Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's balance beam

|games = 1956 Summer

|image =

|caption =

|venue = West Melbourne Stadium

|date = 3–7 December 1956

|competitors = 64

|nations = 15

|gold = Ágnes Keleti

|goldNOC = HUN

|silver = Eva Bosáková

|silverNOC = TCH

|silver2 = Tamara Manina

|silverNOC2 = URS

|prev = 1952

|next = 1960}}

These are the results of the women's balance beam competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Competition format

The gymnastics format continued to use the aggregation format. Each nation entered either 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 2 exercise scores were summed to give an apparatus total. No separate finals were contested.

Exercise scores ranged from 0 to 10 and apparatus scores from 0 to 20.

Results

The results of the competition:Official Report, pp. 492–97.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" ! Rank !! Gymnast !! Nation !! Compulsory !! Voluntary !! Total
{{gold01}}	align=left\| {{sortname\|Ágnes\|Keleti}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|1956 Summer}}	9.433	9.366	18.800
{{silver02}}	align=left\| {{sortname\|Eva\|Bosáková-Věchtová}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TCH\|1956 Summer}}	9.300	9.333	18.633
{{silver02}}	align=left\| {{sortname\|Tamara\|Manina}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1956 Summer}}	9.233	9.400	18.633
4	align=left\| {{sortname\|Larysa\|Latynina}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1956 Summer}}	9.300	9.233	18.533
4	align=left\| {{sortname\|Anna\|Marejková}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TCH\|1956 Summer}}	9.300	9.233	18.533
6	align=left\| {{sortname\|Elena\|Leușteanu}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ROU\|1956 Summer}}	9.300	9.200	18.500
7	align=left\| {{sortname\|Olga\|Tass-Lemhényi}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|1956 Summer}}	9.233	9.233	18.466
7	align=left\| {{sortname\|Margit\|Korondi}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|1956 Summer}}	9.266	9.200	18.466
7	align=left\| {{sortname\|Lyudmila\|Yegorova}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1956 Summer}}	9.100	9.366	18.466
10	align=left\| {{sortname\|Sofia\|Muratova}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1956 Summer}}	9.166	9.266	18.433
11	align=left\| {{sortname\|Sonia\|Iovan-Inovan}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ROU\|1956 Summer}}	9.100	9.166	18.266
12	align=left\| {{sortname\|Emilia\|Vătăşoiu-Liţă}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ROU\|1956 Summer}}	9.100	9.133	18.233
13	align=left\| {{sortname\|Natalia\|Kot}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1956 Summer}}	9.100	9.066	18.166
13	align=left\| {{sortname\|Polina\|Astakhova}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1956 Summer}}	9.066	9.100	18.166
13	align=left\| {{sortname\|Kazuko\|Sogabe}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1956 Summer}}	9.066	9.100	18.166
16	align=left\| {{sortname\|Helena\|Rakoczy}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1956 Summer}}	9.033	9.100	18.133
16	align=left\| {{sortname\|Andrea\|Bodó-Molnár}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|1956 Summer}}	9.066	9.066	18.133
16	align=left\| {{sortname\|Shizuko\|Sakashita}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1956 Summer}}	8.966	9.166	18.133
19	align=left\| {{sortname\|Erzsébet\|Gulyás-Köteles}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|1956 Summer}}	9.066	9.033	18.100
20	align=left\| {{sortname\|Kyoko\|Kubota}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1956 Summer}}	8.966	9.100	18.066
21	align=left\| {{sortname\|Keiko\|Tanaka-Ikeda}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1956 Summer}}	9.266	8.733	18.000
21	align=left\| {{sortname\|Lidiya\|Kalinina-Ivanova}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|URS\|1956 Summer}}	8.900	9.100	18.000
23	align=left\| {{sortname\|Aliz\|Kertész}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|1956 Summer}}	9.300	8.666	17.966
24	align=left\| {{sortname\|Elisa\|Calsi}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1956 Summer}}	9.000	8.933	17.933
25	align=left\| {{sortname\|Danièle\|Sicot-Coulon}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|1956 Summer}}	8.900	9.000	17.900
26	align=left\| {{sortname\|Ivanka\|Dolzheva}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BUL\|1956 Summer}}	8.800	9.066	17.866
26	align=left\| {{sortname\|Dorota\|Horzonek-Jokiel}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1956 Summer}}	8.833	9.033	17.866
28	align=left\| {{sortname\|Věra\|Drazdíková}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TCH\|1956 Summer}}	8.766	9.033	17.800
29	align=left\| {{sortname\|Georgeta\|Hurmuzachi}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ROU\|1956 Summer}}	8.933	8.833	17.766
30	align=left\| {{sortname\|Elena\|Mărgărit}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ROU\|1956 Summer}}	8.833	8.800	17.633
