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
  Russia
Yana Batyrshina
Natalia Lipkovskaya
Amina Zaripova		  Belarus
Evgenia Pavlina
Yulia Raskina
Valeria Vatkina		  Ukraine
Olena Vitrychenko
Tamara Yerofeeva
Tatiana Popova
Individual
 Olena Vitrychenko
 Ukraine		 Natalia Lipkovskaya
 Russia		 Yana Batyrshina
 Russia
Apparatus Finals
Rope
 Olena Vitrychenko
 Ukraine
Yana Batyrshina
 Russia		 None awarded Natalia Lipkovskaya
 Russia
Hoop
 Natalia Lipkovskaya
 Russia		 Olena Vitrychenko
 Ukraine		 Eva Serrano
 France
Clubs
 Olena Vitrychenko
 Ukraine		 Yana Batyrshina
 Russia		 Natalia Lipkovskaya
 Russia
Tatiana Popova
 Ukraine
Ribbon
 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

PlaceNationNameTotal
1Elena Vitrichenko39.900
2Natalia Lipkovskaya39.866
3Yanina Batyrchina39.832
4Evgenia Pavlina39.706
5Yulia Raskina39.623
6Teodora Alexandrova39.540
7Eva Serrano39.499
8Tatiana Popova39.482
9Edita Schaufler39.449
10Magdalena Brzeska39.366

Individual Rope

PlaceNationNameResult
1Yanina Batyrchina9.950
1Elena Vitrichenko9.950
3Natalia Lipkovskaya9.950
4Evgenia Pavlina9.916
5Eva Serrano9.875
6Yulia Raskina9.866
7Tatiana Popova9.841
8Edita Schaufler9.791

Individual Hoop

PlaceNationNameResult
1Natalia Lipkovskaya10.000
2Elena Vitrichenko10.000
3Eva Serrano9.950
4Teodora Alexandrova9.941
5Yanina Batyrchina9.916
6Edita Schaufler9.850
7Boryana Gineva9.841
8Magdalena Brzeska9.562

Individual Clubs

PlaceNationNameResult
1Elena Vitrichenko10.000
2Yanina Batyrchina9.950
3Natalia Lipkovskaya9.900
3Tatiana Popova9.900
5Magdalena Brzeska9.833
6Edita Schaufler9.816
7Viktoria Danova9.716
8Almudena Cid Tostado9.691

Individual Ribbon

PlaceNationNameResult
1Elena Vitrichenko10.000
2Natalia Lipkovskaya10.000
3Eva Serrano9.933
4Evgenia Pavlina9.925
5Amina Zaripova9.874
6Edita Schaufler9.858
7Almudena Cid Tostado9.841
8Magdalena Brzeska9.775

Team All-Around Final

PlaceNationTotal
1 Russia118.678
2 Belarus118.264
3 Ukraine118.229
4 Germany117.397
5 Bulgaria78.290
6 Italy77.927
7 Spain77.517
8 Japan76.979

References

  1. ↑ "Qualification". rsg.net. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 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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