Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

The women's balance beam competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held at the HSBC Arena on 15 August.

Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
VenueHSBC Arena
Date15 August 2016
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Winning score15.466
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sanne Wevers  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Laurie Hernandez  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Simone Biles  United States
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Competition format

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The top 8 qualifiers in the qualification phase (limit two per NOC), based on combined score of each apparatus, advanced to the individual all-around final. The finalists performed on each apparatus again. Qualification scores were then ignored, with only final round scores counting.

Qualification

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The gymnasts who ranked top eight qualified for final round. In cases where there were more than two gymnasts in the same NOC, the last ranked among them would not qualify to the final round. The next best ranked gymnast would qualify instead.

Position Gymnast Nation D Score E Score Penalty Total Qualification
1 Simone Biles   United States 6.700 8.933 15.633 Q
2 Laurie Hernandez   United States 6.400 8.966 15.366
3 Flavia Saraiva   Brazil 6.300 8.833 15.133
4 Sanne Wevers   Netherlands 6.300 8.766 15.066
5 Catalina Ponor   Romania 6.200 8.700 14.900
6 Fan Yilin   China 6.400 8.466 14.866
7 Gabby Douglas   United States 6.300 8.533 14.833
Alexandra Raisman
9 Marine Boyer   France 6.200 8.400 14.600 Q
10 Isabela Onyshko   Canada 6.500 8.033 14.533
11 Elissa Downie   Great Britain 5.900 8.600 14.500 R
12 Amy Tinkler 6.200 8.300
13 Tutya Yilmaz   Turkey 6.300 8.200

Only two gymnasts from each country may advance to the balance beam final. Therefore, in some cases, a third and/or fourth placed high enough to qualify, but did not advance to the final because of the quota. Gymnasts who did not advance to the final, but had high enough scores to do so were:

Final

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Position Name Difficulty Execution Penalty Total
    Sanne Wevers (NED) 6.600 8.866 15.466
    Laurie Hernandez (USA) 6.400 8.933 15.333
    Simone Biles (USA) 6.500 8.233 14.733
4   Marine Boyer (FRA) 6.100 8.500 14.600
5   Flávia Saraiva (BRA) 6.300 8.233 14.533
6   Fan Yilin (CHN) 8.200 14.500
7   Cătălina Ponor (ROU) 5.800 8.200 14.000
8   Isabela Onyshko (CAN) 6.100 7.300 13.400
  1. ^ Laurie Hernandez and Marine Boyer appealed against their scores, but both inquiries were rejected.[1]
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References

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  1. ^ Rio Event Finals – Balance Beam, The Couch Gymnast, 15 Aug 2016, retrieved 17 Aug 2016