1996 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 21st European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held from 16-19 May 1996 in Birmingham, England.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Seniors
Team
 Romania
Lavinia Miloșovici
Gina Gogean
Simona Amânar
Ana Maria Bican
Andreea Cacovean
 Russia
Dina Kochetkova
Svetlana Khorkina
Rozalia Galiyeva
Oksana Lyapina
 Ukraine
Liubov Sheremeta
Anna Mirgorodskaya
Lilia Podkopayeva
All-Around
 Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR)  Svetlana Boginskaya (BLR)  Lavinia Miloșovici (ROU)
Vault
 Simona Amânar (ROU)  Gina Gogean (ROU)  Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR)
Uneven Bars
 Svetlana Khorkina (RUS)
 Simona Amânar (ROU)
 Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR)
none awarded none awarded
Balance Beam
 Rozalia Galiyeva (RUS)  Gina Gogean (ROU)  Elena Piskun (BLR)
Floor
 Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR)
 Lavinia Miloșovici (ROU)
none awarded  Dina Kochetkova (RUS)
 Joana Juárez (ESP)
Juniors
Team
 Russia
Elena Zamolodchikova
Ksenia Bogdanova
Ludmila Ezhova
Anna Kovalyova
Julia Grichko
 France
Elvire Teza
Émilie Volle
Orélie Troscompt
Fanny Cottencin
Magalie Ruffato
 Ukraine
Viktoria Karpenko
Olga Teslenko
Olga Kozlova
Yelena Zhyikova
Inha Shkarupa
All-Around
 Alexandra Marinescu (ROU)  Adriana Crisci (ITA)  Viktoria Karpenko (UKR)
Vault
 Maria Olaru (ROU)  Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS)  Inha Shkarupa (UKR)
Uneven Bars
 Elvire Teza (FRA)  Olga Teslenko (UKR)
 Alexandra Marinescu (ROU)
none awarded
Balance Beam
 Alexandra Marinescu (ROU)  Elvire Teza (FRA)  Ludmila Ezhova (RUS)
Floor
 Viktoria Karpenko (UKR)  Adriana Crisci (ITA)  Alexandra Marinescu (ROU)

Medal table

Combined

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania (ROU)73212
2 Ukraine (UKR)41510
3 Russia (RUS)3227
4 France (FRA)1203
5 Italy (ITA)0202
6 Belarus (BLR)0112
7 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (7 entries)15111137

Seniors

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania (ROU)4217
2 Ukraine (UKR)3025
3 Russia (RUS)2114
4 Belarus (BLR)0112
5 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (5 entries)94619

Juniors

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania (ROU)3115
2 France (FRA)1203
3 Ukraine (UKR)1135
4 Russia (RUS)1113
5 Italy (ITA)0202
Totals (5 entries)67518

Senior results

All-around

Rank Gymnast Total
 Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) 9.806 9.725 9.762 9.912 39.205
 Svetlana Boginskaya (BLR) 9.731 9.825 9.775 9.775 39.106
 Lavinia Miloșovici (ROM) 9.793 9.837 9.637 9.800 39.067
4  Simona Amânar (ROM) 9.831 9.737 9.612 9.762 38.942
5  Dina Kochetkova (RUS) 9.656 9.762 9.525 9.787 38.730
6  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) 9.750 9.750 9.262 9.787 38.549
7  Vasiliki Tsavdaridou (GRE) 9.425 9.612 9.600 9.625 38.262
8  Mónica Martín (ESP) 9.549 9.500 9.525 9.662 38.236
9  Ludivine Furnon (FRA) 9.474 9.537 9.387 9.712 38.110
10  Joana Juárez (ESP) 9.649 9.637 9.037 9.700 38.023
11  Elena Piskun (BLR) 9.187 9.787 9.575 9.350 37.899
12  Nikolett Krausz (HUN) 9.581 9.175 9.362 9.737 37.855
13  Annika Reeder (GBR) 9.431 9.262 9.325 9.525 37.543
14  Kathleen Stark (GER) 9.543 9.037 9.362. 9.537 37.479
15  Giordana Rocchi (ITA) 9.531 9.437 9.037 9.462 37.467
16  Ludmilla Prince (LAT) 9.487 9.400 8.925 9.512 37.324
17  Liubov Sheremeta (UKR) 9.512 9.187 8.887 9.625 37.211
18  Pascale Grossenbacher (SUI) 9.443 9.500 8.862 9.350 37.155
19  Adi Peer (ISR) 9.118 9.525 8.687 9.375 36.705
20  Ilena Menghesso (ITA) 9.468 9.150 8.525 9.462 36.605
21  Cindy Klemrath (GER) 9.462 9.187 8.225 9.362 36.236
22  Gabriela Krčmárová (CZE) 9.268 9.175 8.525 9.187 36.155
23  Maya Shani (ISR) 9.437 8.600 8.587 9.237 35.861
24  Monique Cohnen (BEL) 9.043 8.275 8.912 9.350 35.580

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Vault

Rank Gymnast Total
 Simona Amânar (ROU) 9.774
 Gina Gogean (ROU) 9.768
 Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) 9.756
4  Dina Kochetkova (RUS) 9.725
4  Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) 9.725
6  Svetlana Boginskaya (BLR) 9.662
7  Joana Juárez (ESP) 9.518
8  Einat Kedar (ISR) 9.418

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Uneven bars

Rank Gymnast Total
 Svetlana Khorkina (RUS) 9.825
 Simona Amânar (ROU) 9.825
 Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) 9.825
4  Lavinia Miloșovici (ROU) 9.800
5  Liubov Sheremeta (UKR) 9.775
6  Elena Piskun (BLR) 9.725
6  Svetlana Boginskaya (BLR) 9.725
8  Dina Kochetkova (RUS) 9.262

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Balance beam

Rank Gymnast Total
 Rozalia Galiyeva (RUS) 9.725
 Gina Gogean (ROU) 9.712
 Elena Piskun (BLR) 9.650
4  Svetlana Boginskaya (BLR) 9.575
5  Simona Amânar (ROU) 9.562
6  Liubov Sheremeta (UKR) 9.450
7  Dina Kochetkova (RUS) 9.000
8  Anna Mirgorodskaya (UKR) 8.762

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Floor exercise

Rank Gymnast Total
 Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) 9.862
 Lavinia Miloșovici (ROU) 9.862
 Dina Kochetkova (RUS) 9.800
 Joana Juárez (ESP) 9.800
5  Rozalia Galiyeva (RUS) 9.762
6  Svetlana Boginskaya (BLR) 9.600
7  Simona Amânar (ROU) 9.562
8  Elena Piskun (BLR) 9.412

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Junior Results

All-around

Rank Gymnast Total
 Alexandra Marinescu (ROM) 9.549 9.700 9.562 9.662 38.473
 Adriana Crisci (ITA) 9.599 9.662 9.462 9.500 38.223
 Viktoria Karpenko (UKR) 9.562 9.687 9.625 9.150 38.024
4  Elvira Teza (FRA) 9.531 9.775 9.012 9.587 37.905
5  Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS) 9.700 9.687 8.800 9.537 37.724
5  Maria Olaru (ROM) 9.662 9.612 8.975 9.475 37.724
7  Gemma Paz (ESP) 9.343 9.512 9.162 9.637 37.654
8  Ksenia Bogdanova (RUS) 9.549 9.325 9.050 9.462 37.386
9  Lisa Mason (GBR) 9.443 8.875 9.400 9.475 37.193
10  Diana Teixeira (POR) 9.456 9.625 8.887 9.162 37.130
11  Birgit Schweigert (GER) 9.393 9.612 9.250 8.850 37.105
12  Émilie Volle (FRA) 9.356 9.500 8.812 9.387 37.055
13  Eva Ševcová (SVK) 9.362 9.212 9.125 9.125 36.824
14  Zuzana Sekerová (SVK) 9.281 9.312 8.962 9.125 36.680
15  Anna Nilsson (SWE) 9.193 9.312 8.850 8.900 36.255
16  Natalie Lucitt (GBR) 9.206 8.787 9.025 9.150 36.168
17  Nina Zarzhitskaya (BLR) 9.406 8.562 8.550 9.500 36.018
18  Eva Filo (HUN) 9.374 8.950 8.525 9.100 35.949
19  Gabriella Onodi (HUN) 9.343 8.262 9.225 8.725 35.555
20  Michaela Knorrova (CZE) 9.006 8.925 8.387 9.187 35.505
21  Diana Plaza (ESP) 9.493 7.875 8.812 9.325 35.505
22  Tatiana Tessyuk (BLR) 9.443 8.737 8.200 8.725 35.195
23  Olga Menin (ISR) 8.418 9.212 8.537 8.875 35.042
24  Vesna Stavrev (SLO) 9.112 7.525 8.800 9.000 34.437

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Vault

Rank Gymnast Total
 Maria Olaru (ROU) 9.687
 Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS) 9.668
 Inha Shkarupa (UKR) 9.662
4  Anna Kovalyova (RUS) 9.631
5  Ainhoa Aguado (ESP) 9.599
6  Alexandra Marinescu (ROU) 9.543
7  Andrea Behunová (SVK) 9.487
8  Adriana Crisci (ITA) 9.268

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Uneven bars

Rank Gymnast Total
 Elvire Teza (FRA) 9.812
 Olga Teslenko (UKR) 9.725
 Alexandra Marinescu (ROU) 9.725
4  Viktoria Karpenko (UKR) 9.712
5  Martina Bremini (ITA) 9.675
6  Émilie Volle (FRA) 9.500
7  Ludmila Ezhova (RUS) 9.225
8  Kirsten Visser (NED) 8.950

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Balance beam

Rank Gymnast Total
 Alexandra Marinescu (ROU) 9.750
 Elvire Teza (FRA) 9.675
 Ludmila Ezhova (RUS) 9.412
4  Viktoria Karpenko (UKR) 9.387
5  Adriana Crisci (ITA) 8.987
6  Olga Teslenko (UKR) 8.750
7  Eva Ševcová (SVK) 8.700
8  Diana Teixeira (POR) 8.625

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Floor exercise

Rank Gymnast Total
 Viktoria Karpenko (UKR) 9.675
 Adriana Crisci (ITA) 9.662
 Alexandra Marinescu (ROU) 9.625
4  Martina Bremini (ITA) 9.562
5  Orélie Troscompt (FRA) 9.500
6  Ksenia Bogdanova (RUS) 9.475
7  Maria Olaru (ROU) 9.412
8  Elena Zamolodchikova (RUS) 9.125

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References

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  3. ^ a b c d "1996 Jr. European Championships Women's AA". Gymn Forum. 18 January 2004. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  4. ^ "21st European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Women Birmingham (GBR) 1996 May 16-19 1996". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  5. ^ "21st European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Women Birmingham (GBR) 1996 May 16-19 1996 Qualification Women". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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