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European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

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TheEuropean Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championshipsare an annual series ofartistic gymnasticschampionships for male gymnasts fromEuropean countriesorganised by theEuropean 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.[1]In odd years, they are held in tandem with theEuropean Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships,and include a team competition. These events are sometimes called theEuropean 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 thegymnastics program of the European Games,whose champions are crowned as European Games champions, but not European champions.

History

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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 ItalianGiovanni Carminucci(gold), andMikhail Voroninfrom the USSR,Klaus Köstefrom the GDR andNikolai Andrianovfrom 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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-sportEuropean Championshipsevent, 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.[citation needed]

A further event, theEuropean Gamesalso 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 theEuropean Olympic Committeesand are not recognized as part of the continuity of the European Championships.[a]

Championships

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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.[2][3][4][5][6]In 2005 a new and combinedEuropean Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championshipswere 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 themulti-sport European Championshipsof those years.

Senior and Junior Men's Championships (held separately)

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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

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Year Number (S/J) Host City Events (S+J) Lead
nation (S)
Lead
nation (J)
1998 23/13 RussiaSaint Petersburg 8+2 France France
2000 24/14 GermanyBremen 8+8 Romania Russia
2002 25/15 GreecePatras 8+8 Romania Russia
2004 26/16 SloveniaLjubljana 8+8 Romania Russia
2006 27/17 GreeceVolos 7+8 Russia Germany
2008 28/18 SwitzerlandLausanne 7+8 Russia Great Britain
2010 29/19 United KingdomBirmingham 7+8 Germany Great Britain
2012 30/20 FranceMontpellier 7+8 Russia Great Britain
2014 31/21 BulgariaSofia 7+8 Russia Great Britain
2016 32/22 SwitzerlandBern 7+8 Russia Germany
2018 33/22 United KingdomGlasgow 7+8 Russia Italy
2020 34/23 TurkeyMersin 7+8 Ukraine Turkey/Ukraine
2022 35/24 GermanyMunich 8+8 * Great Britain Italy
2024 36/25 ItalyRimini 7+8 Ukraine Great Britain
Year Number
(S (M+W))
Host city Events
(SM)
Lead
nation (SM)




2005 1 HungaryDebrecen 12 Spain
2007 2 NetherlandsAmsterdam 12 Russia
2009 3 ItalyMilan 12 Germany
2011 4 GermanyBerlin 12 Germany
2013 5 RussiaMoscow 12 Russia
2015 6 FranceMontpellier 12 Great Britain
2017 7 RomaniaCluj-Napoca 12 Russia
2019 8 PolandSzczecin 12 Russia
2021 9 SwitzerlandBasel 12 Russia
2023 10 TurkeyAntalya 12 Turkey
2025 11 tbc 12

Medal table

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Seniors

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As of 2024.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Soviet Union905935184
2Russia39212989
3Ukraine20191857
4Romania19221455
5Great Britain17181550
6Italy16111946
7Greece166729
8Hungary14121743
9Bulgaria1291233
10Yugoslavia115925
11Belarus10141337
12Germany1091635
13East Germany7171741
France7171741
15Switzerland761326
16Spain74415
17Netherlands64212
18Turkey56718
19West Germany551121
20Slovenia45514
21Poland37818
22Israel36716
23Armenia36615
24Ireland3003
25Croatia27110
26Sweden24410
27Czechoslovakia2226
28Cyprus2136
29Finland14510
30Lithuania1214
31Latvia1113
32Albania1001
33Austria0112
34Azerbaijan0101
Belgium0101
Luxembourg0101
Norway0101
38Czech Republic0011
Totals (38 entries)346314320980

Juniors

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^winners are therefore described as European Games gold medalists, or European Games champions, not European Champions.

Results

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  • "European Artistic Gymnastics Championships".GymnasticsResults.com.Archived fromthe originalon 13 December 2009.Retrieved5 October2008.
  • "European Championships".Gymn-Forum.net.

References

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