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Artistic Gymnastics
List of World Cup Finals
1975 London GBR 1 st World Cup Final All Around
1977 Oviedo ESP 2 nd World Cup Final All Around
1978 Sao Paulo BRA 3 rd World Cup Final All Around
1979 Tokyo JPN 4 th World Cup Final All Around
1980 Toronto CAN 5 th World Cup Final All Around
1982 Zagreb YUG 6 th World Cup Final All Around
1986 Beijing CHN 7 th World Cup Final All Around
1990 Brussels BEL 8 th World Cup Final All Around
1998 Sabae JPN 9 th World Cup Final Apparatus Finals
2000 Glasgow GBR 10 th World Cup Final Apparatus Finals
2002 Stuttgart GER 11 th World Cup Final Apparatus Finals
2004 Birmingham GBR 12 th World Cup Final Apparatus Finals
2006 Sao Paulo BRA 13 th World Cup Final Apparatus Finals
2008 Madrid ESP 14th World Cup Final (last) Apparatus Finals
COMMENTS
In 1975, the FIG sporadically decided to organise an original competition, reserved for the current best gymnasts. It was composed of a single and unique event, bringing together very few gymnasts in all around competition and in apparatus finals, giving just the slightest hint of a gala.
This atypical competition was therefore entitled World Cup. This initiative was taken in a particular context, since the world championships took place merely every 4 years.
This schedule was kept until 1990, the year in which the world championships cycle was modified.
In 1997, the FIG Executive Committee updated and made its international calendar consistent and took the decision to hold a World Cup Final (in even years) in alternance with the World Championships (in uneven years).
At the FIG Council in Cape Town (RSA) in May 2008, the members decided no longer to run any world cup and series finals for all FIG disciplines from January 2009.
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