1986 World Sports Acrobatics Championships
# 1986 World Sports Acrobatics Championships

The 7th World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Rennes, France, in 1986.

## Men's Tumbling

### Overall

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| I. Brikman | Soviet Union |
| A. Garstka | Poland |
| C. Fox | United States |

### Somersault

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Evgeuni Ivanov | Soviet Union |
| Andrzej Garstka | Poland |
| Chad Fox | United States |
| Ian Matthews | United Kingdom |

### Twisting

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Igor Brickman | Soviet Union |
| Ian Matthews | United Kingdom |
| Shao Chunhua | China |
| Chad Fox | United States |

### Men's Group

**Overall**

* Country
* Soviet Union
* China
* Bulgaria

**Balance**

* Country
* Soviet Union
* Bulgaria
* China

**Tempo**

* Country
* Soviet Union
* China
* West Germany

### Men's Pair

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Sergey Tsigevskiy, Valeriy Liapunov | Soviet Union |
| Xu Hong, Hu Bingchen | China |
| D. Dimitrov, D. Karadzhev | Bulgaria |

**Balance**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Sergey Tsigevskiy, Valeriy Liapunov | Soviet Union |
| Xu Hong, Hu Bingchen | China |
| D. Dimitrov, D. Karadzhev | Bulgaria |

**Tempo**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Xu Hong, Hu Bingchen | China |
| D. Dimitrov, D. Karadzhev | Bulgaria |
| R. Jillg, A. Grassman | West Germany |

### Mixed Pair

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| I. Miller, E. Marchenko | Soviet Union |
| R. Pencheva, E. Krystev | Bulgaria |
| Mao Heihua, Siu Ligan | China |

**Balance**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| R. Pencheva, E. Krystev | Bulgaria |
| I. Miller, E. Marchenko | Soviet Union |
| Mao Heihua, Siu Ligan | China |

**Tempo**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| I. Miller, E. Marchenko | Soviet Union |
| R. Pencheva, E. Krystev | Bulgaria |
| Mao Heihua, Siu Ligan | China |
| T. Korzeniak, K. Murawski | Poland |

### Women's Group

**Overall**

* Country
* Bulgaria
* China
* Poland

**Balance**

* Country
* Bulgaria
* Poland
* China

**Tempo**

* Country
* Bulgaria
* China
* Poland
* Soviet Union
* West Germany

### Women's Pair

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| S. Kostova, I. Bakalova | Bulgaria |
| A. Babanisa, S. Bezrutchko | Soviet Union |
| M. Gluthshek, M. Krzhizhanovskaya | Poland |

**Balance**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| S. Kostova, I. Bakalova | Bulgaria |
| A. Babanisa, S. Bezrutchko | Soviet Union |
| M. Gluthshek, M. Krzhizhanovskaya | Poland |
| Liu Yin, Wang Yin | China |

**Tempo**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| M. Gluthshek, M. Krzhizhanovskaya | Poland |
| S. Kostova, I. Bakalova | Bulgaria |
| A. Babanisa, S. Bezrutchko | Soviet Union |
| Liu Yin, Wang Yin | China |
| C. Borgman, T. Blalock | United States |
| A. Tout, A. Boultwood | United Kingdom |

### Women's Tumbling

**Overall**

| Gymnast | Country |
| - | - |
| Huang Ruifen | China |
| Ludmila Gromova | Soviet Union |
| Vania Dmitrova | Bulgaria |

**Somersault**

| Gymnast | Country |
| - | - |
| Ludmila Gromova | Soviet Union |
| Huang Ruifen | China |
| Jill Hollembeak | United States |

**Twisting**

| Gymnast | Country |
| - | - |
| Huang Ruifen | China |
| Elena Bougaeva | Soviet Union |
| Vania Dmitrova | Bulgaria |
