The 21st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Moscow, the capital of the USSR, in November 1981. The championships were originally meant to be hosted in Mexico City, but financial difficulties caused Mexico to withdraw as hosts in March of that year. The event was given to the Soviet Union instead.
Medal winners Men Yuri KorolevBogdan MakutsAlexander DityatinAleksandr TkachyovArtur AkopyanPavel Sut Nobuyuki KajitaniKoji GushikenKoji SotomuraKiyoshi GotoKyoji YamawakiToshiro Kanai Tong FeiLi NingLi XiaopingHuang YubinPeng YapingLi Yuejiu Yuri Korolev Bogdan Makuts Koji Gushiken Li Yuejiu Yuri Korolev none awarded Koji Gushiken Li Xiaoping Michael Nikolay none awarded György Guczoghy Yuri Korolev Alexander Dityatin Huang Yubin Bogdan Makuts Ralf-Peter Hemman Artur Akopyan Bogdan Makuts Koji Gushiken Alexander Dityatin none awarded Nobuyuki Kajitani Aleksandr Tkachyov Eberhard Gienger Artur Akopyan none awarded Women Elena DavydovaOlga BicherovaMaria FilatovaStella ZakharovaElena PolevayaNatalia Ilienko Ma YanhongChen YongyanZhu ZhengWu JianiWen JiaLi Cuiling Steffi KräkerAnnett LindnerBirgit SenffKerstin JacobsFranka VoigtMaxi Gnauck Olga Bicherova Maria Filatova Elena Davydova Maxi Gnauck Stella Zakharova Steffi Kräker Maxi Gnauck Ma Yanhong Elena Davydova Julianne McNamara Maxi Gnauck Chen Yongyan Tracee Talavera Wu Jiani Natalia Ilienko Elena Davydova Zoja Grantcharova
Men
Team final Rank Team Floor Pommelhorse Rings Vault Parallelbars Horizontalbar Total C O C O C O C O C O C O 97.30098.35097.80098.35098.60098.550588.950Yuri Korolev9.8509.9009.8509.9009.8009.7009.9009.8009.8509.9009.7509.900118.050Bogdan Makuts9.6509.8009.8509.8009.7009.8009.9009.9009.9009.9509.7509.900117.900Alexander Dityatin9.5509.6509.9009.8009.8509.9009.7509.8009.9509.9009.8009.900117.750Aleksandr Tkachyov9.7009.8009.8009.8509.8009.7009.7009.8009.9009.8009.80010.000117.650Artur Akopyan9.5509.7509.8009.8009.6509.8009.9009.9009.7009.8009.75010.000117.400Pavel Sut9.6009.7009.8009.7509.6009.8009.7009.7009.7009.8009.7009.550116.400 97.30097.75097.15097.50098.50097.650585.850Nobuyuki Kajitani9.8009.7509.7509.7509.7009.9009.7509.8009.9009.9009.6509.850117.500Koji Gushiken9.9009.8009.9009.9009.2509.8509.4509.9009.9509.9009.8009.850117.450Koji Sotomura9.7509.6009.7509.8509.6009.8009.7009.8009.7509.9009.5509.700116.750Kiyoshi Goto9.5009.6009.8009.9009.4509.6509.6009.7009.8009.8009.7009.950116.450Kyoji Yamawaki9.7009.8009.7009.3009.6009.8509.6509.8509.6009.9009.6009.850116.400Toshiro Kanai9.6009.6009.8009.3509.6509.7509.6009.8509.7009.6509.6009.800115.950 96.70097.25097.70097.25097.35097.650583.900Tong Fei9.4009.9009.8009.8009.7009.9509.7509.8009.8509.9009.75010.000117.600Li Ning9.5009.7009.8509.8009.5509.8509.8509.6009.6509.8509.8009.900116.900Li Xiaoping9.4009.7009.9009.9009.6509.8009.7009.5509.5009.8509.5009.800116.250Huang Yubin9.3509.7009.7509.7509.7509.9509.6009.6509.2509.8009.6509.700115.900Peng