# 1983 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

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

### Individual

| Name | Name | Name | 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.
| Nation | Nation | Nation | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |