# 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 17th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia, in 1970.
Cathy Rigby won the first medal for the United States women at the World Championships with a silver on balance beam.

## Results

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men ||||
| Team all-around details | Japan Eizo Kenmotsu Mitsuo Tsukahara Akinori Nakayama Fumio Honma Takuji Hayata Takeshi Katō | Soviet Union Mikhail Voronin Viktor Klimenko Sergei Diomidov Viktor Lisitsky German Bogdanov Valery Karasyov | East Germany Matthias Brehme Klaus Köste Wolfgang Thüne Gerhard Dietrich Peter Kunze Bernd Schiller |
| Individual all-around details | Eizo Kenmotsu | Mitsuo Tsukahara | Akinori Nakayama |
| Floor details | Akinori Nakayama | Eizo Kenmotsu | Takeshi Katō |
| Pommel horse details | Miroslav Cerar | Eizo Kenmotsu | Viktor Klimenko |
| Rings details | Akinori Nakayama | Mitsuo Tsukahara | Mikhail Voronin |
| Vault details | Mitsuo Tsukahara | Viktor Klimenko | Takeshi Katō |
| Parallel bars details | Akinori Nakayama | Eizo Kenmotsu Mikhail Voronin | none awarded |
| Horizontal bar details | Eizo Kenmotsu | Akinori Nakayama | Klaus Köste Takuji Hayata |
| Women ||||
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union Lyubov Burda Olga Karaseva Tamara Lazakovich Larisa Petrik Ludmilla Tourischeva Zinaida Voronina | East Germany Angelika Hellmann Karin Janz Marianne Noack Richarda Schmeißer Christine Schmitt Erika Zuchold | Czechoslovakia Soňa Brázdová Luba Krasna Hana Lišková Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová Bohumila Řimnáčová Marcella Váchová |
| Individual all-around details | Ludmilla Tourischeva | Erika Zuchold | Zinaida Voronina |
| Vault details | Erika Zuchold | Karin Janz | Ludmilla Tourischeva Lyubov Burda |
| Uneven bars details | Karin Janz | Ludmilla Tourischeva | Zinaida Voronina |
| Balance beam details | Erika Zuchold | Cathy Rigby | Christine Schmitt Larisa Petrik |
| Floor details | Ludmilla Tourischeva | Olga Karaseva | Zinaida Voronina |

## Medals

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | JPN | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | URS | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | GDR | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | YUG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | TCH | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 14 | 15 | 16 | 45 |

## Men
### Team Final

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Japan | 571.100 |
| | Eizo Kenmotsu | 115.050 |
| | Mitsuo Tsukahara | 113.850 |
| | Akinori Nakayama | 113.800 |
| | Fumio Honma | 113.450 |
| | Takuji Hayata | 112.900 |
| | Takeshi Katō | 112.850 |
| | Soviet Union | 564.350 |
| | Mikhail Voronin | 113.750 |
| | Viktor Klimenko | 113.600 |
| | Sergei Diomidov | 112.450 |
| | Viktor Lisitsky | 111.650 |
| | German Bogdanov | 110.300 |
| | Valentin Karasev | 108.500 |
| | East Germany | 553.150 |
| | Mathias Brehme | 112.100 |
| | Klaus Koste | 111.400 |
| | Wolfgang Thune | 110.950 |
| | Gerhard Dietrich | 109.800 |
| | Peter Kunze | 107.950 |
| | Bernd Schiller | 107.700 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 549.450 |
| 4 | Miroslav Cerar | 112.500 |
| 4 | Milenko Kersnic | 110.300 |
| 4 | Janez Brodnik | 110.100 |
| 4 | Miroslav Vratic | 109.400 |
| 4 | Avgust Kussel | 106.800 |
| 4 | Drago Sostaric | 102.700 |
| 5 | Poland | 547.050 |
| 5 | Mikolai Kubica | 111.250 |
| 5 | Wilhelm Kubica | 110.950 |
| 5 | Sylweszter Kubica | 109.400 |
| 5 | Andrzej Szajna | 107.450 |
| 5 | Mieczyslaw Strzalka | 105.250 |
| 5 | Jerzy Kruza | 104.950 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 541.750 |
| 6 | Roland Hurzeler | 109.400 |
| 6 | Peter Rohner | 108.650 |
| 6 | Hans Ettlin | 107.950 |
| 6 | Max Bruhwiler | 106.800 |
| 6 | Edwin Gerutmann | 106.450 |
| 6 | Paul Muller | 63.000 |
| 7 | United States | 537.600 |
| 7 | Makoto Sakamoto | 111.650 |
| 7 | Kanati Allen | 107.650 |
| 7 | Marshall Avener | 105.200 |
| 7 | Brent Simmons | 105.150 |
| 7 | George Greenfield | 105.000 |
| 7 | Tom Lindner | 102.150 |
| 8 | Romania | 536.550 |
| 8 | Petre Mihaiuc | 108.450 |
| 8 | Miroslav Gheorghiu | 107.450 |
| 8 | Gheorghe Paunescu | 106.650 |
| 8 | Nicolae Achim | 106.550 |
| 8 | Dan Grecu | 105.550 |
| 8 | Gheorghe Tohaneanu | 104.300 |

