1997 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

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1997 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Location Flag of Germany.svg Berlin, Germany
Start date23 October 1997
End date26 October 1997

XXI World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany on 23–26 October, 1997.

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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]

Medal winners

EventGoldSilverBronze
All-around Finals
Team
details
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Yana Batyrshina
Natalia Lipkovskaya
Amina Zaripova
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Evgenia Pavlina
Yulia Raskina
Valeria Vatkina
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Olena Vitrychenko
Tamara Yerofeeva
Tatiana Popova
Individual
details
Olena Vitrychenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Natalia Lipkovskaya
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Yana Batyrshina
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Apparatus Finals
Rope
details
Olena Vitrychenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Yana Batyrshina
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
None awarded Natalia Lipkovskaya
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Hoop
details
Natalia Lipkovskaya
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Olena Vitrychenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Eva Serrano
Flag of France.svg  France
Clubs
details
Olena Vitrychenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Yana Batyrshina
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Natalia Lipkovskaya
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Tatiana Popova
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Ribbon
details
Olena Vitrychenko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Natalia Lipkovskaya
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Eva Serrano
Flag of France.svg  France

Participants

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.

Individual entrants

Individual All-Around

PlaceNationNameTotal
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg Elena Vitrichenko 39.900
2 Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Lipkovskaya 39.866
3 Flag of Russia.svg Yanina Batyrchina 39.832
4 Flag of Belarus.svg Evgenia Pavlina 39.706
5 Flag of Belarus.svg Yulia Raskina 39.623
6 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Teodora Alexandrova 39.540
7 Flag of France.svg Eva Serrano 39.499
8 Flag of Ukraine.svg Tatiana Popova 39.482
9 Flag of Germany.svg Edita Schaufler 39.449
10 Flag of Germany.svg Magdalena Brzeska 39.366

Individual Rope

PlaceNationNameResult
1 Flag of Russia.svg Yanina Batyrchina 9.950
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg Elena Vitrichenko 9.950
3 Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Lipkovskaya 9.950
4 Flag of Belarus.svg Evgenia Pavlina 9.916
5 Flag of France.svg Eva Serrano 9.875
6 Flag of Belarus.svg Yulia Raskina 9.866
7 Flag of Ukraine.svg Tatiana Popova 9.841
8 Flag of Germany.svg Edita Schaufler 9.791

Individual Hoop

PlaceNationNameResult
1 Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Lipkovskaya 10.000
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg Elena Vitrichenko 10.000
3 Flag of France.svg Eva Serrano 9.950
4 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Teodora Alexandrova 9.941
5 Flag of Russia.svg Yanina Batyrchina 9.916
6 Flag of Germany.svg Edita Schaufler 9.850
7 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Boriana Guineva 9.841
8 Flag of Germany.svg Magdalena Brzeska 9.562

Individual Clubs

PlaceNationNameResult
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg Elena Vitrichenko 10.000
2 Flag of Russia.svg Yanina Batyrchina 9.950
3 Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Lipkovskaya 9.900
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg Tatiana Popova 9.900
5 Flag of Germany.svg Magdalena Brzeska 9.833
6 Flag of Germany.svg Edita Schaufler 9.816
7 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Viktoria Danova 9.716
8 Flag of Spain.svg Almudena Cid Tostado 9.691

Individual Ribbon

PlaceNationNameResult
1 Flag of Ukraine.svg Elena Vitrichenko 10.000
2 Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Lipkovskaya 10.000
3 Flag of France.svg Eva Serrano 9.933
4 Flag of Belarus.svg Evgenia Pavlina 9.925
5 Flag of Russia.svg Amina Zaripova 9.874
6 Flag of Germany.svg Edita Schaufler 9.858
7 Flag of Spain.svg Almudena Cid Tostado 9.841
8 Flag of Germany.svg Magdalena Brzeska 9.775

Team All-Around Final

PlaceNationTotal
1 Flag of Russia.svg Russia118.678
2 Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus118.264
3 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine118.229
4 Flag of Germany.svg Germany117.397
5 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria78.290
6 Flag of Italy.svg Italy77.927
7 Flag of Spain.svg Spain77.517
8 Flag of Japan.svg Japan76.979

References

  1. "Qualification". rsg.net. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Zina, Mironov (January 1998). "Poetry in motion". International Gymnast. Vol. 40, no. 1. pp. 8–10. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  3. "RSG World Championships in Berlin 1997". rsg.net. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  4. "21st World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". International Gymnastics Federation . 26 October 1997. Archived from the original on 13 March 2007.