World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's vault


Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were first held in 1934 at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1938, at the 11th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added.
The women's vault competition has been held in every year since its inception.
Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position. If three gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

Medalists

Bold number in brackets denotes record number of victories.
YearLocationGoldSilverBronze
1938 Prague * Vlasta Děkanová *unknownunknown
1950 Basel Helena Rakoczy Gertrude Kolar Alexandrine Lemoine
1954 Rome Tamara Manina
Ann-Sofi Pettersson		- Evy Berggren
1958 Moscow Larisa Latynina Lidia Kalinina
Tamara Manina
Sofia Muratova		-
1962 Prague Věra Čáslavská Larisa Latynina Tamara Manina
1966 Dortmund Věra Čáslavská Erika Zuchold Natalia Kuchinskaya
1970 Ljubljana Erika Zuchold Karin Janz Lyubov Burda
Ludmilla Tourischeva
1974 Varna Olga Korbut Ludmilla Tourischeva Božena Perdykulová
1978 Strasbourg Nellie Kim Nadia Comăneci Steffi Kräker
1979 Fort Worth Dumitrița Turner Stella Zakharova Nellie Kim
Steffi Kräker
1981 Moscow Maxi Gnauck Stella Zakharova Steffi Kräker
1983 Budapest Boriana Stoyanova Lavinia Agache
Ecaterina Szabó		-
1985 Montreal Yelena Shushunova Ecaterina Szabó Dagmar Kersten
1987 Rotterdam Yelena Shushunova Eugenia Golea Aurelia Dobre
1989 Stuttgart Olesia Dudnik Cristina Bontaș
Brandy Johnson		-
1991 Indianapolis Lavinia Miloșovici Oksana Chusovitina
Henrietta Ónodi		-
1992 Paris Henrietta Ónodi Svetlana Boginskaya Oksana Chusovitina
1993 Birmingham Elena Piskun Lavinia Miloșovici Oksana Chusovitina
1994 Brisbane Gina Gogean Svetlana Khorkina Lavinia Miloșovici
1995 Sabae Simona Amânar
Lilia Podkopayeva		- Gina Gogean
1996 San Juan Gina Gogean Simona Amânar Annia Portuondo
1997 Lausanne Simona Amânar Zhou Duan Gina Gogean
1999 Tianjin Elena Zamolodchikova Simona Amânar Maria Olaru
2001 Ghent Svetlana Khorkina Oksana Chusovitina Andreea Răducan
2002 Debrecen Elena Zamolodchikova Natalia Ziganshina Oksana Chusovitina
2003 Anaheim Oksana Chusovitina Kang Yun-mi
Elena Zamolodchikova		-
2005 Melbourne Cheng Fei Oksana Chusovitina Alicia Sacramone
2006 Aarhus Cheng Fei Alicia Sacramone Oksana Chusovitina
2007 Stuttgart Cheng Fei Hong Su-jong Alicia Sacramone
2009 London Kayla Williams Ariella Käslin Youna Dufournet
2010 Rotterdam Alicia Sacramone Aliya Mustafina Jade Barbosa
2011 Tokyo McKayla Maroney Oksana Chusovitina Phan Thị Hà Thanh
2013 Antwerp McKayla Maroney Simone Biles Hong Un-jong
2014 Nanning Hong Un-jong Simone Biles Mykayla Skinner
2015 Glasgow Maria Paseka Hong Un-jong Simone Biles
2017 Montreal Maria Paseka Jade Carey Giulia Steingruber
2018 Doha Simone Biles Shallon Olsen Alexa Moreno
2019 Stuttgart Simone Biles Jade Carey Ellie Downie

* There is conflicting and incomplete information about medal winners in the individual apparatus events at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as non-primary sources gives different information about it.

All-time medal count

Last updated after the 2019 World Championships.
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