The IX World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in London, Great Britain on 4 and 5 July 1979.
In the group competition, groups performed their routine with six hoops twice in the qualification round; in both cases, they were scored on both composition and execution. For groups that made the final, their finals performance was judged on execution only. The qualification scores were divided in half and added to the scores from the finals to determine the final ranking.
Medal table
Individuals Rope Place Nation Name AA Score AF Score Total1Kristina Guiourova9.8009.85019.6502Elena Tomas9.7509.80019.5503=Iveta Havlíčková9.7509.70019.4503=Zuzana Záveská9.7509.70019.4505=Valentina Ganeva9.7009.70019.4005=Ok Nyo Kim9.7009.70019.4007=Daniela Bošanská9.6509.70019.3507=Irina Deriugina9.6009.75019.350
Ball Place Nation Name AA Score AF Score Total1Irina Gabashvili9.7009.75019.4502Iliana Raeva9.609.75019.3503Irina Deriugina9.6009.60019.2004Elena Tomas9.4509.70019.1505Kumiko Fumoto9.5009.60019.1006Carmen Rischer9.4509.60019.0507Iveta Havlíčková9.4009.50018.9008Regina Weber9.5009.20018.700
Clubs Place Nation Name AA Score AF Score Total1=Daniela Bošanská9.6509.65019.3001=Irina Deriugina9.6009.70019.3001=Iliana Raeva9.5509.75019.3004=Irina Gabashvili9.5009.70019.2004=Kristina Guiourova9.5509.65019.2006Iveta Havlíčková9.5509.55019.1007=Carmen Rischer9.6009.45019.0507=Elena Tomas9.6009.45019.050
Ribbon Place Nation Name AA Score AF Score Total1Elena Tomas9.6509.70019.3502=Irina Deriugina9.7009.60019.3002=Kristina Guiourova9.6009.70019.3004Irina Gabashvili9.5009.60019.1005=Iliana Raeva9.4509.60019.0505=Hideko Unoki9.4509.60019.0507Ok Nyo Kim9.3009.60018.9008Carmen Rischer9.3009.50018.800
All-around Place Nation Name Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon Total1Irina Deriugina9.6009.6009.6009.70038.5002Elena Tomas9.7509.4509.6009.65038.4503Irina Gabashvili9.5509.7009.5009.50038.2504Iliana Raeva9.6009.6009.5509.45038.2005Kristina Guiourova9.8009.1509.5509.60038.1006Iveta Havlíčková9.7509.4009.5509.25037.9507Carmen Rischer9.5509.4509.6009.30037.9009Ok Nyo Kim9.7009.3509.1009.30037.4509Hideko Unoki9.4009.2009.4009.45037.4509Zuzana Zaveska9.7509.3009.1509.25037.450...
Groups Place Nation Score1 Soviet Union38.5502 Czechoslovakia38.4003 Bulgaria38.1504 Japan 37.8505 North Korea 37.6006 Spain37.2007 Canada36.6508 Italy36.0009 Netherlands35.55010 Norway34.85011= France34.50011= Hungary34.50013 New Zealand34.30014 United States33.70015 Great Britain33.45016 Australia33.30017 Sweden33.05018 Switzerland32.85019 Austria32.65020 Belgium31.55021 Brazil31.25022 Mexico28.350
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