Medalists
 Gold |  Silver |  Bronze |
Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia | Tamara Manina  Soviet Union | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union |
| Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| List of gymnasts | ||
| Artistic | ||
| Team all-around | men | women |
| Individual all-around | men | women |
| Vault | men | women |
| Floor | men | women |
| Pommel horse | men | |
| Rings | men | |
| Parallel bars | men | |
| Horizontal bar | men | |
| Uneven bars | women | |
| Balance beam | women | |
The women's balance beam was a gymnastics event contested as part of the Gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. [1]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia | Tamara Manina Soviet Union | Larisa Latynina Soviet Union |
Each gymnast competed in both compulsory and optional exercises. The score for each was determined by a panel of five judges, with the top and bottom scores being dropped before the remaining three were averaged (and truncated to three decimal places). The two average scores were then summed. This score was also used in calculating both individual all-around and team scores.
The top 6 advanced to the final for the apparatus, keeping half of their preliminary score to be added to their final score.
| 1. |  Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | 9.566 | 9.800 | 19.366 | QF |
| 2. |  Tamara Manina (URS) | 9.466 | 9.800 | 19.266 | QF |
| 3. | Larisa Latynina (URS) | 9.500 | 9.733 | 19.233 | QF |
| 4. | Hana Ruzickova (TCH) | 9.466 | 9.766 | 19.232 | QF |
| 5. | Polina Astakhova (URS) | 9.400 | 9.800 | 19.200 | QF |
| 6. |  Ikeda Keiko (JPN) | 9.466 | 9.700 | 19.166 | QF |
| 7. | Jaroslava Sedlackova (TCH) | 9.400 | 9.566 | 18.966 | |
| Elena Volchetskaya (URS) | 9.366 | 9.600 | 18.966 | ||
| 9. |  Birgit Radochla (EUA) | 9.400 | 9.533 | 18.933 | |
| 10. |  Katalin Muller (HUN) | 9.400 | 9.500 | 18.900 | |
| 11. | Ducza Janosi (HUN) | 9.433 | 9.466 | 18.899 | |
 Elena Popescu (ROU) | 9.366 | 9.533 | 18.899 | ||
| Adolfina Tkacikova (TCH) | 9.366 | 9.533 | 18.899 | ||
| 14. | Sonia Iovan (ROU) | 9.366 | 9.500 | 18.866 | |
| 15. | Jana Posnerova (TCH) | 9.300 | 9.500 | 18.800 | |
| 16. | Katalin Makray (HUN) | 9.333 | 9.466 | 18.799 | |
| 17. | Ono Kiyoko (JPN) | 9.233 | 9.500 | 18.733 | |
| Ute Starke (EUA) | 9.333 | 9.400 | 18.733 | ||
| Maria Tressel (HUN) | 9.300 | 9.433 | 18.733 | ||
| Tamara Zamotailova (URS) | 9.200 | 9.533 | 18.733 | ||
| 21. |  Gerda Brylka (POL) | 9.266 | 9.466 | 18.732 | |
| 22. | Ludmila Gromova (URS) | 9.266 | 9.433 | 18.699 | |
| Mak Kovacs (HUN) | 9.266 | 9.433 | 18.699 | ||
 Linda Metheny (USA) | 9.166 | 9.533 | 18.699 | ||
| Malgorzata Wilczek (POL) | 9.366 | 9.333 | 18.699 | ||
| 26. | Ingrid Fost (EUA) | 9.366 | 9.300 | 18.666 | |
| 27. | Tsuji Hiroko (JPN) | 9.233 | 9.400 | 18.633 | |
| 28. | Elzbieta Apostolska (POL) | 9.166 | 9.466 | 18.632 | |
| 29. | Aihara Toshiko (JPN) | 9.333 | 9.266 | 18.599 | |
| Nakamura Taniko (JPN) | 9.133 | 9.466 | 18.599 | ||
| 31. | Elena Ceampelea (ROU) | 9.166 | 9.400 | 18.566 | |
| Marie Krajcirova (TCH) | 9.266 | 9.300 | 18.566 | ||
| Karin Mannewitz (EUA) | 9.266 | 9.300 | 18.566 | ||
| 34. | Tolnai Erdosi (HUN) | 9.200 | 9.333 | 18.533 | |
| 35. | Atanasia Ionescu (ROU) | 9.166 | 9.300 | 18.466 | |
