Gymnastics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

The women's balance beam competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall II from 22 to 23 July. It was the first appearance of the event, though balance beam exercise were part of the women's team all-around events in 1936 and 1948.[1]

Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli, Exhibition Hall II
Date22–23 July
Competitors134 from 18 nations
Winning score19.22
Medalists
Nina Bocharova  Soviet Union
Maria Gorokhovskaya  Soviet Union
Margit Korondi  Hungary

Competition format

The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered a team of eight gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The four apparatus that would become standard (floor, balance beam, uneven bars, and vault) were all used in the same Games for the first time.

No separate finals were contested.

For each individual exercise, five judges gave scores from 0 to 10 in one-tenth point increments. The top and bottom scores were discarded and the remaining three scores averaged to give the exercise total. Thus, exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20.

The competitor had the option to make a second try only on the compulsory exercise—with the second attempt counting regardless of whether it was better than the first. For voluntary exercises, only one attempt could be made.[2]

Results

RankGymnastNationCompulsoryVoluntaryTotal
Nina Bocharova Soviet Union9.469.7619.22
Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet Union9.439.7019.13
Margit Korondi Hungary9.469.5619.02
4Ágnes Keleti Hungary9.439.5318.96
5Galina Urbanovich Soviet Union9.409.5318.93
6Olga Tass Hungary9.409.4618.86
6Tsvetanka Stancheva Bulgaria9.439.4318.86
8Galina Shamrai Soviet Union9.439.3618.79
9Pelageya Danilova Soviet Union9.269.5018.76
10Galina Minaicheva Soviet Union9.139.5318.66
10Ivanka Dolzheva Bulgaria9.369.3018.66
12Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova Bulgaria9.269.3318.59
13Eva Věchtová Czechoslovakia9.039.5318.56
14Věra Vančurová Czechoslovakia9.009.5018.50
15Medea Jugeli Soviet Union9.139.3618.49
16Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Hungary9.069.3318.39
17Edit Perényi-Weckinger Hungary9.069.3018.36
18Ekaterina Kalinchuk Soviet Union8.969.3618.32
19Vasilka Stancheva Bulgaria9.169.0618.22
20Raili Tuominen-Hämäläinen Finland9.109.1018.20
21Božena Srncová Czechoslovakia9.139.0618.19
22Alena Chadimová Czechoslovakia8.839.3318.16
22Gun Röring Sweden8.839.3318.16
24Olga Göllner Romania9.168.9618.12
25Jana Rabasová Czechoslovakia8.939.1318.06
25Ginette Durand France8.669.4018.06
25Matylda Šínová Czechoslovakia8.739.3618.06
28Irma Walther Germany8.809.2318.03
29Karin Lindberg Sweden8.769.2618.02
30Rayna Grigorova Bulgaria9.008.9617.96
31Stela Perin Romania8.809.1317.93
31Hana Bobková Czechoslovakia8.639.3017.93
33Mária Kövi-Zalai Hungary8.609.3017.90
34Stoyanka Angelova Bulgaria8.769.0317.79
35Stefania Świerzy Poland8.439.3317.76
36Lydia Zeitlhofer Germany8.808.9317.73
37Irène Pittelioen France8.309.4017.70
38Alexandra Lemoine France8.469.2317.69
39Helena Rakoczy Poland8.269.4017.66
39Ileana Gyarfaş Romania8.639.0317.66
41Evy Berggren Sweden8.269.3617.62
42Hanna Grages Germany8.469.1317.59
42Yordanka Yovkova Bulgaria8.868.7317.59
44Milica Rožman Yugoslavia8.439.1317.56
45Lenie Gerrietsen Netherlands8.539.0017.53
46Liliane Montagne France8.409.1017.50
47Lidia Pitteri Italy8.469.0317.49
48Ruth Grulkowski United States8.568.9017.46
49Göta Pettersson Sweden8.409.0317.43
50Miranda Cicognani Italy8.568.8617.42
51Sonja Rožman Yugoslavia8.339.0617.39
52Arja Lehtinen Finland8.508.8617.36
52Olga Munteanu Romania8.808.5617.36
