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1988 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
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1988 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships 19 May 1988 22 May 1988 FIN Helsinki, Finland Athens 1987 Tenerife 1989
The 1988 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships is the 6th edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, which took place from 19 May 1988 to 22 May 1988 in Helsinki, Finland.European Gymnastics https://www.europeangymnastics.com/event/1988-european-championships-rhythmic-gymnastics/overview 2024-01-18 European Gymnastics en
There was a three-way tie for gold in the all-around, with all three gymnasts being given perfect 10.0 scores. Across all the individual events, no silver medals were awarded, and only two bronzes (a tie for clubs) were given. Commentators in the Helsingin Sanomat criticized the number of perfect 10 scores and in particular, two of the scores for Bulgarian gymnast Adriana Dunavska as being too high, noting that the head judge of the competition was also Bulgarian.1988-05-23 Kymppien ja kullan inflaatio Inflation of tens and gold https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/3f4a1b59-27a8-4aaa-90fb-f483931687ce/35 2025-12-18 Helsingin Sanomat 35 FinnishNukarinen Arja 1988-05-23 Kohtalokas nauhan pudotus romutti haaveet A fateful ribbon drop shattered dreams https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/3f4a1b59-27a8-4aaa-90fb-f483931687ce/35 2025-12-18 Helsingin Sanomat 35 Finnish
This was criticized as an example of scoring inflation, and it was one impetus for changing the next code of points to attempt to better differentiate between gymnasts and reduce the number of 10.0 scores.Schmid Andrea March 1989 Rhythmic Gymnastics: The New Code of Points For Individual Exercises https://issuu.com/usagymnastics/docs/1989_1janmar 2025-05-17 Technique Magazine 14-15 9 1
Medal winners
Individual All-Around Adriana DunavskaBUL 15pxElizabeth KolevaBUL 15pxAlexandra TimochenkoUSSR 15px none awardednone awarded Rope Marina LobatchUSSR 15pxAlexandra TimochenkoUSSR 15pxElizabeth KolevaBUL 15px none awarded none awarded Hoop Bianka PanovaBUL 15pxAlexandra TimochenkoUSSR 15pxAdriana DunavskaBUL 15px none awarded none awarded Clubs Adriana DunavskaBUL 15pxAlexandra TimochenkoUSSR 15px none awarded Elizabeth KolevaBUL 15pxMarina LobatchUSSR 15px Ribbon Adriana DunavskaBUL 15pxBianka PanovaBUL 15pxMarina LobatchUSSR 15px none awarded none awarded Groups All-Around Elina KhozluJanika Mölder 6 Balls Elina KhozluJanika Mölder Beatriz BarralVanesa BuitragoAna Carlota de la FuenteNatalia MarínEva MartínArancha MartyMari Carmen MorenoRaquel PratAstrid SánchezCarmen Sánchez 3 Hoops & 3 Ribbons Elina KhozluJanika Mölder none awarded 6. European Championships in Helsinki, Finland (18.-22. May 1988) https://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1988/em_helsinki_88.html#rope 2024-01-18 rsg.net6. European Championships in Helsinki, Finland (18.-22. May 1988) http://r-gymnast.bplaced.net/RG/Results/EB88.htm 2024-01-18 r-gymnast.bplaced.netEuropean Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 1988 - Results Women https://www.the-sports.org/gymnastics-european-rhythmic-gymnastics-championships-results-1988-women-epf30208.html 2024-01-18 www.the-sports.org1988 European Championships Results Book https://backend.europeangymnastics.com/sites/default/files/paragraph/age-group-competition-info/competition-results/Results_12.pdf backend.europeangymnastics.com PDF
Medal table
7 11 2 0 1 1 1 1 1
References
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