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Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars

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Men's parallel bars
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Sawao Katō (1970)
VenueMontreal Forum
Dates18–23 July
Competitors90 from 20 nations
Winning score19.675
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sawao Katō
 Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nikolai Andrianov
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitsuo Tsukahara
 Japan
← 1972
1980 →

The men's parallel bars 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 23rd at the Montreal Forum. There were 90 competitors from 20 nations, with nations competing in the team event having 6 gymnasts while other nations could have up to 3 gymnasts.[1] The event was won by Sawao Katō of Japan, the first man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the parallel bars—and, as of the 2016 Games, still the only one to do so (the most decorated parallel bars gymnast, Li Xiaopeng, had his two gold medals separated by a bronze). It was the fourth consecutive victory by a Japanese gymnast in the event, breaking a tie with Switzerland for most all-time. Japan was unable to repeat its 1972 medal sweep, as nations were now limited to two finalists each. Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union took silver, while Mitsuo Tsukahara of Japan earned bronze, missing a 1–2 finish for Japan by .025 points.

Background

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This was the 14th appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Three of the six finalists from 1972 returned: gold medalist Sawao Katō of Japan, bronze medalist Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan, and sixth-place finisher Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union. Kenmotsu had won the 1974 world championship, with Andrianov the runner-up.[1]

Israel made its debut in the men's parallel bars. The United States made its 13th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

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Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. 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 score. These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score. The top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals, except that nations were limited to two finalists each; others were ranked 7th through 90th. Half of the preliminary score carried over to the final.[1][2]

Schedule

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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
Friday, 23 July 1976 19:30 Final

Results

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Ninety gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 18 and 20. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 23. Each country was limited to two 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 the "prelim" score.

Rank Gymnast Nation Preliminary Final
Compulsory Voluntary Total 12 Prelim. Final Total
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sawao Katō  Japan 9.75 9.80 19.55 9.775 9.900 19.675
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union 9.80 9.70 19.50 9.750 9.750 19.500
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitsuo Tsukahara  Japan 9.70 9.65 19.35 9.675 9.800 19.475
4 Bernd Jäger  East Germany 9.65 9.55 19.20 9.600 9.600 19.200
5 Miloslav Netusil  Czechoslovakia 9.45 9.60 19.05 9.525 9.600 19.125
6 Andrzej Szajna  Poland 9.45 9.55 19.00 9.500 9.450 18.950
7 Hiroshi Kajiyama  Japan 9.70 9.65 19.35 Did not advance
8 Dan Grecu  Romania 9.70 9.55 19.25 Did not advance
Vladimir Markelov  Soviet Union 9.65 9.60 19.25 Did not advance
10 Hisato Igarashi  Japan 9.55 9.45 19.00 Did not advance
Zoltán Magyar  Hungary 9.55 9.45 19.00 Did not advance
12 Bart Conner  United States 9.55 9.40 18.95 Did not advance
13 Alexander Dityatin  Soviet Union 9.50 9.40 18.90 Did not advance
Lutz Mack  East Germany 9.50 9.40 18.90 Did not advance
15 Henri Boerio  France 9.45 9.40 18.85 Did not advance
Gennady Krysin  Soviet Union 9.45 9.40 18.85 Did not advance
17 Robert Bretscher  Switzerland 9.50 9.25 18.75 Did not advance
Eizo Kenmotsu  Japan 9.00 9.75 18.75 Did not advance
Imre Molnar  Hungary 9.60 9.15 18.75 Did not advance
Michael Nikolay  East Germany 9.40 9.35 18.75 Did not advance
21 Ferenc Donath  Hungary 9.40 9.30 18.70 Did not advance
Edgar Jorek  West Germany 9.30 9.40 18.70 Did not advance
Kurt Thomas  United States 9.40 9.30 18.70 Did not advance
24 Volker Rohrwick  West Germany 9.25 9.40 18.65 Did not advance
25 Mihai Borş  Romania 9.45 9.15 18.60 Did not advance
Pierre Leclerc  Canada 9.40 9.20 18.60 Did not advance
27 Gustav Tannenberger  Czechoslovakia 9.30 9.25 18.55 Did not advance
Wayne Young  United States 9.35 9.20 18.55 Did not advance
29 Rainer Hanschke  East Germany 9.35 9.15 18.50 Did not advance
Nicolae Oprescu  Romania 9.40 9.10 18.50 Did not advance
31 Mariusz Zasada  Poland 9.25 9.20 18.45 Did not advance
32 Vladislav Nehasil  Czechoslovakia 8.95 9.40 18.35 Did not advance
33 Sorin Cepoi  Romania 9.25 9.05 18.30 Did not advance
Ştefan Gal  Romania 9.05 9.25 18.30 Did not advance
35 Marshall Avener  United States 9.20 9.05 18.25 Did not advance
Wolfgang Klotz  East Germany 9.05 9.20 18.25 Did not advance
37 Eberhard Gienger  West Germany 8.80 9.40 18.20 Did not advance
Maurizio Milanetto  Italy 9.15 9.05 18.20 Did not advance
Roberto Richards  Cuba 8.90 9.30 18.20 Did not advance
Roland Brückner  East Germany 9.10 9.10 18.20 Did not advance
Dov Lupi  Israel 9.00 9.20 18.20 Did not advance
Peter Rohner  Switzerland 9.25 8.95 18.20 Did not advance
43 Tom Beach  United States 9.15 9.00 18.15 Did not advance
Árpád Farkas  Hungary 9.15 9.00 18.15 Did not advance
Eric Koloko  France 9.15 9.00 18.15 Did not advance
46 Ueli Bachmann  Switzerland 8.80 9.30 18.10 Did not advance
Stoyan Delchev  Bulgaria 8.90 9.20 18.10 Did not advance
Peter Kormann  United States 9.05 9.05 18.10 Did not advance
Vladimir Tikhonov  Soviet Union 9.30 8.80 18.10 Did not advance
50 Vladimir Marchenko  Soviet Union 8.55 9.50 18.05 Did not advance
Willi Moy  France 9.20 8.85 18.05 Did not advance
Łukasz Uhma  Poland 8.70 9.35 18.05 Did not advance
53 Béla Laufer  Hungary 9.30 8.70 18.00 Did not advance
54 Ion Checicheş  Romania 8.85 9.10 17.95 Did not advance
55 Gabriel Calvo  Spain 8.85 9.05 17.90 Did not advance
56 Keith Carter  Canada 9.05 8.80 17.85 Did not advance
Philippe Gaille  Switzerland 8.90 8.95 17.85 Did not advance
Peter Lloyd  Australia 8.90 8.95 17.85 Did not advance
Werner Steinmetz  West Germany 8.90 8.95 17.85 Did not advance
60 Bernard Decoux  France 8.85 8.95 17.80 Did not advance
Roman Tkaczyk  Poland 8.95 8.85 17.80 Did not advance
62 Imre Bánrévi  Hungary 8.55 9.20 17.75 Did not advance
Ole Benediktson  Denmark 8.60 9.15 17.75 Did not advance
Reinhard Dietze  West Germany 9.05 8.70 17.75 Did not advance
Andrey Keranov  Bulgaria 8.95 8.80 17.75 Did not advance
Reinhard Ritter  West Germany 8.80 8.95 17.75 Did not advance
67 Armin Vock  Switzerland 9.05 8.65 17.70 Did not advance
Philip Delesalle  Canada 9.20 8.50 17.70 Did not advance
69 Patrick Boutet  France 8.40 9.25 17.65 Did not advance
Maurizio Montesi  Italy 8.95 8.70 17.65 Did not advance
71 Michel Boutard  France 8.80 8.80 17.60 Did not advance
Jan Zoulík  Czechoslovakia 8.65 8.95 17.60 Did not advance
73 Dimitar Koychev  Bulgaria 8.65 8.90 17.55 Did not advance
Dimitrios Janulidis  Czechoslovakia 8.85 8.70 17.55 Did not advance
75 Phil Cheetham  Australia 8.65 8.80 17.45 Did not advance
José de la Casa  Spain 8.90 8.55 17.45 Did not advance
Bernhard Locher  Switzerland 8.65 8.80 17.45 Did not advance
Angelo Zucca  Italy 8.35 9.10 17.45 Did not advance
79 Grzegorz Ciastek  Poland 8.70 8.55 17.25 Did not advance
Nelson Fernández  Cuba 8.50 8.75 17.25 Did not advance
81 Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria 8.30 8.90 17.20 Did not advance
Tommy Wilson  Great Britain 8.50 8.70 17.20 Did not advance
83 Ian Neale  Great Britain 7.85 9.15 17.00 Did not advance
84 Jeff Davis  Great Britain 8.00 8.90 16.90 Did not advance
85 Marian Pieczka  Poland 8.55 8.20 16.75 Did not advance
86 Jiri Tabak  Czechoslovakia 6.95 9.35 16.30 Did not advance
87 Fernando Bertrand  Spain 8.60 7.60 16.20 Did not advance
88 Toncho Todorov  Bulgaria 6.95 8.65 15.60 Did not advance
89 Zhivko Rusev  Bulgaria 7.10 8.30 15.40 Did not advance
90 Shun Fujimoto  Japan 9.45 0.00 9.45 Did not advance
Jorge Cuervo  Cuba DNS Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Parallel Bars, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 327.