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Balance Beam, Women

Date25 July – 3 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationAriake Gymnastics Centre, 10-1, 1chome, Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Participants91 from 43 countries

Simone Biles finished only seventh in qualifying for the beam, which saw the Chinese pair of Guan Chenchen and Tang Xijing occupy first and second places. Biles won the beam bronze medal in Rio but was having mental health issues in Tokyo and, after pulling out during the all-round team competition, she then missed the all-round individual and three of the four apparatus finals, competing only in the beam. Her return to competition was warmly welcomed by her fellow contestants and she could not have wished for a better outcome. It was apparent the two Chinese girls were going to be too much of an obstacle to overcome, but Biles put in the performance of her life.

Tang was the second gymnast to go, and her 14.233 put her in the lead, but with Biles and Guan still to go. The American was next up and put herself into second place with a 14.000. After the recently crowned individual all-round champion Sunisa Lee finished on 13.866 and the remaining three contestants all finished below Biles, it was suddenly apparent she was winning a medal, although, with Guan still to go, it was unlikely to stay at silver and a polished performance saw her win China’s first women’s gymnastics gold of the Games, and secure another 1-2 for China, thanks to a score of 14.633. It was also the first women’s gymnastics gold for China since Deng Linlin, also on the beam, at London 2012.

The story of this event was not about yet more Chinese domination, but it was about the emotional, and successful return to the sport for one of its most popular characters, Simone Biles who had overcome what had been known as the “twisties”, a term used when a gymnastics body and brain seem to stop working together. The applause from everybody inside the Ariake Gymnastics Centre for Biles, before and after her routine, was one of those moments that will remain in the memory of those present for a long time to come.

PosNrGymnastNOCQualificationFinal
1320Guan ChenchenCHN14.933 (1)14.633 (1)Gold
2323Tang XijingCHN14.333 (2)14.233 (2)Silver
3392Simone BilesUSA14.066 (7)14.000 (3)Bronze
4313Ellie BlackCAN14.100 (6)13.866 (4)
5395Suni LeeUSA14.200 (3)13.866 (5)
6357Urara AshikawaJPN13.900 (12)13.733 (6)
7312Flávia SaraivaBRA13.966 (9)13.133 (7)
8383Vladislava UrazovaROC14.000 (8)12.733 (8)
4 r1/2321Larisa IordacheROU14.133 (4)
5 r1/2324Lu YufeiCHN14.100 (5)
10 r1/2322Zhang JinCHN13.966 (10)
11 r1/2357Ou YushanCHN13.933 (11)
13 r1/2381Viktoriya ListunovaROC13.866 (13)
14 r1/2368Sanne WeversNED13.866 (14)
15 r1/2307Nina DerwaelBEL13.766 (15)
16 r1/2379Yelena GerasimovaROC13.766 (16)
17 r1/2382Angelina MelnikovaROC13.733 (17)
18 r1/2311Rebeca AndradeBRA13.733 (18)
19 r1/2309Jutta VerkestBEL13.666 (19)
20 r1/2359Yuna HiraiwaJPN13.533 (20)
21 r1/2360Mai MurakamiJPN13.466 (21)
22 r1/2335Marine BoyerFRA13.466 (22)
23 r1/2369Lieke WeversNED13.366 (23)
24 r1/2339Jennifer GadirovaGBR13.300 (24)
25 r1/2314Brooklyn MoorsCAN13.300 (25)
26 r1/2336Mélanie de Jésus dos SantosFRA13.233 (26)
27 r1/2397MyKayla SkinnerUSA13.233 (27)
28 r1/2338Carolann HéduitFRA13.200 (28)
=29 r1/2347Zsófia KovácsHUN13.133 (=29)
=29 r1/2351Asia D'AmatoITA13.133 (=29)
31 r1/2354Martina MaggioITA13.066 (31)
32 r1/2396Grace McCallumUSA13.066 (32)
33 r1/2306Maellyse BrassartBEL13.033 (33)
34 r1/2342Amelie MorganGBR13.033 (34)
35 r1/2358Hitomi HatakedaJPN13.000 (35)
36 r1/2344Pauline Schäfer-BetzGER12.966 (36)
37 r1/2325Luciana AlvaradoCRC12.966 (37)
38 r1/2302Georgia GodwinAUS12.900 (38)
39 r1/2340Jessica GadirovaGBR12.866 (39)
40 r1/2334Roxana PopaESP12.866 (40)
41 r1/2393Jade CareyUSA12.866 (41)
42 r1/2362Lee Yun-SeoKOR12.841 (42)
43 r1/2374Maria HolburăROU12.700 (43)
44 r1/2343Kim BuiGER12.666 (44)
=45 r1/2303Emily WhiteheadAUS12.666 (=45)
=45 r1/2331Laura BechdejúESP12.666 (=45)
47 r1/2386Giulia SteingruberSUI12.600 (47)
48 r1/2352Alice D'AmatoITA12.600 (48)
49 r1/2391Diana VarinskaUKR12.566 (49)
50 r1/2389Ting Hua-TienTPE12.566 (50)
51 r1/2337Aline FriessFRA12.500 (51)
=52 r1/2308Lisa VaelenBEL12.500 (=52)
=52 r1/2353Vanessa FerrariITA12.500 (=52)
54 r1/2372Gabriela SasnalPOL12.433 (54)
55 r1/2332Marina GonzálezESP12.366 (55)
56 r1/2345Elisabeth SeitzGER12.333 (56)
57 r1/2366Eythora ThorsdottirNED12.333 (57)
58 r1/2305Marina NekrasovaAZE12.266 (58)
=59 r1/2346Sarah VossGER12.266 (=59)
=59 r1/2378Liliya AkhaimovaROC12.266 (=59)
61 r1/2377Caitlin RooskrantzRSA12.200 (61)
62 r1/2355Lara MoriITA12.133 (62)
63 r1/2341Alice KinsellaGBR12.100 (63)
64 r1/2350Lihie RazISR12.066 (64)
65 r1/2371Ariana OrregoPER12.066 (65)
66 r1/2315Shallon OlsenCAN12.066 (66)
67 r1/2316Ava StewartCAN12.000 (67)
68 r1/2328Aneta HolasováCZE11.933 (68)
69 r1/2373Filipa MartinsPOR11.866 (69)
70 r1/2330Zeina Ibrahim SharafEGY11.866 (70)
71 r1/2304Elisa HämmerleAUT11.800 (71)
72 r1/2387Barbora MokošováSVK11.700 (72)
73 r1/2333Alba PetiscoESP11.700 (73)
74 r1/2326Ana ĐerekCRO11.633 (74)
75 r1/2367Vera van PolNED11.600 (75)
76 r1/2364Farah Ann Abdul HadiMAS11.566 (76)
77 r1/2361Aiko SugiharaJPN11.566 (77)
78 r1/2394Jordan ChilesUSA11.566 (78)
79 r1/2318Simona CastroCHI11.433 (79)
80 r1/2385Milka ElpitiyaSRI11.266 (80)
81 r1/2301Abigail MagistratiARG11.233 (81)
82 r1/2329Mandy MohamedEGY11.200 (82)
83 r1/2365Alexa MorenoMEX11.066 (83)
84 r1/2384Tan Sze EnSGP11.033 (84)
85 r1/2390Nazlı SavranbaşıTUR11.033 (85)
86 r1/2310Hanna TraukovaBLR10.833 (86)
87 r1/2363Yeo Seo-JeongKOR10.583 (87)
88 r1/2349Megan RyanIRL10.466 (88)
89 r1/2348Pranati NayakIND9.433 (89)
90 r1/2376Naveen DariesRSA8.933 (90)
91 r1/2317Raegan RuttyCAY8.283 (91)
DNS380Anastasiya IlyankovaROC– (DNS)

