1987 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

International gymnastics tournament April 2025 1987 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 17 September 1987 20 September 1987 BUL Varna, Bulgaria Valladolid 1985 Sarajevo 1989 1987 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Varna, Bulgaria on September 17–20, 1987. The World Championships were a qualifying event for the 1988 Summer Olympics. The top 50 gymnasts in the all-around won an Olympic quota for their country, up to two per country.Hitzel Nora December 1987 Play it again, Sam https://issuu.com/usagymnastics/docs/1987_6novdec 2025-04-23 USA Gymnastics 38-40 16 6 Bulgaria dominated the competition; the individual all-around winner, Bianka Panova, received a perfect 10.0 score on every routine and won all four apparatus finals as well (though with ties with different gymnasts on each event). She was the first gymnast to win all five individual medals at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.Petcova Rossitsa 22 January 2013 Bulgaria’s rhythmic gymnastics champion Bianka Panova releases autobiographical book https://bnr.bg/en/post/100183738/bulgarias-rhythmic-gymnastics-champion-bianka-panova-releases-autobiographical-book 2024-08-15 Radio Bulgaria en The two tied silver medalists, Adriana Dunavska and Elizabeth Koleva, were also Bulgarian. Bulgaria also won the group competition and both routine finals, receiving a perfect 20.0 score for most of their routines and one 19.900. The competition was the first World Championships where groups were required to compete two different routines. Video replay was used by the judges more frequently than in the past. Nora Hitzel, the head of the United States rhythmic gymnastics program, noted changes in difficulty and style in routines performed at the competition, with more use of the feet to manipulate the hoop, more bouncing and rolling of the clubs, and better jumping and skipping in rope routines. Participants The following countries sent competitors: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, the United Kingdom, the United States, the USSR, West Germany, and Yugoslavia. Individual Nation Name Nation Name Nation Name Nation Name 30px Paula Paradelas 30px Malene Franzen 30px Linda Oers 30px Eva Lundovist 30px Antonietta Guida 30px Susanne Ravn 30px Mirjam de Kramer 30px Sofia Hedman 30px Nicole Mozes 30px Leena Murtamo 30px Natascha Vervoort 30px Viktoria Bengtsson 30px Elisabeth Bergmann 30px Marika Kosonen 30px Ann Kristin Albertsen 30px Caroline Müller 30px Annik Vanderstraeten 30px Mira Luhtanen 30px Victoria Ystborg 30px Maura Genasci 30px Caroline Verbruggen 30px Annette Walle 30px Ylje Wiede 30px Sabrina Muheim 30px Laurence Brihaye 30px Claudia Bouabca 30px Ok Sun Djang 30px Chih-Yuan Yan 30px Francoise Biot 30px Emmanuelle Serre 30px Suk Yong Li 30px Huei-Mei Lee 30px Jaqueline Pedreira 30px Jota Tsitsela 30px Angela Walker 30px Hui-Huang Tsai 30px Rosane Favila Ferreira 30px Maggy Michailidou 30px Katherine Agnew 30px Lisa Black 30px Adriana Dunavska 30px Maria Alevizou 30px Melanie Cairns 30px Nicola Walker 30px Elizabeth Koleva 30px Andrea Sinko 30px Eliza Bialkowska 30px Viva Seifert 30px Bianka Panova 30px Nora Erfalvi 30px Izabela Zuravska 30px Dacon Lister 30px Jennefer Hopkins 30px Zsuzsana Muszil 30px Teresa Folga 30px Diane Simpson 30px Lisa Merritt 30px Einat Argaman 30px Lourdes Silva 30px Irina Rubinstein 30px Lise Gatreau 30px Rakefet Ramigolski 30px Margarida Carmo 30px Anna Kotchneva 30px Pang Qiong 30px Shulamit Goldstein 30px Patricia Jorge 30px Marina Lobatch 30px He Xiaomin 30px Barbara Ferrari 30px Adriana Stonescu 30px Tatiana Druchinina 30px Yanfei Xia 30px Micaela Imperatori 30px Florentina Butaru 30px Diana Schmiemann 30px Lourdes Medina 30px Simona Brusa 30px Petruta Dumitrescu 30px Marion Rothaar 30px Sandra Arregoitia 30px Akemi Fujino 30px In-Wha Kim 30px Regina Weber 30px Thalia Fung 30px Erika Akiyama 30px Soo-Yung Kim 30px Dara Terzić 30px Andrea Koppová 30px Hiroko Otsuka 30px Sung-Hee Hong 30px Dominika Kacin 30px Denisa Sokolovská 30px Diana Velarde 30px Maria Isabel Lloret 30px Milena Reljin 30px Lenka Oulehlová 30px Mariela Castillo 30px María Martín30px Ana-Katrine Korning 30pxMiriam Hinojosa 30pxMonserrat Manzanares Groups Countries who participated in the group competition are as follows. Flag Nation Flag Nation Flag Nation Flag Nation 30px Austria 30px Czechoslovakia 30px Japan 30px Spain 30px Brazil 30px Finland 30px The Netherlands 30px Switzerland 30px Bulgaria 30px France 30px North Korea 30px The United States 30px Canada 30px Hungary 30px Norway 30px USSR 30px China 30px Italy 30px New Zealand 30px West Germany Medal table Place Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 30px Bulgaria 9 2 1 12 2 30px USSR 3 2 4 9 3 30px China 0 1 2 3 430px Spain 0 0 2 2 Individual Final Individual All-Around Place Nation Name Rope Hoop Clubs Ribbon Total 1 30px Bianka Panova10.00010.00010.00010.00040.000 2 30px Adriana Dunavska10.00010.0009.9009.90039.800 2 30px Elizabeth Koleva9.9509.85010.00010.00039.800 4 30px Anna Kotchneva 9.90010.00010.009.75039.650 4 30px Marina Lobatch9.90010.0009.9509.80039.650 6 30pxTatiana Druchinina9.9009.9509.70010.00039.550 7 30px Florentina Butaru9.8009.7009.5509.80038.850 8 30px Milena Reljin 9.8009.6509.7009.65038.800 9 30px Maria Isabel Lloret 9.7009.6509.7009.70038.750 9 30px Andrea Sinko 9.7009.7009.6509.70038.750 11 30px Adriana Stonescu 9.7009.6509.7009.65038.700 12 30px Regina Weber 9.7009.7009.6509.60038.650 13 30pxDenisa Sokolovská9.6009.7009.6009.55038.450 14 30px Izabela Zuravska 9.6509.6509.5009.60038.400 15 30px Teresa Folga9.4509.7009.6009.60038.350 16 30px Erika Akiyama9.4009.7009.6009.55038.250 16 30px Zsuzsana Muszil 9.4509.7009.6009.50038.250 18 30px Maria Martin9.6009.5009.6009.50038.200 18 30px Suk Yong Li 9.2009.7009.6009.70038.200 20 30px Micaela Imperatori9.5509.6009.5009.45038.100 21 30px Xiaomin He9.6009.5509.4009.50038.050 22 30px Eliza Bialkowska9.4509.5509.5009.50038.000 22 30px Diana Schmiemann9.6009.5009.5509.35038.000 22 30px Diane Simpson9.6009.6009.4509.35038.000 25 30px Andrea Koppová9.5009.6009.4509.40037.950 25 30px Qiong Pang9.6009.4509.6009.30037.950 27 30px Petruta Dumitrescu9.3009.5009.5009.55037.850 28 30px Simona Brusa9.4009.3509.5009.55037.800 28 30px Monserrat Manzanares9.4509.6009.6509.10037.800 30 30px Lenka Oulehlová9.5009.4509.4009.40037.750 31 30px Yanfei Xia9.5509.4509.3009.40037.700 32 30px Barbara Ferrari 9.4009.4509.4009.40037.650 32 30px Lisa Merritt9.4509.4509.4509.30037.650 34 30px Nora