The competition was originally scheduled to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, before the Danish Gymnastics Federation withdrew from hosting in July 2020.

[1] In November 2020, the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique announced Kitakyushu as the replacement host city for the same dates.

[7] Nicola Bartolini of Italy won the country's first-ever gold medal on floor, as well as its first World title since Juri Chechi's 1997 win on rings.

Top qualifier Lan Xingyu of China won his first individual World title after previously earning gold as an alternate for the Chinese team in 2018.

Marco Lodadio of Italy was called up from first reserve and earned a second consecutive silver on the event, his third World medal overall.

Silver medalist Asia D'Amato is the first Italian female artistic gymnast to ever qualify for a World vault final.