1955 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

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The first European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships took place in 1955. In this championship, there was no team competition, only individual competitions. Only men took part, and the championship took place in Frankfurt am Main.

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The Soviet Union dominated the championships, and took the top two places, with a total of five golds in the apparatus finals. Boris Shakhlin, who won a total of 14 World Championship medals and 13 Olympic medals in gymnastics, won the overall competition.

Results

Individual combined

Note: Free (FX), Pommel horse (PH), Rings (R), Vault (VT), Parallel bars (PB), High bar (HB), .

PlaceCountryNameFXPHRVTPBHBTOTAL
Gold medal.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin 9.559.759.559.459.759.7557.80
Silver medal.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union Albert Azaryan 9.508.509.859.559.759.6056.75
Bronze medal.svg
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Helmut Bantz 9.409.209.559.609.759.1556.65
4
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany Adalbert Dickhut 9.609.159.409.759.059.3556.30
5
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Joseph Stoffel 9.209.209.359.609.359.4556.15
6
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Jean Cronstedt 9.709.358.759.309.409.6056.10
7
Flag of France.svg  France Raymond Dot 9.259.009.309.309.459.4555.75
8
Flag of France.svg  France Michel Mathiot 9.259.259.259.359.259.2555.60

Apparatus finals

Free

PlaceGymnastPoints
Gold medal.svg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Vladimir Prorok 9.75
Silver medal.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Jan Cronstedt
Bronze medal.svg
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Adalbert Dickhut

Pommel horse

PlaceGymnastPoints
Gold medal.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin 9.75
Silver medal.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Jan Cronstedt
Bronze medal.svg
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Hans Sauter

Rings

PlaceGymnastPoints
Gold medal.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Albert Azaryan 9.85
Silver medal.svg
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Helmut Bantz
Silver medal.svg
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia Vladimir Prorok
Silver medal.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin

Vault

PlaceGymnastPoints
Gold medal.svg
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Adalbert Dickhut 9.75
Silver medal.svg
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Helmut Bantz
Bronze medal.svg
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg Joseph Stoffel

Parallel bars

PlaceGymnastPoints
Gold medal.svg
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Helmut Bantz 9.75
Gold medal.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin 9.75
Gold medal.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Albert Azaryan 9.75

High bars

PlaceGymnastPoints
Gold medal.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin 9.75
Silver medal.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Albert Azaryan
Silver medal.svg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Jan Cronstedt

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)6309
2Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)2226
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)1102
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0303
5Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)0011
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg  (LUX)0011
Totals (6 entries)99422

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