1971 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

V World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Havana

Havana

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, Cuba

Cuba

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on November 10 & 11, 1971.

Competitors

There were competitors from 15 countries - Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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, Cuba

Cuba

, Hungary

Hungary

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, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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, North Korea

North Korea

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, Romania

Romania

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, Japan

Japan

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, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, Denmark

Denmark

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, West Germany

West Germany

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, Canada

Canada

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, Mexico

Mexico

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, Sweden

Sweden

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& Italy

Italy

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Medal table

1	Kingdom of Bulgaria	4	2	2	8
2	Soviet Union	1	5	4	10
3	North Korea	1	1	0	2
4	Italy	0	0	1	1

Ribbon

Place	Nation	Name	All-Around	Ribbon Final	Total
1		Alfia Nazmutdinova	9.350	9.550	18.900
2		Elena Karpukhina	9.300	9.500	18.800
3		Galina Shugurova	9.150	9.600	18.750
4		Krassimira Filipova	9.100	9.350	18.450
5		Sonia Pedroso	9.000	9.150	18.150
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...	9.200	8.500	17.700

Rope

Place	Nation	Name	All-Around	Rope Final	Total
1		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...	9.750	9.750	19.500
2		Neshka Georgieva	9.600	9.650	19.250
3=		Krassimira Filipova	9.500	9.600	19.100
3=		Elena Karpukhina	9.600	9.500	19.100
3=		Alfia Nazmutdinova	9.500	9.600	19.100
6		Galina Shugurova	9.300	9.400	18.700

Ball

Place	Nation	Name	All-Around	Ball Final	Total
1		Sun Duk Jo	9.450	9.500	18.950
2=		Alfia Nazmutdinova	9.450	9.450	18.900
2=		Galina Shugurova	9.400	9.500	18.900
2=		Myong Sim Choi	9.500	9.400	18.900
5		Elena Karpukhina	9.450	9.400	18.850
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...	9.450	9.350	18.800

Hoop

Place	Nation	Name	All-Around	Hoop Final	Total
1		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...	9.750	9.750	19.500
2		Krassimira Filipova	9.600	9.750	19.350
3		Neshka Georgieva	9.650	9.400	19.050
4		Elena Karpukhina	9.500	9.450	18.950
5		Sun Duk Jo	9.450	9.400	18.850
6		Alfia Nazmutdinova	9.400	9.300	18.700

All-Around

Place	Nation	Name	Ribbon	Rope	Ball	Hoop	Total
1		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...	9.200	9.750	9.450	9.750	38.150
2		Elena Karpukhina	9.300	9.600	9.450	9.500	37.850
3		Alfia Nazmutdinova	9.350	9.500	9.450	9.400	37.700
4		Krassimira Filipova	9.100	9.500	9.350	9.600	37.550
5		Neshka Georgieva	?	9.600	?	9.650	37.500
6		Galina Shugurova	9.150	9.300	9.400	9.300	37.150
7		Sonia Pedroso	9.000	?	?	?	36.250
8		Maria Patocska	?	?	?	?	36.050
9		Ivelisse Blanco	?	?	?	?	35.850
10		Jana Vonaskova	?	?	?	?	35.800
11		Marcela Klingerova	?	?	?	?	35.700
12		Myong Sim Kim	?	?	?	?	35.550
13		Jana Hruzkova	?	?	?	?	35.500
14		Maria Preda	?	?	?	?	35.300
15=		Maria Bogaras	?	?	?	?	35.200
15=		Sun Duk Jo	?	?	9.450	9.450	35.200
17		Myong Sim Choi	?	?	9.500	?	35.050
18		Carmen Bucaciuc	?	?	?	?	34.950
19=		Xiomara Ameller	?	?	?	?	34.800
19=		Agnes Varga	?	?	?	?	34.800
21		Taeko Kawamukai	?	?	?	?	34.200
22		Misako Gomei	?	?	?	?	34.100
23		Kinuyo Kobayashi	?	?	?	?	33.750
24		Dale Scandrett	?	?	?	?	33.000
25		Vivian Persson	?	?	?	?	32.850
26		Gisela Arkenberg	?	?	?	?	32.800
27		Lone Broberg Teglers	?	?	?	?	32.650
28=		Ute Barylla	?	?	?	?	32.500
28=		Sabine Wasmuth	?	?	?	?	32.500
30		Jytte Ulbrandt-Hansen	?	?	?	?	32.400
31		Marian Duncan	?	?	?	?	31.300
32		Katrina Mackintosh	?	?	?	?	31.000
33		Susan Mihkelson	?	?	?	?	28.800
34		Conny Lindenberger	?	?	?	?	28.550
35		Melony Jvy	?	?	?	?	28.050
36		Lidia Romero	?	?	?	?	22.950
37		Leticia Gonzalez	?	?	?	?	22.600
38		Rosa Maria Gonzalez	?	?	?	?	22.400
-		Eva Ericson^

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Groups

Place	Nation	Score
1	Bulgaria	18.675
2	Soviet Union	18.575
3	Italy	18.325
4	Cuba	18.200
5	Japan	18.175
6	North Korea	18.050
7	Czechoslovakia	17.350
8	Canada	15.800
9	Mexico	11.900

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