Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

, fourteen different artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics where gymnasts perform short routines on different apparatus, with less time for vaulting . The sport is governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique , which designs the Code of Points and regulates all aspects of international elite...

events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Montreal Forum

Montreal Forum

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in Montreal

Montreal

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from July 18 through 23rd.

For the first time in Olympic competition, countries were limited to having three gymnasts in the all-around competition and two-gymnasts in each apparatus final. This was a controversial decision, which prevented many gymnasts of strong teams (like the USSR) from competing in the finals. In addition, for the first time the number countries allowed to bring full teams of six gymnasts and compete in the team competition was limited to twelve. The results of the team competition at the previous world championships

1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 18th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Varna, Bulgaria, in 1974.-Medals:-All-around:- Floor exercise :-Pommel horse:-Rings:-Vault:-Parallel bars:-Horizontal bar:-Team final:-All-around:- Vault :...

determined which countries were allowed to bring teams.

Format of competition

The gymnastics competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

was carried out in three stages:

Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which all gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. The combined scores of all team members determined the final score of the team. The thirty-six overall highest scoring gymnasts qualified to the individual all-around competition. The six highest scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for that apparatus.

Competition II - The individual all-around competition, in which those who qualified from Competition I performed exercises on each apparatus. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her in Competition II.

Competition III - The apparatus finals, in which those who qualified during Competition I performed an exercise on the individual apparatus on which he or she had qualified. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast on that particular apparatus during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her on that particular apparatus in Competition III.

Each country was limited to three gymnasts in the all-around final and two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

Men's events

Team all-around	Shun Fujimoto Shun Fujimoto is a retired Japanese gymnast.He represented Japan at the 1976 Summer Olympics, where he won gold in the team competition.Fujimoto achieved fame by continuing to compete in the team event right after breaking his knee during the floor exercise... Hisato Igarashi Hisato Igarashi is Japanese former gymnast.He was a member of the Japanese team that won the gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.He is presently a professor at Niigata University.-References:... Hiroshi Kajiyama Sawao Kato Sawao Kato Sawao Kato is a Japanese gymnast and one of the most successful athletes of all time at the Olympic Games... Eizo Kenmotsu Eizo Kenmotsu is a Japanese gymnast, seven times world champion and three times Olympic champion.-Olympics:Kenmotsu competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and a bronze medal in horizontal bar.... Mitsuo Tsukahara Mitsuo Tsukahara Mitsuo Tsukahara is a Japanese artistic gymnast. He was five times an Olympic Gold Medalist. His remained active in the sport after his retirement from competition...	Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Andrianov Nikolai Yefimovich Andrianov was a Soviet/Russian gymnast. He held the record for men for the most Olympic medals at 15 until Michael Phelps surpassed him at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics... Alexander Dityatin Alexander Dityatin Alexander Nikolaevich Dityatin is a Russian gymnast, three-time Olympic Champion, and Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. Winning eight medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he set the record for achieving the most medals of any type at a single Olympic Games. The American swimmer Michael Phelps... Gennadi Kryssin Vladimir Marchenko Vladimir Markelov Vladimir Markelov Vladimir Markelov is a Russian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League .-External links:... Vladimir Tikhonov Vladimir Tikhonov Vladimir Ilich Tikhonov is a Russian politician and has been a leading member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.Tikhonov served as the manager of the Russian airline Aeroflot during the 1990s and helped to modernize it, whilst running it as a partnership between the government and...	Roland Bruckerner Rainer Hanschke Bernd Jager Wolfgang Klotz Lutz Mack Michael Nikolay Michael Nikolay Michael Nikolai is a German gymnast and competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo, and competed for East Germany. He won the world champion title.-References:...
Individual all-around
Floor
Pommel horse
Pommel horse
Rings
Vault
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Horizontal bar

Women's events

Team all-around	Maria Filatova Maria Filatova Maria Evgenievna Filatova is a retired Soviet gymnast who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics.Filatova began competing for the USSR junior team in 1974... Svetlana Grozdova Svetlana Grozdova Svetlana Khristoforovna Grozdova is a retired Soviet Russian gymnast.She started training in gymnastics at age 8 and was coached by Russian gymnastics coach Ruslan Lavrov in a gym in Rostov-on-Don... Nellie Kim Nellie Kim Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet gymnast who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics... Olga Korbut Olga Korbut Olga Valentinovna Korbut , also known as the Sparrow from Minsk, is a Belarusian, Soviet-born gymnast who won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Summer Olympics, in which she competed in 1972 and 1976 for the USSR team.... Elvira Saadi Elvira Saadi Elvira Saadi is a retired artistic gymnast from the former Soviet Union who is now an elite gymnastics coach in Canada.... Ludmila Tourischeva	Nadia Comăneci Nadia Comaneci Nadia Elena Comăneci is a Romanian gymnast, winner of three Olympic gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the first female gymnast ever to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event. She is also the winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer... Mariana Constantin Mariana Constantin Mariana Constantin is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic silver medalist with the team.-References:... Georgeta Gabor Georgeta Gabor Georgeta Gabor is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic silver medalist with the team.-References:... Anca Grigoraş Anca Grigoras Anca Grigoraş is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1972 Olympic Games and at the 1976 Olympic Games. She is an Olympic and a world silver medalist with the team. Individually, she is a European bronze medalist on beam... Gabriela Truşcă Gabriela Trusca Gabriela Truşcă is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. She is an Olympic silver medalist with the team. After retiring from gymnastics she became a coach at CSS Buzău. She coached several generations of young gymnasts among which junior Gabriela Drăgoi.-External links:*... Teodora Ungureanu Teodora Ungureanu Teodora Ungureanu is a retired Romanian gymnast who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. She is a three-time Olympic medalist and a world silver medalist. After retirement from gymnastics she enjoyed a successful career as a gymnastics coach...	Carola Dombeck Gitta Escher Kerstin Gerschau Angelika Hellmann Marion Kische Steffi Kraker Steffi Kraker Stefanie "Steffi" Kraker is a retired East German gymnast who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games.Kraker began competing on the GDR national team in 1976...
Individual all-around
Vault			None awarded
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Floor

Medal table

1	7	8	2	17
2	3	4	3	10
3	3	2	3	8
4	1	0	1	2
5	0	1	3	4
6	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	14	15	15	44

Format of competition

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

See also