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 six 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, and 6) "trampoline and "tumbling.^[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 it 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 gymnastics disciplines.

Results[edit]

Notes

• 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.
• 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.
• Results are organized according to official records from the International Gymnastics Federation, and countries are divided according to country codes provided in the official documents. For example, instead of considering results from Soviet Union as valid for Russia, the table follows official guidelines, separating Soviet Union (URS) from Russia (RUS) and the Unified Team (EUN), as well as Germany (GER), West Germany (FRG), East Germany (GDR) and the United Team of Germany at the Olympic Games (EUA).

Best international results in gymnastics by nation (1896–October 2017)

		"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 Britain	""	""		""	""		""	""		""	""			""		""	""	""		""		""	""
10	" "United States	""	""			""		""	""		""	""		""	""		""	""			""		""		""
11	" "Romania	""	""	""			""	""	""	""			""	""	""	""			""				""	""
12	" "Soviet Union	""	""	""		""		""	""	""	""	""		""	""	""	""
13	" "Germany	""	""		""	""		""	""		""	""		""			""	""			""				""
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	" "Azerbaijan					""		""		""		""				""		""		""	""
29	" "Czechoslovakia	""	""					""	""	""				""	""
29	" "East Germany	""	""					""	""	""				""	""
31	" "South Korea	""					""	""		""				""					""				""
32	" "Portugal										""	""					""	""			""					""
		"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
33	" "Israel					""		""		""				""				""		""
34	" "Unified Team	""	""	""				""	""
35	" "Greece	""		""				""		""				""
36	" "New Zealand						""				""								""							""
37	" "Yugoslavia	""				""		""	""
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	" "Scotland										""
58	" "Turkey																						""
63	" "Armenia							""
63	" "Puerto Rico							""

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. Also included are results from the World Challenge Cup series (Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics) and World Series (Aerobic Gymnastics). Results comprise both A and B categories, when applicable, and medals earned at the IFSA and FIT World Cups were also taken into account when creating the following lists. Finally, only senior events were considered for the making of the lists.^{[13][14][15][16][17]}

Acrobatic gymnastics (IFSA 1975–1993; FIG 2003–2016)

Aerobic gymnastics (2001–2016)

Artistic gymnastics (1975–2017)

Rhythmic gymnastics (1983–2016)

Trampoline and tumbling gymnastics (FIT 1984–1998; FIG 1999–2016)

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]