1988 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
Location	Helsinki, Finland
Start date	19 May 1988
End date	22 May 1988
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The 1988 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships is the 6th edition of the  Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships, which took place from 19 May 1988 to 22 May 1988 in Helsinki, Finland.^[1]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Individual
All-Around	Adriana Dounavska  Bulgaria Elizabeth Koleva  Bulgaria Alexandra Timochenko  Soviet Union	none awarded	none awarded
Rope	Marina Lobatch  Soviet Union Alexandra Timochenko  Soviet Union Elizabeth Koleva  Bulgaria	none awarded	none awarded
Hoop	Bianka Panova  Bulgaria Alexandra Timochenko  Soviet Union Adriana Dounavska  Bulgaria	none awarded	none awarded
Clubs	Adriana Dounavska  Bulgaria Alexandra Timochenko  Soviet Union	none awarded	Elizabeth Koleva  Bulgaria Marina Lobatch  Soviet Union
Ribbon	Adriana Dounavska  Bulgaria Bianka Panova  Bulgaria Marina Lobatch  Soviet Union	none awarded	none awarded
Groups
All-Around	Bulgaria	Soviet Union Janika Mölder	Hungary
6 Balls	Bulgaria	Soviet Union Janika Mölder	Spain Beatriz Barral Vanesa Buitrago Ana Carlota de la Fuente Natalia Marín Eva Martín Arancha Marty Mari Carmen Moreno Raquel Prat Astrid Sánchez Carmen Sánchez
3 Hoops & 3 Ribbons	Bulgaria  Soviet Union Janika Mölder	none awarded	Italy

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria (BUL)	11	0	1	12
2	Soviet Union (URS)	7	2	1	10
3	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		18	2	5	25