Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

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Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue West Melbourne Stadium
Date3–7 December 1956
Competitors64 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ágnes Keleti Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Eva Bosáková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
Silver medal icon.svg Tamara Manina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1952
1960  

These are the results of the women's balance beam competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Competition format

The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered either 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 2 exercise scores were summed to give an apparatus total. No separate finals were contested.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20.

Results

The results of the competition: [1]

RankGymnastNationCompulsoryVoluntaryTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Ágnes Keleti Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 9.4339.36618.800
Silver medal icon.svg Eva Bosáková-Věchtová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.3009.33318.633
Silver medal icon.svg Tamara Manina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.2339.40018.633
4 Larysa Latynina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.3009.23318.533
4 Anna Marejková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 9.3009.23318.533
6 Elena Leușteanu Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 9.3009.20018.500
7 Olga Tass-Lemhényi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 9.2339.23318.466
7 Margit Korondi Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 9.2669.20018.466
7 Lyudmila Yegorova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.1009.36618.466
10 Sofia Muratova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.1669.26618.433
11 Sonia Iovan-Inovan Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 9.1009.16618.266
12 Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 9.1009.13318.233
13 Natalia Kot Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 9.1009.06618.166
13 Polina Astakhova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.0669.10018.166
13 Kazuko Sogabe Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.0669.10018.166
16 Helena Rakoczy Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 9.0339.10018.133
16 Andrea Bodó-Molnár Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 9.0669.06618.133
16 Shizuko Sakashita Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 8.9669.16618.133
19 Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 9.0669.03318.100
20 Kyoko Kubota Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 8.9669.10018.066
21 Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.2668.73318.000
21 Lidiya Kalinina-Ivanova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 8.9009.10018.000
23 Aliz Kertész Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Hungary 9.3008.66617.966
24 Elisa Calsi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.0008.93317.933
25 Danièle Sicot-Coulon Flag of France.svg  France 8.9009.00017.900
26 Ivanka Dolzheva Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 8.8009.06617.866
26 Dorota Horzonek-Jokiel Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 8.8339.03317.866
28 Věra Drazdíková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.7669.03317.800
29 Georgeta Hurmuzachi Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 8.9338.83317.766
30 Elena Mărgărit Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 8.8338.80017.633
30 Lidia Szczerbińska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 8.8668.76617.633
32 Muriel Davis-Grossfeld US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.6338.96617.600
33 Danuta Nowak-Stachow Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 8.6338.93317.566
33 Miroslava Brdíčková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.8008.76617.566
33 Tsvetanka Stancheva Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 8.3669.20017.566
36 Alena Reichová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.6008.90017.500
36 Suzuko Seki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.1008.40017.500
38 Matylda Matoušková-Šínová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 8.5668.90017.466
39 Mitsuka Ikeda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 9.0338.40017.433
39 Rosella Cicognani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.5668.86617.433
41 Luciana Reali Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.7008.70017.400
41 Ann-Sofi Pettersson-Colling Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.6008.80017.400
43 Barbara Wilk-Ślizowska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 8.7008.63317.333
44 Elena Săcălici Flag of Romania (1952-1965).svg  Romania 8.9668.33317.300
44 Elena Lagorara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.6338.66617.300
46 Karin Lindberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.2668.96617.233
47 Miranda Cicognani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 9.0338.10017.133
47 Luciana Lagorara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8.5668.56617.133
49 Jackie Klein US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.3668.73317.100
50 Eva Rönström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.1668.73316.900
50 Maude Karlén Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.0338.86616.900
52 Evy Berggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.0008.86616.866
52 Judy Howe US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.4668.40016.866
54 Saltirka Spasova-Tarpova Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria 8.7008.13316.833
55 Sandra Ruddick US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.3338.13316.466
56 Doris Hedberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 8.4667.93316.400
57 Wendy Nicholls Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.3338.03316.366
58 Joyce Racek US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.6007.73316.333
59 Annette Krier Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 7.4338.53315.966
60 Pat Hirst Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7.7338.16615.900
61 Ernestine Russell-Carter Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada 8.6667.00015.766
62 Ing Fraser Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 8.2007.53315.733
63 Doris Fuchs US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 8.3006.63314.933
64 Barbara Cunningham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.9666.23314.200

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References

  1. Official Report, pp. 492–97.