Barbara Beable (née Poulsen; born 14 May 1949) is a former New Zealand shot putter and pentathlete.
At the 1970 British Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal in the women's shot put. She competed at two more British Commonwealth Games in 1974 and 1978, in 1974 she finished 5th in both the women's shot put and pentathlon. Then in 1978 she placed 7th in the pentathlon.[1]