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Balance Beam, Women

Date17 – 25 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney SuperDome, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants82 from 29 countries

The format was the same as it had been from 1984-96, with eight gymnasts advancing from the team all-around, but no more than two per nation. China’s Liu Xuan had won a silver medal in the all-around in Sydney, but the balance beam was her best event. She had won the 1998 World Cup, a bronze medal at the 1996 World Championships, and was 1998 Asian Games gold medalist on the beam. She won the gold medal in Sydney as well, after qualifying second. The leading qualifier was Romanian Andreea Răducan but after her positive doping test in the all-around, she withdrew from this event. Russia had the other medalists in the event, with Yekaterina Lobaznyuk winning silver and Yelena Produnova the bronze. Liu retired from competition after the 2000 Olympics, and became an actress, mostly in Hong Kong.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Liu XuanCHN9.825Gold
2Yekaterina LobaznyukRUS9.787Silver
3Yelena ProdunovaRUS9.775Bronze
4Claudia PresăcanROU9.750
5Tetiana YaroshUKR9.712
6Maria OlaruROU9.700
7Ling JieCHN9.675
8Elise RayUSA9.387
8 r1/1Yang YunCHN
=10 r1/1Andreea RăducanROU
=10 r1/1Loredana BobocROU
=12 r1/1Svetlana KhorkinaRUS
=12 r1/1Lisa MasonGBR
14 r1/1Olha TeslenkoUKR
=15 r1/1Simona AmânarROU
=15 r1/1Olha RozshchupkinaUKR
=15 r1/1Amy ChowUSA
=15 r1/1Delphine RegeaseFRA
19 r1/1Trudy McIntoshAUS
20 r1/1Anastasiya KolesnikovaRUS
=21 r1/1Sara MoroESP
=21 r1/1Jana KomrskováCZE
=21 r1/1Alexandra CroakAUS
=24 r1/1Nelly RamassamyFRA
=24 r1/1Elvire TezaFRA
=26 r1/1Yvonne TousekCAN
=26 r1/1Viktoriya KarpenkoUKR
28 r1/1Halyna TyrykUKR
29 r1/1Mok Un-JuPRK
=30 r1/1Daniele HypólitoBRA
=30 r1/1Zuzana SekerováSVK
=32 r1/1Adriana CrisciITA
=32 r1/1Crystal GilmoreCAN
34 r1/1Lise LeveilleCAN
35 r1/1Julie BeaulieuCAN
=36 r1/1Allana SlaterAUS
=36 r1/1Kateřina MarešováCZE
=38 r1/1Yelena ZamolodchikovaRUS
=38 r1/1Alena PolozkovaBLR
=38 r1/1Alexandra SolerFRA
=38 r1/1Anne-Sophie EndelerFRA
42 r1/1Sharna MurrayGBR
=43 r1/1Monica BergamelliITA
=43 r1/1Alice CapitaniITA
45 r1/1Kristen MaloneyUSA
=46 r1/1Arlen LoveraVEN
=46 r1/1Miho TakenakaJPN
=48 r1/1Annika ReederGBR
=48 r1/1Martina BreminiITA
50 r1/1Laura MartínezESP
=51 r1/1Emma WilliamsGBR
=51 r1/1Tasha Schwikert-WarrenUSA
=53 r1/1Tatsiana ZharhanovaBLR
=53 r1/1Kelly HackmanGBR
55 r1/1Camila CominBRA
=56 r1/1Esther MoyaESP
=56 r1/1Brooke WalkerAUS
58 r1/1Lisa SkinnerAUS
59 r1/1Oksana ChusovitinaUZB
60 r1/1Kate RichardsonCAN
61 r1/1Maryna ZarzhitskayaBLR
62 r1/1Irina YevdokimovaKAZ
63 r1/1Kana YamawakiJPN
64 r1/1Susana GarcíaESP
65 r1/1Marta CusidóESP
66 r1/1Melina SirolliARG
67 r1/1Sigrid PersoonBEL
68 r1/1Laura RobertsonNZL
69 r1/1Irene CastelliITA
70 r1/1Choi Mi-SeonKOR
71 r1/1Vasiliki MillousiGRE
72 r1/1Dominique DawesUSA
73 r1/1Hanna MieisakBLR
=74 r1/1Katerina ChristoforidouGRE
=74 r1/1Mojca MavričSLO
76 r1/1Julija KovaliovaLTU
77 r1/1Joanna SkowrońskaPOL
78 r1/1Tatsiana RyhorenkoBLR
79 r1/1Son Un-HuiPRK
80 r1/1Gharde GeldenhuysNAM
81 r1/1Kui YuanyuanCHN
DQDong FangxiaoCHN

Final (25 September 2000 — 16:03)

Top eight on each apparatus (maximum two per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCFP
1Liu XuanCHN9.825
2Yekaterina LobaznyukRUS9.787
3Yelena ProdunovaRUS9.775
4Claudia PresăcanROU9.750
5Tetiana YaroshUKR9.712
6Maria OlaruROU9.700
7Ling JieCHN9.675
8Elise RayUSA9.387

Qualifying (17 September 2000)

Top eight on each apparatus (maximum two per nation) in the individual all-around qualifying advanced to the apparatus finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Maria OlaruROU9.787Q
2Claudia PresăcanROU9.775Q
=3Yekaterina LobaznyukRUS9.762Q
=3Yelena ProdunovaRUS9.762Q
=3Ling JieCHN9.762Q
=6Liu XuanCHN9.712Q
=6Tetiana YaroshUKR9.712Q
8Yang YunCHN9.700
9Elise RayUSA9.687q
=10Andreea RăducanROU9.675
=10Loredana BobocROU9.675
=12Svetlana KhorkinaRUS9.662
=12Lisa MasonGBR9.662
14Olha TeslenkoUKR9.650
=15Simona AmânarROU9.625
=15Olha RozshchupkinaUKR9.625
=15Amy ChowUSA9.625
=15Delphine RegeaseFRA9.625
19Trudy McIntoshAUS9.612
20Anastasiya KolesnikovaRUS9.587
=21Sara MoroESP9.562
=21Jana KomrskováCZE9.562
=21Alexandra CroakAUS9.562
=24Nelly RamassamyFRA9.550
=24Elvire TezaFRA9.550
=26Yvonne TousekCAN9.537
=26Viktoriya KarpenkoUKR9.537
28Halyna TyrykUKR9.500
29Mok Un-JuPRK9.475
=30Daniele HypólitoBRA9.462
=30Zuzana SekerováSVK9.462
=32Adriana CrisciITA9.437
=32Crystal GilmoreCAN9.437
34Lise LeveilleCAN9.425
35Julie BeaulieuCAN9.412
=36Allana SlaterAUS9.387
=36Kateřina MarešováCZE9.387
=38Yelena ZamolodchikovaRUS9.375
=38Alena PolozkovaBLR9.375
=38Alexandra SolerFRA9.375
=38Anne-Sophie EndelerFRA9.375
42Sharna MurrayGBR9.362
=43Monica BergamelliITA9.325
=43Alice CapitaniITA9.325
45Kristen MaloneyUSA9.312
=46Arlen LoveraVEN9.300
=46Miho TakenakaJPN9.300
=48Annika ReederGBR9.275
=48Martina BreminiITA9.275
50Laura MartínezESP9.250
=51Emma WilliamsGBR9.237
=51Tasha Schwikert-WarrenUSA9.237
=53Tatsiana ZharhanovaBLR9.212
=53Kelly HackmanGBR9.212
55Camila CominBRA9.200
=56Esther MoyaESP9.175
=56Brooke WalkerAUS9.175
58Lisa SkinnerAUS9.162
59Oksana ChusovitinaUZB9.150
60Kate RichardsonCAN9.075
61Maryna ZarzhitskayaBLR9.050
62Irina YevdokimovaKAZ9.037
63Kana YamawakiJPN9.025
64Susana GarcíaESP9.000
65Marta CusidóESP8.962
66Melina SirolliARG8.950
67Sigrid PersoonBEL8.862
68Laura RobertsonNZL8.837
69Irene CastelliITA8.812
70Choi Mi-SeonKOR8.662
71Vasiliki MillousiGRE8.612
72Dominique DawesUSA8.600
73Hanna MieisakBLR8.550
=74Katerina ChristoforidouGRE8.525
=74Mojca MavričSLO8.525
76Julija KovaliovaLTU8.462
77Joanna SkowrońskaPOL8.450
78Tatsiana RyhorenkoBLR8.425
79Son Un-HuiPRK8.212
80Gharde GeldenhuysNAM7.762
DQDong FangxiaoCHN[9.287]
DNFKui YuanyuanCHN0.000