Champions All,  - Still Rings
The Frenchman Joseph Martinez, who was best in the wake of the World Championships in 1903, is considered to be the first World Champion. In 1905 and 1907, it could not be decide whether the rings should be swinging or not – therefore the rings were simply left out. Frenchmen, Czechs and Italians led for a long time, until the small Slovene Leon Stukelj  came up and became Olympic Champion and World Champion twice. In Berlin, at the age of 38, he even achieved the silver medal, behind the Czech Hudec, who achieved the Golden one. The “power master” of the 1950ies was the man with the little beard: Albert Asarjan, who started the longstanding Soviet and Japanese dominance at the rings in 1954 and 1958. 
Titov, Voronin, Nakayama, Andrianow, Ditjatin and Gushiken are the names of the most remarkable giants. The 1990'ies will always be remembered due to the fivefold World Champion and “Lord of the rings” Juri Chechi. In his footsteps the Hungarian Szilvester Csollany was following, being the favourite for Ghent, but was beten there by Jordan Jovtchev. The successful revenge came 2002 at his Hungarian home, and in Anaheim 2003 dominated Tampakos and Jovtchev together...
but from Melbourne 2005 on dominates
Yuri van Gelder as "King of the Rings" and won the very first medal for the Netherlands. 2006 in Aarhus won CHEN, Yibing the third ring's medal for China.


German

   World Champions all, Still Rings (... from 1903 on)

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Year

- German finalists

2006
Aarhus
CHEN, Yibing Jordan Jovtchev (BUL) Yuri van Gelder (NED) 4. YANG, Wei (CHN)
5. Ivan IVANKOV (BLR)
6. Alex. SAFOSHKIN (RUS)
7. Andrea COPPOLINO (ITA)
8. Matteo ANGIOLETTI (ITA)
2005
Melbourne
 Yuri van Gelder (NED) Alexander Safoshkin (RUS) Matteo Morandi (ITA)  
2003
Anaheim
Dimosthenis Tambakos (GRE)
J. Jovtchev (BUL)
- Andreea Coppolino (ITA)
Matteo Morandi (ITA)
2002
Debrecen
S. Csollany (HUN) J. Jovtchev (BUL) M. Morandi (ITA) -
2001
G
hent
J. Jovtchev (BUL) S. Csollany (HUN) A. Coppolino (ITA) -
1999 Dong, Zhen (CHN) S. Csollany (HUN) D. Tampakos (GRE) -
1997 J. Chechi (ITA) S. Csollany (HUN) I. Ivankov (BLR) -
1996 J. Chechi (ITA) J. Jovtchev (BUL) S. Csollany (HUN) -
1995 J. Chechi (ITA) D. Burinca (ROM) J. Jovtchev (BUL) 4. Marius Toba (GER)
5. Andreas WEcker (GER)
1994 J. Chechi (ITA) P. O'Neill (USA) V. Belenki (GER) 5. Andreas Wecker (GER)
1993 J. Chechi (ITA) A. Wecker (GER) I. Ivankov (BLR) -
1992 V. Scherbo S. Csollany (HUN) G. Misiutin (EUN) (HF/9.) J. Milbradt (GER)
(HF/13.) M. Belle (GER)
1991 G. Misiutin URS) A. Wecker (GER) J. Chechi (ITA) -

..after the political changes at the beginning of the nineties:

  
Year

 -German Finalists

1989 A. Aguilar (FRG) A. Wecker (GDR) J. Chechi (ITA)
V. Marinich (URS)
5. Sven Tippelt (GDR)
1987 J. Koroliov  D. Bilosertchev (URS)
Li, Ning (CHN)-
- 4. Sven Tippelt (GDR)
5. Andreas Aguilar (FRG)
1985 Li Ning (CHN)
J. Koroliov (URS)
- K. Yamawaki (JPN)
J. Balabanov (URS)
5. Andreas Aguilar (FRG)
6. Sven Tippelt (GDR)
8. Sylvio Kroll (GDR)
1983 D. Bilosertchev (URS)
K. Gushiken (JPN)
- Li, Ning (CHN)           4. Jens Fischer (GDR)
1981 A. Ditiatin (URS) Huang Yubin (CHN) B. Makuz (URS) 6. Roland Brückner (GDR)
1979 A. Ditiatin (URS) D. Grecu (ROM) A. Tkatchev (URS) 7. Lutz Mack (GDR)
1978 N. Andrianov (URS) A. Ditiatin (URS) D. Grecu (ROM) 5. Lutz Mack (GDR)
1974 D. Grecu (ROM)
N. Andrianov (URS)
- A. Szajna (POL) 6. Wolfgang Thüne (GDR)
1970 A. Nakayama (JPN) M. sukahara (JPN) M. Voronin (URS) -
1966 M. Voronin (URS) A. Nakayama (JPN) F. Menichelli (ITA) -
1962 J. Titov (URS) Yukio Endo (JPN)
B. Shakhlin (URS)
-
1958 A. Asarjan (URS) N. Aihara (JPN) J. Titov (URS) -
1954 A. Asarjan (URS) J. Korolkov (URS)  W. Muratov (URS)
1950 W. Lehmann (SUI) O. Rove (FIN) H. Eugster (SUI)  -
1938 A. Hudec (CSR) M. Reusch (SUI) V. Petracek (CSR) -
1934 A. Hudec (CSR) E. Mack (SUI) J. Kollinger (CSR)
M. Logelin (LUX)
 - 
1930  E. Löffler (CSR) B. Supcik (CSR) J. Gaidos (CSR) -
1926 L. Stukelj (YUG) L. Vachà (CSR) B. Supcik (CSR)  -
1922 L. Stukelj (YUG)
P. Sumi (YUG)
J. Maly (CSR)
M.
Karasek (CSR)
- -
1913 G. Boni (ITA)
L. Grech (FRA)
M. Torrès (FRA)
G. Zampori (ITA)
- -  -
1911 F. Steiner (CSR) D. Follaci (ITA)
P. Bianchi (ITA)
A. Costa (FRA)
- -
1909 G. Romano (ITA)
Marcos Tórres (FRA)
- F. Erben (CSR)
A. Mazzonchini (ITA)
G. Zampori ITA)
-
1907 - - -  -
1905 - - - -
1903 Martinez (FRA) J. Lux (FRA)
F. Walravens (BEL)
- -
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Source: "Das Turnjahrhundert..." Götze/Herholz)  

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