Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

These are the results of the women's balance beam competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAuditorio Nacional
Date21–25 October
Competitors101 from 28 nations
Winning score19.650
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Natalia Kuchinskaya  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Larisa Petrik  Soviet Union
← 1964
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Kuchinskaya was controversially awarded gold over Čáslavská after initial scores were revised. A similar controversy occurred in the floor event, and both were in favor of Soviet athletes.[1]

Competition format

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Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 8 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score.

These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the new apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 101st. In the final, each gymnast performed an additional voluntary exercise; half of the score from the preliminary carried over.

Results

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Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 12 Prelim. Final Total
  Natalia Kuchinskaya   Soviet Union 9.80 9.80 19.60 9.800 9.850 19.650
  Věra Čáslavská   Czechoslovakia 9.65 9.80 19.45 9.725 9.850 19.575
  Larisa Petrik   Soviet Union 9.50 9.50 19.00 9.500 9.750 19.250
4 Linda Metheny   United States 9.60 9.55 19.15 9.575 9.650 19.225
Karin Janz   East Germany 9.45 9.60 19.05 9.525 9.700 19.225
6 Erika Zuchold   East Germany 9.45 9.55 19.00 9.500 9.650 19.150
7 Cathy Rigby   United States 9.55 9.45 19.00 did not advance
8 Maritta Bauerschmidt   East Germany 9.50 9.45 18.95 did not advance
9 Miyuki Matsuhisa   Japan 9.50 9.40 18.90 did not advance
10 Ágnes Bánfai   Hungary 9.50 9.35 18.85 did not advance
Lyubov Burda   Soviet Union 9.50 9.35 18.85 did not advance
Hana Lišková   Czechoslovakia 9.45 9.40 18.85 did not advance
Marianne Noack   East Germany 9.45 9.40 18.85 did not advance
Bohumila Řimnáčová   Czechoslovakia 9.45 9.40 18.85 did not advance
15 Zinaida Voronina   Soviet Union 9.40 9.40 18.80 did not advance
16 Kazue Hanyu   Japan 9.35 9.40 18.75 did not advance
Evelyne Letourneur   France 9.50 9.25 18.75 did not advance
18 Anikó Ducza   Hungary 9.50 9.20 18.70 did not advance
Olga Karasyova   Soviet Union 9.30 9.40 18.70 did not advance
Jana Kubičková-Posnerová   Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.40 18.70 did not advance
Colleen Mulvihill   United States 9.40 9.30 18.70 did not advance
22 Marianna Krajčírová   Czechoslovakia 9.35 9.30 18.65 did not advance
23 Kayoko Hashiguchi   Japan 9.35 9.25 18.60 did not advance
Mitsuko Kandori   Japan 9.35 9.25 18.60 did not advance
Taniko Mitsukuri   Japan 9.35 9.25 18.60 did not advance
Miroslava Skleničková   Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.30 18.60 did not advance
27 Kathy Gleason   United States 9.15 9.30 18.45 did not advance
Joyce Tanac   United States 9.25 9.20 18.45 did not advance
29 Katalin Makray   Hungary 9.25 9.10 18.35 did not advance
30 Chieko Oda   Japan 9.25 9.05 18.30 did not advance
Márta Tolnai   Hungary 9.10 9.20 18.30 did not advance
32 Ilona Békési   Hungary 9.20 9.05 18.25 did not advance
33 Wendy Cluff   United States 9.20 9.00 18.20 did not advance
Ute Starke   East Germany 9.20 9.00 18.20 did not advance
Neli Stoyanova   Bulgaria 8.95 9.25 18.20 did not advance
36 Gondegmaa Tsagaandorj   Mongolia 8.85 9.25 18.10 did not advance
37 Mariya Karashka   Bulgaria 8.80 9.25 18.05 did not advance
38 Wiesława Lech   Poland 9.05 8.95 18.00 did not advance
39 Jacqueline Brisepierre   France 9.20 8.75 17.95 did not advance
40 Sandra Hartley   Canada 8.95 8.90 17.85 did not advance
