1987 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Varna, Bulgaria on September 17–20, 1987.
The World Championships were a qualifying event for the 1988 Summer Olympics. The top 50 gymnasts in the all-around won an Olympic quota for their country, up to two per country.
Bulgaria dominated the competition; the individual all-around winner, Bianka Panova, received a perfect 10.0 score on every routine and won all four apparatus finals as well (though with ties with different gymnasts on each event). She was the first gymnast to win all five individual medals at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. The two tied silver medalists, Adriana Dunavska and Elizabeth Koleva, were also Bulgarian. Bulgaria also won the group competition and both routine finals, receiving a perfect 20.0 score for most of their routines and one 19.900.
The competition was the first World Championships where groups were required to compete two different routines. Video replay was used by the judges more frequently than in the past. Nora Hitzel, the head of the United States rhythmic gymnastics program, noted changes in difficulty and style in routines performed at the competition, with more use of the feet to manipulate the hoop, more bouncing and rolling of the clubs, and better jumping and skipping in rope routines.
Participants The following countries sent competitors: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, the United Kingdom, the United States, the USSR, West Germany, and Yugoslavia.
Individual Nation Name Nation Name Nation Name Nation Name Paula Paradelas Malene Franzen Linda Oers Eva Lundovist Antonietta Guida Susanne Ravn Mirjam de Kramer Sofia Hedman Nicole Mozes Leena Murtamo Natascha Vervoort Viktoria Bengtsson Elisabeth Bergmann Marika Kosonen Ann Kristin Albertsen Caroline Müller Annik Vanderstraeten Mira Luhtanen Victoria Ystborg Maura Genasci Caroline Verbruggen Annette Walle Ylje Wiede Sabrina Muheim Laurence Brihaye Claudia Bouabca Ok Sun Djang Chih-Yuan Yan Francoise Biot Emmanuelle Serre Suk Yong Li Huei-Mei Lee Jaqueline Pedreira Jota Tsitsela Angela Walker Hui-Huang Tsai Rosane Favila Ferreira Maggy Michailidou Katherine Agnew Lisa Black Adriana Dunavska Maria Alevizou Melanie Cairns Nicola Walker Elizabeth Koleva Andrea Sinko Eliza Bialkowska Viva Seifert Bianka Panova Nora Erfalvi Izabela Zuravska Dacon Lister Jennefer Hopkins Zsuzsana Muszil Teresa Folga Diane Simpson Lisa Merritt Einat Argaman Lourdes Silva Irina Rubinstein Lise Gatreau Rakefet Ramigolski Margarida Carmo Anna Kotchneva Pang Qiong Shulamit Goldstein Patricia Jorge Marina Lobatch He Xiaomin Barbara Ferrari Adriana Stonescu Tatiana Druchinina Yanfei Xia Micaela Imperatori Florentina Butaru Diana Schmiemann Lourdes Medina Simona Brusa Petruta Dumitrescu Marion Rothaar Sandra Arregoitia Akemi Fujino In-Wha Kim Regina Weber Thalia Fung Erika Akiyama Soo-Yung Kim Dara Terzić Andrea Koppová Hiroko Otsuka Sung-Hee Hong Dominika Kacin Denisa Sokolovská Diana Velarde Maria Isabel Lloret Milena Reljin Lenka Oulehlová Mariela Castillo María Martín Ana-Katrine Korning Miriam Hinojosa Monserrat Manzanares
Groups Countries who participated in the group competition are as follows.