Yaping9.7509.6009.5009.2009.6509.8509.5509.7009.7509.6009.5509.850115.500Li Yuejiu9.7009.9509.0008.9009.5509.8009.8509.7509.3009.9009.6009.750115.050 4 96.35097.50096.75098.15097.60097.400583.750Michael Nikolay9.6009.7009.8509.9509.5509.7509.8009.8009.7509.9009.7509.900117.300Roland Brückner9.4009.8509.7509.8009.7009.8009.7509.7509.8009.7009.5009.850116.650Jurgen Nikolay9.6009.7009.7009.4509.4009.7009.7509.8509.8509.8009.7509.900116.450Ralf-Peter Hemmann9.4009.5509.5009.6509.6509.8009.9009.8509.7009.7509.5509.800116.200Andreas Bronst9.7009.6509.7509.8009.4509.7009.5009.6009.5009.8509.7009.350115.550Bernd Jensch9.4509.7009.5509.7009.6509.7009.8009.8009.4509.4509.4009.700115.350 5 95.55097.15096.40096.40095.80096.000577.300Bart Conner9.6009.7009.8009.8009.6009.8009.7009.7509.6509.7509.6009.750116.500Peter Vidmar9.5509.6009.7509.8009.5009.8009.6509.6509.5509.6509.5009.800115.800Jim Hartung9.5009.7009.8009.7509.6009.8509.8009.8009.3009.5009.4509.700115.750Scott Johnson9.2509.6009.6509.6009.3009.7009.6009.5009.3009.6509.3509.650114.150Phil Cahoy9.1009.4509.7509.4009.2009.6009.4009.5009.6509.7009.5009.700113.950Tim Daggett9.4509.6009.5509.4509.5009.7507.5009.5509.4009.5009.3009.600112.150 6 94.50095.15096.30096.75096.85096.550576.100Jurgen Geiger9.4009.7009.7509.3509.5009.8009.7009.8009.7009.7009.6509.700115.750Eberhard Gienger9.0509.4509.6509.5009.6009.7009.5509.2509.7509.9009.8509.900114.950Volker Rohrwick9.3009.4509.4009.5509.6009.8509.6509.5509.4509.7009.5009.600114.800Benno Gross9.2009.3509.7509.7509.4509.6509.5009.7009.6509.5009.4509.600114.550Edgar Jorek9.3509.6508.8509.5509.6009.7509.7509.9009.3509.7009.3509.550114.350Daniel Winkler9.4509.5508.9009.1009.3009.5509.4509.6509.5009.6009.5509.750113.350 7 93.15096.80095.35096.90095.30095.750573.250Jean Luc Cairon9.5009.7009.7509.7509.4009.5009.8009.8009.3509.6509.4509.750115.400Laurent Barbieri9.2009.6509.5509.5009.4509.5509.8009.8009.3509.4009.5509.600114.400Michel Boutard9.3009.5009.8009.6009.5009.7009.8009.0009.6509.2509.4509.400114.150Willi Moy8.4509.4009.6009.5509.7009.8009.7509.6509.5009.7509.3508.900113.400Joel Suty8.9009.3509.6509.6009.2509.1509.6009.5009.4509.7009.6009.600113.350Jacques Def8.6509.1509.6509.6509.3509.4009.4009.4009.2009.5009.6509.700112.700
All-around Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.900 9.950 9.900 9.900 9.800 9.900 59.350 59.025 118.375 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.800 9.900 10.000 59.400 58.950 118.350 9.800 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.850 59.250 58.725 117.975 4 9.700 9.600 9.900 9.900 9.800 10.000 58.900 58.800 117.700 5 9.900 9.800 9.900 9.750 9.750 9.900 59.000 58.325 117.325 6 9.700 9.400 9.900 9.800 9.850 9.900 58.550 58.450 117.000 7 9.700 9.900 9.800 9.650 9.850 9.900 58.800 58.125 116.925 7 9.600 9.800 9.900 9.850 9.950 9.450 58.550 58.375 116.925 9 9.300 9.800 9.950 9.700 9.500 9.900 58.150 58.750 116.900 10 9.550 9.900 9.800 9.800 9.750 9.400 58.200 58.650 116.850 11 9.750 9.850 9.750 