| 1970World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
|---|---|
 A Yugoslav stamp featuring the logo of the 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
| Location |  Ljubljana,SFR Yugoslavia |
← 1966 1974 → | |
The17thArtistic Gymnastics World Championships were held inHala Tivoli,Ljubljana,SR Slovenia,SFR Yugoslavia, in 1970.
Cathy Rigby won the first medal for theUnited States women at the World Championships with a silver on balance beam.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  JPN | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 |  URS | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 |  GDR | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | YUG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  TCH | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 14 | 15 | 16 | 45 | |
| Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 57.000 | 58.050 | 115.050 |
 | Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) | 56.650 | 57.200 | 113.850 |
 | Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 56.050 | 57.750 | 113.800 |
| 4 | Mikhail Voronin (URS) | 56.400 | 57.350 | 113.750 |
| 5 | Viktor Klimenko (URS) | 55.900 | 57.700 | 113.600 |
| 6 | Fumio Honma (JPN) | 56.650 | 56.800 | 113.450 |
| 7 | Takuji Hayata (JPN) | 56.200 | 56.700 | 112.900 |
| 8 | Takeshi Katō (JPN) | 56.100 | 56.750 | 112.850 |
| 9 | Miroslav Cerar (YUG) | 55.900 | 56.600 | 112.500 |
| 10 | Sergei Diomidov (URS) | 55.750 | 56.700 | 112.450 |
| 11 | Matthias Brehme (GDR) | 55.800 | 56.300 | 112.100 |
| 12 | Makoto Sakamoto (USA) | 55.700 | 55.950 | 111.650 |
| 12 | Viktor Lisitsky (URS) | 55.200 | 56.450 | 111.650 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 9.550 | 9.475 | 19.025 |
| Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 9.400 | 9.575 | 18.975 |
| Takeshi Katō (JPN) | 9.400 | 9.500 | 18.900 |
| 4 |  Raycho Khristov (BUL) | 9.400 | 9.475 | 18.875 |
| 5 | Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) | 9.400 | 9.400 | 18.800 |
| 6 | Viktor Klimenko (URS) | 9.150 | 9.500 | 18.650 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Cerar (YUG) | 9.650 | 9.725 | 19.375 |
| Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.625 | 19.325 |
| Viktor Klimenko (URS) | 9.500 | 9.550 | 19.050 |
| 4 | Milko Vratic (YUG) | 9.450 | 9.550 | 19.000 |
| 5 | Matthias Brehme (GDR) | 9.400 | 9.475 | 18.875 |
| 6 |  Wilhelm Kubica (POL) | 8.950 | 9.550 | 18.400 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.700 | 19.400 |
| Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) | 9.650 | 9.600 | 19.250 |
| Mikhail Voronin (URS) | 9.600 | 9.625 | 19.225 |
| 4 | Takuji Hayata (JPN) | 9.450 | 9.450 | 18.900 |
| 4 | Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 9.450 | 9.450 | 18.900 |
| 6 | Viktor Lisitsky (URS) | 9.250 | 9.425 | 18.675 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) | 9.450 | 9.675 | 19.125 |
| Viktor Klimenko (URS) | 9.500 | 9.500 | 19.000 |
| Takeshi Katō (JPN) | 9.200 | 9.400 | 18.600 |
| 4 | Fumio Honma (JPN) | 8.950 | 9.375 | 18.325 |
| 5 | Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 8.625 | 9.500 | 18.125 |
| 6 | Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 8.575 | 9.450 | 18.025 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.700 | 19.400 |
| Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 9.550 | 9.700 | 19.250 |
| Mikhail Voronin (URS) | 9.500 | 9.750 | 19.250 |
| 4 | Takeshi Katō (JPN) | 9.550 | 9.650 | 19.200 |