| Dorota Miler (POL) | 9.133 | 9.333 | 18.466 | ||
 Gundigmaa Tsagandorj (MGL) | 9.200 | 9.266 | 18.466 | ||
| 38. | Chiba Ginko (JPN) | 9.133 | 9.300 | 18.433 | |
| 39. | Barbara Eustachiewicz (POL) | 9.066 | 9.366 | 18.432 | |
| Emilia Vătăşoiu-Liţă (ROU) | 9.166 | 9.266 | 18.432 | ||
| 41. |  Laila Egman (SWE) | 9.100 | 9.300 | 18.400 | |
| Ewa Rydell (SWE) | 9.000 | 9.400 | 18.400 | ||
| 43. | Muriel Grossfeld (USA) | 8.933 | 9.466 | 18.399 | |
| 44. |  Monique Baelden (FRA) | 9.166 | 9.200 | 18.366 | |
| Janie Speaks (USA) | 9.066 | 9.300 | 18.366 | ||
| 46. | Christel Felgner (EUA) | 9.200 | 9.150 | 18.350 | |
| 47. |  Raina Grigorova (BUL) | 9.066 | 9.266 | 18.332 | |
| 48. | Ulla Lindstrom (SWE) | 9.100 | 9.200 | 18.300 | |
| 49. | Liliana Alexandrova (BUL) | 9.000 | 9.266 | 18.266 | |
 Veronica Grymonprez (BEL) | 9.233 | 9.033 | 18.266 | ||
| Anna Lundquist (SWE) | 9.100 | 9.166 | 18.266 | ||
| Barbara Stolz (EUA) | 9.133 | 9.133 | 18.266 | ||
| Marie Walther (USA) | 8.900 | 9.366 | 18.266 | ||
| 54. | D. E. McClements (USA) | 9.000 | 9.233 | 18.233 | |
| 55. | Jacqueline Brisepierre (FRA) | 9.066 | 9.133 | 18.199 | |
 Barbara Fletcher (AUS) | 8.966 | 9.233 | 18.199 | ||
| Anne-Marie Lambert (SWE) | 9.066 | 9.133 | 18.199 | ||
| 58. | Gerola Lindahl (SWE) | 8.966 | 9.166 | 18.132 | |
| 59. | Kathleen Corrigan (USA) | 8.900 | 9.166 | 18.066 | |
 Gail Daley (CAN) | 9.033 | 9.033 | 18.066 | ||
 Lee Duk Boon (KOR) | 8.966 | 9.100 | 18.066 | ||
| 62. | Janice Bedford (AUS) | 8.900 | 9.133 | 18.033 | |
 Henriette Parzer (AUT) | 8.800 | 9.233 | 18.033 | ||
| 64. | Evelyne Letourneur (FRA) | 9.266 | 8.766 | 18.032 | |
| 65. | Choi Young Sook (KOR) | 9.033 | 8.933 | 17.966 | |
| 66. | Valerie Roberts (AUS) | 8.900 | 9.033 | 17.933 | |
| 67. | Tuya Yadamsuren (MGL) | 9.000 | 8.733 | 17.733 | |
| 68. |  Salme Koskinen (FIN) | 8.600 | 9.066 | 17.666 | |
| Gizela Niedurna (POL) | 9.300 | 8.366 | 17.666 | ||
| 70. |  Theodora Hill (NZL) | 8.800 | 8.700 | 17.500 | |
| 71. |  Esbela Fonseca (POR) | 8.666 | 8.833 | 17.499 | |
| 72. | Cristina Doboșan (ROU) | 9.100 | 8.300 | 17.400 | |
| 73. |  Denise Goddard (GBR) | 8.666 | 8.533 | 17.199 | |
| 74. | Eira Lehtonen (FIN) | 8.733 | 8.400 | 17.133 | |
| 75. | Valerie Buffham (AUS) | 8.633 | 8.466 | 17.099 | |
| 76. | Pauline Gardiner (NZL) | 8.733 | 8.066 | 16.799 | |
| 77. |  Hong Than Kwai (ROC) | 8.800 | 7.866 | 16.666 | |
| 78. | Monica Rutherford (GBR) | 8.633 | 7.900 | 16.533 | |
| 79. | Jean Spencer (NZL) | 8.666 | 7.300 | 15.966 | |
| 80. | Barbara Cage (AUS) | 8.333 | 7.133 | 15.466 | |
| 81. |  Jamileh Sorouri (IRI) | 7.233 | 8.000 | 15.233 | |
| 82. | Chung Bong Soon (KOR) | 8.800 | 6.000 | 14.800 | |
| 83. |  Evelyn Magluyan (PHI) | 7.666 | 6.666 | 14.332 | |
| 84. | Chai Kuang Tai (ROC) | — | — | 0.000 | |
| Maria Floro (PHI) | — | — | 0.000 | ||
| Lynette Hancock (AUS) | — | — | 0.000 |
| | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) | 9.683 (1st) | +9.766 (1st) | 19.449 |
| | Tamara Manina (URS) | 9.633 (2nd) | +9.766 (1st) | 19.399 |
| | Larisa Latynina (URS) | 9.616 (3rd) | +9.766 (1st) | 19.382 |
| 4. | Polina Astakhova (URS) | 9.600 (5th) | +9.766 (1st) | 19.366 |
| 5. | Hana Ruzickova (TCH) | 9.616 (3rd) | +9.733 (5th) | 19.349 |
| 6. | Ikeda Keiko (JPN) | 9.583 (6th) | +9.633 (6th) | 19.216 |
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