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 (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) 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.

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1938	Prague *	Vlasta Děkanová *	unknown	unknown
1950	Basel	Helena Rakoczy	Gertrude Kolar	Alexandra 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 (3)	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
2021	Kitakyushu	Rebeca Andrade	Asia D'Amato	Angelina Melnikova
2022	Liverpool	Jade Carey	Jordan Chiles	Coline Devillard
2023	Antwerp	Rebeca Andrade	Simone Biles	Yeo Seo-jeong

* 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 2023 World Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	7	8	5	20
2	United States	7	8	4	19
3	Romania	6	9	6	21
4	Russia	5	4	0	9
5	China	3	1	0	4
6	Czechoslovakia	3	0	1	4
7	East Germany	2	2	4	8
8	Brazil	2	0	1	3
9	North Korea	1	3	1	5
10	Uzbekistan	1	2	2	5
11	Hungary	1	1	0	2
12	Sweden	1	0	1	2
13	Belarus	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
17	CIS [a]	0	1	1	2
	Germany	0	1	1	2
	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
20	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
23	France	0	0	3	3
24	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Russian Gymnastics Federation [b]	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Totals (29 entries)		43	44	37	124

Note

• ^[a] Official FIG documents credit medals earned by athletes from former Soviet Union at the 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Paris, France, as medals for CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).
• ^[b] At the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Kitakyushu, Japan, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), athletes from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated under name and flag of the RGF (Russian Gymnastics Federation).

Multiple medalists

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Years	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cheng Fei	China	2005–2007	3	0	0	3
2	Simone Biles	United States	2013–2023	2	3	1	6
3	Simona Amânar	Romania	1995–1999	2	2	0	4
4	Elena Zamolodchikova	Russia	1999–2003	2	1	0	3
5	Gina Gogean	Romania	1994–1997	2	0	2	4
6	Rebeca Andrade	Brazil	2021–2023	2	0	0	2
	Věra Čáslavská	Czechoslovakia	1962–1966	2	0	0	2
	McKayla Maroney	United States	2011–2012	2	0	0	2
	Maria Paseka	Russia	2015–2017	2	0	0	2
	Yelena Shushunova	Soviet Union	1985–1987	2	0	0	2
11	Oksana Chusovitina	Soviet Union CIS Uzbekistan Germany	1991–2011	1	4	4	9
12	Jade Carey	United States	2017–2022	1	2	0	3
13	Alicia Sacramone	United States	2005–2010	1	1	2	4
14	Hong Un-jong	North Korea	2013–2015	1	1	1	3
	Tamara Manina	Soviet Union	1954–1962	1	1	1	3
	Lavinia Miloșovici	Romania	1991–1994	1	1	1	3
17	Svetlana Khorkina	Russia	1994–2001	1	1	0	2
	Larisa Latynina	Soviet Union	1958–1962	1	1	0	2
	Henrietta Ónodi	Hungary	1991–1992	1	1	0	2
	Erika Zuchold	East Germany	1966–1970	1	1	0	2
21	Nellie Kim	Soviet Union	1978–1979	1	0	1	2
22	Ecaterina Szabo	Romania	1983–1985	0	2	0	2
	Stella Zakharova	Soviet Union	1979–1981	0	2	0	2
24	Steffi Kräker	East Germany	1978–1981	0	0	3	3

References

• FIG Results: 1903 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1905 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1907 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1909 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1911 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1913 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1922 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1926 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1930 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1958 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1962 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1970 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1978 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1987 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1993 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Individuals Competition)
• FIG Results: 1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team Competition)
• FIG Results: 1995 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1996 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• FIG Results: 2006 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
• FIG Results: 2007 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
• Results: 2009 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships