Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

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Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Cătălina Ponor Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Silver medal icon.svg Carly Patterson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Alexandra Eremia Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
  2000
2008  

These are the results of the women's balance beam competition, one of six events for female competitors of the artistic gymnastics discipline contested in the gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 15 and August 23 at the Olympic Indoor Hall.

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Results

Qualification

Eighty-five gymnasts competed in the balance beam event in the artistic gymnastics qualification round on August 15. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 23.

Final

RankGymnastStart
Value
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Flag of France.svg  France PenaltyTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Cătălina Ponor  (ROU)10.009.809.809.809.759.759.809.787
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United States.svg  Carly Patterson  (USA)10.009.809.759.809.759.759.809.775
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Alexandra Eremia  (ROU)10.009.709.709.709.659.709.709.700
4Flag of Russia.svg  Anna Pavlova  (RUS)10.009.559.659.709.559.509.609.587
5Flag of the United States.svg  Courtney Kupets  (USA)9.809.409.509.309.259.359.459.375
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Nan  (CHN)10.009.259.259.259.209.209.259.237
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Ya  (CHN)9.809.059.109.059.058.909.059.050
8Flag of Australia.svg  Allana Slater  (AUS)9.708.758.758.758.758.758.708.750

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