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Balance Beam, Women

Date	19 – 25 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Che-yuk-gwan, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants	90 from 23 countries

As in 1984 eight gymnasts qualified for the final round from the team qualifying, with no more than two gymnasts per team allowed to advance to the finals. The total score consisted of 50% of the team qualifying scores, and the final round score from an optional routine on the apparatus. Romania’s Daniela Silivaş, the 1985 World Champion on beam, won gold in this event. She had finished second in the individual all-around but made up for it with three gold medals in the apparatus finals, missing only on the horse vault. The silver medal went to Soviet Yelena Shushunova, who had defeated Silivaş in the all-around. The bronze medal was shared by Romanian Gabriela Potorac and American Phoebe Mills, which was the only American medal won in gymnastics at the Seoul Olympics.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	383	Daniela Silivaș	ROU	19.924	Gold
2	395	Yelena Shushunova	URS	19.875	Silver
=3	403	Phoebe Mills	USA	19.837	Bronze
=3	382	Gabriela Potorac	ROU	19.837	Bronze
5	393	Sviatlana Bahinskaya	URS	19.787
6	306	Diana Dudeva	BUL	19.724
7	400	Kelly Garrison-Steves	USA	19.649
8	344	Ulrike Klotz	GDR	18.125
=4 r1/1	378	Aurelia Dobre	ROU	–
=7 r1/1	392	Svetlana Baitova	URS	–
=7 r1/1	381	Celestina Popa	ROU	–
=9 r1/1	396	Natālija Laščonova	URS	–
=11 r1/1	380	Eugenia Golea	ROU	–
=14 r1/1	324	Wang Huiying	CHN	–
=14 r1/1	394	Yelena Shevchenko	URS	–
=14 r1/1	384	Camelia Voinea	ROU	–
=17 r1/1	389	Hana Říčná	TCH	–
=17 r1/1	401	Brandy Johnson	USA	–
=17 r1/1	311	Boryana Stoyanova	BUL	–
=20 r1/1	371	Han Gyeong-Im	KOR	–
=20 r1/1	312	Delyana Vodenicharova	BUL	–
22 r1/1	341	Gabi Fähnrich	GDR	–
=23 r1/1	325	Wang Wenjing	CHN	–
=23 r1/1	385	Alena Dřevjaná	TCH	–
25 r1/1	404	Hope Spivey	USA	–
26 r1/1	310	Ivelina Raykova	BUL	–
=27 r1/1	320	Chen Cuiting	CHN	–
=27 r1/1	356	Beáta Storczer	HUN	–
=27 r1/1	405	Chelle Stack	USA	–
=30 r1/1	321	Fan Di	CHN	–
=30 r1/1	375	Park Ji-Suk	KOR	–
=30 r1/1	374	Im Hye-Jin	KOR	–
=30 r1/1	368	Miho Shinoda	JPN	–
=34 r1/1	347	Dörte Thümmler	GDR	–
=34 r1/1	343	Dagmar Kersten	GDR	–
=34 r1/1	305	Luísa Ribeiro	BRA	–
=34 r1/1	331	Laura Muñoz	ESP	–
=34 r1/1	391	Martina Velíšková	TCH	–
=34 r1/1	390	Jana Vejrková	TCH	–
40 r1/1	345	Bettina Schieferdecker	GDR	–
=41 r1/1	318	Lori Strong	CAN	–
=41 r1/1	307	Mariya Kartalova	BUL	–
43 r1/1	313	Monica Covacci	CAN	–
=44 r1/1	369	Bae Eun-Mi	KOR	–
=44 r1/1	351	Zsuzsa Csisztu	HUN	–
=44 r1/1	355	Eszter Óváry	HUN	–
47 r1/1	322	Ma Ying	CHN	–
48 r1/1	335	Karine Boucher	FRA	–
=49 r1/1	352	Andrea Ladányi	HUN	–
=49 r1/1	358	Maria Cocuzza	ITA	–
=49 r1/1	354	Zsuzsa Miskó	HUN	–
=49 r1/1	364	Maiko Morio	JPN	–
=49 r1/1	338	Michaela Ustorf	FRG	–
54 r1/1	333	Eva Rueda	ESP	–
=55 r1/1	362	Mieko Mori	JPN	–
=55 r1/1	326	Wang Xiaoyan	CHN	–
=55 r1/1	301	Monique Allen	AUS	–
58 r1/1	359	Patrizia Luconi	ITA	–
59 r1/1	388	Iveta Poloková	TCH	–
=60 r1/1	328	Lidia Castillejo	ESP	–
=60 r1/1	363	Sachiko Morimura	JPN	–
=60 r1/1	336	Catherine Romano	FRA	–
63 r1/1	317	Janine Rankin	CAN	–
=64 r1/1	334	Anne-Marie Bauduin	FRA	–
=64 r1/1	330	Manuela Hervás	ESP	–
=66 r1/1	398	Olga Strazheva	URS	–
=66 r1/1	349	María Flores-Wurmser	GUA	–
=68 r1/1	360	Giulia Volpi	ITA	–
=68 r1/1	315	Larissa Lowing	CAN	–
70 r1/1	302	Leanne Rycroft	AUS	–
=71 r1/1	365	Yuriko Nanahara	JPN	–
=71 r1/1	308	Hrabrina Hrabrova	BUL	–
=73 r1/1	348	Foteini Varvariotou	GRE	–
=73 r1/1	402	Missy Marlowe	USA	–
75 r1/1	387	Ivona Krmelová	TCH	–
76 r1/1	327	Núria Belchi	ESP	–
77 r1/1	316	Christina McDonald	CAN	–
78 r1/1	373	Kim Nam-Ok	KOR	–
79 r1/1	314	Cathy Giancaspro	CAN	–
80 r1/1	329	Nuria García	ESP	–
81 r1/1	366	Makiko Sanada	JPN	–
82 r1/1	339	Karen Hargate	GBR	–
83 r1/1	372	Kim Eun-Mi	KOR	–
84 r1/1	376	Sónia Moura	POR	–
=85 r1/1	357	Revital Sharon	ISR	–
=85 r1/1	342	Martina Jentsch	GDR	–
87 r1/1	353	Ágnes Miskó	HUN	–
88 r1/1	337	Isabella von Lospichl	FRG	–
89 r1/1	340	Karen Kennedy	GBR	–
90 r1/1	304	Mauricette Geller	BEL	–

Final

Date	25 September 1988 — 13:30-14:10
Format	Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Qualifying Points (50%)	Final Points
1	383	Daniela Silivaș	ROU	19.924	9.987	9.937
2	395	Yelena Shushunova	URS	19.875	9.950	9.925
=3	403	Phoebe Mills	USA	19.837	9.950	9.887
=3	382	Gabriela Potorac	ROU	19.837	9.962	9.875
5	393	Sviatlana Bahinskaya	URS	19.787	9.850	9.937
6	306	Diana Dudeva	BUL	19.724	9.912	9.812
7	400	Kelly Garrison-Steves	USA	19.649	9.862	9.787
8	344	Ulrike Klotz	GDR	18.125	8.325	9.800

Qualifying Round

Date	19 September 1988
Format	Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
=1	393	Sviatlana Bahinskaya	URS	19.875	9.900	9.975	Q
=1	383	Daniela Silivaș	ROU	19.875	9.875	10.000	Q
3	395	Yelena Shushunova	URS	19.850	9.900	9.950	Q
=4	382	Gabriela Potorac	ROU	19.775	9.875	9.900	Q
=4	378	Aurelia Dobre	ROU	19.775	9.875	9.900
6	403	Phoebe Mills	USA	19.750	9.850	9.900	Q
=7	392	Svetlana Baitova	URS	19.700	9.800	9.900
=7	381	Celestina Popa	ROU	19.700	9.800	9.900
=9	306	Diana Dudeva	BUL	19.625	9.725	9.900	q
=9	396	Natālija Laščonova	URS	19.625	9.750	9.875
=11	344	Ulrike Klotz	GDR	19.600	9.750	9.850	q
=11	380	Eugenia Golea	ROU	19.600	9.750	9.850
13	400	Kelly Garrison-Steves	USA	19.575	9.775	9.800	q
=14	324	Wang Huiying	CHN	19.550	9.825	9.725
=14	394	Yelena Shevchenko	URS	19.550	9.750	9.800
=14	384	Camelia Voinea	ROU	19.550	9.750	9.800
=17	389	Hana Říčná	TCH	19.525	9.800	9.725
=17	401	Brandy Johnson	USA	19.525	9.725	9.800
=17	311	Boryana Stoyanova	BUL	19.525	9.700	9.825
=20	371	Han Gyeong-Im	KOR	19.475	9.750	9.725
=20	312	Delyana Vodenicharova	BUL	19.475	9.650	9.825
22	341	Gabi Fähnrich	GDR	19.425	9.675	9.750
=23	325	Wang Wenjing	CHN	19.400	9.725	9.675
=23	385	Alena Dřevjaná	TCH	19.400	9.725	9.675
25	404	Hope Spivey	USA	19.350	9.675	9.675
26	310	Ivelina Raykova	BUL	19.325	9.600	9.725
=27	320	Chen Cuiting	CHN	19.300	9.675	9.625
=27	356	Beáta Storczer	HUN	19.300	9.650	9.650
=27	405	Chelle Stack	USA	19.300	9.625	9.675
=30	321	Fan Di	CHN	19.250	9.675	9.575
=30	375	Park Ji-Suk	KOR	19.250	9.650	9.600
=30	374	Im Hye-Jin	KOR	19.250	9.625	9.625
=30	368	Miho Shinoda	JPN	19.250	9.575	9.675
=34	347	Dörte Thümmler	GDR	19.200	9.800	9.400
=34	343	Dagmar Kersten	GDR	19.200	9.800	9.400
=34	305	Luísa Ribeiro	BRA	19.200	9.600	9.600
=34	331	Laura Muñoz	ESP	19.200	9.600	9.600
=34	391	Martina Velíšková	TCH	19.200	9.600	9.600
=34	390	Jana Vejrková	TCH	19.200	9.575	9.625
40	345	Bettina Schieferdecker	GDR	19.175	9.675	9.500
=41	318	Lori Strong	CAN	19.150	9.600	9.550
=41	307	Mariya Kartalova	BUL	19.150	9.475	9.675
43	313	Monica Covacci	CAN	19.125	9.650	9.475
=44	369	Bae Eun-Mi	KOR	19.100	9.525	9.575
=44	351	Zsuzsa Csisztu	HUN	19.100	9.525	9.575
=44	355	Eszter Óváry	HUN	19.100	9.500	9.600
47	322	Ma Ying	CHN	19.075	9.500	9.575
48	335	Karine Boucher	FRA	19.050	9.550	9.500
=49	352	Andrea Ladányi	HUN	19.025	9.750	9.275
=49	358	Maria Cocuzza	ITA	19.025	9.550	9.475
=49	354	Zsuzsa Miskó	HUN	19.025	9.550	9.475
=49	364	Maiko Morio	JPN	19.025	9.525	9.500
=49	338	Michaela Ustorf	FRG	19.025	9.450	9.575
54	333	Eva Rueda	ESP	19.000	9.550	9.450
=55	362	Mieko Mori	JPN	18.975	9.500	9.475
=55	326	Wang Xiaoyan	CHN	18.975	9.500	9.475
=55	301	Monique Allen	AUS	18.975	9.425	9.550
58	359	Patrizia Luconi	ITA	18.950	9.500	9.450
59	388	Iveta Poloková	TCH	18.925	9.850	9.075
=60	328	Lidia Castillejo	ESP	18.875	9.475	9.400
=60	363	Sachiko Morimura	JPN	18.875	9.450	9.425
=60	336	Catherine Romano	FRA	18.875	9.300	9.575
63	317	Janine Rankin	CAN	18.850	9.525	9.325
=64	334	Anne-Marie Bauduin	FRA	18.825	9.600	9.225
=64	330	Manuela Hervás	ESP	18.825	9.425	9.400
=66	398	Olga Strazheva	URS	18.800	9.900	8.900
=66	349	María Flores-Wurmser	GUA	18.800	9.375	9.425
=68	360	Giulia Volpi	ITA	18.775	9.725	9.050
=68	315	Larissa Lowing	CAN	18.775	9.350	9.425
70	302	Leanne Rycroft	AUS	18.750	9.275	9.475
=71	365	Yuriko Nanahara	JPN	18.725	9.500	9.225
=71	308	Hrabrina Hrabrova	BUL	18.725	9.500	9.225
=73	348	Foteini Varvariotou	GRE	18.700	9.275	9.425
=73	402	Missy Marlowe	USA	18.700	8.975	9.725
75	387	Ivona Krmelová	TCH	18.650	9.450	9.200
76	327	Núria Belchi	ESP	18.600	9.300	9.300
77	316	Christina McDonald	CAN	18.575	9.150	9.425
78	373	Kim Nam-Ok	KOR	18.500	9.375	9.125
79	314	Cathy Giancaspro	CAN	18.400	9.500	8.900
80	329	Nuria García	ESP	18.350	9.475	8.875
81	366	Makiko Sanada	JPN	18.150	9.450	8.700
82	339	Karen Hargate	GBR	17.925	9.175	8.750
83	372	Kim Eun-Mi	KOR	17.450	9.650	7.800
84	376	Sónia Moura	POR	17.175	8.775	8.400
=85	357	Revital Sharon	ISR	9.500	9.500	0.000
=85	342	Martina Jentsch	GDR	9.500	9.500	0.000
87	353	Ágnes Miskó	HUN	9.450	9.450	–
88	337	Isabella von Lospichl	FRG	9.375	9.375	0.000
89	340	Karen Kennedy	GBR	9.000	9.000	0.000
90	304	Mauricette Geller	BEL	8.825	8.825	0.000