The first day of men's qualification at the World Championships in Rotterdam ended with Japan clearly in front. After four of the six subdivisions they led the team ranking on 254.529, more than three points ahead of Great Britain. Shinnosuke Oka led the all-around. China, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Spain compete on Sunday, so these standings are provisional.
Team ranking after four of six subdivisions
| Rank | Team | Total | |---|---|---| | 1 | Japan | 254.529 | | 2 | Great Britain | 251.460 | | 3 | WG2 (Russian gymnasts) | 249.162 | | 4 | United States | 245.961 | | 5 | Netherlands | 242.995 | | 6 | Colombia | 242.727 | | 7 | France | 238.663 | | 8 | Canada | 237.326 |
All-around ranking after four of six subdivisions
| Rank | Gymnast | Nation | Total | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Shinnosuke Oka | JPN | 85.098 | | 2 | Daiki Hashimoto | JPN | 84.632 | | 3 | Arsenii Dukhno | WG2 | 83.866 | | 4 | Shohei Kawakami | JPN | 83.699 | | 5 | Jake Jarman | GBR | 83.698 | | 6 | Illia Kovtun | CRO | 83.099 | | 7 | Joe Fraser | GBR | 83.065 | | 8 | Ángel Barajas | COL | 82.831 |
Kawakami will not reach the all-around final despite his fourth place, because only two gymnasts per nation can qualify and Oka and Hashimoto are ahead of him. The same rule will reshape the field once all subdivisions are done.
What the numbers say
Japan's margin came from depth, not perfection. Hashimoto fell on a Cassina on horizontal bar and Fusuke Maeda missed his final release on the same apparatus. In qualification four gymnasts compete and three scores count, so only one of those errors could be dropped. Japan led comfortably anyway. Oka's 14.866 and Hashimoto's 14.800 on parallel bars, and Kawakami's 14.600 on high bar, did the rest.
Great Britain made a strong start. Jarman led vault with a 14.633 average and scored 14.133 on floor with a 6.3 difficulty, the highest D-score among the floor leaders. Courtney Tulloch scored 14.500 on rings and Reuben Ward 14.466 on pommel horse.
The US paid for pommel horse and parallel bars. Errors on both left the Americans almost nine points behind Japan. There were bright spots. Patrick Hoopes scored 14.666 on pommel horse and Fred Richard 14.233 on floor, second at that point.
Kovtun's first Worlds for Croatia started well. Competing as an individual, Illia Kovtun was sixth in the all-around and led parallel bars with 14.900, including a 0.1 stick bonus.
Apparatus leaders after day one
- Floor: Arsenii Dukhno (WG2) 14.700, Fred Richard (USA) 14.233, Jake Jarman (GBR) 14.133. - Pommel horse: Hamlet Manukyan (ARM) 14.933, Mamikon Khachatryan (ARM) 14.733, Patrick Hoopes (USA) 14.666. - Rings: Ilia Zaika (WG2) 14.533, Courtney Tulloch (GBR) 14.500, Artur Avetisyan (ARM) 14.233. - Vault: Jake Jarman (GBR) and Artur Davtyan (ARM) 14.633, Nazar Chepurnyi (UKR) 14.450. - Parallel bars: Illia Kovtun (CRO) 14.900, Shinnosuke Oka (JPN) 14.866, Daiki Hashimoto (JPN) 14.800. - Horizontal bar: Shohei Kawakami (JPN) 14.600, Tang Chia-Hung (TPE) 14.566, Shinnosuke Oka (JPN) 14.500.
Armenia's pommel horse pair, Manukyan and Khachatryan, set the day's top two scores on that apparatus, and both executed above 8.9.
What comes next
Subdivisions five and six on Sunday 18 October bring China, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Spain. China won the 2026 Asian Games team title ahead of Japan and are the team most likely to challenge the provisional order. The men's team final is on Tuesday 20 October. Follow the full schedule and every final on our Rotterdam 2026 hub.
