Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Gymnastics · Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG)
2026LatestFrankfurt 2026: Darja Varfolomeev (Germany) won the all-around, ball and ribbon; groups to Spain (all-around) and Brazil (both apparatus finals); team to the neutral World Gymnastics team
- Next
- Baku 2027
- Most golds
- Russia, 113; then Bulgaria, 71; the Soviet Union, 50
- Most golds (gymnast)
- Dina Averina (Russia), 18 in all events; Evgeniya Kanaeva (Russia), 17; Darja Varfolomeev (Germany), 14
- India
- No medal
- Cycle
- Every two years 1963 to 1991, yearly 1991 to 1999; since then most years but not the Olympic years (none in 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020 or 2024)
Recent champions (individual all-around)
2026Darja Varfolomeev (Germany)Host: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2025Darja Varfolomeev (Germany)Host: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2023Darja Varfolomeev (Germany)Host: Valencia, Spain
2022Sofia Raffaeli (Italy)Host: Sofia, Bulgaria
2021Dina Averina (Russian Gymnastics Federation)Host: Kitakyushu, Japan
India at the World Championships
India has no medal in the file. At Rio de Janeiro 2025 India had one gymnast, Sanyukta Kale, 89th in the individual all-around qualification.
More about this tournament
Events
- Individual all-around: 39 championships, 1963 to 2026 (none in 1996, 1998 or 2002).
- Individual apparatus finals: hoop, ball and ribbon (33 championships each, from 1967, 1969 and 1971), clubs (30, from 1973) and rope (21, 1967 to 2010); freehands (1963 to 1969) and a single "apparatus" event (1963, 1965) in the early years.
- Team: 22 championships, 1989 to 2026.
- Group: all-around since 1967 (37 championships), and single and multiple apparatus finals since 1987 (27 each).
Medal table (1963 to 2026, top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 113 | 57 | 35 | 205 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 71 | 68 | 57 | 196 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 50 | 43 | 27 | 120 |
| 4 | Ukraine | 27 | 29 | 42 | 98 |
| 5 | Italy | 17 | 25 | 17 | 59 |
| 6 | Germany | 14 | 4 | 3 | 21 |
| 7 | Belarus | 10 | 28 | 41 | 79 |
| 8 | Spain | 8 | 13 | 24 | 45 |
| 9 | Russian Gymnastics Federation | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| 10 | West Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |