Competition format
Qualifications, Team Finals, All Around Finals, and Apparatus Finals will be held in accordance with the 2022 FIG Technical Regulations valid in 2022 including Section 2 for Artistic Gymnastic, Reg.5.1, the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) Code of Points 2022-2024 (including NSL# 39 / December 2021 and # 1 / June 2022), the Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) Code of Points 2022-2024 (including NSL# 1 / March 2022 and Help Desk 1st Edition 2022), as well as other FIG technical directives. For gymnasts’ substitution or withdrawal, please refer to Section 2 Art 6. of the FIG Technical Regulations.
These World Championships comprise exercises on each of the various apparatus to determine the Team World Champion, the All-Around World Champion and the World Champion on each Apparatus.
These World Championships will serve to qualify:
· the 3 highest ranked teams for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (from the Team Final)
· the 8 highest ranked teams for the 2023 World Championships (from the teams' ranking results of the Qualifications).
Qualifications
Up to a maximum of 24 countries with a qualified Team may participate with 3 to five 5 gymnasts and 1 reserve. 4 gymnasts may compete on any single piece of apparatus and the 3 highest scores will be taken into account for the Team total.
For countries without a qualified team, a maximum of 5 qualified men and 5 qualified women may participate, either as:
- All-Around gymnasts (for a total of 40 MAG and 49 WAG All-Around gymnasts, with maximum 2 gymnasts per country and the host country if not already qualified with a Team or an Apparatus gymnast), or
- Apparatus gymnasts (for a total of 48 MAG and 32 WAG Apparatus gymnasts, with maximum 2 gymnasts per country per apparatus and not already qualified as All-Around gymnast). The qualified Apparatus gymnasts will only be allowed to compete on the apparatus they qualified for.
Federations are not permitted to request for the results of their individual gymnasts to count in the Team ranking, regardless of the number of All-Around and Apparatus gymnasts registered.
Only gymnasts who perform on all the apparatus are eligible to qualify for the All-Around Final. This includes any men’s and women’s Apparatus gymnasts qualified on all 6 apparatus for men and all 4 apparatus for women.
The 8 highest men’s and women’s teams based on the Team ranking results of the Qualifications will automatically qualify to the 2023 World Championships.
Team Final
The 8 teams having obtained the highest total scores in Qualifications take part in this competition. A team consists of maximum 5 gymnasts. 3 gymnasts compete on each apparatus. All scores will be added together for the total.
This is the first Olympic Qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris (FRA).
The best 3 teams from the Team Final will qualify to Paris 2024 (Criteria 1).
All-Around Final
24 gymnasts from the Qualifications will take part in this competition with a maximum of 2 gymnasts per country.
Apparatus Finals
On each apparatus, the 8 gymnasts (with a maximum of two (2) gymnasts per NF) who have obtained the highest total scores in the Qualifications perform an exercise (which on vault means two (2) vaults) on the respective apparatus.
General Tie-breaking Rules
Qualifications
Qualifications to all Finals: in the case of a tie at any place, the tie will be broken as follows:
Qualifications for the Team Final
In case of a tie in points at any place to qualify for the Team Final, the ranking will be determined by respecting the following criteria:
- The team with the highest sum of the team apparatus counting scores obtained will prevail (i.e. by adding the total of the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 highest apparatus team scores for men and the total of the 3, 2, 1 highest apparatus team scores for women).
If the tie remains, the teams will share the same ranking.
Qualifications for the All-Around Final
In case of a tie in points at any place to qualify for the All-Around Final, the ranking will be determined by respecting the following criteria:
1. The gymnast with the highest sum of the final apparatus scores obtained will prevail (i.e. by adding the total of the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 highest final apparatus scores for men and the total of the 3, 2, 1 highest final apparatus scores for women).
2. If the tie remains, the gymnast with the highest total E-score by adding all apparatus will prevail.
3. If the tie remains, the gymnast with the highest total D-score by adding all apparatus will prevail.
If the tie remains, the gymnasts will share the same ranking.
Qualifications for the Apparatus Finals
In case of a tie in points at any place on any apparatus, except vault, to qualify for the Apparatus Finals, the ranking will be determined by respecting the following criteria:
1. The gymnast with the highest E-score prevails.
2. The gymnast with the highest D-score prevails.
If the tie remains, the gymnasts will share the same ranking.
In case of a tie in points, at any place on vault, to qualify for the Apparatus Final, the ranking will be determined by respecting the following criteria:
1. The gymnast with the highest score of the two (2) vaults before the average for the final score prevails.
2. The gymnast with the highest E-score of either vault performed prevails.
3. The gymnast with the highest D-score of either vault performed prevails.
If the tie remains, the tie will not be broken.
Finals
Team Final
In case of a tie in points at any place in the Team Final, the ranking will be determined by respecting the following criteria:
- The team with the highest sum of the team apparatus counting scores obtained will prevail (i.e.by adding the total of the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 highest apparatus team scores for men and the total of the 3, 2, 1 highest apparatus team scores for women).
If the tie remains, the teams will share the same ranking.
All-Around Final
In case of a tie in points at any place in the All-Around Final, the ranking will be determined by respecting the following criteria:
1. The gymnast with the highest sum of the final apparatus scores obtained will prevail (i.e. by adding the total of the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 highest final apparatus scores for men and the total of the 3, 2, 1 highest final apparatus scores for women.
2. If the tie remains, the gymnast with the highest total E-score by adding all apparatus will prevail.
3. If the tie remains, the gymnast with the highest total D-score by adding all apparatus will prevail.
If the tie remains, the gymnasts will share the same ranking.
Apparatus Finals
In case of a tie in points of the final score at any place on all apparatus except vault, the ranking will be determined by respecting the following criteria:
1. The gymnast with the highest E-score prevails.
2. The gymnast with the highest D-score prevails.
If the tie remains, the gymnasts will share the same ranking
Vault Final
In case of a tie in points of the final score at any place on vault, the ranking will be determined by respecting the following criteria:
1. The gymnast with the highest score of the two (2) vaults before the average for the final score prevails.
2. The gymnast with the highest E-score of either vault performed prevails.
3. The gymnast with the highest D-score of either vault performed prevails.
If the tie remains, the gymnasts will share the same ranking.