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. It was the final qualifying event for the 2024 Summer Olympics. 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.

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. 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. The group Oceania berth went to Australia as well.

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. 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.

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.

Participating countries




Updated on May 7 2024.

Competition schedule

 * 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
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. He later said that some of the judges at the competition had filed complaints as well. There were also allegations that the Polish group's scores had been similarly lowered.

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. 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.

Medal winners
* reserve gymnast