The 31st European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held from 19 to 25 May 2014 at the Arena Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria. They were held in conjunction with the 2014 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships, which ended 18 May in the same arena. It was the fourth time the senior and junior women's and men's European championships had been held in one location, which posed logistical difficulties for the organizers; there were also issues with installing the podiums and apparatuses. For team events, five gymnasts were on each team; for seniors, three gymnasts competed on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total, while for juniors, four gymnasts could compete on each apparatus, with the top three scores counting.
327 gymnasts, 177 senior and 150 junior, from 39 countries competed at the event. The event functioned as a qualification for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and for the 2015 European Games.
The junior team from Great Britain won a fourth consecutive junior team gold despite two falls in the final apparatus rotation. In the individual all-around, Nile Wilson won gold by more than a point with the highest scores on the high bar and floor. He won a further three events in the apparatus finals, pommel horse, parallel bars, and high bar, for a total of five golds at the competition.
In the senior event, the Russian team won gold, with the British team in second and the Ukrainian team winning bronze. Denis Ablyazin from Russia won three further gold medals in the apparatus finals (floor, rings, and vault). Oleg Verniaiev won the parallel bars final, while Max Whitlock won the pommel horse final. In the high bar final, Epke Zonderland, the reigning Olympic and World champion on the event, won by more than a point.
Schedule The competition schedule is as follows (all times are local, EEST, UTC+03:00).
Wednesday, 21 May 2014 10:00–20:30 Junior team final and individual qualifying session
Thursday, 22 May 2014 10:00–20:15 Senior qualifying session
Friday, 23 May 2014 17:00–19:15 Junior all-around final
Saturday, 24 May 2014 14:30–17:00 Senior team final
Sunday, 25 May 2014 10:00–12:40 Junior individual event finals 15:00–18:55 Senior individual event finals
Medalists Seniors Denis AblyazinNikolai KuksenkovNikita IgnatyevAleksandr BalandinDavid Belyavskiy Daniel PurvisDaniel KeatingsSam OldhamKristian ThomasMax Whitlock Oleg VerniaievIhor RadivilovMaksym SemiankivAndrii SienichkinVolodymyr Okachev none awarded Juniors Brinn BevanJoe FraserGiarnni Regini-MoranGaius ThompsonNile Wilson Artur DalaloyanSergei EltcovNikita NagornyyKirill PotapovValentin Starikov Rémi ClercPaul DegouyZachari HrimècheKillian MermetBaptiste Miette
Senior Results The British team lead the Russian one by almost three points in the qualification round. The Dutch team advanced to the final round for the first time at the European championships. In the final, the Russian team pulled ahead of the British team by two points to win.
