2003 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

none July 2025 2003 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 24 September 2003 29 September 2003 HUN Budapest, Hungary New Orleans 2002 Baku 2005 The XXVI World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, during 24–29 September, 2003. The Championships acted as a qualifying event for the 2004 Summer Olympics. At the event, the qualifying round, apparatus finals, and team event were held concurrently; after all gymnasts competed during the day, the top eight gymnasts on each apparatus competed again in the evening for apparatus finals.Turner Amanda December 2003 Spirit in the sky https://www.proquest.com/docview/213995980/E0B7495BE030448DPQ/4 2025-07-03 International Gymnast 13-16 45 12 At the event, a medal ceremony was held for medals from the 2001 World Championships that were reallocated as a result of Alina Kabaeva and Irina Tchachina having their results nullified due to testing positive for diuretics at the 2001 Goodwill Games. One of the recipients of the new medals, Simona Peycheva, had herself recently tested positive for diuretics in an out-of-competition test and though she was present at the event, refused to participate in the medal ceremony.Turner Amanda November 2003 Case closed https://www.proquest.com/docview/214005325/E381910E4253415BPQ/8s 2025-04-08 International Gymnast 45 11 Kabaeva was allowed to return to competition in time to compete. The rivalry between Russian and Ukrainian gymnasts was exemplified by the performance of her and Anna Bessonova, a rising Ukrainian gymnast. In the early part of the competition, they split the four apparatus titles with two each, and though the Russian team won the team competition, Bessonova outperformed Kabaeva in the qualifying round, scoring 1.7 points over her. However, in the all-around final, Kabaeva competed more cleanly, with only small mistakes in her ball and club routines, while Bessonova lost the ball at the end of her first routine and finished without her apparatus, a larger mistake. Though she performed more strongly in her other routines, including receiving the highest score of the day during her hoop routine, it was not enough to overcome the point deficit. Kabaeva won the gold, Bessonova finished with the silver, and Tchachina won bronze. Tchachina also won two of the apparatus medals, a silver with clubs and bronze with ball. Inna Zhukova also won a bronze with ball, and Elizabeth Paisieva won Bulgaria's only individual medal of the competition with a bronze in ribbon. Russia dominated the group competition, winning all three gold medals, while Bulgaria won all three silvers. Belarus won bronze in the all-around, while the Italian group won both apparatus final medals. Medal winners Team Competition All-Around#Team All-Around RUSAlina KabaevaVera SessinaOlga KapranovaIrina Tchachina UKRAnna BessonovaTamara YerofeevaNatalia Godunko BLRInna ZhukovaSvetlana RudalovaLiubov CharkashynaValeria Kurylskaya Individual Finals All-Around#Individual All-Around Alina Kabaeva RUS Anna Bessonova UKR Irina Tchachina RUS Hoop#Individual Hoop Anna Bessonova UKR Alina Kabaeva RUS Irina Tchachina RUS Ball#Individual Ball Alina Kabaeva RUS Anna Bessonova UKR Inna Zhukova BLR Clubs#Individual Clubs Anna Bessonova UKR Irina Tchachina RUS Alina Kabaeva RUS Ribbon#Individual Ribbon Alina Kabaeva RUS Anna Bessonova UKR Elizabeth Paysieva BUL Groups Finals All-Around#Groups All-Around RUSOlesia BeluguinaNatalia LavrovaTatiana KurbakovaOlessia ManurovaElena MurzinaElena Posevina BUL BLR 5 Ribbons#Groups 5 Ribbons RUSOlesia BeluguinaNatalia LavrovaTatiana KurbakovaOlessia ManurovaElena MurzinaElena Posevina BUL ITAElisa BlanchiMarinella FalcaDaniela MasseroniPamela MastroianniFrancesca PasinettiElisa Santoni 3 Hoops + 2 Balls#Groups 