Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's rings
Introduction The men's rings 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 first victory in the rings since 1960 (and fourth overall). Another Soviet gymnast, Alexander Dityatin, took silver. The Soviet podium streak in the event reached seven Games. Dan Grecu earned Romania's first medal in the rings (and in any men's gymnastic event). Japan's three-Games gold medal streak and five-Games podium streak in the event ended as the nation's best results were fifth and sixth places.
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 four Japanese finalists from 1972 returned: bronze medalist Mitsuo Tsukahara (also a finalist in 1968), fourth-place finisher Sawao Kato (the bronze medalist in 1968), and fifth-place finisher Eizo Kenmotsu. Two-time champion Akinori Nakayama had retired. The reigning world co-champions were Dănuț Grecu of Romania and Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union.Israel made its debut in the men's rings. 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.
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    9.80  9.90  '''19.70'''  9.850  9.800  '''19.650'''   Alexander Dityatin    9.60  9.90  '''19.50'''  9.750  9.800  '''19.550'''   Dan Grecu    9.65  9.85  '''19.50'''  9.750  9.750  '''19.500''' 4  Ferenc Donath    9.55  9.75  '''19.30'''  9.650  9.550  '''19.200''' 5  Eizo Kenmotsu    9.55  9.70  '''19.25'''  9.625  9.550  '''19.175''' 6  Sawao Kato    9.45  9.80  '''19.25'''  9.625  9.500  '''19.125''' 7  Vladimir Markelov    9.70  9.90  '''19.60'''  Did not advance 8  Vladimir Marchenko    9.50  9.85  '''19.35'''  Did not advance 9  Vladimir Tikhonov    9.40  9.80  '''19.20'''  Did not advance Lutz Mack    9.45  9.75  '''19.20'''  Did not advance Mitsuo Tsukahara    9.45  9.75  '''19.20'''  Did not advance 12  Mihai Borş    9.45  9.65  '''19.10'''  Did not advance Hiroshi Kajiyama    9.40  9.70  '''19.10'''  Did not advance Nicolae Oprescu    9.40  9.70  '''19.10'''  Did not advance 15  Shun Fujimoto    9.35  9.70  '''19.05'''  Did not advance 16  Eberhard Gienger    9.30  9.70  '''19.00'''  Did not advance 17  Ion Checicheş    9.30  9.65  '''18.95'''  Did not advance Zoltán Magyar    9.35  9.60  '''18.95'''  Did not advance Andrzej Szajna    9.35  9.60  '''18.95'''  Did not advance 20  Henri Boerio    9.35  9.55  '''18.90'''  Did not advance Bernd Jäger    9.30  9.60  '''18.90'''  Did not advance Gennady Krysin    9.30  9.60  '''18.90'''  Did not advance Imre Molnar    9.35  9.55  '''18.90'''  Did not advance Volker Rohrwick    9.20  9.70  '''18.90'''  Did not advance Wayne Young    9.30  9.60  '''18.90'''  Did not advance 26  Robert Bretscher    9.30  9.50  '''18.80'''  Did not advance Edgar Jorek    9.15  9.65  '''18.80'''  Did not advance Béla Laufer    9.30  9.50  '''18.80'''  Did not advance 29  Rainer Hanschke    9.30  9.45  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Hisato Igarashi    9.25  9.50  '''18.75'''  Did not advance Maurizio Montesi    9.25  9.50  '''18.75'''  Did not advance 32  Werner Steinmetz    9.15  9.55  '''18.70'''  Did not advance Michael Nikolay    9.20  9.50  '''18.70'''  Did not advance 34  Wolfgang Klotz    9.30  9.35  '''18.65'''  Did not advance Willi Moy    9.00  9.65  '''18.65'''  Did not advance 36  Imre Bánrévi    9.20  9.40  '''18.60'''  Did not advance Tom Beach    9.20  9.40  '''18.60'''  Did not advance Roland Brückner    9.10  9.50  '''18.60'''  Did not advance Dimitrios Janulidis    9.20  9.40  '''18.60'''  Did not advance Maurizio Milanetto    9.10  9.50  '''18.60'''  Did not advance Jiri Tabak    9.00  9.60  '''18.60'''  Did not advance 42  Miloslav Netusil    9.20  9.35  '''18.55'''  Did not advance 43  Árpád Farkas    9.15  9.35  '''18.50'''  Did not advance Peter Rohner    9.10  9.40  '''18.50'''  Did not advance Angelo Zucca    9.10  9.40  '''18.50'''  Did not advance 46  Ştefan Gal    9.00  9.45  '''18.45'''  Did not advance Pierre Leclerc    9.10  9.35  '''18.45'''  Did not advance Armin Vock    9.00  9.45  '''18.45'''  Did not advance 49  Keith Carter    9.05  9.35  '''18.40'''  Did not advance Zhivko Rusev    8.95  9.45  '''18.40'''  Did not advance 51  Kurt Thomas    9.05  9.25  '''18.30'''  Did not advance Sorin Cepoi    9.10  9.20  '''18.30'''  Did not advance Bernard Decoux    8.95  9.35  '''18.30'''  Did not advance 54  Peter Kormann    9.05  9.15  '''18.20'''  Did not advance Reinhard Ritter    9.05  9.15  '''18.20'''  Did not advance 56  Marshall Avener    9.20  8.95  '''18.15'''  Did not advance Bart Conner    8.95  9.20  '''18.15'''  Did not advance Philippe Gaille    8.85  9.30  '''18.15'''  Did not advance 59  Roberto Richards    8.80  9.30  '''18.10'''  Did not advance 60  Philip Delesalle    8.85  9.20  '''18.05'''  Did not advance Gustav Tannenberger    8.85  9.20  '''18.05'''  Did not advance 62  Dimitar Koychev    8.85  9.15  '''18.00'''  Did not advance Vladislav Nehasil    8.95  9.05  '''18.00'''  Did not advance 64  Reinhard Dietze    8.65  9.25  '''17.90'''  Did not advance 65  Grzegorz Ciastek    8.85  8.95  '''17.80'''  Did not advance Łukasz Uhma    8.70  9.10  '''17.80'''  Did not advance 67  Jan Zoulík    8.75  9.00  '''17.75'''  Did not advance 68  Andrey Keranov    8.45  9.20  '''17.65'''  Did not advance Roman Tkaczyk    8.65  9.00  '''17.65'''  Did not advance 70  Bernhard Locher    8.60  9.00  '''17.60'''  Did not advance Dov Lupi    8.55  9.05  '''17.60'''  Did not advance Marian Pieczka    8.40  9.20  '''17.60'''  Did not advance 73  Ueli Bachmann    8.40  9.15  '''17.55'''  Did not advance 74  Georgi Todorov    9.05  8.45  '''17.50'''  Did not advance Tommy Wilson    8.55  8.95  '''17.50'''  Did not advance 76  Eric Koloko    8.45  9.00  '''17.45'''  Did not advance 77  Fernando Bertrand    8.40  8.95  '''17.35'''  Did not advance Mariusz Zasada    8.65  8.70  '''17.35'''  Did not advance 79  Stoyan Delchev    7.70  9.55  '''17.25'''  Did not advance 80  José de la Casa    8.30  8.90  '''17.20'''  Did not advance Michel Boutard    8.20  9.00  '''17.20'''  Did not advance Gabriel Calvo    8.20  9.00  '''17.20'''  Did not advance 83  Phil Cheetham    8.45  8.65  '''17.10'''  Did not advance Toncho Todorov    8.05  9.05  '''17.10'''  Did not advance 85  Nelson Fernández    8.55  8.25  '''16.80'''  Did not advance Peter Lloyd    8.35  8.45  '''16.80'''  Did not advance 87  Ole Benediktson    7.90  8.85  '''16.75'''  Did not advance 88  Jeff Davis    8.00  8.65  '''16.65'''  Did not advance 89  Ian Neale    8.05  8.40  '''16.45'''  Did not advance 90  Patrick Boutet    7.65  8.50  '''16.15'''  Did not advance —  Jorge Cuervo      Did not advance
References * Official Olympic Report* www.gymnasticsresults.com* www.gymn-forum.net