1903 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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|location = {{flagicon|BEL}} Antwerp, Belgium
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The Antwerp International Gymnastics Tournament (Tournois International Gymnastique D'Anvers), retrospectively regarded as the 1st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, were held in Antwerp, Belgium, in conjunction with the 27th Belgian Federal Festival, on 14-18 August 1903.{{cite book |last=Huguenin |first=Andre |translator-last=Unger |translator-first=Beatrice |title=100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation: 1881-1981 |url=http://www.fig-docs.com/website/highlights/100%20years%20of%20the%20FIG-e.pdf |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |page=76}}{{Cite web |url=http://iis.siccsports.com/Sports/Medals/Details?id=GA121N10&lang=en |title=Historical Medalists - Individual |access-date=2016-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009182832/http://iis.siccsports.com/Sports/Medals/Details?id=GA121N10&lang=en |archive-date=2016-10-09 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://iis.siccsports.com/Sports/Medals/Details?id=GA122N10&lang=en |title=Historical Medalists - Team |access-date=2016-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009183146/http://iis.siccsports.com/Sports/Medals/Details?id=GA122N10&lang=en |archive-date=2016-10-09 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |author=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |title=125th Anniversary - The story goes on... |url=https://www.fig-docs.com/website/highlights/The_story_goes_on_150dpi.pdf |publisher=FIG |page=61 |date=2005}}
Participants
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- {{LUX}}
- {{NLD}}
Results
= Men's individual all-around =
The championships were purely team events without any individual awards. Individual all-round scores were only introduced in 1922, with the first all-round individual men's champion being recognised in that year. Individual apparatus scores were introduced subsequently.{{cite book |title=100 Years of the International Gymnastics Federation 1881-1981 |date=1981 |publisher=FIG |page=76 |pages= |url=https://www.fig-docs.com/website/highlights/100%20years%20of%20the%20FIG-e.pdf|access-date=28 April 2025}} As such no actual individual medals were awarded at these games, the below rankings were conferred retrospectively.{{cite web |title=1903: Men’s Gymnastics at the First World Championships |url=https://www.gymnastics-history.com/2022/01/1903-mens-gymnastics-at-the-first-world-championships/ |website=Gymnastics History |access-date=28 April 2025 |date=25 January 2022}}
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! Rank ! Athlete ! Score |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1.
| {{Flagicon|France}} Joseph Martinez (FRA) | 122.000 |
| bgcolor="silver" | 2.
| {{Flagicon|Belgium}} Georges Wiernicks (BEL) | 121.500 |
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| {{Flagicon|France}} Joseph Lux (FRA) | 121.500 |
| 4
| {{Flagicon|France}} Georges Dejaeghère (FRA) | 121.00 |
| 5
| {{Flagicon|France}} Jules Lecoutre (FRA) | 119.00 |
| 6
| {{Flagicon|France}} Charles van Hulle (BEL) | 118.50 |
| 7
| {{Flagicon|France}} Eugène Dua (BEL) | 115.00 |
| 8
| {{Flagicon|France}} Pierre Payssé (FRA) | 114.50 |
= Men's team all-around =
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! Rank ! Team ! Score |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1.
| {{FRA}} | 990.000 |
| bgcolor="silver" | 2.
| {{BEL}} | 981.000 |
| bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3.
| {{LUX}} | 909.000 |
= Men's horizontal bar =
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! Rank ! Athlete ! Score |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1.
| {{Flagicon|France}} Joseph Martinez (FRA) | 20.500 |
| bgcolor="silver" | 2.
| {{Flagicon|Belgium}} Charles van Hulle (BEL) | 20.000 |
| bgcolor="silver" | 2.
| {{Flagicon|France}} Jules Lecoutre (FRA) | 20.000 |
| bgcolor="silver" | 2.
| {{Flagicon|France}} Pierre Payssé (FRA) | 20.000 |
= Men's parallel bars =
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! Rank ! Athlete ! Score |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1.
| {{Flagicon|France}} Joseph Martinez (FRA) | 20.000 |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1.
| {{Flagicon|Luxembourg}} François Hentges (LUX) | 20.000 |
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| {{Flagicon|Belgium}} Eugène Dua (BEL) | 19.500 |
| bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3.
| {{Flagicon|Luxembourg}} André Bordang (LUX) | 19.500 |
= Men's pommel horse =
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! Rank ! Athlete ! Score |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1.
| {{Flagicon|France}} Georges Dejaeghere (FRA) | 18.000 |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1.
| {{Flagicon|France}} Joseph Lux (FRA) | 18.000 |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1.
| {{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Hendricus Thijsen (NED) | 18.000 |
= Men's rings =
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! Rank ! Athlete ! Score |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1.
| {{Flagicon|France}} Joseph Martinez (FRA) | 20.000 |
| bgcolor="silver" | 2.
| {{Flagicon|Belgium}} François Walravens (BEL) | 19.000 |
| bgcolor="silver" | 2.
| {{Flagicon|France}} Joseph Lux (FRA) | 19.000 |
Medal table
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| gold_FRA = 7 | silver_FRA = 4 | bronze_FRA = 0
| gold_LUX = 1 | silver_LUX = 0 | bronze_LUX = 2
| gold_NED = 1 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 0
| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 4 | bronze_BEL = 1
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