World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's balance beam

Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships[1][2] were first held in 1934, at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1938, at the 11th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added.

The women's balance beam competition has been held in every year since its inception.

Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position. If three gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

Medalists

Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories.

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1938 Czechoslovakia Prague * Czechoslovakia Vlasta Děkanová * unknown unknown
1950 Switzerland Basel Poland Helena Rakoczy Italy Marja Nutti Italy Licia Macchini
1954 Italy Rome Japan Keiko Tanaka Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Hungary Ágnes Keleti
1958 Soviet Union Moscow Soviet Union Larisa Latynina Soviet Union Sofia Muratova Japan Keiko Tanaka
1962 Czechoslovakia Prague Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Soviet Union Larisa Latynina Hungary Anikó Ducza
Japan Keiko Ikeda
1966 West Germany Dortmund Soviet Union Natalia Kuchinskaya Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská Soviet Union Larisa Petrik
1970 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubljana East Germany Erika Zuchold United States Cathy Rigby Soviet Union Larisa Petrik
East Germany Christine Schmitt
1974 Bulgaria Varna Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union Olga Korbut Soviet Union Nellie Kim
1978 France Strasbourg Romania Nadia Comăneci Soviet Union Elena Mukhina Romania Emilia Eberle
1979 United States Fort Worth Czechoslovakia Věra Černá Soviet Union Nellie Kim East Germany Regina Grabolle
1981 Soviet Union Moscow East Germany Maxi Gnauck China Chen Yongyan United States Tracee Talavera
China Wu Jiani
1983 Hungary Budapest Soviet Union Olga Mostepanova Czechoslovakia Hana Říčná Romania Lavinia Agache
1985 Canada Montreal Romania Daniela Silivaș Romania Ecaterina Szabó Soviet Union Yelena Shushunova
1987 Netherlands Rotterdam Romania Aurelia Dobre Soviet Union Yelena Shushunova Soviet Union Svetlana Boginskaya
Romania Ecaterina Szabó
1989 West Germany Stuttgart Romania Daniela Silivaș (2) Soviet Union Olesya Dudnik Romania Gabriela Potorac
1991 United States Indianapolis Soviet Union Svetlana Boginskaya Soviet Union Tatiana Gutsu Romania Lavinia Miloșovici
United States Betty Okino
1992 France Paris United States Kim Zmeskal China Li Yifang
Romania Maria Neculiță		 -
1993 United Kingdom Birmingham Romania Lavinia Miloșovici United States Dominique Dawes Romania Gina Gogean
1994 Australia Brisbane United States Shannon Miller Ukraine Lilia Podkopayeva Russia Oksana Fabrichnova
1995 Japan Sabae China Mo Huilan United States Dominique Moceanu
Ukraine Lilia Podkopayeva		 -
1996 Puerto Rico San Juan Russia Dina Kochetkova Romania Alexandra Marinescu United States Dominique Dawes
China Liu Xuan
1997 Switzerland Lausanne Romania Gina Gogean Russia Svetlana Khorkina China Kui Yuanyuan
1999 China Tianjin China Ling Jie Romania Andreea Răducan Ukraine Olha Rozshchupkina
2001 Belgium Ghent Romania Andreea Răducan Russia Ludmila Ezhova China Sun Xiaojiao
2002 Hungary Debrecen United States Ashley Postell Romania Oana Ban Ukraine Irina Yarotska
2003 United States Anaheim China Fan Ye Romania Cătălina Ponor Russia Ludmila Ezhova
2005 Australia Melbourne United States Nastia Liukin United States Chellsie Memmel Romania Cătălina Ponor
2006 Denmark Aarhus Ukraine Iryna Krasnianska Romania Sandra Izbașa Canada Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs
2007 Germany Stuttgart United States Nastia Liukin (2) China Li Shanshan
Romania Steliana Nistor		 -
2009 United Kingdom London China Deng Linlin Australia Lauren Mitchell United States Ivana Hong
2010 Netherlands Rotterdam Romania Ana Porgras United States Rebecca Bross
China Deng Linlin		 -
2011 Japan Tokyo China Sui Lu China Yao Jinnan United States Jordyn Wieber
2013 Belgium Antwerp Russia Aliya Mustafina United States Kyla Ross United States Simone Biles
2014 China Nanning United States Simone Biles China Bai Yawen Russia Aliya Mustafina
2015 United Kingdom Glasgow United States Simone Biles (2) Netherlands Sanne Wevers Germany Pauline Schäfer
2017 Canada Montreal Germany Pauline Schäfer United States Morgan Hurd Germany Tabea Alt
2018 Qatar Doha
2019 Germany Stuttgart

* There is conflicting and incomplete information about medal winners in the individual apparatus events at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as non-primary sources gives different information about it.

All-time medal count

Last updated after the 2017 World Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania (ROM)88723
2 United States (USA)77620
3 Soviet Union (Soviet Union)58518
4 China (CHN)56415
5 Czechoslovakia3306
6 Russia (RUS)2237
7 East Germany2024
8 Ukraine (UKR)1225
9 Germany (GER)1023
 Japan (JPN)1023
11 Poland (POL)1001
12 Italy (ITA)0112
13 Australia (AUS)0101
 Netherlands (NED)0101
15 Hungary (HUN)0022
16 Canada (CAN)0011
Totals (16 nations)363937112


References

  1. ↑ "47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships MONTREAL (CAN)". live.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  2. ↑ "48th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships DOHA (QAT)". www.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
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