# 1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from 16 to 20 April 1996.
The team and all-around events were not contested at the 1996 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The format was similar to that of the 1992 and 2002 Worlds, with medals being awarded for the individual WAG and MAG apparatus. There were three rounds of competition: the preliminary round open to everyone; the semi-finals open to the top sixteen qualifiers; and the finals for the top eight gymnasts. Until 2021, the 1996 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were also the last to be held in the same year as a Summer Olympics.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men ||||
| Floor details | Vitaly Scherbo | Alexei Voropaev | Grigory Misutin |
| Pommel horse details | Pae Gil-Su | Donghua Li | Alexei Nemov |
| Rings details | Yuri Chechi | Yordan Yovchev Szilveszter Csollány | none awarded |
| Vault details | Alexei Nemov | Yeo Hong-Chul Andrea Massucchi | none awarded |
| Parallel Bars details | Rustam Sharipov | Alexei Nemov Vitaly Scherbo | none awarded |
| Horizontal bar details | Jesús Carballo | Krasimir Dunev | Vitaly Scherbo |
| Women ||||
| Vault details | Gina Gogean | Simona Amânar | Annia Portuondo |
| Uneven bars details | Svetlana Khorkina Elena Piskun | none awarded | Isabelle Severino |
| Balance beam details | Dina Kochetkova | Alexandra Marinescu | Dominique Dawes Liu Xuan |
| Floor details | Kui Yuanyuan Gina Gogean | none awarded | Lavinia Miloșovici Liubov Sheremeta |

## Medal table
### Overall

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 12 | 11 | 9 | 32 |

### Men

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Belarus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |

### Women

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Romania | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 |

## Men
### Floor exercise

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Vitaly Scherbo (BLR) | 9.787 |
| | Alexei Voropaev (RUS) | 9.700 |
| | Grigory Misutin (UKR) | 9.625 |
| 4 | Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ) | 9.562 |
| 5 | Ivan Ivankov (BLR) | 9.550 |
| 5 | Thierry Aymes (FRA) | 9.525 |
| 7 | Ivan Ivanov (BUL) | 9.450 |
| 8 | Evgeni Podgorni (RUS) | 9.125 |

### Pommel horse

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Pae Gil Su (PRK) | 9.825 |
| | Donghua Li (SUI) | 9.812 |
| | Alexei Nemov (RUS) | 9.787 |
| 4 | Kim Hyon Il (PRK) | 9.762 |
| 5 | Patrice Casimir (FRA) | 9.725 |
| 6 | Eric Poujade (FRA) | 9.700 |
| 7 | Ivan Ivankov (BLR) | 9.625 |
| 8 | Grigory Misutin (UKR) | 8.200 |

### Still rings

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Yuri Chechi (ITA) | 9.825 |
| | Szilveszter Csollány (HUN) | 9.737 |
| | Yordan Yovchev (BUL) | 9.737 |
| 4 | Dan Burinca (ROU) | 9.712 |
| 5 | Ivan Ivankov (BLR) | 9.675 |
| 5 | Damian Merino (CUB) | 9.675 |
| 7 | Chris Lamorte (USA) | 9.637 |
| 7 | Alexei Voropaev (RUS) | 9.637 |

### Vault

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Alexei Nemov (RUS) | 9.756 |
| | Yeo Hong-Chul (KOR) | 9.743 |
| | Andrea Massucchi (ITA) | 9.743 |
| 4 | Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ) | 9.643 |
| 4 | Vitaly Scherbo (BLR) | 9.643 |
| 6 | Dieter Rehm (SUI) | 9.556 |
| 7 | Valeri Belenki (GER) | 9.437 |
| 8 | Alexei Voropaev (RUS) | 9.431 |
| 9 | Zoltán Supola (HUN) | 9.400 |

### Parallel bars

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Rustam Sharipov (UKR) | 9.750 |
| | Alexei Nemov (RUS) | 9.737 |
| | Vitaly Scherbo (BLR) | 9.737 |
| 4 | Ivan Ivankov (BLR) | 9.725 |
| 4 | Jung Jin-Soo (KOR) | 9.725 |
| 6 | Ivan Ivanov (BUL) | 9.650 |
| 7 | Pae Gil Su (PRK) | 9.625 |
| 8 | Valeri Belenky (GER) | 9.587 |

### Horizontal bar

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Jesús Carballo (ESP) | 9.800 |
| | Krasimir Dunev (BUL) | 9.775 |
| | Vitaly Scherbo (BLR) | 9.762 |
| 4 | Aljaz Pegan (SLO) | 9.750 |
| 5 | Chainey Umphrey (USA) | 9.712 |
| 6 | Sergei Fedorchenko (KAZ) | 9.475 |
| 7 | Zoltán Supola (HUN) | 9.375 |
| 8 | Richard Ikeda (CAN) | 8.075 |

## Women
### Vault

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Gina Gogean (ROU) | 9.800 |
| | Simona Amânar (ROU) | 9.787 |
| | Annia Portuondo (CUB) | 9.756 |
| 4 | Elisabeth Valle (ESP) | 9.668 |
| 5 | Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) | 9.637 |
| 6 | Joana Juárez (ESP) | 9.537 |
| 7 | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou (GRE) | 9.518 |
| 8 | Leyva Bermudez (CUB) | 9.456 |

### Uneven bars

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) | 9.787 |
| | Elena Piskun (BLR) | 9.787 |
| | Isabelle Severino (FRA) | 9.775 |
| 4 | Elvire Teza (FRA) | 9.750 |
| 4 | Liubov Sheremeta (UKR) | 9.750 |
| 6 | Anna Mirgorodskaya (UKR) | 9.725 |
| 6 | Kathleen Stark (GER) | 9.725 |
| 8 | Jaycie Phelps (USA) | 9.712 |
| 9 | Liu Xuan (CHN) | 9.700 |
| 10 | Lavinia Miloșovici (ROU) | 9.687 |
| 11 | Dominique Dawes (USA) | 8.787 |

### Balance beam

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Dina Kochetkova (RUS) | 9.887 |
| | Alexandra Marinescu (ROU) | 9.812 |
| | Dominique Dawes (USA) | 9.800 |
| | Liu Xuan (CHN) | 9.800 |
| 5 | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou (GRE) | 9.675 |
| 6 | Mercedes Pacheco (ESP) | 9.637 |
| 7 | Jaycie Phelps (USA) | 9.187 |
| 8 | Gina Gogean (ROU) | 9.075 |

### Floor exercise

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Gina Gogean (ROU) | 9.850 |
| | Kui Yuanyuan (CHN) | 9.850 |
| | Lavinia Miloșovici (ROU) | 9.800 |
| | Liubov Sheremeta (UKR) | 9.800 |
| 5 | Gemma Paz (ESP) | 9.775 |
| 5 | Vasiliki Tsavdaridou (GRE) | 9.775 |
| 7 | Ludivine Furnon (FRA) | 9.712 |
| 8 | Roza Galieva (RUS) | 9.637 |