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Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's rings

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Men's rings
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Vladislav Nehasil competing on the rings
VenueMontreal Forum
Date18–23 July
Competitors90 from 20 nations
Winning score19.650
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolai Andrianov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dan Grecu
 Romania
← 1972
1980 →

The men's rings 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 Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the rings since 1960 (and fourth overall). Another Soviet gymnast, Alexander Dityatin, took silver. The Soviet podium streak in the event reached seven Games. Dan Grecu earned Romania's first medal in the rings (and in any men's gymnastic event). Japan's three-Games gold medal streak and five-Games podium streak in the event ended as the nation's best results were fifth and sixth places.

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 four Japanese finalists from 1972 returned: bronze medalist Mitsuo Tsukahara (also a finalist in 1968), fourth-place finisher Sawao Kato (the bronze medalist in 1968), and fifth-place finisher Eizo Kenmotsu. Two-time champion Akinori Nakayama had retired. The reigning world co-champions were Dănuț Grecu of Romania and Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union.[1]

Israel made its debut in the men's rings. 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) Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union 9.80 9.90 19.70 9.850 9.800 19.650
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alexander Dityatin  Soviet Union 9.60 9.90 19.50 9.750 9.800 19.550
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dan Grecu  Romania 9.65 9.85 19.50 9.750 9.750 19.500
4 Ferenc Donath  Hungary 9.55 9.75 19.30 9.650 9.550 19.200
5 Eizo Kenmotsu  Japan 9.55 9.70 19.25 9.625 9.550 19.175
6 Sawao Kato  Japan 9.45 9.80 19.25 9.625 9.500 19.125
7 Vladimir Markelov  Soviet Union 9.70 9.90 19.60 Did not advance
8 Vladimir Marchenko  Soviet Union 9.50 9.85 19.35 Did not advance
9 Vladimir Tikhonov  Soviet Union 9.40 9.80 19.20 Did not advance
Lutz Mack  East Germany 9.45 9.75 19.20 Did not advance
Mitsuo Tsukahara  Japan 9.45 9.75 19.20 Did not advance
12 Mihai Borş  Romania 9.45 9.65 19.10 Did not advance
Hiroshi Kajiyama  Japan 9.40 9.70 19.10 Did not advance
Nicolae Oprescu  Romania 9.40 9.70 19.10 Did not advance
15 Shun Fujimoto  Japan 9.35 9.70 19.05 Did not advance
16 Eberhard Gienger  West Germany 9.30 9.70 19.00 Did not advance
17 Ion Checicheş  Romania 9.30 9.65 18.95 Did not advance
Zoltán Magyar  Hungary 9.35 9.60 18.95 Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna  Poland 9.35 9.60 18.95 Did not advance
20 Henri Boerio  France 9.35 9.55 18.90 Did not advance
Bernd Jäger  East Germany 9.30 9.60 18.90 Did not advance
Gennady Krysin  Soviet Union 9.30 9.60 18.90 Did not advance
Imre Molnar  Hungary 9.35 9.55 18.90 Did not advance
Volker Rohrwick  West Germany 9.20 9.70 18.90 Did not advance
Wayne Young  United States 9.30 9.60 18.90 Did not advance
26 Robert Bretscher  Switzerland 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance
Edgar Jorek  West Germany 9.15 9.65 18.80 Did not advance
Béla Laufer  Hungary 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance
29 Rainer Hanschke  East Germany 9.30 9.45 18.75 Did not advance
Hisato Igarashi  Japan 9.25 9.50 18.75 Did not advance
Maurizio Montesi  Italy 9.25 9.50 18.75 Did not advance
32 Werner Steinmetz  West Germany 9.15 9.55 18.70 Did not advance
Michael Nikolay  East Germany 9.20 9.50 18.70 Did not advance
34 Wolfgang Klotz  East Germany 9.30 9.35 18.65 Did not advance
Willi Moy  France 9.00 9.65 18.65 Did not advance
36 Imre Bánrévi  Hungary 9.20 9.40 18.60 Did not advance
Tom Beach  United States 9.20 9.40 18.60 Did not advance
Roland Brückner  East Germany 9.10 9.50 18.60 Did not advance
Dimitrios Janulidis  Czechoslovakia 9.20 9.40 18.60 Did not advance
Maurizio Milanetto  Italy 9.10 9.50 18.60 Did not advance
Jiri Tabak  Czechoslovakia 9.00 9.60 18.60 Did not advance
42 Miloslav Netusil  Czechoslovakia 9.20 9.35 18.55 Did not advance
43 Árpád Farkas  Hungary 9.15 9.35 18.50 Did not advance
Peter Rohner  Switzerland 9.10 9.40 18.50 Did not advance
Angelo Zucca  Italy 9.10 9.40 18.50 Did not advance
46 Ştefan Gal  Romania 9.00 9.45 18.45 Did not advance
Pierre Leclerc  Canada 9.10 9.35 18.45 Did not advance
Armin Vock  Switzerland 9.00 9.45 18.45 Did not advance
49 Keith Carter  Canada 9.05 9.35 18.40 Did not advance
Zhivko Rusev  Bulgaria 8.95 9.45 18.40 Did not advance
51 Kurt Thomas  United States 9.05 9.25 18.30 Did not advance
Sorin Cepoi  Romania 9.10 9.20 18.30 Did not advance
Bernard Decoux  France 8.95 9.35 18.30 Did not advance
54 Peter Kormann  United States 9.05 9.15 18.20 Did not advance
Reinhard Ritter  West Germany 9.05 9.15 18.20 Did not advance
56 Marshall Avener  United States 9.20 8.95 18.15 Did not advance
Bart Conner  United States 8.95 9.20 18.15 Did not advance
Philippe Gaille  Switzerland 8.85 9.30 18.15 Did not advance
59 Roberto Richards  Cuba 8.80 9.30 18.10 Did not advance
60 Philip Delesalle  Canada 8.85 9.20 18.05 Did not advance
Gustav Tannenberger  Czechoslovakia 8.85 9.20 18.05 Did not advance
62 Dimitar Koychev  Bulgaria 8.85 9.15 18.00 Did not advance
Vladislav Nehasil  Czechoslovakia 8.95 9.05 18.00 Did not advance
64 Reinhard Dietze  West Germany 8.65 9.25 17.90 Did not advance
65 Grzegorz Ciastek  Poland 8.85 8.95 17.80 Did not advance
Łukasz Uhma  Poland 8.70 9.10 17.80 Did not advance
67 Jan Zoulík  Czechoslovakia 8.75 9.00 17.75 Did not advance
68 Andrey Keranov  Bulgaria 8.45 9.20 17.65 Did not advance
Roman Tkaczyk  Poland 8.65 9.00 17.65 Did not advance
70 Bernhard Locher  Switzerland 8.60 9.00 17.60 Did not advance
Dov Lupi  Israel 8.55 9.05 17.60 Did not advance
Marian Pieczka  Poland 8.40 9.20 17.60 Did not advance
73 Ueli Bachmann  Switzerland 8.40 9.15 17.55 Did not advance
74 Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria 9.05 8.45 17.50 Did not advance
Tommy Wilson  Great Britain 8.55 8.95 17.50 Did not advance
76 Eric Koloko  France 8.45 9.00 17.45 Did not advance
77 Fernando Bertrand  Spain 8.40 8.95 17.35 Did not advance
Mariusz Zasada  Poland 8.65 8.70 17.35 Did not advance
79 Stoyan Delchev  Bulgaria 7.70 9.55 17.25 Did not advance
80 José de la Casa  Spain 8.30 8.90 17.20 Did not advance
Michel Boutard  France 8.20 9.00 17.20 Did not advance
Gabriel Calvo  Spain 8.20 9.00 17.20 Did not advance
83 Phil Cheetham  Australia 8.45 8.65 17.10 Did not advance
Toncho Todorov  Bulgaria 8.05 9.05 17.10 Did not advance
85 Nelson Fernández  Cuba 8.55 8.25 16.80 Did not advance
Peter Lloyd  Australia 8.35 8.45 16.80 Did not advance
87 Ole Benediktson  Denmark 7.90 8.85 16.75 Did not advance
88 Jeff Davis  Great Britain 8.00 8.65 16.65 Did not advance
89 Ian Neale  Great Britain 8.05 8.40 16.45 Did not advance
90 Patrick Boutet  France 7.65 8.50 16.15 Did not advance
Jorge Cuervo  Cuba DNS Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Rings, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 327.