European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 1988

The VI. European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships took place between May 18 and 22, 1988 in Helsinki , Finland . The competition program was not changed in the individual competitions, instead of the ball, the hoop was used for gymnastics. In the group competition, the preliminary round was canceled. Instead there was the all-around, the final with 6 balls and the final with 3 hoops and 3 ribbons.

Results

Individual all-around

Esther Nicklas (GDR)

To determine the total score, the points from the sub-disciplines rope, hoop, clubs and tape were added together. The eight best athletes in the sub-disciplines ( highlighted here in italics ) contested the equipment finals.
For the first time only gold medals were awarded. All three winners did gymnastics in all four sub-disciplines with the highest mark of 10,000. The highest grade was awarded seven more times.

All-around

space	country	Athlete	rope	tires	Clubs	tape	total
1	Bulgaria	Adriana Dunavska	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	40,000
1	Bulgaria	Elisabeth Koleva	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	40,000
1	Soviet Union	Alexandra Timochenko	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	40,000
4th	Soviet Union	Marina Lobatsch	10,000	9,950	10,000	10,000	39,950
5	Bulgaria	Bianka Panowa	10,000	10,000	9,900	10,000	39,900
6th	Soviet Union	Anna Kochneva	9,900	10,000	9,950	9,900	39.750
7th	German Democratic Republic	Cornelia Kunze	9,900	9,850	9,900	9,900	39,550
8th	Romania	Florentina Butaru	9,800	9,800	9,900	9,850	39,350
9	Hungary	Nora Erfalvi	9,800	9,800	9,900	9,850	39,250
9	Spain	Maria Isabel Lloret	9,800	9,800	9,900	9,750	39,250
11	Italy	Samantha Ferrari	9,800	9,800	9,800	9,800	39,200
11	Spain	Maria Martin	9,800	9,750	9,800	9,850	39,200
11	German Democratic Republic	Esther Nicklas	9,800	9,900	9,700	9,800	39,200
11	BR Germany	Diana Schmiemann	9,850	9,850	9,700	9,800	39,200
11	Romania	Adriana Stonescu	9,850	9,800	9,800	9,750	39,200
16	Hungary	Zsuzsana Muszil	9,800	9,750	9,800	9,800	39.150
16	Czechoslovakia	Denisa Sokolovska	9,800	9,800	9,800	9.760	39.150
18th	Italy	Michaela Imperatori	9,800	9,800	9,700	9,800	39,100
19th	Spain	Ana Bautista	9,700	9,750	9,800	9,800	39.050
19th	Poland	Teresa Folga	9,800	9,750	9,700	9,800	39.050
19th	Yugoslavia	Milena Reljin	9,750	9,800	9,800	9,700	39.050
22nd	Czechoslovakia	Lenka Oulehlova	9,700	9,800	9,650	9,800	38,950
23	Greece	Maria Alevizou	9,600	9,800	9,800	9,600	38,800
23	Poland	Joanna Blodak	9,750	9,650	9,700	9,700	38,800
23	Italy	Giulia Staccioli	9,800	9,800	9,500	9,700	38,800
26th	Poland	Eliza Bialkowska	9,700	9,800	9,700	9,550	38.750
26th	France	Stephanie Cottel	9,700	9,750	9,700	9,600	38.750
28	Czechoslovakia	Jana Vesela	9,550	9,700	9,700	9,650	38,600
29	BR Germany	Marion Rothhaar	9,700	9.450	9,600	9,700	38,450
29	France	Emmanuelle Serre	9,600	9,600	9,600	9,650	38,450
31	Finland	Mira Luhtanen	9,650	9,550	9,700	9.450	38,350
32	Portugal	Patricia Jorge	9,550	9,600	9,600	9,550	38,300
33	Finland	Leena Murtamo	9,600	9,600	9.475	9,550	38.225
34	Belgium	Laurence Brihaye	9,550	9,400	9,550	9,650	38.150
35	Austria	Elisabeth Bergmann	9,500	9,550	9,600	9.450	38,100
36	BR Germany	Manuela Trenz	9,550	9,500	9,500	9,500	38,050
37	Netherlands	Natascha Vervoort	9,300	9,550	9,500	9.450	37,800
38	Denmark	Malene Franzen	9,500	9,500	9,650	9,100	37.750
39	Finland	Marika Kosonen	9.450	9,400	9,400	9.450	37,700
39	Hungary	Erika Pal	9,500	9,200	9,550	9.450	37,700
41	Netherlands	Mirjam de Kramer	9.450	9,500	9.250	9,350	37,550
42	France	Claudia Bouabca	9,400	9,050	9.450	9,600	37,500
42	Yugoslavia	Dara Terzic	9,100	9,550	9,500	9,350	37,500
44	Sweden	Victoria Bengtsson	9,500	9,550	9,100	9,300	37,450
45	Austria	Manuela Bayer	9.150	9,500	9.450	9.250	37,350
45	Greece	Maria Koumboula	9.250	9.450	9.450	9,200	37,350
45	Greece	Maggy Michailidou	9,100	9,400	9.450	9,400	37,350
45	Norway	Victoria Ystborg	8,800	9,500	9,500	9,550	37,350
49	Yugoslavia	Dominika Kacin	9.250	9,500	9,500	9,050	37,300
50	Switzerland	Brigitte Huber	9.250	9,400	9,300	9.150	37,100
51	Switzerland	Sabrina Muheim	9,300	9.150	9.150	9,300	36,900
51	Norway	Camilla Straedet	9,400	8,950	9,300	9.250	36,900
53	Portugal	Margarida Carmo	9,050	9,350	8,900	9,300	36,600
54	Denmark	Ana-Katrine Korning	9,100	9,200	9,050	9.05	36,400
55	Sweden	Cecilia Persson	9,300	9,000	9.150	8,900	36,350
56	United Kingdom	Lisa Black	9.150	9,200	9,050	8,900	36,300
57	Belgium	Annik Vanderstraeten	9,050	9.150	8,900	9.150	36,250
57	Norway	Ylje Wiede	9,400	8,400	9,200	9.250	36,250
59	Denmark	Hansen Jannike Toftegard	9.250	9.150	8,900	8,850	36,150
60	Switzerland	Virginie Chevillat	9.150	8,950	8,850	9.150	36,100
61	Portugal	Sonja Monteiro	9,050	9,350	8,850	8,800	36.050
61	United Kingdom	Alitia Sands	9,100	9,000	8,850	9,100	36.050
63	United Kingdom	Viva Seifert	8,750	9,100	8,850	9.250	35,950
64	Turkey	Sebnem Özcakir	8,950	9,050	9.150	8,700	35,850
65	Austria	Ellen Schaffer	9,050	8,500	9.150	9,050	35.750
66	Sweden	Sofia Hedman	8,800	9.150	8,700	8,950	35,600
67	Belgium	Sandra Moentjes	8,750	9,050	8,800	8,900	35,500
68	Turkey	Inci Özcakir	8,800	8,800	8,500	8,600	34,700
69	Turkey	Ebru Gezgin	8,500	8.100	8,350	8,800	33.750

Device finals

In all four device finals, the partial results from the individual all-around competition were used as a preliminary mark.
In three of the four finals (rope, hoop and ribbon), as in the all-around competition, there were three winners each, each with the highest score of 10,000. The two winners with the clubs also got 10,000 each.

rope

space	country	Athlete	Preliminary note	Points	total
1	Bulgaria	Elisabeth Koleva	10,000	10,000	20,000
1	Soviet Union	Marina Lobatsch	10,000	10,000	20,000
1	Soviet Union	Alexandra Timochenko	10,000	10,000	20,000
4th	Bulgaria	Bianka Panowa	10,000	9,900	19,900
5	German Democratic Republic	Cornelia Kunze	9,900	9,900	19,800
6th	Romania	Adriana Stonescu	9,850	9,900	19.750
7th	Romania	Florentina Butaru	9,800	9,900	19,700
8th	BR Germany	Diana Schmiemann	9,850	9,800	19,650

Since only two starters per final were allowed per nation, the Soviet Russian Anna Kotschnewa (9.9) and the Bulgarian Adriana Dunavska (10,000) had to do without the start. For them, Florentina Butaru (ROM) moved up with a 9.800 in the all-around and Diana Schmiemann (FRG) with a 9.850 in the all-around.

tires

space	country	Athlete	Preliminary note	Points	total
1	Bulgaria	Adriana Dunavska	10,000	10,000	20,000
1	Bulgaria	Bianka Panowa	10,000	10,000	20,000
1	Soviet Union	Alexandra Timochenko	10,000	10,000	20,000
4th	Soviet Union	Anna Kochneva	10,000	9,900	19,900
5	German Democratic Republic	Esther Nicklas	9,900	9,900	19,800
6th	German Democratic Republic	Cornelia Kunze	9,850	9,900	19.750
6th	BR Germany	Diana Schmiemann	9,850	9,900	19.750
8th	Romania	Florentina Butaru	9,800	9,900	19,700

Since only two starters per final were allowed per nation, the Bulgarian Elisabeth Koleva had to forego the start despite a 10,000 in the all-around event and the Soviet Russian Marina Lobatsch (9,950). For her, Florentina Butaru (ROM) moved up with a 9.800 as a preliminary grade and Diana Schmiemann (FRG) with a 9.850 as a preliminary grade.

