1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 17th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia, in 1970.

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Team all-around	Japan Eizo Kenmotsu Mitsuo Tsukahara Akinori Nakayama Fumio Honma Takuji Hayata Takeshi Katō	Soviet Union Mikhail Voronin Viktor Klimenko Sergei Diomidov Viktor Lisitsky German Bogdanov Valery Karasyov	East Germany Matthias Brehme Klaus Köste Wolfgang Thüne Gerhard Dietrich Peter Kunze Bernd Schiller
Individual all-around	Eizo Kenmotsu	Mitsuo Tsukahara	Akinori Nakayama
Floor	Akinori Nakayama	Eizo Kenmotsu	Takeshi Katō
Pommel horse	Miroslav Cerar	Eizo Kenmotsu	Viktor Klimenko
Rings	Akinori Nakayama	Mitsuo Tsukahara	Mikhail Voronin
Vault	Mitsuo Tsukahara	Viktor Klimenko	Takeshi Katō
Parallel bars	Akinori Nakayama	Eizo Kenmotsu Mikhail Voronin	none awarded
Horizontal bar	Eizo Kenmotsu	Akinori Nakayama	Klaus Köste Takuji Hayata
Women
Team all-around	Soviet Union Lyubov Burda Olga Karaseva Tamara Lazakovich Larisa Petrik Ludmilla Tourischeva Zinaida Voronina	East Germany Angelika Hellmann Karin Janz Marianne Noack Richarda Schmeißer Christine Schmitt Erika Zuchold	Czechoslovakia Soňa Brázdová Luba Krasna Hana Lišková Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová Bohumila Řimnáčová Marcella Váchová
Individual all-around	Ludmilla Tourischeva	Erika Zuchold	Zinaida Voronina
Vault	Erika Zuchold	Karin Janz	Ludmilla Tourischeva Lyubov Burda
Uneven bars	Karin Janz	Ludmilla Tourischeva	Zinaida Voronina
Balance beam	Erika Zuchold	Cathy Rigby	Christine Schmitt Larisa Petrik
Floor	Ludmilla Tourischeva	Olga Karaseva	Zinaida Voronina

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	7	6	4	17
2	USSR	3	5	8	16
3	East Germany	3	3	3	9
4	Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
5	United States	0	1	0	1
6	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1

Men

Team Final

Rank	Gymnast	Total
01 !	Japan	571.100
	Eizo Kenmotsu	115.050
	Mitsuo Tsukahara	113.850
	Akinori Nakayama	113.800
	Fumio Honma	113.450
	Takuji Hayata	112.900
	Takeshi Katō	112.850
02 !	Soviet Union	564.350
	Mikhail Voronin	113.750
	Viktor Klimenko	113.600
	Sergei Diomidov	112.450
	Viktor Lisitsky	111.650
	German Bogdanov	110.300
	Valentin Karasev	108.500
03 !	East Germany	553.150
	Mathias Brehme	112.100
	Klaus Koste	111.400
	Wolfgang Thune	110.950
	Gerhard Dietrich	109.800
	Peter Kunze	107.950
	Bernd Schiller	107.700
4	Yugoslavia	549.450
	Miroslav Cerar	112.500
	Milenko Kersnic	110.300
	Janez Brodnik	110.100
	Miroslav Vratic	109.400
	Avgust Kussel	106.800
	Drago Sostaric	102.700
5	Poland	547.050
	Mikolai Kubica	111.250
	Wilhelm Kubica	110.950
	Sylweszter Kubica	109.400
	Andrzej Szajna	107.450
	Mieczyslaw Strzalka	105.250
	Jerzy Kruza	104.950
6	Switzerland	541.750
	Roland Hurzeler	109.400
	Peter Rohner	108.650
	Hans Ettlin	107.950
	Max Bruhwiler	106.800
	Edwin Gerutmann	106.450
	Paul Muller	63.000
7	United States	537.600
	Makoto Sakamoto	111.650
	Kanati Allen	107.650
	Marshall Avener	105.200
	Brent Simmons	105.150
	George Greenfield	105.000
	Tom Lindner	102.150
8	Romania	536.550
	Petre Mihaiuc	108.450
	Miroslav Gheorghiu	107.450
	Gheorghe Paunescu	106.650
	Nicolae Achim	106.550
	Dan Grecu	105.550
	Gheorghe Tohaneanu	104.300

All-around

Rank	Gymnast	Compulsory	Optional score	Total
01 !	Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)	57.000	58.050	115.050
02 !	Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)	56.650	57.200	113.850
03 !	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

Floor Exercise

Rank	Gymnast	Score	Prelim score	Total
01 !	Akinori Nakayama (JPN)	9.550	9.475	19.025
02 !	Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)	9.400	9.575	18.975
03 !	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

Pommel Horse

Rank	Gymnast	Score	Prelim score	Total
01 !	Miroslav Cerar (YUG)	9.650	9.725	19.375
02 !	Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)	9.700	9.625	19.325
03 !	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

Rings

Rank	Gymnast	Score	Prelim score	Total
01 !	Akinori Nakayama (JPN)	9.700	9.700	19.400
02 !	Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)	9.650	9.600	19.250
03 !	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

Vault

Rank	Gymnast	Score	Prelim score	Total
01 !	Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN)	9.450	9.675	19.125
02 !	Viktor Klimenko (URS)	9.500	9.500	19.000
03 !	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

Parallel Bars

Rank	Gymnast	Score	Prelim score	Total
01 !	Akinori Nakayama (JPN)	9.700	9.700	19.400
02 !	Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)	9.550	9.700	19.250
02 !	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

Horizontal Bar

Rank	Gymnast	Score	Prelim score	Total
01 !	Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)	9.800	9.675	19.475
02 !	Akinori Nakayama (JPN)	9.700	9.675	19.375
03 !	Takuji Hayata (JPN)	9.700	9.650	19.350
03 !	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

Women

All-around

Rank	Gymnast	Compulsory	Optional score	Total
01 !	Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)	38.800	38.250	77.050
02 !	Erika Zuchold (GDR)	38.300	38.150	76.450
03 !	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 Vachova (TCH)	37.550	37.150	74.700

Vault

Rank	Gymnast	Score	Prelim score	Total
01 !	Erika Zuchold (GDR)	9.700	9.750	19.450
02 !	Karin Janz (GDR)	9.700	9.650	19.350
03 !	Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)	9.650	9.650	19.300
03 !	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

Uneven Bars

Rank	Gymnast	Score	Prelim score	Total
01 !	Karin Janz (GDR)	9.800	9.750	19.550
02 !	Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)	9.700	9.750	19.450
03 !	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

Balance Beam

Rank	Gymnast	Score	Prelim score	Total
01 !	Erika Zuchold (GDR)	9.700	9.500	19.200
02 !	Cathy Rigby (USA)	9.700	9.350	19.050
03 !	Larisa Petrik (URS)	9.400	9.500	18.900
03 !	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

Floor Exercise

Rank	Gymnast	Score	Prelim score	Total
01 !	Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS)	9.850	9.800	19.650
02 !	Olga Karaseva (URS)	9.800	9.725	19.525
03 !	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

Team Final

Rank	Team									Total
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O
01 !	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
02 !	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
03 !	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
	Sona 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
	Luba Krasna	9.300	9.150	9.150	9.250	9.050	9.000	9.000	8.950	72.850
	Hana Liskova	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 Horvath	9.100	9.150	9.100	9.100	8.800	8.750	9.050	9.150	72.200
	Maria Gal	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

References

• Gymn Forum: World Championships Results
• Gymnastics

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