World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's balance beam

World Artistic
Gymnastics Championships
Team all-around men women
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

Women's events at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were first held at the 1934 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, the 10th edition of the Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. At the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, the 12th edition of the 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

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1950 Switzerland Basel Poland Helena Rakoczy Italy Marja Nutti Italy Licia Macchini
1954 Italy Rome Japan Keiko Tanaka Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Hungary Ágnes Keleti
1958 Soviet Union Moscow Soviet Union Larisa Latynina Soviet Union Sofia Muratova Japan Keiko Tanaka
1962 Czechoslovakia Prague Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Soviet Union Larisa Latynina Hungary Aniko Ducza
Japan Keiko Ikeda
1966 West Germany Dortmund Soviet Union Natalia Kutchinskaya Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská Soviet Union Larisa Petrik
1970 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubljana East Germany Erika Zuchold United States Cathy Rigby East Germany Christine Schmitt
Soviet Union Larisa Petrik
1974 Bulgaria Varna Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union Olga Korbut Soviet Union Nellie Kim
1978 France Strasbourg Romania Nadia Comăneci Soviet Union Elena Mukhina Romania Emilia Eberle
1979 United States Fort Worth Czechoslovakia Vera Cerna Soviet Union Nellie Kim East Germany Regina Grabolle
1981 Soviet Union Moscow East Germany Maxi Gnauck China Chen Yongyan China Wu Jiani
United States Tracee Talavera
1983 Hungary Budapest Soviet Union Olga Mostepanova Czechoslovakia Hana Ricna Romania Lavinia Agache
1985 Canada Montreal Romania Daniela Silivaş Romania Ekaterina Szabo Soviet Union Elena Shushunova
1987 Netherlands Rotterdam Romania Aurelia Dobre Soviet Union Elena Shushunova Romania Ekaterina Szabo
1989 West Germany Stuttgart Romania Daniela Silivaş Soviet Union Olesia Dudnik Romania Gabriela Potorac
1991 United States Indianapolis Soviet Union Svetlana Boguinskaya Soviet Union Tatiana Gutsu Romania Lavinia Miloşovici
United States Elizabeth Okino
1992 France Paris United States Kim Zmeskal China Li Yifang
Romania Maria Neculiţă
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1993 United Kingdom Birmingham Romania Lavinia Miloşovici United States Dominique Dawes Romania Gina Gogean
1994 Australia Brisbane United States Shannon Miller Ukraine Lilia Podkopayeva Russia Oksana Fabrichnova
1995 Japan Sabae China Mo Huilan Ukraine Lilia Podkopayeva
United States Dominique Moceanu
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1996 Puerto Rico San Juan Russia Dina Kochetkova Romania Alexandra Marinescu China Liu Xuan
United States Dominique Dawes
1997 Switzerland Lausanne Romania Gina Gogean Russia Svetlana Khorkina China Kui Yuan-Yuan
1999 China Tianjin China Ling Jie Romania Andreea Răducan Ukraine Olga Roshupkina
2001 Belgium Ghent Romania Andreea Răducan Russia Liudmila Ezhova China Sun Xiaojiao
2002 Hungary Debrecen United States Ashley Postell Romania Oana Mihaela Ban Ukraine Irina Yarotska
2003 United States Anaheim China Fan Ye Romania Cătălina Ponor Russia Ludmila Ezhova
2005 Australia Melbourne United States Anastasia Liukin United States Chellsie Memmel Romania Cătălina Ponor
2006 Denmark Aarhus Ukraine Iryna Krasnianska Romania Sandra Izbaşa Canada Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs
2007 Germany Stuttgart United States Anastasia Liukin Romania Steliana Nistor
China Li Shanshan
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2009 United Kingdom London China Deng Linlin Australia Lauren Mitchell United States Ivana Hong
2010 Netherlands Rotterdam Romania Ana Porgras United States Rebecca Bross
China Deng Linlin
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2011 Japan Tokyo China Sui Lu China Yao Jinnan United States Jordyn Wieber
2013 Belgium Antwerp Russia Aliya Mustafina United States Kyla Ross United States Simone Biles
2014 China Nanning United States Simone Biles China Bai Yawen Russia Aliya Mustafina
2015 United Kingdom Glasgow
2017 Canada Montreal
2018 Qatar Doha
2019 Germany Stuttgart

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