2012 Brussels European Championships

2012 American Classic

2012 Brussels European Championships

2012 U.S. Classic

2012 Brussels European Championships
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City	Brussels, Belgium
Team Gold Medalist	Senior: Romania Larisa Iordache Cătălina Ponor Diana Bulimar Sandra Izbaşa Raluca Haidu Junior: Russia Ekaterina Baturina Maria Kharenkova Viktoria Kuzmina Evgeniya Shelgunova Yulia Tipaeva
Junior All-Around Gold Medalist	Enus Mariani (ITA)
Vault Gold Medalist	Senior: Sandra Izbaşa (ROU) Junior: Chantysha Netteb (NED)
Uneven Bars Gold Medalist	Senior: Viktoria Komova (RUS) Junior: Sophie Scheder (GER)
Balance Beam Gold Medalist	Senior: Cătălina Ponor (ROU) Junior: Maria Kharenkova (RUS)
Floor Exercise Gold Medalist	Senior: Larisa Iordache (ROU) Junior: Maria Kharenkova (RUS)
Preceded by	2011 Berlin European Championships
Succeeded by	2013 Moscow European Championships

The 29th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 9 May to 13 May 2012 in Brussels. The all-around was not contested for the seniors.

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

May 9	Junior Qualifications
May 10	Senior Qualifications
May 11	Junior All-Around
May 12	Senior Team Final
May 13	Senior Event Finals
	Junior Event Finals

Results

Seniors

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Romania Larisa Iordache Cătălina Ponor Diana Bulimar Sandra Izbaşa Raluca Haidu	Russia Anastasia Grishina Aliya Mustafina Viktoria Komova Anastasia Sidorova Maria Paseka	Italy Erika Fasana Vanessa Ferrari Carlotta Ferlito Francesca Deagostini Giorgia Campana
Vault	Sandra Izbaşa Romania (ROU)	Oksana Chusovitina Germany (GER)	Giulia Steingruber Switzerland (SUI)
Uneven Bars	Viktoria Komova Russia (RUS)	Anastasia Grishina Russia (RUS)	Nataliya Kononenko Ukraine (UKR)
Balance Beam	Cătălina Ponor Romania (ROU)	Larisa Iordache Romania (ROU)	Hannah Whelan Great Britain (GBR)
Floor Exercise	Larisa Iordache Romania (ROU)	Cătălina Ponor Romania (ROU)	Hannah Whelan Great Britain (GBR)

Juniors

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Russia Ekaterina Baturina Maria Kharenkova Viktoria Kuzmina Evgeniya Shelgunova Yulia Tipaeva	Italy Alessia Leolini Enus Mariani Elisa Meneghini Lara Mori Tea Ugrin	Romania Miriam Aribasoiu Andreea Munteanu Ştefania Stănilă Paula Tudorache Silvia Zarzu
All-Around	Enus Mariani Italy (ITA)	Evgeniya Shelgunova Russia (RUS)	Andreea Munteanu Romania (ROU)
Vault	Chantysha Netteb Netherlands (NED)	Ştefania Stănilă Romania (ROU)	Maria Kharenkova Russia (RUS)
Uneven Bars	Sophie Scheder Germany (GER)	Viktoria Kuzmina Russia (RUS)	Evgeniya Shelgunova Russia (RUS)
Balance Beam	Maria Kharenkova Russia (RUS)	Andreea Munteanu Romania (ROU)	Elisa Meneghini Italy (ITA)
Floor Exercise	Maria Kharenkova Russia (RUS)	Silvia Zarzu Romania (ROU)	Gabrielle Jupp Great Britain (GBR) Andreea Munteanu Romania (ROU)

Medal Count

Rank	Country				Total
1	Romania	4	5	3	12
2	Russia	4	4	2	10
3	Italy	1	1	2	4
4	Great Britain	0	0	3	3
5	Germany	1	1	0	2
6	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
7	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
8	Ukraine	0	0	1	1

Gallery

• Senior Team Medalists (from left): Russia, Romania, Italy
• Senior Vault Medalists (from left): Oksana Chusovitina (GER), Sandra Izbaşa (ROU), Giulia Steingruber (SUI)
• Senior Uneven Bars Medalists (from left): Anastasia Grishina (RUS), Viktoria Komova (RUS), Natalia Kononenko (UKR)
• Senior Balance Beam Medalists (from left): Larisa Iordache (ROU), Cătălina Ponor (ROU), Hannah Whelan (GBR)
• Senior Floor Exercise Medalists (from left): Cătălina Ponor (ROU), Larisa Iordache (ROU), Hannah Whelan (GBR)
• Junior Team Medalists (from left): Italy, Russia, Romania
• Junior All-Around Medalists (from left): Evgeniya Shelgunova (RUS), Enus Mariani (ITA), Andreea Munteanu (ROU)
• Junior Vault Medalists (from left): Andreea Munteanu (ROU), Chantysha Netteb (NED), Maria Kharenkova (RUS)
• Junior Uneven Bars Medalists (from left): Viktoria Kuzmina (RUS), Sophie Scheder (GER), Evgeniya Shelgunova (RUS)
• Junior Balance Beam Medalists (from left): Andreea Munteanu (ROU), Maria Kharenkova (RUS), Elisa Meneghini (ITA)
• Junior Floor Exercise Medalists (from left): Silvia Zarzu (ROU), Maria Kharenkova (RUS), Andreea Munteanu (ROU), Gabrielle Jupp (GBR)

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