title: 1955 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
text: # 1955 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
  
  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 |
  | 4 | West Germany | Adalbert Dickhut | 9.60 | 9.15 | 9.40 | 9.75 | 9.05 | 9.35 | 56.30 |
  | 5 | Luxembourg | Joseph Stoffel | 9.20 | 9.20 | 9.35 | 9.60 | 9.35 | 9.45 | 56.15 |
  | 6 | Sweden | Jean Cronstedt | 9.70 | 9.35 | 8.75 | 9.30 | 9.40 | 9.60 | 56.10 |
  | 7 | France | Raymond Dot | 9.25 | 9.00 | 9.30 | 9.30 | 9.45 | 9.45 | 55.75 |
  | 8 | France | Michel Mathiot | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.35 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 55.60 |
  
  ### Apparatus finals
  
  **Free**
  
  | Gymnast | Points |
  | - | - |
  | Czechoslovakia Vladimir Prorok | 9.75 |
  | Sweden Jan Cronstedt | |
  | Germany Adalbert Dickhut | |
  
  **Pommel horse**
  
  | Gymnast | Points |
  | - | - |
  | Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin | 9.75 |
  | Sweden Jan Cronstedt | |
  | Austria Hans Sauter | |
  
  **Rings**
  
  | Gymnast | Points |
  | - | - |
  | Soviet Union Albert Azaryan | 9.85 |
  | Germany Helmut Bantz | |
  | Czechoslovakia Vladimir Prorok | |
  | Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin | |
  
  **Vault**
  
  | Gymnast | Points |
  | - | - |
  | Germany Adalbert Dickhut | 9.75 |
  | Germany Helmut Bantz | |
  | Luxembourg Joseph Stoffel | |
  
  **Parallel bars**
  
  | Gymnast | Points |
  | - | - |
  | Germany Helmut Bantz | 9.75 |
  | Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin | 9.75 |
  | Soviet Union Albert Azaryan | 9.75 |
  
  **High bars**
  
  | Gymnast | Points |
  | - | - |
  | Soviet Union Boris Shakhlin | 9.75 |
  | Soviet Union Albert Azaryan | |
  | Sweden Jan Cronstedt | |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
  | 2 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
  | 3 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 5 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 9 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
  