Russia first competed at the 1993 World Championships, after the fall of the Soviet Union.

[1] The Russian women won their first team gold in 2010[2] and the men won their first team gold in 2019.

[3] In 2021 Russian athletes competed as the Russian Gymnastics Federation (RGF) due to sanctions in place against Russian sports.

[4] Russia was banned from participating at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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