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

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Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall II
Date22–23 July 1952
Competitors134 from 18 nations
Winning score19.22
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nina Bocharova Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Maria Gorokhovskaya Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Margit Korondi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary
1956  

The women's balance beam competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics was held at Messuhalli, Exhibition Hall II from 22 to 23 July, 1952. 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]

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 became 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
Gold medal icon.svg Nina Bocharova Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 9.469.7619.22
Silver medal icon.svg Maria Gorokhovskaya Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 9.439.7019.13
Bronze medal icon.svg Margit Korondi Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 9.469.5619.02
4 Ágnes Keleti Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 9.439.5318.96
5 Galina Urbanovich Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 9.409.5318.93
6 Olga Tass Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 9.409.4618.86
6 Tsvetanka Stancheva Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.439.4318.86
8 Galina Shamrai Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 9.439.3618.79
9 Pelageya Danilova Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 9.269.5018.76
10 Galina Minaicheva Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 9.139.5318.66
10 Ivanka Dolzheva Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.369.3018.66
12 Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.269.3318.59
13 Eva Věchtová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.039.5318.56
14 Věra Vančurová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.009.5018.50
15 Medea Jugeli Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 9.139.3618.49
16 Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 9.069.3318.39
17 Edit Perényi-Weckinger Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 9.069.3018.36
18 Ekaterina Kalinchuk Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union 8.969.3618.32
19 Vasilka Stancheva Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.169.0618.22
20 Raili Tuominen-Hämäläinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9.109.1018.20
21 Božena Srncová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.139.0618.19
22 Alena Chadimová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.839.3318.16
22 Gun Röring Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.839.3318.16
24 Olga Göllner Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania 9.168.9618.12
25 Jana Rabasová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.939.1318.06
25 Ginette Durand Flag of France.svg  France 8.669.4018.06
25 Matylda Šínová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.739.3618.06
28 Irma Walther Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8.809.2318.03
29 Karin Lindberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.769.2618.02
30 Rayna Grigorova Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 9.008.9617.96
31 Stela Perin Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania 8.809.1317.93
31 Hana Bobková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.639.3017.93
33 Mária Kövi-Zalai Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 8.609.3017.90
34 Stoyanka Angelova Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 8.769.0317.79
35 Stefania Świerzy Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 8.439.3317.76
36 Lydia Zeitlhofer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8.808.9317.73
37 Irène Pittelioen Flag of France.svg  France 8.309.4017.70
38 Alexandra Lemoine Flag of France.svg  France 8.469.2317.69
39 Helena Rakoczy Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 8.269.4017.66
39 Ileana Gyarfaş Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania 8.639.0317.66
41 Evy Berggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.269.3617.62
42 Hanna Grages Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8.469.1317.59
42 Yordanka Yovkova Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 8.868.7317.59
44 Milica Rožman Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 8.439.1317.56
45 Lenie Gerrietsen Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8.539.0017.53
46 Liliane Montagne Flag of France.svg  France 8.409.1017.50
47 Lidia Pitteri Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.469.0317.49
48 Ruth Grulkowski US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.568.9017.46
49 Göta Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.409.0317.43
50 Miranda Cicognani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.568.8617.42
51 Sonja Rožman Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 8.339.0617.39
52 Arja Lehtinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.508.8617.36
52 Olga Munteanu Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania 8.808.5617.36
52 Cissy Davies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.468.9017.36
55 Wolfgard Voß Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8.668.6617.32
56 Vappu Salonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.608.7017.30
56 Zofia Kowalczyk Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 8.209.1017.30
56 Liliana Scaricabarozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.608.7017.30
56 Tootje Selbach Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8.408.9017.30
60 Grazia Bozzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.468.8317.29
60 Annie Ros Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8.338.9617.29
62 Helga Bîrsan Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania 8.608.6617.26
63 Hjördis Nordin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.308.9317.23
63 Gwynedd Lewis-Lingard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.408.8317.23
65 Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 8.109.1017.20
66 Licia Macchini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.238.9617.19
66 Ingrid Sandahl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.338.8617.19
66 Raili Hoviniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.238.9617.19
69 Meta Elste US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.208.9617.16
69 Pirkko Vilppunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.468.7017.16
69 Teofila Băiașu Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania 8.568.6017.16
72 Marija Ivandekić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 8.308.8017.10
73 Inge Sedlmaier Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8.568.5317.09
73 Marian Barone US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.238.8617.09
75 Elisabeth Ostermeyer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 8.368.7017.06
76 Honorata Marcińczak Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 8.009.0317.03
77 Elisabetta Durelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.468.5617.02
77 Hedwig Traindl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8.168.8617.02
79 Gerti Fesl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8.168.8016.96
79 Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7.769.2016.96
81 Tanja Žutić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 8.408.5316.93
82 Nada Spasić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 8.408.5016.90
82 Cootje van Kampen-Tonneman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8.208.7016.90
84 Luciana Reali Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.368.5316.89
85 Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.438.4316.86
85 Renata Bianchi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.368.5016.86
85 Maila Nisula Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.038.8316.86
88 Ada Smolnikar Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 8.508.3316.83
88 Huiberdina Krul-van der Nolk van Gogh Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8.138.7016.83
90 Trude Gollner-Kolar Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7.808.9316.73
91 Alena Reichová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.668.0016.66
92 Edeltraud Schramm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8.068.5616.62
93 Irén Daruházi-Karcsics Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 9.137.4216.56
94 Andrea Bodó Flag of Hungary (1949-1956).svg  Hungary 9.037.5016.53
94 Stefania Reindl Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7.439.1016.53
96 Dália da Cunha-Sammer Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 7.608.9016.50
97 Ida Kadlec Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7.868.6016.46
98 Colette Hué Flag of France.svg  France 8.407.9616.36
98 Gertrude Gries Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7.938.4316.36
100 Ruth Topalian US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.138.2016.33
101 Anka Drinić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 7.868.6416.32
102 Vanja Blomberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.367.9316.29
103 Nanny Simon Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8.068.2016.26
103 Jo Cox-Ladru Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7.968.3016.26
105 Tereza Kočiš Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 8.437.8016.23
106 Maria Laura Amorim Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 7.608.6016.20
107 Gertrude Winnige-Barosch Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8.267.9316.19
108 Jeanette Vogelbacher Flag of France.svg  France 7.838.3316.16
109 Margo Morgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.038.1016.13
110 Marjorie Raistrick Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7.538.5616.09
111 Margaret Thomas-Neale Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.037.9615.99
112 Bergljot Sandvik-Johansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7.768.1615.92
113 Eveline Slavici Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania 8.537.3315.86
114 Hildegard Grill Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 7.907.8315.73
115 Colette Fanara Flag of France.svg  France 8.207.4315.63
115 Pat Hirst Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.407.2315.63
117 Dorothy Dalton US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.037.4015.43
118 Clara Schroth-Lomady US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.406.9615.36
119 Madeleine Jouffroy Flag of France.svg  France 8.536.8015.33
120 Penka Prisadashka Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 8.506.6315.13
121 Norveig Karlsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6.538.5315.06
122 Brigitte Kiesler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.708.3015.00
123 Toetie Selbach Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 8.166.7614.92
124 Pirkko Pyykönen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.466.3314.79
125 Irene Hirst Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 7.936.8014.73
126 Marie Hoesly US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.406.3014.70
127 Raija Simola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8.236.3314.56
128 Natália Silva Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 6.967.5614.52
129 Grethe Werner Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7.636.5614.19
130 Valerie Mullins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 8.006.1014.10
131 Elisabeta Abrudeanu Flag of Romania (1948-1952).svg  Romania 8.165.8313.99
132 Urszula Łukomska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7.864.5012.36
133 Hilde Koop Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4.467.3611.82
134 Doris Kirkman US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.108.10

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