The 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships was the forty-seventh edition of the

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. The competition was held from October 2–8, 2017, at the

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. The event marked the first time since

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that the Championships had been held in

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. Montreal was also the host of the 1985 World Championships and the

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. The event was part of Montreal's 375th anniversary and Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations, both of which were in fall of 2017.

Competition schedule

All times are EDT ( UTC–4).

Medalists

Overall standings

Overall medal table

Men's medal table

Women's medal table

Men's results

Individual all-around

Oldest and youngest competitors

Floor

Due to a dead spot on the floor in the last subdivision of qualifications that allowed a rotation of gymnasts to redo their floor routines, Bram Verhofstad of the

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bumped out the original eighth-place qualifier Tomás González of

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. After an appeal by the Chilean Gymnastics Federation, González was reinstated. As a result, there were nine gymnasts in the final. Oldest and youngest competitors

Pommel horse

Oldest and youngest competitors

Rings

Oldest and youngest competitors

Vault

Top qualifier

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 ...

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withdrew with a hamstring injury and was replaced by first reserve

Artur Dalaloyan Artur Grachyevich Dalaloyan (Russian: Артур Грачьевич Далалоян) born 26 April 1996 is a Russian artistic gymnast who represented ROC at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He was part of the teams who won gold at the 2020 Olympic G ...

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in the final. Oldest and youngest competitors

Parallel bars

Oldest and youngest competitors

Horizontal bar

With the successful completion of the double-twisting straight ''Kovac'' (aka double-twisting ''Cassina'' or ''Bretschneider'' straight) in competition by Hidetaka Miyachi of

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(despite a fall on a different element in his routine) during the horizontal bar individual event final, the skill—now officially called the ''Miyachi'' on the horizontal bar—has been automatically named after him, the only element currently in men's artistic gymnastics to be assigned the new and highest difficulty score of I (0.9). Oldest and youngest competitors

Women's results

Individual all-around

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withdrew before the final due to an ankle injury sustained in qualifications and was replaced by first reserve

Lee Eun-ju Lee Eun-ju (December 22, 1980 – February 22, 2005) was a South Korean actress. She was the star of hit films including ''Taegukgi'' and ''The Scarlet Letter''. She died by suicide at age 24. Life and career Born in Gunsan, Jeollabuk-do, Sou ...

. Second-place qualifier

Ragan Smith Ragan Elizabeth Smith (born August 8, 2000) is an American collegiate gymnast. She is a five-time member of the United States women's national gymnastics team, US National Team (2014–2019). She is the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championship ...

of the

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injured her ankle during warm-ups moments before the first event and withdrew. Second reserve Ioana Crișan of

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replaced Smith in the top group, as there was no time to re-seed due to Smith's late withdrawal. Oldest and youngest competitors

Vault

Oldest and youngest competitors

Uneven bars

Nina Derwael Nina Derwael ( or ; born 26 March 2000) is a Belgians, Belgian artistic gymnast. She is the Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion (2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2018, 2019 World ...

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is the first gymnast from her country to make an event final and her bronze was the first-ever medal for

. Oldest and youngest competitors

Balance beam

Pauline Schäfer Pauline Sieglinde Schäfer or Schäfer-Betz (born 4 January 1997) is a German Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast who represented Germany at the Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Olymp ...

won the first-ever World Championships balance beam gold medal for

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. Oldest and youngest competitors

Floor

Top qualifier

of the

withdrew after sustaining an ankle injury in warm-ups for the all-around final earlier in the week; she was replaced by first reserve

Ellie Black Elsabeth Ann "Ellie" Black (born September 8, 1995) is a Canadian artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. She is a three-time Olympian, having represented her country at the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012, Gymnastics at the 2016 S ...

in the floor final. Mai Murakami won

's first-ever gold for women on the event. Oldest and youngest competitors

Qualification

Men's results

Individual all-around

Floor

Pommel horse

Rings

Vault

Parallel bars

Horizontal bar

Women's results

Individual all-around

Vault

Uneven bars

Balance beam

Floor

Subdivisions

References

External links

Official website
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