1973 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

1973 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Venue	Ahoy Rotterdam
Location	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Start date	15 November 1973
End date	18 November 1973
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VI World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, also known as the Modern Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships,^[1] were held from 15 November to 18 November 1973 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.^[2][3]

Event overview

27 countries entered gymnasts; 18 entered groups, and 24 entered individuals.^[1] Each country could enter up to three individuals as well as a group, and a total of 63 gymnasts competed in the individual event.^[4] Gymnasts from the United States competed for the first time.^[1]

Five events were performed: individuals had compulsory clubs and ribbon routines and optional ball and hoop routines, while groups performed a routine with six ropes.^[1] The gymnasts with the top six scores on each apparatus entered the event finals. There were two floor areas available for gymnasts to choose to perform on, one harder and one softer.^[4]

During the officials' meetings, discussion items included the proposed European Championships and carrying out judges' courses on each continent. Princess Beatrix attended at least the first session.^[1]

Maria Gigova won her third consecutive world title, which she shared with Galima Shugurova. Maria Patocska was the only competitor who had competed at every World Championships thus far.^[4]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	3	2	10
2	Bulgaria	2	1	4	7
3	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
4	East Germany	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		7	5	8	20

Individuals

Clubs

Place	Nation	Name	AA Score	AF Score	Total
1		Galima Shugurova	9.200	9.350	18.550
2		Natalia Krachinnekova	9.050	9.400	18.450
3		Maria Gigova	9.150	9.100	18.250
4		Marcela Klingerová	9.050	9.100	18.150
5		Maria Patocska	8.950	8.950	17.900
6		Taťána Krenová	8.950	8.450	17.400

Hoop

Place	Nation	Name	AA Score	AF Score	Total
1		Maria Gigova	9.650	9.850	19.500
2		Krassimira Filipova	9.500	9.700	19.200
3=		Neshka Robeva			19.050
3=		Natalia Krachinnekova			19.050
3=		Maria Patocska			19.050
6		Myung Tschee	9.400	9.300	18.700

Note

Initially, Gigova, Filipova and Robeva were the winners of the gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. One month after the conclusion of the World Championships, the International Gymnastics Federation revised the results and presented two extra bronze medals to Patocska and Krachinnekova.^[5][6]

Ball

Place	Nation	Name	AA Score	AF Score	Total
1		Galima Shugurova	9.800	9.900	19.700
2		Natalia Krachinnekova	9.800	9.650	19.450
3		Neshka Robeva	9.500	9.600	19.100
4		Maria Gigova	9.500	9.550	19.050
5		Krassimira Filipova	9.400	9.600	19.000
6		Maria Patocska	9.350	9.400	18.750

Ribbon

Place	Nation	Name	AA Score	AF Score	Total
1		Galina Shugurova	9.600	9.750	19.350
2		Natalia Krachinnekova	9.600	9.650	19.250
3		Maria Gigova	9.550	9.600	19.150
4		Galina Schafrova	9.500	9.600	19.100
5		Neshka Robeva	9.350	9.450	18.800
6		Krassimira Filipova	9.350	9.400	18.750

