2008 Clermont-Ferrand European Championships

2008 Clermont-Ferrand European Championships
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City	Clermont-Ferrand, France
Team Gold Medalist	Senior: Romania Gabriela Drăgoi Sandra Izbaşa Steliana Nistor Cerasela Pătraşcu Anamaria Tămârjan Junior: Russia Anna Dementyeva Aliya Mustafina Tatiana Nabieva Anastasia Novikova Tatiana Solovyeva
Vault Gold Medalist	Senior: Oksana Chusovitina (GER) Junior: Youna Dufournet (FRA)
Uneven Bars Gold Medalist	Senior: Ksenia Semenova (RUS) Junior: Youna Dufournet (FRA)
Balance Beam Gold Medalist	Senior: Ksenia Semenova (RUS) Junior: Ana Porgras (ROU)
Floor Exercise Gold Medalist	Senior: Sandra Izbaşa (ROU) Junior: Tatiana Nabieva (RUS)
Preceded by	2007 Amsterdam European Championships
Succeeded by	2009 Milan European Championships

The 27th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 3 April to 6 April 2008 in Clermont-Ferrand. The all-around was not contested.

Format of Competition

The competition was split into junior and senior divisions. For the seniors, all participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

• The team competition, in which the eight highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. Each team of five gymnasts could only have three gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total.
• The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

For the juniors, the qualification round also served as the team final. Each team of six gymnasts could only have three gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and all three scores counted toward the team total. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

• The all-around competition, in which only the twenty-four highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. Each country was limited to only two gymnasts in the all-around final.
• The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

Competition Schedule

April 4	Qualifications
April 5	Team Final
April 6	Vault Event Final
	Uneven Bars Event Final
	Balance Beam Event Final
	Floor Exercise Event Final

Results

Seniors

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Romania Gabriela Drăgoi Sandra Izbaşa Steliana Nistor Cerasela Pătraşcu Anamaria Tămârjan	Russia Ksenia Afanasyeva Svetlana Klyukina Karina Myasnikova Anna Pavlova Ksenia Semenova	France Laëtitia Dugain Pauline Morel Marine Petit Isabelle Severino Cassy Vericel
Vault	Oksana Chusovitina Germany (GER)	Carlotta Giovannini Italy (ITA)	Francesca Benolli Italy (ITA)
Uneven Bars	Ksenia Semenova Russia (RUS)	Steliana Nistor Romania (ROU)	Dariya Zgoba Ukraine (UKR)
Balance Beam	Ksenia Semenova Russia (RUS)	Sandra Izbaşa Romania (ROU) Alina Kozich Ukraine (UKR)	N/A
Floor Exercise	Sandra Izbaşa Romania (ROU)	Beth Tweddle Great Britain (GBR)	Anamaria Tămârjan Romania (ROU)

Juniors

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Russia Anna Dementyeva Aliya Mustafina Tatiana Nabieva Anastasia Novikova Tatiana Solovyeva	France Marine Brevet Youna Dufournet Marie Gaffino Lea Kemayou Chloé Stanic	Netherlands Natasja Blind Wyomi Masela Yvette Moshage Naoual Ouazzani-Chadi Céline van Gerner
Vault	Youna Dufournet France (FRA)	Tatiana Nabieva Russia (RUS)	Anastasia Novikova Russia (RUS)
Uneven Bars	Youna Dufournet France (FRA)	Tatiana Nabieva Russia (RUS)	Natasja Blind Netherlands (NED)
Balance Beam	Ana Porgras Romania (ROU)	Amelia Racea Romania (ROU) Tatiana Nabieva Russia (RUS)	N/A
Floor Exercise	Tatiana Nabieva Russia (RUS)	Youna Dufournet France (FRA)	Amelia Racea Romania (ROU)

Medal Count

Rank	Country				Total
1	Russia	4	4	1	9
2	Romania	3	3	2	8
3	France	2	2	1	5
4	Italy	0	1	1	2
5	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
6	Netherlands	0	0	2	2
7	Germany	1	0	0	1
8	Great Britain	0	1	0	1