1955 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The first European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships took place in 1955. In this championship, there was no team competition, only individual competitions. Only men took part, and the championship took place in Frankfurt am Main.

The Soviet Union dominated the championships, and took the top two places, with a total of five golds in the apparatus finals. Boris Shakhlin, who won a total of 14 World Championship medals and 13 Olympic medals in gymnastics, won the overall competition.

Results

Individual combined

Note: Free (FX), Pommel horse (PH), Rings (R), Vault (VT), Parallel bars (PB), High bar (HB), .

PlaceCountryNameFXPHRVTPBHBTOTAL
Soviet UnionBoris Shakhlin9.559.759.559.459.759.7557.80
Soviet UnionAlbert Azaryan9.508.509.859.559.759.6056.75
West GermanyHelmut Bantz9.409.209.559.609.759.1556.65
4
West GermanyAdalbert Dickhut9.609.159.409.759.059.3556.30
5
 LuxembourgJoseph Stoffel9.209.209.359.609.359.4556.15
6
 SwedenJean Cronstedt9.709.358.759.309.409.6056.10
7
 FranceRaymond Dot9.259.009.309.309.459.4555.75
8
 FranceMichel Mathiot9.259.259.259.359.259.2555.60

Free

Place Gymnast Points
 Czechoslovakia Vladimir Prorok 9.75
 Sweden Jan Cronstedt
 Germany Adalbert Dickhut

Pommel horse

Place Gymnast Points
 Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin 9.75
 Sweden Jan Cronstedt
 Austria Hans Sauter

Rings

Place Gymnast Points
 Soviet Union Albert Azaryan 9.85
 Germany Helmut Bantz
 Czechoslovakia Vladimir Prorok
 Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin

Vault

Place Gymnast Points
 Germany Adalbert Dickhut 9.75
 Germany Helmut Bantz
 Luxembourg Joseph Stoffel

Parallel bars

Place Gymnast Points
 Germany Helmut Bantz 9.75
 Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin 9.75
 Soviet Union Albert Azaryan 9.75

High bars

Place Gymnast Points
 Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin 9.75
 Soviet Union Albert Azaryan
 Sweden Jan Cronstedt

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)6309
2 West Germany (FRG)2226
3 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1102
4 Sweden (SWE)0303
5 Austria (AUT)0011
 Luxembourg (LUX)0011
Totals (6 nations)99422

References

  • "1955 European Championships - Men's AA". Gymn-Forum.net.
  • "1955 European Championships - Men's EF". Gymn-Forum.net.
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