The VIII World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Basel, Switzerland from 13 to 16 October 1977.
29 countries sent gymnasts, with 22 of those sending groups; 78 individual gymnasts were entered. Groups performed routines with six pairs of clubs, which were performed twice; individuals competed with rope, hoop, ball, and ribbon. The number of gymnasts allowed into finals increased from six to eight.
Soviet gymnasts dominated the competition; Carmen Rischer, the all-around champion from the previous World Championships (where dominant Communist nations such as the Soviet Union and Bulgaria did not send competitors), placed sixth, to the displeasure of German fans, who disrupted the competition by booing her final all-around score for more than ten minutes. Galima Shugurova won silver behind Irina Deriugina in the all-around but went on to win three of the event finals. The Soviet group (made of Erika Schiller and Olga Rabinovich among others) won among groups.
Medal table
Individual
Hoop Place Nation Name AA Score AF Score Total1Galima Shugurova 9.6009.80019.4002Irina Deriugina 9.6009.70019.3003=Kristina Guiourova 9.5009.65019.1503=Natalia Krachinnekova 9.5509.60019.1505Svetla Koltchevska 9.5009.55019.0506=Valentina Ganeva 9.4009.55018.9506=Sonia Pedroso 9.4009.55018.9508Zuzana Záveská 9.4509.45018.900
Ball Place Nation Name AA Score AF Score Total1Galima Shugurova9.7509.90019.6502Irina Deriugina9.8509.75019.6003Natalia Krachinnekova9.8009.65019.4504Kristina Guiourova9.7009.70019.4005Slavomira Sobkovska9.5509.55019.1006Carmen Rischer9.5509.50019.0507Irene Godecke9.5509.45019.0008Svetla Koltchevska9.5509.05018.600
Ribbon Place Nation Name AA Score AF Score Total1Irina Deriugina 9.7009.75019.4502=Carmen Rischer 9.6509.55019.2002=Galima Shugurova 9.5509.65019.2004Irene Godecke 9.5509.60019.1505Kristina Guiourova 9.5009.60019.1006Valentina Ganeva 9.4009.60019.0007Iveta Havlíčková 9.3509.50018.8508Kumiko Fumoto 9.3509.40018.750
Rope Place Nation Name AA Score AF Score Total1Galima Shugurova 9.7009.80019.5002Zuzana Záveská 9.7009.65019.3503Iveta Havlíčková 9.6009.70019.3004Valentina Ganeva 9.6009.65019.2505=Kristina Guiourova 9.5509.25018.8005=Svetla Koltchevska 9.4009.40018.8005=Natalia Krachinnekova 9.4009.40018.8008Irina Deriugina 9.5009.25018.750
All-Around Place Nation Name Hoop Ball Ribbon Rope Total1Irina Deriugina 9.6009.8509.7009.50038.6502Galima Shugurova 9.6009.7509.5509.70038.6003Kristina Guiourova 9.5009.7009.5009.55038.2504=Valentina Ganeva 9.4009.4009.4009.60037.8004=Natalia Krachinnekova 9.5509.8009.0509.40037.8006Carmen Rischer 9.2009.5509.6509.35037.7507Zuzana Záveská 9.4509.3009.2509.70037.7008Svetla Koltchevska 9.5009.5509.0509.40037.5009=Iveta Havlíčková 8.7009.4509.3509.60037.1009=Slavomira Sobkovska 9.2509.5509.1509.15037.10011Susanne Ebert 9.2509.5008.9509.35037.05012=Cristina Cammelli 9.3009.5008.8509.35037.0012=Irene Godecke 9.1509.5509.5508.75037.0014Miwako Arao 9.0509.4009.3009.15036.90015=Kumiko Fumoto 9.1009.1509.3509.20036.80015=Sunhild Krause 9.0009.5009.1009.20036.80015=Shirley Lethinen 9.2509.1509.1009.30036.80018Yumiko Kobayashi 9.3509.0009.2009.20036.75019Maria Jesus Alegre 8.7009.3009.3009.40036.70020Susana Mendizábal 9.1509.2509.0009.20036.60021Jana Kučerová 9.0009.2509.0009.30036.55022Begona Blasco 9.0009.2009.1509.15036.50023=Aida Hernandez-Barrientos 9.3009.3009.2008.55036.35023=Patricia Peschke 8.9509.2008.9009.30036.35025Jadwiga Hemmerling 8.8009.2509.1009.05036.20026Sonia Pedroso 9.4009.3008.5508.55035.80027Cecilia Juara-Rosell 8.4509.2509.0009.00035.70028Hanneke Tienstra 8.6508.8508.8509.25035.60029=Anna Janson 9.0508.8508.6509.00035.55029=Jasna Radosavljevic 9.0008.8508.8008.90035.55031Lena Smith 9.1009.1008.6008.70035.50032Kelly Moligan 8.9508.2508.7509.30035.25033=Renata Urbanik 8.0508.9508.9509.25035.20033=Berthy Van de Kraak 8.3508.9508.9508.95035.20035Gyorgyi Kovacs 8.3009.1009.0508.10034.55036 Ankie Van Werd 8.8008.9008.3508.40034.45037Debbie Bryant 7.8508.7508.7508.85034.20038Isabelle Zumino 8.1008.6008.7008.65034.05039Susanne Zimmermann 8.5008.2508.3508.70033.80040=Stela Djordjevic 7.9508.8508.3008.60033.70040=Laura Seixas 8.2508.7508.4508.25033.70042Leila Jaaskelainen 8.3508.7508.1508.35033.60043Martine Feraud 8.6008.9507.4008.35033.30044=Lydia Bree 8.2008.7507.8008.35033.10044=Clarice Pinto Lopez 7.6508.4508.2508.75033.10046Monika Bachmann 8.1508.4508.2008.25033.05047Sue Soffe 7.4008.8008.3508.35032.90048Majda Kovacevic 7.6508.1008.1008.80032.65049Ursula Wicklicki 7.7508.5008.3008.00032.55050Anna Hansen 8.1508.4008.1507.80032.50051=Bronwyn Clark 8.0008.5507.7508.05032.35051=Gilda Fontenelle 8.2507.9507.9008.25032.35053Vibeke Franzen 8.2008.4507.6008.05032.30054Martine Fournier 7.3507.9008.4008.60032.25055Lena Bergstroem 7.8008.8507.6007.90032.15056=Karen Corlett 7.7008.4508.0007.75031.90056=Judith Robertson 7.5508.6507.7507.95031.90058Marielle Decarpigny 7.4007.6008.2508.40031.65059Aase-Lodal Andersen 7.5508.1508.1007.80031.60060Kathryn Brym 7.7507.9507.9507.85031.50061Kaye Wilson 7.5507.9008.2007.65031.30062Elisabeth Strumpf 7.5007.9008.0507.65031.10063Eileen Word 6.9008.0007.9508.20031.05064Claire Audenaarde 8.0507.2507.7507.75030.80065Laura Ayala 7.6008.2007.6506.80030.25066Jubal Kfir 7.3507.6007.6506.75029.35067Irasema Trujillo 7.0007.4507.4007.25029.10068Elisabeth Mann 7.4008.6504.9007.80028.75069=Recouvith Bloch 8.0008.0005.00028.50069=Brigitta Sziraczky 9.0508.6501.6509.15028.50071Adriana Re 6.8507.3507.2006.65028.05072Michelle Grimberg 6.7007.0006.5007.05027.25073Ingrid Leruth -8.1507.950-16.100
Groups Place Nation Score1 Soviet Union38.3702 Bulgaria38.3003 Czechoslovakia37.6004= Japan 37.4704= East Germany 37.4706 Italy36.4007 Spain36.2508 Canada36.1509 Hungary35.75010 Switzerland34.10011= Netherlands34.00011= Norway34.0013 West Germany 33.55014 Denmark33.45015 Finland33.30016 France33.10017 Cuba33.05018 Brazil32.85019 Austria32.30020 Belgium32.20021 Great Britain29.850
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