1983 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

The 1983 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Strasbourg, France on November 10–11, 1983. They served as the qualification process for the first Olympic program of rhythmic gymnastics to be held in Los Angeles in 1984, although most of the gymnasts from Eastern Europe, which had the most gifted rhythmic gymnasts, ended up not participating in the Games due to the boycott by the Communist Bloc.

1983 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
LocationFrance Strasbourg, France
Start date10 November 1983
End date11 November 1983

Participants edit

The following countries sent competitor(s): Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, Finland, France, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, West Germany, and Yugoslavia

Individual edit

Nation Name Nation Name Nation Name Nation Name
  Gail Duquenin   Roxana Merino-Martinez   Hiroko Yamasaki   Marta Canton
  Karen Ho   Antoniadou Eftythia   Irma Borgsteede   Pino Diaz
  Ann Maree Kerr   Libuse Mojžíšová   Maud van Helvoort   Viktoria Bengtsson
  Karin Elmer   Daniela Záhorovská   Esther Hielckert   Eva Bergstroem
  Elke Göschl   Susanne Ravn   Tania Moss   Helena Rosander
  Gertrude Ramsauer   Bianca Dittrich   Karen Schultz   Fränzi Grogg
  Caroline Vlerick   Katrin Huschke   Angela Walker   Suzanne Müller
  Sarina Roberti   Heide Krause   Yenn Ran Kang   Grazia Verzasconi
  Dominique Thiebaut   Heli Honko   Zai Ran Kim   Jacqueline Leavy
  Rosane Favila Ferreira   Leena Murtamo   Ok Sun Zang   Lorraine Priest
  Laura Monteiro   Benedicte Augst   Ingvild Landro   Julie Ramsden
  Maria Luisa Santos   Valerie Bonvoisin   Anne Langmoen   Michelle Berube
  Diliana Gueorguieva   Christel Roger   Shirin Zorriassateiny   Lydia Bree Crabtree
  Lilia Ignatova   Agnes Bencsina   Teresa Folga   Valerie Zimring
  Anelia Ralenkova   Andrea Sinko   Dorota Koslowska   Galina Beloglazova
  Aimee Brender   Zsuzsa Turak   Anna Klos-Sulima   Dalia Kutkaitė
  Adrianne Dunnett   Liath Haninovlitz   Margarida Carmo   Venera Zaripova
  Lori Fung   Hanit Turner   Maria Joao Falcao   Claudia Scharmann
  Xianyuan Huang   Manuela Agnolucci   Christina Lebre   Regina Weber
  Weihong Li   Christina Cimino   Alina Dragan   Claudia Ziburski
  Yu Tao   Giulia Staccioli   Doina Staiculescu   Lidija Milicevic
  Perez Caridad   Erika Akiyama   Anca C. Zota   Milena Reljin
  Medina Lourdes   Hiroko Otsuka   Marta Bobo   Danijela Simić

Groups edit

Countries who participated in the group competition are as follows.

Flag Nation Flag Nation Flag Nation Flag Nation
  Australia   Czechoslovakia   New Zealand   United States
  Brazil   Finland   North Korea   USSR
  Bulgaria   France   Norway   West Germany
  Canada   Italy   Spain
  China   Japan   Sweden
  Cuba   Netherlands   Switzerland

Medal table edit

Place Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Bulgaria 7 2 5 14
2   USSR 2 3 2 7
3   North Korea 0 0 1 1

Individual Final edit

Individual All-Around edit

Place Nation Name Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total
1   Diliana Guerguieva 9.800 9.950 10.000 9.900 39.650
2   Galina Beloglazova 9.900 10.000 9.800 9.900 39.600
2   Lilia Ignatova 9.800 10.000 10.000 9.800 39.600
2   Anelia Ralenkova 9.900 9.950 10.000 9.750 39.600
5   Dalia Kutkaitė 9.800 9.900 9.900 9.850 39.450
6   Doina Staiculescu 9.700 9.800 9.800 9.600 38.900
7   Bianca Dittrich 9.600 9.700 9.750 9.550 38.600
8   Libuse Mojžíšová 9.800 9.650 9.500 9.550 38.500
8   Regina Weber 9.600 9.650 9.500 9.750 38.500
10   Marta Bobo 9.750 9.750 9.650 9.200 38.350
11   Daniela Záhorovská 9.600 9.450 9.700 9.450 38.200
12   Zai Ran Kim 9.700 9.400 9.500 9.500 38.100
13   Yenn Ran Kang 9.650 9.600 9.600 9.200 38.050
13   Venera Zaripova 8.800 9.650 9.800 9.800 38.050
15   Marta Canton 9.600 9.450 9.550 9.300 37.900
16   Agnes Bencsina 9.450 9.300 9.500 9.550 37.800
17   Alina Dragan 9.650 9.300 9.300 9.500 37.750
17   Giulia Staccioli 9.650 9.650 9.350 9.100 37.750
19   Heide Krause 9.750 9.500 9.400 9.050 37.700
19   Anca C. Zota 9.550 9.500 9.300 9.350 37.700
21   Xianyuan Huang 9.400 9.350 9.450 9.450 37.650
22   Milena Reljin 9.550 9.450 9.500 9.100 37.600
23   Lori Fung 9.150 9.250 9.600 9.550 37.550
24   Teresa Folga 9.600 9.200 9.250 9.400 37.450
25   Dorota Koslowska 9.600 9.550 9.000 9.250 37.400
25   Ok Sun Zang 9.700 9.450 9.000 9.250 37.400
27   Erika Akiyama 9.500 9.250 9.150 9.350 37.250
27   Claudia Scharmann 9.300 9.150 9.650 9.150 37.250
27   Danijela Simić 9.300 9.300 9.500 9.150 37.250
30   Christina Cimino 9.400 9.150 9.200 9.400 37.150
31   Manuela Agnolucci 9.500 9.450 8.850 9.300 37.100
31   Benedicte Augst 9.150 9.400 9.250 9.300 37.100
33   Grazia Verzasconi 9.350 9.150 9.350 9.200 37.050
34   Viktoria Bengtsson 9.300 8.950 9.400 9.350 37.000
34   Michelle Berube 9.300 9.100 9.250 9.350 37.000
34   Anna Klos-Sulima 9.100 9.350 9.200 9.350 37.000
34   Andrea Sinko 9.450 9.350 9.200 9.000 37.000
34   Hiroko Yamasaki 8.800 9.100 9.550 9.550 37.000
39   Weihong Li 9.050 9.000 9.450 9.350 36.850
40   Pino Diaz 9.400 9.350 9.400 8.650 36.800
40   Zsuzsa Turak 8.750 9.600 9.000 9.450 36.800
40   Maud van Helvoort 9.050 9.300 9.500 8.950 36.800
43   Roxana Merino-Martinez 9.150 9.150 9.250 9.200 36.750
44   Medina Lourdes 9.450 8.950 9.350 8.950 36.700
44   Shirin Zorriassateiny 9.350 9.000 9.050 9.300 36.700
46   Perez Caridad 9.200 9.050 9.150 9.250 36.650
46   Katrin Huschke 8.800 9.300 9.300 9.250 36.650
48   Irma Borgsteede 9.150 9.050 9.150 9.200 36.550
48   Valerie Zimring 9.550 8.950 8.850 9.200 36.550
50   Christel Roger 9.250 9.100 9.000 9.150 36.500
51   Anne Langmoen 9.300 8.950 9.000 9.150 36.500
52   Suzanne Müller 9.150 9.050 9.450 8.750 36.400
52   Claudia Ziburski 9.350 8.950 9.050 9.050 36.400
54   Karen Ho 9.150 9.050 9.150 9.000 36.350
54   Jacqueline Leavy 9.200 9.050 9.000 9.100 36.350
54   Caroline Vlerick 9.200 8.750 9.250 9.150 36.350
57   Rosane Favila Ferreira 9.300 9.000 9.200 8.800 36.300
57   Esther Hielckert 9.050 8.750 9.400 9.100 36.300
59   Valerie Bonvoisin 9.400 8.950 8.900 9.000 36.250
60   Tania Moss 9.200 8.800 9.400 8.800 36.200
61   Adrianne Dunnett 9.350 9.150 8.600 9.000 36.100
61   Maria Joao Falcao 9.150 8.800 9.450 8.700 36.100
63   Fränzi Grogg 9.350 8.600 9.050 9.050 36.050
64   Margarida Carmo 9.100 8.650 9.150 9.100 36.000
64   Ann Maree Kerr 8.950 8.800 9.150 9.100 36.000
66   Lydia Bree Crabtree 8.800 8.650 9.350 9.150 35.950
67   Maria Luisa Santos 9.200 8.950 9.150 8.600 35.900
67   Lorraine Priest 8.750 8.700 9.300 9.150 35.900
67   Julie Ramsden 8.850 8.700 9.300 9.150 35.900
67   Susanne Ravn 9.200 8.650 9.000 9.050 35.900
67   Angela Walker 9.200 8.700 9.050 8.950 35.900
72   Christina Lebre 9.100 8.700 8.850 9.200 35.850
72   Lidija Milicevic 8.750 8.950 9.150 9.000 35.850
72   Sarina Roberti 9.200 8.700 9.000 8.950 35.850
75   Elke Göschl 9.000 8.800 9.050 8.900 35.750
75   Hiroko Otsuka 9.500 9.150 9.200 7.900 35.750
77   Ingvild Landro 9.150 8.800 8.800 8.900 35.650
77   Yu Tao 8.450 8.900 9.300 9.000 35.650
79   Liath Haninovlitz 8.800 8.750 9.300 8.750 35.600
80   Gertrude Ramsauer 9.000 8.650 9.000 8.850 35.500
81   Aimee Brender 9.200 8.900 8.750 8.550 35.400
81   Helena Rosander 9.050 8.350 9.250 8.750 35.400
83   Heli Honko 9.100 9.100 8.450 8.500 35.150
84   Eva Bergstroem 8.850 8.750 8.650 8.850 35.100
84   Karin Elmer 8.650 8.900 8.950 8.600 35.100
86   Karen Schultz 9.100 8.350 8.700 8.900 35.050
87   Hanit Turner 8.400 8.700 9.050 8.650 34.800
88   Leena Murtamo 8.550 8.600 8.400 8.750 34.300
89   Dominique Thiebaut 8.550 8.300 8.800 8.550 34.200
90   Gail Duquenin 8.400 8.650 8.550 8.550 34.150
91   Laura Monteiro 7.550 8.750 8.900 8.450 33.650
92   Antoniadou Eftyhia 7.200 8.000 8.700 7.850 31.750

Individual Hoop edit

Place Nation Name All Around Hoop Total
1   Anelia Ralenkova 9.900 10.000 19.900
2   Galina Beloglazova 9.900 9.900 19.800
3   Lilia Ignatova 9.800 9.850 19.650
3   Dalia Kutkaitė 9.800 9.850 19.650
5   Libuse Mojžíšová 9.800 9.800 19.600
6   Diliana Guerguieva 9.800 9.750 19.550
6   Heide Krause 9.750 9.800 19.550
8   Marta Bobo 9.750 9.700 19.450

Individual Ball edit

Place Nation Name All Around Hoop Total
1   Galina Beloglazova 10.000 10.000 20.000
1   Lilia Ignatova 10.000 10.000 20.000
3   Diliana Guerguieva 9.950 10.000 19.950
3   Anelia Ralenkova 9.950 10.000 19.950
5   Dalia Kutkaitė 9.900 10.000 19.900
6   Doina Staiculescu 9.800 9.850 19.650
7   Marta Bobo 9.750 9.800 19.550
8   Bianca Dittrich 9.700 9.800 19.500

Individual Clubs edit

Place Nation Name All Around Clubs Total
1   Diliana Guerguieva 10.000 10.000 20.000
1   Lilia Ignatova 10.000 10.000 20.000
3   Dalia Kutkaitė 9.900 10.000 19.900
3   Anelia Ralenkova 10.000 9.900 19.900
5   Galina Beloglazova 9.800 10.000 19.800
6   Doina Staiculescu 9.800 9.900 19.700
7   Bianca Dittrich 9.750 9.850 19.600
7   Venera Zaripova 9.800 9.800 19.600

Individual Ribbon edit

Place Nation Name All Around Ribbon Total
1   Galina Beloglazova 9.900 10.000 19.900
1   Diliana Guerguieva 9.900 10.000 19.900
3   Anelia Ralenkova 9.750 10.000 19.750
4   Lilia Ignatova 9.800 9.900 19.700
4   Venera Zaripova 9.800 9.900 19.700
6   Dalia Kutkaitė 9.850 9.800 19.650
7   Regina Weber 9.750 9.600 19.350
8   Doina Staiculescu 9.600 9.600 19.200

Group edit

Preliminaries edit

Place Nation First Exercise Second Exercise Total
1   Bulgaria 19.600 19.200 38.800
2   USSR 19.550 19.250 38.800
3   North Korea 19.050 19.350 38.400
4   Czechoslovakia 18.900 19.300 38.200
4   Spain 19.000 19.200 38.200
6   West Germany 18.500 19.000 37.500
7   China 18.400 18.950 37.350
8   Japan 18.400 18.900 37.700
9   France 18.200 18.500 36.700
10   Italy 17.400 18.500 35.900
11   Norway 17.600 18.000 35.600
12   Canada 17.800 17.600 35.400
13   Netherlands 17.500 17.800 35.300
13   Cuba 17.850 17.450 35.300
15   Sweden 17.500 17.550 35.050
16   Finland 17.200 17.700 34.900
17   Brazil 17.200 17.600 34.800
18   USA 16.950 17.700 34.650
19   Switzerland 17.700 16.750 34.450
20   New Zealand 17.100 16.400 33.500
21   Australia 16.150 16.350 32.500

Finals edit

Place Nation Average Final Total
1   Bulgaria 19.400 19.900 39.300
2   USSR 19.400 19.800 39.200
3   North Korea 19.200 19.600 38.800
4   Czechoslovakia 19.100 19.250 38.350
5   Spain 19.100 19.150 38.250
6   West Germany 18.750 19.250 38.000
7   Japan 18.650 19.100 37.750
8   China 18.675 19.050 37.725

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