The 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Antwerp,

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, from 30 September to 8 October 2023. Antwerp hosted the event for the third time; previously the city hosted the first ever World Championships in

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. The championships was a qualification event for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The top nine teams in both the men's and women's team qualifications (not including teams that qualified at the previous year's World Championships) obtained five quota places for Paris as a team. Additionally, numerous individuals qualified with a nominative berth for the Olympic Games.

Qualification and quotas

The first qualification event for the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was the 2022 edition of the event in Liverpool, United Kingdom where the top 8 teams advanced on both the men's and women's side. The remaining 32 (16 per gender) team spots were determined at various Continental championships in 2023. 20 spots were conferred at the

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; 4 at the 2023 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the

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. As such, both the men's and women's competition will feature 24 teams. Individual all-around spots were awarded to the highest ranked gymnasts from nations who hadn't advanced a full team to the Championships. These spots were determined through the Continental championships process, with 40 male and 49 female spots being allocated. As hosts

qualified a full team in both events, their allotted host spots were redistributed through the European Championships rankings, being awarded to

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's Valgard Reinhardsson and

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's Celeste Mordenti. Individual gymnasts also had an opportunity to advance to the Championships as event specialists through the

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. There were 8 spots available on each event for individuals also not from nations who had qualified a team. In total, there were 48 spots available for men across six apparatus and 32 for women across four apparatus. Through all possible qualification routes, 208 men and 201 women are slated to participate in the competition.

Men

Women

Team rosters

Men

Women

Competition schedule

Medal summary

Medalists

Names italicised denote the team alternate.

Medal standings

Overall

Men

Women

Men's results

Team

Individual all-around

Floor

Pommel horse

Rings

Vault

Parallel bars

Horizontal bar

Women's results

Team

Individual all-around

Vault

Uneven bars

Nemour won the first-ever medal for Algeria at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Balance beam

Floor

Qualification

Men

Team

Individual all-around

Floor exercise

Pommel horse

Rings

Vault

Parallel Bars

Horizontal Bar

Women

Team

Individual all-around

Vault

Uneven bars

Balance beam

Floor exercise

Participating nations

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References

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