1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
LocationMoscow, USSR
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The 21st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Moscow, the capital of the USSR, in November 1981. The championships were originally meant to be hosted in Mexico City, but financial difficulties caused Mexico to withdraw as hosts in March of that year. The event was given to the Soviet Union instead.[1]

Medal winners

Men
Team all-around

Yuri Korolev
Bogdan Makuts
Alexander Dityatin
Aleksandr Tkachyov
Artur Akopyan
Pavel Sut
Nobuyuki Kajitani
Koji Gushiken
Koji Sotomura
Kiyoshi Goto
Kyoji Yamawaki
Toshiro Kanai
Tong Fei
Li Ning
Li Xiaoping
Huang Yubin
Peng Yaping
Li Yuejiu
Individual all-around
Yuri KorolevBogdan MakutsKoji Gushiken
Floor
Li Yuejiu
Yuri Korolev		none awardedKoji Gushiken
Pommel horse
Li Xiaoping
Michael Nikolay		none awardedGyörgy Guczoghy
Yuri Korolev
Rings
Alexander DityatinHuang YubinBogdan Makuts
Vault
Ralf-Peter HemmanArtur AkopyanBogdan Makuts
Parallel bars
Koji Gushiken
Alexander Dityatin		none awardedNobuyuki Kajitani
Horizontal bar
Aleksandr TkachyovEberhard Gienger
Artur Akopyan		none awarded
Women
Team all-around

Elena Davydova
Olga Bicherova
Maria Filatova
Stella Zakharova
Elena Polevaya
Natalia Ilienko
Ma Yanhong
Chen Yongyan
Zhu Zheng
Wu Jiani
Wen Jia
Li Cuiling
Steffi Kräker
Annett Lindner
Birgit Senff
Kerstin Jacobs
Franka Voigt
Maxi Gnauck
Individual all-around
Olga BicherovaMaria FilatovaElena Davydova
Vault
Maxi GnauckStella ZakharovaSteffi Kräker
Uneven bars
Maxi GnauckMa YanhongElena Davydova
Julianne McNamara
Balance beam
Maxi GnauckChen YongyanTracee Talavera
Wu Jiani
Floor
Natalia IlienkoElena DavydovaZoja Grantcharova

