1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 16th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany, in 1966. During these championships, the first-ever double somersault was performed (on men's floor exercise?).[1]

Results
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Team all-around
  Japan
Shuji Tsurumi
Akinori Nakayama
Takeshi Katō
Yukio Endo
Takashi Mitsukuri
Haruhiro Matsuda		  Soviet Union
Mikhail Voronin
Sergei Diomidov
Valery Kerdemelidi
Yuri Titov
Valery Karasev
Boris Shakhlin		  East Germany
Matthias Brehme
Gerhard Dietrich
Werner Dolling
Erwin Koppe
Siegfried Fulle
Peter Weber
Individual all-around
 Mikhail Voronin Shuji Tsurumi Akinori Nakayama
Floor
 Akinori Nakayama Yukio Endo Franco Menichelli
Pommel horse
 Miroslav Cerar Mikhail Voronin Takeshi Katō
Rings
 Mikhail Voronin Akinori Nakayama Franco Menichelli
Vault
 Haruhiro Matsuda Takeshi Katō Akinori Nakayama
Parallel bars
 Sergei Diomidov Mikhail Voronin Miroslav Cerar
Horizontal bar
 Akinori Nakayama Yukio Endo Takashi Mitsukuri
Women
Team all-around
  Czechoslovakia
Věra Čáslavská
Jaroslava Sedláčková
Marianna Krajčírová
Jana Kubičková
Bohumila Řimnáčová
Jindra Košťálová		  Soviet Union
Natalia Kuchinskaya
Larisa Petrik
Zinaida Druzhinina
Larisa Latynina
Polina Astakhova
Olga Kharlova		  Japan
Keiko Ikeda
Taki Shibuya
Hiroko Ikenada
Taniko Mitsukuri
Yasuko Furuyama
Mitsuko Kandori
Individual all-around
 Věra Čáslavská Natalia Kuchinskaya Keiko Ikeda
Vault
 Věra Čáslavská Erika Zuchold Natalia Kuchinskaya
Uneven bars
 Natalia Kuchinskaya Keiko Ikeda Taniko Mitsukuri
Balance beam
 Natalia Kuchinskaya Věra Čáslavská Larisa Petrik
Floor
 Natalia Kuchinskaya Věra Čáslavská Zinaida Druzhinina

Medals
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)65314
2 Japan (JPN)46717
3 Czechoslovakia (TCH)3205
4 Yugoslavia (YUG)1012
5 East Germany (GDR)0112
6 Italy (ITA)0022
Totals (6 nations)14141442

Men

Team competition
RankTeamCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Japan287.850287.300575.150
 Soviet Union285.900285.000570.900
 East Germany278.800282.200561.000
4  Czechoslovakia275.800275.400551.200
5  Poland274.200276.400550.600
6  United States273.850276.550550.400
7  Yugoslavia271.400276.750548.150
8  West Germany273.200274.800548.000
9  Italy273.450272.550546.000
10  France272.350272.900545.250
11  Finland267.750273.750541.700
12  Sweden270.600270.500541.100
13  Hungary262.150268.100530.250
14  Norway258.100266.850524.950
15  Cuba256.850257.350514.200
16  Spain252.350259.300511.650
17  Great Britain253.850255.200509.050
18  Canada243.800254.950498.750
19  Austria242.550250.100492.650
20  New Zealand212.050217.100429.150

All-around
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptional scoreTotal
 Mikhail Voronin (URS)57.90058.250116.150
 Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)57.75057.500115.250
 Akinori Nakayama (JPN)57.00057.960114.950
4  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)57.15057.600114.750
5  Franco Menichelli (ITA)57.20057.450114.650
6  Takashi Kato (JPN)57.15057.450114.600
7  Yukio Endo (JPN)57.55056.800114.350
8  Takashi Mitsukuri (JPN)57.10057.000114.100
9  Matthias Brehme (GDR)56.75057.300114.050
10  Haruhiro Matsuda (JPN)57.25056.600113.850
11  Sergei Diomidov (URS)57.60055.650113.250
12  Valery Kerdemelidi (URS)56.45056.450112.900

Floor Exercise
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.7509.65019.400
 Yukio Endo (JPN)9.7009.67519.375
 Franco Menichelli (ITA)9.6509.65019.300
4  Takeshi Katō (JPN)9.6509.57519.225
5  Valery Karasyov (URS)9.4509.55019.000
6  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)9.3009.57518.875

Pommel Horse
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Miroslav Cerar (YUG)9.8009.72519.525
 Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.7009.62519.325
 Takeshi Katō (JPN)9.6009.52519.125
4  Matthias Brehme (GDR)9.5009.52519.025
5  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)9.5009.50019.000
6  Olli Laiho (FIN)9.2509.55018.800

