XX World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, 19–23 June, 1996. There was no all-around for individuals, only event finals; gymnasts qualified through the results of the World Championships 1995 in Vienna and could only start in two finals.
A sports science symposium focused on rhythmic gymnastics was held in conjunction with the event by the .
Medal winners Individual Finals None awarded Groups
Individual Individual Ball Place Nation Name Result 1 Ekaterina Serebrianskaya 10.000 2 Larissa Lukianenko 9.950 2 Maria Petrova 9.950 2 Amina Zaripova 9.950 5 Eva Serrano 9.800 6 Almudena Cid 9.750 7 Magdalena Brzeska 9.733 8 Alina Stoica 9.700
Individual Clubs Place Nation Name Result 1 Amina Zaripova 10.000 2 Elena Vitrichenko 9.950 3 Maria Petrova 9.933 4 Eva Serrano 9.916 5 Magdalena Brzeska 9.883 6 Evgenia Pavlina 9.766 7 Irene Germini 9.716 8 Alina Stoica 9.813
Individual Rope Place Nation Name Result 1 Larissa Lukianenko 9.950 2 Ekaterina Serebrianskaya 9.933 3 Diana Popova 9.800 4 Almudena Cid 9.716 5 Yanina Batyrchina 9.699 6 Maria Pagalou 9.650 7 Katia Pietrosanti 9.582 8 Viktoria Frater 9.500
Individual Ribbon Place Nation Name Result 1 Elena Vitrichenko 10.000 2 Yanina Batyrchina 9.983 3 Evgenia Pavlina 9.950 4 Diana Popova 9.866 5 Katia Pietrosanti 9.750 6 Alba Caride 9.716 7 Viktoria Frater 9.616 8 Maria Pangalou 9.600
Groups
Groups All-Around Rank Nation 5 3 + 2 Total 19.800 19.800 39.600 19.700 19.700 39.400 19.733 19.600 39.333 4 19.600 19.566 39.1665 19.366 19.500 38.8666 19.166 19.333 38.4997 19.066 19.400 38.4668 18.766 19.166 37.9329 18.999 18.666 37.66510 18.666 18.866 37.53211 18.800 18.666 37.46612 18.133 18.433 36.56713 18.132 18.400 36.53214 18.033 18.366 36.39915 17.599 18.733 36.33216 17.900 18.299 36.19917 17.800 18.233 36.03318 17.533 18.466 35.99919 17.633 18.200 35.83320 17.366 18.133 35.49921 17.499 17.999 35.49822 17.766 17.099 34.86523 17.299 15.766 33.065
Groups 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons Final Place Nation Result 1 19.816 2 19.800 3 19.700 4 19.366 5 19.183 6 19.032 7 19.000 8 18.666
Groups 5 Hoops Final Place Nation Result 1 19.866 2 19.816 3 19.733 4 19.699 5 19.500 6 19.433 7 19.258 8 18.833 References