1987 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

1987 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Location Varna, Bulgaria
Start date17 September 1987
End date20 September 1987

1987 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Varna, Bulgaria on September 17–20, 1987.

The World Championships were a qualifying event for the 1988 Summer Olympics. The top 50 gymnasts in the all-around won an Olympic quota for their country, up to two per country.[1]

Bulgaria dominated the competition; the individual all-around winner, Bianka Panova, received a perfect 10.0 score on every routine and won all four apparatus finals as well (though with ties with different gymnasts on each event).[1] She was the first gymnast to win all five individual medals at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.[2] The two tied silver medalists, Adriana Dunavska and Elizabeth Koleva, were also Bulgarian. Bulgaria also won the group competition and both routine finals, receiving a perfect 20.0 score for most of their routines and one 19.900.[1]

The competition was the first World Championships where groups were required to compete two different routines. Video replay was used by the judges more frequently than in the past. Nora Hitzel, the head of the United States rhythmic gymnastics program, noted changes in difficulty and style in routines performed at the competition, with more use of the feet to manipulate the hoop, more bouncing and rolling of the clubs, and better jumping and skipping in rope routines.[1]

Participants

The following countries sent competitors: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, the United Kingdom, the United States, the USSR, West Germany, and Yugoslavia.

Individual

Nation Name Nation Name Nation Name Nation Name
Paula Paradelas Malene Franzen Linda Oers Eva Lundovist
Antonietta Guida Susanne Ravn Mirjam de Kramer Sofia Hedman
Nicole Mozes Leena Murtamo Natascha Vervoort Viktoria Bengtsson
Elisabeth Bergmann Marika Kosonen Ann Kristin Albertsen Caroline Müller
Annik Vanderstraeten Mira Luhtanen Victoria Ystborg Maura Genasci
Caroline Verbruggen Annette Walle Ylje Wiede Sabrina Muheim
Laurence Brihaye Claudia Bouabca Ok Sun Djang Chih-Yuan Yan
Francoise Biot Emmanuelle Serre Suk Yong Li Huei-Mei Lee
Jaqueline Pedreira Jota Tsitsela Angela Walker Hui-Huang Tsai
Rosane Favila Ferreira Maggy Michailidou Katherine Agnew Lisa Black
Adriana Dunavska Maria Alevizou Melanie Cairns Nicola Walker
Elizabeth Koleva Andrea Sinko Eliza Bialkowska Viva Seifert
Bianka Panova Nora Erfalvi Izabela Zuravska Dacon Lister
Jennefer Hopkins Zsuzsana Muszil Teresa Folga Diane Simpson
Lisa Merritt Einat Argaman Lourdes Silva Irina Rubinstein
Lise Gatreau Rakefet Ramigolski Margarida Carmo Anna Kotchneva
Pang Qiong Shulamit Goldstein Patricia Jorge Marina Lobatch
He Xiaomin Barbara Ferrari Adriana Stonescu Tatiana Druchinina
Yanfei Xia Micaela Imperatori Florentina Butaru Diana Schmiemann
Lourdes Medina Simona Brusa Petruta Dumitrescu Marion Rothaar
Sandra Arregoitia Akemi Fujino In-Wha Kim Regina Weber
Thalia Fung Erika Akiyama Soo-Yung Kim Dara Terzić
Andrea Koppová Hiroko Otsuka Sung-Hee Hong Dominika Kacin
Denisa Sokolovská Diana Velarde Maria Isabel Lloret Milena Reljin
Lenka Oulehlová Mariela Castillo María Martín
Ana-Katrine Korning Miriam Hinojosa Monserrat Manzanares

Groups

Countries who participated in the group competition are as follows.

