1965 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

II Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 3 and 4 December 1965.

1965 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Location	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Start date	3 December 1965
End date	4 December 1965
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Gymnasts competed four routines: a compulsory exercise without apparatus (freehand), and three optional routines, one freehand as well as one each with rope and with ball. Mila Hanzlikova, in a report on the competition, noted that in the compulsory freehand exercise, gymnasts were to "show correct walking, running in arcs and distance leaps" and that scores were lower in this exercise compared to the others.^[1]

The previous year's champion, Ludmila Savinkova, as well as Hana Mičechová, who won the competition, received the highest rope scores (9.5), while Maria Gigova received the highest with ball (9.466); Savinkova was unable to defend her title after kicking the ball into the audience.^[1]

Participants

There were 35 competitors from 12 countries: Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, German Democratic Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, Finland, Cuba, Belgium and Austria.^[1]

Results

The results from both freehand routines and both apparatus routines were added together.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	1	2	5
2	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	1	4
Totals (2 entries)		3	3	3	9

Freehand

Place	Name	Nation	Score
1	Tatiana Kravtchenko		18.632
2	Hana Machatová-Bogušovská		18.600
3	Hana Mičechová		18.566
4	Jana Bérová		18.466
=	Ludmila Savinkova		18.466
6	Lilia Natmoutdinova		18.366

Apparatus

Place	Name	Nation	Score
1	Hana Mičechová		18.933
2	Tatiana Kravtchenko		18.733
3	Lilia Natmoutdinova		18.699
4	Jana Bérová		18.666
5	Hana Machatová-Bogušovská		18.633
6	Heide Reinsch		18.632

All-Around

Place	Name	Nation	Freehand	Apparatus	Total
1	Hana Mičechová		18.566	18.933	37.499
2	Tatiana Kravtchenko		18.632	18.733	37.365
3	Hana Machatová-Bogušovská		18.600	18.633	37.233
4	Jana Bérová		18.466	18.666	37.132
5	Lilia Natmoutdinova		18.366	18.699	37.065
6	Maria Gigova		18.200	18.532	36.732
7	Heide Reinsch		18.099	18.632	36.731
8	Ute Lehmann		18.199	18.399	36.598
9	Rumyana Stefanova		18.033	18.466	36.499
10	Ludmila Savinkova		18.466	18.000	36.466
11	Maren Klüssendorf		17.866	18.466	36.332
12	Youlia Gantcheva		17.832	18.266	36.098
13	Maria Patocska		18.032	17.932	35.964
14	Maria Stryjecka		17.866	18.032	35.898
15	Wieslawa Skowronek		17.766	17.700	35.466
16	Ivana Obucina		17.666	17.700	35.366
17	Ingrid Nicklas		17.933	17.333	35.266
18	Ziwille Florowska		17.799	17.433	35.232
=	Rauni Koskinen		17.866	17.366	35.232
20	Elisabeth Rösel		17.232	17.999	35.231
21	Judit Papp		17.566	17.566	35.132
22	Tatiana Radovanovic		17.199	17.532	34.731
23	Crista Del Pino		17.299	17.233	34.532
24	Zsuzsa Vasady		16.899	17.399	34.298
25	Liliane Steyaert		16.333	17.366	33.699
26	Thais Albertini Hernandez		16.733	16.666	33.399
27	Mirjana Vutohinitch		16.999	16.366	33.365
28	Mirta Santacana		16.432	16.632	33.064
29	Hilde Krumpholz		16.232	16.800	33.032
30	Gerda Stacher		16.432	16.566	32.998
31	Luthegarde Van Nuffel		16.333	32.566
32	Helga Schüller		15.933	16.332	32.265