The 2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 16 to 22 September 2019. The competition took place at the National Gymnastics Arena and served as a qualifier for the 2020 Olympic Games. There were Olympic berths awarded to 16 individuals and 5 groups. There were 301 participating athletes from 61 countries.
Dina Averina from Russia won gold medals in ball, clubs, and ribbon, and Ekaterina Selezneva won the hoop title. Averina, Selezneva and Arina Averina won Russia's tenth consecutive World team title. In the all-around finals, Dina Averina won her third consecutive World all-around title, becoming the fifth rhythmic gymnast to do so. The Russian group then won their fourth consecutive all-around title, and Japan matched their best-ever result with the silver medal. Japan then won the gold medal in 5 balls, their first ever gold medal in the group event, and Russia won the 3 hoops 4 clubs final.
Participating nations
Schedule
- Monday, September 16
- 12:00 - 18:50 Individual Qualification - Hoop and Ball
- 19:15 - 20:00 Opening Ceremony
- Tuesday, September 17
- 10:00 - 17:00 Individual Qualification - Hoop and Ball
- 19:30 - 20:00 Individual Hoop Final
- 20:05 - 20:35 Individual Ball Final
- Wednesday, September 18
- 12:00 - 20:50 Individual Qualification - Clubs and Ribbon
- Thursday, September 19
- 09:00 - 17:50 Individual Qualification - Clubs and Ribbon
- 19:30 - 20:00 Individual Clubs Final
- 20:05 - 20:35 Individual Ribbon Final
- Friday, September 20
- 14:30 - 20:35 Individual All Around Final
- Saturday, September 21
- 14:30 - 18:10 Group All Around
- Sunday, September 22
- 14:30 - 15:15 Group 5 Balls Final
- 15:15 - 16:00 Group 3 Hoops and 2 Pairs of Clubs Final
- 16:15 - 16:45 Closing Ceremony
Medal summary
* reserve gymnast
Medal table
Individual medal table
Individual
Team
The team event took in account the qualification results.
Individual Qualification
- The top 8 scores in each apparatus qualified to the apparatus finals, and the top 24 in overall qualification scores advanced to the all-around final.
- Only the 3 best results are counted in the total score
- Only the 2 highest-ranking gymnasts from each country can qualify to each of the finals.
All-around
The top 16 gymnasts earned their NOCs a qualification spot at the all-around individual event of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Hoop
Ball
Clubs
Ribbon
Groups
Squads
Group All-Around
The top 8 scores in each apparatus qualified to the group apparatus finals. The top 5 teams in this list that are not already qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics (Russia, Bulgaria, and Italy) qualified a team for the group all-around event at the 2020 Olympics.
5 Balls
3 Hoops 4 Clubs
References
