| 1977 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location |  Basel, Switzerland |
| Start date | 13 October 1977 |
| End date | 16 October 1977 |
The VIII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Basel, Switzerland from 13 to 16 October 1977.
| 1977 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Basel, Switzerland |
| Start date | 13 October 1977 |
| End date | 16 October 1977 |
The VIII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Basel, Switzerland from 13 to 16 October 1977.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |
| Place | Nation | Name | AA Score | AF Score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Galima Shugurova | 9.600 | 9.800 | 19.400 |
| 2 | | Irina Deriugina | 9.600 | 9.700 | 19.300 |
| 3= | | Kristina Guiourova | 9.500 | 9.650 | 19.150 |
| 3= | | Natalia Krachinnekova | 9.550 | 9.600 | 19.150 |
| 5 | | Svetla Koltchevska | 9.500 | 9.550 | 19.050 |
| 6= | | Valentina Ganeva | 9.400 | 9.550 | 18.950 |
| 6= |  | Sonia Pedroso | 9.400 | 9.550 | 18.950 |
| 8 | | Zuzana Záveská | 9.450 | 9.450 | 18.900 |
| Place | Nation | Name | AA Score | AF Score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Galima Shugurova | 9.750 | 9.900 | 19.650 |
| 2 | | Irina Deriugina | 9.850 | 9.750 | 19.600 |
| 3 | | Natalia Krachinnekova | 9.800 | 9.650 | 19.450 |
| 4 | | Kristina Guiourova | 9.700 | 9.700 | 19.400 |
| 5 |  | Slavomira Sobkovska | 9.550 | 9.550 | 19.100 |
| 6 | | Carmen Rischer | 9.550 | 9.500 | 19.050 |
| 7 | | Irene Godecke | 9.550 | 9.450 | 19.000 |
| 8 | | Svetla Koltchevska | 9.550 | 9.050 | 18.600 |
| Place | Nation | Name | AA Score | AF Score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Irina Deriugina | 9.700 | 9.750 | 19.450 |
| 2= | | Carmen Rischer | 9.650 | 9.550 | 19.200 |
| 2= | | Galima Shugurova | 9.550 | 9.650 | 19.200 |
| 4 | | Irene Godecke | 9.550 | 9.600 | 19.150 |
| 5 | | Kristina Guiourova | 9.500 | 9.600 | 19.100 |
| 6 | | Valentina Ganeva | 9.400 | 9.600 | 19.000 |
| 7 | | Iveta Havlíčková | 9.350 | 9.500 | 18.850 |
| 8 |  | Kumiko Fumoto | 9.350 | 9.400 | 18.750 |
| Place | Nation | Name | AA Score | AF Score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Galima Shugurova | 9.700 | 9.800 | 19.500 |
| 2 | | Zuzana Záveská | 9.700 | 9.650 | 19.350 |
| 3 | | Iveta Havlíčková | 9.600 | 9.700 | 19.300 |
| 4 | | Valentina Ganeva | 9.600 | 9.650 | 19.250 |
| 5= | | Kristina Guiourova | 9.550 | 9.250 | 18.800 |
| 5= | | Svetla Koltchevska | 9.400 | 9.400 | 18.800 |
| 5= | | Natalia Krachinnekova | 9.400 | 9.400 | 18.800 |
| 8 | | Irina Deriugina | 9.500 | 9.250 | 18.750 |
| Place | Nation | Name | Hoop | Ball | Ribbon | Rope | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | Irina Deriugina | 9.600 | 9.850 | 9.700 | 9.500 | 38.650 |
| 2 | | Galima Shugurova | 9.600 | 9.750 | 9.550 | 9.700 | 38.600 |
| 3 | | Kristina Guiourova | 9.500 | 9.700 | 9.500 | 9.550 | 38.250 |
| 4= | | Valentina Ganeva | 9.400 | 9.400 | 9.400 | 9.600 | 37.800 |
| 4= | | Natalia Krachinnekova | 9.550 | 9.800 | 9.050 | 9.400 | 37.800 |
| 6 | | Carmen Rischer | 9.200 | 9.550 | 9.650 | 9.350 | 37.750 |
| 7 | | Zuzana Záveská | 9.450 | 9.300 | 9.250 | 9.700 | 37.700 |
| 8 | | Svetla Koltchevska | 9.500 | 9.550 | 9.050 | 9.400 | 37.500 |
| 9= | | Iveta Havlíčková | 8.700 | 9.450 | 9.350 | 9.600 | 37.100 |
| 9= | | Slavomira Sobkovska | 9.250 | 9.550 | 9.150 | 9.150 | 37.100 |
| 11 |  | Susanne Ebert | 9.250 | 9.500 | 8.950 | 9.350 | 37.050 |
| 12= |  | Cristina Cammelli | 9.300 | 9.500 | 8.850 | 9.350 | 37.00 |
| 12= | | Irene Godecke | 9.150 | 9.550 | 9.550 | 8.750 | 37.00 |
| 14 | | Miwako Arao | 9.050 | 9.400 | 9.300 | 9.150 | 36.900 |
| 15= | | Kumiko Fumoto | 9.100 | 9.150 | 9.350 | 9.200 | 36.800 |
| 15= | | Sunhild Krause | 9.000 | 9.500 | 9.100 | 9.200 | 36.800 |
| 15= |  | Shirley Lethinen | 9.250 | 9.150 | 9.100 | 9.300 | 36.800 |
| 18 | | Yumiko Kobayashi | 9.350 | 9.000 | 9.200 | 9.200 | 36.750 |
| 19 |  | Maria Jesus Alegre | 8.700 | 9.300 | 9.300 | 9.400 | 36.700 |
| 20 | | Susana Mendizábal | 9.150 | 9.250 | 9.000 | 9.200 | 36.600 |
| 21 | | Jana Kučerová | 9.000 | 9.250 | 9.000 | 9.300 | 36.550 |
| 22 | | Begona Blasco | 9.000 | 9.200 | 9.150 | 9.150 | 36.500 |
| 23= | | Aida Hernandez-Barrientos | 9.300 | 9.300 | 9.200 | 8.550 | 36.350 |
| 23= | | Patricia Peschke | 8.950 | 9.200 | 8.900 | 9.300 | 36.350 |
| 25 | | Jadwiga Hemmerling | 8.800 | 9.250 | 9.100 | 9.050 | 36.200 |
| 26 | | Sonia Pedroso | 9.400 | 9.300 | 8.550 | 8.550 | 35.800 |
| 27 | | Cecilia Juara-Rosell | 8.450 | 9.250 | 9.000 | 9.000 | 35.700 |
| 28 |  | Hanneke Tienstra | 8.650 | 8.850 | 8.850 | 9.250 | 35.600 |
| 29= |  | Anna Janson | 9.050 | 8.850 | 8.650 | 9.000 | 35.550 |
| 29= |  | Jasna Radosavljevic | 9.000 | 8.850 | 8.800 | 8.900 | 35.550 |
| 31 | | Lena Smith | 9.100 | 9.100 | 8.600 | 8.700 | 35.500 |
| 32 | | Kelly Moligan | 8.950 | 8.250 | 8.750 | 9.300 | 35.250 |
| 33= | | Renata Urbanik | 8.050 | 8.950 | 8.950 | 9.250 | 35.200 |
| 33= | | Berthy Van de Kraak | 8.350 | 8.950 | 8.950 | 8.950 | 35.200 |
| 35 |  | Gyorgyi Kovacs | 8.300 | 9.100 | 9.050 | 8.100 | 34.550 |
| 36 | | Ankie Van Werd | 8.800 | 8.900 | 8.350 | 8.400 | 34.450 |
| 37 | | Debbie Bryant | 7.850 | 8.750 | 8.750 | 8.850 | 34.200 |
| 38 | | Isabelle Zumino | 8.100 | 8.600 | 8.700 | 8.650 | 34.050 |
| 39 | | Susanne Zimmermann | 8.500 | 8.250 | 8.350 | 8.700 | 33.800 |
| 40= | | Stela Djordjevic | 7.950 | 8.850 | 8.300 | 8.600 | 33.700 |
| 40= |  | Laura Seixas | 8.250 | 8.750 | 8.450 | 8.250 | 33.700 |
| 42 |  | Leila Jaaskelainen | 8.350 | 8.750 | 8.150 | 8.350 | 33.600 |
| 43 |  | Martine Feraud | 8.600 | 8.950 | 7.400 | 8.350 | 33.300 |
| 44= |  | Lydia Bree | 8.200 | 8.750 | 7.800 | 8.350 | 33.100 |
| 44= | | Clarice Pinto Lopez | 7.650 | 8.450 | 8.250 | 8.750 | 33.100 |
| 46 |  | Monika Bachmann | 8.150 | 8.450 | 8.200 | 8.250 | 33.050 |
| 47 | | Sue Soffe | 7.400 | 8.800 | 8.350 | 8.350 | 32.900 |
| 48 | | Majda Kovacevic | 7.650 | 8.100 | 8.100 | 8.800 | 32.650 |
| 49 | | Ursula Wicklicki | 7.750 | 8.500 | 8.300 | 8.000 | 32.550 |
| 50 |  | Anna Hansen | 8.150 | 8.400 | 8.150 | 7.800 | 32.500 |
| 51= |  | Bronwyn Clark | 8.000 | 8.550 | 7.750 | 8.050 | 32.350 |
| 51= | | Gilda Fontenelle | 8.250 | 7.950 | 7.900 | 8.250 | 32.350 |
| 53 | | Vibeke Franzen | 8.200 | 8.450 | 7.600 | 8.050 | 32.300 |
| 54 | | Martine Fournier | 7.350 | 7.900 | 8.400 | 8.600 | 32.250 |
| 55 | | Lena Bergstroem | 7.800 | 8.850 | 7.600 | 7.900 | 32.150 |
| 56= | | Karen Corlett | 7.700 | 8.450 | 8.000 | 7.750 | 31.900 |
| 56= |  | Judith Robertson | 7.550 | 8.650 | 7.750 | 7.950 | 31.900 |
| 58 | | Marielle Decarpigny | 7.400 | 7.600 | 8.250 | 8.400 | 31.650 |
| 59 | | Aase-Lodal Andersen | 7.550 | 8.150 | 8.100 | 7.800 | 31.600 |
| 60 | | Kathryn Brym | 7.750 | 7.950 | 7.950 | 7.850 | 31.500 |
| 61 | | Kaye Wilson | 7.550 | 7.900 | 8.200 | 7.650 | 31.300 |
| 62 | | Elisabeth Strumpf | 7.500 | 7.900 | 8.050 | 7.650 | 31.100 |
| 63 | | Eileen Word | 6.900 | 8.000 | 7.950 | 8.200 | 31.050 |
| 64 |  | Claire Audenaarde | 8.050 | 7.250 | 7.750 | 7.750 | 30.800 |
| 65 |  | Laura Ayala | 7.600 | 8.200 | 7.650 | 6.800 | 30.250 |
| 66 |  | Jubal Kfir | 7.350 | 7.600 | 7.650 | 6.750 | 29.350 |
| 67 | | Irasema Trujillo | 7.000 | 7.450 | 7.400 | 7.250 | 29.100 |
| 68 | | Elisabeth Mann | 7.400 | 8.650 | 4.900 | 7.800 | 28.750 |
| 69= | | Recouvith Bloch | 8.000 | 8.000 | 5.000 | 28.500 | |
| 69= | | Brigitta Sziraczky | 9.050 | 8.650 | 1.650 | 9.150 | 28.500 |
| 71 |  | Adriana Re | 6.850 | 7.350 | 7.200 | 6.650 | 28.050 |
| 72 | | Michelle Grimberg | 6.700 | 7.000 | 6.500 | 7.050 | 27.250 |
| 73 | | Ingrid Leruth | - | 8.150 | 7.950 | - | 16.100 |
| Place | Nation | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 38.370 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 38.300 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 37.600 |
| 4= | Japan | 37.470 |
| 4= | East Germany | 37.470 |
| 6 | Italy | 36.400 |
| 7 | Spain | 36.250 |
| 8 | Canada | 36.150 |
| 9 | Hungary | 35.750 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 34.100 |
| 11= | Netherlands | 34.000 |
| 11= |  Norway | 34.00 |
| 13 | West Germany | 33.550 |
| 14 | Denmark | 33.450 |
| 15 | Finland | 33.300 |
| 16 | France | 33.100 |
| 17 | Cuba | 33.050 |
| 18 | Brazil | 32.850 |
| 19 | Austria | 32.300 |
| 20 | Belgium | 32.200 |
| 21 | Great Britain | 29.850 |
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