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.
| Women's balance beam at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Results edit
Qualification edit
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 edit
| Rank | Gymnast | Start Value |
 Brazil
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 Argentina
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 Uzbekistan
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 Finland
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 Slovenia
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 France
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Penalty | Total |
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 Cătălina Ponor (ROU)
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10.00 | 9.80 | 9.80 | 9.80 | 9.75 | 9.75 | 9.80 | — | 9.787 |
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 Carly Patterson (USA)
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10.00 | 9.80 | 9.75 | 9.80 | 9.75 | 9.75 | 9.80 | — | 9.775 |
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Alexandra Eremia (ROU)
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10.00 | 9.70 | 9.70 | 9.70 | 9.65 | 9.70 | 9.70 | — | 9.700 |
| 4 |  Anna Pavlova (RUS)
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10.00 | 9.55 | 9.65 | 9.70 | 9.55 | 9.50 | 9.60 | — | 9.587 |
| 5 | Courtney Kupets (USA)
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9.80 | 9.40 | 9.50 | 9.30 | 9.25 | 9.35 | 9.45 | — | 9.375 |
| 6 |  Zhang Nan (CHN)
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10.00 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.25 | 9.20 | 9.20 | 9.25 | — | 9.237 |
| 7 | Li Ya (CHN)
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9.80 | 9.05 | 9.10 | 9.05 | 9.05 | 8.90 | 9.05 | — | 9.050 |
| 8 |  Allana Slater (AUS)
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9.70 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.75 | 8.70 | — | 8.750 |