### All-around

| Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional score | Total |
| | Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 57.000 | 58.050 | 115.050 |
| | Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) | 56.650 | 57.200 | 113.850 |
| | Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 56.050 | 57.750 | 113.800 |
| 4 | Mikhail Voronin (URS) | 56.400 | 57.350 | 113.750 |
| 5 | Viktor Klimenko (URS) | 55.900 | 57.700 | 113.600 |
| 6 | Fumio Honma (JPN) | 56.650 | 56.800 | 113.450 |
| 7 | Takuji Hayata (JPN) | 56.200 | 56.700 | 112.900 |
| 8 | Takeshi Katō (JPN) | 56.100 | 56.750 | 112.850 |
| 9 | Miroslav Cerar (YUG) | 55.900 | 56.600 | 112.500 |
| 10 | Sergei Diomidov (URS) | 55.750 | 56.700 | 112.450 |
| 11 | Matthias Brehme (GDR) | 55.800 | 56.300 | 112.100 |
| 12 | Makoto Sakamoto (USA) | 55.700 | 55.950 | 111.650 |
| 12 | Viktor Lisitsky (URS) | 55.200 | 56.450 | 111.650 |

### Floor Exercise

| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
| | Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 9.550 | 9.475 | 19.025 |
| | Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 9.400 | 9.575 | 18.975 |
| | Takeshi Katō (JPN) | 9.400 | 9.500 | 18.900 |
| 4 | Raycho Khristov (BUL) | 9.400 | 9.475 | 18.875 |
| 5 | Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) | 9.400 | 9.400 | 18.800 |
| 6 | Viktor Klimenko (URS) | 9.150 | 9.500 | 18.650 |

### Pommel Horse

| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
| | Miroslav Cerar (YUG) | 9.650 | 9.725 | 19.375 |
| | Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.625 | 19.325 |
| | Viktor Klimenko (URS) | 9.500 | 9.550 | 19.050 |
| 4 | Milko Vratic (YUG) | 9.450 | 9.550 | 19.000 |
| 5 | Matthias Brehme (GDR) | 9.400 | 9.475 | 18.875 |
| 6 | Wilhelm Kubica (POL) | 8.950 | 9.550 | 18.400 |

### Rings

| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
| | Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.700 | 19.400 |
| | Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) | 9.650 | 9.600 | 19.250 |
| | Mikhail Voronin (URS) | 9.600 | 9.625 | 19.225 |
| 4 | Takuji Hayata (JPN) | 9.450 | 9.450 | 18.900 |
| 4 | Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 9.450 | 9.450 | 18.900 |
| 6 | Viktor Lisitsky (URS) | 9.250 | 9.425 | 18.675 |

### Vault

| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
| | Mitsuo Tsukahara (JPN) | 9.450 | 9.675 | 19.125 |
| | Viktor Klimenko (URS) | 9.500 | 9.500 | 19.000 |
| | Takeshi Katō (JPN) | 9.200 | 9.400 | 18.600 |
| 4 | Fumio Honma (JPN) | 8.950 | 9.375 | 18.325 |
| 5 | Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 8.625 | 9.500 | 18.125 |
| 6 | Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 8.575 | 9.450 | 18.025 |

### Parallel Bars

| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
| | Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.700 | 19.400 |
| | Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 9.550 | 9.700 | 19.250 |
| | Mikhail Voronin (URS) | 9.500 | 9.750 | 19.250 |
| 4 | Takeshi Katō (JPN) | 9.550 | 9.650 | 19.200 |
| 5 | Viktor Klimenko (URS) | 9.500 | 9.675 | 19.175 |
| 6 | Sergei Diamidov (URS) | 9.625 | 9.300 | 18.925 |

### Horizontal Bar

| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
| | Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN) | 9.800 | 9.675 | 19.475 |
| | Akinori Nakayama (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.675 | 19.375 |
| | Takuji Hayata (JPN) | 9.700 | 9.650 | 19.350 |
| | Klaus Köste (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.650 | 19.350 |
| 5 | Mikhail Voronin (URS) | 9.600 | 9.675 | 19.275 |
| 6 | Fumio Honma (JPN) | 9.650 | 9.600 | 19.250 |

## Women
### Team Final

| Rank | Team | | | | | | | | | Total |
| Rank | Team | C | O | C | O | C | O | C | O | Total |
| | Soviet Union | 95.750 | 95.750 | 96.100 | 96.100 | 92.550 | 92.550 | 96.250 | 96.250 | 380.650 |
| | Ludmilla Tourischeva | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.150 | 9.500 | 9.700 | 9.900 | 77.050 |
| | Zinaida Voronina | 9.550 | 9.500 | 9.600 | 9.700 | 9.150 | 9.400 | 9.500 | 9.750 | 76.150 |
| | Lyubov Burda | 9.700 | 9.600 | 9.550 | 9.700 | 8.800 | 9.450 | 9.500 | 9.750 | 75.850 |
| | Larisa Petrik | 9.500 | 9.600 | 9.400 | 9.700 | 9.250 | 9.450 | 9.350 | 9.550 | 75.800 |
| | Olga Karasyova | 9.500 | 9.500 | 9.250 | 9.550 | 9.000 | 9.400 | 9.650 | 9.800 | 75.650 |
| | Tamara Lazakovich | 9.400 | 9.400 | 9.400 | 9.450 | 8.000 | 9.300 | 9.250 | 9.300 | 73.500 |
| | East Germany | 96.000 | 96.000 | 95.600 | 95.600 | 93.150 | 93.150 | 93.000 | 93.000 | 377.750 |
| | Erika Zuchold | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.600 | 9.600 | 9.450 | 9.550 | 9.400 | 9.350 | 76.450 |
| | Karin Janz | 9.550 | 9.750 | 9.700 | 9.800 | 9.500 | 8.700 | 9.400 | 9.600 | 76.000 |
| | Christine Schmitt | 9.500 | 9.600 | 9.500 | 9.600 | 9.250 | 9.450 | 9.250 | 9.300 | 75.450 |
| | Angelika Hellmann | 9.600 | 9.550 | 9.400 | 9.400 | 9.350 | 9.350 | 9.250 | 9.250 | 75.150 |
| | Marianne Noack | 9.500 | 9.450 | 9.450 | 9.550 | 9.250 | 9.300 | 9.050 | 9.150 | 74.700 |
| | Richarda Schmeißer | 9.300 | 9.300 | 9.400 | 9.350 | 9.200 | 8.450 | 9.050 | 9.100 | 73.150 |
| | Czechoslovakia | 94.400 | 94.400 | 93.900 | 93.900 | 91.000 | 91.000 | 92.650 | 92.650 | 371.950 |
| | Marcela Váchová | 9.600 | 9.650 | 9.450 | 9.550 | 9.000 | 9.250 | 9.100 | 9.100 | 74.700 |
| | Bohumila Řimnáčová | 9.500 | 9.500 | 9.250 | 9.450 | 9.100 | 9.200 | 9.350 | 9.300 | 74.650 |
| | Soňa Brázdová | 9.550 | 9.300 | 8.950 | 9.300 | 8.950 | 9.100 | 9.250 | 9.300 | 73.650 |
| | Marianna Némethová | 9.300 | 9.400 | 9.450 | 9.700 | 8.800 | 8.450 | 9.200 | 9.250 | 73.550 |
| | Ľuba Krásna | 9.300 | 9.150 | 9.150 | 9.250 | 9.050 | 9.000 | 9.000 | 8.950 | 72.850 |
| | Hana Lišková | 9.300 | 9.300 | 9.350 | 6.650 | 9.050 | 9.300 | 9.400 | 9.400 | 71.750 |
| 4 | Japan | 92.650 | 92.650 | 93.750 | 93.750 | 92.300 | 92.300 | 92.950 | 92.950 | 371.650 |
| 4 | Miyuki Matsuhisa | 9.200 | 9.550 | 9.400 | 9.600 | 9.500 | 9.450 | 9.450 | 9.500 | 75.650 |
| 4 | Kayoko Hashiguchi | 9.200 | 9.300 | 9.400 | 9.500 | 9.100 | 9.350 | 9.400 | 9.350 | 74.600 |
| 4 | Kazue Hanyu | 9.200 | 9.450 | 9.300 | 9.400 | 9.250 | 9.200 | 9.300 | 9.300 | 74.400 |
| 4 | Mitsuko Mizukawa | 9.200 | 9.250 | 9.300 | 9.500 | 9.050 | 9.300 | 9.100 | 9.200 | 73.900 |
| 4 | Yoko Murakami | 8.850 | 9.050 | 9.100 | 9.050 | 8.850 | 9.250 | 9.200 | 9.150 | 72.500 |
| 4 | Yoko Nagao | 9.100 | 9.200 | 9.100 | 9.350 | 8.400 | 9.150 | 9.100 | 9.100 | 72.500 |
| 5 | Romania | 90.550 | 90.550 | 92.000 | 92.000 | 90.600 | 90.600 | 91.350 | 91.350 | 364.500 |
| 5 | Elena Ceampelea | 9.200 | 8.900 | 9.350 | 9.350 | 9.250 | 9.350 | 9.350 | 9.550 | 74.300 |
| 5 | Paula Ioan | 9.400 | 9.200 | 8.950 | 9.250 | 8.550 | 9.100 | 9.200 | 9.300 | 72.950 |
| 5 | Elisabeta Turcu | 9.200 | 9.050 | 8.950 | 9.350 | 8.900 | 9.050 | 8.850 | 9.100 | 72.450 |
| 5 | Alina Goreac | 9.000 | 8.850 | 8.850 | 9.150 | 9.100 | 9.150 | 8.900 | 9.200 | 72.200 |
| 5 | Olga Stefan | 8.900 | 8.600 | 9.150 | 9.350 | 8.850 | 8.950 | 8.900 | 9.000 | 71.700 |
| 5 | Rodica Apateanu | 9.000 | 8.750 | 9.000 | 9.300 | 8.900 | 8.500 | 8.850 | 8.950 | 71.250 |
| 6 | Hungary | 92.600 | 92.600 | 91.150 | 91.150 | 88.900 | 88.900 | 90.150 | 90.150 | 362.800 |
| 6 | Ilona Békési | 9.350 | 9.350 | 9.200 | 9.400 | 8.750 | 9.100 | 8.950 | 9.100 | 73.200 |
| 6 | Márta Kelemen | 9.250 | 9.200 | 8.950 | 9.400 | 8.650 | 9.300 | 8.850 | 8.950 | 72.550 |
| 6 | Ágnes Bánfai | 9.300 | 9.200 | 8.950 | 9.300 | 9.000 | 8.630 | 8.950 | 9.150 | 72.500 |
| 6 | Margit Horváth | 9.100 | 9.150 | 9.100 | 9.100 | 8.800 | 8.750 | 9.050 | 9.150 | 72.200 |
| 6 | Mária Gál | 9.350 | 9.200 | 8.400 | 8.800 | 8.750 | 8.950 | 8.800 | 9.100 | 71.350 |
| 6 | Zsuzsa Nagy | 9.250 | 9.050 | 8.900 | 8.850 | 8.450 | 8.850 | 8.900 | 8.800 | 71.050 |

### All-around

| Rank | Gymnast | Compulsory | Optional score | Total |
| | Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) | 38.800 | 38.250 | 77.050 |
| | Erika Zuchold (GDR) | 38.300 | 38.150 | 76.450 |
| | Zinaida Voronina (URS) | 38.350 | 37.800 | 76.150 |
| 4 | Karin Janz (GDR) | 37.850 | 38.150 | 76.000 |
| 5 | Lyubov Burda (URS) | 38.400 | 37.450 | 75.850 |
| 6 | Larisa Petrik (URS) | 38.300 | 37.500 | 75.800 |
| 7 | Olga Karasyova (URS) | 38.250 | 37.400 | 75.650 |
| 7 | Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN) | 38.100 | 37.550 | 75.650 |
| 9 | Christine Schmitt (GDR) | 37.950 | 37.500 | 75.450 |
| 10 | Angelika Hellmann (GDR) | 37.550 | 37.600 | 75.150 |
| 11 | Marianne Noack (GDR) | 37.450 | 37.250 | 74.700 |
| 11 | Marcela Váchová (TCH) | 37.550 | 37.150 | 74.700 |

### Vault

| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
| | Erika Zuchold (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.750 | 19.450 |
| | Karin Janz (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.650 | 19.350 |
| | Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) | 9.650 | 9.650 | 19.300 |
| | Lyubov Burda (URS) | 9.650 | 9.650 | 19.300 |
| 5 | Marcela Váchová (TCH) | 9.650 | 9.625 | 19.275 |
| 6 | Angelika Hellmann (GDR) | 9.500 | 9.575 | 19.075 |

### Uneven Bars

| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
| | Karin Janz (GDR) | 9.800 | 9.750 | 19.550 |
| | Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) | 9.700 | 9.750 | 19.450 |
| | Zinaida Voronina (URS) | 9.650 | 9.650 | 19.300 |
| 4 | Marianna Némethová (TCH) | 9.700 | 9.575 | 19.275 |
| 4 | Lyubov Burda (URS) | 9.650 | 9.625 | 19.275 |
| 6 | Erika Zuchold (GDR) | 9.600 | 9.600 | 19.200 |

### Balance Beam

| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
| | Erika Zuchold (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.500 | 19.200 |
| | Cathy Rigby (USA) | 9.700 | 9.350 | 19.050 |
| | Larisa Petrik (URS) | 9.400 | 9.500 | 18.900 |
| | Christine Schmitt (GDR) | 9.550 | 9.350 | 18.900 |
| 5 | Angelika Hellmann (GDR) | 9.500 | 9.350 | 18.850 |
| 6 | Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN) | 8.650 | 9.475 | 18.125 |

### Floor Exercise

| Rank | Gymnast | Score | Prelim score | Total |
| | Ludmilla Tourischeva (URS) | 9.850 | 9.800 | 19.650 |
| | Olga Karasyova (URS) | 9.800 | 9.725 | 19.525 |
| | Zinaida Voronina (URS) | 9.750 | 9.625 | 19.375 |
| 4 | Karin Janz (GDR) | 9.700 | 9.500 | 19.200 |
| 5 | Miyuki Matsuhisa (JPN) | 9.600 | 9.475 | 19.075 |
| 6 | Lyubov Burda (URS) | 8.700 | 9.525 | 18.225 |