1997–1998 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series
# 1997–1998 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series

The 1997–1998 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series was a series of stages where events in men's and women's artistic gymnastics were contested. The International Gymnastics Federation revived the World Cup, an event which was not held since 1990, as a two-year long competition, culminating at a final event — the World Cup Final in 1998. A number of qualifier stages were held. The top 3 gymnast in each apparatus at the qualifier events would receive medals and prize money. Gymnasts who finished in the top 8 would also receive points that would be added up to a ranking which would qualify individual gymnasts for the biennial World Cup Final.

## Stages

| Year | Event | Location |
| - | - | - |
| 1997 | World Cup qualifier | Stuttgart, Germany |
| 1997 | World Cup qualifier | Zürich, Switzerland |
| 1998 | World Cup qualifier | Paris, France |
| 1998 | World Cup qualifier | Vancouver, Canada |
| 1998 | World Cup Final | Mie, Japan |

## Medalists

### Men

| Competition | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuttgart (1997) | Floor exercise | Li Xiaopeng | Aleksei Nemov | Dimitri Karbanenko |
| Stuttgart (1997) | Pommel horse | Marius Urzică | Valery Belenky | Eric Poujade |
| Stuttgart (1997) | Rings | Ivan Ivankov | Szilveszter Csollány | Valery Belenky |
| Stuttgart (1997) | Vault | Aleksei Nemov | Sergei Fedorchenko | Hrihoriy Misyutin |
| Stuttgart (1997) | Parallel bars | Ivan Ivankov | Andreu Vivó | Li Xiaopeng |
| Stuttgart (1997) | Horizontal bar | Jesús Carballo | Sergei Fedorchenko | Ivan Ivankov |
| Zurich (1997) | Floor exercise | Li Xiaopeng | Aleksei Bondarenko | Aleksei Nemov |
| Zurich (1997) | Pommel horse | Eric Poujade | Zhang Jinjing | Valery Belenky |
| Zurich (1997) | Rings | Szilveszter Csollány | Ivan Ivankov | Valery Belenky |
| Zurich (1997) | Vault | Sergei Fedorchenko | Yeo Hong-chul | Aleksei Nemov |
| Zurich (1997) | Parallel bars | Zhang Jinjing | Li Xiaopeng | Ivan Ivankov |
| Zurich (1997) | Horizontal bar | Jesús Carballo | Ivan Ivankov | Aleksei Nemov |
| Paris (1998) | Floor exercise | Dimitri Karbanenko | Aleksei Bondarenko | Sergei Fedorchenko |
| Paris (1998) | Pommel horse | Eric Poujade | Ivan Ivankov | Alexander Beresch |
| Paris (1998) | Rings | Ivan Ivankov | Szilveszter Csollány | Roberto Galli |
| Paris (1998) | Vault | Sergei Fedorchenko | Leszek Blanik | Aleksei Bondarenko |
| Paris (1998) | Parallel bars | Zhang Jinjing | Ivan Ivankov | Li Xiaopeng |
| Paris (1998) | Horizontal bar | Aljaž Pegan | Ivan Ivankov | Alexander Beresch |
| Vancouver (1998) | Floor exercise | Aleksei Bondarenko | Aleksei Nemov | Li Xiaopeng |
| Vancouver (1998) | Pommel horse | Eric Poujade | Zhang Jinjing | Aleksei Nemov |
| Vancouver (1998) | Rings | Szilveszter Csollány | Dimosthenis Tampakos | Aleksei Bondarenko |
| Vancouver (1998) | Vault | Sergei Fedorchenko | Leszek Blanik | Yeo Hong-chul |
| Vancouver (1998) | Parallel bars | Ivan Ivankov | Huang Xu | Mitja Petkovšek |
| Vancouver (1998) | Horizontal bar | Jesús Carballo | Aleksei Nemov | Ivan Ivankov |
| Mie (1998 World Cup Final) | Floor exercise | Li Xiaopeng | Aleksei Nemov | Isao Yoneda |
| Mie (1998 World Cup Final) | Pommel horse | Eric Poujade Marius Urzică Zhang Jinjing | — | — |
| Mie (1998 World Cup Final) | Rings | Szilveszter Csollány | Ivan Ivankov | Shigeru Kurihara |
| Mie (1998 World Cup Final) | Vault | Aleksei Nemov | Aleksei Bondarenko | Sergei Fedorchenko |
| Mie (1998 World Cup Final) | Parallel bars | Aleksey Dmitrienko Li Xiaopeng Zhang Jinjing | — | — |
| Mie (1998 World Cup Final) | Horizontal bar | Ivan Ivankov | Sergei Fedorchenko | Zoltán Supola |

### Women

| Competition | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuttgart (1997) | Vault | Simona Amânar | Adrienn Varga | Gina Gogean |
| Stuttgart (1997) | Uneven bars | Svetlana Khorkina | Bi Wenjing | Liu Xuan |
| Stuttgart (1997) | Balance beam | Gina Gogean | Svetlana Khorkina | Bi Wenjing |
| Stuttgart (1997) | Floor exercise | Svetlana Khorkina | Gina Gogean | Simona Amânar |
| Zurich (1997) | Vault | Kui Yuanyuan | Svetlana Khorkina | Adrienn Varga |
| Zurich (1997) | Uneven bars | Bi Wenjing | Svetlana Khorkina | Liu Xuan |
| Zurich (1997) | Balance beam | Kui Yuanyuan | Ludivine Furnon | Olga Teslenko |
| Zurich (1997) | Floor exercise | Svetlana Khorkina | Ludivine Furnon | Alena Polozkova |
| Paris (1998) | Vault | Simona Amânar | Adrienn Varga | Kui Yuanyuan |
| Paris (1998) | Uneven bars | Bi Wenjing | Svetlana Khorkina | Elvire Teza |
| Paris (1998) | Balance beam | Gina Gogean | Elvire Teza | Liu Xuan |
| Paris (1998) | Floor exercise | Alena Polozkova | Elena Produnova | Ludivine Furnon |
| Vancouver (1998) | Vault | Adrienn Varga | Simona Amânar | Kui Yuanyuan |
| Vancouver (1998) | Uneven bars | Liu Xuan | Bi Wenjing | Elise Ray |
| Vancouver (1998) | Balance beam | Bi Wenjing | Kui Yuanyuan | Ludivine Furnon |
| Vancouver (1998) | Floor exercise | Ludivine Furnon | Alena Polozkova | Svetlana Khorkina |
| Mie (1998 World Cup Final) | Vault | Simona Amânar | Gina Gogean | Kui Yuanyuan |
| Mie (1998 World Cup Final) | Uneven bars | Bi Wenjing | Svetlana Khorkina | Liu Xuan |
| Mie (1998 World Cup Final) | Balance beam | Liu Xuan | Kui Yuanyuan | Gina Gogean |
| Mie (1998 World Cup Final) | Floor exercise | Simona Amânar | Gina Gogean | Alena Polozkova |

### Medal table

**Overall**

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China | 16 | 8 | 11 | 35 |
| 2 | Romania | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Russia | 6 | 13 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Belarus | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| 5 | France | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Hungary | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | Totals (17 entries) | 54 | 48 | 48 | 150 |

**Men**

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Belarus | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | France | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | Russia | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| 6 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Romania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 34 | 28 | 28 | 90 |

**Women**

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Romania | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | France | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Belarus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
