2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships

The 2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships is the 40th edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships. The competition took place on 22-26 May 2024 at the Papp László Sportaréna in Budapest, Hungary.[1][2][3] It was the final qualifying event for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4] The individual Olympic quota from the competition went to Vera Tugolukova and the group quota to Azerbaijan, although these results were disputed by the Polish Gymnastics Federation.[5][6]

2024 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
VenuePapp László Sportaréna
LocationHungary Budapest, Hungary
Start date22 May 2024
End date26 May 2024

For 2024, the event also doubles as the Oceania Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships, with the gymnasts from Australia and New Zealand being ranked and qualifying for the Olympics separately from the European competitors.[1][4] The individual Oceania berth went to Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva from Australia, who had narrowly missed the 2021 Oceania Olympic spot amidst controversy with the competition procedures.[7] The group Oceania berth went to Australia as well.[8]

Fanni Pigniczki of Hungary became the first Hungarian rhythmic gymnast in the history of the European Championships to win a medal of any color in the individual event when she won a silver medal in the ball apparatus final.[9] Liliana Lewińska won Poland's first European medal at the senior level with her silver medal in clubs, having previously won the first European medals for Poland at the 2022 Junior European Championships.[10]

The SmartScoring Shooting Star Award was presented to California native Emily Beznos, representing Moldova. Beznos was accepted to the University of California at Los Angeles at age 14 in 2020. She graduated at age 16 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Cognitive Science, becoming one of the youngest graduates in the university’s history in 2022.[11]

Participating countries edit

Updated on May 7 2024.[12]

Competition schedule edit

  • Wednesday May 22
    • 09:00 – 11:00 Set A – Junior individuals qualifications & Team ranking (Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon)
    • 11:15 – 13:15 Set B – Junior individuals qualifications & Team ranking (Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon)
    • 11:15 – 16:15 Set C – Junior individuals qualifications & Team ranking (Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon)
    • 16:30 – 18:30 Set D – Junior individuals qualifications & Team ranking (Hoop, Ball, Clubs, Ribbon)
    • 18:30 – 18:45 Award ceremony Junior individuals Team
  • Thursday May 23
    • 09:00 – 11:00 Set A Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball)
    • 11:15 – 13:15 Set B Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball)
    • 14:15 – 16:15 Set C Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball)
    • 16:30 – 18:30 Set D Senior Individuals qualifications (hoop & ball)
    • 19:55 - 20:55 Junior Individuals Apparatus Finals (Hoop & Ball)
    • 21:05 -22:05 Junior Individuals Apparatus Finals (Clubs & Ribbon)
  • Friday May 24
    • 09:00 – 11:00 Set C Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon)
    • 11:15 – 13:15 Set D Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon)
    • 14:15 – 16:15 Set A Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon)
    • 16:15 - 16:45 Opening Ceremony
    • 18:00 – 20:00 Set B Senior Individuals qualifications (clubs & ribbon)
  • Saturday May 25
    • 10:00 – 13:10 Senior Individuals AA Final - SET B
    • 14:20 – 17:20 Senior Individuals AA Final - SET A
    • 17:20 – 17:30 Award Ceremony AA Seniors Individuals
    • 17:45 – 19:45 Senior Groups (5 hoops and 3 ribbons & 2 balls – SET A)
    • 20:00 – 22:00 Senior Groups (5 hoops and 3 ribbons & 2 balls – SET B)
    • 22:00 – 22:30 Award Ceremony AA Senior Groups & Team (Senior Individuals and Senior Groups)
  • Sunday May 26
    • 10:10 – 11:10 Senior Individuals Hoop & Ball Finals
    • 11:20 – 12:20 Senior Individuals Clubs & Ribbon Finals
    • 12:25 – 12:35 Award Ceremony Senior Individual Apparatus finals
    • 12:35 - 12:40 Gymnast of the Year Award
    • 13:45 – 14:25 Senior Groups 5 Hoops Final
    • 14:35 – 15:15 Senior Groups 3 ribbons & 2 balls Final
    • 15:15 - 15:25 SmartScoring Shooting Star Award
    • 15:25 – 15:40 Award Ceremony Senior Groups Apparatus finals
    • 16:00 - 16:45 Closing Ceremony & Gala

