1965 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

II Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Prague

Prague

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, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

on the 3rd and 4 December, 1965.

Participants

There were 32 competitors from 12 countries - Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, German Democratic Republic

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, Federal Republic of Germany, Hungary

Hungary

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, Poland

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, Yugoslavia

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, Finland

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, Cuba

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, Belgium

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& Austria

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Results

Competitors competed in two events - freehand and with apparatus. Routines were marked out of 20.

Medal Table

1	Czechoslovakia	2	1	2	5
2	Soviet Union	1	2	1	4

Freehand

Place	Name	Nation	Score
1	Tatiana Kravtchenko	Soviet Union	18.632
2	Hana Matachova-Bougusovska	Czechoslovakia	18.600
3	Hana Micechova	Czechoslovakia	18.566
4	Jana Berova	Czechoslovakia	18.466
=	Ludmilla Szavinkova	Soviet Union	18.466
6	Lilia Natmoutdinova	Soviet Union	18.366

Apparatus

Place	Name	Nation	Score
1	Hana Micechova	Czechoslovakia	18.933
2	Tatiana Kravtchenko	Soviet Union	18.733
3	Lilia Natmoutdinova	Soviet Union	18.699
4	Jana Berova	Czechoslovakia	18.666
5	Hana Matachova-Bougusovska	Czechoslovakia	18.633
6	Heide Reinsch	German Democratic Republic	18.632

All-Around

Place	Name	Nation	Freehand	Apparatus	Total
1	Hana Micechova	Czechoslovakia	18.566	18.933	37.499
2	Tatiana Kravtchenko	Soviet Union	18.632	18.733	37.365
3	Hana Matachova-Bougusovska	Czechoslovakia	18.600	18.633	37.233
4	Jana Berova	Czechoslovakia	18.466	18.666	37.132
5	Lilia Natmoutdinova	Soviet Union	18.366	18.699	37.065
6	Maria Gigova Maria Gigova Maria Gigova is a Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast. She was the first gymnast to become a triple world champion in rhythmic gymnastics with her titles in 1969, 1971, and 1973...	Kingdom of Bulgaria	18.200	18.532	36.732
7	Heide Reinsch	German Democratic Republic	18.099	18.632	36.731
8	Ute Lehmann	German Democratic Republic	18.199	18.399	36.598
9	Roumyana Stefanova	Kingdom of Bulgaria	18.033	18.466	36.499
10	Ludmilla Szavinkova	Soviet Union	18.466	18.000	36.466
11	Maren Klüssendorf	Germany	17.866	18.466	36.332
12	Youlia Gantcheva	Kingdom of Bulgaria	17.832	18.266	36.098
13	Maria Patocska	Hungary	18.032	17.932	35.964
14	Maria Stryjecka	Poland	17.866	18.032	35.898
15	Wieslawa Skowronek	Poland	17.766	17.700	35.466
16	Ivana Obucina	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	17.666	17.700	35.366
17	Ingrid Nicklas	German Democratic Republic	17.933	17.333	35.266
18	Ziwille Florowska	Poland	17.799	17.433	35.232
=	Rauni Koskinen	Finland	17.866	17.366	35.232
20	Elisabeth Rösel	Germany	17.232	17.999	35.231
21	Judit Papp	Hungary	17.566	17.566	35.132
22	Tatiana Radovanovic	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	17.199	17.532	34.731
23	Crista Del Pino	Cuba	17.299	17.233	34.532
24	Zsuzsa Vasady	Hungary	16.899	17.399	34.298
25	Liliane Steyaert	Belgium	16.333	17.366	33.699
26	Thais Albertini Hernandez	Cuba	16.733	16.666	33.399
27	Mirjana Vutohinitch	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	16.999	16.366	33.365
28	Mirta Santacana	Cuba	16.432	16.632	33.064
29	Hilde Krumpholz	Austria	16.232	16.800	33.032
30	Gerda Stacher	Austria	16.432	16.566	32.998
31	Luthegarde Van Nuffel	Belgium	16.333	32.566
32	Helga Schüller	Austria	15.933	16.332	32.265

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