The women's balance beam competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held at the HSBC Arena on 15 August.
| Women's balance beam at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | HSBC Arena | ||||||||||||
| Date | 15 August 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 15.466 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Competition format edit
The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC), based on combined score of each apparatus, advanced to the individual all-around final. The finalists performed on each apparatus again. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.
Qualification edit
The gymnasts who ranked top eight qualified for final round. In cases where there were more than two gymnasts in the same NOC, the last ranked among them would not qualify to the final round. The next best ranked gymnast would qualify instead.
| Position | Gymnast | Nation | D Score | E Score | Penalty | Total | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simone Biles |  United States |
6.700 | 8.933 | 15.633 | Q | |
| 2 | Laurie Hernandez | United States |
6.400 | 8.966 | 15.366 | ||
| 3 | Flavia Saraiva |  Brazil |
6.300 | 8.833 | 15.133 | ||
| 4 | Sanne Wevers |  Netherlands |
6.300 | 8.766 | 15.066 | ||
| 5 | Catalina Ponor |  Romania |
6.200 | 8.700 | 14.900 | ||
| 6 | Fan Yilin |  China |
6.400 | 8.466 | 14.866 | ||
| 7 | Gabby Douglas | United States |
6.300 | 8.533 | 14.833 | – | |
| Alexandra Raisman | |||||||
| 9 | Marine Boyer |  France |
6.200 | 8.400 | 14.600 | Q | |
| 10 | Isabela Onyshko |  Canada |
6.500 | 8.033 | 14.533 | ||
| 11 | Elissa Downie |  Great Britain |
5.900 | 8.600 | 14.500 | R | |
| 12 | Amy Tinkler | 6.200 | 8.300 | ||||
| 13 | Tutya Yilmaz |  Turkey |
6.300 | 8.200 |
Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the balance beam final. Therefore, in some cases, a third and/or fourth placed high enough to qualify, but did not advance to the final because of the quota. Gymnasts who did not advance to the final, but had high enough scores to do so were:
Gabby Douglas (USA) (T-7th place)- Aly Raisman (USA) (T-7th place)
Final edit
| Position | Name | Difficulty | Execution | Penalty | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sanne Wevers (NED) |
6.600 | 8.866 | 15.466 | |
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Laurie Hernandez (USA) |
6.400 | 8.933 | 15.333 | |
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Simone Biles (USA) |
6.500 | 8.233 | 14.733 | |
| 4 | Marine Boyer (FRA) |
6.100 | 8.500 | 14.600 | |
| 5 | Flávia Saraiva (BRA) |
6.300 | 8.233 | 14.533 | |
| 6 | Fan Yilin (CHN) |
8.200 | 14.500 | ||
| 7 | Cătălina Ponor (ROU) |
5.800 | 8.200 | 14.000 | |
| 8 | Isabela Onyshko (CAN) |
6.100 | 7.300 | 13.400 |
- ^ Laurie Hernandez and Marine Boyer appealed against their scores, but both inquiries were rejected.[1]
Gallery edit
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References edit
- ^ Rio Event Finals – Balance Beam, The Couch Gymnast, 15 Aug 2016, retrieved 17 Aug 2016
