Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's balance beam

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Women's balance beam
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg
Venue Arena Birmingham
Dates30 July 2022 (qualification)
2 August 2022 (final)
Competitors8 from 5 nations
Winning score13.466
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
  2018
2026  

The Women's balance beam competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place on August 2 at the Arena Birmingham in Birmingham. [1]

Contents

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Saturday 30 July 202209:09Qualification
Tuesday 2 August 202214:05Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification for this apparatus final was determined within the team final. The results are as follows: [2]

RankGymnastDifficultyExecutionPenaltyTotalNotes
1Flag of Australia.svg  Georgia Godwin  (AUS)5.8007.80013.600Q
2Flag of England.svg  Alice Kinsella  (ENG)5.6007.85013.450 Q
3Flag of England.svg  Georgia-Mae Fenton  (ENG)5.3008.00013.300Q
4Flag of England.svg  Ondine Achampong  (ENG)5.7007.60013.300
5Flag of Australia.svg  Kate McDonald  (AUS)5.0007.95012.950Q
6Flag of Wales 2.svg  Jea Maracha  (WAL)4.7007.85012.550Q
7Flag of Wales 2.svg  Sofia Micallef  (WAL)4.5007.95012.450Q
8Flag of Wales 2.svg  Poppy-Grace Stickler  (WAL)4.7007.75012.450
9Flag of Australia.svg  Breanna Scott  (AUS)5.6006.950-0.112.450
10Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Emma Spence  (CAN)5.0007.15012.150Q
11Flag of South Africa.svg  Shante Koti  (RSA)4.6007.50012.100Q
12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cassie Lee  (CAN)4.6007.50012.100R1
13Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jenna Lalonde  (CAN)4.2007.80012.000
14Flag of South Africa.svg  Mammule Rankoe  (RSA)4.4007.55011.950R2
15Flag of Australia.svg  Emily Whitehead  (AUS)4.7007.25011.950
16Flag of Scotland.svg  Shannon Archer  (SCO)5.3006.65012.250R3
17Flag of Scotland.svg  Cara Kennedy  (SCO)4.5007.20011.700
18Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Laurie Denommée  (CAN)5.2006.50011.700
19Flag of England.svg  Claudia Fragapane  (ENG)4.6007.05011.650
20Flag of Scotland.svg  Emily Bremner  (SCO)4.7006.80011.500
21Flag of Singapore.svg  Kaitlyn Lim  (SGP)4.5006.90011.400
22Flag of India.svg  Ruthuja Nataraj  (IND)4.1007.25011.350
23Flag of Scotland.svg  Eilidh Gorrell  (SCO)4.2007.15011.350
24Flag of South Africa.svg  Caitlin Rooskrantz  (RSA)4.8006.30011.100
25Flag of Singapore.svg  Emma Yap  (SGP)4.4006.65011.050
26Flag of India.svg  Pranati Nayak  (IND)4.7006.30011.000
27Flag of South Africa.svg  Naveen Daries  (RSA)4.8006.00010.800
28Flag of Wales 2.svg  Mia Evans  (WAL)4.7005.950-0.110.550
29Flag of Jamaica.svg  Danyella Richards  (JAM)4.4005.85010.250
30Flag of Cyprus.svg  Tatiana Bachurina  (CYP)4.0006.200-0.110.100
31Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Tara Donnelly  (IOM)4.5005.60010.100
32Flag of Singapore.svg  Nadine Joy Nathan  (SGP)4.7005.150-0.19.750
33Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Milka Gehani  (SRI)5.0004.7509.750
34Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Annalise Newman-Achee  (TTO)4.2005.2509.450
35Flag of Singapore.svg  Shandy Poh  (SGP)4.0005.2009.200
36Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Kumudi Abeyratne  (SRI)3.9005.2009.100
37Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Amaya Kalukottage  (SRI)2.3006.2508.550
38Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Kaushini Gamage  (SRI)2.7005.3008.000
39Flag of Barbados.svg  Erin Pinder  (BAR)3.4003.4006.800

Final

The results are as follows: [3]

PositionGymnastD ScoreE ScorePenaltyTotal
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Kate McDonald  (AUS)5.1008.36613.466
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Georgia Godwin  (AUS)5.8007.63313.433
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Emma Spence  (CAN)5.1007.96613.066
4Flag of England.svg  Alice Kinsella  (ENG)5.8007.13312.933
5Flag of England.svg  Georgia-Mae Fenton  (ENG)5.3007.43312.733
6Flag of Wales 2.svg  Jea Maracha  (WAL)4.8007.86612.666
7Flag of Wales 2.svg  Sofia Micallef  (WAL)4.7007.80012.500
8Flag of South Africa.svg  Shante Koti  (RSA)4.6005.76610.366

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