The 2018 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 10 to 16 September 2018 at Arena Armeec. The top three countries in the group all-around, Russia, Italy, and Bulgaria won the first three spots for the 2020 Olympic Games. Russia was the most successful nation of the competition with seven of the nine gold medals, and Bulgaria and Italy each won a title.
On 11 September, Russia's Dina Averina won the first two gold medals of the competition, in the hoop and ball event finals. In the hoop final, Linoy Ashram won the silver medal, the best-ever result for Israel at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, and in the ball final, Alexandra Agiurgiuculese won Italy's first individual medal in twenty-seven years. Then on 13 September, Averina won the clubs gold medal, and Aleksandra Soldatova won the ribbon gold medal. Milena Baldassarri won the silver medal in the ribbon final, the best-ever result for Italy in the individual events of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. In the team final, Russia won the gold medal, Bulgaria won a team medal for the first time since 2001 with the silver, and Italy won its first-ever team medal with the bronze. On 14 September, Averina defended her World all-around title ahead of Ashram and Soldatova. Russia won the gold medal in the group all-around, ahead of Italy and Bulgaria. In the group event finals, Bulgaria won gold in 5 hoops, and Italy won gold in 3 balls + 2 ropes.
Participating nations Participants Nations Group + 4 individuals Group + 3 individuals Group + 2 individuals Group + 1 individual Group 4 individuals 3 individuals 2 individuals 1 individual
Medal winners Team Competition Arina Averina Dina Averina Aleksandra Soldatova Boryana Kaleyn Katrin Taseva Neviana Vladinova Alexandra Agiurgiuculese Milena Baldassarri Alessia Russo Individual Finals Groups Finals Mariia KravtsovaEvgeniia LevanovaKsenia PoliakovaAnastasia ShishmakovaAnastasiia TatarevaMaria Tolkacheva Anna BastaMartina CentofantiLetizia CicconcelliAgnese DurantiAlessia MaurelliMartina Santandrea Elena BinevaSimona DyankovaStefani KiryakovaMadlen RadukanovaLaura Traets Elena BinevaSimona DyankovaStefani KiryakovaMadlen RadukanovaLaura Traets Rie MatsubaraSakura NoshitaniSayuri SugimotoAyuka SuzukiKiko Yokota Anna Basta*Martina CentofantiLetizia CicconcelliAgnese DurantiAlessia MaurelliMartina Santandrea Anna BastaMartina CentofantiLetizia Cicconcelli*Agnese DurantiAlessia MaurelliMartina Santandrea Mariia KravtsovaEvgeniia LevanovaKsenia PoliakovaAnastasia Shishmakova*Anastasiia TatarevaMaria Tolkacheva Alina Bykhno*Tetiana DovzhenkoValeriya KhaninaDiana MyzherytskaAnastasiya VoznyakValeriya Yuzviak * reserve gymnast
Medal table
Individual medal table Individual Finals only