Qualification (25 July 2021 — 10:00)

Top eight (maximum two per nation) qualified for the final.

PosGymnastNOCPointsD ScoreE ScorePenalty
1Guan ChenchenCHN14.9336.9008.0330.0Q
2Tang XijingCHN14.3336.2008.1330.0Q
3Suni LeeUSA14.2006.2008.0000.0Q
4Larisa IordacheROU14.1336.2007.9330.0Q1
5Lu YufeiCHN14.1006.0008.1000.0
6Ellie BlackCAN14.1006.3007.8000.0Q
7Simone BilesUSA14.0666.5007.5660.0Q
8Vladislava UrazovaROC14.0005.8008.2000.0Q
9Flávia SaraivaBRA13.9665.9008.0660.0Q
10Zhang JinCHN13.9666.0007.9660.0
11Ou YushanCHN13.9335.9008.0330.0
12Urara AshikawaJPN13.9005.9008.0000.0q2
13Viktoriya ListunovaROC13.8665.6008.2660.0
14Sanne WeversNED13.8665.8008.0660.0
15Nina DerwaelBEL13.7665.4008.3660.0
16Yelena GerasimovaROC13.7665.7008.0660.0
17Angelina MelnikovaROC13.7335.5008.2330.0
18Rebeca AndradeBRA13.7335.8007.9330.0
19Jutta VerkestBEL13.6665.5008.1660.0
20Yuna HiraiwaJPN13.5335.6007.9330.0
21Mai MurakamiJPN13.4665.7007.7660.0
22Marine BoyerFRA13.4665.8007.6660.0
23Lieke WeversNED13.3665.4007.9660.0
24Jennifer GadirovaGBR13.3005.2008.1000.0
25Brooklyn MoorsCAN13.3005.4007.9000.0
26Mélanie de Jésus dos SantosFRA13.2335.3007.9330.0
27MyKayla SkinnerUSA13.2336.1007.1330.0
28Carolann HéduitFRA13.2005.2008.0000.0
=29Zsófia KovácsHUN13.1335.3007.8330.0
=29Asia D'AmatoITA13.1335.3007.8330.0
31Martina MaggioITA13.0665.0008.0660.0
32Grace McCallumUSA13.0665.2007.8660.0
33Maellyse BrassartBEL13.0334.9008.1330.0
34Amelie MorganGBR13.0335.5007.5330.0
35Hitomi HatakedaJPN13.0005.2007.8000.0
36Pauline Schäfer-BetzGER12.9665.2007.7660.0
37Luciana AlvaradoCRC12.9665.3007.6660.0
38Georgia GodwinAUS12.9005.5007.4000.0
39Jessica GadirovaGBR12.8665.1007.7660.0
40Roxana PopaESP12.8665.3007.5660.0
41Jade CareyUSA12.8665.4007.4660.0
42Lee Yun-SeoKOR12.8415.5007.3410.0
43Maria HolburăROU12.7005.4007.3000.0
44Kim BuiGER12.6664.8007.8660.0
=45Emily WhiteheadAUS12.6665.0007.6660.0
=45Laura BechdejúESP12.6665.0007.6660.0
47Giulia SteingruberSUI12.6005.2007.4000.0
48Alice D'AmatoITA12.6005.3007.3000.0
49Diana VarinskaUKR12.5665.2007.3660.0
50Ting Hua-TienTPE12.5665.8006.7660.0
51Aline FriessFRA12.5004.7007.8000.0
=52Lisa VaelenBEL12.5005.1007.4000.0
=52Vanessa FerrariITA12.5005.1007.4000.0
54Gabriela SasnalPOL12.4334.6007.8330.0
55Marina GonzálezESP12.3665.2007.1660.0
56Elisabeth SeitzGER12.3334.3008.0330.0
57Eythora ThorsdottirNED12.3335.0007.3330.0
58Marina NekrasovaAZE12.2664.8007.4660.0
=59Sarah VossGER12.2665.1007.1660.0
=59Liliya AkhaimovaROC12.2665.1007.1660.0
61Caitlin RooskrantzRSA12.2004.9007.3000.0
62Lara MoriITA12.1335.1007.0330.0
63Alice KinsellaGBR12.1005.5006.6000.0
64Lihie RazISR12.0665.0007.0660.0
65Ariana OrregoPER12.0665.2006.8660.0
66Shallon OlsenCAN12.0665.3006.7660.0
67Ava StewartCAN12.0005.8006.2000.0
68Aneta HolasováCZE11.9334.4007.5330.0
69Filipa MartinsPOR11.8665.1006.866-0.1
70Zeina Ibrahim SharafEGY11.8665.4006.4660.0
71Elisa HämmerleAUT11.8004.7007.1000.0
72Barbora MokošováSVK11.7004.1007.6000.0
73Alba PetiscoESP11.7005.0006.7000.0
74Ana ĐerekCRO11.6334.7006.9330.0
75Vera van PolNED11.6004.7006.9000.0
76Farah Ann Abdul HadiMAS11.5664.8006.7660.0
77Aiko SugiharaJPN11.5665.5006.0660.0
78Jordan ChilesUSA11.5665.6005.9660.0
79Simona CastroCHI11.4334.7006.7330.0
80Milka ElpitiyaSRI11.2665.1006.1660.0
81Abigail MagistratiARG11.2334.9006.3330.0
82Mandy MohamedEGY11.2004.5006.7000.0
83Alexa MorenoMEX11.0665.2005.966-0.1
84Tan Sze EnSGP11.0334.8006.333-0.1
85Nazlı SavranbaşıTUR11.0335.0006.0330.0
86Hanna TraukovaBLR10.8334.7006.1330.0
87Yeo Seo-JeongKOR10.5835.4005.1830.0
88Megan RyanIRL10.4665.0005.4660.0
89Pranati NayakIND9.4334.5004.9330.0
90Naveen DariesRSA8.9334.8004.1330.0
91Raegan RuttyCAY8.2833.8004.4830.0
DNSAnastasiya IlyankovaROC

Final (3 August 2021 — 17:53)

Difficulty Judge 1Vesna Stare CrnjacSLO
Difficulty Judge 2Zhu JieyaCHN
Execution Judge 1Lyudmila LiUZB
Execution Judge 2Tamara HerreraCHI
Execution Judge 3Valérie Van CauwenbergheBEL
Execution Judge 4Julija LjubančićCRO
Execution Judge 5Gabriela GómezCOL
Execution Reference Judge 1Christina Frauenknecht-BergundthalSUI
Execution Reference Judge 2hSabrina KläsbergGER
Time Judge 1Yoko TakahashiJPN
Time Judge 2Chihiro ShirakawaJPN
PosGymnastNOCPointsD ScoreE ScorePenalty
1Guan ChenchenCHN14.6336.6008.0330.0
2Tang XijingCHN14.2336.0008.2330.0
3Simone BilesUSA14.0006.1007.9000.0
4Ellie BlackCAN13.8666.2007.6660.0
5Suni LeeUSA13.8666.4007.4660.0
6Urara AshikawaJPN13.7335.9007.8330.0
7Flávia SaraivaBRA13.1335.7007.4330.0
8Vladislava UrazovaROC12.7335.0007.7330.0