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1934 Budapest
Janina Skyrlinska (POL)
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Dekanova was 1st, Koloczy 2nd, Skyrlinska 3rd.
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1938 Prague
Zdenka Vjerzimirskova (TCH)
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Dekanova was 1st, Vjerzimirskova 2nd, Palfyova 3rd.
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1950 Basel
Alexandrine Lemoine (FRA)
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Rakoczy was 1st, Peterson 2nd, Kolar 3rd, and Lemoine won bronze on vault.
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1954 Rome
Rudko was 1st, Bosakova 2nd, Rakoczy 3rd, and Tanaka was 1954 World Champion on balance beam.
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1958 Moscow
Latynina was 1st, Bosakova 2nd, Manina 3rd, and Tanaka won bronze on balance beam and floor exercise.
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1962 Prague
Irina Pervushina (USSR)
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Latynina was 1st, Caslavska 2nd, Pervushina 3rd, and Bosakova was 1962 World Champion on balance beam.
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1966 Dortmund
Natalia Kuchinskaya (USSR)
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Caslavska was 1st, Kuchinskaya 2nd, Tanaka 3rd, and Zuchold won silver on vault.
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1970 Ljubljana
Zinaida Voronina (USSR)
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Ludmilla Tourischeva (USSR)
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Tourischeva was 1st, Zuchold 2nd, Voronina 3rd, and Janz was 1970 World Champion on uneven bars.
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1974 Varna
Ludmilla Tourischeva (USSR)
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Angelika Hellmann (GDR)
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Tourischeva was 1st, Korbut 2nd, Hellman 3rd, and Zinke was 1974 World Champion on uneven bars.
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1978 Strasbourg
Natalia Shaposhnikova (USSR)
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Mukhina was 1st, Kim 2nd, Shaposhnikova 3rd, and Frederick was the 1978 World Champion on uneven bars.
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1979 Fort Worth
Kim was 1st, Gnauck 2nd, Ruhn 3rd, and Ma tied for gold on uneven bars with Gnauck.
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1981 Moscow
Bicherova was 1st, Filatova 2nd, Davydova 3rd, and Gnauck was 1981 World Champion on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam.
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1983 Budapest
Boriana Stoyanova (BUL)
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Natalia Yurchenko (USSR)
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Olga Mostepanova (USSR)
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Yurchenko was 1st, Mostepanova 2nd, Szabo 3rd, and Stoyanova was 1983 World Champion on vault.
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1985 Montreal
Oksana Omelianchik (USSR) & Elena Shushunova (USSR) - tie
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Oksana Omelianchik (USSR)
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Elena Shushunova (USSR)
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Olga Mostepanova and Irina Baraksanova were pulled from the all-around in favor of Shushunova and Omelianchik, who tied for 1st, and Kersten was 3rd.
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1987 Rotterdam
Elena Shushunova (USSR)
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Dobre was 1st, Shushunova 2nd, Silivas 3rd, and Thummler tied with Silivas for gold on uneven bars.
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1989 Stuttgart
Svetlana Boginskaya (USSR)
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Natalia Laschenova (USSR)
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Boginskaya was 1st, Laschenova 2nd, Strazheva 3rd, and Silivas was 1989 World Champion on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.
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1991 Indianapolis
Svetlana Boginskaya (USSR)
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Zmeskal was 1st, Boginskaya 2nd, Bontas 3rd, and Kim was 1991 World Champion on uneven bars.
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1993 Birmingham
Lavinia Milosovici (ROU)
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Miller was 1st, Gogean 2nd, Lysenko 3rd, and Milosovici was 1993 World Champion on balance beam.
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1994 Brisbane
Lavinia Milosovici (ROU)
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Miller was 1st, Milosovici 2nd, Kochetkova 3rd, and Luo was 1994 World Champion on uneven bars.
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1995 Sabae
Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR)
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Lavinia Milosovici (ROU)
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Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)
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Podkopayeva was 1st, Khorkina 2nd, Milosovici 3rd, and Mo was 1995 World Champion on balance beam.
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1997 Lausanne
Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)
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Khorkina was 1st, Amanar 2nd, Produnova 3rd, and Gogean was 1997 World Champion on balance beam and floor exercise.
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1999 Tianjin
Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS)
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Viktoria Karpenko (UKR)
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Olaru was 1st, Karpenko 2nd, Zamolodchikova 3rd, and Raducan was 1999 World Champion on floor exercise.
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2001 Ghent
Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)
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Natalia Ziganshina (RUS)
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Khorkina was 1st, Ziganshina 2nd, Raducan 3rd, and Heenan won bronze on uneven bars.
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2003 Anaheim
Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)
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Daiane Dos Santos (BRA)
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Khorkina was 1st, Patterson 2nd, Zhang 3rd, and Dos Santos was the 2003 World Champion on floor exercise.
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2005 Melbourne
Memmel was 1st, Liukin 2nd, Russo 3rd, and Cheng was 2005 World Champion on vault.
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2006 Aarhus
Ferrari was 1st, Bieger 2nd, Izbasa 3rd, and Tweddle was the 2006 World Champion on uneven bars.
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2007 Stuttgart
Johnson was 1st, Nistor 2nd, and Ferrari and Barbosa tied for 3rd.
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2009 London
Sloan was 1st, Bross 2nd, Tsurumi 3rd, and He was the 2009 World Champion on uneven bars.
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2010 Rotterdam
Mustafina was 1st, Jiang 2nd, Bross 3rd, and Mitchell was the 2010 World Champion on floor exercise.
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2011 Tokyo
Wieber was 1st, Komova 2nd, Yao 3rd, and Sui was the 2011 World Champion on balance beam.
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2013 Antwerp
Biles was 1st, Ross 2nd, Mustafina 3rd, and Iordache won bronze on floor exercise.
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2014 Nanning
Biles was 1st, Iordache 2nd, Ross 3rd, and Yao was 2014 World Champion on uneven bars.
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2015 Glasgow
Biles was 1st, Douglas 2nd, Iordache 3rd, and Komova was one of FOUR gymnast to tie for gold on uneven bars.
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2017 Montreal
Hurd was 1st, Black 2nd, Eremina 3rd, and Murakami was 2017 World Champion on floor exercise.
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2018 Doha
Biles was 1st, Murakami 2nd, Hurd 3rd, and Derwael was 2018 World Champion on uneven bars.