2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Results & Medalists
Complete results from the 2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Frankfurt, Germany. Final scores, medalists and standings for the Individual All-Around, apparatus finals, Group competitions and Team event.
The 2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Frankfurt am Main delivered close medal battles across both individual and group events. Darja Varfolomeev won the individual all-around in front of her home crowd and added gold medals in the Ball and Ribbon finals. Taisiia Onofriichuk took the Hoop title, while Stiliana Nikolova won Clubs.
Spain claimed the Group All-Around title, Russia led the Team standings, and Brazil finished the championships with two victories in the Group apparatus finals.
Individual Results
Individual All-Around
🥇 Darja Varfolomeev • 119.50
🥈 Stiliana Nikolova • 117.60
🥉 Sofia Raffaeli • 117.55
4. Taisiia Onofriichuk • 116.05
5. Mariia Borisova • 116.00
6. Akmaral Yerekesheva • 115.80
7. Daniela Munits • 115.65
8. Rin Keys • 114.50
9. Alina Harnasko • 113.90
10. Qi Wang • 113.20 11. Megan Chu • 113.15 12. Sofiia Ilteriakova • 113.15
13. Takhmina Ikromova • 112.55
14. Vera Tugolukova • 112.50 15. Zilu Wang • 112.15 16. Tara Dragas • 110.75 17. Meital Maayan Sumkin • 106.65
18. Barbara Domingos • 106.30Individual All-Around final results protocol (PDF)
Stiliana Nikolova remained among the leaders throughout the championships, placing second in qualification and taking silver in the final. Four scores of at least 29.00 put her just 0.05 ahead of Sofia Raffaeli.
Sofia Raffaeli moved from fifth in qualification to third in the final. Hoop was again her strongest apparatus, with 30.40 after the leading qualification score of 30.10, and she added 30.25 for Clubs.
Taisiia Onofriichuk made the biggest move inside the top five, climbing from 12th in qualification to fourth in the final. Strong Ball and Clubs routines helped her reach 116.05.
Mariia Borisova finished qualification in third place and reached all four apparatus finals. Four more steady routines in the all-around put her fifth, only 0.05 behind Taisiia Onofriichuk.
Ball — Individual Final
🥇 Darja Varfolomeev • 30.35 🥈 Sofiia Ilteriakova • 29.80 🥉 Mariia Borisova • 29.15 4. Tara Dragas • 28.80 5. Sofia Raffaeli • 28.45 6. Vera Tugolukova • 26.75 7. Zilu Wang • 24.40 8. Alina Harnasko • 24.35Darja Varfolomeev had a few minor inaccuracies on risks but completed the routine without a loss to win the final. Sofiia Ilteriakova delivered a clean routine for silver, while Mariia Borisova secured bronze after several difficult catches.
Apparatus losses prevented Sofia Raffaeli, Zilu Wang and Alina Harnasko from finishing higher. The Ball went out of bounds for both Wang and Harnasko, requiring a replacement apparatus and adding penalties to their final scores.
Hoop — Individual Final
🥇 Taisiia Onofriichuk • 30.70 🥈 Sofia Raffaeli • 30.50 🥉 Darja Varfolomeev • 30.40 4. Daniela Munits • 30.05 5. Takhmina Ikromova • 30.00 6. Megan Chu • 28.70 7. Stiliana Nikolova • 28.05 8. Mariia Borisova • 26.10Taisiia Onofriichuk recovered one risk without a major error and won the final. Sofia Raffaeli finished second, while Darja Varfolomeev took bronze despite a few small hesitations.
The top five remained close: Takhmina Ikromova finished only 0.70 behind the winner. Mariia Borisova left the floor together with the Hoop, and the resulting 0.60 penalty had a major effect on her score.
Clubs — Individual Final
🥇 Stiliana Nikolova • 30.15 🥈 Taisiia Onofriichuk • 30.05 🥉 Mariia Borisova • 30.05 4. Rin Keys • 29.80 5. Akmaral Yerekesheva • 29.40 6. Sofiia Ilteriakova • 29.30 7. Qi Wang • 27.75 8. Megan Chu • 27.05Stiliana Nikolova won the final by the narrowest margin. Taisiia Onofriichuk and Mariia Borisova received identical scores, with the tie-break criteria deciding silver and bronze.
