The 32nd World Artistic Gymnastics Championships took place in 1996 in San Juan ( Puerto Rico ). Team and absolute primacy were excluded from the program.
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Medalists
Men
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Floor exercise | Vitaly Scherbo Belorussia | Alexey Voropaev Russia | Grigory Misyutin Ukraine |
| Horse | Pe Gil Soo DPRK | Li Donghua Switzerland | Alexey Nemov Russia |
| Rings | Yuri Keki Italy | Jordan Yovchev Bulgaria | not awarded |
| Sylvester Chollan Hungary | |||
| Vault | Alexey Nemov Russia | Yo Hong Chol The Republic of Korea | not awarded |
| Andrea Massucci Italy | |||
| Parallel bars | Rustam Sharipov Ukraine | Alexey Nemov Russia | not awarded |
| Vitaliy Scherbo Belorussia | |||
| Crossbar | JesΓΊs Carballo Spain | Krasimir Dunev Bulgaria | Vitaly Scherbo Belorussia |
Women
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Vault | Gina Gozhan Romania | Simone Aminar Romania | Anya Portuondo Cuba |
| Uneven bars | Svetlana Khorkina Russia Elena Piskun Belorussia | not awarded | Isabella Severino France |
| Log | Dina Kochetkova Russia | Alexandra Marinescu Romania | Dominic Doz USA Li Xuan China |
| Floor exercise | Gina Gozhan Romania Kui Yuanyuan China | not awarded | Lavinia Milosovici Romania Love Sheremet Ukraine |