1997 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

1997 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
LocationGermany Berlin, Germany
Start date23 October 1997
End date26 October 1997

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

159 gymnasts from 50 countries competed.[1][2] Reigning World champion Kateryna Serebrianska did not compete. The reason given for this was that her mother, who was also her coach, had fallen seriously ill with a heart condition,[3] though Sovetsky Sport ran an article claiming that it was because her mother was not chosen to be a judge at the competition. Instead, Olena Vitrychenko's mother was selected.[2]

Vitrychenko was second in the preliminary round to Natalia Lipkovskaya but went on to win the competition in the final, earning perfect 10 scores for two of her routines. She also won three of the event finals. Lipkovskaya won the silver medal and medaled in all four apparatus finals, including winning hoop. The bronze medalist was Yana Batyrshina, who tied Vitrychenko for gold on rope and also won silver with clubs. Eva Serrano won two bronze medals in the event finals, and Tatiana Popova tied Lipkovskaya for bronze with clubs.[2]

Medal winners

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

Participants

The following countries sent competitors: 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 entrants

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 Boryana Gineva 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. ^ "Qualification". rsg.net. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Zina, Mironov (January 1998). "Poetry in motion". International Gymnast. Vol. 40, no. 1. pp. 8–10. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  3. ^ "RSG World Championships in Berlin 1997". rsg.net. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  4. ^ "21st World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". International Gymnastics Federation. 26 October 1997. Archived from the original on 13 March 2007.
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