The 1955 Motocross European Championship was the 4th edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.^[1]

Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.^[2]

It should not be confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.^[3]

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Location	Winner	Team	Report
1	May 8	Swiss Grand Prix	Geneva	Victor Leloup	FN	Report
2	May 22	French Grand Prix	Vesoul	Les Archer Jr.	Norton	Report
3	June 5	Italian Grand Prix	Imola	Sten Lundin	BSA	Report
4	July 4	British Grand Prix	Hawkstone Park	Jeff Smith	BSA	Report
5	August 8	Belgian Grand Prix	Namur	John Draper	BSA	Report
6	August 1	Luxembourg Grand Prix	Ettelbruck	Les Archer Jr.	Norton	Report
7	August 22	Swedish Grand Prix	Saxtorp	John Draper	BSA	Report
8	September 4	Dutch Grand Prix	Norg	Sten Lundin	BSA	Report
Sources:[4][5]

Final standings

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.^[1]

Pos	Rider	Machine	CH	FRA	ITA	GBR	BEL	LUX	SWE	NED	Pts
1	John Draper	BSA				2	1		1	6	23
2	Bill Nilsson	BSA		2				2	2	3	22
3	Sten Lundin	BSA		6	1		6	3		1	21
4	Victor Leloup	FN	1	3			2	4	6		21
5	Les Archer Jr.	Norton		1		4		1			19
6	Brian Stonebridge	BSA	4		2	3	4				16
7	Jeff Smith	BSA			5	1			3		14
8	Jean Somja	FN		4	3		3				11
9	René Baeten	Matchless	3	5						4	9
10	Lars Gustavsson	Monark						5	5	5	6
	René Klym	BSA	2								6
	Hendrik Rietman	FN								2	6
13	Eje Bergman	BSA							4		3
	Nic Jansen	BSA			4						3
15	Geoff Ward	AJS	6			6					2
	Basil Hall	BSA					5				2
	David Tye	AJS				5					2
	André Van Heuverzwijn	Saroléa	5								2
	Phil Nex	Matchless			6			6			2
Source:[5]