1957 Bucharest European Championships

1957 Bucharest European Championships
City	Bucharest, Romania
All-Around Gold Medalist	Larisa Latynina (USSR)
Vault Gold Medalist	Larisa Latynina (USSR)
Uneven Bars Gold Medalist	Larisa Latynina (USSR)
Balance Beam Gold Medalist	Larisa Latynina (USSR)
Floor Exercise Gold Medalist	Larisa Latynina (USSR)
Preceded by	N/A
Succeeded by	1959 Krakow European Championships

The 1st European Artistic Gymnastics Championships took place in Bucharest, Romania in 1957.

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
All-Around	Larisa Latynina Soviet Union (USSR)	Elena Leuşteanu Romania (ROU)	Sonia Iovan Romania (ROU)
Vault	Larisa Latynina Soviet Union (USSR)	Tamara Manina Soviet Union (USSR)	Sonia Iovan Romania (ROU)
Uneven Bars	Larisa Latynina Soviet Union (USSR)	Elena Leuşteanu Romania (ROU)	File:800px-Flag of the Czech Republic.png Eva Bosáková Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Balance Beam	Larisa Latynina Soviet Union (USSR)	Sonia Iovan Romania (ROU)	Tamara Manina Soviet Union (USSR)
Floor Exercise	Larisa Latynina Soviet Union (USSR)	Elena Leuşteanu Romania (ROU)	File:800px-Flag of the Czech Republic.png Eva Bosáková Czechoslovakia (TCH)

Notable Moments

• USSR's Larisa Latynina became the first gymnast to sweep all five events at a single European Championships.

Medal Count

Rank	Country				Total
1	USSR	5	1	1	7
2	Romania	0	4	2	6
3	File:800px-Flag of the Czech Republic.png Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2