The main governing bodies of the federation are the president and vice presidents, the Congress held every two years, the Executive Committee, the Council, and technical committees for each of the disciplines. In 2023, there were 161 national federations affiliated with World Gymnastics, one of which have been suspended, as well as one associated federation, one provisional federation and the following five continental unions: •
European Gymnastics (UEG) •
Pan-American Gymnastic Union (PAGU) •
Asian Gymnastic Union (AGU) •
African Gymnastics Union (UAG) •
Oceania Gymnastics Union (OGU) Across all disciplines, participation in World Gymnastics-sanctioned events exceeds 30,000 athletes, about 70% of whom are female.
Russia and Belarus suspension After the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Gymnastics barred Russian athletes and officials, including judges. It also announced that "all of the World Gymnastics World Cup and World Challenge Cup events planned to take place in Russia ... are cancelled, and no other World Gymnastics events will be allocated to Russia ... until further notice." World Gymnastics also banned the Russian flag at its events. In 19 July 2023, World Gymnastics decided to allow Russian and
Belarusian athletes and support personnels to participant events under
individual neutral athletes.
Presidents, and their tenures, of World Gymnastics Morinari Watanabe has served as president of the organization since his election in 2017. == Tournaments ==