1969 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

IV World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Varna

Varna

Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...

, Bulgaria

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from the 27th to the 29th of September, 1969.

Competitors

There were participants from 18 countries - Bulgaria

Bulgaria

, Soviet Union

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, Hungary

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, Czechoslovakia

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, Romania

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, East Germany, West Germany

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, Cuba

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, Poland

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, North Korea

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, Yugoslavia

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, Sweden

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, Denmark

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, France

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, Belgium

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, the Netherlands

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, Italy

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and Japan

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Freehand

Place	Nation	Name	Score
1	Bulgaria	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...	9.800
2=	Bulgaria	Neshka Robeva Neshka Robeva Neshka Robeva is a Bulgarian former Rhythmic Gymnast and coach.Born in Rousse, Robeva graduated from the Bulgarian State Choreography School in "Bulgarian Dances" in 1966 and since then had been a member of the Bulgarian national rhythmic gymnastics squad until 1973. She took part in four World...	9.700
2=	Bulgaria	Roumiana Stephanova	9.700
4=	Soviet Union	Liubov Sereda	9.600
4=	Soviet Union	Galina Shugurova	9.600
5	Soviet Union	Alla Sasouhina	9.500

Hoop

Place	Nation	Name	Score
1	Bulgaria	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...	9.800
2	Bulgaria	Neshka Robeva Neshka Robeva Neshka Robeva is a Bulgarian former Rhythmic Gymnast and coach.Born in Rousse, Robeva graduated from the Bulgarian State Choreography School in "Bulgarian Dances" in 1966 and since then had been a member of the Bulgarian national rhythmic gymnastics squad until 1973. She took part in four World...	9.700
3	Soviet Union	Liubov Sereda	9.650
4	Bulgaria	Roumiana Stephanova	9.550
5	Hungary	Maria Patocska	9.500
6	Soviet Union	Galina Shugurova	9.400

Rope

Place	Nation	Name	Score
1	Soviet Union	Galina Shugurova	9.650
2	Bulgaria	Maria Guigova	9.600
3=	Bulgaria	Neshka Robeva	9.550
3=	Soviet Union	Liubov Sereda	9.550
5=	Soviet Union	Alla Sasouhina	9.500
5=	Bulgaria	Roumiana Stephanova	9.500

Ball

Place	Nation	Name	Score
1	Soviet Union	Galina Shugurova	9.400
2=	Bulgaria	Maria Guigova	9.250
2=	Soviet Union	Liubov Sereda	9.250
4=	Czechoslovakia	Hana Sitnianska	9.150
4=	Czechoslovakia	Jana Venaskova	9.150
6	Bulgaria	Neshka Robeva	9.100

All-Around

Place	Nation	Freehand	Hoop	Rope	Ball	Total
1	Bulgaria	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...	9.800	9.800	9.600	9.250	38.450
2=	Bulgaria	Neshka Robeva	9.700	9.700	9.550	9.100	38.050
2=	Soviet Union	Liubov Sereda	9.600	9.650	9.550	9.250	38.050
2=	Soviet Union	Galina Shugurova	9.600	9.400	9.650	9.400	38.050
5	Bulgaria	Roumiana Stephanova	9.700	9.550	9.500	9.000	37.750
6	Soviet Union	Alla Sasouhina	9.500	9.300	9.500	9.100	37.400
7	Hungary	Maria Patocska	9.450	9.500	9.350	8.700	37.000
8	Czechoslovakia	Hana Sitnianska	9.200	9.050	9.300	9.150	36.700
9	Czechoslovakia	Zdena Mlinarova	9.250	9.200	9.150	8.850	36.450
10	Czechoslovakia	Jana Vonaskova	9.200	8.750	9.250	9.150	36.350
11	Romania	Victoria Vilcu	9.400	9.050	9.100	8.750	36.300
12	German Democratic Republic	Elke Böttger	9.100	8.950	9.150	8.850	36.050
13=	German Democratic Republic	Rosemarie Halbritter	9.250	8.950	9.150	8.600	35.950
13=	Romania	Julia Zacharia	9.350	9.050	8.950	8.600	35.950
15=	German Democratic Republic	Doris Kersten	9.050	8.850	8.950	8.850	35.700
15=	Cuba	Sonia Pedroso	9.300	8.900	8.900	8.600	35.700
17	Poland	Grazina Bojanska	9.250	8.850	9.050	8.450	35.600
18	North Korea	Sun Duk Jo	9.500	8.850	8.700	8.450	35.500
19=	North Korea	Yung Hyi An	9.300	8.650	9.050	8.100	35.100
19=	North Korea	Myong Sim Choi	9.400	8.800	8.400	8.500	35.100
19=	Hungary	Agnes Varga	9.150	8.800	8.750	8.400	35.100
22	Hungary	Zsuzsanna Fritsch	8.950	8.950	8.900	8.250	35.050
23	Romania	Mihaela Nicolaescu	9.250	8.450	8.750	8.500	34.950
24	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Gordana Veberovic	8.750	8.700	8.850	8.350	34.650
25	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Ivana Obucina	9.050	8.000	8.950	8.350	34.350
26	Cuba	Daysi Garzon	9.300	8.700	8.350	7.950	34.300
27	Sweden	Eva Ericson	9.100	8.000	8.500	8.600	34.200
28	Poland	Dorota Trafankowska	8.900	8.600	8.100	8.200	33.800
29	Poland	Alina Bosko	9.050	8.700	8.550	7.450	33.750
30	Cuba	Ivelisse Blanco	9.000	8.000	8.900	7.800	33.700
31	West Germany	Maren Klüssendorf	8.500	8.250	8.450	8.450	33.650
32=	West Germany	Gisela Arkenberg	8.650	8.250	8.400	8.150	33.450
32=	Denmark	Vivian Van Deurs	8.550	8.600	8.300	8.000	33.450
34	Early Modern France	Josette Bellanger	8.850	8.050	8.350	8.000	33.250
35=	West Germany	Petra Grönke	8.450	8.250	8.400	8.050	33.150
35=	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Tatiana Radovanovic	8.950	7.850	8.550	7.800	33.150
37	Denmark	Lone Broberg Teglers	8.850	8.500	7.900	7.750	33.000
38	Early Modern France	Anne-Marie Estivin	8.600	8.250	7.800	7.850	32.500
39	Denmark	Jette Jörgensen	8.450	8.700	7.950	7.150	32.250
40	Belgium	Gilberte Vander Mersch	8.450	7.450	8.400	7.750	32.050
41	Early Modern France	Marceline Mouren	8.750	7.500	8.150	7.600	32.000
42	Netherlands	Johanna Blevanus	8.300	7.800	8.000	7.700	31.800
43	Netherlands	Grietje Molenbuur	8.100	7.050	8.200	7.700	31.050
44	Belgium	Arlette Dekens	7.800	6.000	7.800	7.200	28.800

Groups

Place	Nation	Score
1	Bulgaria Bulgaria	18.500
2	Soviet Union Soviet Union	18.300
3	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia	18.200
4	Hungary Hungary	18.100
5	Japan Japan	18.050
6	Sweden Sweden	17.350
7	German Democratic Republic East Germany	17.300
8	Denmark Denmark	17.200
9	West Germany West Germany	17.100
10	Romania Romania	16.450
11	Cuba Cuba	16.400
12	Italy Italy	16.250
13	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia	16.150
14	Poland Poland	15.850
15	Belgium Belgium	13.800

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