The 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Antwerp, Belgium, from 30 September to 6 October 2013 at Antwerp's Sports Palace.[1] Kōhei Uchimura won the men's individual all-around gold medal, and finished the competition with four total medals. Simone Biles won the women's individual all-around title, and also finished the competition with four medals.
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
The final was held on 3 October.[2] Kōhei Uchimura won his fourth consecutive individual all-around world championship crown, outscoring silver medalist Ryohei Kato by 1.958 points. Uchimura became the first male gymnast to win four world individual all-around titles. He posted the highest score on three of the six apparatuses.[3]
The final was held on 5 October.[4] Japan's Kenzo Shirai became the first gymnast to successfully perform a backward quadruple-twisting layout somersault (the Shirai or Shirai-Nguyen on floor), and a forward triple-twisting layout somersault (the Shirai 2 on floor) in the final of a major, where he won gold.[5] At 17 years, 1 month and 11 days, Shirai also became the youngest male gymnast at the championships to take a gold medal, and the youngest ever male world champion on floor exercise.
The final was held on 5 October.[6] Kohei Kameyama of Japan won the gold medal.[5]
The final was held on 5 October.[7] Arthur Zanetti, the Olympic champion on this event, won the gold.[5]
The final was held on 6 October.[8] The Olympic vault champion, Yang Hak-Seon, took the gold.[9] Shirai originated a new skill on this apparatus as well at these championships, the Shirai or Shirai-Kim on vault, or a Yurchenko (round off–back handspring entry onto platform) triple twist/full or triple-twisiting Yurchenko (TTY).
The final was held on 6 October. Kōhei Uchimura of Japan and Lin Chaopan of China shared the gold medal.[10]
The final was held on 6 October.[11] Epke Zonderland, the reigning Olympic champion, had a routine "full of gravity-defying leaps" and won the gold medal.[9]
The final was held on 4 October.[12] The top two finishers were Simone Biles and Kyla Ross, both of the United States. It was the third time that the US won the World Championship all-around gold and silver medals.[13] Ross led going into the final apparatus, floor exercise, but Biles had a higher difficulty score and overtook Ross to win the gold medal by 0.884 points. Russia's Aliya Mustafina, the 2010 champion in this event, won the bronze.[14]
The final was held on 5 October.[15] Defending champion McKayla Maroney received 15.724 points and won the gold medal. As the last gymnast to perform, she nearly stuck her Amanar vault for a 15.966, and then her Yurchenko half-on, front layout full off earned a score of 15.483. Simone Biles, who had won the all-around title the day before, won silver in this event.[16] 2008 Olympic Vault Champion Hong Un Jong took the bronze.
The final was held on 5 October.[17] Kyla Ross, who had won the all-around silver medal the day before, won another silver in this event. Huang Huidan took the gold, and Olympic champion Aliya Mustafina took the bronze.[5]
The final was held on 6 October.[18] Aliya Mustafina won the gold medal, finishing ahead of Americans Kyla Ross and Simone Biles.[9] All three filed petitions to change their difficulty scores but only Ross' and Biles' were accepted.
The final was held on 6 October.[19] Simone Biles won her second gold and fourth total medal of the competition. 2006 World all-around champion Vanessa Ferrari took the silver. Romanian Olympic medalist Larisa Iordache got the bronze medal.[9]
Men's qualifications details for the remaining individual apparatus finals can be referenced on the website of USA Gymnastics.[20]