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Balance Beam, Women

Date19 – 25 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationChe-yuk-gwan, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants90 from 23 countries

As in 1984 eight gymnasts qualified for the final round from the team qualifying, with no more than two gymnasts per team allowed to advance to the finals. The total score consisted of 50% of the team qualifying scores, and the final round score from an optional routine on the apparatus. Romania’s Daniela Silivaş, the 1985 World Champion on beam, won gold in this event. She had finished second in the individual all-around but made up for it with three gold medals in the apparatus finals, missing only on the horse vault. The silver medal went to Soviet Yelena Shushunova, who had defeated Silivaş in the all-around. The bronze medal was shared by Romanian Gabriela Potorac and American Phoebe Mills, which was the only American medal won in gymnastics at the Seoul Olympics.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Daniela SilivașROU19.924Gold
2Yelena ShushunovaURS19.875Silver
=3Phoebe MillsUSA19.837Bronze
=3Gabriela PotoracROU19.837Bronze
5Sviatlana BahinskayaURS19.787
6Diana DudevaBUL19.724
7Kelly Garrison-StevesUSA19.649
8Ulrike KlotzGDR18.125
=4 r1/1Aurelia DobreROU
=7 r1/1Svetlana BaitovaURS
=7 r1/1Celestina PopaROU
=9 r1/1Natālija LaščonovaURS
=11 r1/1Eugenia GoleaROU
=14 r1/1Wang HuiyingCHN
=14 r1/1Yelena ShevchenkoURS
=14 r1/1Camelia VoineaROU
=17 r1/1Hana ŘíčnáTCH
=17 r1/1Brandy JohnsonUSA
=17 r1/1Boryana StoyanovaBUL
=20 r1/1Han Gyeong-ImKOR
=20 r1/1Delyana VodenicharovaBUL
22 r1/1Gabi FähnrichGDR
=23 r1/1Wang WenjingCHN
=23 r1/1Alena DřevjanáTCH
25 r1/1Hope SpiveyUSA
26 r1/1Ivelina RaykovaBUL
=27 r1/1Chen CuitingCHN
=27 r1/1Beáta StorczerHUN
=27 r1/1Chelle StackUSA
=30 r1/1Fan DiCHN
=30 r1/1Park Ji-SukKOR
=30 r1/1Im Hye-JinKOR
=30 r1/1Miho ShinodaJPN
=34 r1/1Dörte ThümmlerGDR
=34 r1/1Dagmar KerstenGDR
=34 r1/1Luísa RibeiroBRA
=34 r1/1Laura MuñozESP
=34 r1/1Martina VelíškováTCH
=34 r1/1Jana VejrkováTCH
40 r1/1Bettina SchieferdeckerGDR
=41 r1/1Lori StrongCAN
=41 r1/1Mariya KartalovaBUL
43 r1/1Monica CovacciCAN
=44 r1/1Bae Eun-MiKOR
=44 r1/1Zsuzsa CsisztuHUN
=44 r1/1Eszter ÓváryHUN
47 r1/1Ma YingCHN
48 r1/1Karine BoucherFRA
=49 r1/1Andrea LadányiHUN
=49 r1/1Maria CocuzzaITA
=49 r1/1Zsuzsa MiskóHUN
=49 r1/1Maiko MorioJPN
=49 r1/1Michaela UstorfFRG
54 r1/1Eva RuedaESP
=55 r1/1Mieko MoriJPN
=55 r1/1Wang XiaoyanCHN
=55 r1/1Monique AllenAUS
58 r1/1Patrizia LuconiITA
59 r1/1Iveta PolokováTCH
=60 r1/1Lidia CastillejoESP
=60 r1/1Sachiko MorimuraJPN
=60 r1/1Catherine RomanoFRA
63 r1/1Janine RankinCAN
=64 r1/1Anne-Marie BauduinFRA
=64 r1/1Manuela HervásESP
=66 r1/1Olga StrazhevaURS
=66 r1/1María Flores-WurmserGUA
=68 r1/1Giulia VolpiITA
=68 r1/1Larissa LowingCAN
70 r1/1Leanne RycroftAUS
=71 r1/1Yuriko NanaharaJPN
=71 r1/1Hrabrina HrabrovaBUL
=73 r1/1Foteini VarvariotouGRE
=73 r1/1Missy MarloweUSA
75 r1/1Ivona KrmelováTCH
76 r1/1Núria BelchiESP
77 r1/1Christina McDonaldCAN
78 r1/1Kim Nam-OkKOR
79 r1/1Cathy GiancasproCAN
80 r1/1Nuria GarcíaESP
81 r1/1Makiko SanadaJPN
82 r1/1Karen HargateGBR
83 r1/1Kim Eun-MiKOR
84 r1/1Sónia MouraPOR
=85 r1/1Revital SharonISR
=85 r1/1Martina JentschGDR
87 r1/1Ágnes MiskóHUN
88 r1/1Isabella von LospichlFRG
89 r1/1Karen KennedyGBR
90 r1/1Mauricette GellerBEL

Final (25 September 1988 — 13:30-14:10)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsQP(50%)FP
1Daniela SilivașROU19.9249.9879.937
2Yelena ShushunovaURS19.8759.9509.925
=3Phoebe MillsUSA19.8379.9509.887
=3Gabriela PotoracROU19.8379.9629.875
5Sviatlana BahinskayaURS19.7879.8509.937
6Diana DudevaBUL19.7249.9129.812
7Kelly Garrison-StevesUSA19.6499.8629.787
8Ulrike KlotzGDR18.1258.3259.800