Men

Team final

RankTeamFloorPommel
horse		RingsVaultParallel
bars		Horizontal
bar		Total
COCOCOCOCOCO
97.30098.35097.80098.35098.60098.550588.950
Yuri Korolev9.8509.9009.8509.9009.8009.7009.9009.8009.8509.9009.7509.900118.050
Bogdan Makuts9.6509.8009.8509.8009.7009.8009.9009.9009.9009.9509.7509.900117.900
Alexander Dityatin9.5509.6509.9009.8009.8509.9009.7509.8009.9509.9009.8009.900117.750
Aleksandr Tkachyov9.7009.8009.8009.8509.8009.7009.7009.8009.9009.8009.80010.000117.650
Artur Akopyan9.5509.7509.8009.8009.6509.8009.9009.9009.7009.8009.75010.000117.400
Pavel Sut9.6009.7009.8009.7509.6009.8009.7009.7009.7009.8009.7009.550116.400
97.30097.75097.15097.50098.50097.650585.850
Nobuyuki Kajitani9.8009.7509.7509.7509.7009.9009.7509.8009.9009.9009.6509.850117.500
Koji Gushiken9.9009.8009.9009.9009.2509.8509.4509.9009.9509.9009.8009.850117.450
Koji Sotomura9.7509.6009.7509.8509.6009.8009.7009.8009.7509.9009.5509.700116.750
Kiyoshi Goto9.5009.6009.8009.9009.4509.6509.6009.7009.8009.8009.7009.950116.450
Kyoji Yamawaki9.7009.8009.7009.3009.6009.8509.6509.8509.6009.9009.6009.850116.400
Toshiro Kanai9.6009.6009.8009.3509.6509.7509.6009.8509.7009.6509.6009.800115.950
96.70097.25097.70097.25097.35097.650583.900
Tong Fei9.4009.9009.8009.8009.7009.9509.7509.8009.8509.9009.75010.000117.600
Li Ning9.5009.7009.8509.8009.5509.8509.8509.6009.6509.8509.8009.900116.900
Li Xiaoping9.4009.7009.9009.9009.6509.8009.7009.5509.5009.8509.5009.800116.250
Huang Yubin9.3509.7009.7509.7509.7509.9509.6009.6509.2509.8009.6509.700115.900
Peng Yaping9.7509.6009.5009.2009.6509.8509.5509.7009.7509.6009.5509.850115.500
Li Yuejiu9.7009.9509.0008.9009.5509.8009.8509.7509.3009.9009.6009.750115.050
496.35097.50096.75098.15097.60097.400583.750
Michael Nikolay9.6009.7009.8509.9509.5509.7509.8009.8009.7509.9009.7509.900117.300
Roland Brückner9.4009.8509.7509.8009.7009.8009.7509.7509.8009.7009.5009.850116.650
Jurgen Nikolay9.6009.7009.7009.4509.4009.7009.7509.8509.8509.8009.7509.900116.450
Ralf-Peter Hemmann9.4009.5509.5009.6509.6509.8009.9009.8509.7009.7509.5509.800116.200
Andreas Bronst9.7009.6509.7509.8009.4509.7009.5009.6009.5009.8509.7009.350115.550
Bernd Jensch9.4509.7009.5509.7009.6509.7009.8009.8009.4509.4509.4009.700115.350
595.55097.15096.40096.40095.80096.000577.300
Bart Conner9.6009.7009.8009.8009.6009.8009.7009.7509.6509.7509.6009.750116.500
Peter Vidmar9.5509.6009.7509.8009.5009.8009.6509.6509.5509.6509.5009.800115.800
Jim Hartung9.5009.7009.8009.7509.6009.8509.8009.8009.3009.5009.4509.700115.750
Scott Johnson9.2509.6009.6509.6009.3009.7009.6009.5009.3009.6509.3509.650114.150
Phil Cahoy9.1009.4509.7509.4009.2009.6009.4009.5009.6509.7009.5009.700113.950
Tim Daggett9.4509.6009.5509.4509.5009.7507.5009.5509.4009.5009.3009.600112.150
694.50095.15096.30096.75096.85096.550576.100
Jurgen Geiger9.4009.7009.7509.3509.5009.8009.7009.8009.7009.7009.6509.700115.750
Eberhard Gienger9.0509.4509.6509.5009.6009.7009.5509.2509.7509.9009.8509.900114.950
Volker Rohrwick9.3009.4509.4009.5509.6009.8509.6509.5509.4509.7009.5009.600114.800
Benno Gross9.2009.3509.7509.7509.4509.6509.5009.7009.6509.5009.4509.600114.550
Edgar Jorek9.3509.6508.8509.5509.6009.7509.7509.9009.3509.7009.3509.550114.350
Daniel Winkler9.4509.5508.9009.1009.3009.5509.4509.6509.5009.6009.5509.750113.350
793.15096.80095.35096.90095.30095.750573.250
Jean Luc Cairon9.5009.7009.7509.7509.4009.5009.8009.8009.3509.6509.4509.750115.400
Laurent Barbieri9.2009.6509.5509.5009.4509.5509.8009.8009.3509.4009.5509.600114.400
Michel Boutard9.3009.5009.8009.6009.5009.7009.8009.0009.6509.2509.4509.400114.150
Willi Moy8.4509.4009.6009.5509.7009.8009.7509.6509.5009.7509.3508.900113.400
Joel Suty8.9009.3509.6509.6009.2509.1509.6009.5009.4509.7009.6009.600113.350
Jacques Def8.6509.1509.6509.6509.3509.4009.4009.4009.2009.5009.6509.700112.700

