1963 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Start date	7 December 1963
End date	8 December 1963

I World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary on 7 and 8 December 1963.

Participants

There were 28 competitors from 10 countries - Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland, German Democratic Republic, Romania, Poland, Spain & Yugoslavia.

Nation	Name		Nation	Name		Nation	Name		Nation	Name
	Ludmila Savinkova			Dagmar Šťastná			Krystyna Szczepanska			Rauni Koskinen
	Tatiana Kravtchenko			Irene Binder			Czeslava Walenczij			Iliena Josif Olareu
	Julia Trashlieva			Maya Tonay			Tuula Launala		'	Ute Lehmann
	Elvira Averkovics			Daniela Diaconescu			? Novicic			? Lismanova
	Hana Machatová-Bogušovská			Maria Paszynin			Tatiana Radovanovic			Maria Patocska
	Jana Bérová			Violetta Baptisca			Isabel Benavente			Mihael Solomolov
	Renate Walkstein			Orsolya Szabo			Rosa Ascaso			Rosa Jiménez

Medal table

There was two routines performed by each gymnast - freehand and with apparatus.

Place	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	3	3	1	7
2	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2

Individual

Freehand

Place	Name	Nation	Score
1	Ludmila Savinkova		9.633
2	Tatiana Kravtchenko		9.600
3	Elvira Averkovics		9.433
4	Julia Trashlieva		9.400
5	Julieta Shishmanova		9.333
=	Hana Machatová-Bogušovská		9.333

Apparatus

Place	Name	Nation	Score
1	Ludmila Savinkova		9.600
2	Tatiana Kravtchenko		9.566
3	Julia Trashlieva		9.533
4	Hana Machatová-Bogušovská		9.366
5	Jana Bérová		9.300
6	Elvira Averkovics		9.266
=	Maria Patocska		9.266
=	Dagmar Šťastná		9.266
=	Renate Walkstein		9.266

All-Around

Place	Name	Nation	Freehand	Apparatus	Total
1	Ludmila Savinkova		9.633	9.600	19.233
2	Tatiana Kravtchenko		9.600	9.566	19.166
3	Julia Trashlieva		9.400	9.533	18.933
4	Elvira Averkovics		9.433	9.266	18.699
=	Hana Machatová-Bogušovská		9.333	9.366	18.699
6	Jana Bérová		9.266	9.300	18.566
=	Renate Walkstein		9.300	9.266	18.566
8	Maria Patocska		9.266	9.266	18.532
9	Rauni Koskinen		9.300	9.200	18.500
10	Ute Lehmann		9.300	9.066	18.366
=	Dagmar Šťastná		9.100	9.266	18.366
12	Irene Binder		9.133	9.200	18.333
=	Maya Tonay		9.233	9.100	18.333
14	Daniela Diaconescu		9.166	9.100	18.266
15	Maria Paszynin		9.166	9.066	18.232
16	Violetta Baptisca		9.133	9.066	18.199
17	Orsolya Szabo		9.000	9.166	18.166
18	Mihael Solomolov		9.133	9.000	18.133
19	Iliena Josif Olareu		8.866	9.200	18.066
20	? Lismanova		9.333	8.700	18.033
21	Krystyna Szczepanska		9.033	8.900	17.933
22	Czeslava Walenczij		9.100	8.800	17.900
23	Tuula Launala		8.900	8.800	17.700
24	Ljuba Novicic		8.766	8.933	17.699
25	Tatiana Radovanovic		8.700	8.733	17.433
26	Isabel Benavente		8.366	8.700	17.066
27	Rosa Ascaso		8.266	8.666	16.932
28	Rosa Jiménez[1]		8.133	8.400	16.533

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