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Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 23 July 1976 at the Montreal Forum.

For the first time in Olympic competition, National Olympic Committees were limited to three gymnasts in the individual all-around final and two in each apparatus final.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union Soviet Union 7 8 2 17
2 Japan Japan 3 4 3 10
3 Romania Romania 3 2 3 8
4 Hungary Hungary 1 0 1 2
5 East Germany East Germany 0 1 3 4
6 France France 0 0 1 1
United States United States 0 0 1 1
West Germany West Germany 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around Japan Japan
Shun Fujimoto
Hisato Igarashi
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Sawao Kato
Eizo Kemmotsu
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Soviet Union Soviet Union
Nikolai Andrianov
Aleksandr Ditiatin
Gennadi Kryssin
Vladimir Marchenko
Vladimir Markelov
Vladimir Tikhonov
East Germany East Germany
Roland Bruckner
Rainer Hanschke
Bernd Jager
Wolfgang Klotz
Lutz Mack
Michael Nikolay
Individual all-around Nikolai Andrianov
Soviet Union
Sawao Kato
Japan
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Japan
Floor Nikolai Andrianov
Soviet Union
Vladimir Marchenko
Soviet Union
Peter Kormann
United States
Pommel horse Zoltan Magyar
Hungary
Eizo Kemmotsu
Japan
Michael Nikolay East Germany
Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union
Rings Nikolai Andrianov
Soviet Union
Aleksandr Ditiatin
Soviet Union
Danut Grecu
Romania
Vault Nikolai Andrianov
Soviet Union
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Japan
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Japan
Parallel bars Sawao Kato
Japan
Nikolai Andrianov
Soviet Union
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Japan
Horizontal bar Mitsuo Tsukahara
Japan
Eizo Kemmotsu
Japan
Henri Boerio France
Eberhard Gienger West Germany

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Team all-around Soviet Union Soviet Union
Maria Filatova
Svetlana Grozdova
Nelli Kim
Olga Korbut
Elvira Saadi
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Romania Romania
Nadia Comaneci
Mariana Constantin
Georgeta Gabor
Anca Grigoras
Gabriela Trusca
Teodora Ungureanu
East Germany East Germany
Carola Dombeck
Gitta Escher
Kerstin Gerschau
Angelika Hellmann
Marion Kische
Steffi Kraker
Individual all-around Nadia Comaneci
Romania
Nelli Kim
Soviet Union
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Soviet Union
Vault Nelli Kim
Soviet Union
Carola Dombeck East Germany
Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union
Uneven bars Nadia Comaneci
Romania
Teodora Ungureanu
Romania
Marta Egervari
Hungary
Balance beam Nadia Comaneci
Romania
Olga Korbut
Soviet Union
Teodora Ungureanu
Romania
Floor Nelli Kim
Soviet Union
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Soviet Union
Nadia Comaneci
Romania

Statistics[]

  • There were 176 total athletes from 23 countries.
  • Karen Kelsall was the youngest participant with 13 years and 220 days.
  • Miyuki Hironaka was the oldest participant with 30 years and 342 days.
  • Teresa Diaz Sandi of Mexico was the only gymnast chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  • Japan won 10 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Romania won 8 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • West Germany won its first-ever medal in the sport.
  • France won its first medal in the sport since Paris 1924.
  • United States won its first medal in the sport since London 1948.
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