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Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's vault

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The men's vault 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 fifth gold medal in the men's vault; it was the seventh consecutive Games that the Soviets had a gymnast place in the top two. Andrianov became the third man to win multiple vault medals, adding to his 1972 bronze. Japan returned to the vault podium after a one-Games absence, with Mitsuo Tsukahara taking silver and Hiroshi Kajiyama bronze.

Men's vault
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Nikolai Andrianov (c. 1974)
VenueMontreal Forum
Date18–23 July
Competitors90 from 20 nations
Winning score19.450
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nikolai Andrianov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mitsuo Tsukahara
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hiroshi Kajiyama
 Japan
← 1972
1980 →

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: bronze medalist Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union, fourth-place finisher Sawao Kato of Japan, and sixth-place finisher Peter Rohner of Switzerland. The 1974 vault world champion, Shigeru Kasamatsu of Japan, did not compete in Montreal. Andrianov had been the runner-up.[1]

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

Competition format

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The event used a "vaulting horse" aligned parallel to the gymnast's run (rather than the modern "vaulting table" in use since 2004). 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 1⁄2 Prelim. Final Total
  Nikolai Andrianov   Soviet Union 9.65 9.70 19.35 9.675 9.775 19.450
  Mitsuo Tsukahara   Japan 9.50 9.80 19.30 9.650 9.725 19.375
  Hiroshi Kajiyama   Japan 9.65 9.70 19.35 9.675 9.600 19.275
4 Danuţ Grecu   Romania 9.60 9.70 19.30 9.650 9.550 19.200
5 Zoltán Magyar   Hungary 9.60 9.55 19.15 9.575 9.575 19.150
Imre Molnar   Hungary 9.75 9.70 19.45 9.725 9.425 19.150
7 Ferenc Donath   Hungary 9.55 9.55 19.10 Did not advance
Sawao Kato   Japan 9.55 9.55 19.10 Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna   Poland 9.40 9.70 19.10 Did not advance
Jiri Tabak   Czechoslovakia 9.35 9.75 19.10 Did not advance
11 Mihai Borş   Romania 9.40 9.65 19.05 Did not advance
Roland Brückner   East Germany 9.50 9.55 19.05 Did not advance
Alexander Dityatin   Soviet Union 9.40 9.65 19.05 Did not advance
Béla Laufer   Hungary 9.50 9.55 19.05 Did not advance
15 Eizo Kemmotsu   Japan 9.65 9.35 19.00 Did not advance
Gennady Krysin   Soviet Union 9.50 9.50 19.00 Did not advance
Vladimir Marchenko   Soviet Union 9.45 9.55 19.00 Did not advance
18 Imre Bánrévi   Hungary 9.45 9.50 18.95 Did not advance
19 Gabriel Calvo   Spain 9.30 9.60 18.90 Did not advance
Eberhard Gienger   West Germany 9.50 9.40 18.90 Did not advance
Hisato Igarashi   Japan 9.45 9.45 18.90 Did not advance
22 Henri Boerio   France 9.35 9.50 18.85 Did not advance
Robert Bretscher   Switzerland 9.30 9.55 18.85 Did not advance
Wolfgang Klotz   East Germany 9.35 9.50 18.85 Did not advance
Georgi Todorov   Bulgaria 9.30 9.55 18.85 Did not advance
26 Ion Checicheş   Romania 9.40 9.40 18.80 Did not advance
Bernd Jäger   East Germany 9.40 9.40 18.80 Did not advance
Willi Moy   France 9.25 9.55 18.80 Did not advance
Vladimir Markelov   Soviet Union 9.60 9.20 18.80 Did not advance
30 Keith Carter   Canada 9.25 9.50 18.75 Did not advance
Dimitrios Janulidis   Czechoslovakia 9.15 9.60 18.75 Did not advance
Lutz Mack   East Germany 9.35 9.40 18.75 Did not advance
Maurizio Milanetto   Italy 9.30 9.45 18.75 Did not advance
Volker Rohrwick   West Germany 9.35 9.40 18.75 Did not advance
35 Árpád Farkas   Hungary 9.30 9.40 18.70 Did not advance
Marian Pieczka   Poland 9.20 9.50 18.70 Did not advance
37 Philip Delesalle   Canada 9.30 9.35 18.65 Did not advance
Vladislav Nehasil   Czechoslovakia 9.20 9.45 18.65 Did not advance
39 Wayne Young   United States 9.20 9.40 18.60 Did not advance
40 Sorin Cepoi   Romania 9.30 9.25 18.55 Did not advance
Nelson Fernández   Cuba 9.15 9.40 18.55 Did not advance
Pierre Leclerc   Canada 9.35 9.20 18.55 Did not advance
Łukasz Uhma   Poland 9.10 9.45 18.55 Did not advance
44 Tom Beach   United States 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance
Bart Conner   United States 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance
Ştefan Gal   Romania 9.20 9.30 18.50 Did not advance
Ian Neale   Great Britain 9.15 9.35 18.50 Did not advance
Reinhard Ritter   West Germany 9.15 9.35 18.50 Did not advance
Werner Steinmetz   West Germany 9.15 9.35 18.50 Did not advance
50 Ueli Bachmann   Switzerland 9.15 9.30 18.45 Did not advance
José de la Casa   Spain 8.95 9.50 18.45 Did not advance
Reinhard Dietze   West Germany 9.25 9.20 18.45 Did not advance
Eric Koloko   France 9.25 9.20 18.45 Did not advance
54 Jeff Davis   Great Britain 9.15 9.25 18.40 Did not advance
Gustav Tannenberger   Czechoslovakia 8.95 9.45 18.40 Did not advance
Mariusz Zasada   Poland 9.15 9.25 18.40 Did not advance
Angelo Zucca   Italy 8.95 9.45 18.40 Did not advance
58 Philippe Gaille   Switzerland 9.20 9.15 18.35 Did not advance
Peter Kormann   United States 9.10 9.25 18.35 Did not advance
60 Ole Benediktson   Denmark 9.00 9.30 18.30 Did not advance
Armin Vock   Switzerland 9.10 9.20 18.30 Did not advance
62 Marshall Avener   United States 9.05 9.20 18.25 Did not advance
Edgar Jorek   West Germany 9.40 8.85 18.25 Did not advance
Michael Nikolay   East Germany 9.25 9.00 18.25 Did not advance
Roberto Richards   Cuba 9.30 8.95 18.25 Did not advance
66 Patrick Boutet   France 8.90 9.25 18.15 Did not advance
Grzegorz Ciastek   Poland 8.95 9.20 18.15 Did not advance
Bernard Decoux   France 8.75 9.40 18.15 Did not advance
Stoyan Delchev   Bulgaria 8.75 9.40 18.15 Did not advance
Maurizio Montesi   Italy 8.75 9.40 18.15 Did not advance
Roman Tkaczyk   Poland 8.75 9.40 18.15 Did not advance
Jan Zoulík   Czechoslovakia 8.90 9.25 18.15 Did not advance
73 Fernando Bertrand   Spain 8.70 9.40 18.10 Did not advance
Andrey Keranov   Bulgaria 9.15 8.95 18.10 Did not advance
75 Vladimir Tikhonov   Soviet Union 9.40 8.65 18.05 Did not advance
Bernhard Locher   Switzerland 8.85 9.20 18.05 Did not advance
77 Toncho Todorov   Bulgaria 8.65 9.35 18.00 Did not advance
78 Rainer Hanschke   East Germany 9.05 8.90 17.95 Did not advance
79 Dimitar Koychev   Bulgaria 8.85 9.05 17.90 Did not advance
80 Zhivko Rusev   Bulgaria 8.65 9.20 17.85 Did not advance
81 Dov Lupi   Israel 9.05 8.75 17.80 Did not advance
82 Phil Cheetham   Australia 8.50 9.25 17.75 Did not advance
Miloslav Netusil   Czechoslovakia 8.50 9.25 17.75 Did not advance
Nicolae Oprescu   Romania 8.35 9.40 17.75 Did not advance
85 Tommy Wilson   Great Britain 9.05 8.65 17.70 Did not advance
86 Michel Boutard   France 8.90 8.75 17.65 Did not advance
Kurt Thomas   United States 9.20 8.45 17.65 Did not advance
88 Peter Rohner   Switzerland 8.60 9.00 17.60 Did not advance
89 Peter Lloyd   Australia 8.70 8.80 17.50 Did not advance
90 Shun Fujimoto   Japan 9.00 0.00 9.00 Did not advance
— Jorge Cuervo   Cuba DNS Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Horse Vault, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  2. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 327.
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