52Cissy Davies Great Britain8.468.9017.36
55Wolfgard Voß Germany8.668.6617.32
56Vappu Salonen Finland8.608.7017.30
56Zofia Kowalczyk Poland8.209.1017.30
56Liliana Scaricabarozzi Italy8.608.7017.30
56Tootje Selbach Netherlands8.408.9017.30
60Grazia Bozzo Italy8.468.8317.29
60Annie Ros Netherlands8.338.9617.29
62Helga Bîrsan Romania8.608.6617.26
63Hjördis Nordin Sweden8.308.9317.23
63Gwynedd Lewis-Lingard Great Britain8.408.8317.23
65Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska Poland8.109.1017.20
66Licia Macchini Italy8.238.9617.19
66Ingrid Sandahl Sweden8.338.8617.19
66Raili Hoviniemi Finland8.238.9617.19
69Meta Elste United States8.208.9617.16
69Pirkko Vilppunen Finland8.468.7017.16
69Teofila Băiaşu Romania8.568.6017.16
72Marija Ivandekić Yugoslavia8.308.8017.10
73Inge Sedlmaier Germany8.568.5317.09
73Marian Barone United States8.238.8617.09
75Elisabeth Ostermeyer Germany8.368.7017.06
76Honorata Marcińczak Poland8.009.0317.03
77Elisabetta Durelli Italy8.468.5617.02
77Hedwig Traindl Austria8.168.8617.02
79Gerti Fesl Austria8.168.8016.96
79Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Poland7.769.2016.96
81Tanja Žutić Yugoslavia8.408.5316.93
82Nada Spasić Yugoslavia8.408.5016.90
82Cootje van Kampen-Tonneman Netherlands8.208.7016.90
84Luciana Reali Italy8.368.5316.89
85Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling Sweden8.438.4316.86
85Renata Bianchi Italy8.368.5016.86
85Maila Nisula Finland8.038.8316.86
88Ada Smolnikar Yugoslavia8.508.3316.83
88Huiberdina Krul-van der Nolk van Gogh Netherlands8.138.7016.83
90Trude Gollner-Kolar Austria7.808.9316.73
91Alena Reichová Czechoslovakia8.668.0016.66
92Edeltraud Schramm Austria8.068.5616.62
93Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Hungary9.137.4216.56
94Andrea Bodó Hungary9.037.5016.53
94Stefania Reindl Poland7.439.1016.53
96Dália da Cunha-Sammer Portugal7.608.9016.50
97Ida Kadlec Austria7.868.6016.46
98Colette Hué France8.407.9616.36
98Gertrude Gries Austria7.938.4316.36
100Ruth Topalian United States8.138.2016.33
101Anka Drinić Yugoslavia7.868.6416.32
102Vanja Blomberg Sweden8.367.9316.29
103Nanny Simon Netherlands8.068.2016.26
103Jo Cox-Ladru Netherlands7.968.3016.26
105Tereza Kočiš Yugoslavia8.437.8016.23
106Maria Laura Amorim Portugal7.608.6016.20
107Gertrude Winnige-Barosch Austria8.267.9316.19
108Jeanette Vogelbacher France7.838.3316.16
109Margo Morgan Great Britain8.038.1016.13
110Marjorie Raistrick-Carter Great Britain7.538.5616.09
111Margaret Thomas-Neale Great Britain8.037.9615.99
112Bergljot Sandvik-Johansen Norway7.768.1615.92
113Eveline Slavici Romania8.537.3315.86
114Hildegard Grill Austria7.907.8315.73
115Colette Fanara France8.207.4315.63
115Pat Hirst Great Britain8.407.2315.63
117Dorothy Dalton United States8.037.4015.43
118Clara Schroth-Lomady United States8.406.9615.36
119Madeleine Jouffroy France8.536.8015.33
120Penka Prisadashka Bulgaria8.506.6315.13
121Norveig Karlsen Norway6.538.5315.06
122Brigitte Kiesler Germany6.708.3015.00
123Toetie Selbach Netherlands8.166.7614.92
124Pirkko Pyykönen Finland8.466.3314.79
125Irene Hirst Great Britain7.936.8014.73
126Marie Hoesly United States8.406.3014.70
127Raija Simola Finland8.236.3314.56
128Natália Silva Portugal6.967.5614.52
129Grethe Werner Norway7.636.5614.19
130Valerie Mullins Great Britain8.006.1014.10
131Elisabeta Abrudeanu Romania8.165.8313.99
132Urszula Łukomska Poland7.864.5012.36
133Hilde Koop Germany4.467.3611.82
134Doris Kirkman United States8.108.10

References

  1. "Gymnastics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Women's Balance Beam". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. Official Report, p. 442.
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