# 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 15th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held on July 3–8, 1962 in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia, this being the 3rd time that Prague hosted these championships.
These were the last championships China competed in until 1979. Following a 1964 vote to accept Taiwan as a member nation, China withdrew from the International Gymnastics Federation in protest. They would not rejoin until 1978.

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men ||||
| Team all-around details | Japan Nobuyuki Aihara Yukio Endo Takashi Mitsukuri Takashi Ono Shuji Tsurumi Haruhiro Yamashita | Soviet Union Valery Kerdemelidi Viktor Leontyev Viktor Lisitsky Boris Shakhlin Pavel Stolbov Yuri Titov | Czechoslovakia Pavel Gajdoš Karel Klečka Přemysl Krbec Václav Kubíčka Ladislav Pazdera Jaroslav Šťastný |
| Individual all-around details | Yuri Titov | Yukio Endo | Boris Shakhlin |
| Floor details | Nobuyuki Aihara Yukio Endo | none awarded | Franco Menichelli |
| Pommel horse details | Miroslav Cerar | Boris Shakhlin | Takashi Mitsukuri Yu Lifeng |
| Rings details | Yuri Titov | Yukio Endo Boris Shakhlin | none awarded |
| Vault details | Přemysl Krbec | Haruhiro Yamashita | Boris Shakhlin Yukio Endo |
| Parallel bars details | Miroslav Cerar | Boris Shakhlin | Yukio Endo |
| Horizontal bar details | Takashi Ono | Yukio Endo Pavel Stolbov | none awarded |
| Women ||||
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union Polina Astakhova Lidiya Ivanova Larisa Latynina Tamara Manina Sofia Muratova Irina Pervuschina | Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Věra Čáslavská Libuse Cmiralova Hana Růžičková Ludmila Švédová Adolfína Tkačíková | Japan Ginko Abukawa Keiko Ikeda Taniko Nakamura Kiyoko Ono Toshiko Shirasu Hiroko Tsuji |
| Individual all-around details | Larisa Latynina | Věra Čáslavská | Irina Pervuschina |
| Vault details | Věra Čáslavská | Larisa Latynina | Tamara Manina |
| Uneven bars details | Irina Pervuschina | Eva Bosáková | Larisa Latynina |
| Balance beam details | Eva Bosáková | Larisa Latynina | Keiko Ikeda Anikó Ducza |
| Floor details | Larisa Latynina | Irina Pervuschina | Věra Čáslavská |

## Men's results
### Team competition

| Rank | Team | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
| | Japan | 285.650 | 289.000 | 574.650 |
| | Soviet Union | 285.700 | 287.450 | 573.150 |
| | Czechoslovakia | 280.450 | 281.050 | 561.500 |
| 4 | China | 278.450 | 280.550 | 559.000 |
| 5 | Italy | 278.200 | 279.000 | 557.200 |
| 6 | United States | 273.650 | 281.600 | 555.250 |
| 7 | Finland | 274.250 | 280.650 | 554.900 |
| 8 | East Germany | 275.450 | 279.050 | 554.500 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 274.050 | 278.900 | 552.950 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia | 274.800 | 277.900 | 552.700 |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 275.450 | 276.300 | 551.750 |
| 12 | Hungary | 273.800 | 276.850 | 550.650 |
| 13 | Poland | 276.050 | 274.300 | 550.350 |
| 14 | France | 272.400 | 270.750 | 543.150 |
| 15 | Sweden | 269.200 | 272.550 | 541.750 |
| 16 | West Germany | 267.550 | 270.650 | 538.200 |
| 17 | United Arab Republic | 257.950 | 259.300 | 517.250 |
| 18 | Canada | 248.900 | 255.950 | 504.850 |
| 19 | Cuba | 231.500 | 230.250 | 461.750 |
| 20 | Turkey | 171.350 | 202.800 | 374.150 |

### Individual all-around

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Yuri Titov (URS) | 115.650 |
| | Yukio Endo (JPN) | 115.500 |
| | Boris Shakhlin (URS) | 115.200 |
| 4 | Takashi Ono (JPN) | 115.150 |
| 5 | Miroslav Cerar (YUG) | 114.950 |
| 6 | Takashi Mitsukuri (JPN) | 114.300 |
| 7 | Haruhiro Yamashita (JPN) | 114.100 |
| 8 | Pavel Stolbov (URS) | 114.000 |
| 9 | Valery Kerdemelidi (URS) | 113.850 |
| 9 | Shuji Tsurumi (JPN) | 113.850 |
| 11 | Franco Menichelli (ITA) | 113.600 |
| 12 | Nobuyuki Aihara (JPN) | 113.450 |

### Floor exercise

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Nobuyuki Aihara (JPN) | 19.500 |
| | Yukio Endo (JPN) | 19.500 |
| | Franco Menichelli (ITA) | 19.450 |
| 4 | Haruhiro Yamashita (JPN) | 19.300 |
| 5 | Takashi Ono (JPN) | 19.275 |
| 6 | Jaroslav Stastny (TCH) | 19.000 |

