2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships | |
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![]() The SSE Hydro, where the competition took place | |
Venue | The SSE Hydro |
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Start date | 23 October 2015 |
End date | 1 November 2015 |
The 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was the 46th edition of the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.[1][2] The competition was held from 23 October – 1 November 2015 at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow, United Kingdom, and is the first time that Scotland hosted the event.[3] The competition served as a qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
Japan won the men's team all-around competition for the first time since 1978, and the United States won the women's team all-around title for the third straight time. In the individual all-around competitions, Kōhei Uchimura and Simone Biles won their sixth and third successive title, respectively. Qualifying in thirteenth place, team Romania failed to automatically qualify to the Olympic Games for the first time since 1966.
On December 4, 2015, British Gymnastics announced that the event had been named "Sporting Event of the Year" by The Sunday Mail.[5]