Mariia Borisova handled her routine confidently, while Taisiia Onofriichuk also passed 30 points despite a minor inaccuracy near the end. A loss kept Megan Chu out of contention for the leading places.
Ribbon — Individual Final
🥇 Darja Varfolomeev • 30.50 🥈 Stiliana Nikolova • 30.45 🥉 Mariia Borisova • 29.90 4. Sofiia Ilteriakova • 29.90 5. Megan Chu • 29.05 6. Alina Harnasko • 28.55 7. Qi Wang • 28.50 8. Akmaral Yerekesheva • 27.35Darja Varfolomeev won the final just 0.05 ahead of Stiliana Nikolova. Mariia Borisova and Sofiia Ilteriakova received identical scores, with the tie-break criteria awarding bronze.
Sofiia Ilteriakova performed a clean and confident routine but remained fourth. An error on the final throw kept Alina Harnasko from finishing higher, while Akmaral Yerekesheva lost the Ribbon during a boomerang element.
Group Results
Group All-Around
5 Balls and 3 Hoops / 2 Pairs of Clubs
🥇 Spain • 57.45
🥈 Japan • 56.70 🥉 Brazil • 55.50 4. Germany • 55.05 5. Ukraine • 54.90 6. Bulgaria • 54.60 7. China • 54.20
8. France • 52.10
9. Poland • 52.05 10. Belarus • 51.60 11. Italy • 51.25 12. Russia • 51.15 13. Kazakhstan • 51.05 14. Israel • 50.85
15. South Korea • 49.55Group All-Around results protocol
Spain won the Group All-Around with two balanced routines: 28.50 for 5 Balls and the highest score of the day in the mixed event, 28.95.
Japan moved into second place after a strong finish. A small recovery in the 5 Balls routine did not prevent the team from scoring 28.15, which followed 28.55 for 3 Hoops and 2 Pairs of Clubs.
Brazil remained on the podium despite a loss with 5 Balls. The team scored 28.70 in the mixed routine, one of the highest marks of the competition, to secure bronze.
5 Balls — Group Final
🥇 Brazil • 29.45 🥈 China • 28.90 🥉 Bulgaria • 28.40 4. Ukraine • 28.30 5. Spain • 27.45 6. Belarus • 26.35 7. Japan • 25.85 8. Germany • 25.40Brazil delivered a strong final to win gold. China moved into second, while Bulgaria held the final podium place just 0.10 ahead of Ukraine.
Apparatus losses reshaped the standings: Spain dropped to fifth, Japan lost a Ball on the final exchange, and Germany recorded two losses.
3 Hoops and 2 Pairs of Clubs — Group Final
🥇 Brazil • 29.45 🥈 Spain • 29.05 🥉 Bulgaria • 28.75 4. Japan • 28.30 5. Israel • 28.30 6. Germany • 28.20 7. Uzbekistan • 28.10 8. Ukraine • 25.10Brazil won the second Group final and ended the day with two gold medals. Spain took silver, while Bulgaria completed a steady routine without a loss to earn bronze.
Japan and Israel received identical scores, with Japan placed higher on the tie-break criteria. Several losses and a major interruption left Ukraine in eighth place.
Team Standings
🥇 Russia • 278.30Mariia Borisova, Sofiia Ilteriakova; group: Agata Barekzai, Alisa Eremeeva, Arina Lavrenova, Anna Nikolaeva, Daria Melnik and Sofia Solonskaia. Coach: Tatiana Sergaeva.
🥈 Bulgaria • 276.05Stiliana Nikolova, Eva Brezalieva; group: Raya Bozhilova, Magdalena Minevska, Emilia Obretenova, Rachel Stoyanova, Magdalena Valkova and Margarita Vasileva. Coach: Branimira Markova.
🥉 China • 275.40Qi Wang, Zilu Wang; group: Xinhui Ding, Miaoting Liu, Yanzhu Pu, Lanjing Wang, Xinhui Zhang and Wanzhu Zhao.
4. Germany • 271.80 5. Ukraine • 271.25 6. Italy • 270.35 7. Brazil • 270.20 8. United States • 270.00 9. Belarus • 267.55 10. Israel • 267.00The Team standings combined the results of individual gymnasts and Groups. Russia won gold, Bulgaria placed second, and China completed the podium.
Qualification Results
The final qualification standings are listed below.
All-Around Qualification
The three best apparatus scores counted toward the total. The top 18 gymnasts advanced to the All-Around final. 🥇 Darja Varfolomeev • 89.00 🥈 Stiliana Nikolova • 87.35 🥉 Mariia Borisova • 86.90 4. Sofiia Ilteriakova • 85.60 5. Sofia Raffaeli • 85.00 6. Megan Chu • 84.65 7. Alina Harnasko • 84.40 8. Akmaral Yerekesheva • 84.20 9. Zilu Wang • 84.20 10. Qi Wang • 83.85 11. Rin Keys • 83.50 12. Taisiia Onofriichuk • 83.15 13. Daniela Munits • 83.00 14. Meital Maayan Sumkin • 82.60 15. Tara Dragas • 82.35 16. Barbara Domingos • 82.30 17. Vera Tugolukova • 82.10 18. Takhmina Ikromova • 81.90
Darja Varfolomeev led the All-Around qualification, with Stiliana Nikolova second. Mariia Borisova placed third after completing all four routines without a major error.Hoop Qualification
🥇 Sofia Raffaeli • 30.10 🥈 Stiliana Nikolova • 29.80 🥉 Daniela Munits • 29.45 4. Darja Varfolomeev • 29.25 5. Takhmina Ikromova • 28.95 6. Mariia Borisova • 28.85 7. Taisiia Onofriichuk • 28.65 8. Megan Chu • 28.50Sofia Raffaeli led Hoop qualification with 30.10. Mariia Borisova had a brief hesitation but completed a strong routine overall and advanced to the final in sixth place.
Ball Qualification
🥇 Darja Varfolomeev • 29.70 🥈 Sofia Raffaeli • 28.45 🥉 Tara Dragas • 28.45 4. Mariia Borisova • 28.40 5. Alina Harnasko • 28.20 6. Zilu Wang • 28.10 7. Sofiia Ilteriakova • 28.05 8. Vera Tugolukova • 27.85Darja Varfolomeev led Ball qualification. Tara Dragas completed a controlled routine without a major error and matched Sofia Raffaeli on 28.45.
Clubs Qualification
🥇 Sofiia Ilteriakova • 29.30 🥈 Stiliana Nikolova • 29.25 🥉 Mariia Borisova • 29.05 4. Akmaral Yerekesheva • 29.00 5. Qi Wang • 28.60 6. Rin Keys • 28.40 7. Megan Chu • 28.35 8. Taisiia Onofriichuk • 28.25Sofiia Ilteriakova led Clubs qualification with 29.30, finishing 0.05 ahead of Stiliana Nikolova. Mariia Borisova completed the top three.
Ribbon Qualification
🥇 Darja Varfolomeev • 30.05 🥈 Mariia Borisova • 29.00 🥉 Alina Harnasko • 28.80 4. Akmaral Yerekesheva • 28.35 5. Stiliana Nikolova • 28.30 6. Sofiia Ilteriakova • 28.25 7. Megan Chu • 27.80 8. Qi Wang • 27.80Darja Varfolomeev led the final Ribbon qualification standings with a score above 30. Mariia Borisova and Alina Harnasko also finished inside the top three.
Darja Varfolomeev finished qualification first in the All-Around, Ball and Ribbon. Sofia Raffaeli led Hoop, while Sofiia Ilteriakova led Clubs. Gymnasts from 12 countries qualified for the apparatus finals.
Medal Statistics
Individuals
Darja Varfolomeev (Germany) • 🥇🥇🥇🥉 Stiliana Nikolova (Bulgaria) • 🥇🥈🥈🥈 Taisiia Onofriichuk (Ukraine) • 🥇🥈 Sofiia Ilteriakova (Russia) • 🥇🥈 Mariia Borisova (Russia) • 🥇🥉🥉🥉 Sofia Raffaeli (Italy) • 🥈🥉 Eva Brezalieva (Bulgaria) • 🥈 Qi Wang (China) • 🥉 Zilu Wang (China) • 🥉Countries
Germany • 🥇🥇🥇🥉 Brazil • 🥇🥇🥉 Bulgaria • 🥇🥈🥈🥈🥉🥉 Russia • 🥇🥈🥉🥉🥉 Ukraine • 🥇🥈 Spain • 🥇🥈 Italy • 🥈🥉 China • 🥈🥉 Japan • 🥈The individual totals include medals from the Individual All-Around, apparatus finals and the combined Team event. Country totals also include Group competitions.
Full Replay
2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships finals — full replay
About the Event
The 42nd Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships took place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from 12 to 16 August 2026. Across five competition days, medals were awarded in the individual programme, Group events and the combined Team standings.
Festhalle Frankfurt, one of the city's best-known arenas, hosted the championships. The event brought together the leading individual gymnasts and national Groups of the 2026 international season.
Event Programme
- Individual qualification with Hoop, Ball, Clubs and Ribbon
- Individual All-Around final
- Individual apparatus finals
- Group All-Around with 5 Balls and 3 Hoops / 2 Pairs of Clubs
- Group apparatus finals
- Combined Team standings
- Qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games
- The Amazing World of Gymnastics show
Dates and Venue
Country: Germany
City: Frankfurt am Main
Venue: Festhalle Frankfurt
Address: Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1, 60327 Frankfurt am Main
Competition dates: 12–16 August 2026
World Championships in Frankfurt
The entry list featured 100 individual gymnasts, while 42 national teams were entered in the Group competition. The host nation was represented by Darja Varfolomeev, Lada Pusch and Anastasiia Simakova in the individual programme.
Darja Varfolomeev competed in front of her home crowd after winning the individual All-Around at the 2026 European Championships in Varna. Russia entered Sofiia Ilteriakova and Mariia Borisova as individual gymnasts and also competed in the Group events.
Competition Format
The top 18 gymnasts from qualification advanced to the individual All-Around final. Gymnasts ranked from 10th to 18th competed in the first final group, followed by the qualifiers ranked from first to ninth.
The eight highest-ranked gymnasts on each apparatus qualified for the apparatus finals, with a maximum of two gymnasts per country in each final.
Groups performed two routines: 5 Balls and 3 Hoops / 2 Pairs of Clubs. The top eight Groups from qualification advanced to each apparatus final.
Combined Team Standings
The championships included a combined Team medal event bringing together the qualification results of a country's individual gymnasts and its Group. The Team total comprised the eight best individual apparatus scores and the two Group All-Around scores.
To be eligible for the Team standings, a country had to enter at least two individual gymnasts and one Group.
Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Qualification
Frankfurt 2026 was the first rhythmic gymnastics qualification event for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.
In the individual competition, the top three gymnasts in the All-Around final earned one quota place for their respective National Olympic Committees. In the Group competition, the top three countries in the Group All-Around each earned one quota place for a five-gymnast Group.
The quota places earned at the championships were allocated to the countries rather than to the individual athletes by name.
Participants and Groups
The individual field included athletes representing established medal-winning programmes as well as developing rhythmic gymnastics nations from Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa and Oceania. The 42-team Group field included Spain, Japan, Brazil, Germany, Ukraine, Bulgaria, China, Russia, Belarus, Italy and many other national teams.
Organizers
- World Gymnastics
- German Gymnastics Federation / Deutscher Turner-Bund
- Deutscher Turner-Bund Service GmbH
Official Information
Official Frankfurt 2026 website
World Gymnastics event page
Official competition schedule and results
