The Asian Gymnastic Union (AGU) organizes Asian Gymnastics Championships for each of the FIG gymnastic disciplines: men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, aerobic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics. This article lists only the senior editions of the Asian Gymnastics Championships, in which competitors must be over 16 years of age. Specific editions of the Asian Championships also exist for junior athletes; for example, the first edition of the Junior Asian Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in 1971, but the first senior edition of the tournament was only held in 1996. [1] Similarly, Junior Asian Trampoline Championships were held in 2010 and 2012, but only in 2014 the Asian Gymnastics Union held a senior tournament in conjunction with the junior championships for the first time. [2]
Edition | Year | Venue | Date | Ref. |
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1 | 1992 | Hong Kong | December 11–13, 1992 | [3] [4] |
2 | 1994 | Shenzhen, China | April 1994 | [3] [4] |
3 | 1996 | Kawasaki, Japan | December 1996 | [3] [5] |
4 | 1998 | Kazakhstan | June 1998 | [3] [6] [7] |
5 | 2000 | Kazakhstan | September 2000 | [3] [8] |
6 | 2007 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | July 4–9, 2007 | [9] [10] [11] |
7 | 2010 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | May 27–29, 2010 | [12] |
8 | 2013 | Pavlodar, Kazakhstan | April 27–29, 2013 | |
9 | 2015 | Linan, China | September 17–19, 2015 | |
10 | 2017 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | September 17–19, 2017 | |
11 | 2019 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | October 10–12, 2019 | [13] |
12 | 2022 | Pavlodar, Kazakhstan | September 23–28, 2022 | [14] |
13 | 2023 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | October 18–20, 2023 | [15] |
Edition | Year | Venue | Date | Ref. |
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1 | 2009 | Bangkok, Thailand | March 27–29, 2009 | |
2 | 2010 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | December 16–18, 2010 | |
3 | 2012 | Palembang, Indonesia | October 18–19, 2012 | |
4 | 2014 | Hoengseong, South Korea | November 19–21, 2014 | |
5 | 2015 | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | December 11–13, 2015 | |
6 | 2017 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | September 13–18, 2017 | |
7 | 2022 | Pattaya, Thailand | September 3–5, 2022 | |
8 | 2023 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | September 14–19, 2023 |
Edition | Year | Venue | Date | Ref. |
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1 | 1996 | Changsha, China | September 1996 | [1] |
2 | 2003 | Guangzhou, China | November 22–25, 2003 | [1] |
3 | 2006 | Surat, India | July 30–August 3, 2006 | [1] |
4 | 2008 | Doha, Qatar | November 15–18, 2008 | [1] |
5 | 2012 | Putian, China | November 11–14, 2012 | |
6 | 2015 | Hiroshima, Japan | July 31–August 2, 2015 | |
7 | 2017 | Bangkok, Thailand | May 18–21, 2017 | |
8 | 2019 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | June 19–22, 2019 | |
9 | 2022 | Doha, Qatar | June 15–18, 2022 | |
10 | 2023 | Singapore | June 10–18, 2023 | |
11 | 2024 (MAG) | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | May 16–19, 2024 | [16] |
2024 (WAG) | May 24–26, 2024 | [17] | ||
12 | 2025 (MAG) | Jecheon, South Korea | June 5–8, 2025 | [18] |
2025 (WAG) | June 12–16, 2025 | [19] |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 92 | 51 | 32 | 175 |
2 | Japan (JPN) | 22 | 33 | 25 | 80 |
3 | Philippines (PHI) | 11 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
4 | North Korea (PRK) | 9 | 19 | 17 | 45 |
5 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
6 | South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 16 | 28 | 51 |
7 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 |
8 | Vietnam (VIE) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
9 | Jordan (JOR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
10 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
11 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
12 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
13 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
14 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
15 | Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
16 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 159 | 150 | 154 | 463 |
Event | CHN | HKG | INA | IND | IRI | JOR | JPN | KAZ | KOR | MAS | PHI | PRK | SGP | SYR | THA | TPE | UZB | VIE | YEM | |
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Uneven bars | ||||||||||||||||||||
Balance beam | ||||||||||||||||||||
Floor exercise |
Edition | Year | Venue | Date | Ref. |
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1 | 1996 | Changsha, China | September 1996 | [1] |
2 | 2004 | Yangzhou, China | June 10–13, 2004 | [1] |
3 | 2006 | Surat, India | July 30–August 3, 2006 | [1] |
4 | 2009 | Astana, Kazakhstan | October 15–18, 2009 | |
5 | 2011 | Astana, Kazakhstan | June 15–17, 2011 | |
6 | 2013 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | June 5–8, 2013 | |
7 | 2015 | Jecheon, South Korea | June 10–13, 2015 | |
8 | 2016 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | May 8–10, 2016 | |
9 | 2017 | Astana, Kazakhstan | June 24–26, 2017 | |
10 | 2018 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | April 29–May 2, 2018 | [20] |
11 | 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | June 20–23, 2019 | [20] |
12 | 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | June 8–10, 2021 | [21] |
13 | 2022 | Pattaya, Thailand | June 23–26, 2022 | [22] |
14 | 2023 | Manila, Philippines | May 31–June 3, 2023 | [23] |
15 | 2024 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | May 2-4, 2024 | [24] |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 36 | 31 | 26 | 93 |
2 | China (CHN) | 29 | 24 | 23 | 76 |
3 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 28 | 26 | 28 | 82 |
4 | Japan (JPN) | 19 | 28 | 30 | 77 |
5 | South Korea (KOR) | 11 | 10 | 11 | 32 |
6 | Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
7 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (9 entries) | 124 | 120 | 128 | 372 |
Edition | Year | Location | Date | Ref. |
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1 | 2014 | Chiba, Japan | June 2–4, 2014 | |
2 | 2018 | Makati, Philippines | May 19–20, 2018 | [20] |
3 | 2024 | Hong Kong, China | May 11–12, 2024 | [25] |
Since 2018, the Asian Gymnastics Union organizes Asian Gymnastics Cups in gymnastics. Similar events have been organized in different continents, such as the Americas and Europe.
Event | Year | Location | Date | Ref. |
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1st Aerobic Gymnastics Asian Cup | 2018 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | September 13–16, 2018 | [20] |
1st Rhythmic Gymnastics Asian Cup | 2018 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | October 25–28, 2018 | [20] |
1st Junior Artistic Gymnastics Asian Cup | 2019 | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | June 12–15, 2019 | [20] |
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