The 2014 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the 33rd edition, was held in İzmir, Turkey, from 21 to 28 September, 2014 at the Halkapınar Sport Hall.
Apparatus finals were held concurrently with the all-around qualifications, with the top gymnasts on each apparatus competing in the final after the apparatus qualifications were finished. 58 federations sent a total of 312 gymnasts: 133 individuals and 179 members of 31 groups.
Yana Kudryavtseva of the Russian Federation lead the all-around qualifications ahead of fellow Russian Margarita Mamun and Ukrainian Hanna Rizatdinova, and the medal placements were repeated in the final. Kudryavtseva became the youngest rhythmic gymnast to win back-to-back individual all-around titles in the World Championships at 16 years old.
Kudryavtseva also won the apparatus titles in hoop, ball (shared with Mamun), and clubs, while Mamun won the gold with ribbon. Son Yeon-jae from South Korea won her country's first medal at the World Championships, a bronze with hoop. Melitina Staniouta of Belarus won the ball bronze. Rizatdinova won the other two apparatus bronze medals with clubs and ribbon.
In the group competition, the host country of Turkey entered a group for the first time, as did Egypt and Thailand. The Russian group was favored to win, but they had serious mistakes in both routines: one gymnast had to run off the floor after a club in the 10 clubs routine, and they had a knotted ribbon in their 3 balls + 2 ribbons routine. They finished off the podium in fourth place, while the Bulgarian group won the group all-around 18 years after they last did so at the 1996 World Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. The Italian group won silver and the Belarusian group bronze.
In the group apparatus finals, the Spanish group, which had placed 11th in the all-around, rebounded to win the 10 clubs final, as they had done at the 2013 World Championships, and the Russian group also defended their title in the 3 balls + 2 ribbons final.
The Longines Prize for Elegance was awarded to Kudryavtseva.
Participating countries The following federations sent gymnasts to the Championships:
Schedule
Sat Sep 20 Saturday 09:00-19:00 Training and Podium training for Individuals as per schedule Sun Sep 21 Sunday 09:00-19:00 Training and Podium training for Individuals 19:00-21:00 Opening Ceremony Sep 22 Monday 10:00-11:30 CI Individual group A - Hoop and Ball alternatively 12:00-13:35 CI Individual group B - Hoop and Ball alternatively 15:00-16:40 CI Individual group C - Hoop and Ball alternatively 17:10-18:45 CI Individual group D - Hoop and Ball alternatively Sep 23 Tuesday 10:00-11:40 CI Individual group C - Hoop and Ball alternatively 12:10-13:45 CI Individual group D - Hoop and Ball alternatively 15:15-16:45 CI Individual, group A - Hoop and Ball alternatively 17:15-18:55 CI Individual, group B - Hoop and Ball alternatively 20:00-20:30 CIII Individual Hoop 20:30-21:00 CIII Individual Ball Award Ceremony Individual Final Hoop Award Ceremony Individual Final Ball Sep 24 Wednesday 10:00-11:10 CI Individual group D - Clubs and Ribbon alternatively 11:10-12:20 CI Individual group C - Clubs and Ribbon alternatively 14:00-15:10 CI Individual group B - Clubs and Ribbon alternatively 15:10-16:15 CI Individual group A - Clubs and Ribbon alternatively Sep 25 Thursday 10:00-11:10 CI Individual group B - Clubs and Ribbon alternatively 11:10-12:15 CI Individual group A - Clubs and Ribbon alternatively 14:00-15:10 CI Individual group D - Clubs and Ribbon alternatively 15:10-16:20 CI Individual group C - Clubs and Ribbon alternatively 20:00-20:30 CIII Individual Clubs 20:30-21:00 CIII Individual Ribbon Award Ceremony Individual Final ClubsAward Ceremony Individual Final RibbonAward Ceremony Teams
Sep 26 Friday 16:30-19:00 CII Individuals (gymnasts ranked 13-24) 20:00-22:30 CII Individuals (gymnasts ranked 1-12) Longines Prize of Elegance Award ceremony Individual All-Around Final Sep 27 Saturday 15:00-17:15 CI Groups - 10 Clubs and 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons alternatively 17:45-20:00 CI Groups - 10 Clubs and 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons alternatively Award Ceremony General Competition Groups Sep 28 Sunday 15:00-15:40 CIII Groups - 10 Clubs 15:40-16:20 CIII Groups - 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons Award Ceremony Group Final 10 Clubs Award Ceremony Group Final 3 Balls + 2 Ribbons
Medal winners Team Competition Yana Kudryavtseva Margarita Mamun Aleksandra Soldatova Arina Charopa Katsiaryna Halkina Melitina Staniouta Viktoria Mazur Ganna Rizatdinova Eleonora Romanova Individual Finals None awarded Groups Finals Reneta Kamberova Mihaela Maevska-Velichkova Tsvetelina Naydenova Tsvetelina Stoyanova Hristiana Todorova Arianna Facchinetti Alessia Maurelli Marta Pagnini Camilla Patriarca Lodi Sofia Andreea Stefanescu Ksenya Cheldishkina Hanna Dudzenkova Maria Kadobina Maryia Katsiak Valeriya Pischelina Arina Tsitsilina Sandra Aguilar Artemi Gavezou Elena López Lourdes Mohedano Alejandra Quereda Yuval Filo Alona Koshevatskiy Ekaterina Levina Karina Lykhvar Ida Mayrin Ksenya Cheldishkina Hanna Dudzenkova Maria Kadobina Maryia Katsiak Valeriya Pischelina* Arina Tsitsilina Daria Avtonomova Diana Borisova Anastasia Maksimova Aleksandra Semenova Anastasia Tatareva* Maria Tolkacheva Reneta Kamberova Mihaela Maevska-Velichkova Tsvetelina Naydenova Tsvetelina Stoyanova Hristiana Todorova Ksenya Cheldishkina Hanna Dudzenkova Maria Kadobina Maryia Katsiak* Valeriya Pischelina Arina Tsitsilina * reserve gymnast
Individual
Teams Competition and Individual Qualification The team competition was held concurrently with all-around qualifications and was only for countries with at least three participating gymnasts. Only gymnasts competing with at least three apparatuses can compete for the all-around qualifications, with the top three highest scores counted. The top 24 in qualifications advance to the all-around finals.