Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam
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| Gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics | ||
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| List of gymnasts | ||
| Artistic | ||
| Team all-around | men | women |
| Team Portable Apparatus | 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 | |
These are the results of the women's balance beam competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
Results
Qualification
Sixty five gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds of the team competition. The top scorers in the team competition won the individual medals. There was no separate competition for individual apparatus.
Final
| Rank | Gymnast | C | V | Total |
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 Ágnes Keleti (HUN)
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9.433 | 9.366 | 18.800 |
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 Eva Bosáková (TCH)
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9.300 | 9.333 | 18.633 |
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 Tamara Manina (URS)
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9.233 | 9.400 | 18.633 |
| 4 | Anna Marejkova (TCH)
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9.300 | 9.233 | 18.533 |
| 4 | Larisa Latynina (URS)
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9.300 | 9.233 | 18.533 |
| 6 |  Elena Leuşteanu (ROU)
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9.300 | 9.200 | 18.500 |
References
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