Individual Team The team event took in account the individual qualification results. Rank Nation Total 60.475 60.450 40.250 33.700 161.325 56.600 56.100 37.950 34.675 150.975 54.000 54.500 36.500 35.400 147.550 4 57.350 53.150 34.850 36.050 147.200 5 54.125 53.800 34.900 32.150 145.225 6 53.300 53.800 36.200 33.900 143.550 7 53.450 51.800 34.700 33.675 140.925 8 48.200 49.750 34.450 34.950 140.350 9 49.575 49.450 32.675 26.950 131.700 10 44.625 48.300 32.850 30.150 130.425 11 45.550 42.600 31.500 32.650 129.600 12 50.000 47.725 31.000 29.575 129.500 13 47.750 47.350 32.825 30.325 128.175 14 48.850 48.250 28.700 30.500 127.950 15 47.500 48.000 29.500 29.600 125.850 16 46.600 46.350 28.875 30.650 124.925 17 43.400 49.350 28.400 27.450 123.250 18 46.500 44.350 30.400 27.750 123.100 19 46.050 43.725 29.900 27.750 121.575 20 40.125 46.325 29.700 29.250 121.300 21 42.350 43.700 29.900 29.075 120.175 22 45.400 44.450 25.450 27.625 118.675 23 44.250 43.550 29.200 29.450 118.650 24 43.550 42.850 28.500 28.600 117.300 25 43.000 42.050 29.400 23.950 116.600 26 42.500 38.900 29.300 25.950 114.900 27 43.250 37.250 26.700 28.450 111.800 28 39.750 44.000 27.250 24.200 111.000 29 38.925 40.600 26.750 26.800 110.125 30 40.900 38.900 26.550 26.325 108.075 31 39.900 38.600 24.200 23.750 103.400 32 36.750 37.300 24.150 22.050 102.500 33 35.750 37.200 27.850 22.50 102.300 34 35.900 33.050 26.100 21.700 97.500 35 30.800 34.400 24.300 21.350 91.350 36 32.700 33.350 21.300 16.500 87.700 37 29.500 28.100 19.650 20.400 81.350 38 30.650 28.600 16.100 14.600 75.600
Individual Qualification The top eight scores in individual apparatus qualified for the apparatus finals, and the top twenty-four total scores advanced to the all-around final. Only the three best results (bold) are counted in the total score Only the two highest ranking gymnasts from each country can qualify to each one of the finals. Rank Gymnast Nation Total 1Dina Averina 20.150 (2)20.150 (2)20.500 (1) 60.800 2Aleksandra Soldatova 20.125 (3) 20.250 (1) 19.900 (1)60.275 3Arina Averina 20.200 (1) 20.050 (3) 19.750 (2)13.800 (49)60.000 4Vlada Nikolchenko 19.850 (5) 18.800 (10)19.350 (3) 17.950 (5) 58.000 5Katrin Taseva 18.850 (8) 19.400 (4) 19.200 (4) 16.550 (13) 57.450 6Milena Baldassarri 18.800 (9)19.250 (6) 18.550 (6)17.800 (6) 56.600 7Neviana Vladinova 18.700 (11) 19.000 (7) 18.750 (5) 56.450 8Linoy Ashram 19.950 (4) 17.000 (24) 17.400 (15) 18.550 (2) 55.900 9Nicol Zelikman 19.250 (6) 18.950 (8) 17.450 (14) 17.500 (9) 55.700 10Alexandra Agiurgiuculese 18.300 (14) 19.300 (5) 17.950 (10) 17.600 (7) 55.550 11Laura Zeng 18.650 (12) 18.500 (11) 18.200 (9) 16.650 (12) 55.350 12Boryana Kaleyn 19.050 (7) 17.700 (15) 18.025 (4) 54.775 13Katsiaryna Halkina 17.400 (23) 18.900 (9) 18.350 (8) 16.400 (15) 54.650 14Kaho Minagawa 17.850 (18) 18.400 (12) 17.650 (12) 18.100 (3) 54.350 15Anastasiia Salos 17.250 (26) 17.550 (16) 17.850 (11) 17.500 (8) 52.900 16Eleni Kelaiditi 17.600 (20) 18.150 (13) 17.050 (18) 16.050 (18) 52.800 17Ekaterina Vedeneeva 18.750 (10) 17.450 (17) 16.100 (24) 16.450 (14) 52.650 18Salome Pazhava 16.450 (37) 16.700 (29) 18.400 (7) 13.650 (52) 51.550 19Chisaki Oiwa 17.400 (22) 17.300 (19) 16.800 (20) 16.850 (11) 51.550 20Sabina Tashkenbaeva 17.100 (29) 17.100 (23) 17.250 (16) 16.250 (16) 51.450 21Evita Griskenas 17.300 (25) 16.200 (39) 16.500 (22) 17.025 (10) 50.825 22Zohra Aghamirova 17.900 (17) 17.250 (20) 15.500 (32) 15.150 (29) 50.650 23Kseniya Moustafaeva 18.250 (15) 16.250 (37) 15.950 (27) 15.350 (26) 50.450 24Alina Adilkhanova 17.200 (27) 16.500 (32) 16.600 (21) 15.175 (28) 50.300 25Yanika Vartlaan 17.375 (24) 16.900 (25) 15.550 (30) 49.825 26Nicol Ruprecht 17.150 (28) 15.700 (51) 16.900 (19) 15.600 (23) 49.750 27Veronika Hudis 16.175 (42) 16.400 (33) 17.175 (17) 49.750 28Yeva Meleshcuhk 16.900 (32) 18.100 (14) 14.200 (41) 49.200 29Chaewoon Kim 15.650 (48) 15.700 (50) 17.575 (13) 14.975 (31) 48.925 30Goeun Seo 17.000 (30) 16.000 (42) 15.250 (35) 15.350 (27) 48.350 31Rut Castillo Galindo 16.450 (36) 15.700 (52) 16.100 (23) 13.100 (60) 48.250 32Adilya Tlekenova 16.800 (33) 16.550 (31) 14.400 (48) 14.400 (39) 47.750 33Katherine Uchida 16.150 (43) 16.700 (28) 14.900 (32) 47.750 34Rebecca Gergalo 16.700 (34) 15.025 (64) 16.000 (25) 14.100 (44) 47.725 35Natalia Koziol 15.550 (50) 15.975 (44) 16.000 (26) 14.900 (33) 47.525 36Nurinisso Usmanova 15.925 (46) 16.000 (43) 15.600 (29) 13.900 (45) 47.525 37Polina Berezina 15.550 (51) 16.600 (30) 14.850 (43) 15.350 (25) 47.500 38Denisa Mailat 15.600 (49) 16.150 (40) 14.350 (49) 15.650 (22) 47.400 39Zhao Yating 14.650 (69) 16.300 (36) 15.000 (40) 15.850 (19) 47.150 40Viktoria Bogdanova 15.375 (53) 15.725 (49) 15.000 (39) 15.850 (20) 46.950 41Aleksandra Podgoršek 15.100 (61) 14.150 (83) 15.400 (34) 16.200 (17) 46.700 42Natalia Kulig 15.900 (47) 14.675 (71) 12.875 (72) 15.750 (21) 46.325 43Shang Rong 16.350 (39) 15.200 (63) 13.700 (60) 14.650 (36) 46.200 44Jin A Pak 14.900 (63) 16.300 (35) 15.000 (38) 12.950 (63) 46.200 45Carmen Whelan 14.850 (65) 15.850 (57) 15.450 (33) 14.700 (34) 46.150 46Jouki Tikkanen 16.000 (45) 16.200 (38) 13.900 (58) 13.650 (53) 46.100 47Sophie Crane 16.500 (35) 15.450 (56) 14.050 (55) 46.000 48Natalia Gaudio 14.850 (65) 15.400 (57) 13.950 (57) 15.600 (24) 45.550 49Alina Chamzina 13.450 (94) 16.400 (34) 15.625 (28) 12.950 (64) 45.475 50Karla Diaz 14.800 (67) 15.850 (46) 14.650 (35) 45.300 51Andreea Verdes 14.700 (68) 15.850 (57) 15.550 (31) 13.425 (55) 45.000 52Laura Sales 15.300 (55) 14.900 (66) 14.150 (42) 14.700 (34) 44.950 53Kamelya Tuncel 14.300 (79) 15.300 (59) 15.200 (37) 12.900 (65) 44.800 54Barbara Domingos 15.250 (56) 14.200 (82) 15.250 (36) 13.850 (47) 44.700 55Margarida Ferreira 15.150 (58) 14.850 (68) 13.750 (59) 14.450 (38) 44.450 56Anastasia Zacrevschi 16.200 (41) 14.600 (74) 12.500 (76) 13.600 (54) 44.400 57Iasmina Agagulian 14.600 (72) 14.600 (73) 14.950 (41) 14.300 (40) 44.150 58Fanni Pigniczki 15.350 (54) 14.900 (67) 10.550 (96) 13.825 (48) 44.075 59Habiba Marzouk 14.900 (64) 14.450 (78) 14.700 (45) 44.050 60Anna Juhasz 13.700 (89) 15.000 (65) 14.900 (42) 13.800 (50) 43.700 61Mariam Selim 13.700 (90) 15.250 (60) 14.700 (46) 43.650 62Sara Llana 13.250 (97) 16.750 (27) 13.550 (64) 12.100 (73) 43.550 63Carmen Marii Aesma 10.700 (134) 15.350 (58) 14.700 (47) 13.400 (56) 43.450 64Darya Sorokina 15.500 (52) 15.800 (48) 11.800 (78) 43.100 65Laura Halford 14.850 (66) 13.100 (100) 13.050 (69) 15.150 (30) 43.100 66Derya Demirors 16.400 (38) 14.400 (79) 12.200 (82) 12.050 (74) 43.000 67Izzah Amzan 12.900 (104) 15.600 (55) 14.150 (52) 42.650 68Marina Malpica 15.250 (56) 12.800 (105) 14.300 (50) 42.350 69Ana Aponte 14.150 (83) 14.475 (76) 9.250 (104) 13.700 (51) 42.325 70Noemi Peschel 15.050 (62) 14.450 (77) 12.500 (77) 12.400 (71) 42.000 71Xenia Kilianova 14.400 (77) 13.650 (90) 12.600 (75) 13.850 (46) 41.900 72Margit Oeveraas 14.250 (81) 14.300 (81) 13.250 (59) 41.800 73Kwan Dict Weng 14.450 (74) 13.750 (88) 13.100 (68) 12.400 (70) 41.300 74 Gemma Frizelle 14.650 (70) 13.350 (95) 13.300 (58) 41.300 75Giuliana Cusnier 13.900 (86) 13.950 (86) 13.000 (70) 13.300 (57) 41.150 76Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva 13.100 (101) 13.750 (87) 14.100 (54) 12.850 (66) 40.950 77Anna-Marie Ondaatje 14.275 (80) 13.400 (94) 12.900 (71) 11.150 (83) 40.575 78Alissa Sadek 13.750 (87) 13.100 (99) 13.600 (62) 11.600 (79) 40.450 79Alina Baklagina 12.500 (110) 13.650 (91) 14.150 (53) 12.500 (68) 40.300 80Julia Stavickaja 14.250 (82) 11.500 (122) 11.900 (85) 14.100 (43) 40.250 81Nastasija Gvozdic 11.850 (120) 13.550 (93) 13.600 (63) 13.000 (62) 40.150 82Anna Stoyanova 13.650 (91) 12.600 (109) 13.100 (67) 13.075 (61) 39.825 83Ashari Gill 13.275 (96) 13.550 (92) 12.000 (83) 12.775 (67) 39.600 84Sie Yan Koi 12.400 (113) 14.650 (72) 11.800 (76) 38.850 85Neila Lavrenovaite 14.050 (84) 12.700 (107) 11.950 (75) 38.700 86Fredrikke Tynning-Bergestuen 13.000 (102) 12.000 (115) 13.450 (65) 38.450 87Silva Sargsyan 13.175 (98) 12.700 (108) 11.800 (87) 12.500 (69) 38.375 88Hannah Martin 13.750 (88) 10.800 (136) 13.650 (61) 38.200 89Andrijana Blazic 12.350 (114) 11.500 (124) 14.250 (51) 9.450 (95) 38.100 90Julija Ivanova 14.350 (78) 11.550 (120) 11.850 (86) 11.800 (77) 38.000
Hoop Rank Gymnast Nation Total Dina Averina 11.700 9.150 0,010 20.850 Linoy Ashram 11.400 8.600 20.000 Arina Averina 10.700 9.000 19.700 4 Boryana Kaleyn 11.100 8.500 19.600 5 Nicol Zelikman 11.000 8.500 19.500 6 Milena Baldassarri 10.600 8.450 19.050 7 Katrin Taseva 10.200 8.150 18.350 8 Vlada Nikolchenko 10.200 7.450 -0.600 17.050
Ball Rank Gymnast Nation Total Dina Averina 11.200 9.100 20.300 Aleksandra Soldatova 11.000 9.200 20.200 Alexandra Agiurgiuculese 11.200 8.700 19.900 4 Milena Baldassarri 11.000 8.500 19.500 5 Nicol Zelikman 11.000 8.400 19.400 6 Katsiaryna Halkina 10.800 8.400 19.200 7 Neviana Vladinova 10.700 8.400 19.100 8 Katrin Taseva 9.900 7.700 17.600
Clubs