1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 34th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held at Tianjin Arena in Tianjin, China in 1999.

1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
VenueTianjin Arena
LocationChina Tianjin, China
Start dateOctober 10, 1999 (1999-10-10)
End dateOctober 16, 1999 (1999-10-16)
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Results

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men
Team all-around
details
 China
Dong Zhen
Huang Xu
Li Xiaopeng
Lu Yufu
Xing Aowei
Yang Wei
 Russia
Alexei Bondarenko
Nikolai Kryukov
Alexei Nemov
Maxim Aleshin
Rashid Kasumov
Evgeni Podgorni
 Belarus
Ivan Ivankov
Alexander Kruzhylov
Dmitry Kasperovich
Aleksandr Shostak
Vitaly Rudnitski
Ivan Pavlovski
Individual all-around
details
Nikolai Kryukov Naoya Tsukahara Yordan Yovchev
Floor
details
Alexei Nemov Gervasio Deferr Xing Aowei
Pommel horse
details
Alexei Nemov Marius Urzică Nikolai Kryukov
Rings
details
Dong Zhen Szilveszter Csollány Demosthenes Tampakos
Vault
details
Li Xiaopeng Jevgēņijs Saproņenko Dieter Rehm
Parallel bars
details
Lee Joo-Hyung Alexei Bondarenko
Naoya Tsukahara
none awarded
Horizontal bar
details
Jesús Carballo Alexander Jeltkov Yang Wei
Women
Team all-around
details
 Romania
Maria Olaru
Andreea Răducan
Simona Amânar
Andreea Isărescu
Corina Ungureanu
Loredana Boboc
 Russia
Yelena Produnova
Elena Zamolodchikova
Svetlana Khorkina
Yekaterina Lobaznyuk
Yevgeniya Kuznetsova
Anna Kovaleva
 Ukraine
Viktoria Karpenko
Tatiana Yarosh
Inha Shkarupa
Olga Teslenko
Olga Roschupkina
Nataliya Horodniy
Individual all-around
details
Maria Olaru Viktoria Karpenko Elena Zamolodchikova
Vault
details
Elena Zamolodchikova Simona Amânar Maria Olaru
Uneven bars
details
Svetlana Khorkina Huang Mandan Ling Jie
Balance beam
details
Ling Jie Andreea Răducan Olga Roschupkina
Floor
details
Andreea Răducan Simona Amânar Svetlana Khorkina

**The Ukrainian Women's Gymnastics Team was awarded the bronze in 2011 after China was disqualified due to Dong Fongxiao being underage at the time of competing.

Medal table

Overall

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)53311
2  China (CHN)4138
3  Romania (ROU)3418
4  Spain (ESP)1102
5  South Korea (KOR)1001
6  Japan (JPN)0202
7  Ukraine (UKR)0123
8  Canada (CAN)0101
 Hungary (HUN)0101
 Latvia (LAT)0101
11  Belarus (BLR)0011
 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
 Greece (GRE)0011
 Switzerland (SWI)0011
Totals (14 entries)14151342

Men

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia3216
2  China3025
3  Spain1102
4  South Korea1001
5  Japan0202
6  Canada0101
 Hungary0101
 Latvia0101
 Romania0101
10  Belarus0011
 Bulgaria0011
 Greece0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (13 entries)89724

Women

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Romania3317
2  Russia2125
3  China1113
4  Ukraine0123
Totals (4 entries)66618

Men

Team Final

RankTeam Total
 China38.012 (1)38.324 (2)38.649 (1)38.549 (2)38.787 (1)38.074 (1)230.395
Yang Wei9.5259.3629.7259.2009.6509.425
Lu Yufu9.4259.6379.4629.7379.6758.887
Huang Xu9.2129.6009.5609.5009.6509.525
Li Xiaopeng9.587-9.6009.7379.7629.687
Xing Aowei9.4759.725-9.5759.7009.437
Dong Zhen-9.2379.762---
 Russia37.624 (2)38.799 (1)37.361 (6)38.649 (1)38.187 (2)37.525 (6)228.145
Alexei Bondarenko9.6259.7259.6379.7629.7259.350
Nikolai Kryukov9.1879.7379.6129.7379.5879.600
Maxim Aleshin9.1759.5878.7509.5129.4008.600
Evgeni Podgorni9.1509.5258.5879.550-9.000
Alexei Nemov9.6379.750-9.6009.475-
Rashid Kasumov--9.362-9.3759.575
 Belarus37.599 (3)37.862 (5)38.424 (2)37.586 (6)38.186 (3)37.974 (2)227.631
Ivan Ivankov9.6009.7259.7129.4879.5759.600
Dmitri Kasperovich9.100-9.5509.7259.6379.537
Alexander Kruzhylov9.3879.300-9.3129.4879.450
Alexander Shostak-9.5259.5128.9759.4508.925
Alexei Sinkevich9.0759.2258.3629.062-9.387
Vitaly Rudnitski9.5129.3129.650-9.487-
4  Japan36.161 (6)38.199 (3)37.962 (3)38.287 (3)37.637 (5)37.662 (5)225.908
Naoya Tsukahara9.2009.6629.5259.4509.6259.625
Yoshihiro Saito9.0629.4759.5259.3879.4509.600
Akihiro Kasamatsu9.2379.6628.7129.5259.4259.450
Kenichi Fujita7.9009.0009.3759.750-8.987
Mutsumi Harada8.6629.400-9.5628.275-
Tatsuya Yamada--9.537-9.1378.262
5  South Korea36.374 (5)37.625 (6)37.737 (4)38.286 (4)38.124 (4)37.724 (3)225.870
Lee Joo-Hyung9.1879.6009.5259.5129.7009.625
Kim Dong-Hwa9.4878.7509.5509.6009.1128.725
Jung Jin-Soo-8.9259.3879.6129.6129.362
Cho Seong-Min9.275-9.2759.5379.5509.237
Lee Jang-Hyung8.2009.600--9.2629.500
Lee Kyung-Ki8.4259.5008.5129.537--
6  United States36.912 (4)37.974 (4)37.711 (5)37.750 (5)37.137 (6)37.712 (4)225.196
Blaine Wilson9.4129.5509.6129.7258.9629.537
John Roethlisberger-9.5759.612-9.3008.725
Sean Townsend9.250-9.2259.3259.4379.400
Yewki Tomita9.3259.575-9.1259.2259.175
Chris Young8.4508.812-9.5759.1759.600
Stephen McCain8.9259.3129.2628.887--

