Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around

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Men's artistic individual all-around
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Gold medalist Nikolai Andrianov
VenueMontreal Forum
Dates18–21 July
Competitors90 from 20 nations
Winning score116.650
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolai Andrianov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sawao Kato
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitsuo Tsukahara
 Japan
← 1972
1980 →

The men's individual all-around competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 18, 20 and 21st at the Montreal Forum.[1] There were 90 competitors from 20 nations.[2] Each nation could send a team of 6 gymnasts or up to 3 individual gymnasts. The event was won by Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union, the nation's fourth victory in the event (matching Italy for most among nations at that point). It was the Soviets' return to the podium in the event after a one-Games absence in 1972 snapped a five-Games medal streak. Japan, which had swept the medals in 1972, took silver and bronze this time. Two-time defending champion Sawao Kato finished second, becoming the first man to earn three medals in the men's all-around and the most decorated man in the event's history (later tied by Kōhei Uchimura with two golds and a silver from 2008 to 2016). Mitsuo Tsukahara earned bronze.

Background[edit]

This was the 17th appearance of the men's individual all-around. The first individual all-around competition had been held in 1900, after the 1896 competitions featured only individual apparatus events. A men's individual all-around has been held every Games since 1900.[2]

Four of the top 10 gymnasts from the 1972 Games returned: two-time gold medalist Sawao Kato of Japan, silver medalist (and 1968 fourth-place finisher) Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan, fourth-place finisher Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union, and eighth-place finisher Mitsuo Tsukahara of Japan. Reigning (1974) World Champion Shigeru Kasamatsu of Japan missed the 1976 Games with an emergency appendectomy; Andrianov had been the runner-up with Kenmotsu third.[2]

Israel made its debut in the event. France and Italy both made their 15th appearance, tied for most among nations.

Competition format[edit]

The competition format followed the preliminary and final format introduced in 1972, but placed a limit on the number of finalists per nation. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 12 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around preliminary score. Half of the scores from the preliminary carried over to the final, with the top 36 gymnasts advancing to the individual all-around final—except that each nation was limited to 3 finalists. There, each of the finalists performed another exercise on each apparatus. The sum of these scores plus half of the preliminary score resulted in a final total.

Each exercise was scored from 0 to 10; thus, the preliminary apparatus scores ranged from 0 to 20 each and the total preliminary score from 0 to 120. With half of the preliminary score and six more exercises scored 0 to 10, the final total was also from 0 to 120.

The preliminary exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals.[2]

Schedule[edit]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 18 July 1976 12:30
19:15
21:00
Preliminary: Compulsory
Tuesday, 20 July 1976 15:00
19:00
20:45
Preliminary: Voluntary
Wednesday, 21 July 1976 20:00 Final

Results[edit]

Ninety gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 18 and 20. The thirty-six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 21. Each country was limited to three competitors in the final. Half of the points earned by each gymnast during both the compulsory and optional rounds carried over to the final. This constitutes each gymnast's "prelim" score.

Rank Gymnast Nation Prelim 12
Prelim
Floor Pommel
horse
Rings Vault Parallel
bars
Horizontal
bar
Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union 116.50 58.250 9.800 9.700 9.750 9.800 9.650 9.700 58.400 116.650
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sawao Kato  Japan 115.90 57.950 9.600 9.600 9.450 9.550 9.700 9.800 57.700 115.650
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitsuo Tsukahara  Japan 115.75 57.875 9.500 9.600 9.400 9.800 9.700 9.700 57.700 115.575
4 Alexander Dityatin  Soviet Union 115.15 57.575 9.700 9.700 9.750 9.750 9.600 9.450 57.950 115.525
5 Hiroshi Kajiyama  Japan 115.25 57.625 9.600 9.650 9.650 9.650 9.650 9.600 57.800 115.425
6 Andrzej Szajna  Poland 113.85 56.925 9.600 9.600 9.600 9.800 9.550 9.550 57.700 114.625
7 Michael Nikolay  East Germany 112.90 56.450 9.300 9.850 9.450 9.600 9.350 9.600 57.150 113.600
8 Imre Molnár  Hungary 113.65 56.825 9.200 9.700 9.250 9.650 9.500 9.450 56.750 113.575
9 Zoltán Magyar  Hungary 114.25 57.125 9.450 9.900 8.950 9.200 9.250 9.550 56.300 113.425
10 Bernd Jäger  East Germany 112.95 56.475 9.150 9.550 9.500 9.550 9.450 9.650 56.850 113.325
11 Lutz Mack  East Germany 113.00 56.500 9.200 9.450 9.500 9.550 9.400 9.550 56.650 113.150
12 Wayne Young  United States 111.55 55.775 9.550 9.550 9.600 9.550 9.450 9.550 57.250 113.025
13 Ferenc Donáth  Hungary 113.60 56.800 9.150 9.800 9.500 9.350 8.950 9.200 55.950 112.750
14 Robert Bretscher  Switzerland 112.35 56.175 9.300 9.350 9.450 9.600 9.250 9.550 56.500 112.675
15 Peter Kormann  United States 110.75 55.375 9.650 9.300 9.500 9.600 9.450 9.600 57.100 112.475
16 Eberhard Gienger  West Germany 113.30 56.650 9.250 8.8250 9.400 9.150 9.200 9.700 55.550 112.200
17 Edgar Jorek  West Germany 111.25 55.625 9.450 9.450 9.400 9.150 9.450 9.250 56.150 111.775
18 Gustav Tannenberger  Czechoslovakia 110.40 55.200 9.400 9.450 9.300 9.500 9.400 9.500 56.550 111.750
19 Volker Rohrwick  West Germany 112.20 56.100 9.400 9.500 9.100 9.500 9.300 8.650 55.450 111.550
20 Jiří Tabák  Czechoslovakia 109.40 54.700 9.600 9.200 9.150 9.700 9.400 9.550 56.600 111.300
21 Kurt Thomas  United States 111.05 55.525 9.200 9.300 9.400 9.100 9.050 9.600 55.65 111.175
22 Philip Delesalle  Canada 109.00 54.500 9.300 9.650 9.350 9.500 9.300 9.150 56.250 110.750
23 Henri Boério  France 112.90 56.450 9.100 8.600 9.550 9.100 8.700 9.000 54.050 110.500
24 Keith Carter  Canada 109.30 54.650 9.150 9.300 9.300 9.350 9.250 9.300 55.650 110.300
25 Miloslav Netušil  Czechoslovakia 109.75 54.875 8.750 9.400 9.450 9.500 9.400 8.850 55.350 110.225
26 Maurizio Milanetto  Italy 108.95 54.475 9.000 9.350 9.550 9.500 8.950 9.250 55.600 110.075
27 Ueli Bachmann  Switzerland 109.60 54.800 9.000 9.350 9.00 9.450 8.900 9.500 55.200 110.000
Philippe Gaille  Switzerland 109.40 54.700 8.850 9.450 9.300 9.150 9.100 9.450 55.300 110.000
29 Nicolae Oprescu  Romania 110.30 55.150 9.050 8.200 9.350 9.500 9.250 9.400 54.750 109.900
30 Eric Koloko  France 108.25 54.125 9.000 9.450 9.050 9.350 9.300 9.500 55.650 109.775
31 Maurizio Montesi  Italy 108.10 54.050 9.200 9.400 9.450 9.600 8.850 9.200 55.700 109.750
32 Sorin Cepoi  Romania 109.95 54.975 9.000 9.350 9.450 9.650 7.650 9.450 54.550 109.525
33 Willi Moy  France 109.50 54.750 9.150 8.800 9.100 9.450 8.900 9.350 54.750 109.500
34 Vladimir Markelov  Soviet Union 115.40 57.700 0.000 9.450 8.900 0.000 8.900 9.650 36.900 94.600
35 Pierre Leclerc  Canada 108.70 54.350 1.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 9.050 9.350 19.40 73.750
36 Dan Grecu  Romania 114.10 57.050 3.000 0.400 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 3.400 60.450
37 Eizo Kenmotsu  Japan 115.15 Did not advance—3 per nation rule
38 Gennady Krysin  Soviet Union 114.25
39 Vladimir Marchenko  Soviet Union 113.85
40 Hisato Igarashi  Japan 113.55
41 Vladimir Tikhonov  Soviet Union 112.15
42 Roland Brückner  East Germany 112.00
43 Wolfgang Klotz  East Germany 111.95
44 Béla Laufer  Hungary 111.60
45 Rainer Hanschke  East Germany 111.50
46 Tom Beach  United States 110.55
47 Werner Steinmetz  West Germany 110.30
48 Ion Checicheș  Romania 109.85
49 Mihai Borș  Romania 109.75
50 Árpád Farkas  Hungary 109.65
51 Marshall Avener  United States 109.45
52 Bart Conner  United States 109.35
53 Imre Bánrévi  Hungary 109.15
Ștefan Gal  Romania 109.15
55 Vladislav Nehasil  Czechoslovakia 108.90
56 Reinhard Dietze  West Germany 108.80
57 Bernhard Locher  Switzerland 108.30
58 Peter Rohner  Switzerland 108.25
59 Andrey Keranov  Bulgaria 108.20
60 Dimitrios Janulidis  Czechoslovakia 107.95 Did not advance
61 Marian Pieczka  Poland 107.75
Reinhard Ritter  West Germany 107.75
63 Jan Zoulík  Czechoslovakia 107.35
64 Stoyan Delchev  Bulgaria 107.15
65 Łukasz Uhma  Poland 106.80
66 Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria 106.50
Angelo Zucca  Italy 106.50
68 Dov Lupi  Israel 106.45
69 Roman Tkaczyk  Poland 106.35
70 Bernard Decoux  France 106.15
71 Mariusz Zasada  Poland 106.10
72 Ole Benediktson  Denmark 105.70
73 Ian Neale  Great Britain 105.40
74 Grzegorz Ciastek  Poland 105.35
75 Michel Boutard  France 105.25
76 Nelson Fernández  Cuba 105.15
Gabriel Calvo  Spain 105.15
78 Dimitar Koychev  Bulgaria 105.00
79 José de la Casa  Spain 104.95
80 Patrick Boutet  France 104.80
81 Peter Lloyd  Australia 104.75
82 Tommy Wilson  Great Britain 103.45
83 Zhivko Rusev  Bulgaria 103.20
84 Phil Cheetham  Australia 102.80
85 Jeff Davis  Great Britain 102.50
86 Fernando Bertrand  Spain 102.35
87 Toncho Todorov  Bulgaria 101.70
88 Roberto Richards  Cuba 100.65
89 Shun Fujimoto  Japan 84.55
90 Armin Vock  Switzerland 81.45

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Individual All-Around". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Individual All-Around, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

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