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1987 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

International gymnastics tournament

Summary

International gymnastics tournament

Field	Value
name	1987 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
date_start	17 September 1987
date_end	20 September 1987
location	BUL Varna, Bulgaria
prev	Valladolid 1985
next	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.

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. 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
[[Image:Flag of Argentina.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Australia.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Austria.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Denmark.svg	30px]]

Groups

Countries who participated in the group competition are as follows.

Flag		Nation				Flag		Nation				Flag		Nation				Flag		Nation
[[Image:Flag of Austria.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Brazil.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg	30px]]
[[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	30px]]

Medal table

Place	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	[[Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg	30px]] Bulgaria	9	2	1	12
2	[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg	30px]] USSR	3	2	4	9
3	[[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	30px]] China	0	1	2	3
4	[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg	30px]] Spain	0	0	2	2

Individual Final

Individual All-Around

Place		Nation		Name		Rope		Hoop		Clubs		Ribbon		Total
1
2
2
4
4
6
7
8
9
9
11
12
13
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66
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102

Individual Rope

Place		Nation		Name		All Around		Rope		Total
1
1
3
3
5
6
7
8

Individual Hoop

Place		Nation		Name		All Around		Hoop		Total
1
1
3
4
5
5
7
8

Individual Clubs

Place		Nation		Name		All Around		Clubs		Total
1
1
3
4
5
5
5
8

Individual Ribbon

Place		Nation		Name		All Around		Ribbon		Total
1
1
3
4
4
6
7
8

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
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2
3
3
5
6
7
8
9
9
11
12
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17
18
19
20

Finals – 6 Balls

Place		Nation		All Around		Final		Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Finals – 3 Balls, 3 Hoops

Place		Nation		All Around		Final		Total
1
2
3
4
4
6
7
8

References

Hitzel, Nora. (December 1987). "Play it again, Sam".
Petcova, Rossitsa. (22 January 2013). "Bulgaria’s rhythmic gymnastics champion Bianka Panova releases autobiographical book".
"13. World Championships from 17.-20. September 1987 in Varna, Bulgaria".

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