Qualifying (19 September 1988)

Top eight in individual competition advanced to apparatus final.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsCEPOEP
=1Sviatlana BahinskayaURS19.8759.9009.975Q
=1Daniela SilivașROU19.8759.87510.000Q
3Yelena ShushunovaURS19.8509.9009.950Q
=4Gabriela PotoracROU19.7759.8759.900Q
=4Aurelia DobreROU19.7759.8759.900
6Phoebe MillsUSA19.7509.8509.900Q
=7Svetlana BaitovaURS19.7009.8009.900
=7Celestina PopaROU19.7009.8009.900
=9Diana DudevaBUL19.6259.7259.900q
=9Natālija LaščonovaURS19.6259.7509.875
=11Ulrike KlotzGDR19.6009.7509.850q
=11Eugenia GoleaROU19.6009.7509.850
13Kelly Garrison-StevesUSA19.5759.7759.800q
=14Wang HuiyingCHN19.5509.8259.725
=14Yelena ShevchenkoURS19.5509.7509.800
=14Camelia VoineaROU19.5509.7509.800
=17Hana ŘíčnáTCH19.5259.8009.725
=17Brandy JohnsonUSA19.5259.7259.800
=17Boryana StoyanovaBUL19.5259.7009.825
=20Han Gyeong-ImKOR19.4759.7509.725
=20Delyana VodenicharovaBUL19.4759.6509.825
22Gabi FähnrichGDR19.4259.6759.750
=23Wang WenjingCHN19.4009.7259.675
=23Alena DřevjanáTCH19.4009.7259.675
25Hope SpiveyUSA19.3509.6759.675
26Ivelina RaykovaBUL19.3259.6009.725
=27Chen CuitingCHN19.3009.6759.625
=27Beáta StorczerHUN19.3009.6509.650
=27Chelle StackUSA19.3009.6259.675
=30Fan DiCHN19.2509.6759.575
=30Park Ji-SukKOR19.2509.6509.600
=30Im Hye-JinKOR19.2509.6259.625
=30Miho ShinodaJPN19.2509.5759.675
=34Dörte ThümmlerGDR19.2009.8009.400
=34Dagmar KerstenGDR19.2009.8009.400
=34Luísa RibeiroBRA19.2009.6009.600
=34Laura MuñozESP19.2009.6009.600
=34Martina VelíškováTCH19.2009.6009.600
=34Jana VejrkováTCH19.2009.5759.625
40Bettina SchieferdeckerGDR19.1759.6759.500
=41Lori StrongCAN19.1509.6009.550
=41Mariya KartalovaBUL19.1509.4759.675
43Monica CovacciCAN19.1259.6509.475
=44Bae Eun-MiKOR19.1009.5259.575
=44Zsuzsa CsisztuHUN19.1009.5259.575
=44Eszter ÓváryHUN19.1009.5009.600
47Ma YingCHN19.0759.5009.575
48Karine BoucherFRA19.0509.5509.500
=49Andrea LadányiHUN19.0259.7509.275
=49Maria CocuzzaITA19.0259.5509.475
=49Zsuzsa MiskóHUN19.0259.5509.475
=49Maiko MorioJPN19.0259.5259.500
=49Michaela UstorfFRG19.0259.4509.575
54Eva RuedaESP19.0009.5509.450
=55Mieko MoriJPN18.9759.5009.475
=55Wang XiaoyanCHN18.9759.5009.475
=55Monique AllenAUS18.9759.4259.550
58Patrizia LuconiITA18.9509.5009.450
59Iveta PolokováTCH18.9259.8509.075
=60Lidia CastillejoESP18.8759.4759.400
=60Sachiko MorimuraJPN18.8759.4509.425
=60Catherine RomanoFRA18.8759.3009.575
63Janine RankinCAN18.8509.5259.325
=64Anne-Marie BauduinFRA18.8259.6009.225
=64Manuela HervásESP18.8259.4259.400
=66Olga StrazhevaURS18.8009.9008.900
=66María Flores-WurmserGUA18.8009.3759.425
=68Giulia VolpiITA18.7759.7259.050
=68Larissa LowingCAN18.7759.3509.425
70Leanne RycroftAUS18.7509.2759.475
=71Yuriko NanaharaJPN18.7259.5009.225
=71Hrabrina HrabrovaBUL18.7259.5009.225
=73Foteini VarvariotouGRE18.7009.2759.425
=73Missy MarloweUSA18.7008.9759.725
75Ivona KrmelováTCH18.6509.4509.200
76Núria BelchiESP18.6009.3009.300
77Christina McDonaldCAN18.5759.1509.425
78Kim Nam-OkKOR18.5009.3759.125
79Cathy GiancasproCAN18.4009.5008.900
80Nuria GarcíaESP18.3509.4758.875
81Makiko SanadaJPN18.1509.4508.700
82Karen HargateGBR17.9259.1758.750
83Kim Eun-MiKOR17.4509.6507.800
84Sónia MouraPOR17.1758.7758.400
=85Revital SharonISR9.5009.5000.000
=85Martina JentschGDR9.5009.5000.000
87Ágnes MiskóHUN9.4509.450
88Isabella von LospichlFRG9.3759.3750.000
89Karen KennedyGBR9.0009.0000.000
90Mauricette GellerBEL8.8258.8250.000