World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

The World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships are the World Championships for the sport of rhythmic gymnastics. They were first held in 1963. Only the Soviet Union (Post-Soviet Republics of today), Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and East Germany have won individual all-around medals at the World Championships, except for 1975 which they boycotted. On the other hand, groups are more open than individuals – Eastern and Southern Europe are the duumvirate of the group competitions.

Championships

Year	Games	Host City	Country	Events	First in the Medal Table	Second in the Medal Table	Third in the Medal Table	Comments
1963	I	Budapest	Hungary	3	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	N/A	(individuals only)
1965	II	Prague	Czechoslovakia	3	Czechoslovakia	Soviet Union	N/A	(individuals only)
1967	III	Copenhagen	Denmark	5	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Bulgaria
1969	IV	Varna	Bulgaria	6	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
1971	V	Havana	Cuba	6	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	North Korea
1973	VI	Rotterdam	Netherlands	6	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
1975	VII	Madrid	Spain	6	West Germany	Japan	Italy
1977	VIII	Basel	Switzerland	6	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
1979	IX	London	United Kingdom	6	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
1981	X	Munich	West Germany	6	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
1983	XI	Strasbourg	France	6	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	North Korea
1985	XII	Valladolid	Spain	6	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	East Germany  North Korea
1987	XIII	Varna	Bulgaria	8	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	China
1989	XIV	Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	9	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Spain
1991	XV	Athens	Greece	9	Soviet Union	Spain	Bulgaria
1992	XVI	Brussels	Belgium	8	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Spain
1993	XVII	Alicante	Spain	7	Bulgaria	Ukraine	Spain	(individuals only)
1994	XVIII	Paris	France	8	Ukraine	Bulgaria	Russia
1995	XIX	Vienna	Austria	9	Russia	Ukraine	Bulgaria
1996	XX	Budapest	Hungary	7	Ukraine	Belarus	Russia
1997	XXI	Berlin	Germany	6	Ukraine	Russia	Belarus	(individuals only)
1998	XXII	Sevilla	Spain	3	Belarus	Spain	Russia	(groups only)
1999	XXIII	Osaka	Japan	9	Russia	Greece	Ukraine
2001	XXIV	Madrid	Spain	8	Ukraine	Bulgaria	Greece	(individuals only)
2002	XXV	New Orleans	United States	3	Russia	Greece	Ukraine	(groups only)
2003	XXVI	Budapest	Hungary	9	Russia	Ukraine	Bulgaria
2005	XXVII	Baku	Azerbaijan	9	Russia	Italy	Bulgaria
2007	XXVIII	Patras	Greece	9	Russia	Ukraine	Italy
2009	XXIX	Mie	Japan	9	Russia	Italy	Belarus
2010	XXX	Moscow	Russia	9	Russia	Italy	Belarus
2011	XXXI	Montpellier	France	9	Russia	Italy	Bulgaria
2013	XXXII	Kiev	Ukraine	8	Russia	Ukraine	Belarus
2014	XXXIII	İzmir	Turkey	8	Russia	Bulgaria	Spain
2015	XXXIV	Stuttgart	Germany	9	Russia	Italy	Belarus
2017	XXXV	Pesaro	Italy	Future event
2018	XXXVI	Sofia	Bulgaria	Future event
2019	XXXVII	Baku	Azerbaijan	Future event

