# 1926 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 8th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Lyon, in conjunction with that year's French Federal Festival, on May 22–23, 1926.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | Totals (3 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

## Team Competition

| Rank | Nation | Prelim. Exercises | | | | | Gymnastics Events Totals | High Jump | Shot Put | Rope climb | 100 meters | 50 meter swim | Athletics Events Totals | Behavior | Punctuality | Team Grand Totals |
| | Czechoslovakia | 185.91 | 170.342 | 178.191 | 181.594 | 180.86 | 896.897 | 61.25 | 62.1 | 55 | 57.5 | 38.05 | 273.9 | 8 | 20 | 1159.96 |
| | Yugoslavia | 191.69 | 172.827 | 181.75 | 164.65 | 185.45 | 896.367 | 51.75 | 61.5 | 36.5 | 48.75 | 40.5 | 239 | 8 | 20 | 1152.02 |
| | France | 186.03 | 171.95 | 178.25 | 158.5 | 180.6 | 875.33 | 50.5 | 43.7 | 52.5 | 68 | 24.2 | 238.9 | 8 | 20 | 1020.77 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 183.07 | 135.79 | 146.819 | 118.67 | 155.793 | 740.142 | 43.75 | 44.8 | 19 | 46.75 | 9.75 | 164.05 | 8 | 20 | 932.192 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 169.94 | 143.46 | 128.549 | 127.496 | 143 | 712.445 | 37.5 | 14.9 | 15.8 | 40 | 28.35 | 136.55 | 8 | 20 | 876.995 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 157.92 | 132.989 | 95.21 | 119.995 | 119.593 | 625.707 | 42.5 | 33.9 | 10 | 50 | 30.9 | 167.3 | 7.5 | 20 | 820.507 |

