Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

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Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Shannon Miller Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Lilia Podkopayeva Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Bronze medal icon.svg Gina Gogean Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
  1992
2000  

These are the results of the women's balance beam competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The qualification and final rounds took place July 21, 23 and 29 at the Georgia Dome.

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Results

Qualification

Ninety-two gymnasts competed in the balance beam event during the compulsory and optional rounds on July 21 and 23. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 29. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final.

RankGymnastScore
1Flag of the United States.svg  Shannon Miller  (USA)19.599
2Flag of the United States.svg  Dominique Moceanu  (USA)19.537
3Flag of Russia.svg  Dina Kochetkova  (RUS)19.500
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Lilia Podkopayeva  (UKR)
5Flag of Russia.svg  Rozalia Galiyeva  (RUS)19.462
6Flag of Romania.svg  Gina Gogean  (ROU)19.262
7Flag of Romania.svg  Lavinia Miloșovici * (ROU)19.225
8Flag of Romania.svg  Alexandra Marinescu ** (ROU)19.200
9Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olga Teslenko  (UKR)19.175

* Did not compete
** Replaced teammate Lavinia Milosovici

Final

RankGymnastScore
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Shannon Miller  (USA)9.862
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Lilia Podkopayeva  (UKR)9.825
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Gina Gogean  (ROU)9.787
4Flag of Russia.svg  Dina Kochetkova  (RUS)9.737
5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Olga Teslenko  (UKR)9.625
6Flag of the United States.svg  Dominique Moceanu  (USA)9.125
7Flag of Russia.svg  Rozalia Galiyeva  (RUS)9.112
8Flag of Romania.svg  Alexandra Marinescu  (ROU)8.462

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