1997 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships | |
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Location | ![]() |
Start date | 23 October 1997 |
End date | 26 October 1997 |
XXI World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany on 23–26 October, 1997.
159 gymnasts from 50 countries competed. [1] [2] Reigning World champion Kateryna Serebrianska did not compete. The reason given for this was that her mother, who was also her coach, had fallen seriously ill with a heart condition, [3] though Sovetsky Sport ran an article claiming that it was because her mother was not chosen to be a judge at the competition. Instead, Olena Vitrychenko's mother was selected. [2]
Vitrychenko was second in the preliminary round to Natalia Lipkovskaya but went on to win the competition in the final, earning perfect 10 scores for two of her routines. She also won three of the event finals. Lipkovskaya won the silver medal and medaled in all four apparatus finals, including winning hoop. The bronze medalist was Yana Batyrshina, who tied Vitrychenko for gold on rope and also won silver with clubs. Eva Serrano won two bronze medals in the event finals, and Tatiana Popova tied Lipkovskaya for bronze with clubs. [2]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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All-around Finals | |||
Team | ![]() Yana Batyrshina Natalia Lipkovskaya Amina Zaripova | ![]() Evgenia Pavlina Yulia Raskina Valeria Vatkina | ![]() Olena Vitrychenko Tamara Yerofeeva Tatiana Popova |
Individual | Olena Vitrychenko ![]() | Natalia Lipkovskaya ![]() | Yana Batyrshina ![]() |
Apparatus Finals | |||
Rope | Olena Vitrychenko ![]() Yana Batyrshina ![]() | None awarded | Natalia Lipkovskaya ![]() |
Hoop | Natalia Lipkovskaya ![]() | Olena Vitrychenko ![]() | Eva Serrano ![]() |
Clubs | Olena Vitrychenko ![]() | Yana Batyrshina ![]() | Natalia Lipkovskaya ![]() Tatiana Popova ![]() |
Ribbon | Olena Vitrychenko ![]() | Natalia Lipkovskaya ![]() | Eva Serrano ![]() |
The following countries sent competitors: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, The United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia.
Place | Nation | Name | Total |
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1 | ![]() | Elena Vitrichenko | 39.900 |
2 | ![]() | Natalia Lipkovskaya | 39.866 |
3 | ![]() | Yanina Batyrchina | 39.832 |
4 | ![]() | Evgenia Pavlina | 39.706 |
5 | ![]() | Yulia Raskina | 39.623 |
6 | ![]() | Teodora Alexandrova | 39.540 |
7 | ![]() | Eva Serrano | 39.499 |
8 | ![]() | Tatiana Popova | 39.482 |
9 | ![]() | Edita Schaufler | 39.449 |
10 | ![]() | Magdalena Brzeska | 39.366 |
Place | Nation | Name | Result |
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1 | ![]() | Yanina Batyrchina | 9.950 |
1 | ![]() | Elena Vitrichenko | 9.950 |
3 | ![]() | Natalia Lipkovskaya | 9.950 |
4 | ![]() | Evgenia Pavlina | 9.916 |
5 | ![]() | Eva Serrano | 9.875 |
6 | ![]() | Yulia Raskina | 9.866 |
7 | ![]() | Tatiana Popova | 9.841 |
8 | ![]() | Edita Schaufler | 9.791 |
Place | Nation | Name | Result |
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1 | ![]() | Natalia Lipkovskaya | 10.000 |
2 | ![]() | Elena Vitrichenko | 10.000 |
3 | ![]() | Eva Serrano | 9.950 |
4 | ![]() | Teodora Alexandrova | 9.941 |
5 | ![]() | Yanina Batyrchina | 9.916 |
6 | ![]() | Edita Schaufler | 9.850 |
7 | ![]() | Boriana Guineva | 9.841 |
8 | ![]() | Magdalena Brzeska | 9.562 |
Place | Nation | Name | Result |
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1 | ![]() | Elena Vitrichenko | 10.000 |
2 | ![]() | Yanina Batyrchina | 9.950 |
3 | ![]() | Natalia Lipkovskaya | 9.900 |
3 | ![]() | Tatiana Popova | 9.900 |
5 | ![]() | Magdalena Brzeska | 9.833 |
6 | ![]() | Edita Schaufler | 9.816 |
7 | ![]() | Viktoria Danova | 9.716 |
8 | ![]() | Almudena Cid Tostado | 9.691 |
Place | Nation | Name | Result |
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1 | ![]() | Elena Vitrichenko | 10.000 |
2 | ![]() | Natalia Lipkovskaya | 10.000 |
3 | ![]() | Eva Serrano | 9.933 |
4 | ![]() | Evgenia Pavlina | 9.925 |
5 | ![]() | Amina Zaripova | 9.874 |
6 | ![]() | Edita Schaufler | 9.858 |
7 | ![]() | Almudena Cid Tostado | 9.841 |
8 | ![]() | Magdalena Brzeska | 9.775 |
Place | Nation | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 118.678 |
2 | ![]() | 118.264 |
3 | ![]() | 118.229 |
4 | ![]() | 117.397 |
5 | ![]() | 78.290 |
6 | ![]() | 77.927 |
7 | ![]() | 77.517 |
8 | ![]() | 76.979 |