Ryohei Kato and Shogo Nonomura of Japan, Lin Chaopan of China, Max Whitlock and Daniel Keatings of Great Britain, and Nikita Ignatyev of Russia were among those who had earned scores in the qualification round high enough to qualify for the individual all-around final, but could not compete due to the two-per-country rule.

On October 8, Nile Wilson withdrew from the all-around final due to a wrist injury, and his teammate, Max Whitlock, competed in his place.

[3][4] On that day, it was also announced that Alexander Shatilov of Israel had pulled out of the competition and would be replaced by reserve athlete Ferhat Arıcan of Turkey.

[6] After failing to make the finals in Antwerp in 2013, 2011 World and 2012 Olympic champion Krisztián Berki reclaimed his title on his specialty.

[8] Reigning Olympic and 2-time World champion Yang Hak-Seon failed to defend his title or even make the podium because he fell on both of his vaults.

Yang was trying to successfully complete the Tsukahara 3½ to become his second eponymous skill on men's vault, but since he fell on landing, his attempt was only credited for its difficulty score and not his name.

[10] Reigning Olympic and defending World champion Epke Zonderland successfully took home the gold on horizontal bar.

[15] Due to the two-per-country rule, Shang Chunsong and Huang Huidan of China were not able to compete in the final as they qualified behind teammates Yao Jinnan and Bai Yawen.

2013 World champion Aliya Mustafina of Russia had a hiccup in her routine and did not complete a required acrobatic series, and despite a 0.5 deduction, claimed the bronze over Asuka Teramoto of Japan by 0.066.