World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's balance beam

Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships[1][2] were first held in 1934, at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1938, at the 11th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added.

The women's balance beam competition has been held in every year since its inception.

Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position. If three gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

Medalists

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Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories.

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1938   Prague *   Vlasta Děkanová * unknown unknown
1950   Basel   Helena Rakoczy   Marja Nutti   Licia Macchini
1954   Rome   Keiko Tanaka   Eva Bosáková   Ágnes Keleti
1958   Moscow   Larisa Latynina   Sofia Muratova   Keiko Tanaka
1962   Prague   Eva Bosáková   Larisa Latynina   Anikó Ducza
  Keiko Ikeda
1966   Dortmund   Natalia Kuchinskaya   Věra Čáslavská   Larisa Petrik
1970   Ljubljana   Erika Zuchold   Cathy Rigby   Larisa Petrik
  Christine Schmitt
1974   Varna   Ludmilla Tourischeva   Olga Korbut   Nellie Kim
1978   Strasbourg   Nadia Comăneci   Elena Mukhina   Emilia Eberle
1979   Fort Worth   Věra Černá   Nellie Kim   Regina Grabolle
1981   Moscow   Maxi Gnauck   Chen Yongyan   Tracee Talavera
  Wu Jiani
1983   Budapest   Olga Mostepanova   Hana Říčná   Lavinia Agache
1985   Montreal   Daniela Silivaș   Ecaterina Szabó   Yelena Shushunova
1987   Rotterdam   Aurelia Dobre   Yelena Shushunova   Svetlana Boginskaya
  Ecaterina Szabó
1989   Stuttgart   Daniela Silivaș   Olesya Dudnik   Gabriela Potorac
1991   Indianapolis   Svetlana Boginskaya   Tatiana Gutsu   Lavinia Miloșovici
  Betty Okino
1992   Paris   Kim Zmeskal   Li Yifang
  Maria Neculiță
1993   Birmingham   Lavinia Miloșovici   Dominique Dawes   Gina Gogean
1994   Brisbane   Shannon Miller   Lilia Podkopayeva   Oksana Fabrichnova
1995   Sabae   Mo Huilan   Dominique Moceanu
  Lilia Podkopayeva
1996   San Juan   Dina Kochetkova   Alexandra Marinescu   Dominique Dawes
  Liu Xuan
1997   Lausanne   Gina Gogean   Svetlana Khorkina   Kui Yuanyuan
1999   Tianjin   Ling Jie   Andreea Răducan   Olha Rozshchupkina
2001   Ghent   Andreea Răducan   Ludmila Ezhova   Sun Xiaojiao
2002   Debrecen   Ashley Postell   Oana Ban   Irina Yarotska
2003   Anaheim   Fan Ye   Cătălina Ponor   Ludmila Ezhova
2005   Melbourne   Nastia Liukin   Chellsie Memmel   Cătălina Ponor
2006   Aarhus   Iryna Krasnianska   Sandra Izbașa   Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs
2007   Stuttgart   Nastia Liukin   Li Shanshan
  Steliana Nistor
2009   London   Deng Linlin   Lauren Mitchell   Ivana Hong
2010   Rotterdam   Ana Porgras   Rebecca Bross
  Deng Linlin
2011   Tokyo   Sui Lu   Yao Jinnan   Jordyn Wieber
2013   Antwerp   Aliya Mustafina   Kyla Ross   Simone Biles
2014   Nanning   Simone Biles   Bai Yawen   Aliya Mustafina
2015   Glasgow   Simone Biles   Sanne Wevers   Pauline Schäfer
2017   Montreal   Pauline Schäfer   Morgan Hurd   Tabea Alt
2018   Doha   Liu Tingting   Ana Padurariu   Simone Biles
2019   Stuttgart   Simone Biles   Liu Tingting   Li Shijia
2021   Kitakyushu   Urara Ashikawa   Pauline Schäfer-Betz   Mai Murakami
2022   Liverpool   Hazuki Watanabe   Ellie Black   Miyata Shoko
2023   Antwerp   Simone Biles (4)   Zhou Yaqin   Rebeca Andrade

* There is conflicting and incomplete information about medal winners in the individual apparatus events at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as non-primary sources gives different information about it.

All-time medal count

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Last updated after the 2023 World Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States97723
2  Romania88723
3  China68519
4  Soviet Union58518
5  Czechoslovakia3306
6  Japan3047
7  Russia2237
8  East Germany2024
9  Ukraine1225
10  Germany1124
11  Poland1001
12  Canada0213
13  Italy0112
14  Australia0101
  Netherlands0101
16  Hungary0022
17  Brazil0011
Totals (17 entries)414442127

Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Years Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Simone Biles   United States 2013–2023 4 0 2 6
2 Nastia Liukin   United States 2005–2007 2 0 0 2
Daniela Silivaș   Romania 1985–1989 2 0 0 2
4 Pauline Schäfer   Germany 2015–2021 1 1 1 3
5 Eva Bosáková   Czechoslovakia 1954–1962 1 1 0 2
Deng Linlin   China 2009–2010 1 1 0 2
Larisa Latynina   Soviet Union 1958–1962 1 1 0 2
Liu Tingting   China 2018–2019 1 1 0 2
Andreea Răducan   Romania 1999–2001 1 1 0 2
10 Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda   Japan 1954–1958 1 0 2 3
11 Svetlana Boginskaya   Soviet Union 1987–1991 1 0 1 2
Gina Gogean   Romania 1993–1997 1 0 1 2
Lavinia Miloșovici   Romania 1991–1993 1 0 1 2
Aliya Mustafina   Russia 2013–2014 1 0 1 2
15 Lilia Podkopayeva   Ukraine 1994–1995 0 2 0 2
16 Dominique Dawes   United States 1993–1996 0 1 1 2
Ludmila Ezhova   Russia 2001–2003 0 1 1 2
Nellie Kim   Soviet Union 1974–1979 0 1 1 2
Cătălina Ponor   Romania 2003–2005 0 1 1 2
Yelena Shushunova   Soviet Union 1985–1987 0 1 1 2
Ecaterina Szabo   Romania 1985–1987 0 1 1 2
22 Larisa Petrik   Soviet Union 1966–1970 0 0 2 2

References

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  1. ^ "47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships MONTREAL (CAN)". live.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  2. ^ "48th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships DOHA (QAT)". www.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.