2026 European Gymnastics Championships: MAG Full Recap
2026 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The competition took place in Zagreb between August 19 and 2026. It welcomed more than XXX gymnasts, who competed in 8 events: Teams, All-Around and the six apparatus finals. The Championships served also as a qualification for the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam.
The 2026 European Gymnastics Championships featured a condensed schedule that concluded with the Senior Team Final on Sunday, August 23. The competition served as a crucial qualifying event, with the top 13 teams and top 24 all-arounders not on a qualifying team earning berths to the 2026 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
All-Around Final
The All-Around competition was determined on the inaugural day in a dramatic manner: Illia Kovtun achieved victory with a total score of 82.833, securing the win by the narrowest of margins, a mere 0.001, during his international debut representing Croatia. Arseniy Dukhno, competing neutrally as “WG2” on behalf of Russia, claimed the silver medal with a score of 82.832. His teammate, Daniel Marinov, earned the bronze medal with a score of 81.899.
Defending champion Adem Asil (TUR) withdrew, and 2025 silver medalist Leo Saladino (FRA) was out injured. 2024 champion Marios Georgiou (CYP) finished sixth, Joe Fraser (GBR) seventh.
Senior Team Final
Great Britain secured the gold medal in the team final, continuing their dominance on the continental stage. The British squad, led by Olympic medalist Harry Hepworth and World Champion Joe Fraser, successfully held off challengers to retain the title they first won in 2025.
It marked Russia’s first participation in the European Championships since 2021, following the lifting of their ban by the European Federation. The team underwent a complete renewal, featuring a cohort of younger athletes. Switzerland solidified its status as one of the preeminent leaders in Men’s Gymnastics in Europe by earning a bronze medal, having secured a silver medal the previous year.
The gap between the first and the second team was also particularly low: 0.570.
Senior Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Medal Count per Country
Finals Results
Finals Scores
Senior Teams Finals Scores per Apparatus
Senior All-Around Final Scores
Senior Apparatus Finals Scores
Highest Scores
Highest Total Scores per Apparatus – Seniors
Highest Total Scores per Apparatus for Each Competition – Seniors
Highest Difficulty Scores per Apparatus for Each Competition – Seniors
Highest Execution Scores per Apparatus for Each Competition – Seniors
Senior Gymnasts with the Highest Total Difficulty Score in the All-Around
Senior Gymnasts with the Highest Total Execution Score in the All-Around
Highest Difficulty, Execution and Total Scores per Apparatus – Seniors
Stuck Landing Bonus
Number of Stuck Landings per Country – Seniors
Number of Stuck Landings per Competition and Apparatus – Seniors
Breakdown of Stuck Landings per Competition and Apparatus – Seniors
Gymnasts with the Most Stuck Landings
Yuminn Abbadini, Tas Hajdu and Illia Kovtun each stuck their landings four times throughout the entire competition.
Neutral Deductions
Number of Neutral Deductions per Competition and per Apparatus – Seniors
Breakdown of Neutral Deductions per Apparatus – Seniors
Qualifications for Rotterdam
The competition acted as a qualification phase for the upcoming World Championships. The 13 nations that achieved the highest rankings in the qualifications phase of the Teams Final for the 2026 European Gymnastics Championships secured a place:
– Russia
– Switzerland
– Great Britain
– Italy
– Belgium
– Germany
– France
– Hungary
– Netherlands
– Israel
– Spain
– Ukraine
– Cyprus
24 male gymnasts (incl. the host country spot, which ended up to be reallocated) could qualify for Rotterdam based on their rankings in the All-Around competition at the 2026 European Gymnastics Championships. Here are the conditions of the qualifications process:
– not being part of the countries qualified in the teams final (criteria 1)
– maximum of 2 gymnasts per country
Additionally, 2 countries which didn’t qualify any gymnast via any of the 2 criteria (European Championships Teams and All-Around) will be allocated 1 additional spot depending on the rankings in the All-Around finals.
More: 2026 European Gymnastics Championships Official Website
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