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Balance Beam, Women

Date18 – 22 July 1976 — 19:30
StatusOlympic
LocationLe Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants86 from 18 countries

The format was similar to 1964-72, 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. However, nations were now limited to only two gymnasts in the finals. Nadia Comăneci won one of her two 1976 apparatus gold medals in this event, the other coming on the uneven bars. Comăneci had the highest score in qualifying and then received a perfect 10.00 for her final routine to win by over 0.2 points over Olga Korbut (URS). Romanian Teodora Ungureanu came in third for the bronze medal. Comăneci would defend her gold medal on beam at the 1980 Olympics.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCPoints
173Nadia ComăneciROU19.950Gold
291Olga KorbutURS19.725Silver
379Teodora UngureanuROU19.700Bronze
493Lyudmila TurishchevaURS19.475
531Angelika HellmannGDR19.450
629Gitta EscherGDR19.275
4 r1/176Anca GrigorașROU
5 r1/192Elvira SaadiURS
7 r1/190Nelli KimURS
=10 r1/174Mariana ConstantinROU
=10 r1/184Anna PohludkováTCH
=10 r1/187Mariya FilatovaURS
=13 r1/189Svetlana GrozdovaURS
=13 r1/130Kerstin GerschauGDR
=13 r1/154Éva ÓváriHUN
=16 r1/132Marion KischeGDR
=16 r1/175Georgeta GaborROU
=16 r1/178Gabriela TrușcăROU
19 r1/155Margit TóthHUN
=20 r1/181Ingrid HolkovičováTCH
=20 r1/149Márta EgerváriHUN
=22 r1/152Krisztina MedveczkyHUN
=22 r1/140Uta SchornFRG
24 r1/135Andrea BiegerFRG
=25 r1/164Miyuki HironakaJPN
=25 r1/18Nina KostovaBUL
=27 r1/186Drahomíra SmolíkováTCH
=27 r1/195Kimberly ChaceUSA
=27 r1/117Patti RopeCAN
=27 r1/150Márta KelemenHUN
=27 r1/138Jutta OltersdorfFRG
=27 r1/151Mária LőveyHUN
=33 r1/182Jana KnopováTCH
=33 r1/168Satoko OkazakiJPN
=33 r1/185Eva PořádkováTCH
36 r1/198Debra WillcoxUSA
37 r1/113Karen KelsallCAN
=38 r1/133Steffi KräkerGDR
=38 r1/146Ans Smulders-van GerwenNED
=40 r1/141Traudl SchubertFRG
=40 r1/19Vesela MateevaBUL
=40 r1/180Alena ČernákováTCH
=40 r1/110Galina YanevaBUL
=40 r1/136Petra KurbjuweitFRG
=45 r1/196Carrie EnglertUSA
=45 r1/169Nobue YamazakiJPN
=47 r1/147Jeanette van RavestijnNED
=47 r1/156Stefania BucciITA
=49 r1/139Beate RenschlerFRG
=49 r1/17Mariya KirchevaBUL
=49 r1/114Nancy McDonnellCAN
=49 r1/126Avril LennoxGBR
53 r1/12Joëlle De KeukeleireBEL
54 r1/145Joke KosNED
=55 r1/199Leslie WolfsbergerUSA
=55 r1/116Kelly MunceyCAN
=55 r1/122Martine AudinFRA
=58 r1/194Colleen CaseyUSA
=58 r1/14Nadya ShatarovaBUL
=58 r1/166Kyoko ManoJPN
=58 r1/142Monique BolleboomNED
62 r1/167Sakiko NozawaJPN
=63 r1/197Kathy HowardUSA
=63 r1/161Valentina SpongiaITA
=63 r1/160Donatella SacchiITA
=63 r1/127Barbara SlaterGBR
67 r1/162Carla WieserITA
=68 r1/165Chieko KikkawaJPN
=68 r1/144Ans DekkerNED
70 r1/157Patrizia FratiniITA
71 r1/13Monique FreresBEL
=72 r1/128Carola DombeckGDR
=72 r1/123Nadine AudinFRA
=72 r1/120Eloisa MarcosESP
=75 r1/143Carla BraanNED
=75 r1/125Susan CheesebroughGBR
77 r1/119Elisa CabelloESP
=78 r1/124Chantal SeggiaroFRA
=78 r1/11Wanita LynchAUS
=78 r1/111Lise Arsenault-GoertzCAN
81 r1/121Mercedes VernettaESP
82 r1/159Rita PeriITA
83 r1/115Teresa McDonnellCAN
84 r1/16Svetla KashtelyanBUL
85 r1/170Teresa DíazMEX
86 r1/171Patricia GarcíaMEX

Final

Date22 July 1976 — 19:30
FormatTop six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsQualifying Points (50%)Final Points
173Nadia ComăneciROU19.9509.95010.00
291Olga KorbutURS19.7259.8259.90
379Teodora UngureanuROU19.7009.8009.90
493Lyudmila TurishchevaURS19.4759.6259.85
531Angelika HellmannGDR19.4509.5509.90
629Gitta EscherGDR19.2759.5759.70

Qualifying Round

Date18 July 1976
FormatTop six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCPointsCompulsory Exercise PointsOptional Exercise Points
173Nadia ComăneciROU19.909.9010.00Q
291Olga KorbutURS19.659.809.85Q
379Teodora UngureanuROU19.609.759.85Q
476Anca GrigorașROU19.359.609.75
=593Lyudmila TurishchevaURS19.259.409.85Q
=592Elvira SaadiURS19.259.559.70
790Nelli KimURS19.209.409.80
829Gitta EscherGDR19.159.509.65q
931Angelika HellmannGDR19.109.509.60q
=1074Mariana ConstantinROU19.059.459.60
=1084Anna PohludkováTCH19.059.359.70
=1087Mariya FilatovaURS19.059.309.75
=1389Svetlana GrozdovaURS19.009.809.20
=1330Kerstin GerschauGDR19.009.409.60
=1354Éva ÓváriHUN19.009.409.60
=1632Marion KischeGDR18.909.409.50
=1675Georgeta GaborROU18.909.359.55
=1678Gabriela TrușcăROU18.909.309.60
1955Margit TóthHUN18.809.309.50
=2081Ingrid HolkovičováTCH18.759.309.45
=2049Márta EgerváriHUN18.759.209.55
=2252Krisztina MedveczkyHUN18.659.159.50
=2240Uta SchornFRG18.659.109.55
2435Andrea BiegerFRG18.609.159.45
=2564Miyuki HironakaJPN18.509.209.30
=258Nina KostovaBUL18.509.109.40
=2786Drahomíra SmolíkováTCH18.459.259.20
=2795Kimberly ChaceUSA18.459.209.25
=2717Patti RopeCAN18.459.209.25
=2750Márta KelemenHUN18.459.159.30
=2738Jutta OltersdorfFRG18.459.159.30
=2751Mária LőveyHUN18.459.109.35
=3382Jana KnopováTCH18.409.409.00
=3368Satoko OkazakiJPN18.409.259.15
=3385Eva PořádkováTCH18.409.159.25
3698Debra WillcoxUSA18.359.209.15
3713Karen KelsallCAN18.309.109.20
=3833Steffi KräkerGDR18.259.308.95
=3846Ans Smulders-van GerwenNED18.258.959.30
=4041Traudl SchubertFRG18.209.159.05
=409Vesela MateevaBUL18.209.059.15
=4080Alena ČernákováTCH18.209.009.20
=4010Galina YanevaBUL18.209.009.20
=4036Petra KurbjuweitFRG18.208.909.30
=4596Carrie EnglertUSA18.159.308.85
=4569Nobue YamazakiJPN18.159.059.10
=4747Jeanette van RavestijnNED18.059.009.05
=4756Stefania BucciITA18.058.959.10
=4939Beate RenschlerFRG18.009.208.80
=497Mariya KirchevaBUL18.009.058.95
=4914Nancy McDonnellCAN18.008.909.10
=4926Avril LennoxGBR18.008.809.20
532Joëlle De KeukeleireBEL17.958.859.10
5445Joke KosNED17.908.809.10
=5599Leslie WolfsbergerUSA17.859.208.65
=5516Kelly MunceyCAN17.859.108.75
=5522Martine AudinFRA17.858.809.05
=5894Colleen CaseyUSA17.809.158.65
=584Nadya ShatarovaBUL17.809.108.70
=5866Kyoko ManoJPN17.808.908.90
=5842Monique BolleboomNED17.808.709.10
6267Sakiko NozawaJPN17.759.158.60
=6397Kathy HowardUSA17.709.008.70
=6361Valentina SpongiaITA17.708.808.90
=6360Donatella SacchiITA17.708.758.95
=6327Barbara SlaterGBR17.708.758.95
6762Carla WieserITA17.658.758.90
=6865Chieko KikkawaJPN17.609.008.60
=6844Ans DekkerNED17.608.758.85
7057Patrizia FratiniITA17.558.908.65
713Monique FreresBEL17.458.658.80
=7228Carola DombeckGDR17.409.308.10
=7223Nadine AudinFRA17.408.808.60
=7220Eloisa MarcosESP17.408.508.90
=7543Carla BraanNED17.358.908.45
=7525Susan CheesebroughGBR17.358.309.05
7719Elisa CabelloESP17.308.458.85
=7824Chantal SeggiaroFRA17.208.708.50
=781Wanita LynchAUS17.208.558.65
=7811Lise Arsenault-GoertzCAN17.208.209.00
8121Mercedes VernettaESP17.158.308.85
8259Rita PeriITA17.058.758.30
8315Teresa McDonnellCAN17.008.408.60
846Svetla KashtelyanBUL16.908.908.00
8570Teresa DíazMEX16.808.008.80
8671Patricia GarcíaMEX15.958.557.40