European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The European Women's Gymnastics Championships are an artistic championships for female gymnasts from European countries organised by the European Union of Gymnastics. They are held annually, though rotate between two different formats.

History

Originally held biannually in odd-numbered years, the championships moved to even-numbered years in 1990. In 2005 a second set of championships was introduced, titled the "individual championships". Although numbered as a separate event, winners in either event are considered European champions, and the championships as a result have in effect become an annual event, but in two formats: in even-numbered years, a stand-alone women's event incorporates the European Junior Artistic Gymnastics championships (an entirely separate men's competition is held in the same years, although occasionally at the same venue), while in odd-numbered years, the separately numbered 'individual championships' are held in conjunction with the men's competition of the same description, but without juniors, as a single event.

As a result, there is no individual all-around title awarded in even-numbered years (except for juniors), and similarly no team all-around title awarded in odd-numbered years. Otherwise the apparatus and titles are identical. In effect, the juniors championships remain biannual.

In 2022, as part of the multisport 2022 European Championships in Munich, an individual all-around title was introduced in an unusual format, combined with both team and apparatus qualification. In 2023 an equivalent modification was made so that the qualification process for the individual and all-around finals doubled as a team final. In so far as even numbered years still have a separate team final, and odd numbered years a separate individual final, the distinction in formats remains, but all titled are now awarded annually.

A further event, the European Games also holds a full set of championships for European artistic gymnasts in the year preceding the Summer Olympic Games, having begun in 2015. These, however, are organized by the European Olympic Committees and are not recognized as part of the continuity of the European Championships. Gymnastics was dropped from the 2023 European Games. ^[a]

Championships

2018 and 2022 part of the European Championships (Multi-Sport). Juniors from 1978 to 1992 was held in other country and from 1994 along with seniors. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Juniors

Number	Year	Host City	Host Country	Events
1	1978
2	1980
3	1982
4	1984
5	1986
6	1988
7	1990
8	1991
9	1992
10	1993

Women's European Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The following tables include all editions of the stand-alone women's championships (column 1 and 2) as well as, for completeness, a table of the separate European Men's and Women's individual Championships which also crown women's champions in all events.

Number (S/J) Year Host City Host Country Events (S+J) 1 1957 Bucharest   Romania 5 2 1959 Kraków   Poland 5 3 1961 Leipzig   East Germany 5 4 1963 Paris   France 5 5 1965 Sofia   Bulgaria 5 6 1967 Amsterdam   Netherlands 5 7 1969 Landskrona   Sweden 5 8 1971 Minsk   Soviet Union 5 9 1973 London   United Kingdom 5 10 1975 Skien   Norway 5 11 1977 Prague   Czechoslovakia 5 12 1979 Copenhagen   Denmark 5 13 1981 Madrid   Spain 5 14 1983 Gothenburg   Sweden 5 15 1985 Helsinki   Finland 5 16 1987 Moscow   Soviet Union 5 17 1989 Brussels   Belgium 5 18 1990 Piraeus   Greece 5 19 1992 Nantes   France 5 20/11 1994 Stockholm   Sweden 6+5 21/12 1996 Birmingham   United Kingdom 6+6 22/13 1998 Saint Petersburg   Russia 6+6 23/14 2000 Paris   France 6+6 24/15 2002 Patras   Greece 6+6 25/16 2004 Amsterdam   Netherlands 6+6

Number (S/J) Year Host City Host Country Events (S+J) 26/17 2006 Volos   Greece 5+6 27/18 2008 Clermont-Ferrand   France 5+5 28/19 2010 Birmingham   United Kingdom 5+6 29/20 2012 Brussels   Belgium 5+6 30/21 2014 Sofia   Bulgaria 5+6 31/22 2016 Bern   Switzerland 5+6 32/23 2018 Glasgow   United Kingdom 5+6 33/24 2020 Mersin   Turkey 5+6 34/25 2022 Munich   Germany 6+6 35/26 2024 Rimini   Italy 6+6 36/27 2026 Zagreb   Croatia 6+6

Men's and Women's Senior Individual Championships

Main article: European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships

Medal table

Seniors

As of 2025. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Romania	56	58	48	162
2	Soviet Union	56	35	25	116
3	Russia	41	34	30	105
4	Italy	16	13	12	41
5	Great Britain	15	21	10	46
6	Ukraine	12	11	21	44
7	East Germany	11	17	20	48
8	France	11	7	14	32
9	Czechoslovakia	11	2	10	23
10	Switzerland	7	1	5	13
11	Hungary	6	4	6	16
12	Germany	4	5	6	15
13	Belgium	4	1	4	9
14	Netherlands	3	10	7	20
15	Sweden	2	4	2	8
16	Yugoslavia	2	2	2	6
17	Poland	2	0	2	4
18	Belarus	1	2	1	4
19	Bulgaria	0	5	5	10
20	Spain	0	4	6	10
21	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
24	West Germany	0	0	2	2
25	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		260	239	241	740

See also

• European Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's individual all-around
• European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships
• European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Notes

1. winners are therefore described as European Games champions, not European Champions.

Results

• "European Artistic Gymnastics Championships". GymnasticsResults.com. Archived from the original on 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
• "European Championships". Gymn-Forum.net.

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