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Balance Beam, Women

Date	6 – 9 September 1960 — 15:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Terme di Caracalla, Roma
Participants	124 from 27 countries
Judge - Balance Beam (Compulsory Exercise)	Valéria Nagy-Herpich	HUN
Judge - Balance Beam (Compulsory Exercise)	Andrée Jacquot	FRA
Judge - Balance Beam (Compulsory Exercise)	Gizella Kovács	HUN
Judge - Balance Beam (Compulsory Exercise)	Marty Gable	USA
Judge - Balance Beam (Compulsory Exercise)	Z. Ponhertová	TCH
Judge - Balance Beam (Compulsory Exercise)	Audrey Bates	GBR
Judge - Balance Beam (Optional Exercise)	Valéria Nagy-Herpich	HUN
Judge - Balance Beam (Optional Exercise)	Z. Ponhertová	TCH
Judge - Balance Beam (Optional Exercise)	U. Baer	RSA
Judge - Balance Beam (Optional Exercise)	N. Yoshida	JPN
Judge - Balance Beam (Optional Exercise)	J. Klazema	NED
Judge - Balance Beam (Optional Exercise)	Marty Gable	USA

As with all apparatus formats in 1960, this was a new format, with the all-around competition serving as a qualifying round for the final, with the top six performers advancing to the final round, where they again performed a compulsory and optional exercise to determine final placements.

This event was won by Czechoslovakian Eva Bosáková-Věchtová, with Soviets going 2-4, the silver won by Larisa Latynina and the bronze by Sofya Muratova. Bosáková-Věchtová’s medal was the only women’s individual gymnastic medal won by a non-Soviet athlete in 1960, as the Soviet Union swept the individual all-around and the other three apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	22	Eva Bosáková-Věchtová	TCH	19.283	Gold
2	–	Larisa Latynina	URS	19.233	Silver
3	–	Sofya Muratova	URS	19.232	Bronze
4	–	Margarita Nikolayeva	URS	19.183
5	53	Keiko Ikeda	JPN	19.132
6	23	Věra Čáslavská	TCH	19.083
7 r1/2	51	Ingrid Föst	GER	–
8 r1/2	–	Lidiya Ivanova	URS	–
9 r1/2	13	Rayna Grigorova	BUL	–
10 r1/2	26	Ludmila Švédová	TCH	–
11 r1/2	100	Sonia Iovan	ROU	–
=12 r1/2	58	Toshiko Shirasu	JPN	–
=12 r1/2	47	Ute Starke	GER	–
14 r1/2	55	Kazuko Sogabe	JPN	–
15 r1/2	–	Adolfína Tačová	TCH	–
16 r1/2	–	Judit Füle	HUN	–
=17 r1/2	–	Katalin Müller	HUN	–
=17 r1/2	99	Elena Leuştean	ROU	–
=17 r1/2	54	Kiyoko Ono	JPN	–
=17 r1/2	70	Miranda Cicognani	ITA	–
=21 r1/2	101	Atanasia Ionescu	ROU	–
=21 r1/2	50	Roselore Sonntag	GER	–
=21 r1/2	48	Gretel Schiener	GER	–
=21 r1/2	–	Gail Sontgerath	USA	–
=21 r1/2	89	Natalia Kot	POL	–
=26 r1/2	25	Hana Růžičková	TCH	–
=26 r1/2	93	Eryka Mondry-Kost	POL	–
=28 r1/2	–	Polina Astakhova	URS	–
=28 r1/2	125	Ulla Lindström	SWE	–
=28 r1/2	104	Elena Niculeşcu	ROU	–
=28 r1/2	92	Barbara Eustachiewicz	POL	–
32 r1/2	90	Danuta Nowak-Stachow	POL	–
33 r1/2	24	Matylda Matoušková-Šínová	TCH	–
34 r1/2	56	Kimiko Tsukada	JPN	–
35 r1/2	102	Uta Poreceanu	ROU	–
=36 r1/2	40	Anne-Marie Demortière	FRA	–
=36 r1/2	17	Stanka Pavlova	BUL	–
=36 r1/2	–	Tereza Kočiš	YUG	–
39 r1/2	–	Klára Förstner	HUN	–
=40 r1/2	73	Wanda Soprani	ITA	–
=40 r1/2	126	Ewa Rydell	SWE	–
=40 r1/2	–	Mirjana Bilić	YUG	–
43 r1/2	41	Jacqueline Dieudonné	FRA	–
44 r1/2	14	Elisaveta Mileva	BUL	–
=45 r1/2	15	Saltirka Tarpova	BUL	–
=45 r1/2	123	Monica Elfvin	SWE	–
47 r1/2	–	Mária Bencsik	HUN	–
48 r1/2	124	Gerola Lindahl	SWE	–
49 r1/2	–	Betty Jean Maycock	USA	–
50 r1/2	–	Teri Montefusco	USA	–
51 r1/2	18	Ivanka Dolzheva	BUL	–
52 r1/2	122	Solveig Egman	SWE	–
53 r1/2	–	Sharon Richardson	USA	–
54 r1/2	121	Lena Adler	SWE	–
=55 r1/2	–	Doris Fuchs	USA	–
=55 r1/2	6	Elfriede Hirnschall	AUT	–
=57 r1/2	49	Renate Schneider	GER	–
=57 r1/2	–	Anikó Ducza	HUN	–
59 r1/2	72	Francesca Costa	ITA	–
60 r1/2	71	Rosella Cicognani	ITA	–
=61 r1/2	94	Brygida Dziuba	POL	–
=61 r1/2	32	Pirkko Nieminen	FIN	–
63 r1/2	43	Paulette le Raer	FRA	–
=64 r1/2	57	Ginko Abukawa	JPN	–
=64 r1/2	44	Monique Rossi	FRA	–
66 r1/2	–	Muriel Grossfeld	USA	–
67 r1/2	34	Eira Lehtonen	FIN	–
=68 r1/2	39	Danièle Coulon	FRA	–
=68 r1/2	–	Ernestine Russell-Carter	CAN	–
=68 r1/2	85	Ria Meyburg	NED	–
=68 r1/2	84	Nel Fritz	NED	–
=72 r1/2	16	Tsvetanka Rangelova	BUL	–
=72 r1/2	75	Gabriella Santarelli	ITA	–
74 r1/2	–	Olga Tass-Lemhényi	HUN	–
75 r1/2	91	Gizela Niedurny	POL	–
76 r1/2	87	Lineke Majolee	NED	–
77 r1/2	46	Karin Boldemann	GER	–
78 r1/2	82	Bep van Ipenburg-Drommel	NED	–
79 r1/2	4	Waltraud Benesch	AUT	–
80 r1/2	86	Nel Wambach	NED	–
81 r1/2	33	Tuovi Sappinen	FIN	–
82 r1/2	120	Antoinette Kuiters	RSA	–
83 r1/2	74	Elena Lagorara	ITA	–
84 r1/2	–	Miriam Kara	ISR	–
85 r1/2	37	Ritva Salonen	FIN	–
86 r1/2	–	Ralli Ben-Yehuda	ISR	–
87 r1/2	–	Godelieve Brys	BEL	–
88 r1/2	35	Kaarina Autio	FIN	–
89 r1/2	3	Erika Bogovic	AUT	–
90 r1/2	81	Liliane Becker	LUX	–
=91 r1/2	36	Raili Hämäläinen	FIN	–
=91 r1/2	103	Emilia Lită	ROU	–
93 r1/2	–	Rita Van De Velde	BEL	–
94 r1/2	–	Nevenka Pogačnik	YUG	–
95 r1/2	–	Veronica Grymonprez	BEL	–