Team 46.299 (1) 42.499 (3) 46.199 (1) 44.198 (2) 44.698 (4) 44.066 (3) 267.959 Denis Ablyazin 15.833 15.500 15.366 Aleksandr Balandin 15.633 David Belyavskiy 15.466 13.200 15.166 15.266 14.600 Nikita Ignatyev 15.000 14.166 13.666 14.566 14.633 Nikolai Kuksenkov 15.133 15.066 14.866 14.833 45.900 (2) 45.141 (1) 42.782 (7) 43.565 (5) 44.433 (6) 44.132 (2) 265.953 Daniel Keatings 15.008 15.200 Sam Oldham 14.783 14.966 14.500 15.000 Daniel Purvis 15.200 13.933 14.333 14.633 Kristian Thomas 15.000 13.966 14.866 Max Whitlock 15.700 16.200 13.666 14.733 14.266 43.481 (4) 43.066 (2) 43.900 (4) 43.783 (4) 44.857 (2) 42.999 (5) 262.087 Volodymyr Okachev 14.533 13.666 Igor Radivilov 14.266 15.300 14.700 Maksym Semiankiv 14.116 14.466 13.700 14.733 14.733 Andrii Sienichkin 14.200 14.300 Oleg Verniaiev 15.100 14.400 14.900 14.783 15.591 14.600 4 43.066 (5) 41.566 (5) 44.166 (3) 44.507 (1) 44.274 (7) 43.132 (4) 260.711 Andreas Bretschneider 13.700 15.066 14.533 Fabian Hambuechen 15.266 13.500 14.633 14.966 15.366 Sebastian Krimmer 14.100 14.433 14.100 13.233 Marcel Nguyen 15.000 14.800 15.108 Andreas Toba 13.633 14.533 14.741 5 43.532 (3) 41.665 (4) 44.432 (2) 42.132 (7) 45.199 (1) 41.932 (6) 258.892 Samir Aït Saïd 14.366 15.000 14.733 Kevin Antoniotti 14.700 14.233 15.066 12.866 Hamilton Sabot 12.466 14.366 15.433 14.800 Cyril Tommasone 14.466 14.133 14.466 13.166 14.466 Arnaud Willig 14.466 14.133 14.466 13.166 14.466 6 41.233 (8) 40.932 (7) 43.433 (5) 44.166 (3) 41.933 (8) 45.282 (1) 256.979 Bart Deurloo 14.400 14.100 14.100 14.733 14.100 14.891 Casimir Schmidt 14.100 13.566 13.900 14.800 12.533 Yuri Van Gelder 15.433 Jeffrey Wammes 12.733 14.633 14.758 Epke Zonderland 13.266 15.300 15.633 7 42.175 (6) 39.866 (8) 42.899 (6) 43.366 (6) 44.840 (3) 39.733 (8) 252.779 Ioan Cristian Bățagă 14.400 13.733 14.500 14.600 13.333 Marius Berbecar 12.000 13.766 15.666 Andrei Vasile Muntean 14.000 15.166 14.900 14.833 14.000 Ioan Laurentiu Nistor 13.233 12.400 A. A. Ursache 13.775 14.133 14.341 8 42.133 (7) 41.333 (6) 41.900 (8) 40.933 (8) 44.599 (5) 41.774 (7) 252.672 Dzmitry Barkalau 14.400 14.000 14.400 14.075 Pavel Bulauski 13.833 13.600 13.500 Andrey Likhovitsky 13.900 14.333 14.100 13.033 14.800 14.666 Vasili Mikhalitsyn 13.000 14.200 14.566 Alexander Tsarevich 15.233 13.033
Floor Exercise 7.1 8.600 15.700 6.6 8.933 15.533 6.5 8.900 15.400 6.5 8.900 15.400 5 6.7 8.733 -0.1 15.333 6 6.4 8.841 15.241 7 6.4 8.500 14.900 8 6.5 8.366 14.866
Pommel Horse 7.3 8.866 16.166 6.9 8.733 15.633 6.5 8.966 15.466 4 7.1 8.233 15.333 5 6.7 7.433 14.133 6 6.4 7.600 14.000 7 6.4 7.366 13.766 8 6.1 7.166 13.266
Still Rings 6.8 9.000 15.800 6.9 8.900 15.800 6.8 8.966 15.766 4 6.6 9.100 15.700 5 6.6 9.000 15.600 5 6.8 8.800 15.600 7 6.7 8.333 15.033 8 6.4 7.808 14.208
Vault 6.0 9.200 15.200 6.2 8.900 15.100 15.150 6.0 9.000 15.000 6.0 9.100 15.100 15.050 6.0 9.300 15.300 6.0 8.633 -0.1 14.533 14.916 4 5.6 9.400 15.000 5.6 9.166 -0.1 14.666 14.833 4 5.6 9.400 15.000 5.6 9.166 -0.1 14.666 14.833 6 5.6 9.333 14.933 6.0 8.633 -0.1 14.533 14.733 7 5.6 8.700 -0.3 14.000 5.2 9.266 14.466 14.233 8 5.6 8.000 13.600 0.0 0.000 0.000 6.800
Parallel Bars 6.8 9.166 15.966 6.6 8.966 15.566 6.5 9.033 15.533 4 6.5 8.466 14.966 5 5.8 8.400 14.200 6 6.2 7.966 14.166 7 4.6 7.966 12.566 8 4.8 7.300 12.100
Horizontal Bar 7.3 8.566 15.866 6.5 8.366 14.866 6.5 8.308 14.808 4 6.2 8.600 14.800 5 6.3 8.466 14.766 6 6.2 8.300 14.500 7 5.2 6.566 11.766 8 2.4 8.725 -6.0 5.125
Junior Results Team The junior team competition also served as the qualifying round for the all-around finals as well as the junior event finals. The format of the competition included four gymnasts per team competing on each event with the highest three scores counting towards the team total. The highest scoring all-around and event gymnasts advanced to finals. 42.832 (1) 39.866 (2) 42.366 (2) 44.033 (1) 43.732 (1) 41.265 (1) 254.094 Brinn Bevan 13.858 13.333 14.200 14.366 14.533 13.566 Joe Fraser 12.933 13.666 14.000 Giarnni Regini-Moran 14.366 14.900 14.133 13.266 Gaius Thompson 14.333 12.800 13.966 14.600 13.666 Nile Wilson 14.133 13.600 14.200 14.533 15.066 14.033 42.266 (3) 40.866 (1) 42.566 (1) 43.633 (2) 42.965 (2) 40.099 (4) 252.395 Artur Dalaloyan 14.133 14.200 14.900 12.433 Sergei Eltcov 13.633 13.900 Nikita Nagornyy 13.866 13.366 14.200 14.433 13.966 13.433 Kirill Potapov 14.000 13.700 14.033 14.300 14.333 13.633 Valentin Starikov 14.133 13.533 14.166 14.200 14.666 13.033 41.465 (5) 38.132 (6) 40.382 (7) 43.633 (2) 42.316 (3) 40.474 (2) 246.402 Remi Clerc 13.766 11.200 13.733 14.400 14.000 13.200 Paul Degouy 13.733 12.766 13.716 14.433 14.133 13.466 Zachari Hrimeche 13.966 12.566 12.933 14.800 13.033 13.808 Killian Mermet 13.400 14.183 Baptiste Miette 12.800 12.866 14.100 12.933 4 42.699 (2) 37.999 (7) 41.165 (4) 42.633 (4) 41.366 (4) 40.332 (3) 246.194 Sascha Alexander Coradi 14.233 12.600 13.733 14.500 13.766 13.533 Andreas Gribi 12.933 13.800 Silas Kipfer 14.266 13.566 14.433 13.200 Adrian Nestor Pfiffner 13.566 12.333 13.866 13.700 13.733 13.533 Marco Pfyl 14.200 12.466 13.500 12.866 13.800 13.266 5 40.865 (11) 39.800 (3) 40.599 (5) 41.898 (9) 40.974 (9) 39.999 (5) 244.135 Nicola Bartolini 14.166 13.300 12.966 14.366 13.766 13.333 Simone Bresolin 13.600 12.200 13.266 Matteo Levantesi 13.533 13.766 13.608 13.400 Andrea Russo 12.733 12.700 13.933 13.433 13.366 13.033 Marco Sarrugerio 13.166 12.900 13.700 13.766 13.600 6 41.466 (4) 39.291 (4) 41.233 (3) 41.500 (10) 39.232 (15) 38.499 (13) 241.221 Artem Dolgopyat 14.033 10.800 12.666 13.600 13.166 12.500 Eyal Glazer 13.633 13.500 14.400 12.633 12.866 12.866 Yair Shechter 13.533 13.233 13.400 12.475 13.133 Michael Sorokine 13.800 12.358 14.500 Moran Yanuka 13.433 13.600 13.200 12.166 7 41.233 (6) 37.498 (10) 39.999 (9) 42.632 (5) 40.399 (12) 39.424 (6) 241.185 Florian Landuyt 13.233 13.066 13.300 14.766 12.566 12.500 Bernard Pire 11.766 13.166 13.466 13.366 Iliaz Pyncket 11.533 13.366 Luka van den Keybus 13.600 11.266 13.033 13.500 13.733 12.958 Jonathan Vrolix 14.400 11.033 13.666 14.366 13.300 13.100 8 40.933 (8) 37.432 (11) 39.333 (14) 42.298 (8) 40.991 (8) 39.241 (8) 240.228 Krisztian Boncser 11.933 14.166 13.425 Norbert Dudas 13.033 12.433 13.900 13.766 13.500 12.683 Mark Feher 13.500 11.100 13.633 Botond Kardos 13.900 12.866 13.500 14.366 13.858 13.133 Kornel Vida 13.533 12.133 11.866 12.500 13.283 11.433
Individual All-Around 14.666 13.766 14.016 14.266 13.666 14.266 84.646 14.283 13.533 13.700 14.733 14.200 13.091 83.540 13.266 13.700 14.233 14.400 13.500 13.833 82.932 14.100 12.891 13.633 14.600 13.833 13.666 82.723 14.333 13.233 13.166 14.733 13.733 12.933 82.131 13.733 12.866 13.866 14.533 13.533 13.133 81.664 13.633 12.933 13.725 14.400 13.050 13.833 81.574 13.900 13.033 13.200 14.266 13.400 13.566 81.365 14.166 12.758 13.391 14.300 13.366 13.333 81.314 10 13.833 12.833 13.600 14.400 13.533 12.900 81.099 11 14.000 11.933 13.200 14.600 13.233 13.758 80.724 12 13.325 13.466 13.233 13.266 14.066 13.333 80.698 13 14.066 12.833 12.466 14.066 13.700 13.166 80.297 14 13.933 12.466 13.266 14.166 13.400 13.033 80.26415 13.693 13.383 14.100 14.366 12.741 11.166 79.739 16 13.400 12.500 13.566 13.366 13.400 13.500 79.732 17 13.183 13.066 13.633 13.366 13.000 13.266 79.514 18 12.800 13.300 13.500 12.900 13.633 13.233 79.366 19 14.108 13.691 12.833 14.233 12.933 11.433 79.231 20 13.600 13.566 12.333 13.966 13.233 12.433 79.131 21 13.083 12.333 13.166 13.933 13.333 12.966 78.814 22 12.166 13.333 14.075 12.733 12.933 13.100 78.340 23 12.633 11.500 13.633 13.400 13.066 12.166 76.398 24 14.000 10.200 13.366 13.958 11.566 12.500 75.590
Floor Exercise 5.8 8.900 14.700 5.4 9.100 14.500 5.3 9.166 14.466 4 5.4 8.908 14.308 5 5.4 8.833 14.233 6 5.2 9.033 14.233 7 5.6 8.100 -0.3 13.400 8 5.2 7.966 13.166
Pommel Horse 5.5 8.700 14.200 5.2 8.825 14.025 4.9 9.016 13.916 4 5.3 8.533 13.833 5 4.6 9.183 13.783 6 5.2 8.533 13.733 7 5.0 8.700 13.700 8 5.3 7.333 12.633
Still Rings 5.5 8.933 14.433 5.0 9.100 14.100 5.3 8.666 13.966 4 5.1 8.800 13.900 5 4.8 8.916 13.716 6 4.8 8.800 13.600 7 5.2 8.233 13.433 8 4.8 8.233 13.033 9 5.0 7.633 12.633
Vault 5.6 9.300 14.900 5.6 9.366 14.966 14.933 5.6 9.266 14.866 5.2 9.400 14.600 14.733 5.6 9.033 14.633 5.2 9.100 14.300 14.466 5.6 9.200 14.800 5.2 8.933 14.133 14.466 5 5.6 8.100 -0.1 13.600 5.2 9.100 14.300 13.950 6 5.6 8.033 -0.3 13.333 5.2 9.166 14.366 13.849 7 5.6 7.966 13.566 5.2 8.966 -0.1 14.066 13.816 8 5.2 9.400 14.600 5.2 7.866 -0.1 12.966 13.763
Parallel Bars 5.8 9.000 14.800 5.4 9.333 14.733 5.6 8.566 14.166 4 5.7 8.400 14.100 5 4.7 8.533 13.233 6 5.3 7.900 13.200 7 5.1 8.075 13.175 8 5.2 7.166 12.366
Horizontal Bar 5.4 8.766 14.166 5.2 8.633 13.833 5.1 8.566 13.666 4 4.9 8.700 13.600 5 5.2 8.133 13.333 6 4.9 8.400 13.300 7 4.8 7.666 12.466 8 4.8 6.033 10.833
Qualification Seniors Team competition