1931 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the International Federation of Gymnastics which was founded in 1881, a commemorative competition was held in Paris, on July 11 & 12, in conjunction with that year's Bastille Day. Although it has at times been referred to as the "First Artistic Men's World Championships",[1] its results often seem to be ignored by various authorities in the sport.

44 individuals from 10 nations participated in this competition. 14 events were contested. Individual rankings were determined.

Men's individual all around

Rankings

Ranking	Country	Gymnast	Score
1	Finland	Heikki Savoleinen	185.000
2	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec	183.626
3	Czechoslovakia	Jan Gajdoš	183.233
4	France	?? Lerroux	179.655
5	Italy	Romeo Neri	177.763
6	Switzerland	Hermann Hänggi	176.916
7	Hungary	István Pelle	176.715
8	Switzerland	Georges Miez	176.546
9	Yugoslavia	Josip Primožič	175.880
10	Yugoslavia	Leon Štukelj	175.509
11	Czechoslovakia	Jindřich Tintěra	173.560
12	Switzerland	?? Brullmann	170.495
13	Czechoslovakia	Ladislav Tikal	170.023
14	Czechoslovakia	Bedrich Supcik	169.680

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Medalists

There was a special clause to the rules that in order for any individual to be properly termed 'World Champion', they had to demonstrate a certain level of competency among all 14 events, scoring at least 60% of all of the points that could be possibly awarded on each event. Therefore, the highest-ranking gymnast, Heikki Savolainen of Finland did not actually end up becoming World Champion; rather, 2nd-place finishing Alois Hudec of Czechoslovakia, who was the only individual to score at least 60% on all 14 events, ended up becoming 'World Champion' at this competition.[4]

Medal	Country	Gymnast
	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec

Men's floor exercise

Medal	Country	Gymnast
	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec

Men's rings

Medal	Country	Gymnast
	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec

Men's vault

Medal	Country	Gymnast
	Switzerland	Hermann Hänggi

Men's parallel bars

Medal	Country	Gymnast
	Hungary	István Pelle

Men's horizontal bar

Medal	Country	Gymnast
	Finland	Heikki Savolainen

References

Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... FIG. p. 15.
"Sa međunarodnih gimnastičkih takmičenja u Parizu" [From International Gymnastics Competitions in Paris.]. Sokolsky Glasnik (in Slovenian). 2 (29). July 16, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
"Po Vitezstvi Druzstev Vitezstvi Jednotlivcu" [After the victory of the cooperatives, the victory of the individual.]. Věstník Sokolský. 33 (30). July 23, 1931. pp. 513–514. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 84–85.

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[1] Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (2005). 125th Anniversary - The story goes on... FIG. p. 15.

[Sokolsky_Glasnik-2] "Sa međunarodnih gimnastičkih takmičenja u Parizu" [From International Gymnastics Competitions in Paris.]. Sokolsky Glasnik (in Slovenian). 2 (29). July 16, 1931. p. 1. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

[Věstník_Sokolský-3] "Po Vitezstvi Druzstev Vitezstvi Jednotlivcu" [After the victory of the cooperatives, the victory of the individual.]. Věstník Sokolský. 33 (30). July 23, 1931. pp. 513–514. Retrieved January 24, 2021.

[4] Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 84–85.