Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's vault
Introduction 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. 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.
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). 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.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 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.
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   Prelim. Final  Total  Nikolai Andrianov  9.659.70 '''19.35'''  9.6759.775 '''19.450'''  Mitsuo Tsukahara  9.509.80 '''19.30'''  9.6509.725 '''19.375'''  Hiroshi Kajiyama  9.659.70 '''19.35'''  9.6759.600 '''19.275''' 4 Danuţ Grecu  9.609.70 '''19.30'''  9.6509.550 '''19.200''' 5 Zoltán Magyar  9.609.55 '''19.15'''  9.5759.575 '''19.150''' Imre Molnar  9.759.70 '''19.45'''  9.7259.425 '''19.150''' 7  Ferenc Donath    9.55  9.55  '''19.10'''  Did not advance Sawao Kato    9.55  9.55  '''19.10'''  Did not advance Andrzej Szajna    9.40  9.70  '''19.10'''  Did not advance Jiri Tabak    9.35  9.75  '''19.10'''  Did not advance 11  Mihai Borş    9.40  9.65  '''19.05'''  Did not advance Roland Brückner    9.50  9.55  '''19.05'''  Did not advance Alexander Dityatin    9.40  9.65  '''19.05'''  Did not advance Béla Laufer    9.50  9.55  '''19.05'''  Did not advance 15  Eizo Kemmotsu    9.65  9.35  '''19.00'''  Did not advance Gennady Krysin    9.50  9.50  '''19.00'''  Did not advance Vladimir Marchenko    9.45  9.55  '''19.00'''  Did not advance 18  Imre Bánrévi    9.45  9.50  '''18.95'''  Did not advance 19  Gabriel Calvo    9.30  9.60  '''18.90'''  Did not advance Eberhard Gienger    9.50  9.40  '''18.90'''  Did not advance Hisato Igarashi    9.45  9.45  '''18.90'''  Did not advance 22  Henri Boerio    9.35  9.50  '''18.85'''  Did not advance Robert Bretscher    9.30  9.55  '''18.85'''  Did not advance Wolfgang Klotz    9.35  9.50  '''18.85'''  Did not advance Georgi Todorov    9.30  9.55  '''18.85'''  Did not advance 26  Ion Checicheş    9.40  9.40  '''18.80'''  Did not advance Bernd Jäger    9.40  9.40  '''18.80'''  Did not advance Willi Moy    9.25  9.55  '''18.80'''  Did not advance Vladimir Markelov    9.60  9.20  '''18.80'''  Did not advance 30  Keith Carter    9.25  9.50  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Dimitrios Janulidis    9.15  9.60  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Lutz Mack    9.35  9.40  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Maurizio Milanetto    9.30  9.45  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Volker Rohrwick    9.35  9.40  '''18.75'''  Did not advance 35  Árpád Farkas    9.30  9.40  '''18.70'''  Did not advance Marian Pieczka    9.20  9.50  '''18.70'''  Did not advance 37  Philip Delesalle    9.30  9.35  '''18.65'''  Did not advance Vladislav Nehasil    9.20  9.45  '''18.65'''  Did not advance 39  Wayne Young    9.20  9.40  '''18.60'''  Did not advance 40  Sorin Cepoi    9.30  9.25  '''18.55'''  Did not advance Nelson Fernández    9.15  9.40  '''18.55'''  Did not advance Pierre Leclerc    9.35  9.20  '''18.55'''  Did not advance Łukasz Uhma    9.10  9.45  '''18.55'''  Did not advance 44  Tom Beach    9.20  9.30  '''18.50'''  Did not advance Bart Conner    9.20  9.30  '''18.50'''  Did not advance Ştefan Gal    9.20  9.30  '''18.50'''  Did not advance Ian Neale    9.15  9.35  '''18.50'''  Did not advance Reinhard Ritter    9.15  9.35  '''18.50'''  Did not advance Werner Steinmetz    9.15  9.35  '''18.50'''  Did not advance 50  Ueli Bachmann    9.15  9.30  '''18.45'''  Did not advance José de la Casa    8.95  9.50  '''18.45'''  Did not advance Reinhard Dietze    9.25  9.20  '''18.45'''  Did not advance Eric Koloko    9.25  9.20  '''18.45'''  Did not advance 54  Jeff Davis    9.15  9.25  '''18.40'''  Did not advance Gustav Tannenberger    8.95  9.45  '''18.40'''  Did not advance Mariusz Zasada    9.15  9.25  '''18.40'''  Did not advance Angelo Zucca    8.95  9.45  '''18.40'''  Did not advance 58  Philippe Gaille    9.20  9.15  '''18.35'''  Did not advance Peter Kormann    9.10  9.25  '''18.35'''  Did not advance 60  Ole Benediktson    9.00  9.30  '''18.30'''  Did not advance Armin Vock    9.10  9.20  '''18.30'''  Did not advance 62  Marshall Avener    9.05  9.20  '''18.25'''  Did not advance Edgar Jorek    9.40  8.85  '''18.25'''  Did not advance Michael Nikolay    9.25  9.00  '''18.25'''  Did not advance Roberto Richards    9.30  8.95  '''18.25'''  Did not advance 66  Patrick Boutet    8.90  9.25  '''18.15'''  Did not advance Grzegorz Ciastek    8.95  9.20  '''18.15'''  Did not advance Bernard Decoux    8.75  9.40  '''18.15'''  Did not advance Stoyan Delchev    8.75  9.40  '''18.15'''  Did not advance Maurizio Montesi    8.75  9.40  '''18.15'''  Did not advance Roman Tkaczyk    8.75  9.40  '''18.15'''  Did not advance Jan Zoulík    8.90  9.25  '''18.15'''  Did not advance 73  Fernando Bertrand    8.70  9.40  '''18.10'''  Did not advance Andrey Keranov    9.15  8.95  '''18.10'''  Did not advance 75  Vladimir Tikhonov    9.40  8.65  '''18.05'''  Did not advance Bernhard Locher    8.85  9.20  '''18.05'''  Did not advance 77  Toncho Todorov    8.65  9.35  '''18.00'''  Did not advance 78  Rainer Hanschke    9.05  8.90  '''17.95'''  Did not advance 79  Dimitar Koychev    8.85  9.05  '''17.90'''  Did not advance 80  Zhivko Rusev    8.65  9.20  '''17.85'''  Did not advance 81  Dov Lupi    9.05  8.75  '''17.80'''  Did not advance 82  Phil Cheetham    8.50  9.25  '''17.75'''  Did not advance Miloslav Netusil    8.50  9.25  '''17.75'''  Did not advance Nicolae Oprescu    8.35  9.40  '''17.75'''  Did not advance 85  Tommy Wilson    9.05  8.65  '''17.70'''  Did not advance 86  Michel Boutard    8.90  8.75  '''17.65'''  Did not advance Kurt Thomas    9.20  8.45  '''17.65'''  Did not advance 88  Peter Rohner    8.60  9.00  '''17.60'''  Did not advance 89  Peter Lloyd    8.70  8.80  '''17.50'''  Did not advance 90  Shun Fujimoto    9.00  0.00  '''9.00'''  Did not advance —  Jorge Cuervo      Did not advance
References * Official Olympic Report* www.gymnasticsresults.com* www.gymn-forum.net