The 19th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Strasbourg, France, in 1978 from October 23 to October 29.

The new rule was introduced: eight gymnasts competed in each of the apparatus finals.

A video control system was installed near each apparatus to help judges in disputable situations.^[1] For the first time it was used at the 1977 European Championships.

Medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	USSR	7	7	4	18
2	Japan	4	3	0	7
3	United States	2	0	1	3
4	Romania	1	2	4	7
5	Hungary	1	0	0	1
6	West Germany	0	2	0	2
7	East Germany	0	0	4	4
8	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2

Men

All-around

1st	Nikolai Andrianov (URS)	117.200
2nd	Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)	116.550
3rd	Alexander Dityatin (URS)	116.375

Apparatus

Floor exercise

1st	Kurt Thomas (USA)	19.650
2nd	Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)	19.575
3rd	Alexander Dityatin (URS)	19.400

Pommel horse

1st	Zoltán Magyar (HUN)	19.800
2nd	Eberhard Gienger (FRG)	19.425
3rd	Stojan Deltchev (BUL)	19.400

Rings

1st	Nikolai Andrianov (URS)	19.700
2nd	Alexander Dityatin (URS)	19.675
3rd	Danuţ Grecu (ROU)	19.650

Vault

1st	Junichi Shimizu (JPN)	19.600
2nd	Nikolai Andrianov (URS)	19.575
3rd	Ralph Baerthel (GDR)	19.550

Parallel bars

1st	Eizo Kenmotsu (JPN)	19.600
2nd	Hiroshi Kajiyama (JPN)	19.575
2nd	Nikolai Andrianov (URS)	19.575

Horizontal bar

1st	Shigeru Kasamatsu (JPN)	19.675
2nd	Eberhard Gienger (FRG)	19.650
3rd	Stojan Deltchev (BUL)	19.600
3rd	Gennady Krysin (URS)	19.600

Team final

1st	Japan	579.850
2nd	USSR	578.950
3rd	East Germany	571.750

Women

All-around

1st	165 Elena Mukhina (URS)	78.725
2nd	167 Nellie Kim (URS)	78.575
3rd	166 Natalia Shaposhnikova (URS)	77.875

Apparatus

Vault

1st	167 Nellie Kim (URS)	19.625
2nd	141 Nadia Comăneci (ROU)	19.600
3rd	134 Steffi Kraker (GDR)	19.550

Uneven bars

1st	60 Marcia Frederick (USA)	19.800
2nd	165 Elena Mukhina (URS)	19.725
3rd	145 Emilia Eberle (ROU)	19.625

Balance beam

1st	141 Nadia Comăneci (ROU)	19.625
2nd	165 Elena Mukhina (URS)	19.600
3rd	145 Emilia Eberle (ROU)	19.575

Floor exercise

1st	167 Nellie Kim (URS)	19.775
1st	165 Elena Mukhina (URS)	19.775
3rd	145 Emilia Eberle (ROU)	19.525
3rd	68 Kathy Johnson (USA)	19.525

Team final

1st	USSR	164 Maria Filatova	388.750
		166 Natalia Shaposhnikova
		165 Elena Mukhina
		167 Nellie Kim
		168 Svetlana Agapova
		Tatiana Arzhannikova
2nd	Romania	141 Nadia Comăneci	384.250
		145 Emilia Eberle
		144 Marilena Neacsu
		142 Teodora Ungureanu
		Anca Grigoraş
		147 Marilena Vlădărău
3rd	East Germany	134 Steffi Kraker	382.250
		135 Silvia Hindorff
		139 Birgit Süß
		136 Heike Kunhardt
		137 Karola Sube
		Ute Wittwer

References

1. ^ "Within the IFs". Olympic Review (132–133): p. 644. October–November 1978. http://www.aafla.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1978/ore132/ore132z.pdf. Retrieved 2006-04-11. 

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