1986 World Sports Acrobatics Championships

The 1986 World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Rennes, France, from 27 to 29 November 1986.

7th World Sports Acrobatics Championships
Location	Rennes, France
Start date	27 November 1986 (1986-11-27)
End date	29 November 1986 (1986-11-29)
Competitors	71 from 8 nations

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	13	5	0	18
2	Bulgaria	7	5	4	16
3	China	4	9	5	18
4	Poland	2	3	4	9
5	United States	0	2	3	5
6	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
7	Germany	0	0	3	3
8	France	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		26	25	22	73

Men's Tumbling

Overall

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	I. Brikman	Soviet Union
	A. Garstka	Poland
	C. Fox	United States

Somersault

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

Twisting

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

Men's Group

Overall

Rank	Team	Country	Point
		Soviet Union
		China
		Bulgaria

Balance

Rank	Team	Country	Point
		Soviet Union
		Bulgaria
		China

Tempo

Rank	Team	Country	Point
		Soviet Union
		China
		West Germany

Men's Pair

Overall

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

Balance

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

Tempo

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

Mixed Pair

Overall

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

Balance

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

Tempo

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	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

Rank	Team	Country	Point
		Bulgaria
		China
		Poland

Balance

Rank	Team	Country	Point
		Bulgaria
		Poland
		China

Tempo

Rank	Team	Country	Point
		Bulgaria
		China
		Poland
		Soviet Union
		West Germany

Women's Pair

Overall

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

Balance

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

Tempo

Rank	Team	Country	Point
	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

Rank	Gymnast	Country	Point
	Huang Ruifen	China
	Ludmila Gromova	Soviet Union
	Vania Dmitrova	Bulgaria

Somersault

Rank	Gymnast	Country	Point
	Ludmila Gromova	Soviet Union
	Huang Ruifen	China
	Jill Hollembeak	United States

Twisting

Rank	Gymnast	Country	Point
	Huang Ruifen	China
	Elena Bougaeva	Soviet Union
	Vania Dmitrova	Bulgaria