All-around

RankGymnast Total
 Nikolai Kryukov (RUS)9.4379.6129.3629.7259.7129.63757.485
 Naoya Tsukahara (JPN)9.5009.5509.3509.6129.6759.65057.337
 Yordan Yovchev (BUL)9.7129.6009.6009.4509.3509.50057.212
4  Blaine Wilson (USA)9.6009.4879.3259.6879.6129.50057.211
5  Lu Yufu (CHN)9.1259.6259.5379.7379.5379.52557.086
6  Alexei Nemov (RUS)9.7259.7258.7379.6379.5379.61256.973
7  Lee Joo-Hyung (KOR)9.2879.4379.3259.5129.6509.62556.836
8  Alexander Beresh (UKR)9.4009.6378.9129.6509.5259.66256.786
9  Roman Zozulia (UKR)8.9379.6379.4129.5879.6259.57556.773
10  Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)9.7259.3759.4509.2009.6009.38756.737
11  Huang Xu (CHN)8.9879.6379.5129.5629.7259.23756.660
12  Yang Wei (CHN)9.6128.6009.4879.6629.6009.61256.573
13  Andreas Wecker (GER)9.0629.5379.4759.0629.6509.58756.373
14  Florent Marée (FRA)9.4509.4258.9879.2759.4259.50056.062
15  Yoshihiro Saito (JPN)9.2259.4759.3509.4008.9509.60056.000
16  Alexander Svetlichnyi (UKR)9.0879.6128.9009.1759.6379.42555.836
17  Akihiro Kasamatsu (JPN)9.6009.6508.8509.3628.9509.37555.787
18  Yann Cucherat (FRA)9.2128.5259.3759.4509.4879.57555.624
19  Jesús Carballo (ESP)9.2258.6259.4009.0009.6009.68755.537
20  Zoltán Supola (HUN)8.8379.6628.9379.2629.1759.66255.535
21  Dorin Petcu (ROU)9.0879.5758.3879.5129.2129.46255.235
22  Omar Cortes (ESP)8.7258.9509.4009.2509.3509.53755.212
23  Florentin Pescaru (ROU)9.3259.6128.6509.3129.3628.86255.123
24  Jan-Peter Nikiferow (GER)9.2129.6508.2509.1379.5009.07554.824
25  Yewki Tomita (USA)8.9879.5878.1759.1009.4009.30054.549
26  Marian Drăgulescu (ROU)8.4509.4879.1879.4259.2378.65054.436
27  Ilia Giorgadze (GEO)8.2009.6008.8509.0379.2009.48754.374
28  Alexander Jelkov (CAN)9.2008.8757.9509.1878.6629.67553.549
29  Ioannis Melissanidis (GRE)8.6008.3378.3379.8378.7759.27553.161
30  Dieter Rehm (SUI)8.0378.5627.9009.1759.4759.57552.724
31  Dimitar Lunchev (BUL)8.7628.6508.1009.1759.4008.60052.687
32  Craig Heap (GBR)7.4258.9759.0259.1878.8259.07552.512
33  Alexei Dimitrienko (KAZ)7.5879.1758.7879.4258.4258.48751.886
34  Igor Vikhrovs (LAT)9.6128.5628.0509.5128.7256.95051.411
35  Ivan Ivankov (BLR)-----7.9757.975

Floor Exercise

RankGymnastTotal
 Alexei Nemov (RUS)9.787
 Gervasio Deferr (ESP)9.750
 Xing Aowei (CHN)9.737
4  Vitaly Rudnitski (BLR)9.637
4  Ioannis Melissanidis (GRE)9.637
4  Yang Wei (CHN)9.637
7  Dmitri Karbonenko (FRA)9.600
8  Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)8.637

Pommel Horse

RankGymnastTotal
 Alexei Nemov (RUS)9.775
 Marius Urzică (ROU)9.762
 Nikolai Kryukov (RUS)9.750
4  Alexander Beresch (UKR)9.725
5  Andreas Wecker (GER)9.712
6  Valeri Belenki (GER)9.700
7  Xing Aowei (CHN)9.662
8  Lee Joo-Hyung (KOR)9.650

Rings

RankGymnastTotal
 Dong Zhen (CHN)9.775
 Szilveszter Csollány (HUN)9.737
 Demosthenes Tampakos (GRE)9.712
4  Yordan Yovchev (BUL)9.675
5  Andrea Coppolino (ITA)9.673
6  Jesús Carballo (ESP)9.625
7  Roberto Galli (ITA)9.562
7  Yoshihiro Saito (JPN)9.562

Vault

RankGymnastTotal
 Li Xiaopeng (CHN)9.668
 Jevgēņijs Saproņenko (LAT)9.656
 Dieter Rehm (SUI)9.468
4  Marian Drăgulescu (ROU)9.174
5  Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ)9.043
6  Rene Tschernitschek (GER)8.925
7  Ioannis Melissanidis (GRE)8.606
8  Yang Wei (CHN)8.281

