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Balance Beam, Women

Date	27 – 31 August 1972 — 20:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Sporthalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants	118 from 23 countries

The format was similar to 1964 and 1968, with the best six gymnasts in the team all-around advancing to the apparatus final, with the final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. Soviet Tamara Lazakovich led after the team qualifying but was bested in the final by her teammate, Olga Korbut, who won the gold medal. Korbut would return and win the silver medal in this event at Montréal. American Cathy Rigby had won a silver medal in this event at the 1970 World Championships and was thought to have a chance to become the first American woman to win an individual Olympic medal, but Rigby placed only sixth in qualifying, and failed to make the final based on a tiebreaker.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	253	Olga Korbut	URS	19.400	Gold
2	255	Tamara Lazakovich	URS	19.375	Silver
3	93	Karin Janz	GDR	18.975	Bronze
4	122	Mónika Császár	HUN	18.925
5	257	Lyudmila Turishcheva	URS	18.800
6	97	Erika Zuchold	GDR	18.700
6 r1/1	266	Cathy Rigby	USA	–
8 r1/1	251	Lyubov Burda	URS	–
9 r1/1	126	Krisztina Medveczky	HUN	–
=10 r1/1	256	Elvira Saadi	URS	–
=10 r1/1	121	Ilona Békési	HUN	–
=12 r1/1	92	Angelika Hellmann	GDR	–
=12 r1/1	254	Antanina Koshal	URS	–
=14 r1/1	261	Kimberly Chace	USA	–
=14 r1/1	245	Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová	TCH	–
16 r1/1	124	Márta Kelemen	HUN	–
=17 r1/1	95	Richarda Schmeißer	GDR	–
=17 r1/1	146	Kayoko Saka	JPN	–
=17 r1/1	265	Roxanne Pierce	USA	–
=17 r1/1	242	Zdenka Bujnáčková	TCH	–
21 r1/1	96	Christine Schmitt	GDR	–
=22 r1/1	91	Irene Abel	GDR	–
=22 r1/1	211	Elena Ceampelea	ROU	–
=22 r1/1	116	Ans van Gerwen	NED	–
=25 r1/1	264	Joan Moore	USA	–
=25 r1/1	143	Eiko Hirashima	JPN	–
=27 r1/1	267	Nancy Thies	USA	–
=27 r1/1	125	Anikó Kéry	HUN	–
=27 r1/1	214	Anca Grigoraș	ROU	–
=30 r1/1	141	Kazue Hanyu	JPN	–
=30 r1/1	222	Käthi Fritschi	SUI	–
32 r1/1	144	Miyuki Matsuhisa	JPN	–
33 r1/1	241	Soňa Brázdová	TCH	–
34 r1/1	127	Zsuzsa Nagy	HUN	–
=35 r1/1	101	Angelika Kern	FRG	–
=35 r1/1	263	Linda Metheny	USA	–
=37 r1/1	142	Takako Hasegawa	JPN	–
=37 r1/1	247	Marcela Váchová	TCH	–
=37 r1/1	107	Ulrike Weyh	FRG	–
=37 r1/1	111	Ans Dekker	NED	–
41 r1/1	25	Teresa McDonnell	CAN	–
=42 r1/1	244	Hana Lišková	TCH	–
=42 r1/1	105	Uta Schorn	FRG	–
=42 r1/1	103	Jutta Oltersdorf	FRG	–
=42 r1/1	271	Nataša Bajin-Šljepica	YUG	–
=42 r1/1	132	Cinzia Delisi	ITA	–
=47 r1/1	135	Gabriella Marchi	ITA	–
=47 r1/1	215	Paula Ioan	ROU	–
=47 r1/1	131	Angela Alberti	ITA	–
=50 r1/1	213	Alina Goreac	ROU	–
=50 r1/1	223	Liselotte Marti	SUI	–
=50 r1/1	191	Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska	POL	–
53 r1/1	197	Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska	POL	–
=54 r1/1	243	Zdena Dorňáková	TCH	–
=54 r1/1	217	Elisabeta Turcu	ROU	–
=54 r1/1	216	Marcela Păunescu	ROU	–
=54 r1/1	175	Unni Holmen	NOR	–
=54 r1/1	221	Patrizia Bazzi	SUI	–
=54 r1/1	72	Mireille Cayre	FRA	–
=54 r1/1	14	Irina Hitrova	BUL	–
=54 r1/1	117	Margo Velema	NED	–
=62 r1/1	23	Jennifer Diachun	CAN	–
=62 r1/1	102	Andrea Niederheide	FRG	–
=64 r1/1	77	Véronique Tilmont	FRA	–
=64 r1/1	145	Toshiko Miyamoto	JPN	–
=64 r1/1	115	Nel van der Voort	NED	–
=67 r1/1	83	Pamela Hutchinson	GBR	–
=67 r1/1	24	Nancy McDonnell	CAN	–
=69 r1/1	15	Evdokiya Pandezova	BUL	–
=69 r1/1	275	Nevenka Puškarević	YUG	–
=69 r1/1	11	Maya Blagoeva	BUL	–
=72 r1/1	12	Elena Georgieva	BUL	–
=72 r1/1	137	Monica Stefani	ITA	–
=72 r1/1	136	Rita Peri	ITA	–
=75 r1/1	177	Jill Schau	NOR	–
=75 r1/1	81	Barbara Alred	GBR	–
=75 r1/1	176	Gro Sandberg	NOR	–
=75 r1/1	113	Ikina Morsch	NED	–
=79 r1/1	75	Pascale Hermant	FRA	–
=79 r1/1	134	Maria Grazia Mancuso	ITA	–
=79 r1/1	274	Slaviča Kundačina	YUG	–
=79 r1/1	26	Sharon Tsukamoto	CAN	–
=79 r1/1	173	Sidsel Ekholdt	NOR	–
=79 r1/1	104	Ingrid Santer	FRG	–
=85 r1/1	73	Catherine Daugé	FRA	–
=85 r1/1	71	Nadine Audin	FRA	–
=85 r1/1	276	Marija Težak	YUG	–
=85 r1/1	231	Marie Björk	SWE	–
=89 r1/1	194	Dorota Klencz	POL	–
=89 r1/1	171	Trine Andresen	NOR	–
=91 r1/1	192	Joanna Bartosz	POL	–
=91 r1/1	196	Łucja Matraszek	POL	–
93 r1/1	87	Elaine Willett	GBR	–
94 r1/1	181	Dianne Foote	NZL	–
=95 r1/1	163	Ana María Casas	MEX	–
=95 r1/1	17	Reneta Tsvetkova	BUL	–
97 r1/1	13	Marieta Ilieva	BUL	–
=98 r1/1	85	Yvonne Mugridge	GBR	–
=98 r1/1	195	Danuta Lubowska	POL	–
=100 r1/1	164	Patricia García	MEX	–
=100 r1/1	21	Lise Arsenault-Goertz	CAN	–
=100 r1/1	224	Jacqueline Sievert	SUI	–
103 r1/1	225	Christine Steger	SUI	–
104 r1/1	166	Patricia Ollinger	MEX	–
105 r1/1	227	Judith Steiger	SUI	–
106 r1/1	114	Linda Toorop	NED	–
107 r1/1	1	Jenny Sunderland	AUS	–
=108 r1/1	74	Elvire Gertosio	FRA	–
=108 r1/1	167	Laura Rivera	MEX	–
110 r1/1	82	Pam Hopkins	GBR	–
111 r1/1	273	Erna Havelka	YUG	–
=112 r1/1	165	María Antonieta Hernández	MEX	–
=112 r1/1	84	Avril Lennox	GBR	–
114 r1/1	272	Olga Bumbić	YUG	–
115 r1/1	174	Bente Hansen	NOR	–
116 r1/1	22	Susan Buchanan	CAN	–
117 r1/1	162	Hilda Amezaga	MEX	–
118 r1/1	51	Pepita Sánchez	ESP	–

Final

Date	31 August 1972 — 20:00
Format	Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying Points (50%)	Final Points
1	253	Olga Korbut	URS	19.400	9.500	9.90
2	255	Tamara Lazakovich	URS	19.375	9.575	9.80
3	93	Karin Janz	GDR	18.975	9.425	9.55
4	122	Mónika Császár	HUN	18.925	9.325	9.60
