2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor sporting arena in the Netherlands from 16 to 24 October 2010. In this year's championships, there was a total of 73 participating federations with 615 gymnasts. 53 men's and 44 women's teams competed.

Competition schedule

The competition schedule was as follows :
Saturday, 16 October 2010

10:00 – 22:00 Women's qualifying competition
Sunday, 17 October 2010

10:00 – 19:15 Women's qualifying competition
Monday, 18 October 2010

09:00 – 22:15 Men's qualifying competition
Tuesday, 19 October 2010

09:00 – 22:15 Men's qualifying competition
Wednesday, 20 October 2010

17:00 – 19:00 Women's team final
Thursday, 21 October 2010

17:00 – 20:00 Men's team final
Friday, 22 October 2010

16:00 – 18:30 Men's all-round final

19:30 – 22:00 Women's all-round final
Saturday, 23 October 2010

14:00 – 18:00 Women's event finals: vault, bars

14:00 – 18:00 Men's event finals: floor, pommel horse, rings
Sunday, 24 October 2010

14:00 – 18:00 Women's event finals: beam, floor

14:00 – 18:00 Men's event finals: vault, bars, high bar

Participating Countries

Some of the countries that participated.

Algeria
Argentina
Austria
Australia
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
China
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United States
Uzbekistan
Gymnasts

More than 70 countries were expected to compete in the event.
Oldest and youngest competitors

Men	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest	Ping Chien Hsu	Chinese Taipei	08/10/94	16 years
Oldest	Espen Jansen	Norway	13 December 1968	41 years

Women	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest	Anna Dementyeva	Russia	28 December 1994	15 years
Oldest	Oksana Chusovitina	Germany	19 June 1975	35 years

Medalists

Men's results

Team all-around

Oldest and youngest competitors

	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest	Yang Hak-Seon	South Korea	06/12/92	17 years
Oldest	Evgenij Spiridonov	Germany	02/04/82	28 years

The top three scores from each country for each apparatus was counted towards the total. In the qualifying round, the top four were counted. In all, 45 nations entered the qualifying round. Unlike the women's team event, there was more inconsistency in the strengths and weaknesses of the team. China qualified first overall; they came first in the parallel bars, second or third in three apparatuses, but tenth in the floor. Japan qualified second, 1.082 behind. They came first in rings, second or third in three disciplines and 11th in floor. The US were third, more than four points behind. They came first in high bar, but 13th in pommel horse, and between fourth and sixth in the other events. They were ahead of Great Britain by only 0.059. Great Britain came first in floor and pommel but were only ninth and tenth in parallel bars and rings respectively. Germany was fifth, followed by Russia, who came first in vault but were eighth or worse in three disciplines. The last two teams to qualify were Korea and France, the latter denying Romania qualification by 0.150, or 0.04%. Italy, Spain and Puerto Rico were all within 1.1 points of qualification. The hosts came 17th, more than six points outside qualification.
After qualifying in last place, France improved to finish fifth in the final, while Great Britain regressed from fourth to seventh.

Rank	Team							Total
	'	44.333	43.099	46.800	47.999	46.733	46.033	274.997
	Chen Yibing	–	–	16.000	15.866	–	–	274.997
	Feng Zhe	14.700	–	–	16.100	15.900	15.133	274.997
	Teng Haibin	–	15.466	–	–	15.633	15.000	274.997
	Yan Mingyong	–	13.200	15.600	–	–	–	274.997
	Lü Bo	14.700	14.433	15.200	16.033	15.200	–	274.997
	Zhang Chenglong	14.933	–	–	–	–	15.900	274.997
	'	44.198	44.633	44.532	48.183	46.624	45.599	273.769
	Kōhei Uchimura	15.266	14.733	–	16.250	15.633	15.133	273.769
	Koji Yamamuro	–	–	15.366	16.400	–	–	273.769
	Koji Uematsu	14.766	–	–	15.533	15.533	16.033	273.769
	Kazuhito Tanaka	–	–	14.166	–	15.458	14.433	273.769
	Kenya Kobayashi	–	14.800	15.000	–	–	–	273.769
	Tatsuki Nakashima	14.166	15.100	–	–	–	–	273.769
	'	44.032	43.132	44.857	47.799	45.333	46.099	271.252
	Philipp Boy	14.866	14.566	14.658	16.166	15.400	15.800	271.252
	Fabian Hambuechen	–	–	14.933	–	15.333	15.933	271.252
	Thomas Taranu	–	–	15.266	–	–	–	271.252
	Evgenij Spiridonov	14.100	13.600	–	–	–	14.366	271.252
	Sebastian Krimmer	–	14.966	–	15.533	14.600	–	271.252
	Matthias Fahrig	15.066	–	–	16.100	–	–	271.252
4	'	43.566	40.032	44.833	47.566	45.016	46.999	268.012
4	Christopher Brooks	–	13.466	–	15.833	15.116	15.533	268.012
4	Christopher Cameron	–	13.100	13.800	–	–	–	268.012
4	Jonathan Horton	14.000	–	15.500	15.500	15.200	15.633	268.012
4	Steven Legendre	15.266	–	–	16.233	–	–	268.012
4	Danell Leyva	–	13.466	–	–	14.700	15.833	268.012
4	Brandon Wynn	14.300	–	15.533	–	–	–	268.012
5	'	42.132	43.598	43.399	46.357	44.483	43.499	263.468
5	Hamilton Sabot	–	14.266	14.400	–	15.075	14.900	263.468
5	Cyril Tommasone	12.766	15.466	–	–	14.808	–	263.468
5	Arnald Willig	–	13.866	14.633	15.258	14.600	13.733	263.468
5	Thomas Bouhail	14.833	–	–	16.066	–	–	263.468
5	Gael da Silva	14.533	–	14.366	15.033	–	14.866	263.468
6	'	42.466	42.599	44.374	46.899	44.566	41.266	263.170
6	Sergey Khorokhordin	–	14.233	14.866	–	14.900	13.533	263.170
6	Maxim Devyatovskiy	14.466	–	15.233	–	14.966	13.300	263.170
6	David Belyavskiy	13.100	14.800	–	15.700	14.700	14.433	263.170
6	Anton Golotsutskov	14.900	–	–	16.133	–	–	263.170
6	Igor Pakhomenko	–	14.566	14.275	–	–	–	263.170
6	Andrey Cherkasov	–	–	–	15.066	–	–	263.170
7	'	41.775	43.899	41.932	47.899	42.932	42.666	261.103
7	Kristian Thomas	13.200	–	14.333	–	–	14.333	261.103
7	Daniel Purvis	14.850	13.533	–	15.933	14.766	14.233	261.103
7	Samuel Hunter	–	14.566	–	–	13.566	14.100	261.103
7	Theo Seager	13.725	–	13.266	15.900	–	–	261.103
7	Ruslan Panteleymonov	–	–	14.333	16.066	14.600	–	261.103
7	Louis Smith	–	15.800	–	–	–	–	261.103
8	'	42.433	41.099	42.649	48.132	42.999	42.640	259.952
8	Yoo Won-Chul	–	–	14.833	–	14.600	12.466	259.952
8	Kim Ji-Hoon	14.100	13.133	–	–	–	15.308	259.952
8	Sin Seob	–	–	14.100	–	–	–	259.952
8	Kim Soo-Myun	14.833	13.500	–	15.833	14.566	14.866	259.952
8	Yang Hak-Seon	13.500	–	13.666	16.666	–	–	259.952
8	Ha Chang-Ju	–	14.466	–	15.633	13.833	–	259.952

Individual all-around

In all 299 men competed in the qualifying round. Of these 164 complete all six apparatus. Each nation had up to six entrants, but were limited to two qualifiers for the 24-man final. Steven Legendre of the US, Kenya Kobayashi of Japan and Kristian Thomas of Great Britain ended 15th, 16th and 17th respectively, but were their nation's third best and did not progress to the final. Ruslan Paneleymonov and Andrey Cherkasov were the others affected by this policy. Kōhei Uchimura was the highest qualifier, more than two points ahead of Philipp Boy.
Oldest and youngest competitors

	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest	Danell Leyva	United States	30 October 1991	18 years
Oldest	Evgenij Spiridonov	Germany	02/04/82	28 years