Parallel Bars

RankGymnastTotal
 Lee Joo-Hyung (KOR)9.750
 Alexei Bondarenko (RUS)9.675
 Naoya Tsukahara (JPN)9.675
4  Nikolai Kryukov (RUS)9.625
5  Jung Jin-soo (KOR)9.187
6  Li Xiaopeng (CHN)9.137
7  Xing Aowei (CHN)9.075
8  Jong U-Chol (PRK)8.975

Horizontal Bar

RankGymnastTotal
 Jesús Carballo (ESP)9.762
 Alexander Jeltkov (CAN)9.700
 Yang Wei (CHN)9.612
4  Yoshihiro Saito (JPN)9.587
5  Lazaro Lamelas (CUB)9.200
6  Omar Cortes (ESP)9.087
7  Lee Joo-Hyung (KOR)8.925
8  Marian Drăgulescu (ROU)8.762

Women

Team

RankTeam Total
 Romania38.180 (1)38.474 (3)37.786 (1)39.087 (1)153.527
Maria Olaru9.6509.6379.6879.775
Andreea Răducan9.4689.6129.6879.800
Simona Amânar9.6569.7008.9879.812
Andreea Isărescu9.4069.5259.425
Corina Ungureanu9.4128.2009.700
Loredana Boboc9.3629.700
 Russia37.835 (2)38.899 (1)37.625 (3)38.850 (2)153.209
Elena Produnova9.3689.7509.3509.750
Elena Zamolodchikova9.6999.6379.675
Svetlana Khorkina9.2569.8259.0759.800
Ekaterina Lobaznyuk9.4569.5759.6009.625
Yevgeniya Kuznetsova9.6879.600
Anna Kovaleva9.3128.7259.087
 Ukraine37.492 (4)38.586 (2)37.736 (2)38.524 (3)152.338
Viktoria Karpenko9.5129.7379.5129.625
Tatiana Yarosh9.2569.6629.712
Inha Shkarupa9.4189.4879.650
Olga Teslenko9.6759.0009.537
Olga Roschupkina8.8629.6879.225
Nataliya Horodniy9.3068.8629.3379.312
4  Australia37.298 (5)38.111 (4)37.224 (4)38.299 (4)150.932
Allana Slater9.1819.6359.6379.512
Lisa Skinner9.2629.5379.1259.625
Trudy McIntosh9.4749.4009.3879.662
Brooke Walker9.0319.5129.0759.500
Jacqui Dunn9.4378.5129.037
Jenny Smith9.381
5  United States37.578 (3)37.387 (5)37.024 (5)38.224 (5)150.213
Elise Ray9.2879.7259.4509.725
Kristen Maloney9.4249.2129.5509.662
Vanessa Atler9.5999.0758.0259.512
Jamie Dantzscher9.2689.325
Morgan White9.2009.262
Jeanette Antolin9.2319.2508.7629.312
DQ  China36.774 (-)38.899 (-)38.375 (-)38.375 (-)152.423*
Ling Jie9.2819.7879.7259.625
Liu Xuan9.3259.7759.7259.450
Dong Fangxiao*9.0879.5509.5759.775
Huang Mandan9.0819.7879.3509.525
Bai Chunyue9.0379.5508.9259.325
Xu Jing
  • China originally finished third, but it was discovered in 2008 that Chinese officials falsified the age of team member Dong Fangxiao; the team were officially disqualified in March 2012, with the bronze medals awarded to Ukraine, and Dong's results from this competition and the 2000 Olympics were struck from the records. Previously, in 2010, China's 2000 Olympic bronze medals had been awarded to the US team.[1]

