The first European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships took place in 1955. In this championship, there was no team competition, only individual competitions. Only men took part, and the championship took place in Frankfurt am Main.
The Soviet Union dominated the championships, and took the top two places, with a total of five golds in the apparatus finals. Boris Shakhlin, who won a total of 14 World Championship medals and 13 Olympic medals in gymnastics, won the overall competition.
Note: Free (FX), Pommel horse (PH), Rings (R), Vault (VT), Parallel bars (PB), High bar (HB), .
| Place | Country | Name | FX | PH | R | VT | PB | HB | TOTAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.55 | 9.75 | 9.55 | 9.45 | 9.75 | 9.75 | 57.80 | ||||
| 9.50 | 8.50 | 9.85 | 9.55 | 9.75 | 9.60 | 56.75 | ||||
| 9.40 | 9.20 | 9.55 | 9.60 | 9.75 | 9.15 | 56.65 | ||||
| 9.60 | 9.15 | 9.40 | 9.75 | 9.05 | 9.35 | 56.30 | ||||
| 9.20 | 9.20 | 9.35 | 9.60 | 9.35 | 9.45 | 56.15 | ||||
| 9.70 | 9.35 | 8.75 | 9.30 | 9.40 | 9.60 | 56.10 | ||||
| 9.25 | 9.00 | 9.30 | 9.30 | 9.45 | 9.45 | 55.75 | ||||
| 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.35 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 55.60 |
| Place | Gymnast | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Prorok | 9.75 | ||
 Sweden Jan Cronstedt | |||
 Germany Adalbert Dickhut |
| Place | Gymnast | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Shakhlin | 9.75 | ||
| Sweden Jan Cronstedt | |||
 Austria Hans Sauter |
| Place | Gymnast | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Azaryan | 9.85 | ||
| Germany Helmut Bantz | |||
| Vladimir Prorok | |||
| Boris Shakhlin |
| Place | Gymnast | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany Adalbert Dickhut | 9.75 | ||
| Germany Helmut Bantz | |||
 Luxembourg Joseph Stoffel |
| Place | Gymnast | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany Helmut Bantz | 9.75 | ||
| Boris Shakhlin | 9.75 | ||
| Albert Azaryan | 9.75 |
| Place | Gymnast | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Shakhlin | 9.75 | ||
| Albert Azaryan | |||
| Sweden Jan Cronstedt |