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2010 Rotterdam World Championships
2010
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City

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Venue

Ahoy Arena

Team Gold Medalist

Russia

All-Around Gold Medalist

Aliya Mustafina (RUS)

Vault Gold Medalist

Alicia Sacramone (USA)

Uneven Bars Gold Medalist

Beth Tweddle (GBR)

Balance Beam Gold Medalist

Ana Porgras (ROU)

Floor Exercise Gold Medalist

Lauren Mitchell (AUS)

Preceded by

2009 London World Championships

Succeeded by

2011 Tokyo World Championships

The 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at the Ahoy Rotterdam indoor sporting arena in the Netherlands from 16 to 24 October 2010. Rotterdam previously hosted the World Championships in 1987.

Format of Competition[]

All participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

  • The team competition, in which the eight highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. Each team of six gymnasts could only have three gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total.
  • The all-around competition, in which only the twenty-four highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. Each country was limited to only two gymnasts in the all-around final.
  • The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

Competition Schedule[]

October 16 Qualifications (Subdivisions 1-6)
October 17 Qualifications (Subdivisions 7-12)
October 20 Team Final
October 22 All-Around
October 23 Vault Event Final
Uneven Bars Event Final
October 24 Balance Beam Event Final
Floor Exercise Event Final

Results[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team 800px-Flag of Russia Russia

Ksenia Afanasyeva
Aliya Mustafina
Tatiana Nabieva
Ksenia Semenova
Ekaterina Kurbatova
Anna Dementyeva

800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) USA

Rebecca Bross
Mackenzie Caquatto
Bridget Sloan
Mattie Larson
Aly Raisman
Alicia Sacramone

800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China China

Jiang Yuyuan
He Kexin
Sui Lu
Huang Qiushuang
Deng Linlin
Yang Yilin

All-Around 800px-Flag of Russia Aliya Mustafina
Russia (RUS)
800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Jiang Yuyuan
China (CHN)
800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Rebecca Bross
United States of America (USA)
Vault 800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Alicia Sacramone
United States of America (USA)
800px-Flag of Russia Aliya Mustafina
Russia (RUS)
720px-Flag of Brazil Jade Barbosa
Brazil (BRA)
Uneven Bars 800px-Flag of the United Kingdom Beth Tweddle
Great Britain (GBR)
800px-Flag of Russia Aliya Mustafina
Russia (RUS)
800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Rebecca Bross
United States of America (USA)
Balance Beam 600px-Flag of Romania Ana Porgras
Romania (ROU)
800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China Deng Linlin
China (CHN)

800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) Rebecca Bross
United States of America (USA)

N/A
Floor Exercise 800px-Flag of Australia Lauren Mitchell
Australia (AUS)
800px-Flag of Russia Aliya Mustafina
Russia (RUS)

600px-Flag of Romania Diana Chelaru
Romania (ROU)

N/A

Notable Moments[]

  • The Russian women won their first team title as an independent nation. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia had never won a team gold medal at a World Championships or Olympic Games.
  • Russia's Aliya Mustafina became the first Russian World All-Around Champion since Svetlana Khorkina in 2003. Mustafina was also the most decorated gymnast at the end of the entire competition.
  • China's Jiang Yuyuan finished second in the all-around, the highest all-around placing for a Chinese gymnast.
  • USA's Alicia Sacramone became the second straight American to win the World title on vault, following Kayla Williams.
  • Australia's Lauren Mitchell became the first female Australian to win a World title.
  • The Longines Prize for Elegance was awarded to Japan's Tanaka Rie.

Medal Count[]

Rank Country Gold-medal Silver-medal Bronze-medal Total
1 800px-Flag of Russia Russia 2 3 0 5
2 800px-Flag of the United States (Pantone) USA 1 2 2 5
3 800px-Flag of the People's Republic of China China 0 2 1 3
4 600px-Flag of Romania Romania 1 1 0 2
5 800px-Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain 1 0 0 1
6 800px-Flag of Australia Australia 1 0 0 1
7 720px-Flag of Brazil Brazil 0 0 1 1

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