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

Medal table

Place Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Bulgaria 9 2 1 12
2 USSR 3 2 4 9
3 China 0 1 2 3
4 Spain 0 0 2 2

Individual Final

Individual All-Around

Place Nation Name Rope Hoop Clubs Ribbon Total
1 Bianka Panova 10.000 10.000 10.000 10.000 40.000
2 Adriana Dunavska 10.000 10.000 9.900 9.900 39.800
2 Elizabeth Koleva 9.950 9.850 10.000 10.000 39.800
4 Anna Kotchneva 9.900 10.000 10.00 9.750 39.650
4 Marina Lobatch 9.900 10.000 9.950 9.800 39.650
6 Tatiana Druchinina 9.900 9.950 9.700 10.000 39.550
7 Florentina Butaru 9.800 9.700 9.550 9.800 38.850
8 Milena Reljin 9.800 9.650 9.700 9.650 38.800
9 Maria Isabel Lloret 9.700 9.650 9.700 9.700 38.750
9 Andrea Sinko 9.700 9.700 9.650 9.700 38.750
11 Adriana Stonescu 9.700 9.650 9.700 9.650 38.700
12 Regina Weber 9.700 9.700 9.650 9.600 38.650
13 Denisa Sokolovská 9.600 9.700 9.600 9.550 38.450
14 Izabela Zuravska 9.650 9.650 9.500 9.600 38.400
15 Teresa Folga 9.450 9.700 9.600 9.600 38.350
16 Erika Akiyama 9.400 9.700 9.600 9.550 38.250
16 Zsuzsana Muszil 9.450 9.700 9.600 9.500 38.250
18 Maria Martin 9.600 9.500 9.600 9.500 38.200
18 Suk Yong Li 9.200 9.700 9.600 9.700 38.200
20 Micaela Imperatori 9.550 9.600 9.500 9.450 38.100
21 Xiaomin He 9.600 9.550 9.400 9.500 38.050
22 Eliza Bialkowska 9.450 9.550 9.500 9.500 38.000
22 Diana Schmiemann 9.600 9.500 9.550 9.350 38.000
22 Diane Simpson 9.600 9.600 9.450 9.350 38.000
25 Andrea Koppová 9.500 9.600 9.450 9.400 37.950
25 Qiong Pang 9.600 9.450 9.600 9.300 37.950
27 Petruta Dumitrescu 9.300 9.500 9.500 9.550 37.850
28 Simona Brusa 9.400 9.350 9.500 9.550 37.800
28 Monserrat Manzanares 9.450 9.600 9.650 9.100 37.800
30 Lenka Oulehlová 9.500 9.450 9.400 9.400 37.750
31 Yanfei Xia 9.550 9.450 9.300 9.400 37.700
32 Barbara Ferrari 9.400 9.450 9.400 9.400 37.650
32 Lisa Merritt 9.450 9.450 9.450 9.300 37.650
34 Nora Erfalvi 9.400 9.400 9.400 9.400 37.600
34 Marion Rothhaar 9.300 9.500 9.400 9.400 37.600
36 Lourdes Medina 9.500 9.300 9.050 9.550 37.400
36 Ok Sun Djang 9.450 9.550 9.400 9.000 37.400
38 Dacon Lister 9.450 9.350 9.200 9.350 37.350
39 Akemi Fujino 9.400 9.300 9.400 9.150 37.35
40 Maria Alevizou 9.400 9.200 9.250 9.150 37.000
40 Thalia Fung 9.300 9.300 9.200 9.200 37.000
40 Jota Tsitsela 9.200 9.300 9.200 9.300 37.000
43 Hiroko Oisuka 9.300 9.000 9.250 9.300 36.850
43 Victoria Ystborg 9.100 9.300 9.200 9.250 36.850
45 Sung-Hee Hong 9.150 9.300 9.000 9.300 36.750
46 Irina Rubinstein 9.200 9.250 9.200 9.000 36.650
46 Dara Terzić 9.200 9.200 9.300 8.950 36.650
48 Maggy Michailidou 9.350 9.100 8.950 9.200 36.600
49 Claudia Bouabca 9.200 9.100 9.100 9.150 36.550
49 Malene Franzen 9.150 9.200 9.000 9.200 36.550
49 Annette Walle 9.150 9.150 9.050 9.200 36.550
52 Elisabeth Bergmann 9.150 9.200 8.850 9.300 36.500
52 Dominika Kacin 9.300 9.200 8.800 9.200 36.500
54 Viktoria Bengtsson 9.100 9.400 8.800 9.150 36.450
54 In-Wha Kim 8.900 9.300 9.000 9.250 36.450
56 Sandra Arregoitia 9.250 9.000 8.750 9.400 36.400
57 Angela Walker 8.850 9.250 9.200 9.050 36.350
58 Natascha Vervoort 9.200 9.300 8.850 8.900 36.250
59 Laurence Brihaye 8.950 9.200 9.000 9.000 36.150
59 Susanne Ravn 8.900 9.250 8.950 9.050 36.150
61 Jennefer Hopkins 9.200 9.000 8.800 9.100 36.100
62 Leena Murtamo 8.800 9.200 8.750 9.200 35.950
63 Patricia Jorge 8.850 9.000 8.950 9.100 35.900
63 Linda Oers 8.900 9.150 8.950 8.900 35.900
63 Ylje Wiede 8.700 9.250 8.900 9.050 35.900
66 Nicola Walker 9.050 8.800 9.100 8.900 35.850
67 Emmanuelle Serre 8.900 9.400 8.800 8.700 35.800
68 Ana-Katrine Korning 8.900 9.100 8.800 8.950 35.75
69 Eva Lundovist 8.750 8.600 9.100 9.250 35.700
70 Marika Kosonen 8.850 9.100 8.750 8.900 35.600
71 Rakefet Ramigolski 8.850 8.950 8.700 9.050 35.550
72 Shulamit Goldstein 8.800 8.900 8.750 9.050 35.500
72 Mirjam de Kramer 9.000 9.100 8.700 8.700 35.500
74 Sofia Hedman 8.850 8.800 8.700 8.950 35.300
75 Katherine Agnew 8.750 9.200 8.600 8.700 35.250
76 Einat Argaman 8.850 8.700 8.600 9.000 35.150
76 Lisa Black 8.950 9.050 8.150 9.000 35.150
78 Ann Kristin Albertsen 9.250 9.150 7.850 8.800 35.05
78 Jaqueline Pedreira 8.800 8.750 8.700 8.800 35.05
78 Lurdes Silva 8.550 9.000 8.850 9.000 36.000
81 Margarida Carmo 8.950 8.600 8.250 9.200 35.00
82 Francoise Biot 8.700 9.050 8.700 8.500 34.95
83 Rosane Favila Ferreira 8.650 9.050 8.500 8.700 34.900
84 Caroline Müller 8.650 8.700 8.550 8.600 34.500
85 Maura Genasci 8.200 8.900 8.700 8.600 34.400
85 Sabrina Muheim 8.650 8.700 8.500 8.550 34.400
87 Viva Seifert 8.350 9.000 7.85 9.050 34.250
88 Soo-Yung Kim 8.350 8.800 8.500 8.500 34.150
89 Mira Luhtanen 8.000 8.900 8.350 8.800 34.050
90 Melanie Cairns 8.400 8.750 8.500 8.350 34.000
90 Paula Paradelas 8.700 8.850 7.650 8.800 34.000
92 Diana Velarde 8.350 8.500 8.350 8.450 33.650
93 Nicole Mozes 8.400 7.850 8.400 8.800 33.450
94 Annik Vanderstraeten 8.250 8.500 8.150 8.500 33.400
95 Caroline Verbruggen 8.300 8.600 8.000 8.400 33.300
96 Antonietta Guida 8.500 8.450 8.150 8.150 33.250
97 Miriam Hinososa 8.250 8.400 7.900 8.350 32.900
98 Hui-Huang Tsai 8.300 8.200 7.700 8.550 32.750
99 Huei-Mei Lee 7.600 7.800 8.300 8.450 32.15
100 Mariela Castillo 7.950 8.150 7.250 8.200 31.550
101 Chih-Yuan Yan 8.250 7.800 7.200 8.100 31.350
102 Lise Gautreau 9.150 9.350 - - 18.500