Erfalvi9.4009.4009.4009.40037.600 34 30px Marion Rothhaar9.3009.5009.4009.40037.600 36 30px Lourdes Medina9.5009.3009.0509.55037.400 36 30px Ok Sun Djang9.4509.5509.4009.00037.400 38 30px Dacon Lister9.4509.3509.2009.35037.350 39 30px Akemi Fujino9.4009.3009.4009.15037.35 40 30px Maria Alevizou9.4009.2009.2509.15037.000 40 30px Thalia Fung9.3009.3009.2009.20037.000 40 30px Jota Tsitsela9.2009.3009.2009.30037.000 43 30px Hiroko Oisuka9.3009.0009.2509.30036.850 43 30px Victoria Ystborg9.1009.3009.2009.25036.850 45 30px Sung-Hee Hong9.1509.3009.0009.30036.750 46 30px Irina Rubinstein9.2009.2509.2009.00036.650 46 30px Dara Terzić9.2009.2009.3008.95036.650 48 30px Maggy Michailidou9.3509.1008.9509.20036.600 49 30px Claudia Bouabca9.2009.1009.1009.15036.550 49 30px Malene Franzen9.1509.2009.0009.20036.550 49 30px Annette Walle9.1509.1509.0509.20036.550 52 30px Elisabeth Bergmann9.1509.2008.8509.30036.500 52 30px Dominika Kacin9.3009.2008.8009.20036.500 54 30px Viktoria Bengtsson9.1009.4008.8009.15036.450 54 30px In-Wha Kim8.9009.3009.0009.25036.450 56 30px Sandra Arregoitia9.2509.0008.7509.40036.40057 30px Angela Walker8.8509.2509.2009.05036.3505830px Natascha Vervoort9.2009.3008.8508.90036.2505930px Laurence Brihaye8.9509.2009.0009.00036.1505930px Susanne Ravn8.9009.2508.9509.05036.1506130px Jennefer Hopkins9.2009.0008.8009.10036.1006230px Leena Murtamo8.8009.2008.7509.20035.95063 30px Patricia Jorge8.8509.0008.9509.10035.9006330px Linda Oers8.9009.1508.9508.90035.90063 30px Ylje Wiede8.7009.2508.9009.05035.9006630px Nicola Walker9.0508.8009.1008.90035.8506730px Emmanuelle Serre8.9009.4008.8008.70035.8006830px Ana-Katrine Korning8.9009.1008.8008.95035.756930px Eva Lundovist8.7508.6009.1009.25035.7007030pxMarika Kosonen8.8509.1008.7508.90035.6007130pxRakefet Ramigolski8.8508.9508.7009.05035.5507230pxShulamit Goldstein8.8008.9008.7509.05035.5007230pxMirjam de Kramer9.0009.1008.7008.70035.5007430px Sofia Hedman8.8508.8008.7008.95035.3007530pxKatherine Agnew8.7509.2008.6008.70035.2507630px Einat Argaman8.8508.7008.6009.00035.1507630pxLisa Black8.9509.0508.1509.00035.1507830pxAnn Kristin Albertsen9.2509.1507.8508.80035.057830pxJaqueline Pedreira8.8008.7508.7008.80035.057830pxLurdes Silva8.5509.0008.8509.00036.0008130pxMargarida Carmo8.9508.6008.2509.20035.008230pxFrancoise Biot8.7009.0508.7008.50034.958330pxRosane Favila Ferreira8.6509.0508.5008.70034.9008430pxCaroline Müller8.6508.7008.5508.60034.5008530pxMaura Genasci8.2008.9008.7008.60034.4008530px Sabrina Muheim8.6508.7008.5008.55034.4008730px Viva Seifert8.3509.0007.859.05034.2508830pxSoo-Yung Kim8.3508.8008.5008.50034.1508930pxMira Luhtanen8.0008.9008.3508.80034.0509030pxMelanie Cairns8.4008.7508.5008.35034.0009030pxPaula Paradelas8.7008.8507.6508.80034.0009230pxDiana Velarde8.3508.5008.3508.45033.6509330pxNicole Mozes8.4007.8508.4008.80033.4509430pxAnnik Vanderstraeten8.2508.5008.1508.50033.4009530pxCaroline Verbruggen8.3008.6008.0008.40033.3009630pxAntonietta Guida8.5008.4508.1508.15033.2509730pxMiriam Hinososa8.2508.4007.9008.35032.9009830pxHui-Huang Tsai8.3008.2007.7008.55032.7509930pxHuei-Mei Lee7.6007.8008.3008.45032.1510030pxMariela Castillo7.9508.1507.2508.20031.55010130pxChih-Yuan Yan8.2507.8007.2008.10031.35010230pxLise Gautreau9.1509.350--18.500 Individual Rope Place Nation Name All AroundRopeTotal 1 30px Adriana Dunavska10.00010.00020.000 1 30px Bianka Panova10.00010.00020.000 3 30px Anna Kotchneva9.9009.90019.800 3 30px Marina Lobatch9.9009.90019.800 5 30px Florentina Butaru9.8009.90019.700 6 30px Milena Reljin9.8009.75019.550 7 30px Andrea Sinko 9.7009.80019.500 8 30px Maria Isabel Lloret9.7009.70019.400 Individual Hoop Place Nation Name All AroundHoopTotal 1 30px Marina Lobatch10.00010.00020.000 1 30px Bianka Panova10.00010.00020.000 3 30px Anna Kotchneva10.0009.90019.900 4 30px Adriana Dunavska10.0009.85019.850 5 30px Florentina Butaru9.7009.80019.500 5 30px Andrea Sinko9.7009.80019.500 7 30px Regina Weber9.7009.75019.450 8 30px Denisa Sokolovská9.7009.70019.400 Individual Clubs Place Nation Name All AroundClubsTotal 1 30px Anna Kotchneva10.00010.00020.000 1 30px Bianka Panova 10.00010.00020.000 3 30px Marina Lobatch9.95010.00019.950 4 30px Elizabeth Koleva10.0009.85019.850 5 30px Milena Reljin9.7009.70019.400 5 30px Andrea Sinko9.6509.75019.400 5 30px Adriana Stonescu 9.7009.70019.400 8 30px Maria Isabel Lloret9.7009.65019.350 Individual Ribbon Place Nation Name All AroundRibbonTotal 1 30px Tatiana Druchinina10.00010.00020.000 1 30px Bianka Panova10.00010.00020.000 3 30px Elizabeth Koleva10.0009.90019.900 4 30px Florentina Butaru9.8009.80019.600 4 30px Marina Lobatch9.8009.80019.600 6 30px Suk Yong Li9.7009.60019.300 7 30px Andrea Sinko9.7009.50019.200 8 30px Maria Isabel Lloret9.7009.15018.85 Group All-Around The first exercise consisted of 3 balls and 3 hoops. The second exercise consisted of 6 balls. Place Nation First Exercise Second Exercise Total 1 30px Bulgaria 20.00020.00040.000 2 30px USSR 19.30019.90039.200 3 30px China19.60019.05038.650 3 30px Spain19.45019.20038.650 5 30px Japan19.35018.70038.050 6 30px Italy18.95018.90037.850 7 30px Finland18.90018.85037.750 8 30px Czechoslovakia19.10018.40037.500 9 30px Hungary18.20019.10037.300 9 30px North Korea17.90019.40037.00 11 30px France17.75019.15036.900 12 30px Norway17.95018.60036.550 13 30px Norway17.95018.60036.550 14 30px Canada18.35018.00036.350 15 30px The Netherlands18.00018.20036.200 16 30px Switzerland17.65018.50036.150 17 30px West Germany17.90017.95035.850 18 30px USA16.85018.65035.500 19 30px Brazil16.80018.25035.050 20 30px New Zealand17.40017.40034.800 Finals – 6 Balls Place Nation All Around Final Total 1 30px Bulgaria 20.00019.90039.900 2 30px USSR 19.90019.75039.650 3 30px China 19.05019.80038.850 4 30px Spain19.20019.50038.700 5 30px France19.15019.25038.400 6 30px Hungary19.10019.20038.300 7 30px Austria19.00019.25038.250 8 30px North Korea19.40018.35037.750 Finals – 3 Balls, 3 Hoops Place Nation All Around Final Total 1 30px Bulgaria 20.00020.00040.000 2 30px China 19.60019.60039.200 3 30px Spain 19.45019.30038.750 4 30px USSR19.30019.35038.650 4 30px Japan19.35019.30038.650 6 30px Finland18.90019.15038.050 7 30px Czechoslovakia19.10018.55037.650 8 30px Italy18.95018.65037.600 References 13. World Championships from 17.-20. September 1987 in Varna, Bulgaria https://www.rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1987/wm_varna_87.html 2025-04-23 resg.net External links FIG - International Governing Body for Rhythmic Gymnastics Category:Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, 1987 Category:International gymnastics competitions hosted by Bulgaria