European Gymnastics Championships 1961 (women)

The third European Women's Gymnastics Championships took place in Leipzig in 1961 . A total of 17 nations took part in the competitions. With Ute Starke , a German gymnast won a European title for the first time.

Attendees

Bulgaria  German Democratic Republic  BR Germany  Finland  France  Yugoslavia

Luxembourg  Netherlands  Norway  Austria  Poland  Romania

Sweden  Soviet Union  Hungary  United Kingdom  Czechoslovakia

Results

All-around

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Larissa Latynina	38,500
2	Polina Astakhova	38,200
3	Věra Čáslavská	38,150
3	Ingrid Föst	38,150
5	Ute Starke	38,050

Device finals

Leap

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Ute Starke	19,350
2	Ingrid Föst	19,083
3	Natalia Kot	19,050

Uneven bars

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Polina Astakhova	19,400
2	Larissa Latynina	19,250
3	Ingrid Föst	19,100

bar

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Polina Astakhova	19,433
2	Larissa Latynina	19,317
3	Ingrid Föst	19,183
4th	Ute Starke	19,033

ground

rank	Athlete	Points
1	Larissa Latynina	19,400
2	Polina Astakhova	19,267
3	Věra Čáslavská	19,217
4th	Ute Starke	19,200
5	Ingrid Föst	19,050

Medal table

rank	country				total
1	Soviet Union	4th	4th	-	8th
2	German Democratic Republic	1	1	3	5
3	Czechoslovakia	-	-	2	2
4th	Poland	-	-	1	1