Medalists

Individual All-Around

Individual All-Around Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1963	Budapest, Hungary	Ludmila Savinkova	Tatiana Kravtchenko	Julia Trashlieva
1965	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Hana Micechova	Tatiana Kravtchenko	Hana Machatová-Bogušovská
1967	Copenhagen, Denmark	Elena Karpuchina	Ute Lehmann	Liubov Sereda
1969	Varna, Bulgaria	Maria Gigova	Liubov Sereda Neshka Robeva Galima Shugurova
1971	Havana, Cuba	Maria Gigova	Elena Karpuchina	Alfia Nazmutdinova
1973	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	Galima Shugurova Maria Gigova		Natalia Krachinnekova
1975	Madrid, Spain	Carmen Rischer	Christiana Rosenberg	Maria Jesús Alegre
1977	Basel, Switzerland	Irina Deriugina	Galima Shugurova	Kristina Guiourova
1979	London, England	Irina Deriugina	Elena Tomas	Irina Gabashvili
1981	Munich, West Germany	Anelia Ralenkova	Lilia Ignatova Iliana Raeva
1983	Strasbourg, France	Diliana Guerguieva	Galina Beloglazova Lilia Ignatova Anelia Ralenkova
1985	Valladolid, Spain	Diliana Guerguieva	Lilia Ignatova	Bianka Panova
1987	Varna, Bulgaria	Bianka Panova	Adriana Dunavska Elizabeth Koleva
1989	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	Alexandra Timoshenko	Bianka Panova	Adriana Dunavska Oksana Skaldina
1991	Athens, Greece	Oksana Skaldina	Alexandra Timoshenko	Mila Marinova
1992	Brussels, Belgium	Oxana Kostina	Maria Petrova	Larissa Loukianenko
1993	Alicante, Spain	Maria Petrova	Ekaterina Serebrianskaya	Amina Zaripova
1994	Paris, France	Maria Petrova	Larissa Loukianenko Amina Zaripova
1995	Vienna, Austria	Ekaterina Serebrianskaya Maria Petrova		Larissa Loukianenko Yanina Batyrchina
1997	Berlin, Germany	Olena Vitrichenko	Natalia Lipkovskaya	Yanina Batyrchina
1999	Osaka, Japan	Alina Kabaeva	Yulia Raskina	Yulia Barsoukova
2001	Madrid, Spain	Tamara Yerofeeva	Simona Peycheva	Anna Bessonova
2003	Budapest, Hungary	Alina Kabaeva	Anna Bessonova	Irina Tchachina
2005	Baku, Azerbaijan	Olga Kapranova	Anna Bessonova	Irina Tchachina
2007	Patras, Greece	Anna Bessonova	Vera Sessina	Olga Kapranova
2009	Mie, Japan	Yevgeniya Kanayeva	Daria Kondakova	Anna Bessonova
2010	Moscow, Russia	Yevgeniya Kanayeva	Daria Kondakova	Melitina Staniouta
2011	Montpellier, France	Yevgeniya Kanayeva	Daria Kondakova	Aliya Garayeva
2013	Kiev, Ukraine	Yana Kudryavtseva	Ganna Rizatdinova	Melitina Staniouta
2014	Izmir, Turkey	Yana Kudryavtseva	Margarita Mamun	Ganna Rizatdinova
2015	Stuttgart, Germany	Yana Kudryavtseva	Margarita Mamun	Melitina Staniouta

Group All-Around

Group All-Around Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1967	Copenhagen, Denmark	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Bulgaria
1969	Varna, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
1971	Havana, Cuba	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Italy
1973	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	East Germany
1975	Madrid, Spain	Italy	Japan	Spain
1977	Basel, Switzerland	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
1979	London, England	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Bulgaria
1981	Munich, West Germany	Bulgaria	USSR	Czechoslovakia
1983	Strasbourg, France	Bulgaria	USSR	North Korea
1985	Valladolid, Spain	Bulgaria	USSR North Korea
1987	Varna, Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Spain China
1989	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Spain
1991	Athens, Greece	Spain	Soviet Union	North Korea
1992	Brussels, Belgium	Russia	Spain	North Korea
1994	Paris, France	Russia	Spain	Bulgaria
1995	Vienna, Austria	Bulgaria	Spain	Belarus
1996	Budapest, Hungary	Bulgaria	Spain	Belarus
1998	Seville, Spain	Belarus	Spain	Russia
1999	Osaka, Japan	Russia	Greece	Belarus
2002	New Orleans, United States	Russia	Belarus	Greece
2003	Budapest, Hungary	Russia	Bulgaria	Belarus
2005	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia	Italy	Belarus
2007	Patras, Greece	Russia	Italy	Belarus
2009	Mie, Japan	Italy	Belarus	Russia
2010	Moscow, Russia	Italy	Belarus	Russia
2011	Montpellier, France	Italy	Russia	Bulgaria
2013	Kiev, Ukraine	Belarus	Italy	Russia
2014	Izmir, Turkey	Bulgaria	Italy	Belarus
2015	Stuttgart, Germany	Russia	Bulgaria	Spain

All-time medal table

1963-2015^[1]

• Last updated after the 2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	91	48	28	167
2	Bulgaria	66	53	48	167
3	Soviet Union	50	43	27	120
4	Ukraine	25	28	37	90
5	Belarus	9	24	37	70
6	Italy	7	15	5	27
7	Spain	7	11	18	36
8	West Germany	5	5	0	10
9	Czechoslovakia	4	5	8	17
10	Greece	3	1	2	6
11	North Korea	1	2	4	7
12	Japan	1	1	1	3
13	Azerbaijan	0	1	7	8
14	East Germany	0	1	3	4
15	China	0	1	2	3
	Israel	0	1	2	3
17	France	0	0	2	2
18	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Total		269	240	234	743

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