Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueMontreal Forum
Dates18 July – 23 July 1976
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Gymnastics at the
1976 Summer Olympics
List of gymnasts
Artistic
Team all-aroundmenwomen
Individual all-aroundmenwomen
Vaultmenwomen
Floormenwomen
Pommel horsemen
Ringsmen
Parallel barsmen
Horizontal barmen
Uneven barswomen
Balance beamwomen

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.[1]

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.

  1. ^ "Gymnastics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2019.