# World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's vault

Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were first held in 1934 at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1938, at the 11th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added.
The women's vault competition has been held in every year since its inception.
Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position. If three gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

## Medalists

Bold number in brackets denotes record number of victories.
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1938 | Prague * | Vlasta Děkanová * | unknown | unknown |
| 1950 | Basel | Helena Rakoczy | Gertrude Kolar | Alexandra Lemoine |
| 1954 | Rome | Tamara Manina Ann-Sofi Pettersson | — | Evy Berggren |
| 1958 | Moscow | Larisa Latynina | Lidia Kalinina Tamara Manina Sofia Muratova | — |
| 1962 | Prague | Věra Čáslavská | Larisa Latynina | Tamara Manina |
| 1966 | Dortmund | Věra Čáslavská | Erika Zuchold | Natalia Kuchinskaya |
| 1970 | Ljubljana | Erika Zuchold | Karin Janz | Lyubov Burda Ludmilla Tourischeva |
| 1974 | Varna | Olga Korbut | Ludmilla Tourischeva | Božena Perdykulová |
| 1978 | Strasbourg | Nellie Kim | Nadia Comăneci | Steffi Kräker |
| 1979 | Fort Worth | Dumitrița Turner | Stella Zakharova | Nellie Kim Steffi Kräker |
| 1981 | Moscow | Maxi Gnauck | Stella Zakharova | Steffi Kräker |
| 1983 | Budapest | Boriana Stoyanova | Lavinia Agache Ecaterina Szabó | — |
| 1985 | Montreal | Yelena Shushunova | Ecaterina Szabó | Dagmar Kersten |
| 1987 | Rotterdam | Yelena Shushunova | Eugenia Golea | Aurelia Dobre |
| 1989 | Stuttgart | Olesia Dudnik | Cristina Bontaș Brandy Johnson | — |
| 1991 | Indianapolis | Lavinia Miloșovici | Oksana Chusovitina Henrietta Ónodi | — |
| 1992 | Paris | Henrietta Ónodi | Svetlana Boginskaya | Oksana Chusovitina |
| 1993 | Birmingham | Elena Piskun | Lavinia Miloșovici | Oksana Chusovitina |
| 1994 | Brisbane | Gina Gogean | Svetlana Khorkina | Lavinia Miloșovici |
| 1995 | Sabae | Simona Amânar Lilia Podkopayeva | — | Gina Gogean |
| 1996 | San Juan | Gina Gogean | Simona Amânar | Annia Portuondo |
| 1997 | Lausanne | Simona Amânar | Zhou Duan | Gina Gogean |
| 1999 | Tianjin | Elena Zamolodchikova | Simona Amânar | Maria Olaru |
| 2001 | Ghent | Svetlana Khorkina | Oksana Chusovitina | Andreea Răducan |
| 2002 | Debrecen | Elena Zamolodchikova | Natalia Ziganshina | Oksana Chusovitina |
| 2003 | Anaheim | Oksana Chusovitina | Kang Yun-mi Elena Zamolodchikova | — |
| 2005 | Melbourne | Cheng Fei | Oksana Chusovitina | Alicia Sacramone |
| 2006 | Aarhus | Cheng Fei | Alicia Sacramone | Oksana Chusovitina |
| 2007 | Stuttgart | Cheng Fei (3) | Hong Su-jong | Alicia Sacramone |
| 2009 | London | Kayla Williams | Ariella Käslin | Youna Dufournet |
| 2010 | Rotterdam | Alicia Sacramone | Aliya Mustafina | Jade Barbosa |
| 2011 | Tokyo | McKayla Maroney | Oksana Chusovitina | Phan Thị Hà Thanh |
| 2013 | Antwerp | McKayla Maroney | Simone Biles | Hong Un-jong |
| 2014 | Nanning | Hong Un-jong | Simone Biles | Mykayla Skinner |
| 2015 | Glasgow | Maria Paseka | Hong Un-jong | Simone Biles |
| 2017 | Montreal | Maria Paseka | Jade Carey | Giulia Steingruber |
| 2018 | Doha | Simone Biles | Shallon Olsen | Alexa Moreno |
| 2019 | Stuttgart | Simone Biles | Jade Carey | Ellie Downie |
| 2021 | Kitakyushu | Rebeca Andrade | Asia D'Amato | Angelina Melnikova |
| 2022 | Liverpool | Jade Carey | Jordan Chiles | Coline Devillard |
| 2023 | Antwerp | Rebeca Andrade | Simone Biles | Yeo Seo-jeong |
* There is conflicting and incomplete information about medal winners in the individual apparatus events at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as non-primary sources gives different information about it.

## All-time medal count

Last updated after the 2023 World Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 2 | United States | 7 | 8 | 4 | 19 |
| 3 | Romania | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | East Germany | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 8 | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | North Korea | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | CIS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | France | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Russian Gymnastics Federation | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (29 entries) | Totals (29 entries) | 43 | 44 | 37 | 124 |

### Note

* ^[a] Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from former Soviet Union at the 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Paris, France, as medals for CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).
* ^[b] At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), athletes from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated under name and flag of the RGF (Russian Gymnastics Federation).

## Multiple medalists

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Years | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cheng Fei | China | 2005–2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Simone Biles | United States | 2013–2023 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Simona Amânar | Romania | 1995–1999 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Elena Zamolodchikova | Russia | 1999–2003 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Gina Gogean | Romania | 1994–1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Rebeca Andrade | Brazil | 2021–2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Věra Čáslavská | Czechoslovakia | 1962–1966 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | McKayla Maroney | United States | 2011–2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Maria Paseka | Russia | 2015–2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Yelena Shushunova | Soviet Union | 1985–1987 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Oksana Chusovitina | Soviet Union CIS Uzbekistan Germany | 1991–2011 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | Jade Carey | United States | 2017–2022 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Alicia Sacramone | United States | 2005–2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 14 | Hong Un-jong | North Korea | 2013–2015 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Tamara Manina | Soviet Union | 1954–1962 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Lavinia Miloșovici | Romania | 1991–1994 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Svetlana Khorkina | Russia | 1994–2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Larisa Latynina | Soviet Union | 1958–1962 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Henrietta Ónodi | Hungary | 1991–1992 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Erika Zuchold | East Germany | 1966–1970 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Nellie Kim | Soviet Union | 1978–1979 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Ecaterina Szabo | Romania | 1983–1985 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Stella Zakharova | Soviet Union | 1979–1981 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Steffi Kräker | East Germany | 1978–1981 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |