The XXVII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, 3–10 October 2005 at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex.

This was the first World Championships under the new Code of Points that had come into effect in 2005. Execution had raised from accounting for a third of the score to half, and the penalty for dropping the apparatus had increased as well; however, the difficulty score was still the most important factor on determining the event winners, as the top gymnasts were given similar execution and artistry scores. A number of gymnasts had also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, showing a trend toward rhythmic gymnasts both competing and peaking in their late teens and early 20s.

Although 2004 Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva was not named to the Russian team (though she attended the event as a representative for Longines), Russian gymnasts dominated the competition, winning every gold medal in the individual events. Olga Kapranova won the all-around title and every apparatus title except ribbon, which Vera Sessina won instead. Ukrainian Anna Bessonova won silver in every individual event.

The Russian group won their fourth consecutive World all-around title. The two apparatus finals were more hotly contested; the Italian group won gold in the mixed apparatus final with a routine that demonstrated excellent synchronization and kept the apparatuses in constant motion. The Bulgarian group won the five ribbons final, their first gold at the World Championships since the 1996 World Championships.

The Longines Prize for Elegance was awarded to Irina Tchachina.

Medal winners Team Competition Irina Tchachina Olga Kapranova Vera Sessina Svetlana Putintseva Anna Bessonova Natalia Godunko Irina Kovalchuk Inna Zhukova Liubov Charkashyna Valeria Kurylskaya Svetlana Rudalova Individual Finals Groups Finals Olesia BeluguinaOlesia BykOlga GlatskikhTatiana KurbakovaLiubov Popova Elisa BlanchiFabrizia D’OttavioMarinella FalcaDaniela MasseroniElisa SantoniLaura Vernizzi Alexandri BarysevichYavhenia BurloVera DavidovichDzina HaitsiukevichZinaida LuninaHlafira Martsinovich Iordanka AndonovaEleonora KezhovaZornitsa MarinovaKristina RanguelovaJoanna Tancheva*Tatiana Tongova Elisa BlanchiFabrizia D’OttavioMarinella FalcaDaniela Masseroni*Elisa SantoniLaura Vernizzi Olesia BeluguinaOlesia BykOlga GlatskikhTatiana KurbakovaLiubov Popova Elisa BlanchiFabrizia D’OttavioMarinella Falca*Daniela MasseroniElisa SantoniLaura Vernizzi Olesia BeluguinaOlesia BykOlga GlatskikhTatiana KurbakovaLiubov Popova Alexandri BarysevichYavhenia BurloVera DavidovichDzina HaitsiukevichZinaida Lunina*Hlafira Martsinovich

* reserve gymnast

Individual

Qualifications Place Nation Name Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon Total 1 Olga Kapranova 16.250 (3) 17.275 (1) 16.900 (1) 16.575 (3) 50.750 2 Irina Tchachina 16.525 (1) 16.500 (2) 16.475 (3) 16.275 (4) 49.500 3 Anna Bessonova 16.450 (2) 15.600 (6) 16.525 (2) 15.950 (5) 48.925 4 Natalia Godunko 15.800 (5) 15.975 (4) 15.975 (4) 16.625 (2) 48.575 5 Vera Sessina 16.100 (4) 14.775 (7) 17.150 (1) 48.025 6 Inna Zhukova 15.450 (6) 16.025 (3) 15.025 (6) 15.450 (6) 46.925 7 Simona Peycheva 15.175 (7) 15.125 (8) 15.200 (5) 15.125 (9) 45.500 8 Anna Gurbanova 14.450 (8) 15.075 (9) 14.450 (12) 15.025 (10) 44.550 9 Aliya Yusupova 13.925 (11) 14.425 (13) 14.625 (8) 15.450 (7) 44.500 10 Dinara Gimatova 13.575 (17) 14.650 (11) 14.450 (11) 15.250 (8) 44.350 11 Liubov Charkashyna 14.075 (10) 15.150 (7) 14.150 (15) 43.375 12 Valeria Kurylskaya 13.850 (13) 15.025 (10) 14.425 (12) 43.300 13 Almudena Cid 13.225 (20) 14.175 (14) 14.625 (9) 14.425 (11) 43.225 14 Elizabeth Paisieva 14.175 (9) 14.050 (15) 14.325 (13) 14.350 (13) 42.850 15 Irina Risenson 12.975 (23) 14.450 (12) 13.625 (20) 14.325 (14) 42.400 16 Irina Kovalchuk 13.575 (18) 13.325 (16) 14.525 (10) 13.750 (16) 41.850 17 Stela Sultanova 13.700 (15) 13.150 (20) 13.950 (17) 13.175 (21) 40.825 18 Dominika Červenková 13.800 (14) 13.225 (19) 13.425 (21) 13.575 (17) 40.800 19 Julieta Cantaluppi 13.900 (12) 13.300 (17) 13.150 (23) 13.500 (18) 40.700 20 Yukari Murata 13.625 (16) 12.650 (28) 13.650 (19) 13.400 (19) 40.675 21 Jennifer Colino 13.500 (19) 13.050 (22) 14.000 (16) 12.775 (25) 40.550 22 Moja Rode 13.075 (22) 12.625 (29) 13.775 (28) 11.875 (41) 39.475 23 Magdalena Markowska 12.500 (29) 13.250 (18) 12.850 (28) 12.425 (28) 38.600 24 Maria Ringinen 13.075 (21) 11.875 (41) 13.275 (22) 12.050 (36) 38.400 25 Alexandra Orlando 12.400 (32) 12.525 (32) 12.975 (26) 12.850 (22) 38.350 26 Yiming Xiao 12.600 (28) 12.775 (25) 12.950 (27) 11.600 (46) 38.325 27 Delphine Ledoux 12.825 (24) 12.675 (27) 12.150 (46) 12.800 (24) 38.300 28 Joanna Mitrosz 12.175 (36) 12.125 (35) 13.125 (24) 12.850 (23) 38.150 29 Andrea Abarca 12.750 (25) 12.600 (30) 12.350 (40) 12.525 (26) 37.875 30 Olesya Ashaeva 12.450 (30) 12.475 (33) 12.825 (30) 12.075 (35) 37.750 31 Cynthia Valdez 12.100 (37) 12.950 (23) 12.100 (49) 12.500 (27) 37.550 32 Maiya Zainullina 12.425 (31) 12.775 (24) 12.275 (44) 12.125 (32) 37.475 33 Irina Kikkas 12.675 (26) 10.975 (63) 12.400 (39) 12.300 (29) 37.375 34 Romina Laurito 12.650 (27) 11.875 (42) 12.850 (29) 11.350 (51) 37.375 35 Aidana Kauldasheva 9.975 (92) 12.750 (26) 12.100 (48) 12.025 (38) 36.875 36 Caroline Weber 11.200 (52) 12.200 (34) 12.525 (33) 12.125 (33) 36.850 37 Aurélie Lacour 11.825 (40) 11.400 (51) 12.675 (32) 12.175 (31) 36.675 38 Berfin Surdil Sutcu 10.100 (87) 12.550 (31) 11.700 (59) 12.250 (30) 36.500 39 Vafa Huseynova 12.000 (38) 11.825 (45) 12.325 (42) 12.100 (34) 36.425 40 Yachiyo Nakamura 11.950 (39) 12.800 (31) 11.675 (44) 36.425 41 Marina Kisluhina 12.000 (39) 11.750 (47) 12.400 (38) 11.725 (43) 36.150 42 Esther Escolar 11.625 (41) 13.075 (21) 11.450 (68) 36.150 43 Lisa Ingildeeva 12.325 (34) 11.000 (62) 11.675 (60) 11.875 (40) 35,875 44 Nathalie Fauquette 11.550 (44) 11.875 (44) 11.950 (54) 12.025 (37) 35.850 45 Fruzsina Benyo 12.300 (35) 11.175 (58) 12.350 (41) 11.125 (54) 35.825 46 Dan Sun 11.550 (43) 11.875 (43) 12.325 (43) 11.125 (54) 35.750 47 Beatrice Zancanaro 11.925 (40) 11.700 (58) 11.750 (42) 35.375 48 Olga Karmansky 11.050 (58) 12.050 (37) 11.725 (57) 11.550 (49) 35.325 49 Rahel Vigdorchick 11.175 (53) 12.100 (36) 12.025 (52) 35.300 50 Ketevan Khatiashvili 11.025 (59) 11.225 (56) 12.500 (34) 11.575 (48) 35.300 51 Gizem Oylumlu 10.650 (69) 11.100 (60) 12.425 (36) 11.675 (45) 35.200 52 Sin Un-Jin 11.125 (56) 12.000 (38) 12.075 (51) 10.250 (79) 35.200 53 Lia Yorbenadze 10.725 (68) 11.775 (46) 12.425 (37) 10.850 (59) 35.050 54 Lee Kyung-hwa 11.400 (48) 11.625 (48) 12.000 (53) 10.825 (62) 35.025 55 Yana Tzikaridze 11.000 (61) 11.375 (53) 11.100 (81) 11.975 (39) 34.450 56 Carly Orava 11.5550 (45) 11.175 (57) 11.650 (61) 11.125 (53) 34.275 57 Ines Gomes 10.900 (64) 10.900 (65) 12.475 (35) 34.275 58 Lisa Wang 11.500 (46) 10.350 (79) 12.125 (47) 10.575 (67) 34.200 59 Durratun Nashihin Rosli 11.475 (47) 10.425 (77) 12.225 (45) 34.125 60 Tatia Donadze 9.650 (96) 11.250 (55) 11.875 (55) 10.875 (57) 34.000 61 Chrysovalanti Dimitriou 9.650 (97) 11.575 (49) 11.175 (76) 11.100 (55) 33.850 62 Tjasa Seme 11.550 (42) 10.650 (71) 11.575 (63) 10.100 (80) 33,775 63 Katalin Kiss 11.375 (49) 9.525 (97) 11.550 (64) 10.750 (65) 33,675 64 Kimberly Mason 11.050 (57) 11.400 (52) 11.175 (79) 33.625 65 Seow Ting Foong 11.150 (55) 12.100 (50) 10.375 (72) 33.625 66 Shuo Zhang 10.600 (73) 11.525 (50) 11.425 (70) 10.475 (69) 33,550 67 Therese Larsson 10.825 (66) 10.400 (78) 11.500 (67) 11.075 (56) 33.400 68 Raquel Muro E Silva 11.225 (50) 10.725 (69) 11.400 (50) 33.350 69 Odette Richard 10.975 (62) 10.025 (87) 11.375 (71) 10.800 (64) 33.150 70 Ana Paula Ribeiro 10.925 (63) 10.950 (64) 11.175 (77) 9.825 (89) 33.050 71 Heather Mann 10.525 (75) 10.700 (70) 11.450 (69) 10.875 (58) 33.025 72 Anastasia Tanurcova 11.025 (60) 9.400 (100) 11.550 (66) 10.450 (70) 33.025 73 Wen Cheng Lim 10.800 (66) 11.550 (65) 10.650 (66) 33.000 74 Hui Yee See 10.650 (70) 11.325 (54) 10.850 (60) 32.825 75 Olga Alekseeva 10.275 (80) 10.625 (72) 11.575 (62) 10.575 (68) 32.775 76 Mariana Romao 11.100 (59) 11.250 (74) 10.350 (74) 32.700 77 Stephanie Sandler 11.225 (51) 9.900 (90) 11.000 (85) 10.250 (78) 32.475 78 Alina Suloyeva 10.500 (76) 10.750 (68) 10.900 (87) 10.425 (71) 32.150 79 Rita Alimova 10.275 (79) 10.500 (76) 11.200 (75) 10.375 (73) 32.075 80 Alexandra Kalichman 10.600 (72) 10.625 (74) 10.800 (63) 32.025 81 Rachel Ennis 10.900 (65) 10.200 (81) 10.850 (89) 10.075 (81) 31.950 82 Ana Paula Scheffer 10.000 (90) 10.775 (67) 11.025 (83) 10.050 (82) 31.850 83 Maria Filipova 10.225 (83) 10.100 (83) 11.250 (73) 10.275 (77) 31.750 84 Sridee Tharatip 10.175 (84) 11.075 (61) 10.400 (93) 10.050 (83) 31.650 85 Marleena Saresvirta 10.400 (77) 10.075 (86) 11.125 (80) 10.025 (84) 31.600 86 Laura Lima 10.600 (71) 11.100 (82) 9.725 (91) 31.425 87 Iva Mendlíková 10.000 (89) 10.075 (85) 10.875 (88) 9.950 (87) 30.950 88 Orsolya Zsidi 10.325 (78) 9.475 (99) 10.550 (90) 9.650 (93) 30.525 89 Rano Muhamedova 10.225 (82) 9.225 (104) 10.950 (86) 8.125 (107) 30.400 90 Tugce Oylumlu 9.825 (93) 10.200 (82) 10.325 (95) 9.375 (97) 30.250 91 Luisa Marumi Matsuo 10.125 (85) 9.825 (92) 10.275 (96) 9.300 (98) 30.225 92 Silja Ahonen 10.100 (86) 10.025 (89) 9.950 (99) 10.025 (85) 30.150 93 Andrea Zegarac 10.275 (81) 9.500 (98) 10.300 (76) 30.075 94 Ayiesha Naazmi Johnston 9.500 (99) 10.100 (84) 10.325 (75) 29.925 95 Pei-Yi Wu 9.800 (94) 8.450 (107) 10.000 (98) 9.850 (88) 29.650 96 Lise Osteby 9.975 (91) 10.025 (88) 9.625 (102) 9.550 (94) 29.625 97 Amanda Gunnesson 8.400 (104) 9.850 (91) 9.825 (100) 9.725 (92) 29.400 98 Amy Khera 9.575 (98) 9.275 (103) 10.200 (97) 9.525 (95) 29.300 99 Ekaterina Rublevskaja 8.775 (102) 9.400 (101) 10.475 (92) 9.125 (101) 29.000 100 Anna Jardova 9.475 (100) 9.600 (95) 9.750 (101) 8.550 (104) 28.825 101 Svetlana Rudalova 14.150 (14) 14.050 (15) 28.200 102 Phayonrut Ploychompu 9.125 (101) 9.575 (96) 9.325 (103) 8.175 (106) 28.025 103 Hui-Mei Wang 8.725 (103) 9.700 (94) 9.075 (104) 9.125 (100) 27.900 104 Martine Munkvold 8.200 (106) 9.700 (93) 8.650 (107) 9.250 (99) 27.600 105 Jennifer Ramos 8.250 (105) 8.975 (105) 9.025 (105) 8.650 (103) 26.650 106 Katerina Pisetsky 13.100 (25) 13.200 (20) 26.300 107 Jastina Armengol Hierro 7.850 (107) 8.775 (106) 8.750 (106) 8.475 (105) 26.000 108 Kang Min-jee 10.725 (67) 11.725 (56) 22.450 109 Alexandra Szutenberg 10.635 (73) 11.375 (72) 22.000 110 Anna Zdun 10.575 (74) 11.350 (52) 21.925 111 Brennan Stacker 11.000 (84) 9.950 (86) 20.950 112 Yoo Seong-oeun 10.600 (75) 9.750 (90) 20.350 113 Aline Bakchajian 10.075 (88) 10.225 (80) 20.300 114 Shalene Arnold 9.775 (95) 10.350 (94) 20.125 115 Amelia McVeigh 10.550 (91) 9.375 (96) 19.925 116 Tasneem Falconer 9.350 (102) 8.675 (102) 18.025 117 Komal Ishwer Nahar 5.650 (108) 5.475 (108) 5.775 (108) 16.900 118 Svetlana Putintseva 15.850 (5) 15,850 119 Surekha Rana 5.200 (108) 5.200 (109) 5.200 (109) 15.600 120 Rajani Sharma 4.900 (109) 4.850 (110) 5.700 (109) 15.450 121 Jasan Deep Kaur 4.700 (110) 5.075 (110) 5.150 (110) 14.925 122 Mai Hidaka 12.350 (33) 12.350 123 Carolina Rodriguez 11.575 (47) 11.575 124 Spela Gala 11.175 (78) 11.175 125 Paola Bianchetti 11.175 (54) 11.175

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