Individual Rope

Place Nation Name All Around Rope Total
1 Adriana Dunavska 10.000 10.000 20.000
1 Bianka Panova 10.000 10.000 20.000
3 Anna Kotchneva 9.900 9.900 19.800
3 Marina Lobatch 9.900 9.900 19.800
5 Florentina Butaru 9.800 9.900 19.700
6 Milena Reljin 9.800 9.750 19.550
7 Andrea Sinko 9.700 9.800 19.500
8 Maria Isabel Lloret 9.700 9.700 19.400

Individual Hoop

Place Nation Name All Around Hoop Total
1 Marina Lobatch 10.000 10.000 20.000
1 Bianka Panova 10.000 10.000 20.000
3 Anna Kotchneva 10.000 9.900 19.900
4 Adriana Dunavska 10.000 9.850 19.850
5 Florentina Butaru 9.700 9.800 19.500
5 Andrea Sinko 9.700 9.800 19.500
7 Regina Weber 9.700 9.750 19.450
8 Denisa Sokolovská 9.700 9.700 19.400

Individual Clubs

Place Nation Name All Around Clubs Total
1 Anna Kotchneva 10.000 10.000 20.000
1 Bianka Panova 10.000 10.000 20.000
3 Marina Lobatch 9.950 10.000 19.950
4 Elizabeth Koleva 10.000 9.850 19.850
5 Milena Reljin 9.700 9.700 19.400
5 Andrea Sinko 9.650 9.750 19.400
5 Adriana Stonescu 9.700 9.700 19.400
8 Maria Isabel Lloret 9.700 9.650 19.350

Individual Ribbon

Place Nation Name All Around Ribbon Total
1 Tatiana Druchinina 10.000 10.000 20.000
1 Bianka Panova 10.000 10.000 20.000
3 Elizabeth Koleva 10.000 9.900 19.900
4 Florentina Butaru 9.800 9.800 19.600
4 Marina Lobatch 9.800 9.800 19.600
6 Suk Yong Li 9.700 9.600 19.300
7 Andrea Sinko 9.700 9.500 19.200
8 Maria Isabel Lloret 9.700 9.150 18.85

Group

All-Around

The first exercise consisted of 3 balls and 3 hoops. The second exercise consisted of 6 balls.

Place Nation First Exercise Second Exercise Total
1 Bulgaria 20.000 20.000 40.000
2 USSR 19.300 19.900 39.200
3 China 19.600 19.050 38.650
3 Spain 19.450 19.200 38.650
5 Japan 19.350 18.700 38.050
6 Italy 18.950 18.900 37.850
7 Finland 18.900 18.850 37.750
8 Czechoslovakia 19.100 18.400 37.500
9 Hungary 18.200 19.100 37.300
9 North Korea 17.900 19.400 37.00
11 France 17.750 19.150 36.900
12 Norway 17.950 18.600 36.550
13 Norway 17.950 18.600 36.550
14 Canada 18.350 18.000 36.350
15 The Netherlands 18.000 18.200 36.200
16 Switzerland 17.650 18.500 36.150
17 West Germany 17.900 17.950 35.850
18 USA 16.850 18.650 35.500
19 Brazil 16.800 18.250 35.050
20 New Zealand 17.400 17.400 34.800

Finals – 6 Balls

Place Nation All Around Final Total
1 Bulgaria 20.000 19.900 39.900
2 USSR 19.900 19.750 39.650
3 China 19.050 19.800 38.850
4 Spain 19.200 19.500 38.700
5 France 19.150 19.250 38.400
6 Hungary 19.100 19.200 38.300
7 Austria 19.000 19.250 38.250
8 North Korea 19.400 18.350 37.750

Finals – 3 Balls, 3 Hoops

Place Nation All Around Final Total
1 Bulgaria 20.000 20.000 40.000
2 China 19.600 19.600 39.200
3 Spain 19.450 19.300 38.750
4 USSR 19.300 19.350 38.650
4 Japan 19.350 19.300 38.650
6 Finland 18.900 19.150 38.050
7 Czechoslovakia 19.100 18.550 37.650
8 Italy 18.950 18.650 37.600

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hitzel, Nora (December 1987). "Play it again, Sam". USA Gymnastics. Vol. 16, no. 6. pp. 38–40. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  2. ^ Petcova, Rossitsa (22 January 2013). "Bulgaria's rhythmic gymnastics champion Bianka Panova releases autobiographical book". Radio Bulgaria. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ^ "13. World Championships from 17.-20. September 1987 in Varna, Bulgaria". resg.net. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
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