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| 1997 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships |
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| Location | Germany Berlin, Germany |
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| Start date | 23 October 1997 |
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| End date | 26 October 1997 |
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XXI World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany on 23–26 October, 1997.
159 gymnasts from 50 countries competed.[1][2] Reigning World champion Kateryna Serebrianska did not compete. The reason given for this was that her mother, who was also her coach, had fallen seriously ill with a heart condition,[3] though Sovetsky Sport ran an article claiming that it was because her mother was not chosen to be a judge at the competition. Instead, Olena Vitrychenko's mother was selected.[2]
Vitrychenko was second in the preliminary round to Natalia Lipkovskaya but went on to win the competition in the final, earning perfect 10 scores for two of her routines. She also won three of the event finals. Lipkovskaya won the silver medal and medaled in all four apparatus finals, including winning hoop. The bronze medalist was Yana Batyrshina, who tied Vitrychenko for gold on rope and also won silver with clubs. Eva Serrano won two bronze medals in the event finals, and Tatiana Popova tied Lipkovskaya for bronze with clubs.[2]
The following countries sent competitors: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, The United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia.
- Argentina Argentina: Lorena Garroco, Roxana Marion, Sandra Re, Anahi Sosa
- Armenia Armenia: Nina Aloian, Narine Davoyan, Lusine Galstyan, Karine Kachatrian
- Australia Australia: Shaneez Johnston, Danielle Le Ray, Leigh Marning, Kristy Darrah
- Austria Austria: Alexandra Baer, Valerie Hackl, Birgit Schielin
- Azerbaijan Azerbaijan: Alfia Kukshinova, Alieva Nourdjachan, Irina Pavlichenco, Sabina Tagiev
- Belarus Belarus: Tatiana Ogrizko, Evgenia Pavlina, Yulia Raskina, Valeria Vatkina
- Belgium Belgium: Astrid de Mul, Frederique Donnay, Cecile Maissin
- Brazil Brazil: Kizzy Antualpa, Dayane Camilo da Silva, Camila Ferezin, Elise Penedo
- Bulgaria Bulgaria: Teodora Alexandrova, Boryana Gineva, Viktoria Danova
- Canada Canada: Julia Lombara, Jodie Miller, Erika Leigh Stirton
- China China: Yunfei Pu, Xi Zhang, Bei Wu, Xiaojing Zhou
- Croatia Croatia: Kristina Bajaz, Petra Jurinec, Zrinka Uzbinec, Tanja Balazic
- Cuba Cuba: Yamile Sotolongo, Yordania Corrales, Yasleidy Rodriguez
- Cyprus Cyprus: Angela Georgiou, Maria Kyprianidou, Chrtalla Panayiotou, Elena Theodorou
- Czech Republic Czech Republic: Lucie Barkova, Renata Hostinska, Kamila Krynicka, Andrea Šebestová
- Estonia Estonia: Natalja Kornysheva, Ege Soidla, Irina Stadnik, Julia Tsvetajeva
- Finland Finland: Heini Lautala, Heidi Niemi, Minna Markkanen, Laura Pietilainen
- France France: Eva Serrano, Stephanie Delayat, Caroline Stepanoff, Amelie Villeneuve
- Georgia (country) Georgia: Vanda Kereselidze, Inga Tavdishvili
- Germany Germany: Magdalena Brzeska, Edita Schaufler, Monique Strobl, Helene Asmus
- Greece Greece: Sophia Bakola, Maria Pagalou, Irene Polydorou, Georgia Straka
- Hungary Hungary: Viktoria Frater, Orsolya Balogh, Dora Toth, Katalin Kiss
- Israel Israel: Lital Baumwell, Svetlana Tokayev, Ania Shabsis, Dana Sulema
- Italy Italy: Susanna Marchesi, Martina Nadalini, Arianna Rusca, Laura Zacchilli
- Japan Japan: Mikako Iwamoto, Rieko Matsunaga, Kayako Miyazaki, Yukari Murata
- Kazakhstan Kazakhstan: Elena Rogojina, Yulia Yourtchenko, Valeria Khairoulina
- Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan: Saule Tlebaldinova
- Latvia Latvia: Lioubov Hohloya, Darya Medyouho, Ina Proyouma, Ana Zelenska
- Lithuania Lithuania: Anzelika Filipovic, Kristina Kliukevičiūtė, Natalija Filistovic, Živilė Rezgytė
- Malaysia Malaysia: Carolyn Au Yong, Farah Zellinah Kemal, Sarina Sundarajah, Chee Kiat Thye
- Mexico Mexico: Silvia Palacios, Marcela Salinas, Laura Escalante, Karenia Gutierrez
- Netherlands The Netherlands: Sabina Hoogendijk, Lucinda Schuurman, Ramona Stook
- New Zealand New Zealand: Felicity Gould-Thorpe, Gemma Railton, Simone Clark
- Norway Norway: Marianne Haugli, Siri Kjeksrud
- Poland Poland: Krystyna Leśkiewicz, Joanna Bobrucka, Agnieszka Brandebura, Anna Kwitniewska
- Portugal Portugal: Ines Honorio, Susana Nascimento, Vanessa Pereira, Joana Raposo
- Romania Romania: Evelina Benchea, Dilana Ferencz, Dana Carteleanu, Alina Stoica
- Russia Russia: Yana Batyrshina, Natalia Lipkovskaya, Amina Zaripova
- Slovakia Slovakia: Zuzana Dobiasova, Eva Filcova, Eleonora Korcekova, Ivana Morolikova
- Slovenia Slovenia: Anja Cucek, Dusica Jeremic, Ana Rebov, Nina Vengust
- South Africa South Africa: Andrea Schermoly, Michelle Cameron, Brigitte Heeb, Cheryl Phillips
- South Korea South Korea: Hwang Sook-Hyun, Kim Eun-Hae, Kim Min-Jung, Kwon Bo-Young
- Spain Spain: Almudena Cid, Alba Caride Costas, Esther Dominguez, Carolina Malchair
- Thailand Thailand: Aunchaya Yeansukon
- Turkey Turkey: Misra Gigeroglu
- Ukraine Ukraine: Tamara Erofeeva, Elena Vitrichenko, Tatiana Popova
- United Kingdom The United Kingdom: Debbie McLarnon, Annabel Brown, Laura Mackie, Melanie Willmott
- United States The United States: Alicia Albe, Tara McCargo, Meaghan Muller
- Uzbekistan Uzbekistan: Lilya Nasirova, Tanya Budarina, Elena Mesheryakova, Irina Zamyatina
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia: Iva Zimonjic
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