Flag Nation Flag Nation Flag Nation Flag Nation Austria Czechoslovakia Japan Spain Brazil Finland The Netherlands Switzerland Bulgaria France North Korea The United States Canada Hungary Norway USSR China Italy New Zealand West Germany
Medal table Place Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Bulgaria 9 2 1 12 2 USSR 3 2 4 9 3 China 0 1 2 3 4 Spain 0 0 2 2
Individual Final
Individual All-Around Place Nation Name Rope Hoop Clubs Ribbon Total 1 Bianka Panova10.00010.00010.00010.00040.000 2 Adriana Dunavska10.00010.0009.9009.90039.800 2 Elizabeth Koleva9.9509.85010.00010.00039.800 4 Anna Kotchneva 9.90010.00010.009.75039.650 4 Marina Lobatch9.90010.0009.9509.80039.650 6 Tatiana Druchinina9.9009.9509.70010.00039.550 7 Florentina Butaru9.8009.7009.5509.80038.850 8 Milena Reljin 9.8009.6509.7009.65038.800 9 Maria Isabel Lloret 9.7009.6509.7009.70038.750 9 Andrea Sinko 9.7009.7009.6509.70038.750 11 Adriana Stonescu 9.7009.6509.7009.65038.700 12 Regina Weber 9.7009.7009.6509.60038.650 13 Denisa Sokolovská9.6009.7009.6009.55038.450 14 Izabela Zuravska 9.6509.6509.5009.60038.400 15 Teresa Folga9.4509.7009.6009.60038.350 16 Erika Akiyama9.4009.7009.6009.55038.250 16 Zsuzsana Muszil 9.4509.7009.6009.50038.250 18 Maria Martin9.6009.5009.6009.50038.200 18 Suk Yong Li 9.2009.7009.6009.70038.200 20 Micaela Imperatori9.5509.6009.5009.45038.100 21 Xiaomin He9.6009.5509.4009.50038.050 22 Eliza Bialkowska9.4509.5509.5009.50038.000 22 Diana Schmiemann9.6009.5009.5509.35038.000 22 Diane Simpson9.6009.6009.4509.35038.000 25 Andrea Koppová9.5009.6009.4509.40037.950 25 Qiong Pang9.6009.4509.6009.30037.950 27 Petruta Dumitrescu9.3009.5009.5009.55037.850 28 Simona Brusa9.4009.3509.5009.55037.800 28 Monserrat Manzanares9.4509.6009.6509.10037.800 30 Lenka Oulehlová9.5009.4509.4009.40037.750 31 Yanfei Xia9.5509.4509.3009.40037.700 32 Barbara Ferrari 9.4009.4509.4009.40037.650 32 Lisa Merritt9.4509.4509.4509.30037.650 34 Nora Erfalvi9.4009.4009.4009.40037.600 34 Marion Rothhaar9.3009.5009.4009.40037.600 36 Lourdes Medina9.5009.3009.0509.55037.400 36 Ok Sun Djang9.4509.5509.4009.00037.400 38 Dacon Lister9.4509.3509.2009.35037.350 39 Akemi Fujino9.4009.3009.4009.15037.35 40 Maria Alevizou9.4009.2009.2509.15037.000 40 Thalia Fung9.3009.3009.2009.20037.000 40 Jota Tsitsela9.2009.3009.2009.30037.000 43 Hiroko Oisuka9.3009.0009.2509.30036.850 43 Victoria Ystborg9.1009.3009.2009.25036.850 45 Sung-Hee Hong9.1509.3009.0009.30036.750 46 Irina Rubinstein9.2009.2509.2009.00036.650 46 Dara Terzić9.2009.2009.3008.95036.650 48 Maggy Michailidou9.3509.1008.9509.20036.600 49 Claudia Bouabca9.2009.1009.1009.15036.550 49 Malene Franzen9.1509.2009.0009.20036.550 49 Annette Walle9.1509.1509.0509.20036.550 52 Elisabeth Bergmann9.1509.2008.8509.30036.500 52 Dominika Kacin9.3009.2008.8009.20036.500 54 Viktoria Bengtsson9.1009.4008.8009.15036.450 54 In-Wha Kim8.9009.3009.0009.25036.450 56 Sandra Arregoitia9.2509.0008.7509.40036.40057 Angela Walker8.8509.2509.2009.05036.35058 Natascha Vervoort9.2009.3008.8508.90036.25059 Laurence Brihaye8.9509.2009.0009.00036.15059 Susanne Ravn8.9009.2508.9509.05036.15061 Jennefer Hopkins9.2009.0008.8009.10036.10062 Leena Murtamo8.8009.2008.7509.20035.95063 Patricia Jorge8.8509.0008.9509.10035.90063 Linda Oers8.9009.1508.9508.90035.90063 Ylje Wiede8.7009.2508.9009.05035.90066 Nicola Walker9.0508.8009.1008.90035.85067 Emmanuelle Serre8.9009.4008.8008.70035.80068 Ana-Katrine Korning8.9009.1008.8008.95035.7569 Eva Lundovist8.7508.6009.1009.25035.70070Marika Kosonen8.8509.1008.7508.90035.60071Rakefet Ramigolski8.8508.9508.7009.05035.55072Shulamit Goldstein8.8008.9008.7509.05035.50072Mirjam de Kramer9.0009.1008.7008.70035.50074 Sofia Hedman8.8508.8008.7008.95035.30075Katherine Agnew8.7509.2008.6008.70035.25076 Einat Argaman8.8508.7008.6009.00035.15076Lisa Black8.9509.0508.1509.00035.15078Ann Kristin Albertsen9.2509.1507.8508.80035.0578Jaqueline Pedreira8.8008.7508.7008.80035.0578Lurdes Silva8.5509.0008.8509.00036.00081Margarida Carmo8.9508.6008.2509.20035.0082Francoise Biot8.7009.0508.7008.50034.9583Rosane Favila Ferreira8.6509.0508.5008.70034.90084Caroline Müller8.6508.7008.5508.60034.50085Maura Genasci8.2008.9008.7008.60034.40085 Sabrina Muheim8.6508.7008.5008.55034.40087 Viva Seifert8.3509.0007.859.05034.25088Soo-Yung Kim8.3508.8008.5008.50034.15089Mira Luhtanen8.0008.9008.3508.80034.05090Melanie Cairns8.4008.7508.5008.35034.00090Paula Paradelas8.7008.8507.6508.80034.00092Diana Velarde8.3508.5008.3508.45033.65093Nicole Mozes8.4007.8508.4008.80033.45094Annik Vanderstraeten8.2508.5008.1508.50033.40095Caroline Verbruggen8.3008.6008.0008.40033.30096Antonietta Guida8.5008.4508.1508.15033.25097Miriam Hinososa8.2508.4007.9008.35032.90098Hui-Huang Tsai8.3008.2007.7008.55032.75099Huei-Mei Lee7.6007.8008.3008.45032.15100Mariela Castillo7.9508.1507.2508.20031.550101Chih-Yuan Yan8.2507.8007.2008.10031.350102Lise Gautreau9.1509.350--18.500
Individual Rope Place Nation Name All AroundRopeTotal 1 Adriana Dunavska10.00010.00020.000 1 Bianka Panova10.00010.00020.000 3 Anna Kotchneva9.9009.90019.800 3 Marina Lobatch9.9009.90019.800 5 Florentina Butaru9.8009.90019.700 6 Milena Reljin9.8009.75019.550 7 Andrea Sinko 9.7009.80019.500 8 Maria Isabel Lloret9.7009.70019.400
Individual Hoop Place Nation Name All AroundHoopTotal 1 Marina Lobatch10.00010.00020.000 1 Bianka Panova10.00010.00020.000 3 Anna Kotchneva10.0009.90019.900 4 Adriana Dunavska10.0009.85019.850 5 Florentina Butaru9.7009.80019.500 5 Andrea Sinko9.7009.80019.500 7 Regina Weber9.7009.75019.450 8 Denisa Sokolovská9.7009.70019.400
Individual Clubs Place Nation Name All AroundClubsTotal 1 Anna Kotchneva10.00010.00020.000 1 Bianka Panova 10.00010.00020.000 3 Marina Lobatch9.95010.00019.950 4 Elizabeth Koleva10.0009.85019.850 5 Milena Reljin9.7009.70019.400 5 Andrea Sinko9.6509.75019.400 5 Adriana Stonescu 9.7009.70019.400 8 Maria Isabel Lloret9.7009.65019.350
Individual Ribbon Place Nation Name All AroundRibbonTotal 1 Tatiana Druchinina10.00010.00020.000 1 Bianka Panova10.00010.00020.000 3 Elizabeth Koleva10.0009.90019.900 4 Florentina Butaru9.8009.80019.600 4 Marina Lobatch9.8009.80019.600 6 Suk Yong Li9.7009.60019.300 7 Andrea Sinko9.7009.50019.200 8 Maria Isabel Lloret9.7009.15018.85
Group
All-Around The first exercise consisted of 3 balls and 3 hoops. The second exercise consisted of 6 balls. Place Nation First Exercise Second Exercise Total 1 Bulgaria 20.00020.00040.000 2 USSR 19.30019.90039.200 3 China19.60019.05038.650 3 Spain19.45019.20038.650 5 Japan19.35018.70038.050 6 Italy18.95018.90037.850 7 Finland18.90018.85037.750 8 Czechoslovakia19.10018.40037.500 9 Hungary18.20019.10037.300 9 North Korea17.90019.40037.00 11 France17.75019.15036.900 12 Norway17.95018.60036.550 13 Norway17.95018.60036.550 14 Canada18.35018.00036.350 15 The Netherlands18.00018.20036.200 16 Switzerland17.65018.50036.150 17 West Germany17.90017.95035.850 18 USA16.85018.65035.500 19 Brazil16.80018.25035.050 20 New Zealand17.40017.40034.800
Finals – 6 Balls Place Nation All Around Final Total 1 Bulgaria 20.00019.90039.900 2 USSR 19.90019.75039.650 3 China 19.05019.80038.850 4 Spain19.20019.50038.700 5 France19.15019.25038.400 6 Hungary19.10019.20038.300 7 Austria19.00019.25038.250 8 North Korea19.40018.35037.750
Finals – 3 Balls, 3 Hoops Place Nation All Around Final Total 1 Bulgaria 20.00020.00040.000 2 China 19.60019.60039.200 3 Spain 19.45019.30038.750 4 USSR19.30019.35038.650 4 Japan19.35019.30038.650 6 Finland18.90019.15038.050 7 Czechoslovakia19.10018.55037.650 8 Italy18.95018.65037.600
References
External links FIG - International Governing Body for Rhythmic Gymnastics