Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were first held in 1934 at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1938, at the 11th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added. The women's floor exercise competition has been held in every year since its inception. Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position. If three gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

Medalists

Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories. * There is conflicting and incomplete information about medal winners in the individual apparatus events at the

1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 11th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1938. Medals Men Team final All-around A total of 60 competitors were individually ranked in the all-around competition. Floor exercise P ...

as non-primary sources gives different information about it.

All-time medal count

Last updated after the 2023 World Championships. ;Note * Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from former Soviet Union at the

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in Paris, France, as medals for CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States). * At the

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, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), athletes from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated under name and flag of the RGF ( Russian Gymnastics Federation).

Multiple medalists

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