1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Location	Prague, Czechoslovakia
	← 1934 1950 →

The 11th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia in the year 1938.

Medals[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	11	6	2	19
2	Switzerland (SUI)	4	4	4	12
3	Kingdom of Yugoslavia	0	1	2	3
4	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		15	11	9	35

Men[]

Team final[]

Medal	Country	Points
	Czechoslovakia Jan Gajdoš, Gustav Hrubý, Alois Hudec, Emanuel Löffler, Vratislav Petráček, Jan Sládek, Jindřich Tintěra	806.800
	Switzerland Albert Bachmann, Walter Beck, Eugen Mack, , Michael Reusch, ,	791.833
	Yugoslavia Miroslav Forte, Boris Gregorka, , Janez Pristov, Josip Primožič, , Jože Vadnov	741.300
4	France	740.133
5	Poland	681.233
6	Luxembourg	626.033
7	Belgium	558.400
8	Bulgaria	518.933

All-around[]

A total of 60 competitors were individually ranked in the all-around competition.^[1]

Medal	Country	Gymnast	Score
	Czechoslovakia	Jan Gajdoš	138.06
	Czechoslovakia	Jan Sládek	137.46
	Switzerland	Eugen Mack	136.40
4	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec	136.33
5	Switzerland		134.53
6	Czechoslovakia	Gustav Hrubý	133.83
7	Switzerland	Walter Beck	132.60
8	Switzerland		131.36
9	Czechoslovakia	Emanuel Löffler	131.03
10	Czechoslovakia	Vratislav Petráček	129.83

Floor exercise[]

Medal	Country	Gymnast	Score
	Czechoslovakia	Jan Gajdoš	18.83
	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec	18.56
	Switzerland	Eugen Mack	18.56
4	Switzerland	Michael Reusch	18.36
5 (tie)	Czechoslovakia	Vratislav Petráček	18.26
5 (tie)	France		18.26
5 (tie)	Switzerland		18.26
8	France	Lucien Masset	18.23
9	Czechoslovakia	Emanuel Löffler	18.06
10	Switzerland	Walter Beck	18.00

Pommel horse[]

Medal	Country	Gymnast	Score
	Switzerland	Michael Reusch	19.56
	Czechoslovakia	Vratislav Petráček	19.46
	Switzerland		19.40
4	Czechoslovakia	Jan Gajdoš	19.16
5	Czechoslovakia	Jan Sládek	19.06
6	Switzerland	Eugen Mack	18.90
7	Switzerland	Albert Bachmann	18.76
8	Switzerland		18.46
9	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec	18.30
10	Czechoslovakia	Jindřich Tintěra	18.23

Rings[]

Medal	Country	Gymnast	Score
	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec	19.63
	Switzerland	Michael Reusch	19.30
	Czechoslovakia	Vratislav Petráček	18.76
4	Czechoslovakia	Emanuel Löffler	18.43
5	Poland		18.33
6	Switzerland	Eugen Mack	18.30
7 (tie)	Czechoslovakia	Jan Gajdoš	18.26
7 (tie)	Yugoslavia		18.26
7 (tie)	Czechoslovakia	Jindřich Tintěra	18.26
10	Yugoslavia	Miroslav Forte	17.90

Vault[]

Medal	Country	Gymnast	Score
	Switzerland	Eugen Mack	19.83
	Switzerland	Walter Beck	19.66
	Switzerland		19.50
4	Czechoslovakia	Gustav Hrubý	19.36
5	France	Armand Walter	19.16
6	Switzerland		19.06
7	Luxembourg	Jey Kugeler	18.96
8	Switzerland	Albert Bachmann	18.93
9 (tie)	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec	18.90
9 (tie)	Yugoslavia	Jože Vadnov	18.90

Parallel bars[]

Medal	Country	Gymnast	Score
	Switzerland	Michael Reusch	19.56
	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec	19.53
	Yugoslavia	Josip Primožič	18.73
4	Switzerland	Eugen Mack	18.66
5	Switzerland		18.46
6	Czechoslovakia	Jan Gajdoš	18.33
7	France	Lucien Masset	18.16
8	Switzerland		18.13
9 (tie)	Switzerland	Walter Beck	18.10
9 (tie)	Switzerland		18.10

Horizontal bar[]

Medal	Country	Gymnast	Score
	Switzerland	Michael Reusch	19.76
	Czechoslovakia	Alois Hudec	19.70
	Switzerland	Walter Beck	19.63
4	Switzerland	Eugen Mack	19.33
5	Yugoslavia	Josip Primožič	19.30
6	Switzerland		19.16
7	France	Armand Walter	19.06
8 (tie)	Czechoslovakia	Jan Gajdoš	19.03
8 (tie)	Yugoslavia		19.03
10	Czechoslovakia	Jan Sládek	18.86

Women[]

Team final[]

Medal	Country	Points
	Czechoslovakia Vlasta Děkanová, Božena Dobešová, , , Matylda Pálfyová, , Zdeňka Veřmiřovská	552.76
	Yugoslavia , , , Marta Pustišek, Dušica Radivojević, Lidija Rupnik, , Jelica Vazzaz^[2]^{[better source needed]}	513.96
	Poland	510.21
4	Bulgaria	286.34

All-around[]

A total of 32 woman gymnasts were individually ranked for the all-around competition.^[1] With the context of both the previous World Championships which were the first with a women's segment to the competition as well as the interceding Olympic Games, the outcome and composition of the women's all-around podium at these championships was significant. Reportedly, cheating occurred at the first 1934 women's installment of these games^[3] which, when undone, allowed the Czechoslovakian team and their foremost star Vlasta Děkanová to be the first-place finishers, as a team and individual, respectively. Going into the 1936 Olympics, the Czechoslovakians and Děkanová were the favorites, but had to take 2nd place behind the home-ground advantaged German team (who did not compete at the 1934 Worlds), and the top three scoring individuals were all German. These 1938 Worlds were hosted in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and this time all three spots on the all-around podium were occupied by individuals from the Czechoslovakian team. Děkanová (a Bohemian) successfully defended her first place finish from the previous worlds, Zdeňka Veřmiřovská (a Moravian) won silver, and Matylda Pálfyová (a Slovakian) won bronze. The three regions from which each hailed within the former Czechoslovakia were the 3 largest and most significant regions of that nation, so the fullest representation possible of geographical diversity within that country was made manifest on this all-around podium.

Rank	Gymnast	Total
	Vlasta Děkanová (TCH)	83.66
	Zdeňka Veřmiřovská (TCH)	82.71
	Matylda Pálfyová (TCH)	81.98
4	Janina Skirlińska (POL)	80.30
5	(TCH)	80.10
6	(TCH)	78.88
7	Lidija Rupnik (YUG)	78.86
8	(YUG)	78.70
9	(TCH)	77.83
10	Božena Dobešová (TCH)	76.96

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Vault[]

Medal	Country	Gymnast
	Czechoslovakia	Vlasta Děkanová

Parallel bars[]

(During these much earlier times, women sometimes still performed on the Parallel Bars, which has for nearly a century been exclusive to men in competition, rather than the Uneven Bars), which has for nearly a century been exclusive to women in competition.

Medal	Country	Gymnast
	Czechoslovakia	Matylda Pálfyová
	Czechoslovakia	Vlasta Děkanová

Balance beam[]

Medal	Country	Gymnast
	Czechoslovakia	Vlasta Děkanová

Floor exercise[]

Medal	Country	Gymnast
	Czechoslovakia	Matylda Pálfyová

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Macanovic, Hrvoje (July 30, 1938). "Setsko gimnasticko prvenstvo 1938 u Pragu" [World Gymnastics Championships 1938 in Prague.]. Sokolsky Glasnik (in Slovenian). Vol. 9, no. 26–29. p. 34. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
^ Vreca, Sanja (2016). ŽIVLJENJEPIS SLOVENSKIH VRHUNSKIH TELOVADK OD 1936 DO 1970 [Curriculum Vitae of Slovenian Top Gymnasts From 1936 to 1970] (PDF) (Diploma). University of Ljubljana. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
^ "Stříbrná zlatá Vlasta Děkanová - Mistryně světa v tělocviku". 18 August 2019.
^ "Ceskoslovensko vyhralo mezinarodni telocvicne zavody" [Czechoslovakia won international gym races.]. Vecer (in Czech). Vol. 25, no. 154. July 2, 1938. p. 30. Retrieved December 21, 2020.

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[Sokolsky_Glasnik-1] Macanovic, Hrvoje (July 30, 1938). "Setsko gimnasticko prvenstvo 1938 u Pragu" [World Gymnastics Championships 1938 in Prague.]. Sokolsky Glasnik (in Slovenian). Vol. 9, no. 26–29. p. 34. Retrieved January 11, 2021.

[2] Vreca, Sanja (2016). ŽIVLJENJEPIS SLOVENSKIH VRHUNSKIH TELOVADK OD 1936 DO 1970 [Curriculum Vitae of Slovenian Top Gymnasts From 1936 to 1970] (PDF) (Diploma). University of Ljubljana. Retrieved January 11, 2021.

[3] "Stříbrná zlatá Vlasta Děkanová - Mistryně světa v tělocviku". 18 August 2019.

[4] "Ceskoslovensko vyhralo mezinarodni telocvicne zavody" [Czechoslovakia won international gym races.]. Vecer (in Czech). Vol. 25, no. 154. July 2, 1938. p. 30. Retrieved December 21, 2020.

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