| Times held | 18 |
|---|---|
| Total participants | 1333 |
| Total countries | 83 |
| Year | Event | Status | Participants | NOCs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 134 | 18 |
| 1956 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 64 | 15 |
| 1960 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 124 | 27 |
| 1964 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 83 | 24 |
| 1968 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 101 | 24 |
| 1972 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 118 | 23 |
| 1976 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 86 | 18 |
| 1980 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 62 | 16 |
| 1984 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 65 | 16 |
| 1988 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 90 | 23 |
| 1992 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 92 | 24 |
| 1996 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 96 | 28 |
| 2000 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 82 | 29 |
| 2004 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 85 | 31 |
| 2008 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 84 | 35 |
| 2012 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 83 | 46 |
| 2016 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 82 | 47 |
| 2020 | Balance Beam, Women | Olympic | 91 | 43 |
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | ROU |
6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
3 | 8 | 4 | 15 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| United States | USA |
2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| Czechoslovakia | TCH |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Hungary | HUN |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands | NED |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unified Team | EUN |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russian Federation | RUS |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ukraine | UKR |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| East Germany | GDR |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadia Comăneci | ROU |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Věra Čáslavská | CZE TCH |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Eva Bosáková-Věchtová | CZE TCH |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Olga Korbut | BLR URS |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Shannon Miller | USA |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |