1997 World Sports Acrobatics Championships

14th World Sports Acrobatics Championships
Location	Manchester, United Kingdom
Start date	18 September 1997 (1997-09-18)
End date	21 September 1997 (1997-09-21)
Competitors	74 from 8 nations
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The 1997 World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Manchester, United Kingdom, from 18 to 21 September 1997.^[1]

Nineteen countries sent competitors. In the tumbling competition, Kathryn Peberdy became the first woman to complete a triple back somersault at the World championships, followed by Yelena Chabanenko, who took several steps on the landing of her triple back somersault.^[2]

The event was held concurrently with a International Federation of Sports Acrobatics congress.^[2]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	13	3	1	17
2	Ukraine	6	6	5	17
3	China	5	1	7	13
4	Great Britain	2	3	2	7
5	Belarus	1	1	0	2
6	Poland	0	2	4	6
7	France	0	1	2	3
8	Bulgaria	0	0	7	7
Totals (8 entries)		27	17	28	72

Men's Tumbling

Overall

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	V. Ignatenkov	Russia
	Alexei Kryjanovski	Russia
	Grigoriy Duchenko	Ukraine
	Chen Bo	China

Straight

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	V. Ignatenkov	Russia
	Adrian Sienkiewicz	Poland
	Craig Filmer	United Kingdom

Twisting

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Alexei Kryjanovski	Russia
	Chen Bo	China
	Adrian Sienkiewicz	Poland

Men's Group

Overall

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Pigorov, Vlasov, Mikrov, Ivanov	Russia
	Safronov, Zaverykha, Pavlov, Bain	Ukraine
	Wu, Huang, Chen, Jian	China
	Stefan Nikolov, Roumen Hristov, Nikolay Nikolov, Slav Danev	Bulgaria

Balance

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Safronov, Zaverykha, Pavlov, Bain	Ukraine
	Pigorov, Vlasov, Mikrov, Ivanov	Russia
	Wu, Huang, Chen, Jian	China
	Stefan Nikolov, Roumen Hristov, Nikolay Nikolov, Slav Danev	Bulgaria

Tempo

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Pigorov, Vlasov, Mikrov, Ivanov	Russia
	Pas, Zywol, Trzasska, Gutszmit	Poland
	Wu, Huang, Chen, Jian	China
	Safronov, Zaverykha, Pavlov, Bain	Ukraine

Men's Pair

Overall

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Renjie Li, Min Song	China
	Vlassov, Volkov	Russia
	Mark Flores, Martyn Smith	United Kingdom
	Nikolov, Marinov	Bulgaria

Balance

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Renjie Li, Min Song	China
	Mark Flores, Martyn Smith	United Kingdom
	Vlassov, Volkov	Russia
	Nikolov, Marinov	Bulgaria
	Kozhin, Vologdin	Ukraine

Tempo

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Renjie Li, Min Song	China
	Vlassov, Volkov	Russia
	Nikolov, Marinov	Bulgaria

Mixed Pair

Overall

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Oxana Iatsenko, Edouard Perelyguine	Russia
	Valeria Maltchenko, Dmitri Klimenko	Ukraine
	Emily Crocker, Neil Griffiths	United Kingdom

Balance

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Oxana Iatsenko, Edouard Perelyguine	Russia
	Valeria Maltchenko, Dmitri Klimenko	Ukraine
	Wu Zhengdan, Wei Baohua	China

Tempo

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Oxana Iatsenko, Edouard Perelyguine	Russia
	Emily Crocker, Neil Griffiths	United Kingdom
	Valeria Maltchenko, Dmitri Klimenko	Ukraine

Women's Tumbling

Overall

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Kathryn Peberby	United Kingdom
	Yelena Chabanenko	Ukraine
	Chrystel Robert	France

Straight

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Tatiana Morosova	Belarus
	Chrystel Robert	France
	Yelena Chabanenko	Ukraine

Twisting

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Yelena Chabanenko	Ukraine
	Kathryn Peberby	United Kingdom
	Chrystel Robert	France

Women's Group

Overall

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Zaliaeva, Kuschu, Avakelian	Russia
	Moiseichea, Surina, Zherdeva	Ukraine
	Silvya Chengarova, Kristina Pramatarova, Paulina Stankova	Bulgaria
	Wang, Xu, Luo	China
	Joanna Gamrot, Edyta Kalinovska, Marta Adamiecka	Poland

Balance

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Zaliaeva, Kuschu, Avakelian	Russia
	Moiseichea, Surina, Zherdeva	Ukraine
	Wang, Xu, Luo	China

Tempo

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Zaliaeva, Kuschu, Avakelian	Russia
	Moiseichea, Surina, Zherdeva	Ukraine
	Joanna Gamrot, Edyta Kalinovska, Marta Adamiecka	Poland

Women's Pair

Overall

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Liao, Lao	China
	Vishnevskaya, Kovalchuk	Ukraine
	Stoyanova, Penkova	Bulgaria

Balance

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Liao, Lao	China
	Vishnevskaya, Kovalchuk	Ukraine
	Sakowska, Gargala	Poland

Tempo

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	Karaeva, Smirnova	Russia
	Vishnevskaya, Kovalchuk	Ukraine
	Raktscheeva, Feoktistova	Belarus

References

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2. Boelsems, Paula (December 1997). "World championships in sports acrobatics". International Gymnast. Vol. 39, no. 12. pp. 27–30. Retrieved 2025-12-24.