The XVII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Alicante, Spain, on 4–7 November 1993.
Only individuals competed, as the International Gymnastics Federation had voted to alternate individual and group World Championships in 1991. This was done in the hopes of increasing the sport's popularity.
132 gymnasts from 51 countries competed. Maria Petrova won her first all-around title; Larisa Lukyanenko was expected to challenge her for the gold medal, but a foot injury she sustained during training at the competition forced her to withdraw.
Event format The championships used a new competition format for the team competition, which doubled as individual qualification; countries could send three or four individual gymnasts who would perform a total of ten routines, two routines per apparatus, with a gymnast performing between one and four routines. The total scores of all gymnasts determined the team scores. For individual gymnasts, their top three event scores determined whether they qualified to the all-around final, to which 26 gymnasts (maximum 2 per country) were admitted.
Individual All-Around Place Nation Name Result 1 Mariya Petrova 38.975 2 Ekaterina Serebrianskaya 38.775 3 Amina Zaripova 38.400 4 Carmen Acedo 38.375 5 Tatiana Ogrizko 38.325 6 Olena Vitrichenko 38.150 7 Carolina Pascual 38.100 8 Julia Rosliakova 38.075 9 Julia Baicheva 37.925 10 Irina Deleanu 37.100 11 Irene Germini 36.637 12 Magdalena Brzeska 36.600 13 Evgenia Pavlina 36.225 14 Miho Yamada 36.150 15 Yukari Kawamoto 35.950 16 Wang Xiuyun 35.925 17 Li Gyong-Hui 35.925 18 Lenka Oulehlová 35.750 19 Eva Serrano 35.725 20 Areti Sinapidou 35.550 21 Camille Martens 35.450 22 Katarzyna Skorupińska 35.375 23 Kristina Kliukevichute 35.300 24 Nicole Gerdes 34.950 25 Tali Kedoshim 34.850 26 Jong Chun-sil 34.175
Individual Rope Place Nation Name Result 1 Ekaterina Serebrianskaya 9.775 2 Julia Rosliakova 9.650 3 Julia Baicheva 9.500 4 Branimira Dimitrova 9.450 5 Rosabel Espinosa 9.350 5 Amaya Cardeñoso 9.350 5 Magdalena Brzeska 9.350 8 Elena Shumskaya 9.325
Individual Ball Place Nation Name Result 1 Maria Petrova 9.800 2 Elena Vitrichenko 9.675 3 Julia Rosliakova 9.650 3 Ekaterina Serebrianskaya 9.650 5 Tatiana Ogrizko 9.625 5 Carmen Acedo 9.625 7 Amina Zaripova 9.600 8 Carolina Pascual 9.575
Individual Hoop Place Nation Name Result 1 Maria Petrova 9.825 2 Ekaterina Serebrianskaya 9.725 3 Elena Vitrichenko 9.650 4 Julia Rosliakova 9.625 5 Tatiana Ogrizko 9.600 5 Carolina Pascual 9.600 7 Amina Zaripova 9.575 8 Julia Baicheva 9.550
Individual Ribbon Place Nation Name Result 1 Tatiana Ogrizko 9.775 1 Maria Petrova 9.775 3 Ekaterina Serebrianskaya 9.750 4 Carolina Pascual 9.725 4 Carmen Acedo 9.725 6 Elena Vitrichenko 9.675 7 Amina Zaripova 9.625 8 Branimira Dimitrova 9.550
Individual Clubs Place Nation Name Result 1 Carmen Acedo 9.775 2 Carolina Pascual 9.675 3 Tatiana Ogrizko 9.650 3 Maria Petrova 9.650 3 Elena Vitrichenko 9.650 6 Julia Rosliakova 9.600 7 Amina Zaripova 9.525 8 Julia Baicheva 9.500
Team All-Around Place Nation Total 1 Bulgaria 94.750 2 Ukraine 94.400 3 Russia 94.200 4 Spain 93.900 5 Belarus 92.200 6 Germany 89.800 7 North Korea 89.475 8 Japan 89.150
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