The 2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships was held in Frankfurt, Germany. The event was held at Festhalle Frankfurt, and 300 athletes competed.
The championships acted as a qualification event for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The 3 highest-ranked individuals from the all-around competition (final), with a maximum of two gymnasts per National Olympic Committee, and the top 3 groups, obtained one quota place for their country.
In the individual event, the all-around podium was the same as that at the 2025 World Championships: German Darja Varfolomeev won her third consecutive individual all-around title in front of a home crowd, with Bulgarian Stiliana Nikolova winning silver and Italian Sofia Raffaeli winning bronze. In the apparatus finals, Varfolomeev won two additional apparatus gold medals in ball and ribbon, while Taisiia Onofriichuk won her first World title in the hoop final and Nikolova won clubs, the first for a Bulgarian gymnast in 25 years.
In the group event, the Spanish group won gold, followed by the Japanese group and Brazilian group. The Brazilian group won both apparatus finals; this was the first time any gymnast from the Americas won a gold medal at the World championships.
Participating countries Participants Nations Group + 3 individuals Group + 2 individuals Group + 1 individual 2 individuals 1 individual For the first time since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian athletes were allowed to compete. Shortly before the 2026 European Championships, they began to compete at gymnastics events with their national flags and anthems; however, it was announced 6 August that they would compete at the World Championships under a neutral flag and music due to opposition from the German government, which financially supported the event.
Schedule Source: Wednesday, August 12 09:00 - 16:00 Individual Qualification (Group A-D) - Hoop and Ball 16:15 - 22:30 Individual Qualification (Group E-H) - Clubs and Ribbon Thursday, August 13 09:00 - 16:00 Individual Qualification (Group A-D) - Clubs and Ribbon 16:15 - 22:30 Individual Qualification (Group E-H) - Hoop and Ball Friday, August 14 16:00 - 20:40 Individual All Around Final Saturday, August 15 11:00 - 17:45 Group All Around Sunday, August 16 11:00 - 11:45 Group 5 Balls Final 12:10 - 12:45 Individual Hoop Final 12:50 - 13:25 Individual Ball Final 14:00 - 14:45 Group 3 Hoops + 2 Pairs of Clubs Final 15:10 - 15:45 Individual Clubs Final 15:50 - 16:25 Individual Ribbon Final
Medal summary Team Competition WG2IndividualsMaria BorisovaSofia IlteriakovaGroupAgata BarekzayAlisa EremeevaArina LavrenovaDaria MelnikAnna NikolaevaSofiia Solonskaia IndividualsEva BrezalievaStiliana NikolovaGroupRaya BozhilovaMagdalina MinevskaMagdalena ValkovaEmilia ObretenovaRachel StoyanovMargarita Vasileva IndividualsWang ZiluWang QiGroupDing XinyiLiu MiaotingPu YanzhuWang LanjingZhang XinyiWanzhu Zhao Individual Finals Darja Varfolomeev Stiliana Nikolova Sofia Raffaeli Taisiia Onofriichuk Sofia Raffaeli Darja Varfolomeev Darja Varfolomeev Sofia Ilteriakova Maria Borisova Stiliana Nikolova Taisiia Onofriichuk Maria Borisova Darja Varfolomeev Stiliana Nikolova Maria Borisova Groups Finals Ines BerguaAndrea CorralMarina CortellesAndrea Fernández Lucía MuñozSalma Solaun Natsumi HanamuraRin ManabeMegumi NishimotoHisano TaguchiKaseno TanabeYuna Tanaka Maria Eduarda ArakakiMaria Paula CaminhaMariana Vitória GonçalvesJulia KuruncziSofia PereiraNicole Pircio Maria Eduarda ArakakiMaria Paula CaminhaMariana Vitória GonçalvesJulia KuruncziSofia PereiraNicole Pircio* Ding XinyiLiu Miaoting*Pu YanzhuWang LanjingZhang XinyiWanzhu Zhao Raya BozhilovaMagdalina MinevskaMagdalena Valkova*Emilia ObretenovaRachel StoyanovMargarita Vasileva Maria Eduarda ArakakiMaria Paula CaminhaMariana Vitória GonçalvesJulia Kurunczi*Sofia PereiraNicole Pircio Ines BerguaAndrea CorralMarina CortellesAndrea Fernández* Lucía MuñozSalma Solaun Raya BozhilovaMagdalina MinevskaMagdalena ValkovaEmilia ObretenovaRachel Stoyanov*Margarita Vasileva * reserve gymnast
Individual
Individual Qualification
The top 8 scores in individual apparatus qualify to the apparatus finals and the top 18 in overall qualification scores advance to the all-around final.
RankGymnastNationTotal!1Darja Varfolomeev29.25029.70027.95030.05089.000Q2Stiliana Nikolova29.80027.10029.25028.30087.350Q3Maria Borisova WG2 28.85028.40029.05029.00086.900Q4Sofiia Ilteriakova WG2 26.25028.05029.30028.25085.600Q5Sofia Raffaeli30.10028.45026.45026.25085.000Q6Megan Chu28.50027.50028.35027.80084.650Q7Alina Harnasko WG127.40028.20025.90028.80084.400Q8Akmaral Yerekesheva25.70026.850 29.00028.35084.200Q9Wang Zilu28.35028.10027.75025.85084.200Q10Wang Qi27.45027.30028.60027.80083.850Q11Rin Keys27.35025.45028.40027.75083.500Q12Taisiia Onofriichuk28.65025.80028.25026.25083.150Q13Daniela Munits29.45026.90026.65026.10083.000Q14Meital Maayan Sumkin28.10027.15024.45027.35082.600Q15Tara Dragas28.15028.45025.75025.50082.350Q16Bárbara Domingos27.65026.50027.35027.30082.300Q17Vera Tugolukova26.50027.85027.65026.60082.100Q18Takhmina Ikromova28.95026.05026.75026.20081.900Q19Daniela Picó26.95026.00027.85026.65081.450R120Liliana Lewinska28.00025.40027.85023.000-81.250R221Eva Brezalieva27.35025.85026.75027.05081.150R322Mirano Kita27.90023.75026.55026.60081.050R423Polina Karika27.55026.70026.60026.55080.85024Aibota Yertaikyzy28.30025.25027.10025.05080.65025Amalia Lica27.50024.90026.55025.75079.800 26Naruha Suzuki26.70025.40026.70026.25079.65027 Seo Eun-chae27.25026.40025.70024.70079.35028Zlata Arkatova26.05020.25026.30027.00079.35029Emilia Heichel26.15024.40026.80026.15079.10030Andreea Verdes26.40025.25026.10026.25078.75031Darya Viarenich WG128.20026.30024.05078.55032Lia Kallio23.60025.10026.45026.70078.25033Miyabi Akiya26.75023.15026.75024.30077.80034Maena Millon25.80026.00025.00024.25076.80035Hatice Gokce Emir24.80026.10023.10025.75076.65036Fanni Pigniczki26.50026.95023.10022.65076.55037Alba Bautista26.65024.95024.75022.75076.35038Lauren Grueniger25.85025.20025.15024.45076.20039Jasmine Althea Ramilo26.10025.40024.60024.30076.10040Havana Hopman25.95025.15024.95024.35076.05041Lada Pusch26.15024.05025.200 75.40042Mikayla Angeline Yang25.55022.75025.00024.85075.40043Fidan Gurbanli21.75025.00026.35024.00075.35044Emmi Piiroinen26.20024.30024.35023.95074.85045Mariami Kajaia25.55022.30024.50024.50074.55046Anna Karolina Obolonina24.85024.25024.85024.85074.55047Nijole Mickute25.40021.60024.65024.45074.50048Panagiota Lytra25.30024.45024.45023.65074.20049Lina Heleika26.15023.35019.70024.45074.15050Sofia Hemmings25.25023.40025.40074.05051Farida Bahnas24.40025.30023.50020.00073.20052Ana Luisa Abraham22.95024.65025.50022.30073.10053Josephine Juul Møller25.20023.35024.05022.90072.60054Alja Ponikvar22.50023.05025.55023.75072.35055Rita Araujo22.95024.75022.95024.45072.15056Celeste D'Arcangelo25.25023.15021.20023.15071.55057Marina Malpica23.60024.50023.25023.45071.55058Maria Avgousti25.70023.35022.45020.85071.50059Dina Mironskaya24.45023.95023.00022.65071.40060Asel Arapova20.90020.80026.00024.15071.05061Jana Alemam25.05022.95022.90019.65070.90062Elizabeth Popova22.55023.70024.30021.80070.55063Pin Rong Lee24.85021.15022.65021.20068.70064Nina Dragovic23.65017.70024.65019.90068.20065Sofia Bulat24.50021.50022.05021.60068.15066Nikola Novakova22.85022.45021.90022.65067.95067Luana Gomes22.30022.70020.350 22.550 67.55068Kotryna Zilionyte 23.700 21.05021.95021.65067.30069Berta Miquel23.15020.30020.15023.25066.70070Maša Nikolić23.850 21.50018.40020.30065.65071Tereza Saranova21.450 21.05022.95020.65065.45072Pin-Chen Liu21.550 20.20023.300 19.600 65.05073Maria Daniella Gonzalez20.35021.50022.15021.100 64.75074Stephanie Dimitrova21.550 21.85021.05019.80064.45075Milena Asriian22.25020.85020.75021.00064.10076Jimena Dominguez22.200 19.40020.60020.65063.45077Evelina Ivanova19.350 20.05022.85020.40063.30078Eva Bombagioni20.75020.75021.55020.60063.05079Parina Rahul Madanpotra 21.50020.50020.65020.75062.90080Gloriana Sanchez21.05019.150 20.600 19.80061.45081Mayte Guzman21.05019.50018.45020.70061.25082Josefine Engstrand19.55020.35017.30019.65059.55083Josefa Cornejo16.90016.25019.90021.70058.50084Viva Oduber19.25016.70021.70016.550 57.65085Praewa Misato Philaphandeth19.900 16.700 18.60019.0057.50086Talya Elkhayat19.00017.550 17.70019.45056.15087Anais Ossonon17.55019.50016.10018.25055.30088Danna Cortes18.700 16.700 17.900 16.75053.35089Sol Solorzano19.300 16.40014.900 17.400 53.10090Ilina Sokolovska18.15015.90017.50016.05051.70091Emilia Ekandjo16.45012.00015.80017.65049.90092Mathilde Maggioli16.00015.35016.65016.50049.15093Luna Birjawi13.950 13.150 14.200 13.95042.10094Isabella RojasDNSDNS18.40018.350DNF
All-Around Final Germany's Darja Varfolomeev won the individual all-around title for the third consecutive World Championships, scoring 119.500 points. She finished ahead of Bulgaria's Stiliana Nikolova and Italy's Sofia Raffaeli. The victory was Varfolomeev's 12th World Championship gold medal. Rank Gymnast Nation Total Darja Varfolomeev 28.30030.050 (1)31.500 (1)29.650 (1)119.500 Stiliana Nikolova 30.150 (3)29.250 (2)29.000 29.200 (2)117.600 Sofia Raffaeli 30.400 (2)28.250 (9)30.250 (2)28.650 (5)117.550 4 Taisiia Onofriichuk 29.100 (10)28.700 (4)29.750 (6)28.500 (8)116.050 5 Maria Borisova WG2 29.700 (6)27.750 29.500 (7)29.050 (3)116.000 6 Akmaral Yerekesheva 29.550 (8)28.350 (6)30.050 (3)27.850 115.800 7 Daniela Munits 30.500 (1)27.750 30.050 (3)27.350 115.650 8 Rin Keys 28.65027.900 (10)29.300 (8)28.650 (4)114.500 9 Alina Harnasko WG129.150 (9)28.450 (5)28.200 28.100 113.900 10 Wang Qi 28.35028.250 (8)28.600 28.000 113.200 11 Megan Chu 29.850 (5)25.950 28.750 28.600 (7)113.150 12 Sofiia Ilteriakova WG229.600 (7)25.100 29.800 (5)28.650 (6)113.150 13 Takhmina Ikromova 30.000 (4)26.750 28.350 27.450 112.550 14 Vera Tugolukova 28.90027.000 29.250 (9)27.350 112.500 15 Wang Zilu 28.10027.050 28.800 28.200 (10)112.150 16 Tara Dragas 26.25028.350 (7)29.050 (10)27.100 110.750 17 Meital Maayan Sumkin 26.30028.950 (3)23.050 28.350 (9)106.650 18 Bárbara Domingos 28.25023.550 27.25027.250106.300
Hoop Rank Gymnast Nation Total Taisiia Onofriichuk 14.100 8.300 8.300 30.700 Sofia Raffaeli 13.700 8.400 8.400 30.500 Darja Varfolomeev 13.600 8.500 8.300 30.400 4 Daniela Munits 13.600 8.350 8.100 30.050 5 Takhmina Ikromova 13.700 8.050 8.250 30.000 6 Megan Chu 12.500 8.300 7.900 28.700 7 Stiliana Nikolova 11.800 8.100 8.150 28.050 8 Maria Borisova WG2 11.900 7.350 7.450 0.600 26.100
Ball Rank Gymnast Nation Total Darja Varfolomeev 13.300 8.500 8.550 30.350 Sofiia Ilteriakova WG2 13.400 8.200 8.200 29.800 Maria Borisova WG2 12.600 8.250 8.300 29.150 4 Tara Dragas 12.800 7.900 8.100 28.800 5 Sofia Raffaeli 12.200 8.050 8.250 0.050 28.450 6 Vera Tugolukova 11.100 7.550 8.100 26.750 7 Wang Zilu 9.900 7.300 7.500 0.300 24.400 8 Alina Harnasko WG1 10.000 7.150 7.500 0.300 24.350
Clubs Rank Gymnast Nation Total Stiliana Nikolova 13.400 8.400 8.350 30.150 Taisiia Onofriichuk 13.400 8.350 8.300 30.050 Maria Borisova WG2 13.500 8.300 8.250 30.050 4 Rin Keys 13.200 8.350 8.250 29.800 5 Akmaral Yerekesheva 13.100 8.300 8.000 29.400 6 Sofiia Ilteriakova WG2 13.400 7.800 8.100 29.300 7 Wang Qi 12.200 7.600 7.950 27.750 8 Megan Chu 12.200 7.000 7.850 27.050
Ribbon Rank Gymnast Nation Total Darja Varfolomeev 13.400 8.550 8.550 30.500 Stiliana Nikolova 13.500 8.500 8.450 30.450 Maria Borisova WG2 13.300 8.400 8.200 29.900 4 Sofiia Ilteriakova WG2 13.600 8.300 8.000 29.900 5 Megan Chu 12.700 8.350 8.000 29.050 6 Alina Harnasko WG1 11.900 8.300 8.350 28.550 7 Wang Qi 12.100 8.300 8.100 28.500 8 Akmaral Yerekesheva 11.900 7.800 7.650 27.350
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