All-around

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Yuri Korolev (Soviet Union)9.9009.9509.9009.9009.8009.90059.35059.025118.375
Bogdan Makuts (Soviet Union)9.9009.9009.9009.8009.90010.00059.40058.950118.350
Koji Gushiken (Japan)9.8009.9009.9009.9009.9009.85059.25058.725117.975
4Tong Fei (China)9.7009.6009.9009.9009.80010.00058.90058.800117.700
5Roland Brückner (East Germany)9.9009.8009.9009.7509.7509.90059.00058.325117.325
6Li Ning (China)9.7009.4009.9009.8009.8509.90058.55058.450117.000
7Li Xiaoping (China)9.7009.9009.8009.6509.8509.90058.80058.125116.925
7Koji Sotomura (Japan)9.6009.8009.9009.8509.9509.45058.55058.375116.925
9Nobuyuki Kajitani (Japan)9.3009.8009.9509.7009.5009.90058.15058.750116.900
10Michael Nikolay (East Germany)9.5509.9009.8009.8009.7509.40058.20058.650116.850
11Bart Conner (United States)9.7509.8509.7509.7009.7509.70058.50058.250116.750
12György Guczoghy (Hungary)9.7009.9009.8009.8009.6509.75058.60057.875116.475
13Peter Vidmar (United States)9.8009.6009.8509.7009.7509.85058.55057.900116.450
14Jürgen Nikolai (East Germany)9.6509.5009.8009.8009.8009.30057.85058.225116.075
15Jim Hartung (United States)9.6509.9009.8009.7509.5509.40058.05057.875115.925
16Li Chol Hon (North Korea)9.7509.8009.7009.7509.7009.85058.55057.225115.775
17Stoyan Deltchev (Bulgaria)9.7009.8009.9008.9009.7009.95057.95057.725115.675
18Ferenc Donath (Hungary)9.5009.8009.8009.7509.6509.65058.15057.475115.625
19Jurgen Geiger (West Germany)9.2509.7009.8509.7009.3009.85057.65057.875115.525
20Jean Luc Cairon (France)9.7009.8509.8009.7009.4009.35057.80057.700115.500
21Eberhard Gienger (West Germany)9.5009.7509.8009.5509.5009.90058.00057.475115.475
22Warren Long (Canada)9.8009.5509.7509.8009.7009.85058.45056.975115.425
23Volker Rohrwick (West Germany)9.4009.5009.8509.6009.7009.80057.90057.400115.300
24Emilian Nicula (Romania)9.6509.7009.6009.7009.6509.90058.20057.075115.275
25Michel Boutard (France)9.6009.8509.4509.7009.7509.85058.15057.075115.225
26Laurent Barbieri (France)9.6009.8009.6009.8009.1009.75057.65057.200114.850
26Marco Piatti (Switzerland)9.5509.7009.7509.8509.4509.60057.90056.950114.850
28Kurt Szilier (Romania)9.6009.7009.6509.7009.0009.45057.10057.675114.775
29Li Su Gil (North Korea)9.6009.7009.9009.7009.5009.55057.95056.700114.650
30Aurel Georgescu (Romania)9.7009.6009.8009.7509.1009.50057.45056.875114.325
31Sergio Suarez (Cuba)9.9008.5509.5509.8009.35010.00057.15057.100114.250
32Diego Lazzarici (Italy)9.1009.4009.8009.8009.6509.60057.35056.800114.150
33Dantcho Jordanov (Bulgaria)9.4509.4009.7509.6009.3509.50057.05056.825113.875
34Sepp Zellweger (Switzerland)9.6509.5509.5509.7509.3509.20057.05056.575113.625
35Han Van Son (North Korea)9.4509.7009.6008.9509.1009.70056.50056.900113.400
36Alexander Dityatin (Soviet Union)0.5009.8009.2509.7009.6009.90048.75058.875107.625

Floor exercise

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Yuri Korolev (Soviet Union)9.9009.87519.775
Li Yuejiu (China)9.9509.82519.775
Koji Gushiken (Japan)9.8009.85019.650
4Peng Yaping (China)9.8009.67519.475
5Aleksandr Tkachyov (Soviet Union)9.7009.75019.450
6Michael Nikolay (East Germany)9.7509.65019.400
7Nobuyuki Kajitani (Japan)9.5509.77519.325
8Andreas Bronst (East Germany)9.3509.67519.025

Pommel horse

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Li Xiaoping (China)10.0009.90019.900
Michael Nikolay (East Germany)10.0009.90019.900
György Guczoghy (Hungary)10.0009.87519.875
Yuri Korolev (Soviet Union)10.0009.87519.875
5Kiyoshi Goto (Japan)9.9009.85019.750
6Alexander Dityatin (Soviet Union)9.8009.85019.650
7Koji Gushiken (Japan)9.6009.90019.500
8Li Ning (China)9.4009.82519.225

Rings

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Alexander Dityatin (Soviet Union)9.9509.87519.825
Huang Yubin (China)9.8509.85019.700
Bogdan Makuts (Soviet Union)9.9009.75019.650
4Tong Fei (China)9.8009.82519.625
5Nobuyuki Kajitani (Japan)9.8009.80019.600
6Roland Brückner (East Germany)9.8009.75019.550
7Ferenc Donáth (Hungary)9.7509.75019.500
8Willi Moy (France)9.7009.75019.450

Vault

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Ralf-Peter Hemmann (East Germany)9.9759.92519.900
Artur Akopyan (Soviet Union)9.9509.90019.850
Bogdan Makuts (Soviet Union)9.9009.90019.800
4Casimiro Suarez (Cuba)9.9009.85019.750
5Michael Nikolay (East Germany)9.8509.80019.650
6Jean-Luc Cairon (France)9.8009.80019.600
7James Hartung (United States)9.7509.80019.550
8Edgar Jorek (West Germany)9.6509.82519.475

Parallel bars

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Koji Gushiken (Japan)9.9009.92519.825
Alexander Dityatin (Soviet Union)9.9009.92519.825
Nobuyuki Kajitani (Japan)9.9009.90019.800
4Bogdan Makuts (Soviet Union)9.8509.92519.775
5Michael Nikolay (East Germany)9.9009.82519.725
6Jürgen Nikolay (East Germany)9.8509.82519.675
6Tong Fei (China)9.8009.87519.675
8Eberhard Gienger (West Germany)9.4509.82519.275

Horizontal bar

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Aleksandr Tkachyov (Soviet Union)10.0009.90019.900
Artur Akopyan (Soviet Union)10.0009.87519.875
Eberhard Gienger (West Germany)10.0009.87519.875
4Kiyoshi Goto (Japan)10.0009.82519.825
5Li Ning (China)9.9009.85019.750
6Koji Gushiken (Japan)9.8009.82519.625
7Michael Nikolay (East Germany)9.6009.82519.425
8Tong Fei (China)9.4009.87519.275

