Gymnastics at the 1980 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 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 21, 23, and 25 at the Sports Palace of the Central Lenin Stadium.

Medalists

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Nadia Comăneci on balance beam at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Gold Nadia Comăneci
  Romania
Silver Yelena Davydova
  Soviet Union
Bronze Natalia Shaposhnikova
  Soviet Union

Results

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Qualification

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Sixty-two gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 21 and 23. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 25. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final. Half of the points earned by each gymnast during both the compulsory and optional rounds carried over to the final. This constitutes the "prelim" score.

Final

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Rank Gymnast C O Prelim Final Total
    Nadia Comăneci (ROU) 10.000 9.900 9.950 9.850 19.800
    Yelena Davydova (URS) 9.900 9.800 9.850 9.900 19.750
    Natalia Shaposhnikova (URS) 9.950 9.800 9.875 9.850 19.725
4   Maxi Gnauck (GDR) 9.900 9.800 9.850 9.850 19.700
5   Radka Zemanová (TCH) 9.800 9.800 9.800 9.850 19.650
6   Emilia Eberle (ROU) 9.900 9.900 9.900 9.500 19.400

References

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Preceded by Women's balance beam event
1980
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