Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

These are the results of the women's balance beam competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAuditorio Nacional
Date21–25 October
Competitors101 from 28 nations
Winning score19.650
Medalists
Natalia Kuchinskaya  Soviet Union
Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia
Larisa Petrik  Soviet Union

Kuchinskaya was controversially awarded gold over Čáslavská after initial scores were revised. A similar controversy occurred in the floor event, and both were in favor of Soviet athletes.[1]

Competition format

Each nation entered a team of six 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 scores for all 8 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score.

These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the new apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 101st. In the final, each gymnast performed an additional voluntary exercise; half of the score from the preliminary carried over.

Results

RankGymnastNationPreliminaryFinal
CompulsoryVoluntaryTotal12 Prelim.FinalTotal
Natalia Kuchinskaya Soviet Union9.809.8019.609.8009.85019.650
Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia9.659.8019.459.7259.85019.575
Larisa Petrik Soviet Union9.509.5019.009.5009.75019.250
4Linda Metheny United States9.609.5519.159.5759.65019.225
Karin Janz East Germany9.459.6019.059.5259.70019.225
6Erika Zuchold East Germany9.459.5519.009.5009.65019.150
7Cathy Rigby United States9.559.4519.00Did not advance
8Maritta Bauerschmidt East Germany9.509.4518.95Did not advance
9Miyuki Matsuhisa Japan9.509.4018.90Did not advance
10Ágnes Bánfai Hungary9.509.3518.85Did not advance
Lyubov Burda Soviet Union9.509.3518.85Did not advance
Hana Lišková Czechoslovakia9.459.4018.85Did not advance
Marianne Noack East Germany9.459.4018.85Did not advance
Bohumila Řimnáčová Czechoslovakia9.459.4018.85Did not advance
15Zinaida Voronina Soviet Union9.409.4018.80Did not advance
16Kazue Hanyu Japan9.359.4018.75Did not advance
Evelyne Letourneur France9.509.2518.75Did not advance
18Anikó Ducza Hungary9.509.2018.70Did not advance
Olga Karasyova Soviet Union9.309.4018.70Did not advance
Jana Kubičková-Posnerová Czechoslovakia9.309.4018.70Did not advance
Colleen Mulvihill United States9.409.3018.70Did not advance
22Marianna Krajčírová Czechoslovakia9.359.3018.65Did not advance
23Kayoko Hashiguchi Japan9.359.2518.60Did not advance
Mitsuko Kandori Japan9.359.2518.60Did not advance
Taniko Mitsukuri Japan9.359.2518.60Did not advance
Miroslava Skleničková Czechoslovakia9.309.3018.60Did not advance
27Kathy Gleason United States9.159.3018.45Did not advance
Joyce Tanac United States9.259.2018.45Did not advance
29Katalin Makray Hungary9.259.1018.35Did not advance
30Chieko Oda Japan9.259.0518.30Did not advance
Márta Tolnai Hungary9.109.2018.30Did not advance
32Ilona Békési Hungary9.209.0518.25Did not advance
33Wendy Cluff United States9.209.0018.20Did not advance
Ute Starke East Germany9.209.0018.20Did not advance
Neli Stoyanova Bulgaria8.959.2518.20Did not advance
36Gondegmaa Tsagaandorj Mongolia8.859.2518.10Did not advance
37Mariya Karashka Bulgaria8.809.2518.05Did not advance
38Wiesława Lech Poland9.058.9518.00Did not advance
39Jacqueline Brisepierre France9.208.7517.95Did not advance
40Sandra Hartley Canada8.958.9017.85Did not advance
41Katalin Müller Hungary9.458.3517.80Did not advance
Łucja Ochmańska Poland8.809.0017.80Did not advance
43Mireille Cayre France8.958.8017.75Did not advance
Françoise Nourry France9.158.6017.75Did not advance
Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union9.308.4517.75Did not advance
46Horta Van Hoye Belgium8.709.0017.70Did not advance
Vesela Pasheva Bulgaria8.758.9517.70Did not advance
48Tuiaa Iadamsurenglin Mongolia8.609.0017.60Did not advance
49Helga Braathen Norway8.359.2017.55Did not advance
Christiane Goethals Belgium8.459.1017.55Did not advance
Barbara Zięba Poland8.459.1017.55Did not advance
52Nancy Aldama Cuba8.708.8017.50Did not advance
Margaret Bell Great Britain8.558.9517.50Did not advance
Angelika Kern West Germany8.509.0017.50Did not advance
55Marilynn Minaker Canada8.359.0517.40Did not advance
Wenche Sjong Norway8.458.9517.40Did not advance
57Marie Lundqvist Sweden8.608.7517.35Did not advance
58Magdalena Schmidt East Germany9.108.2017.30Did not advance
59Jill Kvamme Norway8.209.0517.25Did not advance
60Gabriella Pozzuolo Italy8.958.1517.10Did not advance
61Adriana Biagiotti Italy9.008.0517.05Did not advance
62Rayna Atanasova Bulgaria8.608.4017.00Did not advance
Zulema Bregado Cuba8.708.3017.00Did not advance
Jennifer Diachun Canada8.908.1017.00Did not advance
Rose-Marie Holm Sweden8.858.1517.00Did not advance
Torunn Isberg Norway7.909.1017.00Did not advance
Dominique Lauvard France9.057.9517.00Did not advance
Theresa McDonnell Canada7.959.0517.00Did not advance
Else Trangbaek Denmark8.258.7517.00Did not advance
70Suzette Blanco Cuba8.258.5516.80Did not advance
Grażyna Witkowska Poland8.758.0516.80Did not advance
72Norikhoo Dorj Mongolia8.408.3516.75Did not advance
Valerie Norris Australia8.058.7016.75Did not advance
Mary Prestidge Great Britain8.258.5016.75Did not advance
75Solveig Egman-Andersson Sweden8.308.4016.70Did not advance
Marie-Luise Stegemann West Germany8.658.0516.70Did not advance
77Vanya Marinova Bulgaria7.359.3016.65Did not advance
78Nereida Bauta Cuba8.008.5516.55Did not advance
79Miriam Villacian Cuba8.008.5016.50Did not advance
80Petra Jebram West Germany8.807.6516.45Did not advance
Helga Matschkur West Germany8.757.7016.45Did not advance
82Irmi Krauser West Germany8.507.9016.40Did not advance
83Natalija Sljepica Yugoslavia8.557.7016.25Did not advance
84Halina Daniec Poland8.507.4515.95Did not advance
85Anna Stein West Germany8.507.3515.85Did not advance
86Daniela Maccelli Italy8.707.1015.80Did not advance
87Unni Holmen Norway8.057.7015.75Did not advance
88Małgorzata Chojnacka Poland8.457.2015.65Did not advance
89Nicole Bourdiau France8.756.8015.55Did not advance
90Suzanne Cloutier Canada8.257.2515.50Did not advance
91Esbela da Fonseca Portugal7.557.9015.45Did not advance
Elena Ramirez Mexico7.757.7015.45Did not advance
93Ann-Mari Hvaal Norway7.407.5014.90Did not advance
94Yolanda Vega Cuba8.206.6514.85Did not advance
95Julietta Saenz de Secilia Mexico7.706.6514.35Did not advance
96Luisa Morales Mexico7.056.8513.90Did not advance
Laura Rivera Mexico7.856.0513.90Did not advance
98Yu Mai-Lee Chinese Taipei7.106.6513.75Did not advance
99Rosalinda Puente Mexico6.905.9012.80Did not advance
100Rosario Briones Mexico6.306.4012.70Did not advance
Hong Tai-kwai Chinese Taipei8.054.6512.70Did not advance

References


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