Artistic Gymnastics European Championships | ||
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Team all-around | men | women |
Individual all-around | men | women |
Vault | men | women |
Floor | men | women |
Pommel horse | men | |
Rings | men | |
Parallel bars | men | |
Horizontal bar | men | |
Uneven bars | women | |
Balance beam | women | |
The vault event at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships was first held in 1957. [1]
Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position. If three gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.
Giulia Steingruber, with three golds, one silver, and one bronze, holds the records for most gold medals and most total medals in this event.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Romania (ROU) | 9 | 11 | 8 | 28 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 2 | 5 | 16 |
3 | Russia (RUS) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
4 | Switzerland (SUI) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
5 | Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
6 | East Germany (GDR) | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
7 | France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
8 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
9 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
12 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
16 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
17 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
21 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (21 entries) | 46 | 48 | 43 | 137 |
Elena Mikhailovna Zamolodchikova is a Russian former artistic gymnast and four-time Olympic medallist. She is the 2000 Olympic champion on vault and floor exercise, and she is a two-time World champion on vault. She also competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she won a bronze medal with the Russian team. She is a two-time World Cup Final vault champion and a two-time European champion with the Russian team. In 2015, she was inducted in the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
Ioannis Melissanidis is a retired Greek artistic gymnast and the 1996 Olympic champion on the floor exercise. He was also the first Greek gymnast ever to medal at the World Championships. He was named one of the 1996 Greek Male Athletes of the Year.
Cristina Bontaş is a Romanian former artistic gymnast, who competed in international events between 1987 and 1993. Her best events were the floor exercise, the vault, and the all around. She is a world champion on floor, a double olympic medalist and a six-time world medalist. Bontaş scored a perfect ten on floor in the all around event of the 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
The men's individual all-around at the European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships have been staged since 1955.
The European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were first held in 1957.
The uneven bars at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were first held in 1957.
The floor event at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships was first held in 1957.
The balance beam event at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships was first held in 1957.
The 23rd European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 12 to 14 May 2000 in Paris, France.
The 21st European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 16-19 May 1996 in Birmingham, England.
The 20th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden, in May 1994.
The 1st Individual European Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary, on 2 June to 5 June 2005. It included both men's and women's events.
Hana Říčná is a former artistic gymnast who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh in the team final and 29th in the all-around final. She won two medals at the World Championships, a silver on beam in 1983 and a bronze on the uneven bars in 1985. Hana competed in the Olomouc Friendship Games, held as an alternative to the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, which the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states boycotted, where she won a silver medal in the all around and on beam. She also won a silver medal on beam at the 1985 European Championships.
Men's pommel horse has been staged at every European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships since 1955.
The European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships have been staged since 1955, but the men's team all-around has only been staged since 1994. Russia are the most successful nation with seven titles; Romania, Ukraine and Great Britain, with two each, are the only other multiple champions.
Men's floor has been staged at every European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships since 1955.
Men's rings has been staged at every European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships since 1955.
Men's vault has been staged at every European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships since 1955.
Men's parallel bars has been staged at every European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships since 1955.
Men's horizontal bar has been staged at every European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships since 1955.