1983 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

1983 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Location	Strasbourg, France
Start date	10 November 1983
End date	11 November 1983
← Munich 1981 Valladolid 1985 →

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 at Los Angeles 1984, where most of the gymnasts from Eastern Europe, from where come the most gifted rhythmic gymnasts, didn't attend for the boycott made 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

Individual[]

Nation	Name		Nation	Name		Nation	Name		Nation	Name
	Gail Duquenin			Roxana Merino-Martinez			Hiroko Yamasaki			Marta Canton
	Karen Ho			Antoniadou Eftythia			Irma Borgsteede			Pino Diaz
	Ann Maree Kerr			Libuse Mojžíšová			Maud van Helvoort			Viktoria Bengtsson
	Karin Elmer			Daniela Záhorovská			Esther Hielckert			Eva Bergstroem
	Elke Göschl			Susanne Ravn			Tania Moss			Helena Rosander
	Gertrude Ramsauer			Bianca Dittrich			Karen Schultz			Fränzi Grogg
	Caroline Vlerick			Katrin Huschke			Angela Walker			Suzanne Müller
	Sarina Roberti			Heide Krause			Yenn Ran Kang			Grazia Verzasconi
	Dominique Thiebaut			Heli Honko			Zai Ran Kim			Jacqueline Leavy
	Rosane Favila Ferreira			Leena Murtamo			Ok Sun Zang			Lorraine Priest
	Laura Monteiro			Benedicte Augst			Ingvild Landro			Julie Ramsden
	Maria Luisa Santos			Valerie Bonvoisin			Anne Langmoen			Michelle Berube
	Diliana Gueorguieva			Christel Roger			Shirin Zorriassateiny			Lydia Bree Crabtree
	Lilia Ignatova			Agnes Bencsina			Teresa Folga			Valerie Zimring
	Anelia Ralenkova			Andrea Sinko			Dorota Koslowska			Galina Beloglazova
	Aimee Brender			Zsuzsa Turak			Anna Klos-Sulima			Dalia Kutkaitė
	Adrianne Dunnett			Liath Haninovlitz			Margarida Carmo			Venera Zaripova
	Lori Fung			Hanit Turner			Maria Joao Falcao			Claudia Scharmann
	Xianyuan Huang			Manuela Agnolucci			Christina Lebre			Regina Weber
	Weihong Li			Christina Cimino			Alina Dragan			Claudia Ziburski
	Yu Tao			Giulia Staccioli			Doina Staiculescu			Lidija Milicevic
	Perez Caridad			Erika Akiyama			Anca C. Zota			Milena Reljin
	Medina Lourdes			Hiroko Otsuka			Marta Bobo			Danijela Simić

Groups[]

Countries who participated in the group competition are as follows.

Flag	Nation		Flag	Nation		Flag	Nation		Flag	Nation
	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

Medal table[]

Place	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria	7	2	5	14
2	USSR	2	3	2	7
3	North Korea	0	0	1	1

Individual Final[]

Individual All-Around[]

Place	Nation	Name	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total
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		Bianca Dittrich	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
1		Anelia Ralenkova	9.900	10.000	19.900
2		Galina Beloglazova	9.900	9.900	19.800
3		Lilia Ignatova	9.800	9.850	19.650
3		Dalia Kutkaitė	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		Heide Krause	9.750	9.800	19.550
8		Marta Bobo	9.750	9.700	19.450

Individual Ball[]

Place	Nation	Name	All Around	Hoop	Total
1		Galina Beloglazova	10.000	10.000	20.000
1		Lilia Ignatova	10.000	10.000	20.000
3		Diliana Guerguieva	9.950	10.000	19.950
3		Anelia Ralenkova	9.950	10.000	19.950
5		Dalia Kutkaitė	9.900	10.000	19.900
6		Doina Staiculescu	9.800	9.850	19.650
7		Marta Bobo	9.750	9.800	19.550
8		Bianca Dittrich	9.700	9.800	19.500

Individual Clubs[]

Place	Nation	Name	All Around	Clubs	Total
1		Diliana Guerguieva	10.000	10.000	20.000
1		Lilia Ignatova	10.000	10.000	20.000
3		Dalia Kutkaitė	9.900	10.000	19.900
3		Anelia Ralenkova	10.000	9.900	19.900
5		Galina Beloglazova	9.800	10.000	19.800
6		Doina Staiculescu	9.800	9.900	19.700
7		Bianca Dittrich	9.750	9.850	19.600
7		Venera Zaripova	9.800	9.800	19.600

Individual Ribbon[]

Place	Nation	Name	All Around	Ribbon	Total
1		Galina Beloglazova	9.900	10.000	19.900
1		Diliana Guerguieva	9.900	10.000	19.900
3		Anelia Ralenkova	9.750	10.000	19.750
4		Lilia Ignatova	9.800	9.900	19.700
4		Venera Zaripova	9.800	9.900	19.700
6		Dalia Kutkaitė	9.850	9.800	19.650
7		Regina Weber	9.750	9.600	19.350
8		Doina Staiculescu	9.600	9.600	19.200

Group[]

Preliminaries[]

Place	Nation	First Exercise	Second Exercise	Total
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
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

References[]

• RSG.net

External links[]

• FIG - International Governing Body for Rhythmic Gymnastics