# European Artistic Gymnastics Championships – Women's balance beam

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 Kovács |
| 2024 | Rimini | Manila Esposito | Sabrina Voinea | Marine Boyer |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Romania (ROU) | 14 | 15 | 15 | 44 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 9 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 9 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 46 | 45 | 48 | 139 |