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Controversies edit

At the end of the individual qualifying round, Vera Tugolukova, representing Cyprus, was in position to earn the European Olympic quota, narrowly ahead of Liliana Lewińska from Poland. However, before the allocation of the spot was officially confirmed, the Polish Gymnastics Federation alleged that the judging was corrupt and that Lewińska's scores were lowered, preventing her from winning the Olympic berth. The Polish Gymnastics Federation's president announced their intention to protest the results, and they filed appeals to the International Gymnastics Federation and the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation.[13][14] He later said that some of the judges at the competition had filed complaints as well.[14] There were also allegations that the Polish group's scores had been similarly lowered.[15]

A week after the competition ended, the allocation of the Olympic spots from the Oceania Championships, which was run at the European Championships, as well as the tripartite spot, had been released, but not the allocation of the quotas given at the European Championships.[15] The official quota allocation was released on June 4 and allocated the spots in line with the event results to Tugolukova and the Azerbaijan group. The Polish Gymnastics Federation stated that they were preparing a further appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[6]

Medal winners edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team
Junior Team
details
  Romania
Amalia Lică
Lisa Garac
  Israel
Alona Tal Franco
Meital Maayam Sumkin
  Azerbaijan
Ilaha Bahadirova
Shams Aghahuseynova
Fidan Gurbanli
Govhar Ibrahimova
Senior Team
details
  Bulgaria
Senior Individual
Boryana Kaleyn
Elvira Krasnobaeva
Stiliana Nikolova
Senior Group
Sofia Ivanova
Magdalina Minevska
Kamelia Petrova
Rachel Stoyanov
Margarita Vasileva
  Italy
Senior Individual
Milena Baldassarri
Tara Dragas
Sofia Raffaeli
Senior Group
Martina Centofanti
Agnese Duranti
Alessia Maurelli
Daniela Mogurean
Laura Paris
Alessia Russo
  Israel
Senior Individual
Daria Atamanov
Daniela Munits
Senior Group
Shani Bakanov
Adar Friedmann
Romi Paritzki
Ofir Shaham
Diana Svertsov
Senior Individual Finals
All-Around
details
Stiliana Nikolova
  Bulgaria
Sofia Raffaeli
  Italy
Darja Varfolomeev
  Germany
Hoop
details
Boryana Kaleyn
  Bulgaria
Stiliana Nikolova
  Bulgaria
Taisiia Onofriichuk
  Ukraine
Ball
details
Sofia Raffaeli
  Italy
Fanni Pigniczki
  Hungary
Daniela Munits
  Israel
Clubs
details
Daniela Munits
  Israel
Liliana Lewinska
  Poland
Boryana Kaleyn
  Bulgaria
Ribbon
details
Darja Varfolomeev
  Germany
Sofia Raffaeli
  Italy
Elvira Krasnobaeva
  Bulgaria
Senior Group Finals
All-Around
details
  Bulgaria
Sofia Ivanova
Magdalina Minevska
Kamelia Petrova
Rachel Stoyanov
Margarita Vasileva
  Italy
Martina Centofanti
Agnese Duranti
Alessia Maurelli
Daniela Mogurean
Laura Paris
Alessia Russo
  Spain
Ana Arnau
Inés Bergua
Mireia Martínez
Patricia Pérez
Salma Solaun
5 Hoops
details
  Italy
Martina Centofanti
Agnese Duranti
Alessia Maurelli
Daniela Mogurean
Laura Paris
Alessia Russo*
  Spain
Ana Arnau
Inés Bergua
Mireia Martínez
Patricia Pérez
Salma Solaun
  Israel
Shani Bakanov
Adar Friedmann
Romi Paritzki
Ofir Shaham
Diana Svertsov
3 Ribbons + 2 Balls
details
  Spain
Ana Arnau
Inés Bergua
Mireia Martínez
Patricia Pérez
Salma Solaun
  Israel
Shani Bakanov
Adar Friedmann
Romi Paritzki
Ofir Shaham
Diana Svertsov
  Ukraine
Diana Baieva
Alina Melnyk
Valeriia Peremeta
Kira Shyrykina
Mariia Vysochanska
Junior Individual Finals
Hoop
details
Amalia Lică
  Romania
Alona Tal Franco
  Israel
Olivia Maslov
  Poland
Ball
details
Meital Maayam Sumkin
  Israel
Anna Piergentili
  Italy
Magdalena Valkova
  Bulgaria
Clubs
details
Amalia Lică
  Romania
Alja Ponikvar
  Slovenia
Alona Tal Franco
  Israel
Ribbon
details
Amalia Lică
  Romania
Dara Malinova
  Bulgaria
Barbare Kajaia
  Georgia

* reserve gymnast

Results edit

Team edit

Junior edit

Rank Nation         Total
    Romania 32.650 29.750 31.000 31.700 125.100
    Israel 29.950 30.250 31.500 32.050 123.750
    Azerbaijan 30.050 29.850 28.500 29.000 117.400
4   Bulgaria 31.650 29.000 26.800 29.850 117.300
5   Italy 28.050 30.150 28.350 27.200 113.750
6   Estonia 28.800 28.350 28.650 27.550 113.350
7   Hungary 30.200 28.500 27.550 26.950 113.200
8   Slovenia 29.650 29.200 28.800 25.400 113.050
9   Poland 30.650 25.900 27.650 27.600 111.800
10   Turkey 28.350 28.400 27.450 26.250 110.450
11   Ukraine 30.050 27.550 28.600 23.950 110.150
12   Germany 28.000 27.350 28.350 25.600 109.300
13   Cyprus 28.550 27.300 26.800 26.600 109.250
14   France 26.550 28.300 26.500 26.500 107.850
15   Spain 29.700 27.450 26.050 23.450 106.650
16   Lithuania 27.050 26.100 25.250 27.550 105.950
17   Finland 26.500 26.350 28.000 25.100 105.950
18   Moldova 27.450 28.150 24.600 25.600 105.800
19   Georgia 27.550 22.050 26.700 28.600 104.900
20   Latvia 30.100 22.750 29.250 21.150 103.250
21   Belgium 26.550 26.350 26.050 24.250 103.200
22   Greece 25.600 23.900 26.800 25.350 101.650
23   Slovakia 27.050 24.650 24.650 25.050 101.400
24   Czech Republic 25.250 25.550 25.300 25.050 101.150
25   Switzerland 25.450 24.100 26.500 24.150 100.200
26   Portugal 26.500 22.950 24.950 24.050 98.450
27   San Marino 26.150 23.300 22.450 23.200 95.100
28   Luxembourg 24.100 25.700 23.050 22.200 95.050
29   Croatia 25.450 23.700 22.950 22.850 94.950
30   Serbia 22.700 26.250 24.250 21.750 94.950
31   Norway 26.500 23.900 23.950 20.300 94.650
32   Austria 23.950 24.150 24.000 22.150 94.250
33   Montenegro 21.750 22.500 23.550 22.500 90.650
34   Netherlands 21.750 22.500 20.050 22.950 89.300
35   Armenia 19.450 25.000 20.050 22.950 87.450
36   Andorra 23.000 20.700 21.100 17.100 81.900

Senior edit

Rank Nation         5   3  ,

2  

Total
    Bulgaria 72.500 63.550 67.800 65.300 39.150 34.850 343.150
    Italy 68.400 67.750 66.450 64.750 38.900 32.300 338.550
    Israel 70.650 66.200 63.500 64.100 38.150 31.900 334.500
4   Germany 66.900 67.950 66.250 64.400 35.800 32.200 333.500
5   Spain 67.200 64.600 61.100 62.950 36.750 34.450 327.050
6   Hungary 65.650 65.400 63.100 63.100 33.250 31.200 321.700
7   Poland 65.350 62.550 62.200 62.200 35.300 32.600 320.200
8   Ukraine 67.750 62.000 58.600 62.300 35.750 33.500 319.900
9   Azerbaijan 62.750 63.400 61.400 54.000 37.050 33.150 311.750
10   France 60.900 58.450 60.200 59.100 36.450 27.550 302.650
11   Turkey 61.150 61.550 60.250 53.300 33.100 28.550 297.900
12   Greece 59.850 55.650 56.850 51.450 34.600 29.800 288.200
13   Romania 61.050 59.800 61.800 54.950 24.400 25.800 287.800
14   Finland 60.850 61.200 60.650 52.350 26.600 20.050 281.700
15   Georgia 60.850 56.450 53.750 56.500 29.400 23.000 279.950
16   Portugal 55.450 54.650 58.250 52.000 27.050 26.200 273.600
17   Norway 58.600 57.400 56.600 54.350 23.250 20.450 270.650
18   Great Britain 59.150 55.300 55.000 55.600 23.900 18.300 267.250
19   Serbia 55.000 54.550 53.100 51.450 25.900 18.750 258.750