9.700 9.750 9.700 58.500 58.250 116.750 12 9.700 9.900 9.800 9.800 9.650 9.750 58.600 57.875 116.475 13 9.800 9.600 9.850 9.700 9.750 9.850 58.550 57.900 116.450 14 9.650 9.500 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.300 57.850 58.225 116.075 15 9.650 9.900 9.800 9.750 9.550 9.400 58.050 57.875 115.925 16 9.750 9.800 9.700 9.750 9.700 9.850 58.550 57.225 115.775 17 9.700 9.800 9.900 8.900 9.700 9.950 57.950 57.725 115.675 18 9.500 9.800 9.800 9.750 9.650 9.650 58.150 57.475 115.625 19 9.250 9.700 9.850 9.700 9.300 9.850 57.650 57.875 115.525 20 9.700 9.850 9.800 9.700 9.400 9.350 57.800 57.700 115.500 21 9.500 9.750 9.800 9.550 9.500 9.900 58.000 57.475 115.475 22 9.800 9.550 9.750 9.800 9.700 9.850 58.450 56.975 115.425 23 9.400 9.500 9.850 9.600 9.700 9.800 57.900 57.400 115.300 24 9.650 9.700 9.600 9.700 9.650 9.900 58.200 57.075 115.275 25 9.600 9.850 9.450 9.700 9.750 9.850 58.150 57.075 115.225 26 9.600 9.800 9.600 9.800 9.100 9.750 57.650 57.200 114.850 26 9.550 9.700 9.750 9.850 9.450 9.600 57.900 56.950 114.850 28 9.600 9.700 9.650 9.700 9.000 9.450 57.100 57.675 114.775 29 9.600 9.700 9.900 9.700 9.500 9.550 57.950 56.700 114.650 30 9.700 9.600 9.800 9.750 9.100 9.500 57.450 56.875 114.325 31 9.900 8.550 9.550 9.800 9.350 10.000 57.150 57.100 114.250 32 9.100 9.400 9.800 9.800 9.650 9.600 57.350 56.800 114.150 33 9.450 9.400 9.750 9.600 9.350 9.500 57.050 56.825 113.875 34 9.650 9.550 9.550 9.750 9.350 9.200 57.050 56.575 113.625 35 9.450 9.700 9.600 8.950 9.100 9.700 56.500 56.900 113.400 36 0.500 9.800 9.250 9.700 9.600 9.900 48.750 58.875 107.625
Floor exercise Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.900 9.875 19.775 9.950 9.825 19.775 9.800 9.850 19.650 4 9.800 9.675 19.475 5 9.700 9.750 19.450 6 9.750 9.650 19.400 7 9.550 9.775 19.325 8 9.350 9.675 19.025
Pommel horse Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 10.000 9.900 19.900 10.000 9.900 19.900 10.000 9.875 19.875 10.000 9.875 19.875 5 9.900 9.850 19.750 6 9.800 9.850 19.650 7 9.600 9.900 19.500 8 9.400 9.825 19.225
Rings Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.950 9.875 19.825 9.850 9.850 19.700 9.900 9.750 19.650 4 9.800 9.825 19.625 5 9.800 9.800 19.600 6 9.800 9.750 19.550 7 9.750 9.750 19.500 8 9.700 9.750 19.450
Vault Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.975 9.925 19.900 9.950 9.900 19.850 9.900 9.900 19.800 4 9.900 9.850 19.750 5 9.850 9.800 19.650 6 9.800 9.800 19.600 7 9.750 9.800 19.550 8 9.650 9.825 19.475
Parallel bars Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 9.900 9.925 19.825 9.900 9.925 19.825 9.900 9.900 19.800 4 9.850 9.925 19.775 5 9.900 9.825 19.725 6 9.850 9.825 19.675 6 9.800 9.875 19.675 8 9.450 9.825 19.275
Horizontal bar Rank Gymnast Score Prelim score Total 10.000 9.900 19.900 10.000 9.875 19.875 10.000 9.875 19.875 4 10.000 9.825 19.825 5 9.900 9.850 19.750 6 9.800 9.825 19.625 7 9.600 9.825 19.425 8 9.400 9.875 19.275
Women
Team final