All Around Final

RankGymnast Total
 Maria Olaru (ROU)9.6259.5879.7379.82538.774
 Viktoria Karpenko (UKR)9.4939.7759.7629.67538.705
 Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS)9.6509.6509.6009.78738.687
4  Elena Produnova (RUS)9.3499.7509.7629.81238.673
5  Andreea Răducan (ROU)9.4189.6129.7509.83738.617
6  Huang Mandan (CHN)8.8439.8009.6009.77538.018
7  Elise Ray (USA)9.3439.6379.3759.66238.017
8  Allana Slater (AUS)9.2069.6379.5629.40037.805
9  Sara Moro (ESP)9.2749.4379.4129.66237.785
10  Esther Moya (ESP)9.4009.5509.2129.48737.649
11  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)9.1879.7628.9379.72537.611
12  Olga Roschupkina (UKR)9.1749.6129.4129.28737.485
13  Monica Bergamelli (ITA)9.2509.4629.1509.43737.299
13  Simona Amânar (ROU)9.6258.1759.6879.81237.299
15  Lisa Skinner (AUS)9.3318.9259.4879.55037.293
16  Bai Chunyue (CHN)8.6009.6759.4759.37537.125
17  Risa Sugawara (JPN)9.0009.0629.4009.48736.949
18  Kate Richardson (CAN)9.0249.4878.7879.56236.860
19  Laura Martínez (ESP)9.2759.5008.7759.18736.737
20  Martina Bremini (ITA)9.2629.4378.5629.45036.711
21  Natalia Horodny (UKR)9.2819.6378.8128.97536.705
22  Yvonne Tousek (CAN)9.0939.3258.9879.27536.680
23  Birgit Schweigert (GER)9.0319.3759.4258.78736.618
24  Trudy McIntosh (AUS)9.5568.6008.9129.51236.580
25  Lisa Mason (GBR)9.3188.9758.7009.56236.555
26  Daniele Hypólito (BRA)8.9499.3259.3878.87536.536
27  Miho Takenaka (JPN)9.1749.3128.5259.51236.523
28  Alexandra Soler (FRA)9.0508.9759.0759.41236.512
29  Inna Poklonskaya (BLR)9.3317.5379.5379.35035.755
30  Vanessa Atler (USA)9.5568.7759.5007.90035.731
31  Monique Nuijten (NED)9.2818.3128.9759.05035.618
32  Jana Komrsková (CZE)9.3689.0877.8129.28735.554
33  Nelly Ramassamy (FRA)8.8758.8128.9128.85035.449
34  Alena Polozkova (BLR)9.0627.9628.6759.26234.961
35  Irina Yevdokimova (KAZ)8.7878.1508.2629.12534.324
DQ  Dong Fangxiao (CHN)*9.3319.5509.5259.73738.143*

Vault Final

RankGymnastTotal
 Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS)9.718
 Simona Amânar (ROU)9.631
 Maria Olaru (ROU)9.593
4  Elena Produnova (RUS)9.587
5  Trudy McIntosh (AUS)9.568
6  Denisse López (MEX)9.562
7  Viktoria Karpenko (UKR)9.475
8  Laura Martínez (ESP)8.606

Uneven Bars

RankGymnastTotal
 Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)9.837
 Huang Mandan (CHN)9.825
 Ling Jie (CHN)9.812
4  Elena Produnova (RUS)9.750
5  Viktoria Karpenko (UKR)9.725
6  Maria Olaru (ROU)9.712
7  Elise Ray (USA)9.687
8  Tatiana Zharganova (BLR)9.612

Balance Beam

RankGymnastTotal
 Ling Jie (CHN)9.775
 Andreea Răducan (ROU)9.762
 Olga Roschupkina (UKR)9.737
4  Maria Olaru (ROU)9.650
5  Olga Teslenko (UKR)9.587
6  Anna Kovaleva (RUS)9.500
7  Laura Martínez (ESP)9.425
DQ  Dong Fangxiao (CHN)*9.462*

Floor Exercise

RankGymnastTotal
 Andreea Răducan (ROU)9.837
 Simona Amânar (ROU)9.800
 Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)9.787
4  Elena Produnova (RUS)9.737
5  Ludivine Furnon (FRA)9.612
6  Tatiana Yarosh (UKR)9.600
7  Yvonne Tousek (CAN)9.537
DQ  Dong Fangxiao (CHN)*9.737*

References