The Olympic balance beam medalists from 1952 (the first year women's beam competition was held), through 2008.
- 1952 (Helsinki, Finland)
GOLD Nina Bocharova, USSR19.220
SILVER Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR 19.130
BRONZE Margit Korondi, Hungary 19.020 - 1956 (Melbourne, Australia)
GOLD Agnes Keleti, Hungary 18.800
SILVER (tie) Eva Bosakova, Czechoslovakia 18.633; Tamara Manina, USSR 18.633 - 1960 (Rome, Italy)
GOLD Eva Bosakova, Czechoslovakia, 19.283
SILVER Larissa Latynina, USSR 19.233
BRONZE Sofia Muratova, USSR 19.232 - 1964 (Tokyo, Japan)
GOLD Vera Caslavska, Czechoslovakia, 19.449
SILVER Tamara Manina, USSR 19.399
BRONZE Larissa Latynina, USSR 19.382 - 1968 (Mexico City, Mexico)
GOLD Natalia Kuchinskaya, USSR 19.650
SILVER Vera Caslavska, Czechoslovakia 19.575
BRONZE Larissa Petrik, USSR 19.250 - 1972 (Munich, Germany)
GOLD Olga Korbut, USSR 19.400
SILVER Tamara Lazakovich, USSR 19.375
BRONZE Karin Janz, East Germany 18.975 - 1976 (Montreal, Canada)
GOLD Nadia Comaneci, Romania 19.950
SILVER Olga Korbut, USSR 19.725
BRONZE Teodora Ungureanu, Romania 19.700 - 1980 (Moscow, USSR)
GOLD Nadia Comaneci, Romania 19.800
SILVER Yelena Davydova, USSR 19.750
BRONZE Natalia Shaposhnikova, USSR 19.725 - 1984 (Los Angeles, USA)*
GOLD (tie) Simona Pauca, Romania 19.800; Ecaterina Szabo, Romania 19.800
BRONZE Kathy Johnson, USA 19.650 - 1988 (Seoul, Korea)
GOLD Daniela Silivas, Romania 19.924
SILVER Elena Shushunova, USSR 19.875
BRONZE (tie) Phoebe Mills, USA 19.837; Gabriela Potorac, Romania 19.837 - 1992 (Barcelona, Spain)
GOLD Tatiana Lysenko, The Unified Team** 9.975
SILVER (tie) Lu Li, China 9.912; Shannon Miller, USA 9.912 - 1996 (Atlanta, USA)
GOLD Shannon Miller, USA 9.862
SILVER Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukraine 9.825
BRONZE Gina Gogean, Romania, 9.787 - 2000 (Sydney, Australia)
GOLD Liu Xuan, China 9.825
SILVER Ekaterina Lobaznyuk, Russia 9.787
BRONZE Elena Produnova, Russia 9.775 - 2004 (Athens, Greece)
GOLD Catalina Ponor, Romania 9.787
SILVER Carly Patterson, USA 9.775
BRONZE Alexandra Eremia, Romania 9.700 - 2008 (Beijing, China)
GOLD Shawn Johnson, USA 16.225
SILVER Nastia Liukin, USA 16.025
BRONZE Cheng Fei, China 15.950
* In 1984 the USSR -- the most dominant team of the era -- boycotted the Games, possibly affecting the results
** In 1992, the former USSR competed as the Unified Team, then split into independent republics starting in 1996
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