3 Hoops + 2 Balls RUSOlesia BeluguinaNatalia LavrovaTatiana KurbakovaOlessia ManurovaElena MurzinaElena Posevina BUL ITAElisa BlanchiMarinella FalcaDaniela MasseroniPamela MastroianniFrancesca PasinettiElisa Santoni Individual Events Individual All-Around Place Nation Name Total 1 30px| Alina Kabaeva 106.475 2 30px| Anna Bessonova 106.150 3 30px| Irina Tchachina 105.775 4 30px| Inna Zhukova 98.825 5 30px| Elizabeth Paisieva 97.650 6 30px| Svetlana Rudalova 97.125 7 30px| Aliya Yussupova 97.000 8 30px| Dinara Gimatova 94.075 9 30px| Eleni Andriola 93.050 10 30px| Mary Sanders 91.800 11 30px| Jennifer Colino 91.200 12 30px| Lisa Ingildeeva 90.475 13 30px| Almudena Cid Tostado 90.050 14 30px| Tamara Yerofeeva 89.875 15 30px| Zhong Ling 89.500 16 30px| Alexandra Orlando 88.700 17 30px| Laura Zacchilli 87.450 18 30px| Katerina Pisetsky 87.300 19 30px| Susanna Marchesi 86.275 20 30px| Sun Dan 85.275 21 30px| Theodora Pallidou 85.000 22 30px| Magdalena Markowska 84.575 23 30px| Irina Risenzon 84.400 24 30px| Silviya Miteva 83.550 25 30px| Dominika Červenková 83.025 26 30px| Maria Ringinen 82.825 27 30px| Yukari Murata 82.650 28 30px| Joanna Mitrosz 80.250 29 Mex Cynthia Valdez 80.000 30 30px| Hannah McKibbin 79.450 Individual Hoop Place Nation Name Result 1 30px| Anna Bessonova 26.375 2 30px| Alina Kabaeva 25.900 3 30px| Irina Tchachina 25.200 4 30px| Aliya Yusupova 24.250 5 30px| Elizabeth Paysieva 24.200 6 30px| Inna Zhukova 24.050 7 30px| Mary Sanders 23.475 8 30px| Stergiani Pantazi 23.325 Individual Ball Place Nation Name Result 1 30px| Alina Kabaeva 26.675 2 30px| Anna Bessonova 26.550 3 30px| Inna Zhukova 25.875 4 30px| Tamara Yerofeeva 25.700 5 30px| Irina Tchachina 25.625 6 30px| Aliya Yusupova 25.325 7 30px| Eleni Andriola 23.675 8 30px| Dinara Gimatova 23.525 Individual Clubs Place Nation Name Result 1 30px| Anna Bessonova 27.225 2 30px| Irina Tchachina 27.000 3 30px| Alina Kabaeva 26.475 4 30px| Inna Zhukova 25.550 5 30px| Aliya Yusupova 24.725 6 30px| Eleni Andriola 23.950 7 30px| Mary Sanders 23.775 8 30px| Almudena Cid Tostado 23.650 Individual Ribbon Place Nation Name Result 1 30px| Alina Kabaeva 26.525 2 30px| Anna Bessonova 26.375 3 30px| Elizabeth Paysieva 24.225 4 30px| Irina Tchachina 23.825 5 30px| Inna Zhukova 23.725 6 30px| Svetlana Rudalova 22.800 7 30px| Eleni Andriola 22.000 8 30px| Laura Zacchilli 21.600 Groups Finals Groups All-Around Place Nation Result 1 Russia 30px 50.325 2 Bulgaria 30px 50.175 3 Belarus 30px 46.450 4 Italy 30px 46.450 5 Ukraine 30px 45.625 6 Spain 30px 45.150 7 China 30px 44.150 8 Greece 30px 42.675 9 Brazil 30px 41.800 10 Poland 30px 40.675 11 Hungary 30px 40.250 12 Canada 30px 39.350 13 Germany 30px 39.150 14 France 30px 39.025 15 Switzerland 30px 37.950 16 Japan 30px 35.100 17 Austria 30px 34.875 18 South Korea 30px 32.575 19 Lithuania 30px 32.075 20 Finland 30px 31.750 21 Estonia 30px 31.000 22 Slovakia 30px 30.700 23 Chile 30px 24.675 Groups 5 Ribbons Place Nation Result 1 Russia 30px 25.200 2 Bulgaria 30px 24.950 3 Italy 30px 23.550 4 China 30px 22.950 5 Belarus 30px 22.650 6 Spain 30px 22.250 7 Greece 30px 21.500 8 Ukraine 30px 20.800 Groups 3 Hoops + 2 Balls Place Nation Result 1 Russia 30px 25.275 2 Bulgaria 30px 25.200 3 Italy 30px 24.700 4 Ukraine 30px 23.500 5 Belarus 30px 23.375 6 Greece 30px 21.975 7 Spain 30px 21.800 8 Poland 30px 20.200 Medal table Flagcountry 7 2 3 2 4 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 References 2003-09-27 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2003 - Individual - Budapest, Hungary http://www.swisstiming.com/dnav/dgrs.cgi?EventID=grs_wc2k3i https://web.archive.org/web/20080417222702/http://www.swisstiming.com/dnav/dgrs.cgi?EventID=grs_wc2k3i 2008-04-17 2025-07-03 Longines Timing Category:Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships