The 4th European Artistic Gymnastics Championships took place in Paris, France in 1963.
Format of Competition[]
The scoring in all the events was basically the same as for gymnastics events at the Olympics. Each country was allowed to enter a team of eight gymnasts, but in contrast to the previous Olympics not more than six of them were allowed to participate in all exercises. Nations with incomplete teams, could enter one to three gymnasts for the individual competition. Six best gymnasts on the apparatus in the team competition (by sum of two scores - for compulsory and optional routine) qualified for that apparatus finals. The new feature of the competition was in women's events: each of them was judged by four judges. The highest and lowest marks were dropped and an average of two remaining marks constituted the score.
The scoring in the team competition was different from the one at the previous Olympics, its principle became the same: five best scores constituted the team's score for the routine; these scores constituted the overall team's totals.
Results[]
Controversy[]
- Because these championships weren't held in an Eastern Bloc country, the Soviet Union, East Germany, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland all boycotted. This is because East Germany would have likely been excluded from these championships.[1]
Medal Count[]
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Total |
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1 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
3 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
References[]
European Championships | |
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Bucharest 1957 • Krakow 1959 • Leipzig 1961 • Paris 1963 • Sofia 1965 • Amsterdam 1967 • Landskrona 1969 • Minsk 1971 • London 1973 • Skien 1975 • Prague 1977 • Copenhagen 1979 • Madrid 1981 • Gothenburg 1983 • Helsinki 1985 • Moscow 1987 • Brussels 1989 • Athens 1990 • Nantes 1992 • Stockholm 1994 • Birmingham 1996 • Saint Petersburg 1998 • Paris 2000 • Patras 2002 • Amsterdam 2004 • Debrecen 2005 • Volos 2006 • Amsterdam 2007 • Clermont-Ferrand 2008 • Milan 2009 • Birmingham 2010 • Berlin 2011 • Brussels 2012 • Moscow 2013 • Sofia 2014 • Montpellier 2015 • Bern 2016 • Cluj-Napoca 2017 • Glasgow 2018 • Szczecin 2019 • Mersin 2020 • Basel 2021 • Munich 2022 • Antalya 2023 • Rimini 2024 |