1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Introduction The '''11th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships''' were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1938.
Medals
Men === Team final === Medal Country Points Image:Gold medal icon.svg Jan Gajdoš, Gustav Hrubý, Alois Hudec, Emanuel Löffler, Vratislav Petráček, Jan Sládek, Jindřich Tintěra 806.800 Image:Silver medal icon.svg  Albert Bachmann, Walter Beck, Eugen Mack, Hans Negelin, Michael Reusch, Leo Schürmann, ? ? Smid 791.833 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg Miroslav Forte, Boris Gregorka, Josip Kujundžić, Janez Pristov, Josip Primožič, Miloš Skrbinšek, Jože Vadnov 741.300 4  740.133 5  681.233 6  626.033 7  558.400 8  518.933=== All-around ===A total of 60 competitors were individually ranked in the all-around competition. Medal Country Gymnast Score Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Jan Gajdoš 138.06 Image:Silver medal icon.svg  Jan Sládek 137.46 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg  Eugen Mack 136.40 4  Alois Hudec 136.33 5  Leo Schürmann 134.53 6  Gustav Hrubý 133.83 7  Walter Beck 132.60 8  Hans Negelin 131.36 9  Emanuel Löffler 131.03 10  Vratislav Petráček 129.83=== Floor exercise === Medal Country Gymnast Score Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Jan Gajdoš 18.83 Image:Silver medal icon.svg  Alois Hudec 18.56 Image:Silver medal icon.svg  Eugen Mack 18.56 4  Michael Reusch18.36 5 (tie)  Vratislav Petráček 18.26 5 (tie)  ? ? Bealin 18.26 5 (tie)  Leo Schürmann 18.26 8  Lucien Masset 18.23 9  Emanuel Löffler 18.06 10  Walter Beck 18.00=== Pommel horse === Medal Country Gymnast Score Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Michael Reusch 19.56 Image:Silver medal icon.svg  Vratislav Petráček 19.46 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg  Leo Schürmann 19.40 4  Jan Gajdoš 19.16 5  Jan Sládek 19.06 6  Eugen Mack 18.90 7  Albert Bachmann 18.76 8  ? ? Smid 18.46 9  Alois Hudec 18.30 10  Jindřich Tintěra 18.23=== Rings === Medal Country Gymnast Score Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Alois Hudec 19.63 Image:Silver medal icon.svg  Michael Reusch 19.30 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg  Vratislav Petráček 18.76 4   Emanuel Löffler 18.43 5  ? ? Kosman 18.33 6  Eugen Mack 18.30 7 (tie)  Jan Gajdoš 18.26 7 (tie)  Miloš Skrbinšek 18.26 7 (tie)  Jindřich Tintěra 18.26 10  Miroslav Forte 17.90=== Vault === Medal Country Gymnast Score Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Eugen Mack 19.83 Image:Silver medal icon.svg  Walter Beck 19.66 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg  Hans Nagelin 19.50 4  Gustav Hrubý 19.36 5  Armand Walter 19.16 6  Leo Schürmann 19.06 7  Jey Kugeler 18.96 8  Albert Bachmann 18.93 9 (tie)  Alois Hudec 18.90 9 (tie)  Jože Vadnov 18.90=== Parallel bars === Medal Country Gymnast Score Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Michael Reusch 19.56 Image:Silver medal icon.svg  Alois Hudec 19.53 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg  Josip Primožič 18.73 4  Eugen Mack 18.66 5  Hans Negelin 18.46 6  Jan Gajdoš 18.33 7  Lucien Masset 18.16 8  ? ? Smid 18.13 9 (tie)  Walter Beck 18.10 9 (tie)  Leo Schürmann 18.10=== Horizontal bar === Medal Country Gymnast Score Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Michael Reusch 19.76 Image:Silver medal icon.svg  Alois Hudec 19.70 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg  Walter Beck 19.63 4  Eugen Mack 19.33 5  Josip Primožič 19.30 6  Leo Schürmann  19.16 7  Armand Walter 19.06 8 (tie)  Jan Gajdoš 19.03 8 (tie)  Josip Kujundžić 19.03 10  Jan Sládek 18.86
Women === Team final === Medal Country Points Image:Gold medal icon.svg Vlasta Děkanová, Božena Dobešová, Marie Hendrychová, Anna Nezerpová, Matylda Pálfyová, Marie Skálová, Zdeňka Veřmiřovská 552.76 Image:Silver medal icon.svg Ančka Hafner, Ema Kovacic, Marta Podpac, Marta Pustišek, Dušica Radivojević, Lidija Rupnik, Milena Sket, Jelica Vazzaz 513.96 Image:Bronze medal icon.svg  510.21   4  286.34=== All-around ===A total of 32 woman gymnasts were individually ranked for the all-around competition.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 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    83.66    82.71    81.98 4   80.30 5  80.10 6   78.88 7   78.86 8   78.70 9  77.83 10   76.96=== Vault === Medal Country Gymnast Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Vlasta Děkanová=== Parallel bars ===As of 1938, women sometimes still performed on the parallel bars, which are now exclusive to men in competition, rather than the uneven bars, which are now exclusive to women in competition. Medal Country Gymnast Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Matylda Pálfyová Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Vlasta Děkanová=== Balance beam === Medal Country Gymnast Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Vlasta Děkanová=== Floor exercise === Medal Country Gymnast Image:Gold medal icon.svg  Matylda Pálfyová
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