The 4th Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Catania, Italy from 15 to 16 May 1998.
The event had the highest number of registered athletes since the first World championships in 1995. Four events were contested: men's individual, women's individual, mixed pairs, and trios. Competitors from four countries won the four events. The men's category was won by Jonathan Canada of Spain, who had competed only in mixed pairs for the previous three World Championships, which he won in 1996. He became the first aerobic gymnast to win gold in two disciplines at the World Championships. In the mixed pairs competition, Valdislav Oskner and Tatiana Soloviova won their first of four consecutive titles together. The Hungarian trio won Hungary's first title at the Championships.
Results Women's Individual Rank Gymnast Country Point Yuriko Ito 17.25 Isamara Secati 16.65 Izabela Lăcătuș 16.60 4 Juanita Little 16.50 5 Chloé Maigre 16.05 6 Tammy Zoutendyk 15.95 7 Kylie Carter 14.90 8 Orletta Tamantini 14.750 9 Janka Daubner 13.85
Men's Individual Rank Gymnast Country Point Jonathan Canada 19.10 Kwang-Soo Park 17.10 Stanislav Marchenkov 16.95 4 Kaloyan Kaloyanov 16.55 5 Claudiu Moldovan 16.20 6 Dean Wright 16.05 7 Olivier Florid 15.65 8 Nick Beyeler 14.90 9 Marco Bisciaio 13.80
Mixed Pair Rank Gymnasts Country Point Tatiana Soloviova, Vladislav Oskner 17.75 Konstantza Popova, Kaloyan Kaloyanov 17.60 Izabela Lăcătuș, Claudiu Varlam 16.10 4 Reka Meszaros, Norbert Baucsek 15.70 5 Sandra Arrigada, Jaime Salgado 15.35 6 Janka Daubner, Chris Harvey 15.20 7 Henrik Bramsved, Marika Gustafsson 15.15 8 Erika Perugini, Daniele Pierantonio 13.65 9 Stephan Brecard, Rachel Muller 13.30
Trio Rank Gymnasts Country Point Attila Katus, Tamas Katus, Romeo Szentgyorgyi 16.55 Dorel Moiș, Claudiu Moldovan, Claudiu Varlam 16.25 Maria Holmgren, Helene Nilsson, Kim Wickman 15.87 4 Stanislav Marchenkov, Vadim Mikhailov, Denis Belikov 15.55 5 Grégory Alcan, Xavier Julien, Olivier Salvan 15.00 6 Won-Sil Choi, Hyun-Sung Ki, Kwang-Soo Park 14.95 7 Marie-Catherine Boesa, Jana Heinze, Sandra Schlueter 14.835 8 Yumi Kobayashi, Kumi Sato, Hiroko Watabe 13.758 9 Giacomo Piccoli, Giovanna Lecis, Marco Bisciaio 13.044
Medal table Rank Nation Total 1 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 2 3 6 0 1 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 1 1
References
FIG official site UEG European Union of Gymnastics Statistics