Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's horizontal bar

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Men's horizontal bar
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Mitsuo Tsukahara.jpg
Mitsuo Tsukahara (1972, on the rings)
VenueMontreal Forum
Dates18–23 July
Competitors90 from 20 nations
Winning score19.675
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mitsuo Tsukahara
 Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eizo Kenmotsu
 Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eberhard Gienger
 West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henri Boerio
 France
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The men's horizontal bar 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 Mitsuo Tsukahara of Japan, the second man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the horizontal bar. It was the third consecutive victory by a Japanese gymnast in the event, and fifth in six Games. Japan also took silver, as Eizo Kenmotsu finished second, but was prevented from repeating its 1972 podium sweep by new rules that limited nations to two gymnasts in the final (Japan had the top four gymnasts in qualifying). Tsukuhara and Kenmotsu (bronze in 1968) were the seventh and eighth men to win multiple medals in the horizontal bar. Henri Boerio of France and Eberhard Gienger of West Germany tied for bronze, the first medal for France in the event since 1924 and first horizontal bar medal for West Germany.[2]

Background[]

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). Four of the six finalists from 1972 returned: gold medalist Mitsuo Tsukahara, silver medalist Sawao Kato, and fourth-place finisher (and 1968 bronze medalist) Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan and sixth-place finisher Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union. Eberhard Gienger of West Germany was the reigning (1974) world champion.[1]

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

Competition format[]

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][3]

Schedule[]

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[]

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mitsuo Tsukahara  Japan 9.75 9.90 19.65 9.775 9.900 19.675
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eizo Kenmotsu  Japan 9.65 9.85 19.50 9.750 9.750 19.500
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Eberhard Gienger  West Germany 9.65 9.70 19.35 9.675 9.800 19.475
Henri Boerio  France 9.60 9.75 19.35 9.675 9.800 19.475
5 Gennady Krysin  Soviet Union 9.50 9.80 19.30 9.525 9.600 19.125
6 Ferenc Donath  Hungary 9.55 9.65 19.20 9.500 9.450 18.950
7 Hisato Igarashi  Japan 9.60 9.85 19.45 Did not advance
8 Sawao Kato  Japan 9.65 9.75 19.40 Did not advance
9 Vladimir Markelov  Soviet Union 9.60 9.70 19.30 Did not advance
10 Hiroshi Kajiyama  Japan 9.50 9.75 19.25 Did not advance
11 Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union 9.70 9.50 19.20 Did not advance
Bernd Jäger  East Germany 9.60 9.60 19.20 Did not advance
Michael Nikolay  East Germany 9.60 9.60 19.20 Did not advance
14 Tom Beach  United States 9.45 9.65 19.10 Did not advance
Alexander Dityatin  Soviet Union 9.45 9.65 19.10 Did not advance
Andrzej Szajna  Poland 9.50 9.60 19.10 Did not advance
17 Zoltán Magyar  Hungary 9.50 9.55 19.05 Did not advance
Vladimir Marchenko  Soviet Union 9.45 9.60 19.05 Did not advance
19 Dan Grecu  Romania 9.40 9.60 19.00 Did not advance
20 Vladimir Tikhonov  Soviet Union 9.30 9.65 18.95 Did not advance
21 Robert Bretscher  Switzerland 9.25 9.65 18.90 Did not advance
22 Imre Molnar  Hungary 9.35 9.50 18.85 Did not advance
Volker Rohrwick  West Germany 9.40 9.45 18.85 Did not advance
Wayne Young  United States 9.35 9.50 18.85 Did not advance
25 Béla Laufer  Hungary 9.25 9.55 18.80 Did not advance
Lutz Mack  East Germany 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance
Willi Moy  France 9.40 9.40 18.80 Did not advance
Kurt Thomas  United States 9.30 9.50 18.80 Did not advance
29 Ueli Bachmann  Switzerland 9.30 9.45 18.75 Did not advance
Sorin Cepoi  Romania 9.30 9.45 18.75 Did not advance
31 Rainer Hanschke  East Germany 9.40 9.30 18.70 Did not advance
Peter Kormann  United States 9.20 9.50 18.70 Did not advance
33 Philip Delesalle  Canada 9.40 9.25 18.65 Did not advance
Wolfgang Klotz  East Germany 9.20 9.45 18.65 Did not advance
Bernhard Locher  Switzerland 9.15 9.50 18.65 Did not advance
36 Bart Conner  United States 9.40 9.20 18.60 Did not advance
Gustav Tannenberger  Czechoslovakia 9.25 9.35 18.60 Did not advance
38 Imre Bánrévi  Hungary 9.25 9.30 18.55 Did not advance
Roland Brückner  East Germany 9.25 9.30 18.55 Did not advance
Nicolae Oprescu  Romania 9.15 9.40 18.55 Did not advance
Ştefan Gal  Romania 9.10 9.45 18.55 Did not advance
Werner Steinmetz  West Germany 9.20 9.35 18.55 Did not advance
43 Marshall Avener  United States 9.10 9.40 18.50 Did not advance
Edgar Jorek  West Germany 9.30 9.20 18.50 Did not advance
45 Vladislav Nehasil  Czechoslovakia 9.35 9.05 18.40 Did not advance
46 Philippe Gaille  Switzerland 9.05 9.30 18.35 Did not advance
Andrey Keranov  Bulgaria 9.15 9.20 18.35 Did not advance
48 Bernard Decoux  France 9.05 9.25 18.30 Did not advance
Miloslav Netusil  Czechoslovakia 9.15 9.15 18.30 Did not advance
Marian Pieczka  Poland 9.05 9.25 18.30 Did not advance
Reinhard Dietze  West Germany 8.95 9.35 18.30 Did not advance
Eric Koloko  France 9.35 8.95 18.30 Did not advance
53 Mariusz Zasada  Poland 9.30 8.90 18.20 Did not advance
Jiri Tabak  Czechoslovakia 9.00 9.20 18.20 Did not advance
55 Keith Carter  Canada 9.00 9.10 18.10 Did not advance
Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria 9.00 9.10 18.10 Did not advance
57 Maurizio Montesi  Italy 8.80 9.25 18.05 Did not advance
58 Ole Benediktson  Denmark 8.65 9.30 17.95 Did not advance
Maurizio Milanetto  Italy 8.65 9.30 17.95 Did not advance
Peter Rohner  Switzerland 9.05 8.90 17.95 Did not advance
61 Patrick Boutet  France 8.50 9.35 17.85 Did not advance
Árpád Farkas  Hungary 9.10 8.75 17.85 Did not advance
Pierre Leclerc  Canada 9.00 8.85 17.85 Did not advance
64 Mihai Borş  Romania 8.65 9.15 17.80 Did not advance
Ion Checicheş  Romania 8.90 8.90 17.80 Did not advance
66 Angelo Zucca  Italy 8.40 9.30 17.70 Did not advance
Dimitar Koychev  Bulgaria 8.75 8.95 17.70 Did not advance
Roman Tkaczyk  Poland 8.70 9.00 17.70 Did not advance
69 Dov Lupi  Israel 8.75 8.90 17.65 Did not advance
70 Jan Zoulík  Czechoslovakia 8.70 8.80 17.50 Did not advance
71 Stoyan Delchev  Bulgaria 8.45 8.95 17.40 Did not advance
Łukasz Uhma  Poland 8.55 8.85 17.40 Did not advance
73 Michel Boutard  France 9.20 8.15 17.35 Did not advance
Gabriel Calvo  Spain 8.40 8.95 17.35 Did not advance
75 Ian Neale  Great Britain 8.10 9.20 17.30 Did not advance
76 Reinhard Ritter  West Germany 8.05 9.20 17.25 Did not advance
Zhivko Rusev  Bulgaria 8.50 8.75 17.25 Did not advance
78 José de la Casa  Spain 8.60 8.60 17.20 Did not advance
79 Tommy Wilson  Great Britain 8.15 9.00 17.15 Did not advance
80 Peter Lloyd  Australia 8.40 8.70 17.10 Did not advance
81 Grzegorz Ciastek  Poland 8.90 8.15 17.05 Did not advance
Dimitrios Janulidis  Czechoslovakia 8.50 8.55 17.05 Did not advance
83 Phil Cheetham  Australia 8.65 8.30 16.95 Did not advance
Jeff Davis  Great Britain 8.15 8.80 16.95 Did not advance
85 Toncho Todorov  Bulgaria 8.20 8.70 16.90 Did not advance
86 Nelson Fernández  Cuba 7.60 9.15 16.75 Did not advance
87 Fernando Bertrand  Spain 7.30 8.90 16.20 Did not advance
88 Shun Fujimoto  Japan 9.60 — 9.60 Did not advance
89 Roberto Richards  Cuba 9.20 — 9.20 Did not advance
90 Armin Vock  Switzerland 8.90 — 8.90 Did not advance
— Jorge Cuervo  Cuba DNS Did not advance

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Horizontal Bar, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ^ The IOC credits West Germany as "Germany" in 1952, when Alfred Schwarzmann won silver.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 327.
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