## Individual Standings

| Rank | Nation | Gymnast | Gymnastics Events | Gymnastics Events | Gymnastics Events | Gymnastics Events | Gymnastics Events | Gymnastics Events | Athletics Events | Athletics Events | Athletics Events | Athletics Events | Athletics Events | Athletics Events | Athletics Events | Individual Grand Totals |
| Rank | Nation | Gymnast | | | | | Gymnastics Events Totals | Gymnastics Events Totals Rank | Shot Put | High Jump | Rope climb | 100 meter | 50 meter swim | Athletics Events Totals | Athletics Events Totals Rank | Individual Grand Totals |
| | Yugoslavia | Peter Sumi | 30.6 | 27.9 | 31.1 | 29.35 | 118.95 | 7 | 9.3 | 8.75 | 12.5 | 9.25 | 9.8 | 49.6 | 3 | 168.55 |
| | Czechoslovakia | Josef Effenberger | 29.149 | 26.697 | 29.24 | 29.45 | 114.536 | 17 | 12 | 11.25 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 51.75 | 1 | 166.288 |
| | Czechoslovakia | Ladislav Vácha | 31.348 | 31.248 | 31.75 | 30.8 | 125.146 | 1 | 11.8 | 10 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 40.8 | 12 | 165.945 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | Jan Karafiát | 29.598 | 28.428 | 29.34 | 30.898 | 118.264 | 8 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 11.5 | 9.25 | 9.2 | 46.35 | 7 | 164.614 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | František Pecháček | 30.098 | 28.149 | 28.25 | 30.599 | 117.096 | 12 | 14.1 | 11.25 | 4 | 9.75 | 7.8 | 46.9 | 5 | 163.996 |
| 6 | France | Ernest Heeb | 29.75 | 29.4 | 31.5 | 25.6 | 116.25 | 15 | 9.8 | 8.75 | 9.5 | 12 | 7.4 | 47.45 | 4 | 163.7 |
| 7 | France | Armand Solbach | 30.4 | 29.75 | 31.2 | 27.85 | 119.2 | 5 | 10.5 | 9.25 | 8.5 | 12 | 3.65 | 43.9 | 9 | 163.1 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | Bedřich Šupčík | 29.299 | 28.199 | 31.53 | 30.549 | 119.577 | 4 | 7.2 | 10 | 11.5 | 9.75 | 4.25 | 42.7 | 11 | 162.277 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | Ladislav Riesner | 28.699 | 27.298 | 30.75 | 29.298 | 116.045 | 16 | 8.1 | 11.25 | 9 | 9.75 | 7.3 | 45.4 | 8 | 161.455 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia | Stane Derganc | 29.1 | 28.484 | 30.55 | 29.5 | 117.634 | 9 | 11.9 | 6.25 | 4 | 7.5 | 10.3 | 39.95 | 14 | 157.584 |
| 11 | Yugoslavia | Josip Primožič | 31.55 | 29.299 | 31.15 | 27 | 118.999 | 6 | 9.7 | 10 | 7 | 5.25 | 5.6 | 37.55 | 18 | 156.549 |
| 12 | France | François Gangloff | 29.65 | 28.65 | 29.4 | 28.9 | 116.6 | 14 | 8.8 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 9.75 | 5.8 | 38.35 | 16 | 154.95 |
| 13 | Yugoslavia | Leon Štukelj | 31.6 | 30.45 | 31.85 | 27.65 | 121.55 | 2 | 7.2 | 8.75 | 3.5 | 8.5 | 5.3 | 33.25 | 22 | 154.8 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia | Srečko Sršen | 29.95 | 29.195 | 31.2 | 23.65 | 113.995 | 19 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8 | 9.25 | 0 | 40.35 | 13 | 154.345 |
| 15 | Czechoslovakia | Václav Veselý | 29.248 | 28.349 | 30.08 | 29.549 | 117.226 | 11 | 8.4 | 8.75 | 4 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 36.55 | 19 | 153.776 |
| 16 | France | Alfred Straus | 30.4 | 29.9 | 29.5 | 24.35 | 114.15 | 18 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 39.4 | 15 | 153.55 |
| 17 | Yugoslavia | Artur Gorisse | 28.15 | 27.1 | 28.4 | 22.5 | 106.15 | 22 | 8.3 | 8.75 | 12.5 | 12 | 5.2 | 46.75 | 6 | 152.9 |
| 18 | Yugoslavia | Stane Vidmar | 28.95 | 27.499 | 29.6 | 27.5 | 113.549 | 20 | 10.8 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 38.3 | 17 | 151.849 |
| 19 | France | Jean Gounot | 29.9 | 27.15 | 30.6 | 29.3 | 116.95 | 13 | 7.4 | 8.75 | 5.5 | 9.25 | 2.15 | 33.05 | 23 | 150 |
| 20 | Czechoslovakia | Jan Gajdoš | 29.149 | 30.598 | 30.54 | 30.849 | 121.136 | 3 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 0 | 9.75 | - | 27.65 | 32 | 148.786 |
| 21 | Yugoslavia | Oton Zupac | 29.3 | 24.894 | 25.3 | 18.75 | 98.244 | 26 | 12.5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6.8 | 50.3 | 2 | 148.544 |
| 22 | Yugoslavia | Miha Osvald | 29.975 | 26.25 | 31.5 | 24.45 | 112.175 | 21 | 7.8 | 3.75 | 8 | 9.25 | 5.3 | 34.1 | 20 | 146.275 |
| 23 | France | Artur Gavnier | 31.15 | 30.25 | 30.25 | 25.95 | 117.6 | 10 | 6.2 | 6.25 | 3 | 11 | 1.9 | 28.35 | 30 | 145.95 |
| 24 | France | Corentin Le Friant | 26.475 | 23.65 | 23.95 | 25.85 | 99.925 | 23 | 8.6 | 10 | 7.5 | 10 | 7.3 | 43.4 | 10 | 143.32 |
| 25 | Luxembourg | Mathias Logelin | 27.574 | 22.948 | 25.698 | 19.995 | 96.215 | 29 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 5 | 9.5 | - | 29.6 | 28 | 125.815 |
