2003 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Start date	24 September 2003
End date	29 September 2003
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The XXVI World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, during September 24–29, 2003.

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team Competition
All-Around details	Russia Alina Kabaeva Vera Sessina Olga Kapranova Irina Tchachina	Ukraine Anna Bessonova Tamara Yerofeeva Natalia Godunko	Belarus Inna Zhukova Svetlana Rudalova Liubov Charkashyna Valeria Kurylskaya
Individual Finals
All-Around details	Alina Kabaeva ( RUS)	Anna Bessonova ( UKR)	Irina Tchachina ( RUS)
Hoop details	Anna Bessonova ( UKR)	Alina Kabaeva ( RUS)	Irina Tchachina ( RUS)
Ball details	Alina Kabaeva ( RUS)	Anna Bessonova ( UKR)	Inna Zhukova ( BLR)
Clubs details	Anna Bessonova ( UKR)	Irina Tchachina ( RUS)	Alina Kabaeva ( RUS)
Ribbon details	Alina Kabaeva ( RUS)	Anna Bessonova ( UKR)	Elizabeth Paysieva ( BUL)
Groups Finals
All-Around details	Russia Olesia Beluguina Natalia Lavrova Tatiana Kurbakova Olessia Manurova Elena Murzina Elena Posevina	Bulgaria	Belarus
5 Ribbons details	Russia Olesia Beluguina Natalia Lavrova Tatiana Kurbakova Olessia Manurova Elena Murzina Elena Posevina	Bulgaria	Italy Elisa Blanchi Marinella Falca Daniela Masseroni Pamela Mastroianni Francesca Pasinetti Elisa Santoni
3 Hoops + 2 Balls details	Russia Olesia Beluguina Natalia Lavrova Tatiana Kurbakova Olessia Manurova Elena Murzina Elena Posevina	Bulgaria	Italy Elisa Blanchi Marinella Falca Daniela Masseroni Pamela Mastroianni Francesca Pasinetti Elisa Santoni

Individual Events

Individual All-Around

Place	Nation	Name	Total
1		Alina Kabaeva	106.475
2		Anna Bessonova	106.150
3		Irina Tchachina	105.775
4		Inna Zhukova	98.825
5		Elizabeth Paisieva	97.650
6		Svetlana Rudalova	97.125
7		Aliya Yussupova	97.000
8		Dinara Gimatova	94.075
9		Eleni Andriola	93.050
10		Mary Sanders	91.800
11		Jennifer Colino	91.200
12		Lisa Ingildeeva	90.475
13		Almudena Cid Tostado	90.050
14		Tamara Yerofeeva	89.875
15		Zhong Ling	89.500
16		Alexandra Orlando	88.700
17		Laura Zacchilli	87.450
18		Katerina Pisetsky	87.300
19		Susanna Marchesi	86.275
20		Sun Dan	85.275
21		Theodora Pallidou	85.000
22		Magdalena Markowska	84.575
23		Irina Risenzon	84.400
24		Silviya Miteva	83.550
25		Dominika Červenková	83.025
26		Maria Ringinen	82.825
27		Yukari Murata	82.650
28		Joanna Mitrosz	80.250
29		Andrea Catalina Abarca	80.000
30		Hannah McKibbin	79.450

Individual Hoop

Place	Nation	Name	Result
1		Anna Bessonova	26.375
2		Alina Kabaeva	25.900
3		Irina Tchachina	25.200
4		Aliya Yusupova	24.250
5		Elizabeth Paysieva	24.200
6		Inna Zhukova	24.050
7		Mary Sanders	23.475
8		Stergiani Pantazi	23.325

Individual Ball

Place	Nation	Name	Result
1		Alina Kabaeva	26.675
2		Anna Bessonova	26.550
3		Inna Zhukova	25.875
4		Tamara Yerofeeva	25.700
5		Irina Tchachina	25.625
6		Aliya Yusupova	25.325
7		Eleni Andriola	23.675
8		Dinara Gimatova	23.525

Individual Clubs

Place	Nation	Name	Result
1		Anna Bessonova	27.225
2		Irina Tchachina	27.000
3		Alina Kabaeva	26.475
4		Inna Zhukova	25.550
5		Aliya Yusupova	24.725
6		Eleni Andriola	23.950
7		Mary Sanders	23.775
8		Almudena Cid Tostado	23.650

Individual Ribbon

Place	Nation	Name	Result
1		Alina Kabaeva	26.525
2		Anna Bessonova	26.375
3		Elizabeth Paysieva	24.225
4		Irina Tchachina	23.825
5		Inna Zhukova	23.725
6		Svetlana Rudalova	22.800
7		Eleni Andriola	22.000
8		Laura Zacchilli	21.600

Groups Finals

Groups All-Around

Place	Nation	Result
1	Russia	50.325
2	Bulgaria	50.175
3	Belarus	46.450
4	Italy	46.450
5	Ukraine	45.625
6	Spain	45.150
7	China	44.150
8	Greece	42.675
9	Brazil	41.800
10	Poland	40.675
11	Hungary	40.250
12	Canada	39.350
13	Germany	39.150
14	France	39.025
15	Switzerland	37.950
16	Japan	35.100
17	Austria	34.875
18	South Korea	32.575
19	Lithuania	32.075
20	Finland	31.750
21	Estonia	31.000
22	Slovakia	30.700
23	Chile	24.675

Groups 5 Ribbons

Place	Nation	Result
1	Russia	25.200
2	Bulgaria	24.950
3	Italy	23.550
4	China	22.950
5	Belarus	22.650
6	Spain	22.250
7	Greece	21.500
8	Ukraine	20.800

Groups 3 Hoops + 2 Balls

Place	Nation	Result
1	Russia	25.275
2	Bulgaria	25.200
3	Italy	24.700
4	Ukraine	23.500
5	Belarus	23.375
6	Greece	21.975
7	Spain	21.800
8	Poland	20.200

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	7	2	3	12
2	Ukraine	2	4	0	6
3	Bulgaria	0	3	1	4
4	Belarus	0	0	3	3
5	Italy	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		9	9	9	27

References

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