Senior Individual edit

All-Around edit

Rank Gymnast Nation         Total
  Stiliana Nikolova   Bulgaria 35.700 (3) 37.200 (1) 36.050 (1) 34.800 (1) 143.750
  Sofia Raffaeli   Italy 36.300 (1) 35.500 (3) 34.000 (4) 33.950 (2) 139.750
  Darja Varfolomeev   Germany 35.500 (4) 36.600 (2) 35.100 (2) 31.250 138.450
4 Boryana Kaleyn   Bulgaria 34.150 (9) 33.300 (10) 34.300 (3) 33.800 (3) 135.550
5 Daniela Munits   Israel 34.600 (6) 33.900 (6) 33.300 (6) 32.500 (6) 134.300
6 Milena Baldassarri   Italy 34.750 (5) 33.300 (10) 33.150 (8) 32.800 (5) 134.000
7 Margarita Kolosov   Germany 33.500 34.200 (5) 33.300 (6) 32.400 (8) 133.400
8 Fanni Pigniczki   Hungary 32.850 34.700 (4) 31.950 32.500 (7) 132.000
9 Taisiia Onofriichuk   Ukraine 31.150 33.700 (7) 33.700 (5) 33.000 (4) 131.550
10 Liliana Lewinska   Poland 34.350 (8) 31.850 32.600 (9) 32.000 (10) 130.800
11 Ekaterina Vedeneeva   Slovenia 33.450 33.650 (8) 31.800 31.100 130.000
12 Hanna Panna Wiesner   Hungary 33.700 (10) 32.150 32.350 30.850 129.050
13 Polina Berezina   Spain 34.400 (7) 33.100 30.350 31.100 128.950
14 Alba Bautista   Spain 32.500 33.450 (9) 30.900 32.050 (9) 128.900
15 Hélène Karbanov   France 33.400 33.450 (9) 30.850 31.050 128.750
16 Vera Tugolukova   Cyprus 31.700 32.900 32.400 (10) 31.550 128.550
17 Zohra Aghamirova   Azerbaijan 32.500 32.750 31.600 30.600 127.450
18 Emilia Heichel   Poland 33.650 30.650 31.400 30.750 126.450
19 Daria Atamanov   Israel 35.750 (2) 29.700 29.600 30.650 125.700
20 Hatice Gokce Emir   Turkey 28.100 32.350 31.400 29.450 121.300
21 Annaliese Dragan   Romania 30.550 28.900 32.400 (10) 29.200 121.050
22 Anastasia Rogozhina   Finland 30.800 30.400 30.800 28.900 120.900
23 Anette Vaher   Estonia 29.350 29.550 30.350 30.500 119.750
24 Maria Avgousti   Cyprus 29.850 28.300 28.050 26.750 112.950

Hoop edit

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score A Score Pen. Total
  Boryana Kaleyn   Bulgaria 18.5 8.300 8.500 0.050 35.250
  Stiliana Nikolova   Bulgaria 18.1 8.400 8.450 34.950
  Taisiia Onofriichuk   Ukraine 19.1 7.700 8.100 34.900
4 Alba Bautista   Spain 18.1 8.250 8.250 34.600
5 Ekaterina Vedeneeva   Slovenia 16.8 8.150 8.250 33.200
6 Daniela Munits   Israel 16.3 8.150 8.100 32.550
7 Daria Atamanov   Israel 16.1 7.200 8.050 31.350
8 Sofia Raffaeli   Italy 16.7 6.550 7.800 0.600 30.450

Ball edit

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score A Score Pen. Total
  Sofia Raffaeli   Italy 18.4 8.450 8.500 35.350
  Fanni Pigniczki   Hungary 18.4 8.150 8.300 34.850
  Daniela Munits   Israel 17.6 8.400 8.250 34.250
4 Darja Varfolomeev   Germany 17.8 7.850 8.350 34.000
5 Stiliana Nikolova   Bulgaria 16.9 8.200 8.450 33.550
6 Alba Bautista   Spain 16.7 7.850 8.200 32.750
7 Vera Tugolukova   Cyprus 16.6 7.200 8.000 31.800
8 Taisiia Onofriichuk   Ukraine 15.2 7.300 8.100 30.600

Clubs edit

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score A Score Pen. Total
  Daniela Munits   Israel 17.1 8.150 8.150 33.400
  Liliana Lewinska   Poland 16.2 8.200 8.550 32.950
  Boryana Kaleyn   Bulgaria 16.6 8.000 8.200 32.900
4 Vera Tugolukova   Cyprus 16.7 7.650 7.950 32.300
5 Milena Baldassarri   Italy 16.2 7.800 8.200 32.200
6 Sofia Raffaeli   Italy 16.0 7.500 8.250 31.750
7 Elvira Krasnobaeva   Bulgaria 16.0 7.350 7.850 0.300 30.900
8 Margarita Kolosov   Germany 15.5 7.150 7.900 30.550

Ribbon edit

Rank Gymnast Nation D Score E Score A Score Pen. Total
  Darja Varfolomeev   Germany 17.3 8.600 8.500 34.400
  Sofia Raffaeli   Italy 17.1 8.350 8.500 33.950
  Elvira Krasnobaeva   Bulgaria 16.8 8.350 8.550 33.700
4 Stiliana Nikolova   Bulgaria 16.6 8.400 8.500 33.500
5 Fanni Pigniczki   Hungary 16.8 8.050 8.300 33.150
6 Taisiia Onofriichuk   Ukraine 16.5 8.200 8.350 33.050
7 Alba Bautista   Spain 15.2 7.450 8.000 30.650
8 Daria Atamanov   Israel 14.1 7.600 8.200 29.900

Groups edit

Group All-Around edit

Rank Nation 5   3  ,

2  

Total
    Bulgaria 39.150 34.850 74.000
    Italy 38.900 32.300 71.200
    Spain 36.750 34.450 71.200
4   Azerbaijan 37.050 33.150 70.200
5   Israel 38.150 31.900 70.050
6   Ukraine 35.750 33.500 69.250
7   Germany 35.800 32.200 68.000
8   Poland 35.300 32.600 67.900
9   Hungary 33.250 31.200 64.450
10   Greece 34.600 29.800 64.400
11   France 36.450 27.550 64.000
12   Turkey 33.100 28.550 61.650
13   Portugal 27.050 26.200 53.250
14   Georgia 29.400 23.000 52.400
15   Romania 24.400 25.800 50.200
16   Finland 26.600 20.050 46.650
17   Serbia 25.900 18.750 44.650
18   Norway 23.250 20.450 43.700
19   Great Britain 23.900 18.300 42.200

5 Hoops edit

Rank Nation D Score E Score A Score Pen. Total
    Italy 22.5 8.200 8.650 39.350
    Spain 22.3 8.000 8.450 38.750
    Israel 21.8 8.350 8.500 38.650
4   Bulgaria 21.3 8.050 8.600 37.950
5   Ukraine 21.5 8.100 8.250 37.850
6   Azerbaijan 20.4 7.900 8.300 36.600
7   Germany 20.5 7.650 7.950 0.350 35.750
8   France 20.2 6.700 7.950 34.850

3 Ribbons + 2 Balls edit

Rank Nation D Score E Score A Score Pen. Total
    Spain 18.8 7.650 8.250 34.700
    Israel 18.7 7.500 8.350 0.050 34.500
    Ukraine 18.4 7.200 8.300 33.900
4   Azerbaijan 17.4 7.650 8.300 33.350
5   Poland 17.4 7.050 8.000 0.300 32.150
6   Germany 17.3 6.900 7.950 32.150
7   Italy 16.9 7.150 8.050 32.100
8   Bulgaria 16.1 5.500 7.600 0.600 28.600

Medal count edit

  *   Host nation (Hungary)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Bulgaria4239
2  Romania4004
3  Italy2507
4  Israel2349
5  Spain1113
6  Germany1012
7  Poland0112
8  Hungary*0101
  Slovenia0101
10  Ukraine0022
11  Azerbaijan0011
  Georgia0011
Totals (12 entries)14141442

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