ition ▁format ▁The ▁g ymn ast ics ▁format ▁continued ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁aggreg ation ▁format . ▁Each ▁nation ▁entered ▁a ▁team ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁eight ▁g ymn asts ▁( C uba ▁and ▁Argentina ▁had ▁only ▁ 7 ; ▁Mexico ▁only ▁ 5 ). ▁All ▁entr ants ▁in ▁the ▁g ymn ast ics ▁compet itions ▁performed ▁both ▁a ▁comp uls ory ▁exercise ▁and ▁a ▁volunt ary ▁exercise ▁for ▁each ▁appar atus , ▁with ▁the ▁scores ▁sum med ▁to ▁give ▁a ▁final ▁total . ▁The ▁scores ▁in ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁six ▁appar atus ▁compet itions ▁were ▁added ▁together ▁to ▁give ▁individual ▁all - around ▁scores ; ▁the ▁top ▁six ▁individual ▁scores ▁on ▁each ▁team ▁were ▁sum med ▁to ▁give ▁a ▁team ▁all - around ▁score . ▁No ▁separate ▁final s ▁were ▁cont ested . ▁ ▁For ▁each ▁exercise , ▁four ▁jud ges ▁gave ▁scores ▁from ▁ 0 ▁to ▁ 1 0 ▁in ▁one - t enth ▁point ▁incre ments . ▁The ▁top ▁and ▁bottom ▁scores ▁were ▁disc arded ▁and ▁the ▁remaining ▁two ▁scores ▁sum med ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁exercise ▁total . ▁If ▁the ▁two ▁scores ▁were ▁sufficiently ▁far ▁apart , ▁the ▁jud ges ▁would ▁" con fer " ▁and ▁decide ▁on ▁a ▁score . ▁Thus , ▁exercise ▁scores ▁r anged ▁from ▁ 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 , ▁appar atus ▁scores ▁from ▁ 0 ▁to ▁ 4 0 , ▁individual ▁tot als ▁from ▁ 0 ▁to ▁ 2 4 0 , ▁and ▁team ▁scores ▁from ▁ 0 ▁to ▁ 1 , 4 4 0 .