World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Men's parallel bars

The following is a list of men's parallel bars champions at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Men's parallel bars was an inaugural event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and has been held in every event since its inception.

The first event was in 1903, and followed every other year until and including 1913. Competitions were not held during World War I, ultimately returning in 1922, and was then held every fourth year, until and including 1942. Competitions resumed after World War II, starting in 1950. It continued every fourth even year until and including 1978. The next event was held a year later, when the schedule was switched to an every-odd year until and including 1991. It then became an annual event, until and including 1997. It was next held in 1999. During the 21st century, the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships became an annual event held each non-Summer Olympic year.

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.

Medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1903[1]	Antwerp	Josef Martinez François Hentges	-	Eugène Dua André Bordang
1905[2]	Bordeaux	Josef Martinez Marcel Lalue	-	Pierre Paysse
1907[3]	Prague	Joseph Lux	Josef Čada	Louis Ségura František Erben
1909[4]	Luxembourg	Josef Martinez	Marco Torrès Auguste Castille Josef Čada	-
1911[5]	Turin	Giorgio Zampori	Dominique Follaci	Jules Labeeu Antoine Costa Jules Lecoutre Paolo Salvi Stane Vidmar Ferdinand Steiner
1913[6]	Paris	Giorgio Zampori Guido Boni	-	Pierre Hentges
1915–1917	Not held due to World War I
1922[7]	Ljubljana	Leon Stuckelj	Miroslav Klinger Stanislav Indruch Stane Vidmar Stane Derganc Vladimir Simoncic	-
1926[8]	Lyon	Ladislav Vácha	Jan Gajdos	Leon Stuckelj
1930[9]	Luxembourg	Josip Primozic	Alfred Krauss	Ladislav Vácha
1934[10]	Budapest	Eugene Mack	Josef Walter	Walter Bach
1938[11]	Prague	Michael Reusch	Alois Hudec	Josip Primozic
1942	Not held due to World War II
1950[12]	Basel	Hans Eugster	Olavi Rove	Raymond Dot
1954[13]	Rome	Viktor Chukarin	Josef Stalder	Helmuth Bantz Masao Takemoto Hans Eugster
1958[14]	Moscow	Boris Shakhlin	Takashi Ono	Pavel Stolbov
1962[15]	Prague	Miroslav Cerar	Boris Shakhlin	Yukio Endo
1966[16]	Dortmund	Sergei Diomidov	Mikhail Voronine	Miroslav Cerar
1970[17]	Ljubljana	Akinori Nakayama	Eizo Kenmotsu Mikhail Voronine	-
1974[18]	Varna	Eizo Kenmotsu	Nicolai Andrianov	Vladimir Marchenko
1978[19]	Strasbourg	Eizo Kenmotsu	Hiroshi Kajiyama Nicolai Andrianov	-
1979[20]	Fort Worth	Bart Conner	Aleksandr Tkachyov Kurt Thomas	-
1981[21]	Moscow	Koji Gushiken Alexander Dityatin	-	Nobuyuki Kajitani
1983[22]	Budapest	Lou Yun Vladimir Artemov	-	Tong Fei Koji Sotomura
1985[23]	Montreal	Sylvio Kroll Valentin Mogilny	-	Koji Gushiken
1987[24]	Rotterdam	Vladimir Artemov	Dimitri Bilozertchev	Sven Tippelt
1989[25]	Stuttgart	Li Jing Vladimir Artemov	-	Andreas Wecker
1991[26]	Indianapolis	Li Jing	Igor Korobchinski	Guo Linyao
1992[27]	Paris	Li Jing Alexei Voropaev	-	Valeri Belenki
1993[28]	Birmingham	Vitali Scherbo	Igor Korobchinski	Valeri Belenki
1994[29]	Brisbane	Huang Liping	Rustam Sharipov	Alexei Nemov
1995[30]	Sabae	Vitali Scherbo	Huang Liping	Hikaru Tanaka
1996[31]	San Juan	Rustam Sharipov	Vitali Scherbo Alexei Nemov	-
1997[32]	Lausanne	Zhang Jinjing	Li Xiaopeng	Naoya Tsukahara
1999[33]	Tianjin	Lee Joo-Hyung	Alexei Bondarenko Naoya Tsukahara	-
2001[34]	Ghent	Sean Townsend	Eric Lopez Rios	Ivan Ivankov
2002[35]	Debrecen	Li Xiaopeng	Mitja Petkovšek	Alexei Sinkevich
2003[36]	Anaheim	Li Xiaopeng	Huang Xu Alexei Nemov	-
2005[37]	Melbourne	Mitja Petkovšek	Li Xiaopeng	Yann Cucherat
2006[38]	Aarhus	Yang Wei	Hiroyuki Tomita Yoo Won-Chul	-
2007[39]	Stuttgart	Kim Dae-Eun Mitja Petkovšek	-	Anton Fokin
2009	London	Wang Guanyin	Feng Zhe	Kazuhito Tanaka
2010	Rotterdam	Feng Zhe	Teng Haibin	Kōhei Uchimura
2011	Tokyo	Danell Leyva	Vasileios Tsolakidis	Zhang Chenglong
2013	Antwerp	Kōhei Uchimura Chaopan Lin	-	John Orozco
2014	Nanning	Oleg Verniaiev	Danell Leyva	Ryohei Kato
2015	Glasgow	You Hao	Oleg Verniaiev	Oleg Stepko Deng Shudi

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