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World Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's balance beam

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Women's events at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships[1][2] were first held in 1934, at the 10th World Championships. Only the All-Around and Team events were held. In 1938, at the 11th World Championships, the other apparatus events were added.

The women's balance beam competition has been held in every year since its inception.

Three medals are awarded: gold for first place, silver for second place, and bronze for third place. Tie breakers have not been used in every year. In the event of a tie between two gymnasts, both names are listed, and the following position (second for a tie for first, third for a tie for second) is left empty because a medal was not awarded for that position. If three gymnastics tied for a position, the following two positions are left empty.

Medalists

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Bold numbers in brackets denotes record number of victories.

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
1938 Czechoslovakia Prague * Czechoslovakia Vlasta Děkanová * unknown unknown
1950 Switzerland Basel Poland Helena Rakoczy Italy Marja Nutti Italy Licia Macchini
1954 Italy Rome Japan Keiko Tanaka Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Hungary Ágnes Keleti
1958 Soviet Union Moscow Soviet Union Larisa Latynina Soviet Union Sofia Muratova Japan Keiko Tanaka
1962 Czechoslovakia Prague Czechoslovakia Eva Bosáková Soviet Union Larisa Latynina Hungary Anikó Ducza
Japan Keiko Ikeda
1966 West Germany Dortmund Soviet Union Natalia Kuchinskaya Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská Soviet Union Larisa Petrik
1970 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubljana East Germany Erika Zuchold United States Cathy Rigby Soviet Union Larisa Petrik
East Germany Christine Schmitt
1974 Bulgaria Varna Soviet Union Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union Olga Korbut Soviet Union Nellie Kim
1978 France Strasbourg Romania Nadia Comăneci Soviet Union Elena Mukhina Romania Emilia Eberle
1979 United States Fort Worth Czechoslovakia Věra Černá Soviet Union Nellie Kim East Germany Regina Grabolle
1981 Soviet Union Moscow East Germany Maxi Gnauck China Chen Yongyan United States Tracee Talavera
China Wu Jiani
1983 Hungary Budapest Soviet Union Olga Mostepanova Czechoslovakia Hana Říčná Romania Lavinia Agache
1985 Canada Montreal Romania Daniela Silivaș Romania Ecaterina Szabó Soviet Union Yelena Shushunova
1987 Netherlands Rotterdam Romania Aurelia Dobre Soviet Union Yelena Shushunova Soviet Union Svetlana Boginskaya
Romania Ecaterina Szabó
1989 West Germany Stuttgart Romania Daniela Silivaș Soviet Union Olesya Dudnik Romania Gabriela Potorac
1991 United States Indianapolis Soviet Union Svetlana Boginskaya Soviet Union Tatiana Gutsu Romania Lavinia Miloșovici
United States Betty Okino
1992 France Paris United States Kim Zmeskal China Li Yifang
Romania Maria Neculiță
1993 United Kingdom Birmingham Romania Lavinia Miloșovici United States Dominique Dawes Romania Gina Gogean
1994 Australia Brisbane United States Shannon Miller Ukraine Lilia Podkopayeva Russia Oksana Fabrichnova
1995 Japan Sabae China Mo Huilan United States Dominique Moceanu
Ukraine Lilia Podkopayeva
1996 Puerto Rico San Juan Russia Dina Kochetkova Romania Alexandra Marinescu United States Dominique Dawes
China Liu Xuan
1997 Switzerland Lausanne Romania Gina Gogean Russia Svetlana Khorkina China Kui Yuanyuan
1999 China Tianjin China Ling Jie Romania Andreea Răducan Ukraine Olha Rozshchupkina
2001 Belgium Ghent Romania Andreea Răducan Russia Ludmila Ezhova China Sun Xiaojiao
2002 Hungary Debrecen United States Ashley Postell Romania Oana Ban Ukraine Irina Yarotska
2003 United States Anaheim China Fan Ye Romania Cătălina Ponor Russia Ludmila Ezhova
2005 Australia Melbourne United States Nastia Liukin United States Chellsie Memmel Romania Cătălina Ponor
2006 Denmark Aarhus Ukraine Iryna Krasnianska Romania Sandra Izbașa Canada Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs
2007 Germany Stuttgart United States Nastia Liukin China Li Shanshan
Romania Steliana Nistor
2009 United Kingdom London China Deng Linlin Australia Lauren Mitchell United States Ivana Hong
2010 Netherlands Rotterdam Romania Ana Porgras United States Rebecca Bross
China Deng Linlin
2011 Japan Tokyo China Sui Lu China Yao Jinnan United States Jordyn Wieber
2013 Belgium Antwerp Russia Aliya Mustafina United States Kyla Ross United States Simone Biles
2014 China Nanning United States Simone Biles China Bai Yawen Russia Aliya Mustafina
2015 United Kingdom Glasgow United States Simone Biles Netherlands Sanne Wevers Germany Pauline Schäfer
2017 Canada Montreal Germany Pauline Schäfer United States Morgan Hurd Germany Tabea Alt
2018 Qatar Doha China Liu Tingting Canada Ana Padurariu United States Simone Biles
2019 Germany Stuttgart United States Simone Biles China Liu Tingting China Li Shijia
2021 Japan Kitakyushu Japan Urara Ashikawa Germany Pauline Schäfer-Betz Japan Mai Murakami
2022 United Kingdom Liverpool Japan Hazuki Watanabe Canada Ellie Black Japan Miyata Shoko
2023 Belgium Antwerp United States Simone Biles (4) China Zhou Yaqin Brazil Rebeca Andrade

* There is conflicting and incomplete information about medal winners in the individual apparatus events at the 1938 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships as non-primary sources gives different information about it.

All-time medal count

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Last updated after the 2023 World Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States97723
2 Romania88723
3 China68519
4 Soviet Union58518
5 Czechoslovakia3306
6 Japan3047
7 Russia2237
8 East Germany2024
9 Ukraine1225
10 Germany1124
11 Poland1001
12 Canada0213
13 Italy0112
14 Australia0101
 Netherlands0101
16 Hungary0022
17 Brazil0011
Totals (17 entries)414442127

Multiple medalists

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Rank Gymnast Nation Years Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Simone Biles  United States 2013–2023 4 0 2 6
2 Nastia Liukin  United States 2005–2007 2 0 0 2
Daniela Silivaș  Romania 1985–1989 2 0 0 2
4 Pauline Schäfer  Germany 2015–2021 1 1 1 3
5 Eva Bosáková  Czechoslovakia 1954–1962 1 1 0 2
Deng Linlin  China 2009–2010 1 1 0 2
Larisa Latynina  Soviet Union 1958–1962 1 1 0 2
Liu Tingting  China 2018–2019 1 1 0 2
Andreea Răducan  Romania 1999–2001 1 1 0 2
10 Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda  Japan 1954–1958 1 0 2 3
11 Svetlana Boginskaya  Soviet Union 1987–1991 1 0 1 2
Gina Gogean  Romania 1993–1997 1 0 1 2
Lavinia Miloșovici  Romania 1991–1993 1 0 1 2
Aliya Mustafina  Russia 2013–2014 1 0 1 2
15 Lilia Podkopayeva  Ukraine 1994–1995 0 2 0 2
16 Dominique Dawes  United States 1993–1996 0 1 1 2
Ludmila Ezhova  Russia 2001–2003 0 1 1 2
Nellie Kim  Soviet Union 1974–1979 0 1 1 2
Cătălina Ponor  Romania 2003–2005 0 1 1 2
Yelena Shushunova  Soviet Union 1985–1987 0 1 1 2
Ecaterina Szabo  Romania 1985–1987 0 1 1 2
22 Larisa Petrik  Soviet Union 1966–1970 0 0 2 2

References

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  1. ^ "47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships MONTREAL (CAN)". live.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.
  2. ^ "48th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships DOHA (QAT)". www.fig-gymnastics.com. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 2018-09-06.