1983 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Explained
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.
Participants
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
Groups
Countries who participated in the group competition are as follows.
| Flag | Nation | | Flag | Nation | | Flag | Nation | | Flag | Nation |
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| 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 |
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Medal table
| Place | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Bulgaria | 7 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | USSR | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Individual Final
Individual All-Around
| Place | Nation | Name | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total |
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| 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 | | | 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
| Place | Nation | Name | All Around | Hoop | Total |
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| 1 | | Anelia Ralenkova | 9.900 | 10.000 | 19.900 |
| 2 | | | 9.900 | 9.900 | 19.800 |
| 3 | | Lilia Ignatova | 9.800 | 9.850 | 19.650 |
| 3 | | | 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 | | | 9.750 | 9.800 | 19.550 |
| 8 | | | 9.750 | 9.700 | 19.450 | |
Individual Ball
Individual Clubs
Individual Ribbon
Group
Preliminaries
| Place | Nation | First Exercise | Second Exercise | Total |
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| 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
| Place | Nation | Average | Final | Total |
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| 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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References
External links
Strasbourg, France