Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' balance beam explained

Event:	Girls' Balance Beam
Games:	2014 Summer Youth
Venue:	Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Date:	24 August
Competitors:	8
Nations:	8
Win Label:	Winning score
Win Value:	14.633
Gold:	Wang Yan
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Flávia Saraiva
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Ellie Downie
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The Girl's balance beam event final for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics took place on the 24th of August at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.^[1]

Medalists

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' artistic qualification. The top eight gymnasts from qualification advanced into the final.

Rank	Difficulty	Execution	Penalty	Total
	6.4	8.233	—	14.633
	5.5	8.500	—	14.000
	5.6	7.900	—	13.500
4	4.7	8.233	—	12.933
5	5.3	7.466	—	12.766
6	5.2	7.433	—	12.633
7	4.5	7.858	—	12.358
8	5.4	6.466	—	11.866

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The following gymnasts were reserves for the balance beam final.

Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Competition Schedule . Nanjing 2014 . 14 August 2014 . PDF . 23 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140827104029/http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/GA/YO2014_GA_C08_GA0000000.pdf . 27 August 2014 .
Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Women's Balance Beam Final . 24 August 2014 . Nanjing 2014 . PDF . 23 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140905214125/http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/GA/YO2014_GA_C73I_GAW008101.pdf . 5 September 2014 . dead .
Web site: Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus Finals Start List . 18 August 2014 . Nanjing 2014 . PDF . 23 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140827080052/http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/GA/YO2014_GA_C51G1_GAW007101.pdf . 27 August 2014 .