Rings
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.9009.85019.750
 Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.7509.75019.500
 Franco Menichelli (ITA)9.8009.67519.475
4  Takeshi Katō (JPN)9.6509.65019.300
5  Sergei Diomidov (URS)9.5509.65019.200
6  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)3.0009.65012.650

Vault
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Haruhiro Matsuda (JPN)9.6759.75019.425
 Takeshi Katō (JPN)9.6509.67519.325
 Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.5009.55019.050
4  Yukio Endo (JPN)9.1259.57518.700
5  Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.1009.55018.650
6  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)0.0009.6009.600

Parallel Bars
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Sergei Diamidov (URS)9.7509.80019.550
 Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.7009.70019.400
 Miroslav Cerar (YUG)9.7009.65019.350
4  Franco Menichelli (ITA)9.6009.62519.225
5  Matthias Brehme (GDR)9.6009.60019.200
6  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)0.0009.6259.625

Horizontal Bar
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Akinori Nakayama (JPN)9.9009.77519.675
 Yukio Endo (JPN)9.8009.80019.600
 Takashi Mitsukuri (JPN)9.7009.72519.425
4  Miroslav Cerar (YUG)9.7009.70019.400
4  Mikhail Voronin (URS)9.7009.70019.400
6  Shuji Tsurumi (JPN)0.0009.6759.675

Women

Team competition
RankTeamCompulsoryOptionalTotal
 Czechoslovakia190.995192.630383.625
 Soviet Union191.358192.229383.587
 Japan190.894190.029380.923
4  East Germany187.494190.324377.818
5  Hungary186.527187.362373.889
6  United States182.360185.260367.620
7  France183.193183.225366.418
8  Bulgaria182.694183.661366.355
9  Sweden181.429181.662363.091
10  West Germany181.093181.859362.952
11  Poland180.526182.394362.920
12  Norway173.127179.962252.089
13  Yugoslavia174.125175.528349.653
14  Netherlands172.660176.328348.988
15  Canada173.461172.693346.154
16  Israel168.662174.660343.322
17  Great Britain165.293173.360338.653
18  New Zealand168.459169.893338.352
19  South Africa168.693166.761335.454
20  Cuba168.894165.026333.920
21  Finland166.061166.295332.356
22  Austria161.228168.825330.053

All-around
RankGymnastCompulsoryOptional scoreTotal
 Věra Čáslavská (TCH)39.03239.26678.298
 Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)38.86539.23278.097
 Keiko Ikeda (JPN)38.59938.39876.997
4  Erika Zuchold (GDR)38.26538.33176.596
5  Jaroslava Sedláčková (TCH)38.09938.36676.465
6  Larisa Petrik (URS)37.96638.40076.366
7  Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová (TCH)37.99938.22276.332
8  Jana Kubičková (TCH)37.93338.29976.232
9  Taki Shibuya (JPN)38.23237.93376.165
10  Zinaida Druzhinina (URS)37.83138.33376.164
11  Larisa Latynina (URS)38.09937.99976.098
12  Hiroko Ikenada (JPN)38.26637.73375.999

Vault
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Věra Čáslavská (TCH)9.7839.75019.583
 Erika Zuchold (GDR)9.7339.66619.399
 Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)9.6669.65019.316
4  Ute Starke (GDR)9.6669.55019.216
5  Jana Kubičková (TCH)9.6339.56619.199
6  Hiroko Ikenada (JPN)9.6009.55019.150

Uneven Bars
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)9.8009.81619.616
 Keiko Ikeda (JPN)9.7669.80019.566
 Taniko Mitsukuri (JPN)9.8009.71619.516
4  Věra Čáslavská (TCH)9.6669.81619.482
5  Polina Astakhova (URS)9.7009.71619.146
6  Taki Shibuya (JPN)9.6009.73319.333

Balance Beam
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)9.9009.75019.650
 Věra Čáslavská (TCH)9.6009.73319.333
 Larisa Petrik (URS)9.6009.65019.250
4  Keiko Ikeda (JPN)9.7009.53319.233
5  Anikó Ducza-Jánosi (HUN)9.6339.60019.233
6  Jaroslava Sedláčková (TCH)9.6009.58319.183

Floor Exercise
RankGymnastScorePrelim scoreTotal
 Natalia Kuchinskaya (URS)9.9009.83319.733
 Věra Čáslavská (TCH)9.8339.85019.683
 Zinaida Druzhinina (URS)9.9339.73319.666
4  Larisa Petrik (URS)9.7669.65019.416
5  Jana Kubičková (TCH)9.7009.66319.363
6  Yasuko Furuyama (JPN)9.6669.65019.316

References
  1. Huguenin, Andre. 100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 (PDF). Translated by Unger, Beatrice. International Gymnastics Federation. p. 88.
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