These are the last 10 Olympic balance beam champions in women's gymnastics, dating back to 1980 in Moscow. Watch each one of their gold medal-winning routines below.
- Nadia Comaneci (Romania) - 1980 Moscow
- Simona Pauca (Romania) and Ecaterina Szabo (Romania) - 1984 Los Angeles
- Daniela Silivas (Romania) - 1988 Seoul
- Tatiana Lysenko (Unified Team) - 1992 Barcelona
- Shannon Miller (United States) - 1996 Atlanta
- Liu Xuan (China) - 2000 Sydney
- Catalina Ponor (Romania) - 2004 Athens
- Shawn Johnson (United States) - 2008 Beijing
- Deng Linlin (China) - 2012 London
- Sanne Weavers (Netherlands) - 2016 Rio de Janeiro