96 r1/2	42	Renée Hugon	FRA	–
97 r1/2	7	Henriette Parzer	AUT	–
98 r1/2	106	Elena Artamendi	ESP	–
99 r1/2	–	Val Roberts	AUS	–
100 r1/2	108	Rosa Balaguer	ESP	–
101 r1/2	61	Gwynedd Lingard	GBR	–
=102 r1/2	–	Kaye Breadsell	AUS	–
=102 r1/2	–	Yu Myeong-Ja	KOR	–
104 r1/2	62	Margaret Neale	GBR	–
105 r1/2	64	Jill Pollard	GBR	–
106 r1/2	63	Pat Perks	GBR	–
107 r1/2	109	Montserrat Artamendi	ESP	–
=108 r1/2	65	Dorothy Summers	GBR	–
=108 r1/2	–	Ruth Abeles	ISR	–
110 r1/2	96	Dália Sammer	POR	–
111 r1/2	80	Yvonne Stoffel-Wagener	LUX	–
112 r1/2	5	Anni Cermak	AUT	–
=113 r1/2	60	Marjorie Carter	GBR	–
=113 r1/2	97	Maria Helena Cunha	POR	–
115 r1/2	111	María Luisa Fernández	ESP	–
116 r1/2	107	Renata Müller	ESP	–
117 r1/2	98	Esbela da Fonseca	POR	–
118 r1/2	110	Carmen González	ESP	–
119 r1/2	–	Louise Parker	CAN	–
120 r1/2	–	Yolanda Williams	CUB	–
121 r1/2	–	Julia Uria	CUB	–
122 r1/2	–	Tamara Lyukhina	URS	–
123 r1/2	8	Hildegard Reitter	AUT	–
124 r1/2	83	Ria van Velsen	NED	–

Qualifying Round

Date	6 – 8 September 1960 — 08:00-17:00
Format	Top 6 on balance beam in team all-around advanced to apparatus final. 50% of qualifying score added to optional exercise done in finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	22	Eva Bosáková-Věchtová	TCH	19.166	9.400	9.766	Q
2	–	Sofya Muratova	URS	19.132	9.466	9.666	Q
3	–	Larisa Latynina	URS	19.066	9.366	9.700	Q
4	–	Margarita Nikolayeva	URS	18.966	9.400	9.566	Q
5	53	Keiko Ikeda	JPN	18.932	9.266	9.666	Q
6	23	Věra Čáslavská	TCH	18.766	9.233	9.533	Q
7	51	Ingrid Föst	GER	18.700	9.300	9.400
8	–	Lidiya Ivanova	URS	18.699	9.233	9.466
9	13	Rayna Grigorova	BUL	18.666	9.200	9.466
10	26	Ludmila Švédová	TCH	18.633	9.200	9.433
11	100	Sonia Iovan	ROU	18.600	9.200	9.400
=12	58	Toshiko Shirasu	JPN	18.466	9.266	9.200
=12	47	Ute Starke	GER	18.466	9.066	9.400
14	55	Kazuko Sogabe	JPN	18.433	8.900	9.533
15	–	Adolfína Tačová	TCH	18.432	9.166	9.266
16	–	Judit Füle	HUN	18.400	9.200	9.200
=17	–	Katalin Müller	HUN	18.366	9.300	9.066
=17	99	Elena Leuştean	ROU	18.366	9.066	9.300
=17	54	Kiyoko Ono	JPN	18.366	9.066	9.300
=17	70	Miranda Cicognani	ITA	18.366	9.000	9.366
=21	101	Atanasia Ionescu	ROU	18.333	9.133	9.200
=21	50	Roselore Sonntag	GER	18.333	9.133	9.200
=21	48	Gretel Schiener	GER	18.333	9.100	9.233
=21	–	Gail Sontgerath	USA	18.333	9.000	9.333
=21	89	Natalia Kot	POL	18.333	8.900	9.433
=26	25	Hana Růžičková	TCH	18.300	9.100	9.200
=26	93	Eryka Mondry-Kost	POL	18.300	9.000	9.300
=28	–	Polina Astakhova	URS	18.233	9.500	8.733
=28	125	Ulla Lindström	SWE	18.233	9.033	9.200
=28	104	Elena Niculeşcu	ROU	18.233	9.000	9.233
=28	92	Barbara Eustachiewicz	POL	18.233	9.000	9.233
32	90	Danuta Nowak-Stachow	POL	18.232	8.966	9.266
33	24	Matylda Matoušková-Šínová	TCH	18.200	9.000	9.200
34	56	Kimiko Tsukada	JPN	18.199	8.833	9.366
35	102	Uta Poreceanu	ROU	18.166	8.933	9.233
=36	40	Anne-Marie Demortière	FRA	18.066	9.166	8.900
=36	17	Stanka Pavlova	BUL	18.066	8.933	9.133
=36	–	Tereza Kočiš	YUG	18.066	8.833	9.233
39	–	Klára Förstner	HUN	18.000	9.000	9.000
=40	73	Wanda Soprani	ITA	17.999	9.066	8.933
=40	126	Ewa Rydell	SWE	17.999	8.966	9.033
=40	–	Mirjana Bilić	YUG	17.999	8.933	9.066
43	41	Jacqueline Dieudonné	FRA	17.966	9.133	8.833
44	14	Elisaveta Mileva	BUL	17.932	8.966	8.966
=45	15	Saltirka Tarpova	BUL	17.866	8.900	8.966
=45	123	Monica Elfvin	SWE	17.866	8.866	9.000
47	–	Mária Bencsik	HUN	17.832	9.066	8.766
48	124	Gerola Lindahl	SWE	17.783	8.933	8.850
49	–	Betty Jean Maycock	USA	17.766	8.600	9.166
50	–	Teri Montefusco	USA	17.699	8.533	9.166
51	18	Ivanka Dolzheva	BUL	17.666	8.633	9.033
52	122	Solveig Egman	SWE	17.600	8.900	8.700
53	–	Sharon Richardson	USA	17.599	8.366	9.233
54	121	Lena Adler	SWE	17.566	8.666	8.900
=55	–	Doris Fuchs	USA	17.466	9.066	8.400
=55	6	Elfriede Hirnschall	AUT	17.466	8.666	8.800
=57	49	Renate Schneider	GER	17.399	9.133	8.266
=57	–	Anikó Ducza	HUN	17.399	8.166	9.233
59	72	Francesca Costa	ITA	17.300	8.700	8.600
60	71	Rosella Cicognani	ITA	17.299	9.066	8.233
=61	94	Brygida Dziuba	POL	17.266	9.066	8.200
=61	32	Pirkko Nieminen	FIN	17.266	8.266	9.000
63	43	Paulette le Raer	FRA	17.200	8.600	8.600
=64	57	Ginko Abukawa	JPN	17.166	9.000	8.166
=64	44	Monique Rossi	FRA	17.166	8.700	8.466
66	–	Muriel Grossfeld	USA	17.100	8.900	8.200
67	34	Eira Lehtonen	FIN	17.099	8.033	9.066
=68	39	Danièle Coulon	FRA	17.033	9.000	8.033
=68	–	Ernestine Russell-Carter	CAN	17.033	8.833	8.200
=68	85	Ria Meyburg	NED	17.033	8.100	8.933
=68	84	Nel Fritz	NED	17.033	8.033	9.000
=72	16	Tsvetanka Rangelova	BUL	17.032	9.066	7.966
=72	75	Gabriella Santarelli	ITA	17.032	8.966	8.066
74	–	Olga Tass-Lemhényi	HUN	16.999	9.033	7.966
75	91	Gizela Niedurny	POL	16.983	9.000	7.983
76	87	Lineke Majolee	NED	16.966	8.100	8.866
77	46	Karin Boldemann	GER	16.933	9.000	7.933
78	82	Bep van Ipenburg-Drommel	NED	16.899	8.133	8.766
79	4	Waltraud Benesch	AUT	16.866	8.200	8.666
80	86	Nel Wambach	NED	16.800	7.900	8.900
81	33	Tuovi Sappinen	FIN	16.700	7.800	8.900
82	120	Antoinette Kuiters	RSA	16.633	8.100	8.533
83	74	Elena Lagorara	ITA	16.600	8.700	7.900
84	–	Miriam Kara	ISR	16.500	7.800	8.700
85	37	Ritva Salonen	FIN	16.366	7.566	8.800
86	–	Ralli Ben-Yehuda	ISR	16.266	7.600	8.666
87	–	Godelieve Brys	BEL	16.233	7.933	8.300
88	35	Kaarina Autio	FIN	16.200	7.400	8.800
89	3	Erika Bogovic	AUT	16.033	7.600	8.433
90	81	Liliane Becker	LUX	15.933	7.533	8.400
=91	36	Raili Hämäläinen	FIN	15.866	8.000	7.866
=91	103	Emilia Lită	ROU	15.866	6.800	9.066
93	–	Rita Van De Velde	BEL	15.766	7.733	8.033
94	–	Nevenka Pogačnik	YUG	15.733	8.233	7.500
95	–	Veronica Grymonprez	BEL	15.699	8.033	7.666
96	42	Renée Hugon	FRA	15.466	7.833	7.633
97	7	Henriette Parzer	AUT	15.399	8.333	7.066
98	106	Elena Artamendi	ESP	15.366	7.600	7.766
99	–	Val Roberts	AUS	15.299	7.066	8.233
100	108	Rosa Balaguer	ESP	15.266	7.400	7.866
101	61	Gwynedd Lingard	GBR	15.199	7.366	7.833
=102	–	Kaye Breadsell	AUS	15.166	7.800	7.366
=102	–	Yu Myeong-Ja	KOR	15.166	7.333	7.833
104	62	Margaret Neale	GBR	15.066	7.433	7.633
105	64	Jill Pollard	GBR	14.866	7.366	7.500
106	63	Pat Perks	GBR	14.833	7.433	7.400
107	109	Montserrat Artamendi	ESP	14.666	7.400	7.266
=108	65	Dorothy Summers	GBR	14.600	7.500	7.100
=108	–	Ruth Abeles	ISR	14.600	6.900	7.700
110	96	Dália Sammer	POR	14.566	6.400	8.166
111	80	Yvonne Stoffel-Wagener	LUX	14.533	6.533	8.000
112	5	Anni Cermak	AUT	14.516	7.933	6.583
=113	60	Marjorie Carter	GBR	14.432	7.166	7.266
=113	97	Maria Helena Cunha	POR	14.432	6.966	7.466
115	111	María Luisa Fernández	ESP	14.099	7.766	6.333
116	107	Renata Müller	ESP	13.966	6.433	7.533
117	98	Esbela da Fonseca	POR	13.766	6.933	6.833
118	110	Carmen González	ESP	13.533	7.333	6.200
119	–	Louise Parker	CAN	12.799	6.733	6.066
120	–	Yolanda Williams	CUB	11.333	4.000	7.333
121	–	Julia Uria	CUB	9.799	3.833	5.966
122	–	Tamara Lyukhina	URS	9.533	9.533	0.000
123	8	Hildegard Reitter	AUT	7.800	7.800	–
124	83	Ria van Velsen	NED	7.666	7.666	–

Final

Date	9 September 1960 — 15:00

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying Points (50%)	Final Points
1	22	Eva Bosáková-Věchtová	TCH	19.283	9.583	9.700
2	–	Larisa Latynina	URS	19.233	9.533	9.700
3	–	Sofya Muratova	URS	19.232	9.566	9.666
4	–	Margarita Nikolayeva	URS	19.183	9.483	9.700
5	53	Keiko Ikeda	JPN	19.132	9.466	9.666
6	23	Věra Čáslavská	TCH	19.083	9.383	9.700