Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships

The Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships are the European championships for the sport of rhythmic gymnastics. They were first held in 1978. The European Championships and the European Junior Championships were united in 1993.^[1] Prior to 2006, they were called the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. The competition is organised by the European Union of Gymnastics.

Editions

Year	Edition	Host City	Country	Events
1978	1	Madrid	Spain	5
1980	2	Amsterdam	Netherlands	8
1982	3	Stavanger	Norway	8
1984	4	Vienna	Austria	10
1986	5	Florence	Italy	11
1987	1 (junior)	Athens	Greece
1988	6	Helsinki	Finland	18
1989	2 (junior)	Tenerife	Spain
1990	7	Gothenburg	Sweden	12
1991	3 (junior)	Lisbon	Portugal
1992	8	Stuttgart	Germany	16
1993	9	Bucharest	Romania
1994	10	Thessaloniki	Greece
1995	11	Prague	Czech Republic
1996	12	Asker	Norway
1997	13	Patras	Greece
1998	14	Porto	Portugal
1999	15	Budapest	Hungary	8
2000	16	Zaragoza	Spain
2001	17	Geneva	Switzerland	7
2002	18	Granada	Spain
2003	19	Riesa	Germany
2004	20	Kiev	Ukraine	2
2005	21	Moscow	Russia
2006	22	Moscow	Russia	9
2007	23	Baku	Azerbaijan	6
2008	24	Turin	Italy	9
2009	25	Baku	Azerbaijan	6
2010	26	Bremen	Germany	9
2011	27	Minsk	Belarus	7
2012	28	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	9
2013	29	Vienna	Austria	7
2014	30	Baku	Azerbaijan	7
2015	31	Minsk	Belarus	9
2016	32	Holon	Israel	9
2017	33	Budapest	Hungary	6
2018	34	Guadalajara	Spain	9
2019	35	Baku	Azerbaijan
2020	36	Kiev	Ukraine

Medalists

Team

Individual All-Around Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1990	Göteborg, Sweden	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Spain
1992	Stuttgart, Germany	Bulgaria	Belarus	Spain Russia
1994	Thessalonika, Greece	Ukraine	Belarus	Bulgaria
1996	Asker, Norway	Ukraine	Belarus	Bulgaria
1998	Porto, Portugal	Belarus	Ukraine	Russia
2000	Zaragoza, Spain	Russia	Belarus	Germany
2002	Granada, Spain	Russia	Ukraine	Bulgaria
2004	Kiev, Ukraine	Russia	Ukraine	Belarus
2005	Moscow, Russia	Russia	Ukraine	Belarus
2007	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia	Ukraine	Azerbaijan
2009	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia	Azerbaijan	Ukraine
2011	Minsk, Belarus	Russia	Belarus	Ukraine
2013	Vienna, Austria	Russia	Ukraine	Belarus
2015	Minsk, Belarus	Russia	Belarus	Ukraine
2017	Budapest, Hungary	Russia	Belarus	Bulgaria
2018	Guadalajara, Spain	Russia	Ukraine	Bulgaria

Senior Individual

Senior All-Around

Individual All-Around Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1978	Madrid, Spain	Galima Shugurova	Irina Deriugina	Susana Mendizábal
1980	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Iliana Raeva	Lilia Ignatova	Inessa Lisovskaya
1982	Stavanger, Norway	Dalia Kutkaitė Anelia Ralenkova	None awarded	Iliana Raeva
1984	Vienna, Austria	Galina Beloglazova Anelia Ralenkova	None awarded	Dilyana Georgieva
1986	Florence, Italy	Lilia Ignatova Bianka Panova	None awarded	Galina Beloglazova
1988	Helsinki, Finland	Adriana Dunavska Elizabeth Koleva Olexandra Timoshenko	None awarded	None awarded
1990	Göteborg, Sweden	Julia Baicheva Olexandra Timoshenko	None awarded	Oksana Skaldina
1992	Stuttgart, Germany	Maria Petrova	Olexandra Timoshenko	Oxana Kostina
1994	Thessalonika, Greece	Maria Petrova	Olena Vitrichenko	Amina Zaripova
1996	Asker, Norway	Kateryna Serebrianska	Yanina Batyrchina	Amina Zaripova
1997	Patras, Greece	Olena Vitrichenko	Tatiana Ogrizko	Kateryna Serebrianska
1998	Porto, Portugal	Alina Kabaeva	Evgenia Pavlina	Yanina Batyrchina
1999	Budapest, Hungary	Alina Kabaeva	Yulia Raskina	Eva Serrano
2000	Zaragoza, Spain	Alina Kabaeva	Yulia Raskina	Yulia Barsoukova
2002	Granada, Spain	Alina Kabaeva	Tamara Yerofeeva	Anna Bessonova
2004	Kiev, Ukraine	Alina Kabaeva	Anna Bessonova	Irina Tchachina
2006	Moscow, Russia	Vera Sessina	Alina Kabaeva	Anna Bessonova
2008	Turin, Italy	Evgenia Kanaeva	Anna Bessonova	Olga Kapranova
2010	Bremen, Germany	Evgenia Kanaeva	Daria Kondakova	Aliya Garayeva
2012	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	Evgenia Kanaeva	Alexandra Merkulova	Aliya Garayeva
2014	Baku, Azerbaijan	Yana Kudryavtseva	Melitina Staniouta	Ganna Rizatdinova
2016	Holon, Israel	Yana Kudryavtseva	Margarita Mamun	Ganna Rizatdinova
2018	Guadalajara, Spain	Arina Averina	Dina Averina	Katsiaryna Halkina

Rope

Individual Rope Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1978	Madrid, Spain	Galima Shugurova	Irina Deriugina	Christine Gurova
1980	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Iliana Raeva	Elena Tomas	Daniela Bosanska
1982	Stavanger, Norway	Anelia Ralenkova	Iliana Raeva Irina Devina	None awarded
1986	Florence, Italy	Lilia Ignatova Bianka Panova	None awarded	Marina Lobatch
1988	Helsinki, Finland	Elizabeth Koleva Marina Lobatch Olexandra Timoshenko	None awarded	None awarded
1990	Göteborg, Sweden	Oksana Skaldina	Olexandra Timoshenko	Julia Baicheva Dimitrinka Todorova
1992	Stuttgart, Germany	Oxana Kostina	Olexandra Timoshenko	Maria Petrova
1994	Thessalonika, Greece	Olena Vitrichenko	Julia Rosliakova	Diana Popova
1996	Asker, Norway	Kateryna Serebrianska	Tatiana Ogrizko	Larissa Lukyanenko Diana Popova Olena Vitrichenko
1997	Patras, Greece	Kateryna Serebrianska	Yanina Batyrchina Eva Serrano	None awarded
1998	Porto, Portugal	Yanina Batyrchina	Kateryna Serebrianska	Olena Vitrichenko
1999	Budapest, Hungary	Yulia Barsoukova	Olena Vitrichenko	Alina Kabaeva
2000	Zaragoza, Spain	Yulia Barsoukova	Tamara Yerofeeva	Alina Kabaeva
2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Irina Tchachina	Alina Kabaeva	Elena Tkachenko
2005	Moscow, Russia	Olga Kapranova Irina Tchachina	None awarded	Anna Bessonova
2007	Baku, Azerbaijan	Aliya Garayeva	Vera Sessina	Olga Kapranova
2009	Baku, Azerbaijan	Evgenia Kanaeva	Vera Sessina	Anna Bessonova

Hoop

Individual Hoop Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Iliana Raeva	Lilia Ignatova	Carmen Rischer
1982	Stavanger, Norway	Anelia Ralenkova	Dalia Kutkaitė	Irina Devina Iliana Raeva
1984	Vienna, Austria	Lilia Ignatova Anelia Ralenkova	None awarded	Galina Beloglazova
1988	Helsinki, Finland	Adriana Dunavska Bianka Panova Olexandra Timoshenko	None awarded	None awarded
1990	Göteborg, Sweden	Oksana Skaldina	Julia Baicheva Olexandra Timoshenko	None awarded
1992	Stuttgart, Germany	Oxana Kostina Larissa Lukyanenko Oksana Skaldina Olexandra Timoshenko	None awarded	None awarded
1994	Thessalonika, Greece	Olena Vitrichenko	Maria Petrova	Amina Zaripova
1997	Patras, Greece	Olena Vitrichenko	Tatiana Ogrizko Maria Pagalou	None awarded
1998	Porto, Portugal	Kateryna Serebrianska	Yanina Batyrchina	Eva Serrano
1999	Budapest, Hungary	Alina Kabaeva	Yulia Raskina	Yulia Barsoukova
2000	Zaragoza, Spain	Alina Kabaeva Eva Serrano	None awarded	Yulia Barsukova
2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Alina Kabaeva	Irina Tchachina	Tamara Yerofeeva
2003	Riesa, Germany	Anna Bessonova	Zarina Gizikova	Tamara Yerofeeva
2007	Baku, Azerbaijan	Olga Kapranova	Anna Bessonova	Vera Sessina
2009	Baku, Azerbaijan	Evgenia Kanaeva	Vera Sessina	Anna Bessonova
2011	Minsk, Belarus	Evgenia Kanaeva	Daria Kondakova	Liubov Charkashyna
2013	Vienna, Austria	Daria Svatkovskaya	Margarita Mamun	Melitina Staniouta
2015	Minsk, Belarus	Margarita Mamun	Melitina Staniouta	Katsiaryna Halkina
2017	Budapest, Hungary	Dina Averina	Aleksandra Soldatova	Linoy Ashram

