Women's Balance beam - Gymnastics
Rome 1960 Olympics

Event Format: The individual all-round competition served as a qualifying round for the apparatus finals. The six highest scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for the apparatus. In the final the gymnasts performed an optional exercise on the apparatus. The final scoring for each gymnast was the sum of the points scored in the final and half the points scored in the qualifying round for the apparatus.

Event facts: Women's Balance beam competition was held at the Terme di Caracalla and 124 athletes participated in the event.