| Times held | 18 | 
|---|---|
| Total participants | 1333 | 
| Total countries | 83 | 
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 134 | 18 | 
| 1956 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 64 | 15 | 
| 1960 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 124 | 27 | 
| 1964 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 83 | 24 | 
| 1968 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 101 | 24 | 
| 1972 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 118 | 23 | 
| 1976 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 86 | 18 | 
| 1980 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 62 | 16 | 
| 1984 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 65 | 16 | 
| 1988 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 90 | 23 | 
| 1992 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 92 | 24 | 
| 1996 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 96 | 28 | 
| 2000 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 82 | 29 | 
| 2004 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 85 | 31 | 
| 2008 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 84 | 35 | 
| 2012 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 83 | 46 | 
| 2016 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 82 | 47 | 
| 2020 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 91 | 43 | 
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania |  ROU | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 
| Soviet Union |  URS | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 
| People's Republic of China |  CHN | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 
| United States |  USA | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 
| Czechoslovakia |  TCH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 
| Hungary |  HUN | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 
| Netherlands |  NED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Unified Team |  EUN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Russian Federation |  RUS | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 
| Ukraine |  UKR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| East Germany |  GDR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadia Comăneci |  ROU | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| Věra Čáslavská |  CZE  TCH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| Eva Bosáková-Věchtová |  CZE  TCH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| Olga Korbut |  BLR  URS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| Shannon Miller |  USA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |