The 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at the Rotterdam Ahoy indoor sporting arena in the Netherlands from 16 to 24 October 2010. In this year's championships, there was a total of 73 participating federations with 615 gymnasts (343 men and 272 women). 53 men's and 44 women's teams competed. Competition schedule The competition schedule was as follows (Local time, CEST): Saturday, 16 October 2010 10:00 – 22:00 Women's qualifying competition Sunday, 17 October 2010 10:00 – 19:15 Women's qualifying competition Monday, 18 October 2010 09:00 – 22:15 Men's qualifying competition Tuesday, 19 October 2010 09:00 – 22:15 Men's qualifying competition Wednesday, 20 October 2010 17:00 – 19:00 Women's team final Thursday, 21 October 2010 17:00 – 20:00 Men's team final Friday, 22 October 2010 16:00 – 18:30 Men's all-round final 19:30 – 22:00 Women's all-round final Saturday, 23 October 2010 14:00 – 18:00 Women's event finals: vault, bars 14:00 – 18:00 Men's event finals: floor, pommel horse, rings Sunday, 24 October 2010 14:00 – 18:00 Women's event finals: beam, floor 14:00 – 18:00 Men's event finals: vault, bars, high bar Participating Countries Some of the countries that participated. Bulgaria Great Britain Gymnasts More than 70 countries were expected to compete in the event. Oldest and youngest competitors Medalists Men's results Qualification Team all-around Oldest and youngest competitors The top three scores from each country for each apparatus was counted towards the total. In the qualifying round, the top four were counted. In all, 45 nations entered the qualifying round. Unlike the women's team event, there was more inconsistency in the strengths and weaknesses of the team. China qualified first overall; they came first in the parallel bars, second or third in three apparatuses, but tenth in the floor. Japan qualified second, 1.082 behind. They came first in rings, second or third in three disciplines and 11th in floor. The US were third, more than four points behind. They came first in high bar, but 13th in pommel horse, and between fourth and sixth in the other events. They were ahead of Great Britain by only 0.059. Great Britain came first in floor and pommel but were only ninth and tenth in parallel bars and rings respectively. Germany was fifth, followed by Russia, who came first in vault but were eighth or worse in three disciplines. The last two teams to qualify were Korea and France, the latter denying