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1970: Gym Nerd Quiz about the World Championships

If you’re reading this site, you’re a gym nerd at heart. Now, it’s time to see just how much of a gym nerd you are. Take the quiz below to find out how much you know about the 1970 World Championships.

To study, you can review the posts on the 1970 men’s competition and the 1970 women’s competition.

1970: Gym Nerd Trivia – World Championships
1. Where did the 1970 World Championships take place?
2. Which team won the men’s team gold at the 1970 World Championships?
3. Which team won the women’s team gold at the 1970 World Championships?
4. Which women’s team was leading after compulsories?
5. Who won the men’s all-around title at the 1970 World Championships?
6. Who won the women’s all-around title at the 1970 World Championships?
7. Who won the gold medal on uneven bars?
8. Who won the gold medal on floor (WAG)?
9. Who won the men’s pommel horse title at the 1970 World Championships?
10. Who won the men’s vault title at the 1970 World Championships?
11. True or False: The men’s high bar final reportedly started around 11 pm because the awards ceremonies took a long time.
12. True or False: The Japanese men swept both the all-around and floor exercise podiums at the 1970 World Championships.
13. True or False: Kenmotsu attempted a triple twist on floor at the 1970 World Championships.
14. True or False: Tsukahara debuted his eponymous vault in 1970.
15. True or False: Risk, Originality, and Virtuosity were part of the Women’s Code of Points at that time.
16. True or False: At the 1970 FIG Congress, the competitive age for women’s artistic gymnastics was lowered to 14.
17. True or False: Cathy Rigby won the USA’s first gold medal at the World Championships.
18. True or False: There was supposed to be a qualifications process for the 1970 World Championships, but it failed due to political tensions with South Africa.
19. True or False: The uneven bars collapsed on Hungarian gymnast Békési at the 1970 World Championships.
20. True or False: The 1970 World Championships were the last World Championships or Olympic Games that determined the individual all-around and team winners at the same time.
21. True or False: Zinaida Voronina was named “Miss Gymnastics 1970”

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Answers: 1. Ljubljana. 2. Japan. 3. Soviet Union 4. East Germany 5. Kenmotsu 6. Tourischeva 7. Janz 8. Tourischeva 9. Cerar. It was the only gold that the Japanese men’s team did not capture. 10. Tsukahara 11. True 12. True 13. True 14. True 15. False. 16. True 17. False 18. True 19. False. They collapsed on her during a competition in 1971. 20. True. At the 1972 Olympics, there was an all-around final for the first time. 21. True.

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