European Gymnastics Championships 1959 (women)

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The second European Women's Gymnastics Championships took place in Krakow in 1959 . Ingrid Föst won the first two German EM medals with her two third places on the jump and uneven bars. For the first time, gymnasts from Austria also took part in European championships.

Attendees

Results

All-around

rank Athlete Points
1 Poland 1944Poland Natalia Kot 37,833
2 Romania 1952Romania Elena Teodorescu 37,767
3 Romania 1952Romania Sonia Iovan 37,401
4th Hungary 1957Hungary Anikó Ducza 37,300
5 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Eva Bosáková 37,267
6th Germany Democratic Republic 1949German Democratic Republic Ingrid Föst 37,234

Device finals

Leap
rank Athlete Points
1 Poland 1944Poland Natalia Kot 19,010
2 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská 18,967
3 Germany Democratic Republic 1949German Democratic Republic Ingrid Föst 18,934
Uneven bars
rank Athlete Points
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Polina Astakhova 19,467
2 Romania 1952Romania Elena Teodorescu 19,232
3 Germany Democratic Republic 1949German Democratic Republic Ingrid Föst 19,034
bar
rank Athlete Points
1 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská 19,166
2 Romania 1952Romania Sonia Iovan 18,867
3 Poland 1944Poland Natalia Kot 18,800
ground
rank Athlete Points
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Polina Astakhova 19,400
2 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Tamara Manina 19,200
3 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Eva Bosáková 19,100

Medal table

rank country Gold medal.svg Silver medal.svg Bronze medal.svg total
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 2 1 - 3
2 Poland 1944Poland Poland 2 - 1 3
3 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1 1 1 3
4th Romania 1952Romania Romania - 3 1 4th
5 Germany Democratic Republic 1949German Democratic Republic German Democratic Republic - - 2 2