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Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam

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Women's balance beam
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAuditorio Nacional
Date21–25 October
Competitors101 from 28 nations
Winning score19.650
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Natalia Kuchinskaya  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Larisa Petrik  Soviet Union
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Gymnastics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
List of gymnasts
Artistic
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen

These are the results of the women's balance beam competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Kuchinskaya was controversially awarded gold over Čáslavská after initial scores were revised. A similar controversy occurred in the floor event, and both were in favor of Soviet athletes.[1]

Competition format

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Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 8 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score.

These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the new apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score; the top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals; others were ranked 7th through 101st. In the final, each gymnast performed an additional voluntary exercise; half of the score from the preliminary carried over.

Results

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Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 1⁄2 Prelim. Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Natalia Kuchinskaya  Soviet Union 9.80 9.80 19.60 9.800 9.850 19.650
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Věra Čáslavská  Czechoslovakia 9.65 9.80 19.45 9.725 9.850 19.575
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Larisa Petrik  Soviet Union 9.50 9.50 19.00 9.500 9.750 19.250
4 Linda Metheny  United States 9.60 9.55 19.15 9.575 9.650 19.225
Karin Janz  East Germany 9.45 9.60 19.05 9.525 9.700 19.225
6 Erika Zuchold  East Germany 9.45 9.55 19.00 9.500 9.650 19.150
7 Cathy Rigby  United States 9.55 9.45 19.00 did not advance
8 Maritta Bauerschmidt  East Germany 9.50 9.45 18.95 did not advance
9 Miyuki Matsuhisa  Japan 9.50 9.40 18.90 did not advance
10 Ágnes Bánfai  Hungary 9.50 9.35 18.85 did not advance
Lyubov Burda  Soviet Union 9.50 9.35 18.85 did not advance
Hana Lišková  Czechoslovakia 9.45 9.40 18.85 did not advance
Marianne Noack  East Germany 9.45 9.40 18.85 did not advance
Bohumila Řimnáčová  Czechoslovakia 9.45 9.40 18.85 did not advance
15 Zinaida Voronina  Soviet Union 9.40 9.40 18.80 did not advance
16 Kazue Hanyu  Japan 9.35 9.40 18.75 did not advance
Evelyne Letourneur  France 9.50 9.25 18.75 did not advance
18 Anikó Ducza  Hungary 9.50 9.20 18.70 did not advance
Olga Karasyova  Soviet Union 9.30 9.40 18.70 did not advance
Jana Kubičková-Posnerová  Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.40 18.70 did not advance
Colleen Mulvihill  United States 9.40 9.30 18.70 did not advance
22 Marianna Krajčírová  Czechoslovakia 9.35 9.30 18.65 did not advance
23 Kayoko Hashiguchi  Japan 9.35 9.25 18.60 did not advance
Mitsuko Kandori  Japan 9.35 9.25 18.60 did not advance
Taniko Mitsukuri  Japan 9.35 9.25 18.60 did not advance
Miroslava Skleničková  Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.30 18.60 did not advance
27 Kathy Gleason  United States 9.15 9.30 18.45 did not advance
Joyce Tanac  United States 9.25 9.20 18.45 did not advance
29 Katalin Makray  Hungary 9.25 9.10 18.35 did not advance
30 Chieko Oda  Japan 9.25 9.05 18.30 did not advance
Márta Tolnai  Hungary 9.10 9.20 18.30 did not advance
32 Ilona Békési  Hungary 9.20 9.05 18.25 did not advance
33 Wendy Cluff  United States 9.20 9.00 18.20 did not advance
Ute Starke  East Germany 9.20 9.00 18.20 did not advance
Neli Stoyanova  Bulgaria 8.95 9.25 18.20 did not advance
36 Gondegmaa Tsagaandorj  Mongolia 8.85 9.25 18.10 did not advance
37 Mariya Karashka  Bulgaria 8.80 9.25 18.05 did not advance
38 Wiesława Lech  Poland 9.05 8.95 18.00 did not advance
39 Jacqueline Brisepierre  France 9.20 8.75 17.95 did not advance
40 Sandra Hartley  Canada 8.95 8.90 17.85 did not advance
41 Katalin Müller  Hungary 9.45 8.35 17.80 did not advance
Łucja Ochmańska  Poland 8.80 9.00 17.80 did not advance
43 Mireille Cayre  France 8.95 8.80 17.75 did not advance
Françoise Nourry  France 9.15 8.60 17.75 did not advance
Ludmilla Tourischeva  Soviet Union 9.30 8.45 17.75 did not advance
46 Horta Van Hoye  Belgium 8.70 9.00 17.70 did not advance
Vesela Pasheva  Bulgaria 8.75 8.95 17.70 did not advance
48 Tuiaa Iadamsurenglin  Mongolia 8.60 9.00 17.60 did not advance
49 Helga Braathen  Norway 8.35 9.20 17.55 did not advance
Christiane Goethals  Belgium 8.45 9.10 17.55 did not advance
Barbara Zięba  Poland 8.45 9.10 17.55 did not advance
52 Nancy Aldama  Cuba 8.70 8.80 17.50 did not advance
Margaret Bell  Great Britain 8.55 8.95 17.50 did not advance
Angelika Kern  West Germany 8.50 9.00 17.50 did not advance
55 Marilynn Minaker  Canada 8.35 9.05 17.40 did not advance
Wenche Sjong  Norway 8.45 8.95 17.40 did not advance
57 Marie Lundqvist  Sweden 8.60 8.75 17.35 did not advance
58 Magdalena Schmidt  East Germany 9.10 8.20 17.30 did not advance
59 Jill Kvamme  Norway 8.20 9.05 17.25 did not advance
60 Gabriella Pozzuolo  Italy 8.95 8.15 17.10 did not advance
61 Adriana Biagiotti  Italy 9.00 8.05 17.05 did not advance
62 Rayna Atanasova  Bulgaria 8.60 8.40 17.00 did not advance
Zulema Bregado  Cuba 8.70 8.30 17.00 did not advance
Jennifer Diachun  Canada 8.90 8.10 17.00 did not advance
Rose-Marie Holm  Sweden 8.85 8.15 17.00 did not advance
Torunn Isberg  Norway 7.90 9.10 17.00 did not advance
Dominique Lauvard  France 9.05 7.95 17.00 did not advance
Theresa McDonnell  Canada 7.95 9.05 17.00 did not advance
Else Trangbaek  Denmark 8.25 8.75 17.00 did not advance
70 Suzette Blanco  Cuba 8.25 8.55 16.80 did not advance
Grażyna Witkowska  Poland 8.75 8.05 16.80 did not advance
72 Norikhoo Dorj  Mongolia 8.40 8.35 16.75 did not advance
Valerie Norris  Australia 8.05 8.70 16.75 did not advance
Mary Prestidge  Great Britain 8.25 8.50 16.75 did not advance
75 Solveig Egman-Andersson  Sweden 8.30 8.40 16.70 did not advance
Marie-Luise Stegemann  West Germany 8.65 8.05 16.70 did not advance
77 Vanya Marinova  Bulgaria 7.35 9.30 16.65 did not advance
78 Nereida Bauta  Cuba 8.00 8.55 16.55 did not advance
79 Miriam Villacian  Cuba 8.00 8.50 16.50 did not advance
80 Petra Jebram  West Germany 8.80 7.65 16.45 did not advance
Helga Matschkur  West Germany 8.75 7.70 16.45 did not advance
82 Irmi Krauser  West Germany 8.50 7.90 16.40 did not advance
83 Natalija Sljepica  Yugoslavia 8.55 7.70 16.25 did not advance
84 Halina Daniec  Poland 8.50 7.45 15.95 did not advance
85 Anna Stein  West Germany 8.50 7.35 15.85 did not advance
86 Daniela Maccelli  Italy 8.70 7.10 15.80 did not advance
87 Unni Holmen  Norway 8.05 7.70 15.75 did not advance
88 Małgorzata Chojnacka  Poland 8.45 7.20 15.65 did not advance
89 Nicole Bourdiau  France 8.75 6.80 15.55 did not advance
90 Suzanne Cloutier  Canada 8.25 7.25 15.50 did not advance
91 Esbela da Fonseca  Portugal 7.55 7.90 15.45 did not advance
Elena Ramirez  Mexico 7.75 7.70 15.45 did not advance
93 Ann-Mari Hvaal  Norway 7.40 7.50 14.90 did not advance
94 Yolanda Vega  Cuba 8.20 6.65 14.85 did not advance
95 Julietta Saenz de Secilia  Mexico 7.70 6.65 14.35 did not advance
96 Luisa Morales  Mexico 7.05 6.85 13.90 did not advance
Laura Rivera  Mexico 7.85 6.05 13.90 did not advance
98 Yu Mai-Lee  Chinese Taipei 7.10 6.65 13.75 did not advance
99 Rosalinda Puente  Mexico 6.90 5.90 12.80 did not advance
100 Rosario Briones  Mexico 6.30 6.40 12.70 did not advance
Hong Tai-kwai  Chinese Taipei 8.05 4.65 12.70 did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "'I will sweat blood to defeat invaders' representatives' - 1968's forgotten Olympic protest". BBC Sport.
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