Individual All-Around

Place	Nation	Name	Clubs	Hoop	Ball	Ribbon	Total
1=		Maria Gigova	9.150	9.650	9.500	9.550	37.850
1=		Galima Shugurova	9.200	9.250	9.800	9.600	37.850
3		Natalia Krachinnekova	9.050	9.350	9.800	9.600	37.800
4		Krassimira Filipova	8.900	9.500	9.400	9.350	37.150
5		Maria Patocska	8.950	9.500	9.350	9.250	37.050
6		Neshka Robeva	8.700	9.450	9.500	9.350	37.000
7		Galina Schafrova	8.750	9.350	9.250	9.500	36.850
8		Taťána Krenová	8.950	9.250	8.950	9.150	36.300
9=		Alena Baťková	8.800	9.200	8.800	9.200	36.000
9=		Myung Tschee	8.350	9.400	8.950	9.300	36.000
11		Myung Kim	8.600	9.250	8.750	9.250	35.850
12		Susanne Ebert	8.850	9.150	8.850	8.900	35.750
13=		Elke Böttger	8.800	8.850	9.050	8.950	35.650
13=		Sylvia Schneidewind	8.550	9.150	9.050	8.900	35.650
15		Seun Dje	8.750	9.000	8.850	9.000	35.600
16		Sonia Pedroso	7.900	9.300	9.050	9.250	35.500
17		Kinue Kobayashi	8.500	9.050	8.800	8.900	35.250
18		Rodica Pintea	8.200	9.100	8.700	9.200	35.200
19=		Xiomara Ameller	8.350	9.100	8.700	9.000	35.150
19=		Michiya Kurokawa	8.350	8.850	9.200	8.750	35.150
21=		Hanna Anczykowska	8.600	8.650	8.850	8.800	34.900
21=		Carmen Rischer	8.300	9.000	8.950	8.650	34.900
23		Lucina Czerwinska	8.250	8.950	8.600	8.800	34.600
24		Jutta Bachmann	7.900	8.850	8.850	8.900	34.500
25		Ivana Obucina	8.600	8.950	8.650	8.200	34.400
26		Yukikao Marumono	8.250	8.300	9.050	8.750	34.350
27		Marcela Klingerová	9.050	7.000	9.050	9.200	34.300
28		Janny Oost	8.400	8.800	8.400	8.650	34.250
29		Snezana Zorovig	8.250	8.900	8.300	8.550	34.000
30		Wesna Maloparac	8.400	8.800	8.100	8.500	33.800
31		Benhy Van Midden	8.300	8.150	8.450	8.550	33.450
32		Grietje Molenbuur	8.250	8.250	8.350	8.550	33.400
33=		Christina Sima	8.200	8.300	8.300	8.550	33.350
33=		Patricia Vanauld	7.700	8.800	8.600	8.250	33.350
35		Denise Fujiwara	8.250	8.500	8.150	8.350	33.250
36		Eva Ericson	8.050	8.200	8.400	8.550	33.200
37		Catherine Bucheton	7.800	8.350	8.550	8.400	33.100
38		Shirley Lethinen	7.850	8.450	8.150	8.600	33.050
39		Gilberte Eeckhout	7.800	8.250	8.250	8.550	32.850
40		Sybille von Gleich	7.850	8.250	8.000	8.700	32.800
41		Josette Bellanger	7.950	8.450	8.350	7.900	32.650
42		Donna Kadwell	7.600	8.450	7.900	7.950	31.900
43		Gundi Binder	8.050	8.200	7.200	8.400	31.850
44		Janice Heale	7.800	8.250	7.450	7.950	31.450
45		? Brumgart	8.000	8.000	7.550	7.700	31.250
46		Lisbeth Blomdahl	7.450	7.800	7.700	8.100	31.050
47		Monica de Corte	7.150	7.900	7.600	7.900	30.550
48		Dale Mercier	7.000	8.150	7.100	8.150	30.400
49		Kathryn Brym	7.300	7.850	6.850	7.900	29.900
50		Jytte Ulbrandt-Hansen	7.150	7.550	8.000	7.100	29.800
51		Lotte Tybjerg-Pedersen	7.050	7.300	7.450	7.900	29.700
52		Brita de Kimpe	7.500	7.700	7.750	6.500	29.450
53		Janette Ralph	6.100	8.250	7.050	7.800	29.200
54		Recouvith Bloch	6.050	7.650	7.550	7.600	28.850
55		Edith Haas	6.250	7.850	7.150	7.350	28.600
56		Batia Masnikov	6.350	7.300	7.250	6.950	27.850
57		Ingeborg Werther	5.750	7.100	7.250	7.350	27.450
58		Concha Corrales	5.700	6.650	7.150	6.250	25.750
59		Ernestina Lucea	5.800	6.800	7.150	5.950	25.700
60		Teresa de Isla[7]	5.800	6.500	6.700	6.300	25.300
61		Romera Lopez	5.100	6.950	6.350	6.650	25.050
62		Pureco Garcia	4.750	6.850	6.000	6.750	24.350
63		Miranda Raya	4.000	6.300	5.000	6.600	21.900

Groups

Group Final

Place	Nation	Preliminary Score	Final Score	Total
1	Soviet Union	18.550	18.950	37.500
2	Czechoslovakia	18.300	18.550	36.850
3	East Germany	17.850	18.750	36.600
4	Italy	18.000	18.400	36.400
5	Bulgaria	18.150	18.150	36.300
6	North Korea	17.650	18.150	35.800

Group Preliminary

Place	Nation	Score
1	Soviet Union	18.550
2	Czechoslovakia	18.300
3	Bulgaria	18.150
4	Italy	18.000
5	East Germany	17.850
6	North Korea	17.650
7	Japan	17.300
8	Cuba	17.150
9	Netherlands	16.850
10	West Germany	16.600
11	France	16.450
12	Finland	16.100
13	Brazil	16.050
14	Canada	15.850
15	Denmark	15.800
16	Sweden	15.500
17	Austria	14.900
18	Mexico	13.050

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