Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' balance beam

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Girls' Balance Beam
at the II Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Date24 August
Competitors8 from 8 nations
Winning score14.633
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Wang Yan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Flávia Saraiva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Bronze medal icon.svg Ellie Downie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
  2010
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The Girl's balance beam event final for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on the 24th of August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium. [1]

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Wang Yan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flávia Saraiva
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Ellie Downie
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

Qualification

The top eight gymnasts from qualification advanced into the final. [2]

Final results

RankGymnastDifficultyExecutionPenaltyTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Yan  (CHN)6.48.23314.633
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Brazil.svg  Flávia Saraiva  (BRA)5.58.50014.000
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ellie Downie  (GBR)5.67.90013.500
4Flag of Italy.svg  Iosra Abdelaziz  (ITA)4.78.23312.933
5Flag of Belarus.svg  Natallia Yakubava  (BLR)5.37.46612.766
6Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Veronika Cenkova  (CZE)5.27.43312.633
7Flag of Mexico.svg  Stephanie Hernandez  (MEX)4.57.85812.358
8Flag of Romania.svg  Laura Jurca  (ROU)5.46.46611.866

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Reserves

The following gymnasts were reserves for the balance beam final.

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References

  1. "Artistic Gymnastics Competition Schedule" (PDF). Nanjing 2014. 14 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Finals Start List" (PDF). Nanjing 2014. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
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