Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

Women's balance beam

at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad

Venue

UCLA's Pauley Pavilion

Date

July 30, 1984 (qualifying)
August 5, 1984 (final)

Competitors

7 from 5 nations

Medalists

		Simona Păucă	Romania
		Ecaterina Szabo	Romania
		Kathy Johnson	United States

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Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics
List of gymnasts
Artistic
Team all-around	men	women
Individual all-around	men	women
Vault	men	women
Floor	men	women
Pommel horse	men
Rings	men
Parallel bars	men
Horizontal bar	men
Uneven bars		women
Balance beam		women
Rhythmic
Individual all-around		women
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These are the results of the women's balance beam competition, one of six events for female competitors of the artistic gymnastics discipline contested in the Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 30 and August 5, 1984 at the UCLA's Pauley Pavilion.^[1]

Results

Sixty-five gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 30 and August 1. The eight highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on August 5. Each country was limited to two competitors in the final. Half of the points earned by each gymnast during both the compulsory and optional rounds carried over to the final. This constitutes the "prelim" score.

Rank	Gymnast	C	O	Prelim	Final	Total
	Simona Păucă (ROU)	9.800	10.000	9.900	9.900	19.800
	Ecaterina Szabo (ROU)	9.750	9.950	9.850	9.950	19.800
	Kathy Johnson (USA)	9.850	9.750	9.800	9.850	19.650
4	Mary Lou Retton (USA)	9.850	9.750	9.800	9.750	19.550
5	Ma Yanhong (CHN)	9.700	9.800	9.750	9.700	19.450
6	Romi Kessler (SUI)	9.500	9.700	9.600	9.750	19.350
7	Anja Wilhelm (FRG)	9.400	9.700	9.550	9.650	19.200
7	Chen Yongyan (CHN)	9.550	9.750	9.650	9.550	19.200