| 26 | Belgium | Remy Reynaert | 24.873 | 25.34 | 23.19 | 24.8 | 98.203 | 27 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 | 6.2 | 26.2 | 36 | 124.403 |
| 27 | Luxembourg | Francois Zuang | 27.849 | 24.098 | 25.85 | 21.745 | 99.542 | 24 | 7.2 | 6.25 | 1.5 | 5.25 | 4.2 | 24.4 | 41 | 123.942 |
| 28 | Luxembourg | Charles Quaino | 26.299 | 24.348 | 26.998 | 18.44 | 96.085 | 30 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 6 | 7.5 | - | 26.1 | 37 | 122.185 |
| 29 | Luxembourg | Nicolas Roeser | 25.149 | 21.198 | 28.898 | 19.79 | 95.035 | 31 | 8.1 | 10 | 0 | 7.5 | 1.4 | 27 | 34 | 122.035 |
| 30 | Belgium | Elie Melleman | 25.744 | 26.24 | 23.19 | 21.749 | 96.923 | 28 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 9.25 | 3.5 | 25.05 | 39 | 121.973 |
| 31 | Netherlands | Emanuel Fortuin | 18.55 | 22.349 | 23.45 | 22.149 | 86.498 | 33 | 7.2 | 8.75 | 0 | 9.75 | 8.1 | 33.8 | 21 | 120.298 |
| 32 | Luxembourg | Eduard Grethen | 18.423 | 23.249 | 23.15 | 23.245 | 88.067 | 32 | 7.1 | 6.25 | 4 | 9.5 | 4.15 | 31 | 25 | 119.067 |
| 33 | Belgium | Frans Gibens | 22.525 | 25.88 | 26.43 | 23.5 | 98.355 | 25 | 1.7 | 5 | 0.3 | 6 | 2.85 | 15.85 | 45 | 114.185 |
| 34 | Netherlands | Albert Stuiwenberg | 19.15 | 24.798 | 18.449 | 19.198 | 81.595 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5.25 | 7.5 | 27.75 | 31 | 110.145 |
| 35 | Belgium | Luc. Van de Venne | 16.474 | 23.49 | 24.69 | 18.5 | 83.154 | 35 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 0 | 6.75 | 10.6 | 26.25 | 35 | 109.409 |
| 36 | Belgium | Jos. Van den Bogaert | 20.95 | 19.03 | 26.69 | 19.199 | 85.869 | 34 | 0 | 3.75 | 5.5 | 8 | 2.95 | 20.2 | 43 | 107.569 |
| 37 | Belgium | Charles Van den Bogaert | 17.973 | 21.98 | 18.81 | 19.748 | 78.511 | 38 | 4 | 6.25 | 8.5 | 8 | 2.25 | 29 | 29 | 107.511 |
| 38 | Netherlands | Hugo Licher | 16.9 | 20.348 | 17.049 | 20.15 | 74.446 | 44 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 7 | 10 | 3.75 | 32.95 | 24 | 107.396 |
| 39 | Netherlands | Johannes Hiboer | 17.99 | 22.398 | 20.049 | 19.25 | 79.687 | 37 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 3 | 9 | 3.05 | 27.45 | 33 | 107.137 |
| 40 | Luxembourg | Albert Neumann | 21.525 | 19.949 | 21.599 | 15.433 | 78.506 | 39 | 9.7 | 6.25 | 2.5 | 7.5 | - | 25.95 | 38 | 104.456 |
| 41 | Netherlands | Pieter Jongeneel | 10.37 | 22.698 | 17.648 | 18.599 | 69.315 | 46 | 5.3 | 7.5 | 0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 29.8 | 27 | 99.115 |
| 42 | Luxembourg | Mathias Genen | 13.7 | 20.45 | 19.599 | 14.085 | 67.834 | 48 | 10.3 | 7.5 | 0 | 8.5 | 4 | 30.3 | 26 | 98.134 |
| 43 | Luxembourg | Albert Houss | 18.048 | 21.399 | 24.498 | 12.885 | 76.83 | 40 | 2.6 | 5 | 3.5 | 9.25 | 0 | 20.35 | 42 | 97.18 |
| 44 | Belgium | Leon Van Antwerpen | 18.749 | 18.54 | 18.02 | 13.748 | 69.057 | 47 | 1.1 | 5 | 0 | 9.25 | 9.1 | 24.45 | 40 | 93.507 |
| 45 | Netherlands | Israel Winschenk | 12.25 | 20.398 | 22.949 | 20.649 | 76.246 | 42 | 1.8 | 6.25 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 15.55 | 46 | 91.796 |
| 46 | Netherlands | Theodoras Brouwer | 18.06 | 23.048 | 17.298 | 17.799 | 76.205 | 43 | 2.6 | 5.75 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 | 15.1 | 46 | 91.305 |
| 47 | Netherlands | Johannaes Verbek | 15.7 | 20.249 | 17.798 | 19.55 | 73.297 | 45 | 4.7 | 6.25 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 | 17.7 | 44 | 90.977 |
| 48 | Belgium | G. Van den Bogaert | 17.799 | 20.64 | 20.79 | 17.148 | 76.377 | 41 | 1.4 | 3.75 | 0 | 6 | 3.15 | 14.3 | 48 | 90.677 |

### Pommel horse

| Rank | Nationality | Athlete | Total |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | Jan Karafiat | - |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | Jan Gajdos | - |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | Ladislav Vácha | - |

### Rings

| Rank | Nationality | Athlete | Total |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | Leon Štukelj | - |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | Ladislav Vácha | - |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | Bedřich Šupčík | - |

### Parallel bars

| Rank | Nationality | Athlete | Total |
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | Ladislav Vácha | - |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | Jan Gajdos | - |
| 3 | Yugoslavia | Leon Štukelj | - |

### Horizontal bar

| Rank | Nationality | Athlete | Total |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | Leon Štukelj | - |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | Josip Primožič | - |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | Ladislav Vácha | - |