Women

Team final

RankTeamTotal
COCOCOCO
'97.25098.30095.35098.400389.300
Elena Davydova9.7009.8009.9009.9009.5009.7009.9009.85078.250
Olga Bicherova9.7509.7509.8509.8509.5009.6009.8009.80077.900
Maria Filatova9.6509.7009.7509.8009.4509.7009.7009.70077.450
Stella Zakharova9.8009.7509.7509.8009.3009.2509.8009.85077.300
Elena Polevaya9.4509.6009.8009.8509.4009.5009.8009.80077.200
Natalia Ilienko9.6509.7009.8009.2009.7009.3009.9009.90077.150
'96.30097.75094.55096.000384.600
Ma Yanhong9.5009.5509.9009.9009.1009.7009.8009.60077.050
Chen Wenyan9.6009.6009.8009.8009.4509.7009.9009.20077.050
Zhu Zheng9.8009.7009.7509.8509.3009.6509.8508.95076.850
Wu Jiani9.5009.5009.7009.8509.3009.7009.6509.60076.800
Wen Jia9.6009.6009.7009.5009.3008.9509.9009.55076.100
Li Cuiling9.7009.6509.7009.4008.6009.3509.5008.45074.350
'96.65095.75094.00095.700382.100
Steffi Kräker9.6509.8009.1509.7509.4009.3009.7009.40076.150
Annette Lindner9.4009.5009.5009.7509.0509.6009.5509.55075.900
Birgit Senff9.5509.8009.0009.2009.3009.4509.6009.50075.400
Kerstin Jacobs9.5009.5509.6009.8008.9508.6009.6509.40075.050
Franka Voigt9.5009.5509.2008.7009.3509.3009.6009.50074.700
Maxi Gnauck9.8509.9009.8509.9509.4509.8009.8002.50071.100
4Romania95.55096.75093.70095.500381.500
Rodica Dunca9.7009.6009.5009.8009.3509.7009.8009.60077.050
Lavinia Agache9.6009.6509.7009.8009.2509.7009.5509.15076.400
Cristina Grigoraș9.5009.7009.7009.9009.3009.0009.7009.35076.150
Emilia Eberle9.4009.2509.0009.9009.0009.5009.6509.65075.350
Dumitrița Turner9.3509.4009.5009.4509.0009.5509.4509.10074.800
Mihaela Stănuleț9.5009.5009.5008.8509.2009.1509.5009.55074.750
5'95.40095.70092.85095.450379.650
Jana Labáková9.5009.7009.5009.8009.2509.5009.6009.75076.600
Eva Marečková9.6009.6509.6009.8009.4009.0509.6009.75076.450
Martina Polcrová9.4509.6509.5509.6509.3509.3509.5509.50076.050
Jana Gajdošová9.3009.4509.4509.6009.1009.3509.4509.20074.900
Jana Rulfová9.5009.2509.3509.5008.9009.5509.4509.35074.850
Katarína Šarišská9.4509.4508.6009.6508.9509.0509.5009.40074.050
6'93.25095.65094.40096.100379.450
Julianne McNamara9.3008.8009.7509.8509.5509.8009.8009.65076.500
Kathy Johnson9.3509.2509.4009.7509.2509.4009.8009.60075.800
Tracee Talavera9.4009.4009.4009.5009.4009.7009.6009.35075.750
Amy Koopman9.2009.5009.6009.6008.7509.5009.7509.60075.500
Michelle Goodwin9.3009.2509.4009.3508.9009.6009.4509.35074.800
Gina Stallone9.2509.2509.4509.0509.1009.6009.6009.25074.550
7'94.65094.80092.15096.300377.900
Galina Marinova9.5009.6509.4009.6508.9009.4009.7509.70075.950
Zoya Grancharova9.5509.5509.4009.6009.0509.1009.8509.80075.900
Silviya Topalova9.4509.3009.6009.8008.7009.4009.7009.45075.400
Bojanka Demireva9.3509.5009.2509.6008.9509.4509.3009.60075.000
Kameliya Troyanova9.5009.3008.5009.5009.2509.5009.7009.05074.300
Ivana Gramatikova9.2009.3009.0009.4508.9009.3509.4509.30073.950
8'93.65092.70092.35093.600372.300
Andrea Szabo9.5009.3009.2509.5508.8009.4009.5509.15074.500
Erika Flander9.4009.4008.6009.1509.2509.5509.6509.40074.400
Márta Egervári9.5009.2509.2009.7509.0509.2509.5508.80074.350
Zsuzsa Kalmar9.3009.4009.0009.3509.2509.3509.5009.15074.300
Krisztina Koteles9.2009.4009.0509.5008.9509.2009.5009.15073.950
Margit Tóth9.2009.0008.8009.2509.1009.1509.0009.00072.500

