| 1996 Birmingham European Championships | |
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City |
Birmingham, UK |
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Team Gold Medalist |
Senior: Romania Junior: Russia
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All-Around Gold Medalist |
Senior: Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) |
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Vault Gold Medalist |
Senior: Simona Amânar (ROU) |
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Uneven Bars Gold Medalist |
Senior: Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) |
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Balance Beam Gold Medalist |
Senior: Roza Galiyeva (RUS) |
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Floor Exercise Gold Medalist |
Senior: Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) |
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The 21st European Artistic Gymnastics Championships took place in Birmingham, England in 1996. This was the first time the team final and junior competition were contested.
Format of Competition
The gymnastics competition was carried out in three stages:
- Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. Five of the six team members performed on each apparatus, while only the four highest scores during each rotation were used to determined the overall team total. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts in the all-around qualified to the individual all-around competition. The eight highest-scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for that apparatus.
- Competition II - The individual all-around competition, in which those who qualified from Competition I performed exercises on each apparatus. The final score of each gymnast was determined by adding the scores earned by her on each of the four apparatuses in the women's competition.
- Competition III - The apparatus finals, in which those who qualified during Competition I performed an exercise on the individual apparatus on which she had qualified. The final score of each gymnast determined solely by the score earned by her on the apparatus during this competition.
Each country was limited to three gymnasts in the all-around final and two gymnasts in each apparatus final.
Results
Seniors
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Team |  Romania
Simona Amânar |
 Russia
Svetlana Khorkina |
 Ukraine
Lilia Podkopayeva |
| All-Around | Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine (UKR) |
 Svetlana BoginskayaBelarus (BLR) |
Lavinia Miloşovici Romania (ROU) |
| Vault | Simona Amânar Romania (ROU) |
Gina Gogean Romania (ROU) |
Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine (UKR) |
| Uneven Bars | Svetlana Khorkina Russia (RUS)
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N/A | N/A |
| Balance Beam | Roza Galiyeva Russia (RUS) |
Gina Gogean Romania (ROU) |
Elena Piskun Belarus (BLR) |
| Floor Exercise | Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine (UKR)
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N/A | Dina Kochetkova Russia (RUS)
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Juniors
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Team | Russia
Elena Zamolodchikova |
 France
Elvire Teza |
Ukraine
Viktoria Karpenko |
| All-Around | Alexandra Marinescu Romania (ROU) |
 Adriana CrisciItaly (ITA) |
Viktoria Karpenko Ukraine (UKR) |
| Vault | Maria Olaru Romania (ROU) |
Elena Zamolodchikova Russia (RUS) |
Inga Shkarupa Ukraine (UKR) |
| Uneven Bars | Elvire Teza France (FRA) |
Alexandra Marinescu Romania (ROU)
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N/A |
| Balance Beam | Alexandra Marinescu Romania (ROU) |
Elvire Teza France (FRA) |
Ludmila Ezhova Russia (RUS) |
| Floor Exercise | Viktoria Karpenko Ukraine (UKR) |
Adriana Crisci Italy (ITA) |
Alexandra Marinescu Romania (ROU) |
Medal Count
| Rank | Country | 
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Total |
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| 1 | Romania
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7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | Ukraine
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4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Russia
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3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | France
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1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Italy
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0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Belarus
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0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Spain
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |