Team Russia won their first team gold since the collapse of the
Soviet Union. The team event also marks the first time for
Chinese Taipei to make the team final and as a result they qualified for the
2020 Olympics in
Tokyo.
Individual all-around Kim Han-sol of
South Korea withdrew and was replaced by first alternate
Loris Frasca of
France.
Cuba's
Manrique Larduet also withdrew and was replaced by second alternate
Robert Tvorogal of
Lithuania.
2018 World champion
Artur Dalaloyan and bronze medalist
Nikita Nagornyy, both of
Russia, returned to the podium for the second consecutive year, winning silver and gold, respectively.
Ukraine's
Oleg Verniaiev, the
2016 Olympic silver medalist, won his first World medal in the all-around. Defending silver medalist
Xiao Ruoteng of
China narrowly missed the all-around podium for the first time this quad, finishing behind Verniaiev by less than three tenths.
Floor Carlos Yulo, the youngest competitor in the final, improved on his bronze-medal finish from the
2018 World Championships to win the
Philippines' first-ever World title in artistic gymnastics. No Japanese gymnast made the podium for the first time since the
2009 World Championships; the team's highest finisher in qualifications,
Daiki Hashimoto, was the third reserve.
Pommel horse Max Whitlock of
Great Britain won his third pommel horse title.
Rhys McClenaghan of
Ireland became his country's first world medalist by earning the bronze.
Rings Turkey's
İbrahim Çolak won the country's first-ever World title in artistic gymnastics. For the first time in the 2016–2020 Olympic cycle, not a single still rings Olympic medalist managed to finish on the podium. The current Olympic champion, silver medalist, and bronze medalist finished fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively, the same order as their 2016 Olympic finish.
Vault Parallel bars Two-time and reigning World Champion
Zou Jingyuan of
China failed to qualify to the final to try and win a third title in a row. Despite this, he earned the highest score of the competition in the team final with a 16.383.
Joe Fraser of
Great Britain became the first British athlete to win the gold on the parallel bars.
Horizontal bar Brazil's
Arthur Mariano became the first Brazilian athlete to win the gold medal on the high bar. ==Women's results==