All-around

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Olga Bicherova (Soviet Union)10.0009.8009.7509.90039.45038.95078.400
Maria Filatova (Soviet Union)9.7509.8009.9009.90039.35038.72578.075
Elena Davydova (Soviet Union)9.8509.8509.3509.80038.85039.12577.975
4Ma Yanhong (China)9.7509.9009.7009.75039.10038.52577.625
5Cristina Grigoraș (Romania)9.9009.7009.7009.75039.05038.07577.125
6Rodica Dunca (Romania)9.6509.3009.7009.85038.50038.52577.025
7Lavinia Agache (Romania)9.9009.6009.7509.45038.70038.20076.900
7Julianne McNamara (United States)9.4009.8509.7009.70038.65038.25076.900
9Eva Marečková (Czechoslovakia)9.7509.6509.8009.40038.60038.22576.825
9Steffi Kräker (East Germany)9.7009.8009.7009.55038.75038.07576.825
11Chen Wenyan (China)9.6509.2009.7509.55038.15038.52576.675
12Martina Polcrová (Czechoslovakia)9.6509.6509.6509.65038.60038.02576.625
13Annette Lindner (East Germany)9.5009.7009.7509.65038.60037.95076.550
14Zhu Zheng (China)9.9009.7509.4509.00038.10038.42576.525
15Jana Labáková (Czechoslovakia)9.6509.6509.1509.65038.10038.30076.400
15Kathy Johnson (United States)9.6509.7009.5509.60038.50037.90076.400
17Zoya Grancharova (Bulgaria)9.7009.4009.5509.70038.35337.95076.300
18Galina Marinova (Bulgaria)9.8009.5509.1009.85038.30037.97576.275
19Birgit Senff (East Germany)9.8009.6009.7509.35038.50037.70076.200
20Tracee Talavera (United States)9.6009.6009.7009.40038.30037.87576.175
21Romi Kessler (Switzerland)9.5509.6509.7509.65038.60037.50076.100
22Silvia Topalova (Bulgaria)9.5009.6509.0509.70037.90037.70075.600
23Erika Flander (Hungary)9.6009.5509.4509.50038.10037.20075.300
24Andrea Szabo (Hungary)9.4009.4509.5509.25037.65037.25074.900
25Sabine Blumtritt (West Germany)9.5009.0509.4009.20037.15037.57574.725
26Yayoi Kano (Japan)9.6009.3508.9509.50037.40037.05074.450
27Kazumi Nagayama (Japan)9.4509.5009.5009.30037.75036.37574.125
28Dagmar Brannekamper (West Germany)9.5009.5509.6008.95036.60037.37573.975
28Márta Egervári (Hungary)9.3509.6508.9508.85036.80037.17573.975
30Elfi Schlegel (Canada)9.5009.2009.2009.20037.10036.67573.775
31Ana Manso (Spain)9.6008.7009.4009.40037.10036.65073.750
32Yvonne Haug (West Germany)9.6509.5508.5008.45036.15037.22573.375
33Yuka Hinata (Japan)9.3009.1009.0009.35036.75036.55073.300
34Bonnie Wittmeier (Canada)8.9009.3508.8508.95036.05037.17573.225
35Mandy Gornall (United Kingdom)9.0008.9009.2509.10036.25036.42572.675
36Ann-Marie Deserres (Canada)9.5008.7008.1508.95036.30036.67571.975

Apparatus

Vault qualification

RankGymnastPrelimQualification
1Maxi Gnauck (East Germany)9.875Q
2Stella Zakharova (Soviet Union)9.775Q
3Elena Davydova (Soviet Union)9.750Q
3Zhu Zheng (China)9.750Q
3Olga Bicherova (Soviet Union)9.750-
6Steffi Kräker (East Germany)9.725Q
7Li Cuiling (China)9.675Q
7Maria Filatova (Soviet Union)9.675-
7Natalia Ilienko (Soviet Union)9.675-
7Birgit Senff (East Germany)9.675-
11Rodica Dunca (Romania)9.650-
12Lavinia Agache (Romania)9.625Q
13Eva Marečková (Czechoslovakia)9.625Q

Vault final

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Maxi Gnauck (East Germany)9.8009.87519.675
Stella Zakharova (Soviet Union)9.7259.77519.500
Steffi Kräker (East Germany)9.7509.72519.475
4Elena Davydova (Soviet Union)9.5759.75019.325
5Lavinia Agache (Romania)9.6509.62519.275
6Zhu Zheng (China)9.4259.75019.175
7Li Cuiling (China)9.4259.67519.100
8Eva Marečková (Czechoslovakia)9.2009.62518.825

Uneven bars qualification

RankGymnastPrelimQualification
1Elena Davydova (Soviet Union)9.900Q
1Maxi Gnauck (East Germany)9.900Q
1Ma Yanhong (China)9.900Q
4Olga Bicherova (Soviet Union)9.850Q
5Elena Polevaya (Soviet Union)9.825-
6Julianne McNamara (United States)9.800Q
6Cristina Grigoraș (Romania)9.800Q
6Chen Wenyan (China)9.800Q
6Zhu Zheng (China)9.800-
10Maria Filatova (Soviet Union)9.775-
10Stella Zakharova (Soviet Union)9.775-
10Wu Jiani (China)9.775-
13Lavinia Agache (Romania)9.750Q

Uneven bars final

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Maxi Gnauck (East Germany)10.0009.90019.900
Ma Yanhong (China)9.9009.90019.800
Julianne McNamara (United States)9.9009.80019.700
Elena Davydova (Soviet Union)9.8009.90019.700
5Cristina Grigoraș (Romania)9.8509.80019.650
6Chen Yongyan (China)9.7009.80019.500
7Lavinia Agache (Romania)9.7009.75019.450
8Olga Bicherova (Soviet Union)9.5509.85019.400

Balance beam qualification

RankGymnastPrelimQualification
1Julianne McNamara (United States)9.675Q
2Maxi Gnauck (East Germany)9.625Q
3Elena Davydova (Soviet Union)9.600Q
4Maria Filatova (Soviet Union)9.575Q
4Chen Yongyan (China)9.575Q
6Tracee Talavera (United States)9.550Q
6Olga Bicherova (Soviet Union)9.550
8Rodica Dunca (Romania)9.525Q
9Wu Jiani (China)9.500Q
9Natalia Ilienko (Soviet Union)9.500-

Balance beam final

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Maxi Gnauck (East Germany)9.9009.62519.525
Chen Yongyan (China)9.7009.57519.275
Tracee Talavera (United States)9.7009.55019.250
Wu Jiani (China)9.7509.50019.250
5Julianne McNamara (United States)9.5509.67519.225
6Maria Filatova (Soviet Union)9.3009.57518.875
7Elena Davydova (Soviet Union)9.1509.60018.750
8Rodica Dunca (Romania)9.1009.52518.625

Floor exercise qualification

RankGymnastPrelimQualification
1Natalia Ilienko (Soviet Union)9.900Q
2Elena Davydova (Soviet Union)9.875Q
3Zoya Grancharova (Bulgaria)9.825Q
3Stella Zakharova (Soviet Union)9.825-
5Olga Bicherova (Soviet Union)9.800-
5Elena Polevaya (Soviet Union)9.800-
7Wen Jia (China)9.725Q
7Julianne McNamara (United States)9.725Q
7Galina Marinova (Bulgaria)9.725Q
10Ma Yanhong (China)9.700Q
10Rodica Dunca (Romania)9.700Q
10Maria Filatova (Soviet Union)9.700-
10Kathy Johnson (United States)9.700-

Floor exercise final

RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
Natalia Ilienko (Soviet Union)9.9509.90019.850
Elena Davydova (Soviet Union)9.9009.87519.775
Zoya Grancharova (Bulgaria)9.8509.82519.675
4Wen Jia (China)9.8009.72519.525
5Ma Yanhong (China)9.7509.70019.450
5Rodica Dunca (Romania)9.7509.70019.450
7Julianne McNamara (United States)9.7009.72519.425
8Galina Marinova (Bulgaria)9.2009.72518.925

References

  1. ^ "World titles could all be won by Soviet Union". The Times. 20 November 1981. Retrieved 4 May 2020.