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 Boris Shakhlin 9.55 9.75 9.55 9.45 9.75 9.75 57.80 Soviet Union Albert Azaryan 9.50 8.50 9.85 9.55 9.75 9.60 56.75 West Germany Helmut Bantz 9.40 9.20 9.55 9.60 9.75 9.15 56.65 West Germany Adalbert Dickhut 9.60 9.15 9.40 9.75 9.05 9.35 56.30 Joseph Stoffel 9.20 9.20 9.35 9.60 9.35 9.45 56.15 Jean Cronstedt 9.70 9.35 8.75 9.30 9.40 9.60 56.10 Raymond Dot 9.25 9.00 9.30 9.30 9.45 9.45 55.75 Michel Mathiot 9.25 9.25 9.25 9.35 9.25 9.25 55.60
Apparatus finals Floor exercise Rank Gymnast Total 9.75 9.70 9.60
Pommel horse Rank Gymnast Total 9.75 9.70 9.60
Rings Rank Gymnast Total 9.85 9.55 9.55 9.55
Vault Rank Gymnast Total 9.75 9.60
Parallel bars Rank Gymnast Total 9.75 9.75 9.75
Horizontal bar Rank Gymnast Total 9.75 9.60 9.60
Medal table
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