Gymnastics World Championships refers to a number of differentworld championships for each of the disciplines in competitivegymnastics. TheInternational Gymnastics Federation (FIG) organizes World Championships for six disciplines:acrobatic gymnastics,aerobic gymnastics,artistic gymnastics,parkour,rhythmic gymnastics, as well astrampoline andtumbling. The International Federation of Aesthetic Group Gymnastics (IFAGG) organizes World Championships for the sport ofaesthetic group gymnastics.
| Number | Discipline | Competition | First held | Current frequency | Most gold medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organizer :FIG | |||||
| 1 | Artistic gymnastics | Artistic Gymnastics World Championships | 1903 | Annually Except when theSummer Olympics are held | |
| 2 | Rhythmic gymnastics | Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships | 1963 | Annually Except when theSummer Olympics are held | |
| 3 | Trampoline gymnastics | Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships | 1964 | Annually Except when theSummer Olympics are held | United States |
| 4 | Acrobatic gymnastics | Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships | 1974 | Even years | |
| 5 | Aerobic gymnastics | Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships | 1995 | Even years | |
| 6 | Parkour | Parkour World Championships | 2022 | Even years | |
| Organizer :IFAGG | |||||
| 7 | Aesthetic group gymnastics | World Aesthetic Group Gymnastics Championships | 2000 | Annually | |
| Year | Edition | Host city | Country | Events (male/female/mixed) | First in the Medal Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1 | Paris | 1 / 1 / 2 | ||
| 1996 | 2 | The Hague | 1 / 1 / 2 | ||
| 1997 | 3 | Perth | 1 / 1 / 2 | ||
| 1998 | 4 | Catania | 1 / 1 / 2 | ||
| 1999 | 5 | Hanover | 1 / 1 / 2 | ||
| 2000 | 6 | Riesa | 1 / 1 / 2 | ||
| 2002 | 7 | Klaipėda | 1 / 1 / 3 | ||
| 2004 | 8 | Sofia | 1 / 1 / 3 | ||
| 2006 | 9 | Nanjing | 1 / 1 / 3 | ||
| 2008 | 10 | Ulm | 1 / 1 / 3 | ||
| 2010 | 11 | Rodez | 1 / 1 / 4 | ||
| 2012 | 12 | Sofia | 1 / 1 / 6 | ||
| 2014 | 13 | Cancún | 1 / 1 / 6 | ||
| 2016 | 14 | Incheon | 1 / 1 / 6 | ||
| 2018 | 15 | Guimarães | 1 / 1 / 6 | ||
| 2021 | 16 | Baku | 1 / 1 / 6 | Russian Gymnastics Federation | |
| 2022 | 17 | Guimarães | 1 / 1 / 6 | ||
| 2024 | 18 | Pesaro | 1 / 1 / 6 | ||
| 2026 | 19 | Pamplona | 1 / 1 / 6 |
| Year | Edition | Host city | Country | Events (male/female) | First in the Medal Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | Tokyo | 2 / 2 | ||
| 2024 | 2 | Kitakyushu | 2 / 2 |
| Year | Edition | Host city | Country | Events (female) | First in the Medal Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | Helsinki | 1 | ||
| 2001 | 2 | Tallinn | 1 | ||
| 2002 | 3 | Prague | 1 | ||
| 2003 | 4 | Graz | 1 | ||
| 2004 | 5 | Sofia | 1 | ||
| 2005 | 6 | Copenhagen | 1 | ||
| 2006 | 7 | Tampere | 1 | ||
| 2007 | 8 | Salou | 1 | ||
| 2008 | 9 | Toronto | 1 | ||
| 2009 | 10 | Moscow | 1 | ||
| 2010 | 11 | Varna | 1 | ||
| 2011 | 12 | Tartu | 1 | ||
| 2012 | 13 | Cartagena | 1 | ||
| 2013 | 14 | Lahti | 1 | ||
| 2014 | 15 | Moscow | 1 | ||
| 2015 | 16 | Tórshavn | 1 | ||
| 2016 | 17 | Brno | 1 | ||
| 2017 | 18 | Helsinki | 1 | ||
| 2018 | 19 | Budapest | 1 | ||
| 2019 | 20 | Cartagena | 1 | ||
| 2021 | 21 | Helsinki | 1 | ||
| 2022 | 22 | Graz | 1 | ||
| 2023 | 23 | Astana | 1 | IFAGG | |
| 2024 | 24 | Tartu | 1 | ||
| 2025 | 25 | Burgas | 1 | ||
| 2026 | 26 | Kyoto | 1 | ||
| 2027 | 27 | Paris | 1 |
Last updated on November 9, 2025. Next championships:2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, August 12–16, 2026.
| Acrobatic | Aerobic | Artistic | Parkour | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Combined | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk. | Nation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 105 146 0 5 0 | 53 51 0 0 0 | 25 10 0 1 0 | 9 0 0 2 0 | 6 0 0 2 0 | 12 0 0 2 0 | 36 111 5 1 2 | 43 86 3 1 1 | 36 59 5 2 1 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 | 113 50 0 7 0 | 57 43 0 4 0 | 35 27 0 2 0 | 76 25 0 5 1 | 42 13 0 1 4 | 43 9 0 3 1 | 699 | 410 | 273 | 1,382 | |
| 2 | 81 | 68 | 74 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 95 | 61 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 34 | 12 | 254 | 180 | 151 | 585 | |
| 3 | United States | 5 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 56 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 76 | 58 | 152 | 145 | 134 | 431 |
| 4 | 57 | 80 | 79 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 136 | 159 | 151 | 446 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 61 | 73 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 81 | 85 | 93 | 259 | |
| 6 | 6 0 | 2 0 | 23 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 9 17 | 16 13 | 17 29 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 16 0 | 9 1 | 2 3 | 21 0 | 33 0 | 36 0 | 69 | 74 | 110 | 253 | |
| 7 | 24 | 35 | 45 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28 | 42 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 66 | 91 | 121 | 278 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 68 | 64 | 198 | |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 30 | 32 | 56 | 80 | 76 | 212 | |
| 10 | 15 0 0 0 | 19 0 0 0 | 31 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 11 0 0 0 | 14 0 0 0 | 14 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 28 0 0 0 | 42 2 0 1 | 40 3 1 0 | 54 | 78 | 89 | 221 | |
| 11 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 10 34 | 0 8 29 | 0 10 20 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 0 0 4 | 0 0 5 | 0 0 8 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 | 48 | 42 | 40 | 130 | |
| 12 | 3 0 | 11 0 | 23 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 14 0 | 7 0 | 11 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 0 0 | 10 0 | 28 0 | 41 0 | 11 3 | 21 1 | 20 0 | 41 | 68 | 95 | 204 | |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 43 | 55 | 134 | |
| 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 33 | 84 | |
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 63 | |
| 16 | 15 | 48 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 21 | 55 | 90 | 166 | |
| 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 72 | |
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 50 | |
| 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 27 | 36 | 17 | 35 | 42 | 94 | |
| 20 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 53 | |
| Acrobatic | Aerobic | Artistic | Parkour | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Combined | |||||||||||||||||
| Rk. | Nation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 1 | 0 0 0 5 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 13 4 | 0 1 10 1 | 0 1 6 2 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 44 | |
| 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 37 | |
| 23 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 25 | 23 | 64 | |
| 24 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 50 | |
| 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 | |
| 27 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 26 | |
| 28 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 31 | |
| 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 17 | |
| 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 | |
| 31 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 45 | |
| 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 | |
| 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 37 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |
| 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Acrobatic | Aerobic | Artistic | Parkour | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Combined | |||||||||||||||||
| Rk. | Nation | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 51 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
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