European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships are an annual series of artistic gymnastics championships for male gymnasts from European countries organised by the European Union of Gymnastics. They take place in two biennial formats; in even years they take place in tandem with a junior men's competition, and historically have included a team event, but not an individual all-around. In odd years, they are held in tandem with the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and include a team competition. These events are sometimes called the European Individual Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Despite the alternating formats, all winners are considered European champions with one medal table.

The event is not to be confused with the gymnastics program of the European Games, whose champions are crowned as European Games champions, but not European champions.

History

9th European Gymnastics Championships for men in Madrid 14th and 15th May 1971. The medal ceremony for the parallel bars, from right to left: the Italian Giovanni Carminucci (gold), and Mikhail Voronin from the USSR, Klaus Köste from the GDR and Nikolai Andrianov from the USSR (all silver).

Originally held biannually and 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 men's event incorporates the European Junior Artistic Gymnastics championships (an entirely separate women's competition is held in the same years), while in odd-numbered years, the separately numbered 'individual championships' are held in conjunction with the women'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. These thus remain biannual events. Otherwise the apparatus and titles are identical.

In 2015, UEG agreed that beginning in 2018, the annual European Championships in the midyear of the Olympic cycle (i.e. 2 years after, and before, a Summer Olympic Games) would be held as part of the new multi-sport European Championships event, and would be held in that format every four years. These combined events will continue to be run by UEG and the other sports federations. Although both the Men's and Women's championships will be held together, in the same venue, these championships will continue to be treated as separate men's and women's events, with junior events included.

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.

Championships

Before 1996, European men's championships were held separately for both Seniors and Juniors. Beginning in 1996, Senior and Junior men's championships were combined. In 2005 a new and combined European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships were inaugurated for senior gymnasts only. Although these championships are numbered separately, and the medals awarded counted separately, they constitute European Championships in the same manner as the men- and women-only competitions they alternate with, and the winners are considered European champions in the same way. For that reason, a list of those championships is also included in the section below.

The 2018 and 2022 editions of the Men's Championships formed part of the multi-sport European Championships of those years.

Senior and Junior Men's Championships (held separately)

Number (S) Year Host City Host Country Events (S) 1 1955 Frankfurt West Germany 7 2 1957 Paris France 7 3 1959 Copenhagen Denmark 7 4 1961 Luxembourg Luxembourg 7 5 1963 Belgrade Yugoslavia 7 6 1965 Antwerp Belgium 7 7 1967 Tampere Finland 7 8 1969 Warsaw Poland 7 9 1971 Madrid Spain 7 10 1973 Grenoble France 7 11 1975 Bern Switzerland 7 12 1977 Vilnius Soviet Union 7 13 1979 Essen West Germany 7 14 1981 Rome Italy 7 15 1983 Varna Bulgaria 7 16 1985 Oslo Norway 7 17 1987 Moscow Soviet Union 7 18 1989 Stockholm Sweden 7 19 1990 Lausanne Switzerland 7 20 1992 Budapest Hungary 7 21 1994 Prague Czech Republic 8 22 1996 Broendby Denmark 8

Number (J) Year Host City Host Country Events (J) 1 1978 2 1980 3 1982 4 1984 Rimini Italy 5 1986 Karlsruhe West Germany 6 1988 Avignon France 7 1990 8 1991 9 1992 10 1993 11 1994 Prague Czech Republic 12 1996 Copenhagen Denmark

Combined Senior and Junior Men's Championships Year Number (S/J) Host City Events (S+J) Lead nation (S) Lead nation (J) 1998 23/13 Saint Petersburg 8+2 France France 2000 24/14 Bremen 8+8 Romania Russia 2002 25/15 Patras 8+8 Romania Russia 2004 26/16 Ljubljana 8+8 Romania Russia 2006 27/17 Volos 7+8 Russia Germany 2008 28/18 Lausanne 7+8 Russia Great Britain 2010 29/19 Birmingham 7+8 Germany Great Britain 2012 30/20 Montpellier 7+8 Russia Great Britain 2014 31/21 Sofia 7+8 Russia Great Britain 2016 32/22 Bern 7+8 Russia Germany 2018 33/22 Glasgow 7+8 Russia Italy 2020 34/23 Mersin 7+8 Ukraine Turkey/Ukraine 2022 35/24 Munich 8+8 * Great Britain Italy 2024 36/25 Rimini 7+8

Men's and Women's Senior Individual Championships Year Number (S (M+W)) Host city Events (SM) Lead nation (SM) 2005 1 Debrecen 12 Spain 2007 2 Amsterdam 12 Russia 2009 3 Milan 12 Germany 2011 4 Berlin 12 Germany 2013 5 Moscow 12 Russia 2015 6 Montpellier 12 Great Britain 2017 7 Cluj-Napoca 12 Russia 2019 8 Szczecin 12 Russia 2021 9 Basel 12 Russia 2023 10 Antalya 12 Turkey 2025 11 tbc 12

Medal table

Seniors

As of 2023.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	90	59	35	184
2	Russia	39	21	29	89
3	Romania	19	22	14	55
4	Ukraine	17	18	17	52
5	Italy	16	11	17	44
6	Great Britain	15	17	15	47
7	Greece	15	6	7	28
8	Hungary	14	12	16	42
9	Bulgaria	12	9	12	33
10	Yugoslavia	11	5	9	25
11	Belarus	10	14	13	37
12	Germany	10	9	16	35
13	East Germany	7	17	17	41
	France	7	17	17	41
15	Switzerland	7	6	12	25
16	Spain	7	4	4	15
17	Netherlands	6	3	2	11
18	West Germany	5	5	11	21
19	Turkey	4	6	5	15
20	Slovenia	4	5	5	14
21	Poland	3	7	8	18
22	Israel	3	5	7	15
23	Armenia	3	5	6	14
24	Croatia	2	7	1	10
25	Sweden	2	4	4	10
26	Czechoslovakia	2	2	2	6
27	Ireland	2	0	0	2
28	Finland	1	4	5	10
29	Latvia	1	1	1	3
	Lithuania	1	1	1	3
31	Cyprus	1	0	1	2
32	Albania	1	0	0	1
33	Austria	0	1	1	2
34	Belgium	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
37	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
Totals (37 entries)		337	306	311	954

See also

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

Results

• "European Artistic Gymnastics Championships". GymnasticsResults.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
• "European Championships". Gymn-Forum.net.