This is a list of achievements in major "international gymnastics events according to gold, silver and bronze medal results obtained by athletes representing different nations. The objective is not to create a combined medal table; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by athletes in major global events, ranking the countries according to the most number of podiums accomplished by athletes of these nations. All seven competitive disciplines currently recognized by the "International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) are covered: 1) "acrobatic gymnastics, 2) "aerobic gymnastics, 3) men's "artistic gymnastics, 4) women's artistic gymnastics, 5) women's "rhythmic gymnastics, 6) "trampoline and "tumbling, and 7) "parkour.^[1][2]

For the making of the list, results from five major meets were consulted, as follows: 1) the different editions of the "World Gymnastics Championships, organized by FIG for each of the five "Gymnastics disciplines; 2) the "FIG World Cup; 3) the "Olympic Games; 4) the "Youth Olympic Games; and 5) the "World Games, in which Gymnastics disciplines that are not yet part of the Olympic Games programme are contested.^[3][4][5] According to the 2018 Technical Regulations established by the FIG, as well as the statutes of the organization, these are considered official FIG competitions,^[6][7] and so are the World Age Group competitions in trampoline, acrobatic and aerobic gymnastics. World Age Group meets, however, were not considered for this list because these competitions lack complete documented results, and are not as universally relevant as the five other major meets. FIG also considers the defunct "Four Continents Championships as an official competition, but since the tournament excluded nations from Europe, results have not been included. Besides, the Olympic Games, the World Championships, the FIG World Cup and the World Games are the only senior global competitions currently listed on individual profiles at the official FIG database, what indicates their high level of importance.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

It is important to note, however, that due to the large number of World Cup events staged each year, the results considered for this list cover only medals earned at World Cup Final events, which were staged from 1975 to 2008, as well as the meets that preceded the World Cup Final in history — the "IFSA World Cup and the "FIT World Cup. After the combined list of results, a second set of lists is provided, informing which nations earned at least one medal (either gold, silver or bronze) at one of the stages of the FIG World Cup Series (or the World Cup Final) in each of the seven competitive gymnastics disciplines.

Results[edit]

• The conventions used on this table are AC for Acrobatic Gymnastics, AE for Aerobic Gymnastics, MA for Men's Artistic Gymnastics, WA for Women's Artistic Gymnastics, RG for Rhythmic Gymnastics, TT for Trampoline and Tumbling. Parkour, a discipline introduced in 2018, has not yet been competed at a major event.
• The table is pre-sorted by total number of medal results. In case of a tie, countries are then compared according to most number of gold medal results, silver medal results and bronze medal results, respectively. Persisting a tie, equal ranks are given, with countries being listed in alphabetical order.
• Defunct nations and historical teams are listed in italics.

Best international results in gymnastics by nation (1896–2018); Last updated after the "2018 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships

		"Olympic Games				"World Championships						"World Cup Final						"World Games				"Youth Olympics
Rk.	Nation	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"RG	"TT	"AC	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT
1	" "Russia	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""		""	""	""	""
2	" "China	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""		""	""	""		""		""	""		""
3	" "Ukraine	""	""	""	""	""		""	""	""	""	""		""	""	""	""	""		""	""		""			""
4	" "Belarus	""		""	""	""		""	""	""	""	""		""	""	""	""	""		""	""				""	""
5	" "Bulgaria	""	""	""		""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""		""		""	""	""	""				""
6	" "Japan	""	""				""	""	""	""	""		""	""	""	""	""		""		""		""	""		""
7	" "Spain	""	""	""			""	""	""	""	""		""	""	""	""			""		""		""	""
8	" "France	""	""			""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""	""			""	""	""		""
9	" "Great Britain1	""	""		""	""		""	""		""	""			""		""	""	""		""		""	""
10	" "United States	""	""			""		""	""		""	""		""	""		""	""			""		""		""
11	" "Romania	""	""	""			""	""	""	""			""	""	""	""			""				""	""
12	" "Soviet Union2	""	""	""		""		""	""	""	""	""		""	""	""	""
13	" "Germany3	""	""		""	""		""	""		""	""		""			""	""			""				""
14	" "Poland	""	""			""		""	""		""	""		""	""	""	""	""			""
15	" "Italy	""	""	""			""	""	""	""			""	""		""			""				""	""
16	" "Hungary	""	""			""	""	""	""	""		""		""	""				""				""
		"Olympic Games				"World Championships						"World Cup Final						"World Games				"Youth Olympics
Rk.	Nation	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"RG	"TT	"AC	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT
17	" "Australia				""	""	""	""	""		""			""	""		""		""		""			""
18	" "Canada	""		""	""			""	""		""			""	""	""	""				""				""
19	" "Brazil	""					""	""	""		""			""	""				""		""			""
20	" "Netherlands	""	""					""	""		""			""	""		""		""		""
21	" "Belgium	""				""		""	""		""	""			""			""			""		""
22	" "West Germany	""		""		""		""		""	""	""		""							""
23	" "North Korea	""	""			""		""	""	""		""				""
24	" "Switzerland	""	""					""	""		""	""			""		""
25	" "Sweden	""	""				""	""	""		""										""			""
26	" "Uzbekistan	""			""			""	""		""				""						""		""
27	" "Kazakhstan					""		""				""		""		""		""		""					""
28	" "Azerbaijan4					""		""		""		""				""		""		""	""
29	" "Czechoslovakia5	""	""					""	""	""				""	""
29	" "East Germany	""	""					""	""	""				""	""
31	" "South Korea	""					""	""		""				""					""				""
32	" "Israel					""		""		""				""				""		""
		"Olympic Games				"World Championships						"World Cup Final						"World Games				"Youth Olympics
Rk.	Nation	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"RG	"TT	"AC	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT
32	" "Portugal										""	""					""	""			""					""
34	" "Unified Team6	""	""	""				""	""
35	" "Greece	""		""				""		""				""
36	" "New Zealand						""				""								""							""
37	" "Yugoslavia7	""				""		""	""
38	" "Denmark	""									""						""				""
39	" "Austria						""		""										""
39	" "Finland	""						""								""
41	" "Latvia	""						""						""
41	" "South Africa					""					""										""
43	" "Cuba							""	""														""
43	" "Georgia											""					""				""
45	" "Slovenia							""						""
46	" "Croatia	""						""
46	" "Mexico						""	""
46	" "United Team	""	""
		"Olympic Games				"World Championships						"World Cup Final						"World Games				"Youth Olympics
Rk.	Nation	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT	"AC	"AE	"RG	"TT	"AC	"MA	"WA	"RG	"TT
49	" "Chile						""						""
49	" "Mongolia						""																""
49	" "Vietnam								""										""
52	" "Lithuania					""												""
53	" "Iceland						""						""
54	" "Slovakia										""								""
55	" "Luxembourg							""
55	" "Norway	""
55	" "Venezuela													""
58	" "Argentina										""
58	" "Chinese Taipei							""
58	" "Egypt																								""
58	" "Scotland8										""
58	" "Turkey																						""
63	" "Armenia							""
63	" "Puerto Rico							""

Notes

¹ The official report of the "1965 Trampoline World Championships lists bronze medalist in men's tumbling Peter Davies as an athlete representing "Wales (WAL).^[13] However, the official records from the International Gymnastics Federation state that Davies represented Great Britain (GBR).^[14] Similarly, official results at the time suggest that some athletes represented England, while official records from the International Gymnastics Federation indicate that these athletes represented Great Britain.^[14]
2 Results achieved since 1992 by Armenia (ARM), Azerbaijan (AZE), Belarus (BLR), Kazakhstan (KAZ), Russia (RUS), Ukraine (UKR) and Uzbekistan (UZB) are listed separately from the Soviet Union.
³ Following official records, medals earned by West Germany (FRG), East Germany (GDR), the United Team of Germany (EUA) at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games, and Germany (GER) are listed separately.^[15][16]
4 At the "1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in "Birmingham, "Great Britain, Azerbaijani-born gymnast "Valery Belenky earned a bronze medal competing as an unattached (UNA) athlete because "Azerbaijan did not have a gymnastics federation for him to compete. Later, official documents from the International Gymnastics Federation credit his medal as a medal for "Germany (GER).^[16]
5 Medals earned by athletes from "Bohemia (BOH) are officially considered to be medals earned by Czechoslovakia (TCH).^[16] Medals earned by Slovakia (SVK) since 1993 are listed separately. The "Czech Republic (CZE) has not yet earned medals at the gymnastics events listed.
⁶ According to official results, medals earned by the Unified Team (EUN) at the 1992 Olympic Games are separated from medals earned by the Soviet Union (URS).^[15]
7 Results achieved by an athlete from "Austria-Hungary in "1911 are officially credited by the International Gymnastics Federation to Yugoslavia (YUG), even though the nation did not exist at the time.^[16] Medals earned by Croatia (CRO) and Slovenia (SLO) since 1991 are listed separately from medals earned by Yugoslavia (YUG). "Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), "Kosovo (KOS), "Macedonia (MKD), "Montenegro (MNE) and "Serbia (SRB) have not won medals at the gymnastics events listed. "Serbia and Montenegro, a formerly independent nation, never won a medal at any of the gymnastics events listed below.
⁸ Official documents from the International Gymnastics Federation credit a silver medal earned at the "1982 Trampoline World Championships as a medal for Scotland (SCO), instead of Great Britain (GBR).^[16][15]

FIG World Cup series[edit]

What follows are lists of nations which have earned at least one medal at one of the stages of the FIG World Cup circuit, divided by discipline. The events are sometimes referred to as World Series, World Cup or World Challenge Cup, depending on the format and the discipline contested. Only senior events were considered for the making of the lists.^{[17][18][19][20][21]}

Acrobatic gymnastics

Results accounted for include: 1) the different editions of the IFSA World Cup from 1975 to 1993; 2) World Series Qualifiers and World Cup Qualifiers (i.e., stages which merely qualified for the World Series/Cup Final) held by FIG from 2002 to 2007; 3) FIG World Series/Cup Final events, held twice (2003 and 2007); and 4) the different stages of the World Cup Series, from 2008 to 2018.

Aerobic gymnastics

Results accounted for include: 1) World Series Qualifiers and World Cup Qualifiers (i.e., stages which merely qualified for the World Series/Cup Final) held by FIG from 2000 to 2007; 2) FIG World Series/Cup Final events, held three times (2001, 2003 and 2007); and 3) the different stages of the World Cup Series, from 2008 to 2018.

Artistic gymnastics

Results accounted for include: 1) the standalone World Cup events staged eight times from 1975 to 1990; 2) World Cup Qualifiers (i.e., stages which merely qualified for the World Cup Final) held by FIG from 1997 to 2008; 3) FIG World Cup Final events, held six times between 1998 and 2008; 4) both Category A and Category B World Cup formats of the World Cup Qualifiers (1997 to 2008) and World Cup Series (2009 to 2012); and 5) all of the World Cup (2009 to 2018) and World Challenge Cup (2013 to 2018) events.

Parkour

Results accounted for include the different stages of the FIG World Cup circuit, started in 2018 in collaboration with the Festival International des Sports Extrêmes (FISE).

Rhythmic gymnastics

Results accounted for include: 1) the standalone World Cup events staged three times (1983, 1986 and 1990); 2) World Cup Qualifiers (i.e., stages which merely qualified for the World Cup Final) held by FIG from 1999 to 2008; 3) FIG World Cup Final events, held five times between 2000 and 2008; 4) both Category A and Category B World Cup formats of the World Cup Qualifiers (1999 to 2008) and World Cup Series (2009 to 2016); and 5) all of the World Cup (2009 to 2018) and World Challenge Cup (2017 to 2018) events.

Trampoline and tumbling gymnastics

Results accounted for include: 1) the different editions of the FIT World Cup from 1984 to 1998; 2) FIT World Cup Final events, held three times (1993, 1995 and 1997); 3) World Cup Qualifiers (i.e., stages which merely qualified for the World Cup Final) held by FIG from 1999 to 2008; 4) FIG World Cup Final events, held six times between 1999 and 2008; and 5) the different stages of the World Cup Series, from 2009 to 2018.

Further reading[edit]

• "Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics
  • "List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
  • "List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (women)
• "World Gymnastics Championships
  • "List of medalists at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
• "FIG World Cup Final
  • "List of medalists at the FIG World Cup Final
• "Gymnastics at the World Games
• "Gymnastics at the Youth Olympic Games

See also[edit]

Major competitions for specific communities or groups

• "Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games
• "Gymnastics at the Mediterranean Games
• "Gymnastics at the Summer Universiade
• "Pacific Rim Championships
• "Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix Final
  • "List of medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix Final

Major continental competitions

• "Asian Gymnastics Championships
• "Gymnastics at the Asian Games
• "European Gymnastics Championships
• "Gymnastics at the 2015 European Games
• "Pan American Gymnastics Championships
• "Gymnastics at the Pan American Games

Major subcontinental competitions

• "Gymnastics at the Central American and Caribbean Games
• "South American Gymnastics Championships

References[edit]