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.
Medalists Women 1952 Helsinki 1956 Melbourne none awarded 1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Mexico City 1972 Munich 1976 Montreal 1980 Moscow 1984 Los Angeles none awarded 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona none awarded 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris
Multiple medalists Rank Gymnast Nation OlympicsGoldSilverBronze Total 1 1976–1980 2 0 0 2 2 1956–1960 1 1 0 2 1964–1968 1 1 0 2 1972–1976 1 1 0 2 1992–1996 1 1 0 2 6 1956–1960 0 2 0 2 7 1960–1964 0 1 1 2 8 2016–2020 0 0 2 2
Medalists by country
Rank NationGoldSilverBronze Total 1 6 0 4 10 2 3 8 4 15 3 3 4 1 8 4 2 4 5 11 5 2 2 0 4 6 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 0 1 1 2 11 0 1 0 1 12 0 0 1 1
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