ( née Spiridonova russian: Дарья Сергеевна Нагорная ; born 8 July 1998) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. Primarily an uneven bars specialist, she is the 2015 World Champion, the 2015 Euro ...

grabbed another bronze at her first World Championships, edging out

Ashton Locklear Ashton Taylor Locklear (born January 13, 1998) is a retired American artistic gymnast from North Carolina. She was a member of the gold medal-winning United States team at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and is a two-time nati ...

by 0.017.

Balance beam

Due to the two-per-country rule, Shang Chunsong and

of China were not able to compete in the final as they qualified behind teammates Yao Jinnan and Bai Yawen. 2013 World champion

of Russia had a hiccup in her routine and did not complete a required acrobatic series, and despite a 0.5 deduction, claimed the bronze over

Asuka Teramoto is a Japanese gymnast. Teramoto was born in Komaki, Aichi. Her first major international senior competition was the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. In the team all-around finals, she contributed on vaulting, uneven ...

of Japan by 0.066. 2013 World bronze medalist

claimed her third gold medal of the competition on beam, 0.067 over silver medalist Bai Yawen of China.

Floor

successfully defended her title from 2013, her fourth gold medal in Nanning and ninth overall. 2013 World bronze medalist

grabbed the silver, and 2012 Olympic Floor bronze medalist

edged out

by 0.033 to claim the bronze, her 11th medal overall.

References

External links

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International gymnastics competitions hosted by China Sport in Guangxi