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Women’s Balance beam
Held at 19 Games, 1952–2024. Most golds: Romania (6). Most medals: Nadia Comăneci (2). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals58
Delegations12on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Alice D'Amato Italy | Zhou Yaqin China | Manila Esposito Italy |
| 2020 Tokyo | Guan Chenchen China | Tang Xijing China | Simone Biles United States |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Sanne Wevers Netherlands | Laurie Hernandez United States | Simone Biles United States |
| 2012 London | Deng Linlin China | Sui Lu China | Aly Raisman United States |
| 2008 Beijing | Shawn Johnson United States | Nastia Liukin United States | Cheng Fei China |
| 2004 Athens | Cătălina Ponor Romania | Carly Patterson United States | Alexandra Eremia Romania |
| 2000 Sydney | Liu Xuan China | Yekaterina Lobaznyuk Russia | Elena Produnova Russia |
| 1996 Atlanta | Shannon Miller United States | Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine | Gina Gogean Romania |
| 1992 Barcelona | Tatiana Lysenko Unified Team | Lu Li China / Shannon Miller United States | — |
| 1988 Seoul | Daniela Silivaş Romania | Elena Shushunova Soviet Union | Gabriela Potorac Romania / Phoebe Mills United States |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Simona Păucă Romania / Ecaterina Szabo Romania | — | Kathy Johnson United States |
| 1980 Moscow | Nadia Comăneci Romania | Elena Davydova Soviet Union | Natalia Shaposhnikova Soviet Union |
| 1976 Montreal | Nadia Comăneci Romania | Olga Korbut Soviet Union | Teodora Ungureanu Romania |
| 1972 Munich | Olga Korbut Soviet Union | Tamara Lazakovich Soviet Union | Karin Janz East Germany |
| 1968 Mexico City | Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Larisa Petrik Soviet Union |
| 1964 Tokyo | Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Tamara Manina Soviet Union | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union |
| 1960 Rome | Eva Bosáková Czechoslovakia | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union | Sofia Muratova Soviet Union |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Ágnes Keleti Hungary | Eva Bosáková Czechoslovakia / Tamara Manina Soviet Union | — |
| 1952 Helsinki | Nina Bocharova Soviet Union | Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union | Margit Korondi Hungary |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | China | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | United States | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Unified Team | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | East Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |