2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships

2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Halkapınar Sport Hall, where the competition took place
VenueHalkapınar Sport Hall
LocationTurkeyİzmir, Turkey
Start date21 September 2014
End date28 September 2014

The 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the 33rd edition, was held in İzmir, Turkey, from 21 to 28 September, 2014 at the Halkapınar Sport Hall.[1]

Apparatus finals were held concurrently with the all-around qualifications, with the top gymnasts on each apparatus competing in the final after the apparatus qualifications were finished.[2] 58 federations sent a total of 312 gymnasts: 133 individuals and 179 members of 31 groups.[3]

Yana Kudryavtseva of the Russian Federation lead the all-around qualifications ahead of fellow Russian Margarita Mamun and Ukrainian Hanna Rizatdinova, and the medal placements were repeated in the final.[4][5] Kudryavtseva became the youngest rhythmic gymnast to win back-to-back individual all-around titles in the World Championships at 16 years old.[5]

Kudryavtseva also won the apparatus titles in hoop, ball (shared with Mamun),[2] and clubs, while Mamun won the gold with ribbon.[6]Son Yeon-jae from South Korea won her country's first medal at the World Championships, a bronze with hoop. Melitina Staniouta of Belarus won the ball bronze.[2] Rizatdinova won the other two apparatus bronze medals with clubs and ribbon.[6]

In the group competition, the host country of Turkey entered a group for the first time, as did Egypt and Thailand.[7] The Russian group was favored to win, but they had serious mistakes in both routines: one gymnast had to run off the floor after a club in the 10 clubs routine, and they had a knotted ribbon in their 3 balls + 2 ribbons routine. They finished off the podium in fourth place, while the Bulgarian group won the group all-around 18 years after they last did so at the 1996 World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. The Italian group won silver and the Belarusian group bronze.[8]

In the group apparatus finals, the Spanish group, which had placed 11th in the all-around, rebounded to win the 10 clubs final, as they had done at the 2013 World Championships, and the Russian group also defended their title in the 3 balls + 2 ribbons final.[9]

The Longines Prize for Elegance was awarded to Kudryavtseva.[10]

Participating countries

The following federations sent gymnasts to the Championships:[11]

Schedule

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team Competition
All-Around RussiaYana KudryavtsevaMargarita MamunAleksandra Soldatova BelarusArina CharopaKatsiaryna HalkinaMelitina Staniouta UkraineViktoria MazurGanna RizatdinovaEleonora Romanova
Individual Finals
Hoop Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS) Margarita Mamun (RUS) Son Yeon-jae (KOR)
Ball Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS)None awarded Melitina Staniouta (BLR)
 Margarita Mamun (RUS)
Clubs Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS) Margarita Mamun (RUS) Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR)
Ribbon Margarita Mamun (RUS) Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS) Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR)
All-Around Yana Kudryavtseva (RUS) Margarita Mamun (RUS) Ganna Rizatdinova (UKR)
Groups Finals
All-Around BulgariaReneta KamberovaMihaela Maevska-VelichkovaTsvetelina NaydenovaTsvetelina StoyanovaHristiana Todorova ItalyArianna FacchinettiAlessia MaurelliMarta PagniniCamilla PatriarcaLodi SofiaAndreea Stefanescu BelarusKsenya CheldishkinaHanna DudzenkovaMaria KadobinaMaryia KatsiakValeriya PischelinaArina Tsitsilina
10 Clubs SpainSandra AguilarArtemi GavezouElena LópezLourdes MohedanoAlejandra Quereda IsraelYuval FiloAlona KoshevatskiyEkaterina LevinaKarina LykhvarIda Mayrin BelarusKsenya CheldishkinaHanna DudzenkovaMaria KadobinaMaryia KatsiakValeriya Pischelina* Arina Tsitsilina
3 Balls + 2 Ribbons RussiaDaria AvtonomovaDiana BorisovaAnastasia MaksimovaAleksandra SemenovaAnastasia Tatareva* Maria Tolkacheva BulgariaReneta KamberovaMihaela Maevska-VelichkovaTsvetelina NaydenovaTsvetelina StoyanovaHristiana Todorova BelarusKsenya CheldishkinaHanna DudzenkovaMaria KadobinaMaryia Katsiak* Valeriya PischelinaArina Tsitsilina

* reserve gymnast

Individual

Teams Competition and Individual Qualification

The team competition was held concurrently with all-around qualifications and was only for countries with at least three participating gymnasts. Only gymnasts competing with at least three apparatuses can compete for the all-around qualifications, with the top three highest scores counted. The top 24 in qualifications advance to the all-around finals.

Nation/GymnastsTotal
 Russia (1)54.93354.69136.76637.249147.914
Yana Kudryavtseva18.53318.65018.13318.61655.799 (1)
Margarita Mamun18.35018.36618.63318.63355.632 (2)
Aleksandra Soldatova18.05017.67535.725
 Belarus (2)50.23351.79933.40833.099136.073
Melitina Staniouta16.90017.96617.17516.86652.041 (5)
Katsiaryna Halkina17.00017.30016.23316.23350.533 (11)
Arina Charopa16.33316.53332.866
 Ukraine (3)51.06649.03233.28333.533135.515
Ganna Rizatdinova18.03317.58317.60017.60053.233 (3)
Viktoria Mazur16.65015.73315.68315.93348.316 (21)
Eleonora Romanova16.38315.71632.099
 Israel (4)47.97448.75732.14133.308133.939
Neta Rivkin17.32517.33316.16617.00051.658 (6)
Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky16.91616.91615.97516.30850.140 (12)
Martina Poplinsky13.73314.50828.241
 Azerbaijan (5)49.46649.15732.79132.283132.648
Marina Durunda17.15017.49116.85016.80051.491 (8)
Nilufar Niftaliyeva16.36615.566
Gulsum Shafizada15.95016.10015.94115.48347.991
 Spain (6)47.62446.81631.58233.200130.697
Carolina Rodriguez16.86617.18316.11617.30051.349 (9)
Natalia García16.13315.73315.46615.90047.766
Sara Llana14.62513.90028.525
 Bulgaria (7)47.73247.96533.07532.224129.930
Mariya Mateva16.66615.74116.50016.44149.607 (16)
Neviana Vladinova15.35016.10816.57548.033
Radina Flipova15.71616.16615.78347.615
 Uzbekistan (8)48.54947.64032.21631.574129.480
Elizaveta Nazarenkova16.61615.51616.75016.51649.882 (14)
Djamila Rakhmatova15.90016.68315.46615.05848.049 (24)
Anastasiya Serdyukova16.03315.44131.474
 Italy (9)48.15848.25731.85831.899129.256
Veronica Bertolini16.48316.83316.20016.28349.599 (17)
Giulia di Luca15.37515.54130.916
Alessia Russo16.30015.88315.65815.61647.841
 South Korea (10)44.00746.31632.38331.824127.981
Son Yeon-jae17.35017.48317.43317.73352.649 (4)
Gim Yun-hee13.59115.35014.95014.09144.391
Lee Da-ae13.06613.48326.549
 Japan (11)46.32447.78330.94931.866127.864
Kaho Minagawa14.70816.70016.06615.36648.132 (23)
Sakura Hayakawa16.20016.73314.88316.50049.433 (18)
Maho Mikami15.41614.35029.766
 United States (12)46.21646.76532.40731.066126.954
Jasmine Kerber16.71615.64116.44115.55048.798 (19)
Rebecca Sereda14.55015.29115.96615.51646.773
Serena Lu14.95015.83330.783
 China (13)45.98242.46531.47432.100126.189
Deng Senyue17.38315.36617.34116.87551.599 (7)
Wang Yili14.06611.76614.13339.965
Liu Jiahu14.53315.33315.22545.091
 Finland (14)45.77446.74131.05031.299125.290
Jouki Tikkanen15.90016.30015.85015.96648.166 (22)
Kati Rantsi14.88314.69129.574
Ekaterina Volkova14.99115.75015.20015.33346.283
 Georgia (15)45.03245.74130.81630.458124.014
Gabriela Khvedelidze14.63314.54114.45043.624
Salome Phajava16.56617.00016.38316.00849.949 (13)
Liana Tsetsadze13.83314.20014.43342.466
 Estonia (16)45.64944.26629.71630.199121.547
Olga Bogdanova15.85013.90015.33315.08346.266
Viktoria Bogdanova14.86615.11615.11645.098
Carmel Kallemaa14.93315.25014.38344.566
 Mexico (17)42.55744.99928.14930.649119.513
Cynthia Valdez15.71615.43314.03315.36646.515
Karla Diaz13.39114.38314.11641.890
Rut Castillo Galindo13.45015.18315.28343.916
 Austria (18)42.24143.26630.61628.683119.307
Nicol Ruprecht15.87515.85016.30014.15048.025
Natascha Wegscheider13.80014.48314.31614.53343.332
Sophia Lindtner12.56612.93325.499
 Kazakhstan (19)42.28343.36630.45030.083119.082
Aliya Assymova15.18315.20015.75015.50046.450
Aidana Sarybay13.42513.84114.58341.849
Selina Zhumatayeva13.67514.32514.70042.700
 Brazil (20)44.24944.04929.44927.183117.474
Angelica Kvieczynski15.72515.54131.266
Natalia Gaudio14.25814.25814.56613.50043.082
Andressa Jardim14.26614.25014.88313.68343.399
 Canada (21)41.88244.30728.79127.883117.647
Patricia Bezzoubenko16.03316.63315.78315.35048.449 (20)
Maria Kitkarska12.68313.86613.00839.557
Annabelle Kovacs13.16613.80812.53339.507
 United Kingdom (22)44.25841.94929.18228.400116.673
Laura Halford15.55814.43314.41614.22544.407
Mimi-Isabella Cesar13.40013.71627.116
Stephani Sherlock15.30013.80014.76614.17544.241
 Slovenia (23)43.19941.93328.04128.416114.823
Monija Cebasek13.91613.35013.41640.682
Sara Kragulj14.33314.53313.91642.782
Spela Kratochwill14.95014.05014.62514.50044.075
 Czech Republic (24)42.43241.66527.81628.032113.613
Monika Mickova14.70014.46614.35014.51643.682
Anna Sebkova12.86613.48313.46613.51640.465
Nataly Hamrikova14.86613.71628.582
 Portugal (25)40.29939.64928.03327.200109.856
Carolina Coelho13.79113.85813.65014.05041.699
Rafaela Coimbra13.55813.41614.38341.357
Tania Domingues12.95012.37513.15038.475
 Armenia (26)41.02537.68227.03226.133108.956
Lilit Harutyunan14.57514.16615.21643.957
Luiza Sadyan12.90012.83325.733
Klara Simonyan11.10011.81622.916
Anna Svirina13.55012.41613.30039.266
 Egypt (27)38.89140.70726.62525.574107.373
Sara Rostom13.60814.28313.45011.94141.341
Nourhal Kattab12.80013.66613.63340.099
Fatma Salman12.48312.75813.17538.416
 Lithuania (28)38.29138.38223.84924.407102.363
Anastasija Grisanina11.40013.54112.68312.36638.590
Karolina Sklenyte14.37512.70011.16612.04139.116
Olga Stork12.51612.14124.657
 Norway (29)37.18236.54123.51621.89998.272
Emilie Holte12.85012.95011.56612.13337.933
Fanny Cecilie Hozman Lunde11.66611.10022.766
Marie Therese Ruud12.66612.49111.9509.76637.107
 Kyrgyzstan (30)33.35736.18223.62522.02494.539
Saltanat Kiiazova12.16611.99112.17536.332
Regina Miaksheva11.27512.55011.45010.73335.275
Aiturgan Myrzakhmatova9.91611.64111.29132.848
 Serbia (31)35.34131.49121.04922.27590.140
Anja Jovanovic11.25810.26610.53332.057
Lana Radovic11.62511.47511.30034.400
Sofija Vukicevic12.4589.75010.51610.97533.949
 Angola (32)20.53218.39914.44914.60056.414
Sofia Higino6.2605.43311.699
Anna Mpanzu7.4166.8337.8167.80023.032
Alice Tomas6.8506.1336.6336.80020.283
Other non-Team---------------
 Kseniya Moustafaeva (FRA)16.93317.01616.96616.33350.915 (10)
 Varvara Filiou (GRE)16.35017.08516.26615.97549.699 (15)
 Jana Berezko-Marggrander (GER)15.60016.05816.20815.40047.866
 Alexandra Piscupescu (ROU)15.90015.91615.78315.43347.599
 Anna Czarniecka (POL)15.70015.13315.49115.31646.507
 Kyriaki Alevrogianni (GRE)15.35015.60013.38315.23346.183
 Iuliana Liubomeiscaia (MDA)14.60014.38313.98313.83342.966
 Elif Zeynep Celep (TUR)13.26614.53314.81612.81642.615
 Themida Christodoulidou (CYP)13.81614.43314.33312.46642.582
 Grace Legote (RSA)13.74113.15014.28313.93341.957
 Danielle Prince (AUS)13.25013.50014.27513.63341.408
 Xenia Kilianova (SVK)13.80013.90013.11613.70041.400
 Mirjana Sekovanic (CRO)13.83313.93313.46612.66641.232
 Amy Quinn (AUS)13.50013.65012.66613.18340.333
 Daniella Zita Kecza (HUN)13.20813.32512.24113.50040.033
 Michelle Steffanie Salazar (VEN)12.99111.82512.93313.60039.524
 Elena Milenkovic (CRO)12.95013.73312.44111.31639.124
 Ana Carrasco Pini (ARG)12.54112.38311.51613.40038.324
 Tong Kah Mun (SIN)13.05011.25012.33312.82538.208
 Najlae Ou-Ghanem (BEL)12.92512.26611.22512.81638.007
 Yansy De la Cartaya (CUB)12.65812.07512.98310.91637.716
 Joke Verpoest (BEL)11.56613.02512.15011.70836.883
 Lucia Castiglioni (SMR)11.66611.73312.96611.40036.365
 Camila Giorgi (ARG)11.86611.76612.2918.61635.923
 Ignacia Icaza (CHI)10.76611.55012.08312.27535.908
 Nicole Monique Bierbach (NAM)12.21611.42510.21610.23333.874
 Jennifer Pettersson (SWE)10.46611.80810.94111.03333.782
 Viktoria Soos (HUN)10.38311.0339.96610.08331.499

Hoop

Rank Gymnast Nation D ScoreE ScorePen.Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)Yana Kudryavtseva Russia9.4509.366

18.816

2nd place, silver medalist(s)Margarita Mamun Russia9.2509.200

18.450

3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Son Yeon-jae South Korea9.0008.966

17.966

4 Ganna Rizatdinova Ukraine9.0008.933

17.933

5 Deng Senyue China8.8508.733

17.583

6 Marina Durunda Azerbaijan8.7008.800

17.500

6 Neta Rivkin Israel8.5009.000

17.500

8 Katsiaryna Halkina Belarus7.9758.700

16.675

Ball

Rank Gymnast Nation D ScoreE ScorePen.Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)Yana Kudryavtseva Russia9.2009.233

18.433

1st place, gold medalist(s)Margarita Mamun Russia9.2009.233

18.433

3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Melitina Staniouta Belarus8.9009.100

18.000

4 Ganna Rizatdinova Ukraine9.0008.900

17.900

5 Son Yeon-jae South Korea8.8008.933

17.733

6 Katsiaryna Halkina Belarus8.6508.800

17.450

7 Marina Durunda Azerbaijan8.5008.766

17.266

8 Neta Rivkin Israel8.2008.933

17.133

Clubs

Rank Gymnast Nation D ScoreE ScorePen.Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)Yana Kudryavtseva Russia9.3509.400

18.750

2nd place, silver medalist(s)Margarita Mamun Russia9.3509.300

18.650

3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Ganna Rizatdinova Ukraine8.9009.100

18.000

4 Son Yeon-jae South Korea8.8009.033

17.833

5 Deng Senyue China8.7009.000

17.700

5 Marina Durunda Azerbaijan8.5008.966

17.466

7 Melitina Staniouta Belarus8.3258.900

17.225

8 Kseniya Moustafaeva France8.4508.766

17.216

Ribbon

Rank Gymnast Nation D ScoreE ScorePen.Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)Margarita Mamun Russia9.2009.366

18.566

2nd place, silver medalist(s)Yana Kudryavtseva Russia8.9509.233

18.183

3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Ganna Rizatdinova Ukraine8.7009.066

17.766

4 Melitina Staniouta Belarus8.4008.800

17.200

5 Son Yeon-jae South Korea8.1508.900

17.050

6 Deng Senyue China8.0508.900

16.950

7 Carolina Rodriguez Spain7.8008.533

16.333

7 Neta Rivkin Israel7.6008.733

16.333

All-Around

Rank Gymnast Nation Total
1st place, gold medalist(s)Yana Kudryavtseva Russia19.00018.80018.91618.55075.266
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Margarita Mamun Russia18.31618.60018.45018.78374.149
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Ganna Rizatdinova Ukraine18.16617.98318.20018.10072.449
4 Son Yeon-jae South Korea17.95017.35017.80017.83370.933
5 Deng Senyue China17.80017.20017.45017.31669.766
6 Marina Durunda Azerbaijan17.50017.56617.66616.83369.565
7 Melitina Staniouta Belarus18.00017.26616.65017.56669.482
8 Katsiaryna Halkina Belarus17.16617.38317.30016.85068.699
9 Neta Rivkin Israel17.25017.20017.45016.78368.683
10 Carolina Rodriguez Spain17.18317.06617.31616.88368.448
11 Kseniya Moustafaeva France17.28316.40817.26616.93367.890
12 Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky Israel17.15016.66617.11616.49167.423
13 Salome Phajava Georgia16.93316.96617.13316.15067.182
14 Mariya Mateva Bulgaria16.31616.78316.58316.26665.948
15 Elizaveta Nazarenkova Uzbekistan15.76616.20016.57516.98365.524
16 Sakura Hayakawa Japan15.93316.68316.46616.17565.257
17 Jouki Tikkanen Finland16.40016.41616.13316.30065.249
18 Viktoria Mazur Ukraine15.99115.98316.40016.72565.099
19 Jasmine Kerber United States16.73315.93315.85016.06664.582
20 Varvara Filiou Greece16.13315.73315.70016.85064.416
21 Djamila Rakhmatova Uzbekistan15.98316.23316.25015.81664.282
22 Veronica Bertolini Italy16.25016.69115.96615.18364.090
23 Kaho Minagawa Japan15.13316.56615.63315.96663.298
24 Patricia Bezzoubenko Canada15.65816.46616.06614.15062.340

Groups

Group compositions

All-Around

Place Nation 10 3 + 2 Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bulgaria17.133 (3)17.316 (3)34.449
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Italy17.216 (1)17.066 (4)34.282
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Belarus16.75017.383 (2)34.133
4  Russia16.13317.816 (1)33.949
5  Israel16.80016.96633.766
6  Azerbaijan16.46616.86633.332
7  Ukraine16.40016.71633.116
8  Japan16.10016.63332.733
9  Germany16.43316.11632.549
10  China16.26616.23332.499
11  Spain17.183 (2)14.73331.916
12  Greece16.23315.46631.699
13  Switzerland15.45015.38330.833
14  United States15.63315.05030.683
15  Brazil15.28315.20030.483
16  Uzbekistan15.85014.26630.116
17  Finland15.46614.11629.582
18  France13.80015.71629.516
19  South Korea14.05013.78327.833
20  Poland12.75014.21626.966
21  Canada13.91612.44126.357
22  Portugal13.96612.20826.174
23  Mexico12.80013.11625.916
24  Egypt13.11612.65025.766
25  Hungary14.20011.42525.625
26  Latvia13.86611.61625.482
27  Czech Republic13.81611.35025.166
28  Austria13.00812.11625.124
29  Turkey12.48312.43324.916
30  Thailand7.9507.31615.266
31  Angola8.0586.55814.616

10 Clubs

Rank Nation D ScoreE ScorePen.Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Spain8.8008.63317.433
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Israel8.5508.43316.983
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Belarus8.4008.20016.600
4  Bulgaria8.4508.13316.583
5  Italy8.3008.06616.366
6  Ukraine8.0008.06616.066
7  Germany7.9508.03315.983
8  Azerbaijan7.7507.66615.416

3 Balls + 2 Ribbons

Rank Nation D ScoreE ScorePen.Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Russia9.0508.90017.950
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bulgaria8.8508.76617.616
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Belarus8.8008.66617.466
4  Ukraine8.5008.50017.000
4  Italy8.6008.40017.000
6  Israel8.3508.50016.850
7  Japan8.4008.4000.0516.750
8  Azerbaijan8.2758.33316.608

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia84012
2 Bulgaria1102
3 Spain1001
4 Belarus0145
5 Israel0101
 Italy0101
7 Ukraine0044
8 South Korea0011
Totals (8 entries)108927

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