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City |
Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
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All-Around Gold Medalist |
Ellie Downie (GBR) |
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Vault Gold Medalist |
Coline Devillard (FRA) |
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Uneven Bars Gold Medalist |
Nina Derwael (BEL) |
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Balance Beam Gold Medalist |
Cătălina Ponor (ROU) |
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Floor Exercise Gold Medalist |
Angelina Melnikova (RUS) |
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The 34th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships will be held from April 20-23 at the Sala Polivalenta Cluj-Napoca in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[1] Initially, the host city was to be Bucharest but was switched to Cluj-Napoca in June 2016.[2] There was no junior competition this year.
Format of Competition
All participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which 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 20 | Qualifications |
| April 21 | All-Around |
| April 22 | Vault Event Final |
| Uneven Bars Event Final | |
| April 23 | Balance Beam Event Final |
| Floor Exercise Event Final |
Results
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| All-Around |  Ellie DownieGreat Britain (GBR) |  Zsófia KovácsHungary (HUN) |  Mélanie Dos SantosFrance (FRA) |
| Vault | Coline Devillard France (FRA) | Ellie Downie Great Britain (GBR) | Boglarka Devai Hungary (HUN) |
| Uneven Bars |  Nina DerwaelBelgium (BEL) |  Elena EreminaRussia (RUS) |  Elisabeth SeitzGermany (GER)
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| Balance Beam |  Cătălina PonorRomania (ROU) |  Eythora ThorsdottirNetherlands (NED) | Larisa Iordache Romania (ROU) |
| Floor Exercise | Angelina Melnikova Russia (RUS) | Ellie Downie Great Britain (GBR) | Eythora Thorsdottir Netherlands (NED) |
Notable Moments
- During qualifications, Romania's Cătălina Ponor failed to fulfill one of the requirements on floor exercise. The judges initially missed this and awarded her a 5.4 D score, giving her a final score of 13.566 that was good enough to make the floor exercise final. After the competition had concluded, the judges realized their error and took off five tenths for not fulfilling the requirement, which dropped her D score to 4.9. Her new score of 13.066 left her out of the floor exercise final.
- Germany's Tabea Alt qualified third into the all-around but had to withdraw due to illness.
- Ellie Downie is the first British gymnast to become European All-Around Champion.
- Zsófia Kovács achieved the highest all-around placing for a Hungarian gymnast: second.
- Mélanie de Jesus Dos Santos won France their first European all-around medal since 2005.
- Coline Devillard became the first French gymnast to win the European title on vault.
- Nina Derwael became the first Belgian gymnast to win a European gold medal.
- Great Britain's Becky Downie injured her elbow in the uneven bars final. Her spot in the balance beam final was given to her teammate Claudia Fragapane.[3]
Medal Count
| Rank | Country | 
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| 1 | Great Britain
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Russia
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | France
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Romania
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Hungary
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Netherlands
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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