2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships


The 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor sporting arena in the Netherlands from 16 to 24 October 2010. In this year's championships, there was a total of 73 participating federations with 615 gymnasts. 53 men's and 44 women's teams competed.

Competition schedule

The competition schedule was as follows :
Saturday, 16 October 2010

10:00 – 22:00 Women's qualifying competition
Sunday, 17 October 2010

10:00 – 19:15 Women's qualifying competition
Monday, 18 October 2010

09:00 – 22:15 Men's qualifying competition
Tuesday, 19 October 2010

09:00 – 22:15 Men's qualifying competition
Wednesday, 20 October 2010

17:00 – 19:00 Women's team final
Thursday, 21 October 2010

17:00 – 20:00 Men's team final
Friday, 22 October 2010

16:00 – 18:30 Men's all-round final

19:30 – 22:00 Women's all-round final
Saturday, 23 October 2010

14:00 – 18:00 Women's event finals: vault, bars

14:00 – 18:00 Men's event finals: floor, pommel horse, rings
Sunday, 24 October 2010

14:00 – 18:00 Women's event finals: beam, floor

14:00 – 18:00 Men's event finals: vault, bars, high bar

Participating Countries

Some of the countries that participated.
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Gymnasts

More than 70 countries were expected to compete in the event.
Oldest and youngest competitors
MenNameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestHsu Ping-chienChinese Taipei

Men's results

Team all-around

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestYang Hak-SeonSouth Korea

Individual all-around

In all 299 men competed in the qualifying round. Of these 164 complete all six apparatus. Each nation had up to six entrants, but were limited to two qualifiers for the 24-man final. Steven Legendre of the US, Kenya Kobayashi of Japan and Kristian Thomas of Great Britain ended 15th, 16th and 17th respectively, but were their nation's third best and did not progress to the final. Ruslan Paneleymonov and Andrey Cherkasov were the others affected by this policy. Kōhei Uchimura was the highest qualifier, more than two points ahead of Philipp Boy.
Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestDanell LeyvaUnited States

Floor

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestEleftherios KosmidisGreece

Pommel horse

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestLouis SmithGreat Britain

Rings

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestKoji YamamuroJapan

Vault

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestYang Hak-SeonSouth Korea

Parallel bars

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestKōhei UchimuraJapan

Horizontal bar

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestDanell LeyvaUnited States

Women's results

Team all-around

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestAnna DementyevaRussia

Individual all-around

In all 216 women competed in the qualifying round. Of these 142 completed all four apparatus. Each nation had up to six entrants, but were limited to two qualifiers for the 24-woman final. The highest ranked person affected by this was Mackenzie Caquatto, who was the third highest American. She finished ninth, less than 1.2 from the third highest qualifier. Mattie Larson, Ksenia Afanasyeva and Emily Little were the others in the top 24 to be excluded from the final. Aliya Mustafina qualified first, 1.585 ahead of Rebecca Bross. Aly Raisman qualified third, but she fell in the uneven bars in the final, and came equal last in that apparatus to end up 13th overall. Jiang Yuyuan qualified fourth, but placed second in the final.
Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestCeline Van GernerNetherlands

Vault

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestTatiana NabievaRussia

Uneven bars

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestAliya MustafinaRussia

Balance beam

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestAnna DementyevaRussia

Floor

Oldest and youngest competitors
NameCountryDate of birthAge
YoungestAliya MustafinaRussia

Medal table

Women's all-around champion Aliya Mustafina won three individual apparatus medals, accounting for four of Russia's five medals in individual events. Men's all-around champion Kōhei Uchimura was involved in all of Japan's four medals, one of them a silver in the teams event.