Rank	Gymnast							Total
		15.566	15.000	15.133	16.266	15.300	15.066	92.331
		15.000	14.666	14.566	15.650	15.166	15.000	90.048
		14.866	13.833	15.366	15.566	15.200	15.033	89.864
4		14.666	14.766	14.600	15.700	14.933	15.166	89.831
5		15.066	14.300	14.166	15.900	14.933	14.600	88.965
6		14.366	14.366	14.800	16.033	14.766	14.633	88.964
7		14.433	14.466	14.933	15.466	14.066	15.300	88.664
8		14.566	14.200	13.733	15.556	15.533	14.800	88.398
9		14.433	14.966	14.033	15.600	14.700	14.633	88.365
10		15.200	14.066	13.941	15.666	14.666	14.666	88.205
11		14.033	14.000	14.033	15.791	15.533	14.766	88.156
12		13.700	15.000	13.733	15.966	14.800	14.800	87.999
13		14.100	15.533	14.091	15.333	14.633	13.866	87.556
14		14.083	14.466	14.133	15.683	15.133	13.933	87.431
15		15.191	13.366	14.466	15.966	14.400	13.833	87.222
16		14.266	13.900	14.375	16.433	14.650	13.333	86.957
17		14.166	14.466	14.200	15.383	14.333	14.500	86.498
18		14.733	12.900	14.325	15.666	13.566	15.666	86.856
19		14.900	11.116	15.066	16.066	15.033	14.566	86.797
20		13.816	14.000	14.566	15.500	14.950	13.900	86.732
21		13.633	12.500	14.825	15.500	14.866	15.066	86.390
22		13.100	14.133	13.933	15.516	14.733	14.833	86.248
23		14.400	14.100	14.866	15.900	12.533	13.700	85.499
24		13.336	12.666	14.466	15.900	12.900	14.466	83.764

Floor

Oldest and youngest competitors

	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest	Eleftherios Kosmidis	Greece	06/05/91	19 years
Oldest	Thomas Bouhail	France	03/07/86	24 years

Rank	Gymnast				Total
		6.600	9.100		15.700
		6.500	9.033		15.533
		6.500	8.866		15.366
4		6.400	8.933		15.333
5		6.100	9.100		15.200
6		6.600	8.566	0.100	15.066
7		6.200	8.866		15.066
8		6.300	7.300		13.600

Pommel horse

Oldest and youngest competitors

	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest	Louis Smith	Great Britain	22 April 1989	21 years
Oldest	Saso Bertoncelj	Slovenia	16 July 1984	26 years

Rank	Gymnast			Total
		6.700	9.133	15.833
		6.900	8.833	15.733
		6.600	8.966	15.566
4		6.500	8.933	15.433
5		6.300	9.016	15.316
6		6.400	8.766	15.166
7		5.600	8.533	14.133
8		6.200	7.733	13.933

Rings

Oldest and youngest competitors

	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest	Koji Yamamuro	Japan	17 January 1989	21 years
Oldest	Matteo Morandi	Italy	08/10/81	29 years

Rank	Gymnast			Total
		6.800	9.100	15.900
		6.800	8.900	15.700
		6.700	8.966	15.666
4		6.700	8.800	15.500
5		6.600	8.833	15.433
6		6.500	8.833	15.333
7		6.400	8.900	15.300
8		6.700	8.566	15.266

Vault

Oldest and youngest competitors

	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest	Yang Hak-Seon	South Korea	06/12/92	17 years
Oldest	Dzmitry Kaspiarovich	Belarus	15 October 1977	33 years

Thomas Bouhail became the first French gymnast to become a world champion.

Parallel bars

Oldest and youngest competitors

	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest	Kōhei Uchimura	Japan	03/01/89	21 years
Oldest	Ildar Valeiev	Kazakhstan	18 February 1974	36 years

Rank	Gymnast			Total
		6.700	9.266	15.966
		6.400	9.216	15.616
		6.400	9.100	15.500
4		6.300	9.066	15.366
5		6.500	8.733	15.233
6		6.000	9.200	15.200
7		6.900	8.283	15.183
8		6.300	8.866	15.166

Horizontal bar

Oldest and youngest competitors

	Name	Country	Date of birth	Age
Youngest	Danell Leyva	United States	30 October 1991	18 years
Oldest	Epke Zonderland	Netherlands	16 April 1986	24 years

Zhang Chenglong of China edged out local favorite Epke Zonderland by 0.133 to win this event.

Rank	Gymnast			Total
		7.500	8.666	16.166
		7.300	8.733	16.033
		7.100	8.866	15.966
4		7.300	8.533	15.833
5		7.100	8.566	15.666
6		6.600	8.783	15.383
7		6.600	8.566	15.166
8		7.200	6.800	14.000