Clubs

space	country	Athlete	Preliminary note	Points	total
1	Bulgaria	Adriana Dunavska	10,000	10,000	20,000
1	Soviet Union	Alexandra Timochenko	10,000	10,000	20,000
3	Bulgaria	Elisabeth Koleva	10,000	9,900	19,900
3	Soviet Union	Marina Lobatsch	10,000	9,900	19,900
5	Romania	Florentina Butaru	9,900	9,900	19,800
5	Spain	Maria Isabel Lloret	9,900	9,900	19,800
5	German Democratic Republic	Cornelia Kunze	9,900	9,900	19,800
8th	Hungary	Nora Erfalvi	9,850	9,500	19,350

Since only two starters per final were allowed per nation, the Bulgarian Bianka Panowa (9,900) and the Soviet Russian Anna Kotschnewa (9,950) had to do without the start. For her, Maria Isabel Lloret (ESP) with a 9.900 as a preliminary mark and Nora Erfalvi (HUN) with a 9.850 as a preliminary mark moved up.

tape

space	country	Athlete	Preliminary note	Points	total
1	Bulgaria	Adriana Dunavska	10,000	10,000	20,000
1	Soviet Union	Marina Lobatsch	10,000	10,000	20,000
1	Bulgaria	Bianka Panowa	10,000	10,000	20,000
4th	Romania	Florentina Butaru	9,850	9,900	19.750
5	German Democratic Republic	Cornelia Kunze	9,900	9,800	19,700
6th	Spain	Maria Martin	9,850	9,800	19,650
7th	Hungary	Nora Erfalvi	9,800	9,800	19,600
7th	Soviet Union	Alexandra Timochenko	10,000	9,600	19,600

Since only two starters per final were allowed per nation, the Bulgarian Elisabeth Koleva (10,000) and the Soviet Russian Anna Kotschnewa (9,900) had to do without the start. For them, the Spanish Maria Martin (9,850) and the Hungarian Nora Erfalvi (9,800) moved up.

group

This time the team competition consisted of three disciplines. First the group all-round competition was completed, in which two groups per team competed. One group did gymnastics with six balls, the other with three hoops and three ribbons. The results add up to the result of the all-around competition. In addition, individual finals were performed in both sub-disciplines, with the eight best teams in each sub-discipline (highlighted in italics in the all- around table) competing again. The grade achieved in the all-around competition was added as a preliminary grade.

All-around

space	country	3 hoops 3 bands	6 balls	total
1	Bulgaria	20,000	20,000	40,000
2	Soviet Union	19,900	19,900	39,800
3	Hungary	19,500	19,550	39.050
4th	Italy	19,500	19,500	39,000
5	Czechoslovakia	19,550	19,400	38,950
6th	BR Germany	19,450	19,450	38,900
7th	France	19,400	19,400	38,800
8th	Finland	19,400	19,350	38.750
8th	Spain	19.050	19,700	38.750
10	Austria	19,350	19,300	38,650
11	Netherlands	19,350	19,250	38,600
12	Greece	19,100	19.050	38.150
13	Sweden	18,900	19,000	37,900
14th	Norway	18,900	18,550	37,450

6 balls

space	country	All-around	Final points	total
1	Bulgaria	20,000	20,000	40,000
2	Soviet Union	19,900	20,000	39,900
3	Spain	19,700	19,700	39,400
4th	Hungary	19,550	19,600	39.150
5	Italy	19,500	19,600	39,100
6th	Czechoslovakia	19,400	19,600	39,000
6th	France	19,400	19,600	39,000
8th	BR Germany	19,450	19,400	38,850

3 hoops / 3 bands

space	country	All-around	Final points	total
1	Bulgaria	20,000	19,900	39,900
1	Soviet Union	19,900	20,000	39,900
3	Italy	19,500	19,600	39,100
4th	Czechoslovakia	19,550	19,500	39.050
4th	Hungary	19,500	19,550	39.050
6th	France	19,400	19,450	38,850
7th	BR Germany	19,450	19,350	38,800
8th	Finland	19,400	19,350	38.750

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Bulgaria	11	0	1	12
2	Soviet Union	7th	2	1	10
3	Italy	0	0	1	1
3	Spain	0	0	1	1
3	Hungary	0	0	1	1

Individual evidence