The balance beam event at the European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships was first held in 1957.
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.
Cătălina Ponor, with five golds and one bronze, holds the records for most gold medals and most total medals in this event.
Medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1957 Bucharest Larisa Latynina Sonia Iovan Tamara Manina 1959 Kraków Věra Čáslavská Sonia Iovan Natalia Kot 1961 Leipzig Polina Astakhova Larisa Latynina Ingrid Föst 1963 Paris Ewa Rydell Tereza Kočiš Mirjana Bilić 1965 Sofia Věra Čáslavská Larisa Latynina Birgit Radochla Larisa Petrik 1967 Amsterdam Věra Čáslavská Natalia Kuchinskaya Zinaida Voronina 1969 Landskrona Karin Büttner-Janz Olga Karasyova Jindra Košťálová 1971 Minsk Tamara Lazakovich Ludmilla Tourischeva Erika Zuchold 1973 London Ludmilla Tourischeva Kerstin Gerschau Anca Grigoraș 1975 Skien Nadia Comăneci Nellie Kim Alina Goreac 1977 Prague Elena Mukhina Nellie Kim Maria Filatova 1979 Copenhagen Natalia Shaposhnikova Emilia Eberle Nadia Comăneci 1981 Madrid Maxi Gnauck Natalia Ilienko Rodica Dunca 1983 Gothenburg Lavinia Agache Astrid Heese Mihaela Stănuleț 1985 Helsinki Oksana Omelianchik Hana Říčná Yelena Shushunova 1987 Moscow Daniela Silivaș Eugenia Golea Anja Wilhelm 1989 Brussels Olesya Dudnik Gabriela Potorac None awarded Daniela Silivaș 1990 Athens Svetlana Boginskaya Natalia Kalinina Maria Neculiță 1992 Nantes Svetlana Boginskaya Tatiana Gutsu Ludmila Stovbchataya 1994 Stockholm Gina Gogean Lilia Podkopayeva Lavinia Miloșovici 1996 Birmingham Rozalia Galiyeva Gina Gogean Elena Piskun 1998 Saint Petersburg Evgeniya Kuznetsova Olha Teslenko Ludmila Ezhova Simona Amânar 2000 Paris Svetlana Khorkina Simona Amânar Elena Zamolodchikova 2002 Patras Ludmila Ezhova Svetlana Khorkina Verona van de Leur 2004 Amsterdam Cătălina Ponor Alexandra Eremia Svetlana Khorkina 2005 Debrecen Cătălina Ponor Marine Debauve Anna Pavlova 2006 Volos Cătălina Ponor Lenika de Simone Maryna Proskurina Sandra Izbașa 2007 Amsterdam Yulia Lozhechko Sandra Izbașa Stefani Bismpikou Steliana Nistor 2008 Clermont-Ferrand Ksenia Semyonova Sandra Izbașa Alina Kozich None awarded 2009 Milan Yana Demyanchuk Anamaria Tămârjan Gabriela Drăgoi 2010 Birmingham Amelia Racea Aliya Mustafina Raluca Haidu 2011 Berlin Anna Dementyeva Carlotta Ferlito Elisabetta Preziosa 2012 Brussels Cătălina Ponor Larisa Iordache Hannah Whelan 2013 Moscow Larisa Iordache Diana Bulimar Anastasia Grishina 2014 Sofia Maria Kharenkova Larisa Iordache Aliya Mustafina 2015 Montpellier Andreea Munteanu Becky Downie Claire Martin 2016 Bern Aliya Mustafina Marine Boyer Cătălina Ponor 2017 Cluj-Napoca Cătălina Ponor Eythora Thorsdottir Larisa Iordache 2018 Glasgow Sanne Wevers Nina Derwael Marine Boyer 2019 Szczecin Alice Kinsella Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos Lorette Charpy 2020 Mersin Larisa Iordache Silviana Sfiringu Anastasiia Motak 2021 Basel Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos Sanne Wevers Anastasia Bachynska 2022 Munich Emma Malewski Ondine Achampong Carolann Héduit 2023 Antalya Sanne Wevers Manila Esposito Zsófia Kovács2024 Rimini Manila Esposito Sabrina Voinea Marine Boyer2025 Leipzig Nina Derwael Ana Bărbosu Sofia Tonelli2026 Zagreb Elena Colas Manila Esposito Angelina Melnikova
Medal table
Notes At the 2026 European Championships, the Croatian government banned the use of Russian flags and emblems despite World Gymnastics lifting the ban on Russian athletes; therefore the Russian team competed under the banner World Gymnastics 2. Their results here are attributed to Russia.
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