| 5 | Viktor Klimenko (URS) | 9.500 | 9.675 | 19.175 |
| 6 | Sergei Diamidov (URS) | 9.625 | 9.300 | 18.925 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 9.800 | 9.675 | 19.475 |
| Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.675 | 19.375 |
| Takuji Hayata (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.650 | 19.350 |
| Klaus Köste (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.650 | 19.350 |
| 5 | Mikhail Voronin (URS) | 9.600 | 9.675 | 19.275 |
| 6 | Fumio Honma (JPN) | 9.650 | 9.600 | 19.250 |
| Rank | Team |  |  |  |  | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | O | C | O | C | O | C | O | |||
| Soviet Union | 95.750 | 96.100 | 92.550 | 96.250 | 380.650 | ||||
| Ludmilla Tourischeva | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.150 | 9.500 | 9.700 | 9.900 | 77.050 | |
| Zinaida Voronina | 9.550 | 9.500 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.150 | 9.400 | 9.500 | 9.750 | 76.150 | |
| Lyubov Burda | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.550 | 9.700 | 8.800 | 9.450 | 9.500 | 9.750 | 75.850 | |
| Larisa Petrik | 9.500 | 9.600 | 9.400 | 9.700 | 9.250 | 9.450 | 9.350 | 9.550 | 75.800 | |
| Olga Karasyova | 9.500 | 9.500 | 9.250 | 9.550 | 9.000 | 9.400 | 9.650 | 9.800 | 75.650 | |
| Tamara Lazakovich | 9.400 | 9.400 | 9.400 | 9.450 | 8.000 | 9.300 | 9.250 | 9.300 | 73.500 | |
| East Germany | 96.000 | 95.600 | 93.150 | 93.000 | 377.750 | ||||
| Erika Zuchold | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.450 | 9.550 | 9.400 | 9.350 | 76.450 | |
| Karin Janz | 9.550 | 9.750 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.500 | 8.700 | 9.400 | 9.600 | 76.000 | |
| Christine Schmitt | 9.500 | 9.600 | 9.500 | 9.600 | 9.250 | 9.450 | 9.250 | 9.300 | 75.450 | |
| Angelika Hellmann | 9.600 | 9.550 | 9.400 | 9.400 | 9.350 | 9.350 | 9.250 | 9.250 | 75.150 | |
| Marianne Noack | 9.500 | 9.450 | 9.450 | 9.550 | 9.250 | 9.300 | 9.050 | 9.150 | 74.700 | |
| Richarda Schmeißer | 9.300 | 9.300 | 9.400 | 9.350 | 9.200 | 8.450 | 9.050 | 9.100 | 73.150 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 94.400 | 93.900 | 91.000 | 92.650 | 371.950 | ||||
| Marcela Váchová | 9.600 | 9.650 | 9.450 | 9.550 | 9.000 | 9.250 | 9.100 | 9.100 | 74.700 | |
| Bohumila Řimnáčová | 9.500 | 9.500 | 9.250 | 9.450 | 9.100 | 9.200 | 9.350 | 9.300 | 74.650 | |
| Soňa Brázdová | 9.550 | 9.300 | 8.950 | 9.300 | 8.950 | 9.100 | 9.250 | 9.300 | 73.650 | |
| Marianna Némethová | 9.300 | 9.400 | 9.450 | 9.700 | 8.800 | 8.450 | 9.200 | 9.250 | 73.550 | |
| Ľuba Krásna | 9.300 | 9.150 | 9.150 | 9.250 | 9.050 | 9.000 | 9.000 | 8.950 | 72.850 | |
| Hana Lišková | 9.300 | 9.300 | 9.350 | 6.650 | 9.050 | 9.300 | 9.400 | 9.400 | 71.750 | |
| 4 | Japan | 92.650 | 93.750 | 92.300 | 92.950 | 371.650 | ||||
| Miyuki Matsuhisa | 9.200 | 9.550 | 9.400 | 9.600 | 9.500 | 9.450 | 9.450 | 9.500 | 75.650 | |
| Kayoko Hashiguchi | 9.200 | 9.300 | 9.400 | 9.500 | 9.100 | 9.350 | 9.400 | 9.350 | 74.600 | |
| Kazue Hanyu | 9.200 | 9.450 | 9.300 | 9.400 | 9.250 | 9.200 | 9.300 | 9.300 | 74.400 | |
| Mitsuko Mizukawa | 9.200 | 9.250 | 9.300 | 9.500 | 9.050 | 9.300 | 9.100 | 9.200 | 73.900 | |
| Yoko Murakami | 8.850 | 9.050 | 9.100 | 9.050 | 8.850 | 9.250 | 9.200 | 9.150 | 72.500 | |
| Yoko Nagao | 9.100 | 9.200 | 9.100 | 9.350 | 8.400 | 9.150 | 9.100 | 9.100 | 72.500 | |
| 5 |  Romania | 90.550 | 92.000 | 90.600 | 91.350 | 364.500 | ||||
| Elena Ceampelea | 9.200 | 8.900 | 9.350 | 9.350 | 9.250 | 9.350 | 9.350 | 9.550 | 74.300 | |
