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]
| Balance beam at the Olympic Games | |
|---|---|
 Nadia Comăneci competing on the balance beam at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
| Overview | |
| Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
| Gender | Women |
| Years held | 1952 – 2024 |
| Reigning champion | |
| Women |  Alice D'Amato (ITA) |
Medalists
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Multiple medalists
edit| 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
edit| 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 |
Gallery
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Women's Balance Beam at the Olympics
References
edit- ^ "Balance Beam, Women (1952)". Olympedia.
- ^ "Simone Biles Takes Bronze on Balance Beam. Guan Chenchen Wins Gold". The New York Times. 3 August 2021.