| 1966 Dortmund World Championships | |
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City |
Dortmund, West Germany |
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Team Gold Medalist |
Czechoslovakia |
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All-Around Gold Medalist |
Věra Čáslavská (TCH) |
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Vault Gold Medalist |
Věra Čáslavská (TCH) |
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Uneven Bars Gold Medalist |
Natalia Kuchinskaya (USSR) |
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Balance Beam Gold Medalist |
Natalia Kuchinskaya (USSR) |
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Floor Exercise Gold Medalist |
Natalia Kuchinskaya (USSR) |
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The 16th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany, in 1966. Dortmund would go on to host the World Team Championships in 1994.
Format of Competition[]
The scoring in all the events was basically the same as for gymnastics events at the Olympics. Each country was allowed to enter a team of eight gymnasts, but in contrast to the previous Olympics not more than six of them were allowed to participate in all exercises. Nations with incomplete teams, could enter one to three gymnasts for the individual competition. Six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals. The new feature of the competition was in women's events: each of them was judged by four judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining marks constituted the score.
The scoring in the team competition was different from the one at the previous World Championships, its principle became the same: five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine; these scores constituted the overall team's totals.
Results[]
Medal Count[]
| Rank | Country | 
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Total |
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| 1 |  USSR
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3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | File:800px-Flag of the Czech Republic.png Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  Japan
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0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 |  East Germany
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |