The 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the 35th edition, was held in Pesaro, Italy, from 30 August to 3 September 2017. This was the first time that the World Championships were held in Italy.

Over 250 gymnasts from 53 countries competed. The event ambassador was Olympic champion Alina Kabaeva. This was the first World Championships with an ambassador. A reference jury was used to ensure accuracy and objectivity in scoring.

Every individual gold medal and all but one silver was won by the Russian identical twins Dina Averina and Arina Averina. In the apparatus finals, Dina won gold in hoop and clubs, while Arina won with ball and ribbon. Kaho Minagawa won the first individual World medal for Japan since 1975, a bronze with hoop, and Neviana Vladinova won Bulgaria's first individual medal since 2011 with bronze in ball, which she dedicated to her coach. Belarussian Katsiaryna Halkina was the only other gymnast to win silver, in clubs.

In the all-around, Dina won the gold, with Arina winning silver. Linoy Ashram from Israel won the bronze.

The Russian group won their second consecutive all-around competition. The Bulgarian group, whose members were all competing at their first World Championships, won silver, a result that they expressed surprise and joy about. The Japanese group won the bronze medal, the first time a Japanese group had won an all-around medal since the 1975 World Championships.

In the group apparatus finals, the Russian group won a second gold in the mixed apparatus finals, while the Italian group were the only non-Russians to win gold at the competition in the 5 hoops final; their performance received two standing ovations from the home crowd. The Japanese group won two further medals, silver in the mixed apparatus final and bronze with five hoops.

The Longines Prize for Elegance was awarded to Alexandra Agiurgiuculese. She was the first Italian to receive it.

Participating countries

The following federations sent gymnasts to the Championships:

Medal winners

EventGoldSilverBronze
Individual Finals
Hoop detailsDina Averina (RUS)Arina Averina (RUS)Kaho Minagawa (JPN)
Ball detailsArina Averina (RUS)Dina Averina (RUS)Neviana Vladinova (BUL)
Clubs detailsDina Averina (RUS)Katsiaryna Halkina (BLR)Arina Averina (RUS)
Ribbon detailsArina Averina (RUS)Dina Averina (RUS)Linoy Ashram (ISR)
All-Around detailsDina Averina (RUS)Arina Averina (RUS)Linoy Ashram (ISR)
Groups Finals
Group All-Around detailsRussia Anastasia Bliznyuk Maria Kravtsova Evgeniia Levanova Ksenia Poliakova Anastasia Tatareva Maria TolkachevaBulgaria Teodora Aleksandrova Elena Bineva Simona Dyankova Madlen Radukanova Laura TraetsJapan Mao Kunii Rie Matsubara Sayuri Sugimoto Ayuka Suzuki Nanami Takenaka Kiko Yokota
5 Hoops detailsItaly Anna Basta* Martina Centofanti Agnese Duranti Alessia Maurelli Martina Santandrea Beatrice TornatoreRussia Anastasia Bliznyuk Maria Kravtsova Evgeniia Levanova* Ksenia Poliakova Anastasia Tatareva Maria TolkachevaJapan Mao Kunii Rie Matsubara Sayuri Sugimoto Ayuka Suzuki Nanami Takenaka Kiko Yokota*
3 Balls + 2 Ropes detailsRussia Anastasia Bliznyuk Maria Kravtsova Evgeniia Levanova Ksenia Poliakova* Anastasia Tatareva Maria TolkachevaJapan Mao Kunii* Rie Matsubara Sayuri Sugimoto Ayuka Suzuki Nanami Takenaka Kiko YokotaBulgaria Teodora Aleksandrova Elena Bineva Simona Dyankova Madlen Radukanova Laura Traets

* reserve gymnast

Individual

Individual Qualification

Source:

The top eight scores for each individual apparatus qualified to the apparatus finals. The top 24 in overall qualification scores advanced to the all-around final.

RankGymnastNationHoop (rhythmic gymnastics)Ball (rhythmic gymnastics)Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics)Ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics)Total
1Dina AverinaRussia18.950 (1)18.850 (1)19.200 (1)17.775 (1)74.775
2Arina AverinaRussia18.350 (3)18.575 (2)18.875 (2)17.750 (2)73.550
3Linoy AshramIsrael18.600 (2)17.750 (3)16.40016.800 (3)69.550
4Neviana VladinovaBulgaria17.100 (6)17.500 (4)17.900 (3)15.50068.000
5Katsiaryna HalkinaBelarus17.250 (5)17.350 (5)17.650 (4)15.40067.650
6Laura ZengUnited States16.95017.000 (6)17.000 (7)16.250 (5)67.200
7Alexandra AgiurgiuculeseItaly15.60016.950 (7)17.000 (6)16.500 (4)66.050
8Katrin TasevaBulgaria16.20016.70016.90015.700 (7)65.500
9Kaho MinagawaJapan17.100 (7)16.900 (8)15.75015.30065.050
10Alina HarnaskoBelarus16.65016.25016.95015.10064.950
11Evita GriskenasUnited States17.300 (4)16.25015.15015.650 (8)64.350
12Milena BaldassarriItaly14.95015.80016.35016.100 (6)63.200
13Eleni KelaiditiGreece15.40016.10016.45015.25063.200
14Viktoria MazurUkraine16.50016.05015.70014.10062.350
15Olena DiachenkoUkraine15.90016.25015.80013.30061.250
16Anastasiya SerdyukovaUzbekistan14.95015.80015.65014.50060.900
17Zhao YatingChina15.05014.80015.20015.15060.200
18Sabina AshirbayevaKazakhstan16.05014.60015.25014.25060.150
19Salome PazhavaGeorgia16.40012.95017.200 (5)13.35059.900
20Ana Luiza FiliorianuRomania14.65013.75016.25014.50059.150
21Sumire KitaJapan17.000 (8)14.60013.35014.00058.950
22Sabina TashkenbaevaUzbekistan14.15015.20015.65013.75058.750
23Elina ValievaGeorgia15.70012.95016.30013.70058.650
24Nicol RuprechtAustria14.77515.40014.15014.00058.325
25Nicol VoronkovIsrael13.45015.70014.35014.80058.300
26Ayshan BayramovaAzerbaijan15.15014.05015.45013.60058.250
27Zohra AghamirovaAzerbaijan15.25015.25014.60013.90057.800
28Alina AdilkhanovaKazakhstan14.75014.45015.65012.50057.350
29Shang RongChina15.20015.85013.80012.10056.950
30Axelle JoveninFrance13.45014.60014.55013.75056.350
31Kim ChaewoonSouth Korea14.85013.60014.80013.00056.250
32Fanni PigniczkiHungary14.60014.60013.40013.35055.950
33Andreea VerdesRomania13.95014.15014.90012.85055.850
34Polina BerezinaSpain13.55014.40014.10013.40055.450
35Natália GaudioBrazil13.55013.70014.55013.25055.050
36Iasmina AgagulianArmenia15.05013.65013.40012.80054.900
37Alexandra KisHungary14.45013.60013.70013.05054.800
38Natalia KoziolPoland13.20014.10014.55012.15054.000
39Lea TkaltschewitschGermany13.30013.00013.85013.70053.850
40Sara LlanaSpain14.35013.65012.25013.40053.650
41Carmen WhelanCanada13.45012.90014.45012.85053.650
42Diamanto EvripidouCyprus14.25013.00013.05013.30053.600
43Jouki TikkanenFinland12.55014.45013.50013.00053.500
44Aleksandra PodgoršekSlovenia12.75013.80013.95012.70053.200
45Rebecca GergaloFinland14.25012.85012.50012.75052.350
46Eunseo ParkSouth Korea13.75013.25012.75012.55052.300
47Laurabell KabritsEstonia13.35012.75013.40012.45051.950
48Ecem CankayaTurkey12.75014.40010.70013.85051.700
49Marina MalpicaMexico13.85013.05011.75013.00051.650
50Karla DiazMexico11.90013.65011.80014.00051.350
51Tara WilkieAustralia13.05013.75012.55012.00051.350
52Natalia KuligPoland13.00011.95014.15011.65050.850
53Danielle PrinceAustralia13.10012.60012.70012.20050.600
54Grace LegoteSouth Africa10.20013.50013.00013.75050.450
55Tania DominguesPortugal12.95013.10012.65011.60050.300
56Veronika ProncenkoLithuania13.00013.75011.75011.30049.800
57Katherine UchidaCanada12.90012.60011.45012.75049.600
58Laura SalesPortugal12.00012.45013.40011.30049.150
59Olga BogdanovaEstonia11.70012.10013.90011.25048.950
60Emilie HolteNorway11.85011.85013.25011.70048.650
61Eleni ErimoudeCyprus13.30012.85012.30010.05048.500
62Natasija GovozdicSerbia12.25012.25013.40010.45048.350
63Daniela NemeckovaCzech Republic13.80011.60011.80010.95048.150
64Aja Jerman BukavecSlovenia11.50011.90012.30012.35048.050
65Karine WalterBrazil10.10012.85013.25011.72547.925
66Emelie SwensenNorway12.00010.80013.30011.60047.700
67Laura HalfordGreat Britain14.5009.10012.35011.45047.400
68Noemi PeschelGermany10.65013.30013.1509.90047.000
69Denisa StepankovaCzech Republic12.65011.45012.45010.40046.950
70Petra RibaricCroatia12.20010.85013.50010.35046.900
71Karoline MizuneLatvia10.75012.05011.35011.75045.900
72Nourhal KhattabEgypt11.40011.75011.65010.40045.200
73Elisabeth Vera RositsanLithuania11.95011.45011.45010.30045.150
74Ella AstvatsaryanArmenia11.65011.45012.1509.35044.600
75Anna-Marie OndaatjeSri Lanka10.25011.15011.7009.30042.400
76Malak HusseinEgypt10.90011.00010.15010.20042.250
77Petra LindgrenSweden11.3509.30010.70010.85042.200
78Laura BozicCroatia9.70011.2509.9509.65040.550
79Lucia CastiglioniSan Marino11.1509.4009.3008.60038.450
80Andrea RamosAndorra9.9008.90010.3509.05038.200
81Aya Tanaka ProbertNew Zealand9.7007.5009.65010.20037.050
82Alexandra ChechovaSlovakia5.95010.25011.1008.50035.800
83Anastasia PonomarenkoSweden9.2509.9759.1007.32535.650
84Emma ErangeyDenmark9.1508.4509.7508.25035.600
85Jessica PereiraAndorra8.30010.4508.9507.40035.100
86Grace SchroderNew Zealand9.5009.9509.9005.70035.050
87Elena SmirnovaLuxembourg9.3508.6509.1507.50034.700
88Chris-Marie Van WykSouth Africa8.6509.4509.5006.85034.450
89Nicoline SachmannDenmark8.5509.3507.3758.45033.725
90Marcia Lopes AlvesCape Verde5.5007.6008.7508.35030.200

Hoop

Source:

RankGymnastNationD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Dina AverinaRussia10.0009.10019.100
Arina AverinaRussia9.9009.10019.000
Kaho MinagawaJapan8.9008.80017.700
4Katsiaryna HalkinaBelarus8.8008.80017.600
5Neviana VladinovaBulgaria8.8008.75017.550
6Linoy AshramIsrael9.0008.200–0.3016.900
7Sumire KitaJapan8.2008.45016.650
8Evita GriskenasUnited States8.0007.75015.750

Ball

Source:

RankGymnastNationD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Arina AverinaRussia9.7009.25018.950
Dina AverinaRussia9.7009.00018.700
Neviana VladinovaBulgaria9.1008.85017.950
4Linoy AshramIsrael9.2008.72517.925
5Katsiaryna HalkinaBelarus8.9008.90017.800
6Laura ZengUnited States8.5008.55017.050
7Alexandra AgiurgiuculeseItaly8.3008.750-0.0517.000
8Kaho MinagawaJapan8.0008.30016.300

Clubs

Source:

RankGymnastNationD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Dina AverinaRussia10.0009.00019.000
Katsiaryna HalkinaBelarus9.1008.95018.050
Arina AverinaRussia8.9008.90017.800
4Neviana VladinovaBulgaria8.7008.65017.350
5Alexandra AgiurgiuculeseItaly8.6008.65017.250
6Laura ZengUnited States8.6008.45017.050
7Alina HarnaskoBelarus7.3008.25015.550
8Salome PazhavaGeorgia7.6007.70015.300

Ribbon

Source:

RankGymnastNationD ScoreE ScorePen.Total
Arina AverinaRussia9.2009.10018.300
Dina AverinaRussia8.5008.70017.200
Linoy AshramIsrael8.0008.65016.650
4Alexandra AgiurgiuculeseItaly7.7008.55016.250
5Laura ZengUnited States7.6008.60016.200
6Milena BaldassarriItaly7.6008.45016.050
7Evita GriskenasUnited States6.6007.90014.500
8Katrin TasevaBulgaria6.3007.700-0.3013.700

All-Around

Source:

RankGymnastNationHoop (rhythmic gymnastics)Ball (rhythmic gymnastics)Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics)Ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics)Total
Dina AverinaRussia18.85018.55018.85018.45074.700
Arina AverinaRussia18.15018.50018.55018.25073.450
Linoy AshramIsrael18.37517.40017.15017.10070.025
4Katsiaryna HalkinaBelarus17.70016.10018.20017.00069.000
5Kaho MinagawaJapan17.50016.95017.95016.02568.425
6Laura ZengUnited States17.10017.05017.70016.40068.250
7Neviana VladinovaBulgaria18.20016.40016.50016.45067.550
8Alexandra AgiurgiuculeseItaly17.60017.80016.70015.35067.450
9Milena BaldassarriItaly17.42515.50017.00016.55066.475
10Katrin TasevaBulgaria16.95017.10016.55015.80066.400
11Evita GriskenasUnited States17.00016.15016.40015.80065.350
12Sumire KitaJapan16.30015.30015.55015.55062.700
13Alina HarnaskoBelarus17.00015.80015.60014.25062.650
14Ana Luiza FiliorianuRomania16.15015.52516.15014.80062.625
15Salome PazhavaGeorgia15.75015.35016.30013.90061.300
16Sabina AshirbayevaKazakhstan15.90015.85014.50014.55060.800
17Viktoria MazurUkraine15.80015.70015.35013.80060.650
18Anastasiya SerdyukovaUzbekistan14.70015.00015.70014.17559.575
19Olena DiachenkoUkraine15.75013.70016.25013.45059.150
20Eleni KelaiditiGreece14.20015.60014.65014.05058.500
21Zhao YatingChina15.35013.60014.52514.35057.825
22Sabina TashkenbaevaUzbekistan15.05014.05014.15013.25056.500
23Nicol RuprechtAustria14.90013.50014.10013.10055.600
24Elina ValievaGeorgia15.00012.65014.35011.30053.300

Groups

Group All-Around

Source:

The top 8 scores in each apparatus combination qualified to the group apparatus finals, and the top 8 in overall qualification scores advanced to the group all-around final.

PlaceNation5 Hoop (rhythmic gymnastics)2 Rope (rhythmic gymnastics) + 3 Ball (rhythmic gymnastics)Total
Russia18.950 (1)18.750 (1)37.700
Bulgaria18.650 (3)18.300 (3)36.950
Japan18.400 (4)18.250 (4)36.650
4Italy18.700 (2)17.925 (6)36.625
5Belarus18.050 (5)18.375 (2)36.425
6Ukraine17.450 (7)18.150 (5)35.600
7Azerbaijan18.000 (6)17.450 (7)35.450
8China17.300 (8)16.950 (8)34.250
9France16.45016.60033.050
10Uzbekistan16.72515.80032.525
11Finland16.80015.55032.350
12United States16.05016.20032.250
13Brazil16.05015.65031.700
14Germany16.55014.65031.200
15Spain14.50016.15030.650
16Greece15.15014.85030.000
17Hungary15.80013.20029.000
18Poland15.50013.35028.850
19Latvia15.50012.80028.300
20Mexico14.10014.05028.150
21Canada13.75014.25028.000
22Kazakhstan14.35013.15027.500
23South Korea14.45012.55027.000
24Slovenia13.50013.10026.600
25Switzerland14.05011.95026.000
26Estonia12.1009.85021.950
27Egypt9.30012.00021.300
28Norway11.10010.05021.150
29Singapore11.4509.30020.750

5 Hoops

Source:

RankNationE ScoreD ScorePen.Total
Italy8.90010.00018.900
Russia8.70010.00018.700
Japan8.60010.00018.600
4Bulgaria8.5509.70018.250
5Belarus8.4259.60018.025
6Azerbaijan8.2509.60017.850
7China8.0509.30017.350
8Ukraine7.6509.50017.350

3 Balls + 2 Ropes

Source:

RankNationE ScoreD ScorePen.Total
Russia8.90010.00018.900
Japan8.65010.00018.650
Bulgaria8.8009.80018.600
4Italy8.55010.00018.550
5Belarus8.5009.50018.000
6Ukraine8.2009.30017.500
7Azerbaijan8.1009.00017.100
8China7.6759.00016.675

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Russia75113
2Italy1001
3Japan0134
4Bulgaria0123
5Belarus0101
6Israel0022
Totals (6 entries)88824

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