| 1970 Ljubljana World Championships | |
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City |
Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia |
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Team Gold Medalist |
USSR |
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All-Around Gold Medalist |
Ludmilla Tourischeva (USSR) |
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Vault Gold Medalist |
Erika Zuchold (GDR) |
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Uneven Bars Gold Medalist |
Karin Janz (GDR) |
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Balance Beam Gold Medalist |
Erika Zuchold (GDR) |
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Floor Exercise Gold Medalist |
Ludmilla Tourischeva (USSR) |
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The 17th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia, in 1970.
Format of Competition[]
The gymnastics competition was carried out in three stages:
- Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which all gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. The combined scores of all team members determined the final score of the team. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts in the all-around qualified to the individual all-around competition. The six highest scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for that apparatus.
- Competition II - The individual all-around competition, in which those who qualified from Competition I performed exercises on each apparatus. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her in Competition II.
- Competition III - The apparatus finals, in which those who qualified during Competition I performed an exercise on the individual apparatus on which he or she had qualified. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast on that particular apparatus during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her on that particular apparatus in Competition III.
No limits were imposed as to how many gymnasts each country could enter into the individual all-around final or apparatus finals.
Results[]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Team |  USSR
Lyubov Burda |
 East Germany
Angelika Hellmann |
 Czechoslovakia
Soňa Brázdová |
| All-Around | Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union (USSR) |
Erika Zuchold East Germany (GDR) |
Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union (USSR) |
| Vault | Erika Zuchold East Germany (GDR) |
Karin Janz East Germany (GDR) |
Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union (USSR)
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| Uneven Bars | Karin Janz East Germany (GDR) |
Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union (USSR) |
Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union (USSR) |
| Balance Beam | Erika Zuchold East Germany (GDR) |
 Cathy RigbyUnited States of America (USA) |
Christine Schmitt East Germany (GDR)
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| Floor Exercise | Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union (USSR) |
Olga Karasyova Soviet Union (USSR) |
Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union (USSR) |
Notable Moments[]
- Cathy Rigby became the first American to win a World medal.
Medal Count[]
| Rank | Country | 
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Total |
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| 1 | USSR
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3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | East Germany
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3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | USA
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |