# World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Men's pommel horse

The men's pommel horse competition was an inaugural event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. It was not held in 1909.
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 numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories.
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1903 | Antwerp | Georges Dejagere Joseph Lux Hendricus Thijsen | — | — |
| 1905 | Bordeaux | Georges Dejagere | Marcel Lalu | Daniel Lavielle |
| 1907 | Prague | František Erben | Jules Rolland | Karel Sal |
| 1909 | Luxembourg | No pommel horse event held | No pommel horse event held | No pommel horse event held |
| 1911 | Turin | Osvaldo Palazzi | Paolo Salvi Giorgio Zampori | — |
| 1913 | Paris | Giorgio Zampori | N. Aubry Osvaldo Palazzi Marco Torrès | — |
| 1915–1917 | Not held due to World War I | Not held due to World War I | Not held due to World War I | Not held due to World War I |
| 1922 | Ljubljana | Miroslav Klinger | Stanislav Indruch Leon Štukelj Peter Šumi | — |
| 1926 | Lyon | Jan Karafiát | Jan Gajdoš | Ladislav Vácha |
| 1930 | Luxembourg | Josip Primožič | Peter Šumi | Jan Gajdoš |
| 1934 | Budapest | Eugen Mack | Eduard Steinemann | Jan Sladek |
| 1938 | Prague | Michael Reusch | Vratislav Petráček | Leo Schürmann |
| 1942 | Not held due to World War II | Not held due to World War II | Not held due to World War II | Not held due to World War II |
| 1950 | Basel | Josef Stalder | Marcel Adatte | Walter Lehmann |
| 1954 | Rome | Hrant Shahinyan | Josef Stalder | Viktor Chukarin |
| 1958 | Moscow | Boris Shakhlin | Pavel Stolbov | Miroslav Cerar |
| 1962 | Prague | Miroslav Cerar | Boris Shakhlin | Takashi Mitsukuri Yu Lifeng |
| 1966 | Dortmund | Miroslav Cerar | Mikhail Voronin | Takeshi Katō |
| 1970 | Ljubljana | Miroslav Cerar (3) | Eizō Kenmotsu | Viktor Klimenko |
| 1974 | Varna | Zoltán Magyar | Nikolai Andrianov | Eizō Kenmotsu |
| 1978 | Strasbourg | Zoltán Magyar | Eberhard Gienger | Stoyan Deltchev |
| 1979 | Fort Worth | Zoltán Magyar (3) | Kurt Thomas | Kōji Gushiken |
| 1981 | Moscow | Li Xiaoping Michael Nikolay | — | György Guczoghy Yuri Korolyov |
| 1983 | Budapest | Dmitry Bilozerchev | György Guczoghy Li Xiaoping | — |
| 1985 | Montreal | Valentin Mogilny | Li Ning | Hiroyuki Konishi |
| 1987 | Rotterdam | Dmitry Bilozerchev Zsolt Borkai | — | Lubomir Geraskov |
| 1989 | Stuttgart | Valentin Mogilny | Andreas Wecker | Li Jing |
| 1991 | Indianapolis | Valery Belenky | Guo Linyao | Li Jing |
| 1992 | Paris | Li Jing Pae Gil-su Vitaly Scherbo | — | — |
| 1993 | Birmingham | Pae Gil-su | Andreas Wecker | Károly Schupkégel |
| 1994 | Brisbane | Marius Urzică | Éric Poujade | Li Donghua Vitaly Marinich |
| 1995 | Sabae | Li Donghua | Yoshiaki Hatakeda Huang Huadong | — |
| 1996 | San Juan | Pae Gil-su (3) | Li Donghua | Alexei Nemov |
| 1997 | Lausanne | Valery Belenky | Éric Poujade | Pae Gil-su |
| 1999 | Tianjin | Alexei Nemov | Marius Urzică | Nikolai Kryukov |
| 2001 | Ghent | Marius Urzică | Xiao Qin | Oleksandr Beresch |
| 2002 | Debrecen | Marius Urzică (3) | Xiao Qin | Takehiro Kashima |
| 2003 | Anaheim | Takehiro Kashima Teng Haibin | — | Nikolai Kryukov |
| 2005 | Melbourne | Xiao Qin | Ioan Silviu Suciu | Takehiro Kashima |
| 2006 | Aarhus | Xiao Qin | Prashanth Sellathurai | Alexander Artemev |
| 2007 | Stuttgart | Xiao Qin (3) | Krisztián Berki | Louis Smith |
| 2009 | London | Zhang Hongtao | Krisztián Berki | Prashanth Sellathurai |
| 2010 | Rotterdam | Krisztián Berki | Louis Smith | Prashanth Sellathurai |
| 2011 | Tokyo | Krisztián Berki | Cyril Tommasone | Louis Smith |
| 2013 | Antwerp | Kohei Kameyama | Daniel Corral Max Whitlock | — |
| 2014 | Nanning | Krisztián Berki (3) | Filip Ude | Cyril Tommasone |
| 2015 | Glasgow | Max Whitlock | Louis Smith | Kazuma Kaya Harutyun Merdinyan |
| 2017 | Montreal | Max Whitlock | David Belyavskiy | Xiao Ruoteng |
| 2018 | Doha | Xiao Ruoteng | Max Whitlock | Lee Chih-kai |
| 2019 | Stuttgart | Max Whitlock (3) | Lee Chih-kai | Rhys McClenaghan |
| 2021 | Kitakyushu | Stephen Nedoroscik | Kazuma Kaya Weng Hao | — |
| 2022 | Liverpool | Rhys McClenaghan | Ahmad Abu Al-Soud | Harutyun Merdinyan |
| 2023 | Antwerp | Rhys McClenaghan | Khoi Young | Ahmad Abu Al-Soud |

## All-time medal count

Last updated after the 2023 World Championships.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Hungary | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 6 | France | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | North Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Japan | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 12 | Italy | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Russia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Bohemia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | CIS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (29 entries) | Totals (29 entries) | 57 | 54 | 45 | 156 |

### Notes

* ^[a] Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from Bohemia as medals for Czechoslovakia.
* ^[b] 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).

## Multiple medalists

| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Years | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Krisztián Berki | Hungary | 2007–2014 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | Max Whitlock | Great Britain | 2013–2019 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | Xiao Qin | China | 2001–2007 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Marius Urzică | Romania | 1994–2002 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Miroslav Cerar | Yugoslavia | 1958–1970 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Pae Gil-su | North Korea | 1992–1997 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Zoltán Magyar | Hungary | 1974–1979 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Rhys McClenaghan | Ireland | 2019–2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Valery Belenky | Soviet Union Germany | 1991–1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Dmitry Bilozerchev | Soviet Union | 1983–1987 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Georges Dejagere | France | 1903–1905 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Valentin Mogilny | Soviet Union | 1985–1989 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Li Donghua | Switzerland | 1994–1996 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Li Xiaoping | China | 1981–1983 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Osvaldo Palazzi | Italy | 1911–1913 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Boris Shakhlin | Soviet Union | 1958–1962 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Josef Stalder | Switzerland | 1950–1954 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Giorgio Zampori | Italy | 1911–1913 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Takehiro Kashima | Japan | 2002–2005 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Li Jing | China | 1989–1992 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | Alexei Nemov | Russia | 1996–1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Xiao Ruoteng | China | 2017–2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 23 | Louis Smith | Great Britain | 2007–2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 24 | Éric Poujade | France | 1994–1997 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Peter Šumi | Yugoslavia | 1922–1930 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Andreas Wecker | East Germany Germany | 1989–1993 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Prashanth Sellathurai | Australia | 2007–2015 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 | Ahmad Abu Al-Soud | Jordan | 2022–2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Jan Gajdoš | Czechoslovakia | 1926–1930 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | György Guczoghy | Hungary | 1981–1983 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Kazuma Kaya | Japan | 2015–2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Eizō Kenmotsu | Japan | 1970–1974 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Lee Chih-kai | Chinese Taipei | 2018–2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Cyril Tommasone | France | 2011–2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 | Nikolai Kryukov | Russia | 1999–2003 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | Harutyun Merdinyan | Armenia | 2015–2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |