Gymnastics at the 1979 Summer Universiade
# Gymnastics at the 1979 Summer Universiade

The Gymnastics competitions in the 1979 Summer Universiade were held in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Floor | Sergei Khijniakov (URS) | Bohdan Makuts (URS) | Kyogi Yamawaki (JPN) |
| Pommel Horse | Bohdan Makuts (URS) | Fereno Donath (HUN) | Zoltán Magyar (HUN) |
| Rings | Alexander Checiches (ROU) | Sergei Khijniakov (URS) | Kyogi Yamawaki (JPN)  Fereno Donath (HUN) |
| Vault | Bohdan Makuts (URS)  Kyogi Yamawaki (JPN) | | Giorgy Kramaritz (HUN)  Kurt Szilier (ROU) |
| Parallel Bars | Bohdan Makuts (URS) | Peter Kovacs (HUN) | Fedor Kulaksizov (URS)  Kurt Szilier (ROU) |
| Horizontal Bar | Bohdan Makuts (URS) | Sergei Khijniakov (URS) | Junichi Kitagawa (JPN)  Hajime Mikami (JPN) |
| Individual all-around | Bohdan Makuts (URS) | Fedor Kulaksizov (URS) | Sergei Khijniakov (URS) |
| Team all-around | Soviet Union | Japan | Romania |

## Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Vault | Maria Filatova (URS) | Elena Davydova (URS) | Teodora Ungureanu (ROU) |
| Uneven Bars | Teodora Ungureanu (ROU)  Maria Filatova (URS) | | Anca Grigoras (ROU) |
| Beam | Teodora Ungureanu (ROU) | Anca Grigoras (ROU)  Svetlana Grozdova (URS) | |
| Floor | Maria Filatova (URS) | Teodora Ungureanu (ROU) | Elena Davydova (URS) |
| Individual all-around | Teodora Ungureanu (ROU) | Maria Filatova (URS) | Elena Davydova (URS) |
| Team all-around | Soviet Union | Romania | United States |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 11 | 7 | 4 | 22 |
| 2 | Romania (ROU) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 16 | 13 | 17 | 46 |
