II Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 3 and 4 December 1965.
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.
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.
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.
Results The results from both freehand routines and both apparatus routines were added together.
Medal table
Freehand Place Name Nation Score1Tatiana Kravtchenko18.6322Hana Machatová-Bogušovská18.6003Hana Mičechová18.5664Jana Bérová18.466=Ludmila Savinkova18.4666Lilia Natmoutdinova18.366
Apparatus Place Name Nation Score1Hana Mičechová18.9332Tatiana Kravtchenko18.7333Lilia Natmoutdinova18.6994Jana Bérová18.6665Hana Machatová-Bogušovská18.6336Heide Reinsch18.632
All-Around Place Name Nation Freehand Apparatus Total1Hana Mičechová18.56618.93337.4992Tatiana Kravtchenko18.63218.73337.3653Hana Machatová-Bogušovská18.60018.63337.2334Jana Bérová18.46618.66637.1325Lilia Natmoutdinova18.36618.69937.0656Maria Gigova18.20018.53236.7327Heide Reinsch18.09918.63236.7318Ute Lehmann18.19918.39936.5989Rumyana Stefanova18.03318.46636.49910Ludmila Savinkova18.46618.00036.46611Maren Klüssendorf17.86618.46636.33212Youlia Gantcheva17.83218.26636.09813Maria Patocska18.03217.93235.96414Maria Stryjecka17.86618.03235.89815Wieslawa Skowronek17.76617.70035.46616Ivana Obucina17.66617.70035.36617Ingrid Nicklas17.93317.33335.26618Ziwille Florowska17.79917.43335.232=Rauni Koskinen17.86617.36635.23220Elisabeth Rösel17.23217.99935.23121Judit Papp17.56617.56635.13222Tatiana Radovanovic17.19917.53234.73123Crista Del Pino17.29917.23334.53224Zsuzsa Vasady16.89917.39934.29825Liliane Steyaert16.33317.36633.69926Thais Albertini Hernandez16.73316.66633.39927Mirjana Vutohinitch16.99916.36633.36528Mirta Santacana16.43216.63233.06429Hilde Krumpholz16.23216.80033.03230Gerda Stacher16.43216.56632.99831Luthegarde Van Nuffel16.33332.56632Helga Schüller15.93316.33232.265
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