30	align=left\| {{sortname\|Lidia\|Szczerbińska}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1956 Summer}}	8.866	8.766	17.633
32	align=left\| {{sortname\|Muriel\|Davis-Grossfeld}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1956 Summer}}	8.633	8.966	17.600
33	align=left\| {{sortname\|Danuta\|Nowak-Stachow}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1956 Summer}}	8.633	8.933	17.566
33	align=left\| {{sortname\|Miroslava\|Brdíčková}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TCH\|1956 Summer}}	8.800	8.766	17.566
33	align=left\| {{sortname\|Tsvetanka\|Stancheva}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BUL\|1956 Summer}}	8.366	9.200	17.566
36	align=left\| {{sortname\|Alena\|Reichová}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TCH\|1956 Summer}}	8.600	8.900	17.500
36	align=left\| {{sortname\|Suzuko\|Seki}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1956 Summer}}	9.100	8.400	17.500
38	align=left\| {{sortname\|Matylda\|Matoušková-Šínová}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|TCH\|1956 Summer}}	8.566	8.900	17.466
39	align=left\| {{sortname\|Mitsuka\|Ikeda}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|1956 Summer}}	9.033	8.400	17.433
39	align=left\| {{sortname\|Rosella\|Cicognani}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1956 Summer}}	8.566	8.866	17.433
41	align=left\| {{sortname\|Luciana\|Reali}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1956 Summer}}	8.700	8.700	17.400
41	align=left\| {{sortname\|Ann-Sofi\|Pettersson-Colling}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SWE\|1956 Summer}}	8.600	8.800	17.400
43	align=left\| {{sortname\|Barbara\|Wilk-Ślizowska}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|POL\|1956 Summer}}	8.700	8.633	17.333
44	align=left\| {{sortname\|Elena\|Săcălici}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ROU\|1956 Summer}}	8.966	8.333	17.300
44	align=left\| {{sortname\|Elena\|Lagorara}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1956 Summer}}	8.633	8.666	17.300
46	align=left\| {{sortname\|Karin\|Lindberg}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SWE\|1956 Summer}}	8.266	8.966	17.233
47	align=left\| {{sortname\|Miranda\|Cicognani}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1956 Summer}}	9.033	8.100	17.133
47	align=left\| {{sortname\|Luciana\|Lagorara}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|1956 Summer}}	8.566	8.566	17.133
49	align=left\| {{sortname\|Jackie\|Klein}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1956 Summer}}	8.366	8.733	17.100
50	align=left\| {{sortname\|Eva\|Rönström}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SWE\|1956 Summer}}	8.166	8.733	16.900
50	align=left\| {{sortname\|Maude\|Karlén}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SWE\|1956 Summer}}	8.033	8.866	16.900
52	align=left\| {{sortname\|Evy\|Berggren}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SWE\|1956 Summer}}	8.000	8.866	16.866
52	align=left\| {{sortname\|Judy\|Howe}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1956 Summer}}	8.466	8.400	16.866
54	align=left\| {{sortname\|Saltirka\|Spasova-Tarpova}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|BUL\|1956 Summer}}	8.700	8.133	16.833
55	align=left\| {{sortname\|Sandra\|Ruddick}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1956 Summer}}	8.333	8.133	16.466
56	align=left\| {{sortname\|Doris\|Hedberg}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|SWE\|1956 Summer}}	8.466	7.933	16.400
57	align=left\| {{sortname\|Wendy\|Nicholls}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1956 Summer}}	8.333	8.033	16.366
58	align=left\| {{sortname\|Joyce\|Racek}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1956 Summer}}	8.600	7.733	16.333
59	align=left\| {{sortname\|Annette\|Krier}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|LUX\|1956 Summer}}	7.433	8.533	15.966
60	align=left\| {{sortname\|Pat\|Hirst}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|1956 Summer}}	7.733	8.166	15.900
61	align=left\| {{sortname\|Ernestine\|Russell-Carter}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|1956 Summer}}	8.666	7.000	15.766
62	align=left\| {{sortname\|Ing\|Fraser}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1956 Summer}}	8.200	7.533	15.733
63	align=left\| {{sortname\|Doris\|Fuchs}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|1956 Summer}}	8.300	6.633	14.933
64	align=left\| {{sortname\|Barbara\|Cunningham}}	align=left\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|1956 Summer}}	7.966	6.233	14.200

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070612020125/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120731114223/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/olympics.html www.gymnasticsresults.com]
[http://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/oly-results.html www.gymn-forum.net]

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