5	257	Lyudmila Turishcheva	URS	18.800	9.400	9.40
6	97	Erika Zuchold	GDR	18.700	9.300	9.40

Qualifying Round

Date	27 August 1972
Format	Top six on each apparatus in individual all-around advanced to apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	255	Tamara Lazakovich	URS	19.15	9.40	9.75	Q
2	253	Olga Korbut	URS	19.00	9.25	9.75	Q
3	93	Karin Janz	GDR	18.85	9.35	9.50	Q
4	257	Lyudmila Turishcheva	URS	18.80	9.05	9.75	Q
5	122	Mónika Császár	HUN	18.65	9.25	9.40	Q
=6	97	Erika Zuchold	GDR	18.60	9.25	9.35	Q
=6	266	Cathy Rigby	USA	18.60	9.25	9.35
8	251	Lyubov Burda	URS	18.55	9.00	9.55
9	126	Krisztina Medveczky	HUN	18.50	9.15	9.35
=10	256	Elvira Saadi	URS	18.45	9.20	9.25
=10	121	Ilona Békési	HUN	18.45	9.15	9.30
=12	92	Angelika Hellmann	GDR	18.35	9.15	9.20
=12	254	Antanina Koshal	URS	18.35	8.95	9.40
=14	261	Kimberly Chace	USA	18.20	9.25	8.95
=14	245	Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová	TCH	18.20	9.10	9.10
16	124	Márta Kelemen	HUN	18.10	9.00	9.10
=17	95	Richarda Schmeißer	GDR	18.00	9.15	8.85
=17	146	Kayoko Saka	JPN	18.00	9.10	8.90
=17	265	Roxanne Pierce	USA	18.00	9.00	9.00
=17	242	Zdenka Bujnáčková	TCH	18.00	9.00	9.00
21	96	Christine Schmitt	GDR	17.95	8.90	9.05
=22	91	Irene Abel	GDR	17.90	8.90	9.00
=22	211	Elena Ceampelea	ROU	17.90	8.85	9.05
=22	116	Ans van Gerwen	NED	17.90	8.70	9.20
=25	264	Joan Moore	USA	17.85	9.20	8.65
=25	143	Eiko Hirashima	JPN	17.85	8.95	8.90
=27	267	Nancy Thies	USA	17.80	8.90	8.90
=27	125	Anikó Kéry	HUN	17.80	8.85	8.95
=27	214	Anca Grigoraș	ROU	17.80	8.85	8.95
=30	141	Kazue Hanyu	JPN	17.75	9.00	8.75
=30	222	Käthi Fritschi	SUI	17.75	8.85	8.90
32	144	Miyuki Matsuhisa	JPN	17.70	9.10	8.60
33	241	Soňa Brázdová	TCH	17.60	8.90	8.70
34	127	Zsuzsa Nagy	HUN	17.55	8.80	8.75
=35	101	Angelika Kern	FRG	17.50	8.65	8.85
=35	263	Linda Metheny	USA	17.50	8.40	9.10
=37	142	Takako Hasegawa	JPN	17.45	8.90	8.55
=37	247	Marcela Váchová	TCH	17.45	8.75	8.70
=37	107	Ulrike Weyh	FRG	17.45	8.55	8.90
=37	111	Ans Dekker	NED	17.45	8.45	9.00
41	25	Teresa McDonnell	CAN	17.40	8.60	8.80
=42	244	Hana Lišková	TCH	17.35	8.95	8.40
=42	105	Uta Schorn	FRG	17.35	8.90	8.45
=42	103	Jutta Oltersdorf	FRG	17.35	8.80	8.55
=42	271	Nataša Bajin-Šljepica	YUG	17.35	8.65	8.70
=42	132	Cinzia Delisi	ITA	17.35	8.60	8.75
=47	135	Gabriella Marchi	ITA	17.30	8.60	8.70
=47	215	Paula Ioan	ROU	17.30	8.60	8.70
=47	131	Angela Alberti	ITA	17.30	8.55	8.75
=50	213	Alina Goreac	ROU	17.25	8.95	8.30
=50	223	Liselotte Marti	SUI	17.25	8.70	8.55
=50	191	Małgorzata Barlak-Kamasińska	POL	17.25	8.60	8.65
53	197	Danuta Fidusiewicz-Prusinowska	POL	17.20	8.55	8.65
=54	243	Zdena Dorňáková	TCH	17.15	8.85	8.30
=54	217	Elisabeta Turcu	ROU	17.15	8.75	8.40
=54	216	Marcela Păunescu	ROU	17.15	8.70	8.45
=54	175	Unni Holmen	NOR	17.15	8.60	8.55
=54	221	Patrizia Bazzi	SUI	17.15	8.55	8.60
=54	72	Mireille Cayre	FRA	17.15	8.55	8.60
=54	14	Irina Hitrova	BUL	17.15	8.50	8.65
=54	117	Margo Velema	NED	17.15	8.50	8.65
=62	23	Jennifer Diachun	CAN	17.10	8.65	8.45
=62	102	Andrea Niederheide	FRG	17.10	8.45	8.65
=64	77	Véronique Tilmont	FRA	17.05	8.65	8.40
=64	145	Toshiko Miyamoto	JPN	17.05	8.60	8.45
=64	115	Nel van der Voort	NED	17.05	8.50	8.55
=67	83	Pamela Hutchinson	GBR	16.95	8.45	8.50
=67	24	Nancy McDonnell	CAN	16.95	8.45	8.50
=69	15	Evdokiya Pandezova	BUL	16.90	8.65	8.25
=69	275	Nevenka Puškarević	YUG	16.90	8.50	8.40
=69	11	Maya Blagoeva	BUL	16.90	8.30	8.60
=72	12	Elena Georgieva	BUL	16.85	8.65	8.20
=72	137	Monica Stefani	ITA	16.85	8.10	8.75
=72	136	Rita Peri	ITA	16.85	7.85	9.00
=75	177	Jill Schau	NOR	16.80	8.60	8.20
=75	81	Barbara Alred	GBR	16.80	8.50	8.30
=75	176	Gro Sandberg	NOR	16.80	8.40	8.40
=75	113	Ikina Morsch	NED	16.80	8.15	8.65
=79	75	Pascale Hermant	FRA	16.75	8.70	8.05
=79	134	Maria Grazia Mancuso	ITA	16.75	8.50	8.25
=79	274	Slaviča Kundačina	YUG	16.75	8.40	8.35
=79	26	Sharon Tsukamoto	CAN	16.75	8.40	8.35
=79	173	Sidsel Ekholdt	NOR	16.75	8.35	8.40
=79	104	Ingrid Santer	FRG	16.75	8.05	8.70
=85	73	Catherine Daugé	FRA	16.70	8.45	8.25
=85	71	Nadine Audin	FRA	16.70	8.40	8.30
=85	276	Marija Težak	YUG	16.70	8.30	8.40
=85	231	Marie Björk	SWE	16.70	8.30	8.40
=89	194	Dorota Klencz	POL	16.65	8.50	8.15
=89	171	Trine Andresen	NOR	16.65	8.35	8.30
=91	192	Joanna Bartosz	POL	16.60	8.35	8.25
=91	196	Łucja Matraszek	POL	16.60	8.25	8.35
93	87	Elaine Willett	GBR	16.55	8.35	8.20
94	181	Dianne Foote	NZL	16.50	8.40	8.10
=95	163	Ana María Casas	MEX	16.45	8.30	8.15
=95	17	Reneta Tsvetkova	BUL	16.45	8.25	8.20
97	13	Marieta Ilieva	BUL	16.35	8.50	7.85
=98	85	Yvonne Mugridge	GBR	16.30	8.10	8.20
=98	195	Danuta Lubowska	POL	16.30	7.75	8.55
=100	164	Patricia García	MEX	16.25	8.35	7.90
=100	21	Lise Arsenault-Goertz	CAN	16.25	7.85	8.40
=100	224	Jacqueline Sievert	SUI	16.25	7.80	8.45
103	225	Christine Steger	SUI	16.20	7.95	8.25
104	166	Patricia Ollinger	MEX	16.15	7.85	8.30
105	227	Judith Steiger	SUI	16.10	8.55	7.55
106	114	Linda Toorop	NED	16.00	8.65	7.35
107	1	Jenny Sunderland	AUS	15.95	8.10	7.85
=108	74	Elvire Gertosio	FRA	15.85	8.40	7.45
=108	167	Laura Rivera	MEX	15.85	7.70	8.15
110	82	Pam Hopkins	GBR	15.80	7.95	7.85
111	273	Erna Havelka	YUG	15.75	7.60	8.15
=112	165	María Antonieta Hernández	MEX	15.55	7.95	7.60
=112	84	Avril Lennox	GBR	15.55	7.90	7.65
114	272	Olga Bumbić	YUG	15.50	7.70	7.80
115	174	Bente Hansen	NOR	15.30	7.85	7.45
116	22	Susan Buchanan	CAN	15.20	7.95	7.25
117	162	Hilda Amezaga	MEX	15.05	7.95	7.10
118	51	Pepita Sánchez	ESP	14.65	8.40	6.25