| Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| Artistic | ||||
| Team all-around | men | women | ||
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| Individual all-around | men | women | ||
| Vault | men | women | ||
| Floor | men | women | ||
| Pommel horse | men | |||
| Rings | men | |||
| Parallel bars | men | |||
| Horizontal bar | men | |||
| Uneven bars | women | |||
| Balance beam | women | |||
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 25th at the Sports Palace of the Central Lenin Stadium.
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| Gold | Nadia Comăneci Romania (ROU) |
| Silver | Elena Davydova Soviet Union (URS) |
| Bronze | Natalia Shaposhnikova Soviet Union (URS) |
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.
| Rank | Gymnast | C | O | Prelim | Final | Total |
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| Nadia Comăneci (ROU) | 10.000 | 9.900 | 9.950 | 9.850 | 19.800 | |
| Elena 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 Zemanova (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 |
| Preceded by Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam |
Women's Balance Beam Event 1980 |
Succeeded by Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam |