Balance Beam At The Olympics
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.
| 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 – 2020 |
| Reigning champion | |
| Women |  Guan Chenchen (CHN) |
Medalists
Women
Multiple medalists
| 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
| 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 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Unified Team (EUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Gallery
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Women's Balance Beam at the Olympics
References
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