| 1975 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships |
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| Location |  Madrid,Spain |
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| Start date | 23 November 1975 |
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| End date | 24 November 1975 |
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TheVIIWorld Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held on 23–24 November 1975 inMadrid,Spain. The competition was originally scheduled to be held 20–23 November. However, after the death ofFrancisco Franco on 20 November, no events could be held until after his funeral, which was scheduled for 23 November. The competition instead began immediately after his funeral and was extended to the evening of the 24th.[1]
14 countries participated; 11 (all but Israel, New Zealand, and the United States) sent groups, and 37 individuals competed. Great Britain and Switzerland sent gymnasts for the first time. Groups competed with three balls and three ropes. The groups and gymnasts with the top six scores in the qualifying round advanced to the finals.[1]
No Communist countries attended the championships, meaning no gymnasts from any countries that medaled at the 1973 Championships (Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary) were in attendance, and North Korea also did not attend. Finnish gymnasts were originally entered into the competition, but they were told two days beforehand that they could not attend. Denmark declined to send gymnasts for financial reasons.[1]
During the competition, one judge was appointed specifically to watch for acrobatic elements, which were prohibited; many judges had difficulty understanding which elements counted as acrobatic, and some gymnasts had to change their routines before the competition to remove the prohibited elements.[1]
West Germany dominated the competition, winning 9 medals. West GermanCarmen Rischer won three individual medals, including the all-around, making her Germany's first World champion.[2] Fellow GermanChristiana Rosenberg won gold in the other two finals. In the hoop final,Midori Koriki was penalized one point because her hoop was weighed and shown to be too light. The crowd booed the result loudly, and other gymnasts brought her to the stage to be cheered for.[1] During that final, another Japanese gymnast,Mitsuru Hiraguchi, won Japan's first World Championships medal, gold, tied with Rischer.[3]
Individual All-Around
[edit]| Place | Nation | Name | Clubs | Ball | Ribbon | Hoop | Total |
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| 1 |  | Carmen Rischer | 9.150 | 9.100 | 9.450 | 9.400 | 37.100 |
| 2 | | Christiana Rosenberg | 9.250 | 9.350 | 9.450 | 8.650 | 36.700 |
| 3 | | María Jesús Alegre | 9.250 | 9.050 | 8.900 | 9.150 | 36.350 |
| 4 | | Ute Barylla | 9.050 | 8.850 | 9.150 | 9.000 | 36.050 |
| 5 |  | Yoko Morino | 8.950 | 8.900 | 9.000 | 9.150 | 36.000 |
| 6= |  | Cristina Cammelli | 9.150 | 8.950 | 8.950 | 8.850 | 35.900 |
| 6= | | Marina Odorici | 8.950 | 8.900 | 9.050 | 9.000 | 35.900 |
| 8 | | Midori Koriki | 8.850 | 8.90 | 8.650 | 9.350 | 35.750 |
| 9= | | Africa Blesa | 8.700 | 8.900 | 9.250 | 8.850 | 35.700 |
| 9= | | Mitsuru Hiraguchi | 8.600 | 9.000 | 8.950 | 9.150 | 35.700 |
| 11 | | Begoña Blasco | 8.600 | 8.750 | 9.200 | 8.800 | 35.350 |
| 12 | | Silvia d'Alberti | 8.550 | 8.500 | 8.450 | 8.750 | 34.250 |
| 13 |  | Shirley Lethinen | 8.250 | 8.400 | 8.550 | 8.700 | 33.900 |
| 14= | | Doreen Chung | 8.450 | 8.250 | 8.550 | 8.600 | 33.850 |
| 14= | | Denise Fujiwara | 8.900 | 8.600 | 7.850 | 8.500 | 33.850 |
| 16 |  | Ines Oliveira | 8.350 | 7.950 | 8.650 | 8.350 | 33.300 |
| 17 |  | Josette Bellanger | 8.450 | 7.850 | 8.500 | 8.350 | 33.150 |
| 18 | | Patricia Vanauld | 7.300 | 8.400 | 8.550 | 8.500 | 32.750 |
| 19= |  | Cristine Delaporte | 8.250 | 7.850 | 8.350 | 8.100 | 32.500 |
| 19= | | Rita de Leenheer | 8.650 | 7.650 | 8.250 | 7.950 | 32.500 |
| 21 |  | Helen Martinez | 8.200 | 7.800 | 8.250 | 8.200 | 32.450 |
| 22 |  | Petra Ovcaric | 8.050 | 7.600 | 8.250 | 7.900 | 31.800 |
| 23 | | Candice Feinberg | 7.650 | 8.000 | 8.000 | 8.050 | 31.700 |
| 24 | | Catherine Bucheton | 7.900 | 8.400 | 8.450 | 6.750 | 31.500 |
| 25 | | Brita de Kimpe | 8.100 | 7.200 | 7.850 | 8.150 | 31.300 |
| 26 |  | Batia Masnikov | 8.450 | 7.100 | 7.550 | 8.000 | 31.100 |
| 27 |  | Janette Ralph | 8.150 | 7.200 | 7.900 | 7.650 | 30.900 |
| 28= | | Ilanith Frankfurt | 7.650 | 7.350 | 7.950 | 7.900 | 30.850 |
| 28= | | Doris Kandler | 8.300 | 7.250 | 7.550 | 7.750 | 30.850 |
| 30 | | Kathryn Brym | 8.050 | 7.200 | 7.400 | 8.150 | 30.800 |
| 31= | | Edith Haas | 7.900 | 7.450 | 7.700 | 7.600 | 30.650 |
| 31= | | Janice Heale | 7.900 | 7.200 | 7.750 | 7.800 | 30.650 |
| 33 | | Recouvith Bloch | 7.050 | 7.250 | 7.850 | 8.050 | 30.200 |
| 34 | | Kaye Wilson | 7.750 | 7.450 | 6.700 | 7.550 | 29.450 |
| 35 |  | Elisabeth Mann | 7.250 | 6.400 | 7.250 | 7.750 | 28.650 |
| 36 | | Barbara Mould | 7.700 | 5.800 | 7.400 | 7.600 | 28.500 |
| 37 | | Eileen Ward | 6.750 | 5.700 | 6.500 | 6.300 | 25.250 |
| Place | Nation | Preliminary Score | Final Score | Total |
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| 1 | Italy | 18.300 | 18.650 | 36.950 |
| 2 | Japan | 17.950 | 18.650 | 36.600 |
| 3 | Spain | 17.850 | 18.200 | 36.050 |
| 4 | Canada | 16.650 | 17.050 | 33.700 |
| 5 | West Germany | 16.600 | 16.800 | 33.400 |
| 6 | France | 16.650 | 16.050 | 32.700 |
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