2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
VenueFőnix Hall
LocationHungary Debrecen, Hungary
Start dateNovember 20, 2002 (2002-11-20)
End dateNovember 24, 2002 (2002-11-24)
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The 36th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2002 at Főnix Hall.

The team and all-around events were not contested at the 2002 Worlds. The format was similar to that of the 1992 and 1996 Worlds, with medals being awarded for the individual WAG and MAG apparatus. There were three rounds of competition: the preliminary round open to everyone; the semi-finals open to the top sixteen qualifiers; and the finals for the top eight gymnasts.

Results

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Floor
details 		Romania Marian Drăgulescu Bulgaria Yordan Yovchev United States Paul Hamm
Pommel horse
details 		Romania Marius Urzică China Xiao Qin Japan Takehiro Kashima
Rings
details 		Hungary Szilveszter Csollány Bulgaria Yordan Yovchev Italy Matteo Morandi
Vault
details 		China Li Xiaopeng Poland Leszek Blanik China Yang Wei
Parallel Bars
details 		China Li Xiaopeng Slovenia Mitja Petkovšek Belarus Alexei Sinkevich
Horizontal bar
details 		Greece Vlasios Maras Belarus Ivan Ivankov
Slovenia Aljaž Pegan 		none awarded
Women
Vault
details 		Russia Elena Zamolodchikova Russia Natalia Ziganshina Uzbekistan Oksana Chusovitina
Uneven bars
details 		United States Courtney Kupets Romania Oana Petrovschi Russia Ludmila Ezhova
Balance beam
details 		United States Ashley Postell Romania Oana Ban Ukraine Irina Yarotska
Floor
details 		Spain Elena Gómez Netherlands Verona van de Leur United States Samantha Sheehan

Men

Floor Exercise

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Marian Drăgulescu (ROU) 9.712
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yordan Yovchev (BUL) 9.675
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Paul Hamm (USA) 9.625
4  Diego Hypólito (BRA) 9.575
5  Ioan Suciu (ROU) 9.562
5  Roman Zozulya (UKR) 9.562
7  Yang Wei (CHN) 8.550
DQ  Gervasio Deferr (ESP)* 9.700
  • In July 2003, Gervasio Deferr was stripped of his silver medal after testing positive for marijuana prior to the 2002 World Championships.[1]

Pommel Horse

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Marius Urzică (ROU) 9.787
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Xiao Qin (CHN) 9.750
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Takehiro Kashima (JPN) 9.687
4  Teng Haibin (CHN) 9.662
5  Eric Casimir (FRA) 9.650
6  Nikolai Kryukov (RUS) 9.625
6  Ioan Suciu (ROU) 9.625
8  Paul Hamm (USA) 9.050

Rings

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Szilveszter Csollány (HUN) 9.725
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Yordan Yovchev (BUL) 9.675
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Matteo Morandi (ITA) 9.650
4  Hiroyuki Tomita (JPN) 9.637
5  Ivan Ivankov (BLR) 9.637
6  Andrea Coppolino (ITA) 9.625
7  Timur Kurbanbayev (KAZ) 9.600
8  Jeffrey Johnson (USA) 9.550

Vault

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Li Xiaopeng (CHN) 9.818
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Leszek Blanik (POL) 9.675
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Yang Wei (CHN) 9.631
4  Kyle Shewfelt (CAN) 9.512
5  Benoit Caranobe (FRA) 9.474
6  Yernar Yerimbetov (KAZ) 9.400
7  Marian Drăgulescu (ROU) 9.374
8  Róbert Gál (HUN) 9.212

Parallel Bars

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Li Xiaopeng (CHN) 9.812
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Mitja Petkovšek (SLO) 9.787
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Alexei Sinkevich (BLR) 9.712
4  Huang Xu (CHN) 9.612
5  Brett McClure (USA) 9.562
6  Ilia Giorgadze (GEO) 9.550
7  Andreu Vivó (ESP) 9.487
8  Runar Alexandersson (ISL) 7.500

Horizontal Bar

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Vlasios Maras (GRE) 9.725
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ivan Ivankov (BLR) 9.700
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Aljaž Pegan (SLO) 9.700
4  Cédric Guille (FRA) 9.675
5  Isao Yoneda (JPN) 9.662
6  Philippe Rizzo (AUS) 9.650
7  Paul Hamm (USA) 8.887
8  Yang Tae-Seok (KOR) 5.900

Women

Vault

Rank Gymnast Vault 1 Vault 2 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS) 9.450 9.437 9.443
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Natalia Ziganshina (RUS) 9.412 9.375 9.393
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 9.462 9.312 9.387
4  Oana Petrovschi (ROU) 9.387 9.337 9.362
5  Sabina Cojocar (ROU) 9.287 9.387 9.337
6  Ashley Postell (USA) 9.337 9.125 9.231
7  Verona van de Leur (NED) 9.262 9.112 9.187
8  Alona Kvasha (UKR) 9.262 8.912 9.087

Uneven Bars

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Courtney Kupets (USA) 9.550
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Oana Petrovschi (ROU) 9.525
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ludmila Ezhova (RUS) 9.375
4  Elizabeth Tweddle (GBR) 9.312
5  Laura van Leeuwen (NED) 8.612
6  Tatiana Zharganova (BLR) 8.187
7  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) 7.387
8  Irina Yarotska (UKR) 7.000

Balance Beam

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ashley Postell (USA) 9.537
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Oana Ban (ROU) 9.350
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Irina Yarotska (UKR) 9.212
4  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) 9.125
5  Evgeniya Kuznetsova (BUL) 9.075
6  Ludmila Ezhova (RUS) 8.975
7  Ilaria Colombo (ITA) 8.750
8  Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 8.312

Floor Exercise

Rank Gymnast Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Elena Gómez (ESP) 9.487
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Verona van de Leur (NED) 9.350
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Samantha Sheehan (USA) 9.325
4  Oana Ban (ROU) 9.275
5  Daniele Hypólito (BRA) 9.237
6  Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) 9.137
7  Natalia Ziganshina (RUS) 8.862
8  Brenda Magana (MEX) 8.462

Medal count

Overall

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania (ROU)2204
2 China (CHN)2114
3 United States (USA)2024
4 Russia (RUS)1113
5 Greece (GRE)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
 Spain (ESP)1001
8 Bulgaria (BUL)0202
 Slovenia (SLO)0202
10 Belarus (BLR)0112
11 Netherlands (NED)0101
 Poland (POL)0101
13 Italy (ITA)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
 Uzbekistan (UZB)0011
Totals (16 entries)1011930

Men

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China2114
2 Romania2002
3 Greece1001
 Hungary1001
5 Bulgaria0202
 Slovenia0202
7 Belarus0112
8 Poland0101
9 Italy0011
 Japan0011
 United States0011
Totals (11 entries)67518

Women

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States2013
2 Russia1113
3 Spain1001
4 Romania0202
5 Netherlands0101
6 Ukraine0011
 Uzbekistan0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

References

  1. ^ "Gervasio Deferr pierde la medalla de plata del Mundial por dopaje". 31 July 2003. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2013.