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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

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

Qualifying (6 – 8 September 1960 — 08:00-17:00)

Top six on balance beam in team all-around advance to apparatus final. 50% of qualifying score added to optional exercise done in finals.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	CEP	OEP
1	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	Keiko Ikeda	JPN	18.932	9.266	9.666	Q
6	Věra Čáslavská	TCH	18.766	9.233	9.533	Q
7	Ingrid Föst	GER	18.700	9.300	9.400
8	Lidiya Ivanova	URS	18.699	9.233	9.466
9	Rayna Grigorova	BUL	18.666	9.200	9.466
10	Ludmila Švédová	TCH	18.633	9.200	9.433
11	Sonia Iovan	ROU	18.600	9.200	9.400
=12	Toshiko Shirasu	JPN	18.466	9.266	9.200
=12	Ute Starke	GER	18.466	9.066	9.400
14	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	Elena Leuştean	ROU	18.366	9.066	9.300
=17	Kiyoko Ono	JPN	18.366	9.066	9.300
=17	Miranda Cicognani	ITA	18.366	9.000	9.366
=21	Atanasia Ionescu	ROU	18.333	9.133	9.200
=21	Roselore Sonntag	GER	18.333	9.133	9.200
=21	Gretel Schiener	GER	18.333	9.100	9.233
=21	Gail Sontgerath	USA	18.333	9.000	9.333
=21	Natalia Kot	POL	18.333	8.900	9.433
=26	Hana Růžičková	TCH	18.300	9.100	9.200
=26	Eryka Mondry-Kost	POL	18.300	9.000	9.300
=28	Polina Astakhova	URS	18.233	9.500	8.733
=28	Ulla Lindström	SWE	18.233	9.033	9.200
=28	Elena Niculeşcu	ROU	18.233	9.000	9.233
=28	Barbara Eustachiewicz	POL	18.233	9.000	9.233
32	Danuta Nowak-Stachow	POL	18.232	8.966	9.266
33	Matylda Matoušková-Šínová	TCH	18.200	9.000	9.200
34	Kimiko Tsukada	JPN	18.199	8.833	9.366
35	Uta Poreceanu	ROU	18.166	8.933	9.233
=36	Anne-Marie Demortière	FRA	18.066	9.166	8.900
=36	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	Wanda Soprani	ITA	17.999	9.066	8.933
=40	Ewa Rydell	SWE	17.999	8.966	9.033
=40	Mirjana Bilić	YUG	17.999	8.933	9.066
43	Jacqueline Dieudonné	FRA	17.966	9.133	8.833
44	Elisaveta Mileva	BUL	17.932	8.966	8.966
=45	Saltirka Tarpova	BUL	17.866	8.900	8.966
=45	Monica Elfvin	SWE	17.866	8.866	9.000
47	Mária Bencsik	HUN	17.832	9.066	8.766
48	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	Ivanka Dolzheva	BUL	17.666	8.633	9.033
52	Solveig Egman	SWE	17.600	8.900	8.700
53	Sharon Richardson	USA	17.599	8.366	9.233
54	Lena Adler	SWE	17.566	8.666	8.900
=55	Doris Fuchs	USA	17.466	9.066	8.400
=55	Elfriede Hirnschall	AUT	17.466	8.666	8.800
=57	Renate Schneider	GER	17.399	9.133	8.266
=57	Anikó Ducza	HUN	17.399	8.166	9.233
59	Francesca Costa	ITA	17.300	8.700	8.600
60	Rosella Cicognani	ITA	17.299	9.066	8.233
=61	Brygida Dziuba	POL	17.266	9.066	8.200
=61	Pirkko Nieminen	FIN	17.266	8.266	9.000
63	Paulette le Raer	FRA	17.200	8.600	8.600
=64	Ginko Abukawa	JPN	17.166	9.000	8.166
=64	Monique Rossi	FRA	17.166	8.700	8.466
66	Muriel Grossfeld	USA	17.100	8.900	8.200
67	Eira Lehtonen	FIN	17.099	8.033	9.066
=68	Danièle Coulon	FRA	17.033	9.000	8.033
=68	Ernestine Russell-Carter	CAN	17.033	8.833	8.200
=68	Ria Meyburg	NED	17.033	8.100	8.933
=68	Nel Fritz	NED	17.033	8.033	9.000
=72	Tsvetanka Rangelova	BUL	17.032	9.066	7.966
=72	Gabriella Santarelli	ITA	17.032	8.966	8.066
74	Olga Tass-Lemhényi	HUN	16.999	9.033	7.966
75	Gizela Niedurny	POL	16.983	9.000	7.983
76	Lineke Majolee	NED	16.966	8.100	8.866
77	Karin Boldemann	GER	16.933	9.000	7.933
78	Bep van Ipenburg-Drommel	NED	16.899	8.133	8.766
79	Waltraud Benesch	AUT	16.866	8.200	8.666
80	Nel Wambach	NED	16.800	7.900	8.900
81	Tuovi Sappinen	FIN	16.700	7.800	8.900
82	Antoinette Kuiters	RSA	16.633	8.100	8.533
83	Elena Lagorara	ITA	16.600	8.700	7.900
84	Miriam Kara	ISR	16.500	7.800	8.700
85	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	Kaarina Autio	FIN	16.200	7.400	8.800
89	Erika Bogovic	AUT	16.033	7.600	8.433
90	Liliane Becker	LUX	15.933	7.533	8.400
=91	Raili Hämäläinen	FIN	15.866	8.000	7.866
=91	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	Renée Hugon	FRA	15.466	7.833	7.633
97	Henriette Parzer	AUT	15.399	8.333	7.066
98	Elena Artamendi	ESP	15.366	7.600	7.766
99	Val Roberts	AUS	15.299	7.066	8.233
100	Rosa Balaguer	ESP	15.266	7.400	7.866
101	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	Margaret Neale	GBR	15.066	7.433	7.633
105	Jill Pollard	GBR	14.866	7.366	7.500
106	Pat Perks	GBR	14.833	7.433	7.400
107	Montserrat Artamendi	ESP	14.666	7.400	7.266
=108	Dorothy Summers	GBR	14.600	7.500	7.100
=108	Ruth Abeles	ISR	14.600	6.900	7.700
110	Dália Sammer	POR	14.566	6.400	8.166
111	Yvonne Stoffel-Wagener	LUX	14.533	6.533	8.000
112	Anni Cermak	AUT	14.516	7.933	6.583
=113	Marjorie Carter	GBR	14.432	7.166	7.266
=113	Maria Helena Cunha	POR	14.432	6.966	7.466
115	María Luisa Fernández	ESP	14.099	7.766	6.333
116	Renata Müller	ESP	13.966	6.433	7.533
117	Esbela da Fonseca	POR	13.766	6.933	6.833
118	María del 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	Hildegard Reitter	AUT	7.800	7.800	–
124	Ria van Velsen	NED	7.666	7.666	–

Final (9 September 1960 — 15:00)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Points	QP(50%)	FP
1	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	Keiko Ikeda	JPN	19.132	9.466	9.666
6	Věra Čáslavská	TCH	19.083	9.383	9.700