1955 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

none 1st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships 10 April 1955 11 April 1955 Frankfurt, West Germany 1957 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), . Place Country Name FX PH R VT PB HB TOTAL Soviet Union Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin 9.55 9.75 9.55 9.45 9.75 9.75 57.80 Soviet Union Soviet Union Albert Azaryan 9.50 8.50 9.85 9.55 9.75 9.60 56.75 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 Floor exercise Rank Gymnast  Total Vladimír Prorok TCH 9.75 Jan Cronstedt SWE 9.70 Adalbert Dickhut GER 9.60 Pommel horse Rank Gymnast  Total Boris Shakhlin URS 9.75 Jan Cronstedt SWE 9.70 Hans Sauter AUT 9.60 Rings Rank Gymnast  Total Albert Azaryan URS 9.85 Helmut Bantz GER 9.55 Vladimír Prorok TCH 9.55 Boris Shakhlin URS 9.55 Vault Rank Gymnast  Total Adalbert Dickhut GER 9.75 Helmut Bantz GER 9.60 Joseph Stoffel LUX Parallel bars Rank Gymnast  Total Helmut Bantz GER 9.75 Boris Shakhlin URS 9.75 Albert Azaryan URS 9.75 Horizontal bar Rank Gymnast  Total Boris Shakhlin URS 9.75 Albert Azaryan URS 9.60 Jan Cronstedt SWE 9.60 Medal table 6 3 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 References http://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/EChamps/Men/1955_aa.html 1955 European Championships - Men's AA Gymn-Forum.net http://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/EChamps/Men/1955_ef.html 1955 European Championships - Men's EF Gymn-Forum.net Category:European Artistic Gymnastics Championships European Mens Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 1955 Category:1955 in West German sport Category:International gymnastics competitions hosted by West Germany Category:Sports competitions in Frankfurt