Ball

Individual Ball Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1978	Madrid, Spain	Irina Deriugina	Galima Shugurova	Christine Gurova
1984	Vienna, Austria	Anelia Ralenkova	Galina Beloglazova Dalia Kutkaite Lilia Ignatova	None awarded
1986	Florence, Italy	Galina Beloglazova Tatiana Drutchinina Adriana Dunavska	None awarded	None awarded
1990	Göteborg, Sweden	Oksana Skaldina Olexandra Timoshenko	Julia Baicheva Irina Deleanu	None awarded
1992	Stuttgart, Germany	Oxana Kostina Olexandra Timoshenko	Larissa Lukyanenko Dimitrinka Todorova	None awarded
1994	Thessalonika, Greece	Kateryna Serebrianska Amina Zaripova	None awarded	Larissa Lukyanenko Maria Petrova
1996	Asker, Norway	Kateryna Serebrianska	Yanina Batyrchina Olena Vitrichenko	None awarded
1999	Budapest, Hungary	Olena Vitrichenko	Yulia Barsukova	Eva Serrano
2000	Zaragoza, Spain	Alina Kabaeva Yulia Raskina	None awarded	Yulia Barsukova
2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Alina Kabaeva	Irina Tchachina	Elena Tkachenko
2003	Riesa, Germany	Zarina Gizikova	Anna Bessonova	Inna Zhukova
2005	Moscow, Russia	Olga Kapranova	Anna Bessonova	Inna Zhukova
2009	Baku, Azerbaijan	Evgenia Kanaeva	Anna Bessonova	Anna Gurbanova
2011	Minsk, Belarus	Liubov Charkashyna	Evgenia Kanaeva	Daria Dmitrieva
2013	Vienna, Austria	Yana Kudryavtseva	Margarita Mamun	Sylvia Miteva
2015	Minsk, Belarus	Yana Kudryavtseva	Margarita Mamun	Melitina Staniouta
2017	Budapest, Hungary	Arina Averina	Aleksandra Soldatova	Alina Harnasko

Clubs

Individual Clubs Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Lilia Ignatova Iliana Raeva	Inessa Lisovskaya	None awarded
1982	Stavanger, Norway	Dalia Kutkaitė	Anelia Ralenkova	Irina Devina Iliana Raeva
1984	Vienna, Austria	Diliana Gueorguieva Anelia Ralenkova	None awarded	Galina Beloglazova Dalia Kutkaitė
1986	Florence, Italy	Lilia Ignatova Bianka Panova	None awarded	Galina Beloglazova
1988	Helsinki, Finland	Adriana Dunavska Olexandra Timoshenko	None awarded	Elizabeth Koleva Marina Lobatch
1992	Stuttgart, Germany	Oxana Kostina Oksana Skaldina Olexandra Timoshenko	None awarded	None awarded
1994	Thessalonika, Greece	Kateryna Serebrianska Olena Vitrichenko	None awarded	Amina Zaripova
1996	Asker, Norway	Amina Zaripova	Kateryna Serebrianska	Natalia Lipkovskaya Olena Vitrichenko
1997	Patras, Greece	Natalia Lipkovskaya	Yanina Batyrchina Tatiana Ogrizko Kateryna Serebrianska	None awarded
1998	Porto, Portugal	Olena Vitrichenko	Eva Serrano	Yulia Raskina
2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Alina Kabaeva	Irina Tchachina	Tamara Yerofeeva
2003	Riesa, Germany	Anna Bessonova	Tamara Yerofeeva	Simona Peycheva
2005	Moscow, Russia	Irina Tchachina	Olga Kapranova	Anna Bessonova
2007	Baku, Azerbaijan	Vera Sessina	Olga Kapranova	Anna Bessonova
2011	Minsk, Belarus	Liubov Charkashyna	Neta Rivkin	Alina Maskymenko
2013	Vienna, Austria	Yana Kudryavtseva	Margarita Mamun	Melitina Staniouta
2015	Minsk, Belarus	Yana Kudryavtseva	Ganna Rizatdinova	Katsiaryna Halkina Melitina Staniouta
2017	Budapest, Hungary	Arina Averina	Dina Averina	Linoy Ashram

Ribbon

Individual Ribbon Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1978	Madrid, Spain	Galima Shugurova	Daniela Bosanska Irina Deriugina	None awarded
1980	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Lilia Ignatova	Iliana Raeva	Inessa Lisovskaya
1982	Stavanger, Norway	Lilia Ignatova Dalia Kutkaitė	None awarded	Iliana Raeva
1984	Vienna, Austria	Galina Beloglazova Dilyana Georgieva	None awarded	Anelia Ralenkova
1986	Florence, Italy	Galina Beloglazova	Lilia Ignatova Bianka Panova	None awarded
1988	Helsinki, Finland	Adriana Dunavska Bianka Panova Marina Lobatch	None awarded	None awarded
1990	Göteborg, Sweden	Oksana Skaldina	Julia Baicheva	Dimitrinka Todorova
1996	Asker, Norway	Kateryna Serebrianska	Larissa Lukyanenko	Tatiana Ogrizko Diana Popova
1997	Patras, Greece	Yanina Batyrchina	Maria Pagalou Eva Serrano Kateryna Serebrianska Olena Vitrichenko	None awarded
1998	Porto, Portugal	Evgenia Pavlina	Yanina Batyrchina	Kateryna Serebrianska
1999	Budapest, Hungary	Olena Vitrichenko	Alina Kabaeva	Yulia Raskina
2000	Zaragoza, Spain	Alina Kabaeva	Eva Serrano	Yulia Raskina
2003	Riesa, Germany	Anna Bessonova	Inna Zhukova	Tamara Yerofeeva
2005	Moscow, Russia	Natalia Godunko	Anna Bessonova	Inna Zhukova
2007	Baku, Azerbaijan	Evgenia Kanaeva	Anna Bessonova	Vera Sessina
2009	Baku, Azerbaijan	Evgenia Kanaeva	Vera Sessina	Anna Bessonova
2011	Minsk, Belarus	Evgenia Kanaeva	Daria Kondakova	Sylvia Miteva
2013	Vienna, Austria	Margarita Mamun	Yana Kudryavtseva	Sylvia Miteva
2015	Minsk, Belarus	Yana Kudryavtseva	Melitina Staniouta	Marina Durunda
2017	Budapest, Hungary	Dina Averina	Katrin Taseva	Neviana Vladinova

Senior Groups

All-Around

Group All-Around Medalists
Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1978	Madrid, Spain	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
1980	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
1982	Stavanger, Norway	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
1984	Vienna, Austria	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Spain
1986	Florence, Italy	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Spain
1988	Helsinki, Finland	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Hungary
1990	Göteborg, Sweden	Bulgaria	Soviet Union	Spain
1992	Stuttgart, Germany	Russia Spain	None awarded	Hungary
1993	Bucharest, Romania	Russia	Bulgaria	Spain
1995	Prague, Czech Republic	Russia	Bulgaria	Spain
1997	Patras, Greece	Russia	Greece	Ukraine
1999	Budapest, Hungary	Greece	Russia	Belarus
2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Russia	Greece	Belarus
2003	Riesa, Germany	Russia	Bulgaria	Italy
2006	Moscow, Russia	Russia	Italy	Belarus
2008	Turin, Italy	Russia	Belarus	Italy
2010	Bremen, Germany	Russia	Italy	Belarus
2012	Nizhny Novgorod, Russia	Russia	Belarus	Italy
2014	Baku, Azerbaijan	Russia	Italy	Israel
2016	Holon, Israel	Russia	Belarus	Israel
2018	Guadalajara, Spain	Russia	Italy	Bulgaria

All-time medal table

1978–2017, senior events only

• Last updated after the 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	97	40	22	159
2	Bulgaria (BGR)	44	25	37	106
3	Ukraine (UKR)	30	31	28	89
4	Soviet Union (Soviet Union)	26	18	12	56
5	Belarus (BLR)	10	27	28	65
6	Greece (GRC)	1	6	2	9
7	France (FRA)	1	4	3	8
8	Israel (ISR)	1	3	5	9
9	Spain (ESP)	1	2	9	12
10	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	1	5	7
11	Italy (ITA)	0	7	12	19
12	Czechoslovakia	0	1	4	5
13	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	3	3
14	Romania (ROU)	0	0	2	2
15	Germany (DEU)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 nations)		212	165	174	551

Junior European Championships

The Junior European Championships in rhythmic gymnastics were first held for the first time in 1987. Prior to 1993, they were held as a separate event. Since the 1993 edition in Bucharest, Romania, the Junior European Championships were integrated to the senior European Championships.

References

External links

• European Union of Gymnastics
• European Rhythmic Timeline