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.

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.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

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]}

Seniors and Juniors

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 Göteborg  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 5+6

Medal table

Seniors

As of 2023.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Romania	55	55	46	156
2	Soviet Union	55	35	25	115
3	Russia	41	34	30	105
4	Great Britain	15	21	8	44
5	Ukraine	12	10	23	45
6	East Germany	11	16	20	47
7	Czechoslovakia	11	2	10	23
8	Italy	10	10	10	30
9	France	10	7	11	28
10	Switzerland	7	1	5	13
11	Hungary	6	3	6	15
12	Netherlands	3	10	7	20
13	Germany	3	4	6	13
14	Sweden	2	4	2	8
15	Yugoslavia	2	2	2	6
16	Belgium	2	1	3	6
17	Poland	2	0	2	4
18	Belarus	1	2	1	4
19	Spain	0	3	5	8
20	Bulgaria	0	3	3	6
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)		248	226	230	704

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

Results

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

References