### Pommel horse

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Miroslav Cerar (YUG) | 19.750 |
| | Boris Shakhlin (URS) | 19.375 |
| | Takashi Mitsukuri (JPN) | 19.300 |
| | Yu Lifeng (CHN) | 19.300 |
| 5 | Yuri Titov (URS) | 19.275 |
| 6 | Valery Kerdemelidi (URS) | 18.400 |

### Rings

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Yuri Titov (URS) | 19.550 |
| | Yukio Endo (JPN) | 19.425 |
| | Boris Shakhlin (URS) | 19.425 |
| 4 | Nobuyuki Aihara (JPN) | 19.250 |
| 5 | Viktor Leontyev (URS) | 19.225 |
| 6 | Miroslav Cerar (YUG) | 19.200 |

### Vault

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Přemysl Krbec (TCH) | 19.550 |
| | Haruhiro Yamashita (JPN) | 19.350 |
| | Boris Shakhlin (URS) | 19.225 |
| | Yukio Endo (JPN) | 19.225 |
| 5 | Takashi Ono (JPN) | 19.175 |
| 6 | Siegfried Fülle (GDR) | 19.075 |

### Parallel Bars

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Miroslav Cerar (YUG) | 19.625 |
| | Boris Shakhlin (URS) | 19.600 |
| | Yukio Endo (JPN) | 19.500 |
| 4 | Haruhiro Yamashita (JPN) | 19.375 |
| 5 | Takashi Ono (JPN) | 19.250 |
| 6 | Valery Kerdemelidi (URS) | 19.125 |

### Horizontal Bar

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Takashi Ono (JPN) | 19.675 |
| | Yukio Endo (JPN) | 19.625 |
| | Pavel Stolbov (URS) | 19.625 |
| 4 | Takashi Mitsukuri (JPN) | 19.500 |
| 4 | Yuri Titov (URS) | 19.500 |
| 6 | Miroslav Cerar (YUG) | 19.425 |

## Women's results
### Team competition

| Rank | Team | Compulsory | Optional | Total |
| | Soviet Union | 190.461 | 194.527 | 384.988 |
| | Czechoslovakia | 188.562 | 194.028 | 382.590 |
| | Japan | 186.861 | 192.662 | 379.523 |
| 4 | Hungary | 185.562 | 192.228 | 377.790 |
| 5 | East Germany | 184.626 | 190.660 | 375.286 |
| 6 | China | 183.795 | 189.193 | 372.988 |
| 7 | Poland | 181.726 | 190.161 | 371.887 |
| 8 | United States | 179.926 | 188.426 | 368.352 |
| 9 | Romania | 180.859 | 186.061 | 366.920 |
| 10 | Sweden | 181.194 | 185.661 | 366.855 |
| 11 | Yugoslavia | 179.228 | 183.526 | 362.754 |
| 12 | France | 179.262 | 182.661 | 361.923 |
| 13 | West Germany | 175.226 | 179.692 | 354.918 |
| 14 | Finland | 171.262 | 180.860 | 352.122 |
| 15 | Israel | 170.495 | 175.494 | 345.989 |
| 16 | Canada | 160.693 | 170.292 | 330.985 |
| 17 | Cuba | 137.095 | 154.727 | 291.822 |

### Individual all-around

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Larisa Latynina (URS) | 78.030 |
| | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | 77.732 |
| | Irina Pervuschina (URS) | 77.465 |
| 4 | Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 76.898 |
| 5 | Tamara Manina (URS) | 76.865 |
| 6 | Keiko Ikeda (JPN) | 76.832 |
| 7 | Ingrid Föst (GDR) | 76.631 |
| 8 | Polina Astakhova (URS) | 76.330 |
| 9 | Judith Hamori (HUN) | 76.264 |
| 10 | Toshiko Shirasu (JPN) | 76.064 |
| 11 | Kiyoko Ono (JPN) | 75.965 |
| 12 | Natalia Kot (POL) | 75.931 |

### Vault

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | 19.649 |
| | Larisa Latynina (URS) | 19.632 |
| | Tamara Manina (URS) | 19.549 |
| 4 | Birgit Radochla (GDR) | 19.483 |
| 5 | Ingrid Föst (GDR) | 19.466 |
| 6 | Irina Pervuschina (URS) | 19.433 |

### Uneven bars

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Irina Pervuschina (URS) | 19.566 |
| | Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 19.466 |
| | Larisa Latynina (URS) | 19.449 |
| 4 | Polina Astakhova (URS) | 19.399 |
| 5 | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | 19.366 |
| 6 | Katalin Makray (HUN) | 19.316 |

### Balance beam

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 19.499 |
| | Larisa Latynina (URS) | 19.416 |
| | Keiko Ikeda (JPN) | 19.366 |
| | Anikó Ducza (HUN) | 19.366 |
| 5 | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | 19.333 |
| 6 | Irina Pervuschina (URS) | 19.250 |

### Floor exercise

| Rank | Gymnast | Total |
| | Larisa Latynina (URS) | 19.716 |
| | Irina Pervuschina (URS) | 19.616 |
| | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | 19.550 |
| 4 | Polina Astakhova (URS) | 19.466 |
| 4 | Eva Bosáková (TCH) | 19.466 |
| 6 | Toshiko Shirasu (JPN) | 19.416 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | China (People's Republic of China) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |