European Gymnastics Championships 1955

The first men's gymnastics European championships took place in 1955 in Frankfurt am Main . A total of 35 gymnasts from 20 nations took part in the competitions. The dominant nation was the Soviet Union , which won six gold medals, followed by the West German team with two first places.

Attendees

Belgium  Bulgaria  BR Germany  Finland  France  Italy  Yugoslavia

Luxembourg  Norway  Austria  Portugal  Saarland  Sweden

Switzerland  Spain  Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union  Hungary  United Kingdom

Results

All-around

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Boris Schachlin	57,800
2	Albert Azarianan	56,750
3	Helmut Bantz	56,650
4th	Adalbert Dickhut	56,300
...
11	Jack Günthard	54,850
14th	Hans Sauter	54,150
23	Hans Eugster	50,950
30th	Heinz Osteheimer	47,100
31	Alfred Wiederspoon	46,700

Apparatus finals men

Horizontal bar

rank	athlete	Points
1	Boris Schachlin	9,750
2	Albert Azarianan
2	Jan Cronstedt

Ingots

rank	athlete	Points
1	Helmut Bantz	9,750
1	Boris Schachlin	9,750
1	Albert Azarianan	9,750

Leap

rank	athlete	Points
1	Adalbert Dickhut	9,750
2	Helmut Bantz
3	Joseph Stoffel

Rings

rank	athlete	Points
1	Albert Azarianan	9,850
2	Helmut Bantz
2	Vladimir Prorok
2	Boris Schachlin

Pommel horse

rank	athlete	Points
1	Boris Schachlin	9,750
2	Jan Cronstedt
3	Hans Sauter

ground

rank	athlete	Points
1	Vladimir Prorok	9,750
2	Jan Cronstedt
3	Adalbert Dickhut

Medal table

rank	country				total
1	Soviet Union	6th	3	-	9
2	BR Germany	2	2	2	6th
3	Czechoslovakia	1	1	-	2
4th	Sweden	-	3	-	3
5	Luxembourg	-	-	1	1
5	Austria	-	-	1	1