1997 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

1997 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Location	Berlin, Germany
Start date	23 October 1997
End date	26 October 1997

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

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
All-around Finals
Team	Russia Yana Batyrshina Natalia Lipkovskaya Amina Zaripova	Belarus Evgenia Pavlina Yulia Raskina Valeria Vatkina	Ukraine Olena Vitrychenko Tamara Yerofeeva Tatiana Popova
Individual	Olena Vitrychenko Ukraine	Natalia Lipkovskaya Russia	Yana Batyrshina Russia
Apparatus Finals
Rope	Olena Vitrychenko Ukraine Yana Batyrshina Russia	None awarded	Natalia Lipkovskaya Russia
Hoop	Natalia Lipkovskaya Russia	Olena Vitrychenko Ukraine	Eva Serrano France
Clubs	Olena Vitrychenko Ukraine	Yana Batyrshina Russia	Natalia Lipkovskaya Russia Tatiana Popova Ukraine
Ribbon	Olena Vitrychenko Ukraine	Natalia Lipkovskaya Russia	Eva Serrano France

Participants

The following countries sent competitor(s) 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

Lorena Garroco, Roxana Marion, Sandra Re, Anahi Sosa
Nina Aloian, Narine Davoyan, Lusine Galstyan, Karine Kachatrian
Shaneez Johnston, Danielle Le Ray, Leigh Marning, Kristy Darrah
Alexandra Baer, Valerie Hackl, Birgit Schilien
Alfia Kukshinova, Alieva Nourdjachan, Irina Pavlichenco, Sabina Tagiev
Tatiana Ogrizko, Evgenia Pavlina, Yulia Raskina, Valeria Vatkina
Astrid de Mul, Frederique Donnay, Cecile Maissin
Kizzy Antualpa, Dayane Camilo da Silva, Camila Ferezin, Elise Penedo
Teodora Alexandrova, Borinna Guineva, Viktoria Danova
Julia Lombara, Jodie Miller, Erika Leigh Stirton
Yunfei Pu, Xi Zhang, Bei Wu, Xiaojing Zhou
Kristina Bajaz, Petra Jurinec, Zrinka Uzbinec, Tanja Balazic
Yamile Sotolongo, Yordania Corrales, Yasleidy Rodriguez
Lucie Barkova, Renata Hostinska, Kamila Krynicka, Andrea Sebestova
Angela Georgiou, Maria Kyprianidou, Chrtalla Panayiotou, Elena Theodorou
Natalja Kornysheva, Ege Soidla, Irina Stadnik, Julia Tsvetajeva
Heini Lautala, Heidi Niemi, Minna Markkanen, Laura Pietilainen
Eva Serrano, Stephanie Delayat, Caroline Stepanoff, Amelie Villeneuve
Magdalena Brzeska, Edita Schaufler, Monique Strobl, Helene Asmus
Sophia Bakola, Maria Pagalou, Irene Polydorou, Georgia Straka
Viktoria Frater, Orsolya Balogh, Dora Toth, Katalin Kiss
Lital Baumwell, Svetlana Tokayev, Ania Shabsis, Dana Sulema
Susanna Marchesi, Martina Nadalini, Arianna Rusca, Laura Zacchilli
Mikako Iwamoto, Rieko Matsunaga, Kayako Miyazaki, Yukari Murata
Elena Rogojina, Yulia Yourtchenko, Valeria Khairoulina
Saule Tlebaldinova
Lioubov Hohloya, Darya Medyouho, Ina Proyouma, Ana Zelenska
Anzelika Filipovic, Kristina Kliukevichute, Natalija Filistovic, Živilė Rezgytė
Carolyn Au Yong, Farah Zellinah Kemal, Sarina Sundarajah, Chee Kiat Thye
Silvia Palacios, Marcela Salinas, Laura Escalante, Karenia Gutierrez
Sabina Hoogendijk, Lucinda Schuurman, Ramona Stook
Felicity Gould-Thorpe, Gemma Railton, Simone Clark
Marianne Haugli, Siri Kjeksrud
Krystyna Leskiewicz, Joanna Bobrucka, Agnieszka Brandebura, Anna Kwitniewska
Ines Honorio, Susana Nascimento, Vanessa Pereira, Joana Raposo
Evelina Benchea, Dilana Ferencz, Dana Carteleanu, Alina Stoica
Yana Batyrshina, Natalia Lipkovskaya, Amina Zaripova
Zuzana Dobiasova, Eva Filcova, Eleonora Korcekova, Ivana Morolikova
Anja Cucek, Dusica Jeremic, Ana Rebov, Nina Vengust
Andrea Schermoly, Michelle Cameron, Brigitte Heeb, Cheryl Phillips
Hwang Sook-Hyun, Kim Eun-Hae, Kim Min-Jung, Kwon Bo-Young
Almudena Cid, Alba Caride-Costas, Esther Dominguez, Carolina Malchair
Aunchaya Yeansukon
Misra Gigeroglu
Tamara Erofeeva, Elena Vitrichenko, Tatiana Popova
Debbie McLarnon, Annabel Brown, Laura Mackie, Melanie Willmott
Alicia Albe, Tara McCargo, Meaghan Muller
Lilya Nasirova, Tanya Budarina, Elena Mesheryakova, Irina Zamyatina
Iva Zimonjic

Individual All-Around

Place	Nation	Name	Total
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

Individual Rope

Place	Nation	Name	Result
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

Individual Hoop

Place	Nation	Name	Result
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

Individual Clubs

Place	Nation	Name	Result
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

Individual Ribbon

Place	Nation	Name	Result
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

Team All-Around Final

Place	Nation	Total
1	Russia	118.678
2	Belarus	118.264
3	Ukraine	118.229
4	Germany	117.397
5	Bulgaria	78.290
6	Italy	77.927
7	Spain	77.517
8	Japan	76.979

References

• [1] Archived 2007-03-13 at the Wayback Machine