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Balance beam at the Olympics

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Balance beam
at the Olympic Games
Nadia Comăneci competing on the balance beam at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Overview
SportArtistic gymnastics
GenderWomen
Years held19522024
Reigning champion
Women Alice D'Amato (ITA)

The balance beam is an artistic gymnastics event held at the Summer Olympics on which only women compete. Women started competing in and earning medals at apparatus finals in 1952.[1]

Medalists

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Women

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
1952 Helsinki
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Nina Bocharova
 Soviet Union
Maria Gorokhovskaya
 Soviet Union
Margit Korondi
 Hungary
1956 Melbourne
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Ágnes Keleti
 Hungary
Eva Bosáková
 Czechoslovakia
Tamara Manina
 Soviet Union
none awarded
1960 Rome
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Eva Bosáková
 Czechoslovakia
Larisa Latynina
 Soviet Union
Sofia Muratova
 Soviet Union
1964 Tokyo
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Věra Čáslavská
 Czechoslovakia
Tamara Manina
 Soviet Union
Larisa Latynina
 Soviet Union
1968 Mexico City
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Natalia Kuchinskaya
 Soviet Union
Věra Čáslavská
 Czechoslovakia
Larisa Petrik
 Soviet Union
1972 Munich
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Olga Korbut
 Soviet Union
Tamara Lazakovich
 Soviet Union
Karin Janz
 East Germany
1976 Montreal
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Nadia Comăneci
 Romania
Olga Korbut
 Soviet Union
Teodora Ungureanu
 Romania
1980 Moscow
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Nadia Comăneci
 Romania
Yelena Davydova
 Soviet Union
Natalia Shaposhnikova
 Soviet Union
1984 Los Angeles
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Simona Păucă
 Romania
Ecaterina Szabo
 Romania
none awarded Kathy Johnson
 United States
1988 Seoul
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Daniela Silivaș
 Romania
Yelena Shushunova
 Soviet Union
Phoebe Mills
 United States
Gabriela Potorac
 Romania
1992 Barcelona
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Tatiana Lysenko
 Unified Team
Lu Li
 China
Shannon Miller
 United States
none awarded
1996 Atlanta
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Shannon Miller
 United States
Lilia Podkopayeva
 Ukraine
Gina Gogean
 Romania
2000 Sydney
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Liu Xuan
 China
Yekaterina Lobaznyuk
 Russia
Yelena Produnova
 Russia
2004 Athens
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Cătălina Ponor
 Romania
Carly Patterson
 United States
Alexandra Eremia
 Romania
2008 Beijing
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Shawn Johnson
 United States
Nastia Liukin
 United States
Cheng Fei
 China
2012 London
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Deng Linlin
 China
Sui Lu
 China
Aly Raisman
 United States
2016 Rio de Janeiro
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Sanne Wevers
 Netherlands
Laurie Hernandez
 United States
Simone Biles
 United States
2020 Tokyo
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Guan Chenchen
 China
Tang Xijing
 China
Simone Biles
 United States
2024 Paris
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Alice D'Amato
 Italy
Zhou Yaqin
 China
Manila Esposito
 Italy

Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Olympics Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Nadia Comăneci  Romania (ROU) 1976–1980 2 0 0 2
2 Eva Bosáková  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1956–1960 1 1 0 2
Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1964–1968 1 1 0 2
Olga Korbut  Soviet Union (URS) 1972–1976 1 1 0 2
Shannon Miller  United States (USA) 1992–1996 1 1 0 2
6 Tamara Manina  Soviet Union (URS) 1956–1960 0 2 0 2
7 Larisa Latynina  Soviet Union (URS) 1960–1964 0 1 1 2
8 Simone Biles  United States (USA) 2016–2020 0 0 2 2

Medalists by country

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Romania (ROU) 6 0 4 10
2  Soviet Union (URS) 3 8 4 15
3  China (CHN) 3 4 1 8
4  United States (USA) 2 4 5 11
5  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 2 2 0 4
6  Hungary (HUN) 1 0 1 2
 Italy (ITA) 1 0 1 2
8  Netherlands (NED) 1 0 0 1
 Unified Team (EUN) 1 0 0 1
10  Russia (RUS) 0 1 1 2
11  Ukraine (UKR) 0 1 0 1
12  East Germany (GDR) 0 0 1 1
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Women's Balance Beam at the Olympics

References

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  1. ^ "Balance Beam, Women (1952)". Olympedia.
  2. ^ "Simone Biles Takes Bronze on Balance Beam. Guan Chenchen Wins Gold". The New York Times. 3 August 2021.