1961 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Host City Leipzig
Country GDR
Held 3 – 4 June 1961
Competitors 6
Countries 4

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Individual All-Around Women Medal 4 3
Floor Exercise Women Medal 3 2
Vault Women Medal 3 2
Uneven Bars Women Medal 3 2
Balance Beam Women Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 4 4 0 8
2 East Germany GDR 1 1 3 5
3 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 2 2
4 Poland POL 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Individual All-Around, Women Larisa Latynina URS Polina Astakhova URS Věra Čáslavská
Ingrid Föst
TCH
GDR
Floor Exercise, Women Larisa Latynina URS Polina Astakhova URS Věra Čáslavská TCH
Vault, Women Ute Starke GDR Ingrid Föst GDR Natalia Kot POL
Uneven Bars, Women Polina Astakhova URS Larisa Latynina URS Ingrid Föst GDR
Balance Beam, Women Polina Astakhova URS Larisa Latynina URS Ingrid Föst GDR