41 Katalin Müller   Hungary 9.45 8.35 17.80 did not advance
Łucja Ochmańska   Poland 8.80 9.00 17.80 did not advance
43 Mireille Cayre   France 8.95 8.80 17.75 did not advance
Françoise Nourry   France 9.15 8.60 17.75 did not advance
Ludmilla Tourischeva   Soviet Union 9.30 8.45 17.75 did not advance
46 Horta Van Hoye   Belgium 8.70 9.00 17.70 did not advance
Vesela Pasheva   Bulgaria 8.75 8.95 17.70 did not advance
48 Tuiaa Iadamsurenglin   Mongolia 8.60 9.00 17.60 did not advance
49 Helga Braathen   Norway 8.35 9.20 17.55 did not advance
Christiane Goethals   Belgium 8.45 9.10 17.55 did not advance
Barbara Zięba   Poland 8.45 9.10 17.55 did not advance
52 Nancy Aldama   Cuba 8.70 8.80 17.50 did not advance
Margaret Bell   Great Britain 8.55 8.95 17.50 did not advance
Angelika Kern   West Germany 8.50 9.00 17.50 did not advance
55 Marilynn Minaker   Canada 8.35 9.05 17.40 did not advance
Wenche Sjong   Norway 8.45 8.95 17.40 did not advance
57 Marie Lundqvist   Sweden 8.60 8.75 17.35 did not advance
58 Magdalena Schmidt   East Germany 9.10 8.20 17.30 did not advance
59 Jill Kvamme   Norway 8.20 9.05 17.25 did not advance
60 Gabriella Pozzuolo   Italy 8.95 8.15 17.10 did not advance
61 Adriana Biagiotti   Italy 9.00 8.05 17.05 did not advance
62 Rayna Atanasova   Bulgaria 8.60 8.40 17.00 did not advance
Zulema Bregado   Cuba 8.70 8.30 17.00 did not advance
Jennifer Diachun   Canada 8.90 8.10 17.00 did not advance
Rose-Marie Holm   Sweden 8.85 8.15 17.00 did not advance
Torunn Isberg   Norway 7.90 9.10 17.00 did not advance
Dominique Lauvard   France 9.05 7.95 17.00 did not advance
Theresa McDonnell   Canada 7.95 9.05 17.00 did not advance
Else Trangbaek   Denmark 8.25 8.75 17.00 did not advance
70 Suzette Blanco   Cuba 8.25 8.55 16.80 did not advance
Grażyna Witkowska   Poland 8.75 8.05 16.80 did not advance
72 Norikhoo Dorj   Mongolia 8.40 8.35 16.75 did not advance
Valerie Norris   Australia 8.05 8.70 16.75 did not advance
Mary Prestidge   Great Britain 8.25 8.50 16.75 did not advance
75 Solveig Egman-Andersson   Sweden 8.30 8.40 16.70 did not advance
Marie-Luise Stegemann   West Germany 8.65 8.05 16.70 did not advance
77 Vanya Marinova   Bulgaria 7.35 9.30 16.65 did not advance
78 Nereida Bauta   Cuba 8.00 8.55 16.55 did not advance
79 Miriam Villacian   Cuba 8.00 8.50 16.50 did not advance
80 Petra Jebram   West Germany 8.80 7.65 16.45 did not advance
Helga Matschkur   West Germany 8.75 7.70 16.45 did not advance
82 Irmi Krauser   West Germany 8.50 7.90 16.40 did not advance
83 Natalija Sljepica   Yugoslavia 8.55 7.70 16.25 did not advance
84 Halina Daniec   Poland 8.50 7.45 15.95 did not advance
85 Anna Stein   West Germany 8.50 7.35 15.85 did not advance
86 Daniela Maccelli   Italy 8.70 7.10 15.80 did not advance
87 Unni Holmen   Norway 8.05 7.70 15.75 did not advance
88 Małgorzata Chojnacka   Poland 8.45 7.20 15.65 did not advance
89 Nicole Bourdiau   France 8.75 6.80 15.55 did not advance
90 Suzanne Cloutier   Canada 8.25 7.25 15.50 did not advance
91 Esbela da Fonseca   Portugal 7.55 7.90 15.45 did not advance
Elena Ramirez   Mexico 7.75 7.70 15.45 did not advance
93 Ann-Mari Hvaal   Norway 7.40 7.50 14.90 did not advance
94 Yolanda Vega   Cuba 8.20 6.65 14.85 did not advance
95 Julietta Saenz de Secilia   Mexico 7.70 6.65 14.35 did not advance
96 Luisa Morales   Mexico 7.05 6.85 13.90 did not advance
Laura Rivera   Mexico 7.85 6.05 13.90 did not advance
98 Yu Mai-Lee   Chinese Taipei 7.10 6.65 13.75 did not advance
99 Rosalinda Puente   Mexico 6.90 5.90 12.80 did not advance
100 Rosario Briones   Mexico 6.30 6.40 12.70 did not advance
Hong Tai-kwai   Chinese Taipei 8.05 4.65 12.70 did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "'I will sweat blood to defeat invaders' representatives' - 1968's forgotten Olympic protest". BBC Sport.