| Paula Ioan | 9.400 | 9.200 | 8.950 | 9.250 | 8.550 | 9.100 | 9.200 | 9.300 | 72.950 | |
| Elisabeta Turcu | 9.200 | 9.050 | 8.950 | 9.350 | 8.900 | 9.050 | 8.850 | 9.100 | 72.450 | |
| Alina Goreac | 9.000 | 8.850 | 8.850 | 9.150 | 9.100 | 9.150 | 8.900 | 9.200 | 72.200 | |
| Olga Stefan | 8.900 | 8.600 | 9.150 | 9.350 | 8.850 | 8.950 | 8.900 | 9.000 | 71.700 | |
| Rodica Apateanu | 9.000 | 8.750 | 9.000 | 9.300 | 8.900 | 8.500 | 8.850 | 8.950 | 71.250 | |
| 6 |  Hungary | 92.600 | 91.150 | 88.900 | 90.150 | 362.800 | ||||
| Ilona Békési | 9.350 | 9.350 | 9.200 | 9.400 | 8.750 | 9.100 | 8.950 | 9.100 | 73.200 | |
| Márta Kelemen | 9.250 | 9.200 | 8.950 | 9.400 | 8.650 | 9.300 | 8.850 | 8.950 | 72.550 | |
| Ágnes Bánfai | 9.300 | 9.200 | 8.950 | 9.300 | 9.000 | 8.630 | 8.950 | 9.150 | 72.500 | |
| Margit Horváth | 9.100 | 9.150 | 9.100 | 9.100 | 8.800 | 8.750 | 9.050 | 9.150 | 72.200 | |
| Mária Gál | 9.350 | 9.200 | 8.400 | 8.800 | 8.750 | 8.950 | 8.800 | 9.100 | 71.350 | |
| Zsuzsa Nagy | 9.250 | 9.050 | 8.900 | 8.850 | 8.450 | 8.850 | 8.900 | 8.800 | 71.050 | |
| Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) | 38.800 | 38.250 | 77.050 |
| Erika Zuchold (GDR) | 38.300 | 38.150 | 76.450 |
| Zinaida Voronina (URS) | 38.350 | 37.800 | 76.150 |
| 4 | Karin Janz (GDR) | 37.850 | 38.150 | 76.000 |
| 5 | Lyubov Burda (URS) | 38.400 | 37.450 | 75.850 |
| 6 | Larisa Petrik (URS) | 38.300 | 37.500 | 75.800 |
| 7 | Olga Karasyova (URS) | 38.250 | 37.400 | 75.650 |
| 7 | Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN) | 38.100 | 37.550 | 75.650 |
| 9 | Christine Schmitt (GDR) | 37.950 | 37.500 | 75.450 |
| 10 | Angelika Hellmann (GDR) | 37.550 | 37.600 | 75.150 |
| 11 | Marianne Noack (GDR) | 37.450 | 37.250 | 74.700 |
| 11 | Marcela Váchová (TCH) | 37.550 | 37.150 | 74.700 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erika Zuchold (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.750 | 19.450 |
| Karin Janz (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.650 | 19.350 |
| Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) | 9.650 | 9.650 | 19.300 |
| Lyubov Burda (URS) | 9.650 | 9.650 | 19.300 |
| 5 | Marcela Váchová (TCH) | 9.650 | 9.625 | 19.275 |
| 6 | Angelika Hellmann (GDR) | 9.500 | 9.575 | 19.075 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karin Janz (GDR) | 9.800 | 9.750 | 19.550 |
| Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) | 9.700 | 9.750 | 19.450 |
| Zinaida Voronina (URS) | 9.650 | 9.650 | 19.300 |
| 4 | Marianna Némethová (TCH) | 9.700 | 9.575 | 19.275 |
| 4 | Lyubov Burda (URS) | 9.650 | 9.625 | 19.275 |
| 6 | Erika Zuchold (GDR) | 9.600 | 9.600 | 19.200 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erika Zuchold (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.500 | 19.200 |
| Cathy Rigby (USA) | 9.700 | 9.350 | 19.050 |
| Larisa Petrik (URS) | 9.400 | 9.500 | 18.900 |
| Christine Schmitt (GDR) | 9.550 | 9.350 | 18.900 |
| 5 | Angelika Hellmann (GDR) | 9.500 | 9.350 | 18.850 |
| 6 | Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN) | 8.650 | 9.475 | 18.125 |
| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) | 9.850 | 9.800 | 19.650 |
| Olga Karasyova (URS) | 9.800 | 9.725 | 19.525 |
| Zinaida Voronina (URS) | 9.750 | 9.625 | 19.375 |
| 4 | Karin Janz (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.500 | 19.200 |
| 5 | Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN) | 9.600 | 9.475 | 19.075 |
| 6 | Lyubov Burda (URS) | 8.700 | 9.525 | 18.225 |
