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{{Infobox sport event
| name           = 1963 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
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| date_start     = 7 December 1963
| date_end       = 8 December 1963
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| location       = {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] 
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| next           = [[1965 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships|Prague 1965]]
}}'''I World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships''' were held in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] on 7 and 8 December 1963. 

Each country could send up to three gymnasts. Gymnasts performed two routines - freehand (no apparatus) and with apparatus.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |last=von Martiny |first=Geza |date=March 1964 |title=Letters |url=https://issuu.com/usagymnastics/docs/1964_3march |access-date=2025-05-19 |magazine=The Modern Gymnast |page=31 |volume=6 |issue=3}}</ref> The apparatus was not specified; those used included hoops, balls, and pairs of handheld streamers.<ref>{{Cite video |url=https://filmhiradokonline.hu/watch.php?id=17463 |title=Nemzetközi művészeti tornaverseny Budapesten |date=December 1963 |language=hu |publisher=Budapest Filmstúdió |trans-title=International artistic gymnastics competition in Budapest}}</ref>

==Participants==
There were 28 competitors from 10 countries: [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Soviet Union]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Hungary]], [[Finland]], [[German Democratic Republic]], [[Romania]], [[Poland]], [[Spain]] and [[Yugoslavia]].

{| class="wikitable"
! Nation || Name || || Nation || Name || || Nation || Name || || Nation || Name
|-
| {{Flagicon|Soviet Union}} || [[Ludmila Savinkova]] || || {{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} || Dagmar Šťastná || || {{Flagicon|Poland}} || Krystyna Szczepanska || || {{Flagicon|Finland}} || Rauni Koskinen
|-
| {{Flagicon|Soviet Union}} || [[Tatiana Kravtchenko]] || || {{Flagicon|East Germany}} || Irene Binder || || {{Flagicon|Poland}} || Czeslava Walenczij || || {{Flagicon|Romania|1952}} || Iliena Josif Olareu
|-
| {{Flagicon|Bulgaria|1946}} || [[Julia Trashlieva]] || || {{Flagicon|Hungary}} || Maya Tonay || || {{Flagicon|Finland}} || Tuula Launala || || {{Flagicon|East Germany}}' || [[Ute Lehmann]]
|-
| {{Flagicon|Soviet Union}} || Elvira Averkovics || || {{Flagicon|Romania|1952}} || Daniela Diaconescu || || {{Flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} || ? Novicic || || {{Flagicon|Bulgaria|1946}} || ? Lismanova
|-
| {{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} || [[Hana Machatová-Bogušovská]] || || {{Flagicon|Poland}} || Maria Paszynin || || {{Flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}} || Tatiana Radovanovic || || {{Flagicon|Hungary}} || Maria Patocska
|-
| {{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} || Jana Bérová || || {{Flagicon|Bulgaria|1946}} || Violetta Baptisca || || {{Flagicon|Spain|1945}} || [[Isabel Benavente]]|| || {{Flagicon|Romania|1952}} || Mihael Solomolov
|-
| {{Flagicon|East Germany}} || Renate Walkstein || || {{Flagicon|Hungary}} || Orsolya Szabo || || {{Flagicon|Spain|1945}} || Rosa Ascaso || || {{Flagicon|Spain|1945}} || Rosa Jiménez
|}

== Medal table ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Country
! style="background-color:#FFD700;" | Gold
! style="background-color:#C0C0C0;" | Silver
! style="background-color:#CC9966;" | Bronze
! Total
|-
| 1
| {{Flag|Soviet Union}}
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 7
|-
| 2
| {{Flag|Bulgaria|1946}}
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
|-
|}

== Individual ==

===Freehand===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place || Name || Nation || Score
|- bgcolor=gold
|1||[[Ludmila Savinkova]]||{{Flagicon|Soviet Union}}||9.633
|- bgcolor=silver
|2||[[Tatiana Kravtchenko]]||{{Flagicon|Soviet Union}}||9.600
|- bgcolor=cc9966
|3||Elvira Averkovics||{{Flagicon|Soviet Union}}||9.433
|-
|4||[[Julia Trashlieva]]||{{Flagicon|Bulgaria|1946}}||9.400
|-
|5||Julieta Shishmanova||{{Flagicon|Bulgaria|1946}}||9.333
|-
|=||[[Hana Machatová-Bogušovská]]||{{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}}||9.333
|}

===Apparatus===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place || Name || Nation || Score
|- bgcolor=gold
|1||[[Ludmila Savinkova]]||{{Flagicon|Soviet Union}}||9.600
|- bgcolor=silver
|2||[[Tatiana Kravtchenko]]||{{Flagicon|Soviet Union}}||9.566
|- bgcolor=cc9966
|3||[[Julia Trashlieva]]||{{Flagicon|Bulgaria|1946}}||9.533
|-
|4||[[Hana Machatová-Bogušovská]]||{{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}}||9.366
|-
|5||Jana Bérová||{{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}}||9.300
|-
|6||Elvira Averkovics||{{Flagicon|Soviet Union}}||9.266
|-
|=||Maria Patocska||{{Flagicon|Hungary}}||9.266
|-
|=||Dagmar Šťastná||{{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}}||9.266
|-
|=||Renate Walkstein||{{Flagicon|East Germany}}||9.266
|}

===All-Around===
{| class="wikitable"
! Place || Name || Nation || Freehand || Apparatus || Total
|- bgcolor=gold
|1||[[Ludmila Savinkova]]||{{Flagicon|Soviet Union}}||9.633||9.600||19.233
|- bgcolor=silver
|2||[[Tatiana Kravtchenko]]||{{Flagicon|Soviet Union}}||9.600||9.566||19.166
|- bgcolor=cc9966
|3||[[Julia Trashlieva]]||{{Flagicon|Bulgaria|1946}}||9.400||9.533||18.933
|-
|4||Elvira Averkovics||{{Flagicon|Soviet Union}}||9.433||9.266||18.699
|-
|=||[[Hana Machatová-Bogušovská]]||{{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}}||9.333||9.366||18.699
|-
|6||Jana Bérová||{{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}}||9.266||9.300||18.566
|-
|=||Renate Walkstein||{{Flagicon|East Germany}}||9.300||9.266||18.566
|-
|8||Maria Patocska||{{Flagicon|Hungary}}||9.266||9.266||18.532
|-
|9||Rauni Koskinen||{{Flagicon|Finland}}||9.300||9.200||18.500
|-
|10||[[Ute Lehmann]]||{{Flagicon|East Germany}}||9.300||9.066||18.366
|-
|=||Dagmar Šťastná||{{Flagicon|Czechoslovakia}}||9.100||9.266||18.366
|-
|12||Irene Binder||{{Flagicon|East Germany}}||9.133||9.200||18.333
|-
|=||Maya Tonay||{{Flagicon|Hungary}}||9.233||9.100||18.333
|-
|14||Daniela Diaconescu||{{Flagicon|Romania|1952}}||9.166||9.100||18.266
|-
|15||Maria Paszynin||{{Flagicon|Poland}}||9.166||9.066||18.232
|-
|16||Violetta Baptisca||{{Flagicon|Bulgaria|1946}}||9.133||9.066||18.199
|-
|17||Orsolya Szabo||{{Flagicon|Hungary}}||9.000||9.166||18.166
|-
|18||Mihael Solomolov||{{Flagicon|Romania|1952}}||9.133||9.000||18.133
|-
|19||Iliena Josif Olareu||{{Flagicon|Romania|1952}}||8.866||9.200||18.066
|-
|20||? Lismanova||{{Flagicon|Bulgaria|1946}}||9.333||8.700||18.033
|-
|21||Krystyna Szczepanska||{{Flagicon|Poland}}||9.033||8.900||17.933
|-
|22||Czeslava Walenczij||{{Flagicon|Poland}}||9.100||8.800||17.900
|-
|23||Tuula Launala||{{Flagicon|Finland}}||8.900||8.800||17.700
|-
|24||Ljuba Novicic||{{Flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}}||8.766||8.933||17.699
|-
|25||Tatiana Radovanovic||{{Flagicon|SFR Yugoslavia}}||8.700||8.733||17.433
|-
|26||Isabel Benavente||{{Flagicon|Spain|1945}}||8.366||8.700||17.066
|-
|27||Rosa Ascaso||{{Flagicon|Spain|1945}}||8.266||8.666||16.932
|-
|28||Rosa Jiménez<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150425014219/http://www.thewangconnection.com/los-inicios-de-la-gimnasia-ritmica-deportiva-en-espana/ Los inicios de la gimnasia rítmica deportiva en España]</ref>||{{Flagicon|Spain|1945}}||8.133||8.400||16.533
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|
<ref name="RSG">{{Cite web |title=1. World Championships in Budapest, Hungary (7.-8. December 1963) |url=https://rsg.net/cgi-bin/show?events/1963/wm_budapest_63.html |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=rsg.net}}</ref>
}}

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[[Category:International gymnastics competitions hosted by Hungary|G]]
[[Category:December 1963 sports events in Europe|World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships]]