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Balance Beam, Women

Date	21 – 29 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants	96 from 28 countries

As in 1992, eight gymnasts advanced to the final round based on the qualifying scores in the team all-around, with a maximum of two per nation, but the final placements were determined only by the score posted in the final round.

This event was considered open, as no gymnast had been dominant in recent years. One medalist returned from 1992 and that was American Shannon Miller, who had also won the 1994 World Championships. Miller had won five medals in Barcelona and was the best gymnast in the world in 1993-94, winning the all-around World title both years, but injuries had made her less formidable. Still, she won gold on the beam in Atlanta, the first individual gold medal by an American gymnast at a modern non-boycotted Olympics. She was trailed by the gold and silver medalists from the all-around, Ukrainian Liliya Podkopaieva and Romanian Gina Gogean.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	342	Shannon Miller	USA	9.862	Gold
2	332	Liliya Podkopaieva	UKR	9.825	Silver
3	300	Gina Gogean	ROU	9.787	Bronze
4	312	Dina Kochetkova	RUS	9.737
5	335	Olha Teslenko	UKR	9.625
6	343	Dominique Moceanu	USA	9.125
7	309	Roza Galiyeva	RUS	9.112
8	302	Alexandra Marinescu	ROU	8.462
6 r1/1	311	Svetlana Khorkina	RUS	–
8 r1/1	303	Lavinia Miloșovici	ROU	–
=11 r1/1	341	Dominique Dawes	USA	–
=11 r1/1	290	Mao Yanling	CHN	–
13 r1/1	213	Alena Polozkova	BLR	–
14 r1/1	313	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	RUS	–
15 r1/1	345	Kerri Strug	USA	–
=16 r1/1	301	Ionela Loaieș	ROU	–
=16 r1/1	336	Svitlana Zelepukina	UKR	–
18 r1/1	292	Qiao Ya	CHN	–
19 r1/1	339	Amanda Borden	USA	–
20 r1/1	334	Liubov Sheremeta	UKR	–
21 r1/1	310	Yelena Grosheva	RUS	–
22 r1/1	291	Mo Huilan	CHN	–
=23 r1/1	304	Mirela Țugurlan	ROU	–
=23 r1/1	330	Oksana Knizhnik	UKR	–
25 r1/1	286	Bi Wenjing	CHN	–
26 r1/1	215	Liudmila Vitiukova	BLR	–
27 r1/1	211	Sviatlana Bahinskaya	BLR	–
28 r1/1	289	Liu Xuan	CHN	–
29 r1/1	288	Kui Yuanyuan	CHN	–
=30 r1/1	205	Ruth Moniz	AUS	–
=30 r1/1	226	Yvonne Tousek	CAN	–
32 r1/1	212	Lena Piskun	BLR	–
33 r1/1	331	Hanna Mirhorodska	UKR	–
34 r1/1	314	Oksana Lyapina	RUS	–
35 r1/1	216	Volha Yurkina	BLR	–
36 r1/1	259	Henrietta Ónodi	HUN	–
37 r1/1	322	Mercedes Pacheco	ESP	–
=38 r1/1	321	Mónica Martín	ESP	–
=38 r1/1	344	Jaycie Phelps	USA	–
40 r1/1	236	Émilie Volle	FRA	–
41 r1/1	320	Joana Juárez	ESP	–
=42 r1/1	207	Lisa Skinner	AUS	–
=42 r1/1	261	Adrienn Varga	HUN	–
44 r1/1	233	Isabelle Severino	FRA	–
45 r1/1	299	Simona Amânar	ROU	–
46 r1/1	253	Vasiliki Tsavdaridou	GRE	–
=47 r1/1	224	Jennifer Exaltacion	CAN	–
=47 r1/1	206	Lisa Moro	AUS	–
49 r1/1	234	Elvire Teza	FRA	–
50 r1/1	266	Giordana Rocchi	ITA	–
51 r1/1	258	Adrienn Nyeste	HUN	–
52 r1/1	246	Kyriaki Firinidou	GRE	–
53 r1/1	271	Satsuki Obata	JPN	–
54 r1/1	324	Diana Plaza	ESP	–
55 r1/1	319	Verónica Castro	ESP	–
56 r1/1	349	Anastasiya Dzyundzyak	UZB	–
57 r1/1	269	Naho Hoshiyama	JPN	–
58 r1/1	208	Jenny Smith	AUS	–
59 r1/1	247	Virginia Karentzou	GRE	–
60 r1/1	274	Risa Sugawara	JPN	–
61 r1/1	348	Oksana Chusovitina	UZB	–
62 r1/1	203	Joanna Hughes	AUS	–
63 r1/1	265	Francesca Morotti	ITA	–
64 r1/1	280	Gong Yun-Jin	KOR	–
65 r1/1	249	Konstantina Margariti	GRE	–
66 r1/1	230	Cécile Canqueteau	FRA	–
67 r1/1	257	Andrea Molnár	HUN	–
68 r1/1	255	Ildikó Balogh	HUN	–
69 r1/1	231	Ludivine Furnon	FRA	–
70 r1/1	328	Pascale Grossenbacher	SUI	–
71 r1/1	232	Laure Gély	FRA	–
72 r1/1	325	Elisabeth Valle	ESP	–
73 r1/1	244	Annika Reeder	GBR	–
=74 r1/1	277	Olga Kozhevnikova	KAZ	–
=74 r1/1	251	Georgia-Anastasia Tempou	GRE	–
76 r1/1	217	Tatsiana Zharhanova	BLR	–
77 r1/1	270	Hanako Miura	JPN	–
78 r1/1	240	Kathleen Stark	GER	–
79 r1/1	268	Miho Hashiguchi	JPN	–
80 r1/1	273	Aya Sekine	JPN	–
81 r1/1	295	Diana Teixeira	POR	–
82 r1/1	282	Ludmila Prince	LAT	–
83 r1/1	297	Eileen Díaz	PUR	–
84 r1/1	228	Gabriela Krčmářová	CZE	–
85 r1/1	317	Klaudia Kinská	SVK	–
86 r1/1	200	Ana Destéfano	ARG	–
87 r1/1	225	Shanyn MacEachern	CAN	–
88 r1/1	256	Nikolett Krausz	HUN	–
89 r1/1	239	Yvonne Pioch	GER	–
90 r1/1	222	Veselina Gencheva	BUL	–
91 r1/1	243	Sonia Lawrence	GBR	–
92 r1/1	284	Naima El-Rhouati	MAR	–
93 r1/1	204	Nicole Kantek	AUS	–
94 r1/1	250	Kyriaki Papanikolaou	GRE	–
95 r1/1	202	Kirsty Leigh-Brown	AUS	–		1
96 r1/1	248	Aikaterini Mamouti	GRE	–

Final

Date	29 July 1996 — 21:16
Format	Top 8 on each apparatus (maximum 2 per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points
1	342	Shannon Miller	USA	9.862
2	332	Liliya Podkopaieva	UKR	9.825
3	300	Gina Gogean	ROU	9.787
4	312	Dina Kochetkova	RUS	9.737
5	335	Olha Teslenko	UKR	9.625
6	343	Dominique Moceanu	USA	9.125
7	309	Roza Galiyeva	RUS	9.112
8	302	Alexandra Marinescu	ROU	8.462

Qualifying Round

Date	21 July 1996
Format	Top 8 on each apparatus (maximum 2 per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Points	Compulsory Exercise Points	Optional Exercise Points
1	342	Shannon Miller	USA	19.599	9.737	9.862	Q
2	343	Dominique Moceanu	USA	19.537	9.687	9.850	Q
=3	312	Dina Kochetkova	RUS	19.500	9.675	9.825	Q
=3	332	Liliya Podkopaieva	UKR	19.500	9.700	9.800	Q
5	309	Roza Galiyeva	RUS	19.462	9.600	9.862	Q
6	311	Svetlana Khorkina	RUS	19.312	9.512	9.800
7	300	Gina Gogean	ROU	19.262	9.437	9.825	Q
8	303	Lavinia Miloșovici	ROU	19.225	9.400	9.825
9	302	Alexandra Marinescu	ROU	19.200	9.600	9.600	q
10	335	Olha Teslenko	UKR	19.175	9.475	9.700	q
=11	341	Dominique Dawes	USA	19.150	9.425	9.725
=11	290	Mao Yanling	CHN	19.150	9.475	9.675
13	213	Alena Polozkova	BLR	19.137	9.550	9.587
14	313	Yevgeniya Kuznetsova	RUS	19.112	9.400	9.712
15	345	Kerri Strug	USA	19.087	9.350	9.737
=16	301	Ionela Loaieș	ROU	19.062	9.387	9.675
=16	336	Svitlana Zelepukina	UKR	19.062	9.387	9.675
18	292	Qiao Ya	CHN	19.049	9.312	9.737
19	339	Amanda Borden	USA	19.037	9.312	9.725
20	334	Liubov Sheremeta	UKR	19.012	9.312	9.700
21	310	Yelena Grosheva	RUS	18.987	9.550	9.437
22	291	Mo Huilan	CHN	18.962	9.650	9.312
=23	304	Mirela Țugurlan	ROU	18.937	9.287	9.650
=23	330	Oksana Knizhnik	UKR	18.937	9.350	9.587
25	286	Bi Wenjing	CHN	18.912	9.262	9.650
26	215	Liudmila Vitiukova	BLR	18.874	9.462	9.412
27	211	Sviatlana Bahinskaya	BLR	18.850	9.425	9.425
28	289	Liu Xuan	CHN	18.825	9.550	9.275
29	288	Kui Yuanyuan	CHN	18.800	8.925	9.875
=30	205	Ruth Moniz	AUS	18.787	9.275	9.512
=30	226	Yvonne Tousek	CAN	18.787	9.212	9.575
32	212	Lena Piskun	BLR	18.774	9.187	9.587
33	331	Hanna Mirhorodska	UKR	18.762	9.475	9.287
34	314	Oksana Lyapina	RUS	18.725	9.500	9.225
35	216	Volha Yurkina	BLR	18.724	9.362	9.362
36	259	Henrietta Ónodi	HUN	18.699	9.262	9.437
37	322	Mercedes Pacheco	ESP	18.637	9.262	9.375
=38	321	Mónica Martín	ESP	18.612	9.187	9.425
=38	344	Jaycie Phelps	USA	18.612	9.012	9.600
40	236	Émilie Volle	FRA	18.600	9.050	9.550
41	320	Joana Juárez	ESP	18.575	9.350	9.225
=42	207	Lisa Skinner	AUS	18.574	9.287	9.287
=42	261	Adrienn Varga	HUN	18.574	9.162	9.412
44	233	Isabelle Severino	FRA	18.537	9.037	9.500
45	299	Simona Amânar	ROU	18.487	8.687	9.800
46	253	Vasiliki Tsavdaridou	GRE	18.475	9.375	9.100
=47	224	Jennifer Exaltacion	CAN	18.474	9.237	9.237
=47	206	Lisa Moro	AUS	18.474	9.312	9.162
49	234	Elvire Teza	FRA	18.412	8.750	9.662
50	266	Giordana Rocchi	ITA	18.399	9.212	9.187
51	258	Adrienn Nyeste	HUN	18.387	9.175	9.212
52	246	Kyriaki Firinidou	GRE	18.350	9.000	9.350
53	271	Satsuki Obata	JPN	18.324	9.162	9.162
54	324	Diana Plaza	ESP	18.299	9.237	9.062
55	319	Verónica Castro	ESP	18.275	9.075	9.200
56	349	Anastasiya Dzyundzyak	UZB	18.250	9.025	9.225
57	269	Naho Hoshiyama	JPN	18.249	8.912	9.337
58	208	Jenny Smith	AUS	18.199	9.012	9.187
59	247	Virginia Karentzou	GRE	18.187	8.887	9.300
60	274	Risa Sugawara	JPN	18.162	8.762	9.400
61	348	Oksana Chusovitina	UZB	18.137	9.300	8.837
62	203	Joanna Hughes	AUS	18.125	8.950	9.175
63	265	Francesca Morotti	ITA	18.124	9.037	9.087
64	280	Gong Yun-Jin	KOR	18.100	8.825	9.275
65	249	Konstantina Margariti	GRE	18.049	9.312	8.737
66	230	Cécile Canqueteau	FRA	18.037	8.700	9.337
67	257	Andrea Molnár	HUN	18.024	8.787	9.237
68	255	Ildikó Balogh	HUN	17.849	8.812	9.037
69	231	Ludivine Furnon	FRA	17.825	8.750	9.075
70	328	Pascale Grossenbacher	SUI	17.799	8.637	9.162
71	232	Laure Gély	FRA	17.750	8.550	9.200
72	325	Elisabeth Valle	ESP	17.637	8.425	9.212
73	244	Annika Reeder	GBR	17.625	8.825	8.800
=74	277	Olga Kozhevnikova	KAZ	17.599	9.212	8.387
=74	251	Georgia-Anastasia Tempou	GRE	17.599	8.687	8.912
76	217	Tatsiana Zharhanova	BLR	17.537	9.150	8.387
77	270	Hanako Miura	JPN	17.512	8.875	8.637
78	240	Kathleen Stark	GER	17.487	8.887	8.600
79	268	Miho Hashiguchi	JPN	17.475	9.000	8.475
80	273	Aya Sekine	JPN	17.437	9.012	8.425
81	295	Diana Teixeira	POR	17.249	8.812	8.437
82	282	Ludmila Prince	LAT	17.112	8.412	8.700
83	297	Eileen Díaz	PUR	17.099	8.687	8.412
84	228	Gabriela Krčmářová	CZE	17.074	8.162	8.912
85	317	Klaudia Kinská	SVK	16.925	7.800	9.125
86	200	Ana Destéfano	ARG	16.774	8.012	8.762
87	225	Shanyn MacEachern	CAN	16.687	8.087	8.600
88	256	Nikolett Krausz	HUN	16.612	9.250	7.362
89	239	Yvonne Pioch	GER	16.475	8.000	8.475
90	222	Veselina Gencheva	BUL	15.700	8.300	7.400
91	243	Sonia Lawrence	GBR	15.412	7.375	8.037
92	284	Naima El-Rhouati	MAR	14.681	6.881	7.800
93	204	Nicole Kantek	AUS	9.400	–	9.400
94	250	Kyriaki Papanikolaou	GRE	9.212	–	9.212
95	202	Kirsty Leigh-Brown	AUS	9.200	9.200	–		2
96	248	Aikaterini Mamouti	GRE	8.837	8.837	–