1997 World Sports Acrobatics Championships
# 1997 World Sports Acrobatics Championships

The 14th World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Manchester, Great Britain, in 1997.

## Men's Tumbling

### Overall

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| V. Ignatenkov | Russia |
| Alexei Kryjanovski | Russia |
| Grigoriy Duchenko | Ukraine |
| Chen Bo | China |

### Straight

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| V. Ignatenkov | Russia |
| Adrian Sienkiewicz | Poland |
| Craig Filmer | United Kingdom |

### Twisting

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Alexei Kryjanovski | Russia |
| Chen Bo | China |
| Adrian Sienkiewicz | Poland |

### Men's Group

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Pigorov, Vlasov, Mikrov, Ivanov | Russia |
| Safronov, Zaverykha, Pavlov, Bain | Ukraine |
| Wu, Huang, Chen, Jian | China |
| Stefan Nikolov, Roumen Hristov, Nikolay Nikolov, Slav Danev | Bulgaria |

**Balance**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Safronov, Zaverykha, Pavlov, Bain | Ukraine |
| Pigorov, Vlasov, Mikrov, Ivanov | Russia |
| Wu, Huang, Chen, Jian | China |
| Stefan Nikolov, Roumen Hristov, Nikolay Nikolov, Slav Danev | Bulgaria |

**Tempo**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Pigorov, Vlasov, Mikrov, Ivanov | Russia |
| Pas, Zywol, Trzasska, Gutszmit | Poland |
| Wu, Huang, Chen, Jian | China |
| Safronov, Zaverykha, Pavlov, Bain | Ukraine |

### Men's Pair

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Renjie Li, Min Song | China |
| Vlassov, Volkov | Russia |
| Mark Flores, Martyn Smith | United Kingdom |
| Nikolov, Marinov | Bulgaria |

**Balance**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Renjie Li, Min Song | China |
| Mark Flores, Martyn Smith | United Kingdom |
| Vlassov, Volkov | Russia |
| Nikolov, Marinov | Bulgaria |
| Kozhin, Vologdin | Ukraine |

**Tempo**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Renjie Li, Min Song | China |
| Vlassov, Volkov | Russia |
| Nikolov, Marinov | Bulgaria |

### Mixed Pair

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Oxana Iatsenko, Edouard Perelyguine | Russia |
| Valeria Maltchenko, Dmitri Klimenko | Ukraine |
| Emily Crocker, Neil Griffiths | United Kingdom |

**Balance**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Oxana Iatsenko, Edouard Perelyguine | Russia |
| Valeria Maltchenko, Dmitri Klimenko | Ukraine |
| Wu Zhengdan, Wei Baohua | China |

**Tempo**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Oxana Iatsenko, Edouard Perelyguine | Russia |
| Emily Crocker, Neil Griffiths | United Kingdom |
| Valeria Maltchenko, Dmitri Klimenko | Ukraine |

### Women's Tumbling

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Kathryn Peberby | United Kingdom |
| Yelena Chabanenko | Ukraine |
| Chrystel Robert | France |

**Straight**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Tatiana Morosova | Belarus |
| Chrystel Robert | France |
| Yelena Chabanenko | Ukraine |

**Twisting**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Yelena Chabanenko | Ukraine |
| Kathryn Peberby | United Kingdom |
| Chrystel Robert | France |

### Women's Group

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Zaliaeva, Kuschu, Avakelian | Russia |
| Moiseichea, Surina, Zherdeva | Ukraine |
| Silvya Chengarova, Kristina Pramatarova, Paulina Stankova | Bulgaria |
| Wang, Xu, Luo | China |
| Joanna Gamrot, Edyta Kalinovska, Marta Adamiecka | Poland |

**Balance**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Zaliaeva, Kuschu, Avakelian | Russia |
| Moiseichea, Surina, Zherdeva | Ukraine |
| Wang, Xu, Luo | China |

**Tempo**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Zaliaeva, Kuschu, Avakelian | Russia |
| Moiseichea, Surina, Zherdeva | Ukraine |
| Joanna Gamrot, Edyta Kalinovska, Marta Adamiecka | Poland |

### Women's Pair

**Overall**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Liao, Lao | China |
| Vishnevskaya, Kovalchuk | Ukraine |
| Stoyanova, Penkova | Bulgaria |

**Balance**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Liao, Lao | China |
| Vishnevskaya, Kovalchuk | Ukraine |
| Sakowska, Gargala | Poland |

**Tempo**

| Team | Country |
| - | - |
| Karaeva, Smirnova | Russia |
| Vishnevskaya, Kovalchuk | Ukraine |
| Raktscheeva, Feoktistova | Belarus |
