2010 Rotterdam World Championships | |
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City |
Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Venue |
Ahoy Arena |
Team Gold Medalist |
Russia |
All-Around Gold Medalist |
Aliya Mustafina (RUS) |
Vault Gold Medalist |
Alicia Sacramone (USA) |
Uneven Bars Gold Medalist |
Beth Tweddle (GBR) |
Balance Beam Gold Medalist |
Ana Porgras (ROU) |
Floor Exercise Gold Medalist |
Lauren Mitchell (AUS) |
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The 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at the Ahoy Rotterdam indoor sporting arena in the Netherlands from 16 to 24 October 2010. Rotterdam previously hosted the World Championships in 1987.
Format of Competition[]
All participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:
- The team competition, in which the eight highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. Each team of six gymnasts could only have three gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total.
- The all-around competition, in which only the twenty-four highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. Each country was limited to only two gymnasts in the all-around final.
- The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.
Competition Schedule[]
October 16 | Qualifications (Subdivisions 1-6) |
October 17 | Qualifications (Subdivisions 7-12) |
October 20 | Team Final |
October 22 | All-Around |
October 23 | Vault Event Final |
Uneven Bars Event Final | |
October 24 | Balance Beam Event Final |
Floor Exercise Event Final |
Results[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Team | ![]() Ksenia Afanasyeva |
![]() Rebecca Bross |
![]() Jiang Yuyuan |
All-Around | ![]() Russia (RUS) |
![]() China (CHN) |
![]() United States of America (USA) |
Vault | ![]() United States of America (USA) |
![]() Russia (RUS) |
![]() Brazil (BRA) |
Uneven Bars | ![]() Great Britain (GBR) |
![]() Russia (RUS) |
![]() United States of America (USA) |
Balance Beam | ![]() Romania (ROU) |
![]() China (CHN)
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N/A |
Floor Exercise | ![]() Australia (AUS) |
![]() Russia (RUS)
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N/A |
Notable Moments[]
- The Russian women won their first team title as an independent nation. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia had never won a team gold medal at a World Championships or Olympic Games.
- Russia's Aliya Mustafina became the first Russian World All-Around Champion since Svetlana Khorkina in 2003. Mustafina was also the most decorated gymnast at the end of the entire competition.
- China's Jiang Yuyuan finished second in the all-around, the highest all-around placing for a Chinese gymnast.
- USA's Alicia Sacramone became the second straight American to win the World title on vault, following Kayla Williams.
- Australia's Lauren Mitchell became the first female Australian to win a World title.
- The Longines Prize for Elegance was awarded to Japan's Tanaka Rie.
Medal Count[]
Rank | Country | ![]() |
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Total |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
2 | ![]() |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |