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1955 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

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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

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Individual combined

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

Place Country Name FX PH R VT PB HB TOTAL
Gold
Soviet Union Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin 9.55 9.75 9.55 9.45 9.75 9.75 57.80
Silver
Soviet Union Soviet Union Albert Azaryan 9.50 8.50 9.85 9.55 9.75 9.60 56.75
Bronze
Germany West Germany Helmut Bantz 9.40 9.20 9.55 9.60 9.75 9.15 56.65
4
Germany West Germany Adalbert Dickhut 9.60 9.15 9.40 9.75 9.05 9.35 56.30
5
Luxembourg Joseph Stoffel 9.20 9.20 9.35 9.60 9.35 9.45 56.15
6
Sweden Jean Cronstedt 9.70 9.35 8.75 9.30 9.40 9.60 56.10
7
France Raymond Dot 9.25 9.00 9.30 9.30 9.45 9.45 55.75
8
France Michel Mathiot 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.35 9.25 9.25 55.60

Apparatus finals

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Free

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

Pommel horse

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

Rings

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

Vault

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

Parallel bars

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

High bars

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

Medal table

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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 entries)99422

References

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