# Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the 1976 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal from July 18 through 23.
For the first time in Olympic competition, countries were limited to having three gymnasts in the all-around competition and two gymnasts in each apparatus final. This was a controversial decision, which prevented many gymnasts of strong teams from competing in the finals. In addition, for the first time the number of countries allowed to bring full teams of six gymnasts and compete in the team competition was limited to twelve. The results of the team competition at the previous world championships determined which countries were allowed to bring teams.

## Format of competition

The gymnastics competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics was carried out in three stages:
* Competition I - The team competition/qualification round in which all gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, performed both compulsory and optional exercises. The combined scores of all team members determined the final score of the team. The thirty-six overall highest scoring gymnasts qualified to the individual all-around competition. The six highest scoring gymnasts on each apparatus qualified to the final for that apparatus.
* Competition II - The individual all-around competition, in which those who qualified from Competition I performed exercises on each apparatus. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her in Competition II.
* Competition III - The apparatus finals, in which those who qualified during Competition I performed an exercise on the individual apparatus on which he or she had qualified. The final score of each gymnast was composed of half the points earned by that gymnast on that particular apparatus during Competition I and all of the points earned by him or her on that particular apparatus in Competition III.
Each country was limited to three gymnasts in the all-around final and two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Sawao Kato Japan | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan |
| Team all-around details | Japan (JPN) Shun Fujimoto Hisato Igarashi Hiroshi Kajiyama Sawao Kato Eizo Kenmotsu Mitsuo Tsukahara | Soviet Union (URS) Nikolai Andrianov Alexander Dityatin Gennady Krysin Vladimir Marchenko Vladimir Markelov Vladimir Tikhonov | East Germany (GDR) Roland Brückner Rainer Hanschke Bernd Jäger Wolfgang Klotz Lutz Mack Michael Nikolay |
| Floor exercise details | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Vladimir Marchenko Soviet Union | Peter Kormann United States |
| Horizontal bar details | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan | Eberhard Gienger West Germany |
| Horizontal bar details | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan | Henri Boerio France |
| Parallel bars details | Sawao Kato Japan | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan |
| Pommel horse details | Zoltán Magyar Hungary | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union |
| Pommel horse details | Zoltán Magyar Hungary | Eizo Kenmotsu Japan | Michael Nikolay East Germany |
| Rings details | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Alexander Dityatin Soviet Union | Danuţ Grecu Romania |
| Vault details | Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union | Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan | Hiroshi Kajiyama Japan |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual all-around details | Nadia Comăneci Romania | Nellie Kim Soviet Union | Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union |
| Team all-around details | Soviet Union (URS) Maria Filatova Svetlana Grozdova Nellie Kim Olga Korbut Elvira Saadi Ludmila Tourischeva | Romania (ROM) Nadia Comăneci Mariana Constantin Georgeta Gabor Anca Grigoraș Gabriela Trușcă Teodora Ungureanu | East Germany (GDR) Carola Dombeck Gitta Escher Kerstin Gerschau Angelika Hellmann Marion Kische Steffi Kräker |
| Balance beam details | Nadia Comăneci Romania | Olga Korbut Soviet Union | Teodora Ungureanu Romania |
| Floor exercise details | Nellie Kim Soviet Union | Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union | Nadia Comăneci Romania |
| Uneven bars details | Nadia Comăneci Romania | Teodora Ungureanu Romania | Márta Egervári Hungary |
| Vault details | Nellie Kim Soviet Union | Ludmila Tourischeva Soviet Union Carola Dombeck East Germany | None awarded |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 8 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 14 | 15 | 15 | 44 |