2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Antwerp, Belgium at the Sportpaleis, from 30 September to 8 October 2023.^[1] Antwerp hosted the event for the third time; previously the city hosted the first ever World Championships in 1903 and again in 2013.^[2]^[3]

The championships was a qualification event for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The top nine teams in both the men's and women's team qualifications (not including teams that qualified at the previous year's World Championships) obtained five quota places for Paris as a team. Additionally, numerous individuals qualified with a nominative berth for the Olympic Games.^[4]

Qualification and quotas

The first qualification event for the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was the 2022 edition of the event in Liverpool, United Kingdom where the top 8 teams advanced on both the men's and women's side. The remaining 32 (16 per gender) team spots were determined at various Continental championships in 2023. 20 spots were conferred at the 2023 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships; 4 at the 2023 Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2023 Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and 2 at the 2023 Oceania Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2023 African Artistic Gymnastics Championships. As such, both the men's and women's competition will feature 24 teams.

Individual all-around spots were awarded to the highest ranked gymnasts from nations who hadn't advanced a full team to the Championships. These spots were determined through the Continental championships process, with 40 male and 49 female spots being allocated. As hosts Belgium qualified a full team in both events, their allotted host spots were redistributed through the European Championships rankings, being awarded to Iceland's Valgard Reinhardsson and Luxembourg's Celeste Mordenti.

Individual gymnasts also had an opportunity to advance to the Championships as event specialists through the 2023 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series. There were 8 spots available on each event for individuals also not from nations who had qualified a team.^[5] In total, there were 48 spots available for men across six apparatus and 32 for women across four apparatus. Through all possible qualification routes, 208 men and 201 women are slated to participate in the competition.

Men

Women

^ a b c d e f g h i j Gymnasts who advanced through the FIG World Cup series route may only compete on the event(s) they have qualified on, per FIG rules.

Team rosters

Men

Women

Competition schedule

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Medal summary

Medalists

Names italicised denote the team alternate.

Medal standings

Overall

* Host nation (Belgium)

Men

* Host nation (Belgium)

Women

* Host nation (Belgium)

Men's results

Team

Individual all-around

Kazuma Kaya withdrew and was replaced by his compatriot Daiki Hashimoto who had not qualified due to the two-per-country rule.
Lorenzo Minh Casali withdrew and was replaced by his compatriot Mario Macchiati who had not qualified due to the two-per-country rule.
Artem Dolgopyat withdrew and was replaced by second reserve Thierno Diallo.
Artur Davtyan withdrew and was replaced by third reserve Luka van den Keybus.
Adem Asil withdrew and was replaced by fourth reserve Andrei Muntean.
First and fourth reserve Néstor Abad and Muntean, respectively, withdrew.
Khabibullo Ergashev, as the next highest scoring competitor, was called up after the fourth reserve withdrew.

Floor

Pommel horse

Rings

Vault

Parallel bars

Horizontal bar

Women's results

Team

Individual all-around

Jessica Gadirova withdrew and was replaced by her compatriot Alice Kinsella who had not qualified due to the two-per-country rule.
Ou Yushan withdrew and was replaced by first reserve Morgane Osyssek-Reimer.

Vault

Joscelyn Roberson withdrew and was replaced by first reserve Ellie Black.
Jessica Gadirova withdrew and was replaced by second reserve Csenge Bácskay.
Leanne Wong was added to the start list as the ninth competitor after filing an appeal to the FIG regarding the two per country rule, following Bácskay's inclusion in the final.

Uneven bars

Nemour won the first-ever medal for Algeria at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Balance beam

Jessica Gadirova withdrew and was replaced by first reserve Sanne Wevers.

Floor

Jessica Gadirova withdrew and was replaced by first reserve Alice Kinsella.

Qualification

Men

Team

Individual all-around

Floor exercise

Pommel horse

Rings

Vault

Parallel Bars

Horizontal Bar

Women

Team

Individual all-around

Vault

Uneven bars

Balance beam

Floor exercise

Participating nations

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References

^ a b "52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". International Gymnastics Federation.
^ "All of Simone Biles' global all-around victories". International Olympic Committee. April 21, 2021.
^ Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 76.
^ Paris 2024 - Qualification system - Artistic Gymnastics
^ "Artistic Worlds draw: Find out who's competing when at Gymnastics' marquee event". gymnastics.sport. Federation Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ Steinke, Matt (21 September 2023). "U.S. senior women's teams named for 2023 World Artistic Championships, Pan American Games • USA Gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ "Women's team announced to complete World Championships line up". www.british-gymnastics.org. British Gymnastics. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
^ "Competition Schedule". Antwerp 2023. 7 October 2023.

^ Due to withdrawal of fourth reserve, there is a quota place to one gymnast in the final event. The FIG do not name officially "Reserve 5" to this situation.