- 1. How many gymnasts from each NOC are allowed to advance to the balance beam final?
A) Two
B) One
C) Three
D) Four
- 2. How many gymnasts qualify for the balance beam apparatus final?
A) 6
B) 12
C) 8
D) 10
- 3. What happens to qualification scores once the final round begins?
A) They determine the starting order
B) They are averaged with final scores
C) They are added to the final score
D) They are ignored
- 4. On which date was the qualifying round for the balance beam held?
A) 25 July
B) 3 August
C) 2 August
D) 26 July
- 5. On which date was the balance beam final held?
A) 4 August
B) 3 August
C) 1 August
D) 25 July
- 6. Which gymnast was called up as a reserve after Larisa Iordache's withdrawal?
A) Lu Yufei
B) Sanne Wevers
C) Urara Ashikawa
D) Viktoria Listunova
- 7. Which gymnast did not qualify for the final due to the NOC quota system despite having a high enough score?
A) Urara Ashikawa
B) Viktoria Listunova
C) Sanne Wevers
D) Lu Yufei
- 8. What score did both Ellie Black and Sunisa Lee achieve in the final?
A) 13.800
B) 13.666
C) 13.866
D) 14.000
- 9. How was the tie between Ellie Black and Sunisa Lee resolved?
A) Higher qualification score
B) Higher D-score
C) Coin toss
D) Higher E-score
- 10. What was Ellie Black's E-score compared to Sunisa Lee's?
A) 7.666 vs 7.466
B) 7.500 vs 7.500
C) 7.800 vs 7.600
D) 7.466 vs 7.666
- 11. What portion of the final score counts toward the ranking in the balance beam final?
A) Only final round scores
B) Qualification and final round combined
C) Qualification scores only
D) Average of qualification and final
- 12. Where was the balance beam event held?
A) Ariake Gymnastics Centre
B) Yoyogi National Gymnasium
C) Nippon Budokan
D) Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
- 13. Who won the gold medal in the balance beam event?
A) Sanne Wevers
B) Simone Biles
C) Guan Chenchen
D) Tang Xijing
- 14. Which gymnast won the silver medal?
A) Larisa Latynina
B) Simone Biles
C) Tang Xijing
D) Guan Chenchen
- 15. How many total World and Olympic medals did Simone Biles have after this event?
A) 30
B) 35
C) 32
D) 28
- 16. Which athlete did Simone Biles tie as the most decorated female gymnast of all time?
A) Nadia Comăneci
B) Gabby Douglas
C) Larisa Latynina
D) Sanne Wevers
- 17. Who presented the medals for the competition?
A) Vasily Titov
B) Morinari Watanabe
C) Anita L. Defrantz
D) Thomas Bach
- 18. Who presented the bouquets to the medalists?
A) Vasily Titov
B) Anita L. Defrantz
C) Guan Chenchen
D) Simone Biles
- 19. At which Olympic Games did the balance beam event make its debut?
A) 1960
B) 1948
C) 1952
D) 1972
- 20. How many times had the balance beam event appeared in the Olympics prior to 2020?
A) 19
B) 18
C) 12
D) 15
- 21. How many quota places were allocated in total for women's gymnastics?
A) 90
B) 100
C) 98
D) 53
- 22. How many teams qualified for the team competition?
A) 15
B) 8
C) 10
D) 12
- 23. What caused the delay of many qualifying events for gymnastics?
A) Technical facility issues
B) COVID-19 pandemic
C) Political boycotts
D) Lack of funding
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