The European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships are an annual series of artistic gymnastics championships for male gymnasts from European countries organised by the European 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. In odd years, they are held in tandem with the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and historically included an individual all-around final but not a team competition. These events are sometimes called the European Individual Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Despite the alternating formats, all winners are considered European champions with one medal table.
In recent editions of both formats, the 'missing' event has been held as part of the qualification process; in the case of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, a men's individual all-around competition is held as part of the apparatus and team finals qualification stage.
The event is not to be confused with the gymnastics program of the European Games, whose champions are crowned as European Games gold medalists, but not European champions.
History
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.
As a result, there is no separate individual all-around final in even-numbered years (except for juniors), and similarly no team all-around final in odd-numbered years. These thus remain biannual events. Otherwise the apparatus and titles are identical.
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-sport European Championships event, 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.
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.winners are therefore described as European Games gold medalists, or European Games champions, not European Champions.
Championships
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. In 2005 a new and combined European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships were 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 the multi-sport European Championships of those years.
Senior and Junior Men's Championships (held separately) Number (S)YearHost CityHost countryEvents (S)1 1955 Frankfurt 72 1957 Paris 73 1959 Copenhagen 74 1961 Luxembourg 75 1963 Belgrade 76 1965 Antwerp 77 1967 Tampere 78 1969 Warsaw 79 1971 Madrid 710 1973 Grenoble 711 1975 Bern 712 1977 Vilnius 713 1979 Essen 714 1981 Rome 715 1983 Varna 716 1985 Oslo 717 1987 Moscow 718 1989 Stockholm 719 1990 Lausanne 720 1992 Budapest 721 1994 Prague 822 1996 Broendby 8Number (J)YearHost CityHost countryEvents (J)1 1978 Milan 2 1980 Lyon 3 1982 Ankara 4 1984 Rimini 5 1986 Karlsruhe 6 1988 Avignon 7 1990 Lausanne 8 1991 Athens 9 1992 Budapest 10 1993 Ghent 11 1994 Prague 12 1996 Copenhagen
Combined Senior and Junior Men's Championships YearNumber (S/J)Host CityEvents (S+J)Leadnation (S)Leadnation (J) 1998 23/13 Saint Petersburg 8+2 2000 24/14 Bremen 8+8 2002 25/15 Patras 8+8 2004 26/16 Ljubljana 8+8 2006 27/17 Volos 7+8 2008 28/18 Lausanne 7+8 2010 29/19 Birmingham 7+8 2012 30/20 Montpellier 7+8 2014 31/21 Sofia 7+8 2016 32/22 Bern 7+8 2018 33/22 Glasgow 7+8 2020 34/23 Mersin 7+8 / 2022 35/24 Munich 8+8 * 2024 36/25 Rimini 8+8 2026 37/26 Zagreb 8+8 / 2028 38/27 Athens 8+8
Men's and Women's Senior Individual Championships
Medal table Seniors As of 2026.
Juniors
See also European Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Men's individual all-around European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
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Results
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