Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse

Men's pommel horse at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Zoltán Magyar
Venue	Montreal Forum
Dates	18–23 July
Competitors	90 from 20 nations
Winning score	19.700
Medalists
Zoltán Magyar  Hungary Eizo Kenmotsu  Japan Nikolai Andrianov  Soviet Union Michael Nikolay  East Germany

The men's pommel horse 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 Zoltán Magyar of Hungary, the nation's first victory in the pommel horse since 1932 (and second overall). Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan was the fifth man to win multiple medals in the event, adding a silver to his 1972 bronze. Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union and Michael Nikolay of East Germany tied for third, each receiving bronze medals; this was East Germany's first medal in the event while the Soviet Union stretched its podium streak to seven Games.

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). Two of the six finalists from 1972 returned: silver medalist Sawao Kato and bronze medalist Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan. Zoltán Magyar of Hungary was the reigning world champion and the favorite in the event, with Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union runner-up and Kenmotsu third in 1974.

Israel made its debut in the men's pommel horse. 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	1⁄2 Prelim.	Final	Total
	Zoltán Magyar	Hungary	9.75	9.85	19.60	9.800	9.900	19.700
	Eizo Kenmotsu	Japan	9.70	9.85	19.55	9.775	9.800	19.575
	Nikolai Andrianov	Soviet Union	9.70	9.75	19.45	9.725	9.800	19.525
	Michael Nikolay	East Germany	9.60	9.85	19.45	9.725	9.800	19.525
5	Sawao Kato	Japan	9.60	9.80	19.40	9.700	9.700	19.400
6	Alexander Dityatin	Soviet Union	9.65	9.65	19.30	9.650	9.700	19.350
7	Hiroshi Kajiyama	Japan	9.50	9.75	19.25	Did not advance
8	Mitsuo Tsukahara	Japan	9.50	9.70	19.20	Did not advance
9	Eberhard Gienger	West Germany	9.50	9.60	19.10	Did not advance
10	Vladimir Marchenko	Soviet Union	9.60	9.45	19.05	Did not advance
11	Rainer Hanschke	East Germany	9.50	9.50	19.00	Did not advance
	Hisato Igarashi	Japan	9.40	9.60	19.00	Did not advance
	Gennady Krysin	Soviet Union	9.45	9.55	19.00	Did not advance
	Vladimir Markelov	Soviet Union	9.60	9.40	19.00	Did not advance
	Imre Molnar	Hungary	9.45	9.55	19.00	Did not advance
16	Kurt Thomas	United States	9.25	9.70	18.95	Did not advance
17	Philippe Gaille	Switzerland	9.35	9.55	18.90	Did not advance
	Vladimir Tikhonov	Soviet Union	9.40	9.50	18.90	Did not advance
19	Henri Boerio	France	9.30	9.55	18.85	Did not advance
	Roberto Richards	Cuba	9.35	9.50	18.85	Did not advance
21	Danuţ Grecu	Romania	9.30	9.50	18.80	Did not advance
	Wolfgang Klotz	East Germany	9.45	9.35	18.80	Did not advance
23	Bernd Jäger	East Germany	9.30	9.45	18.75	Did not advance
	Bernhard Locher	Switzerland	9.25	9.50	18.75	Did not advance
25	Marshall Avener	United States	9.20	9.50	18.70	Did not advance
	Ferenc Donath	Hungary	9.25	9.45	18.70	Did not advance
	Andrzej Szajna	Poland	9.20	9.50	18.70	Did not advance
28	Gustav Tannenberger	Czechoslovakia	9.15	9.50	18.65	Did not advance
29	Shun Fujimoto	Japan	9.10	9.50	18.60	Did not advance
30	Roland Brückner	East Germany	9.35	9.20	18.55	Did not advance
	Lutz Mack	East Germany	9.30	9.25	18.55	Did not advance
32	Béla Laufer	Hungary	9.05	9.45	18.50	Did not advance
	Jiri Tabak	Czechoslovakia	9.20	9.30	18.50	Did not advance
34	Michel Boutard	France	8.90	9.55	18.45	Did not advance
	Miloslav Netusil	Czechoslovakia	9.10	9.35	18.45	Did not advance
	Volker Rohrwick	West Germany	9.15	9.30	18.45	Did not advance
	Wayne Young	United States	9.05	9.40	18.45	Did not advance
38	Reinhard Dietze	West Germany	9.10	9.30	18.40	Did not advance
	Peter Kormann	United States	9.00	9.40	18.40	Did not advance
40	Ueli Bachmann	Switzerland	9.05	9.30	18.35	Did not advance
	Marian Pieczka	Poland	9.10	9.25	18.35	Did not advance
	Jan Zoulík	Czechoslovakia	9.05	9.30	18.35	Did not advance
43	Robert Bretscher	Switzerland	8.80	9.50	18.30	Did not advance
	Stoyan Delchev	Bulgaria	9.00	9.30	18.30	Did not advance
	Árpád Farkas	Hungary	9.10	9.20	18.30	Did not advance
46	Edgar Jorek	West Germany	9.10	9.15	18.25	Did not advance
	Ian Neale	Great Britain	9.00	9.25	18.25	Did not advance
	Werner Steinmetz	West Germany	9.00	9.25	18.25	Did not advance
49	Nicolae Oprescu	Romania	9.00	9.20	18.20	Did not advance
	Reinhard Ritter	West Germany	8.75	9.45	18.20	Did not advance
51	Patrick Boutet	France	8.80	9.35	18.15	Did not advance
	Sorin Cepoi	Romania	8.90	9.25	18.15	Did not advance
	Nelson Fernández	Cuba	8.95	9.20	18.15	Did not advance
54	Dimitrios Janulidis	Czechoslovakia	8.90	9.20	18.10	Did not advance
	Willi Moy	France	8.85	9.25	18.10	Did not advance
	Peter Rohner	Switzerland	9.00	9.10	18.10	Did not advance
57	Tom Beach	United States	8.85	9.20	18.05	Did not advance
58	Mihai Borş	Romania	8.75	9.25	18.00	Did not advance
	Ion Checicheş	Romania	8.80	9.20	18.00	Did not advance
60	Peter Lloyd	Australia	8.80	9.15	17.95	Did not advance
61	Keith Carter	Canada	9.00	8.85	17.85	Did not advance
	Eric Koloko	France	9.10	8.75	17.85	Did not advance
	Dov Lupi	Israel	8.95	8.90	17.85	Did not advance
	Maurizio Montesi	Italy	8.85	9.00	17.85	Did not advance
	Vladislav Nehasil	Czechoslovakia	8.75	9.10	17.85	Did not advance
66	Ştefan Gal	Romania	9.10	8.70	17.80	Did not advance
	Łukasz Uhma	Poland	8.65	9.15	17.80	Did not advance
68	Philip Delesalle	Canada	9.20	8.50	17.70	Did not advance
	Andrey Keranov	Bulgaria	8.65	9.05	17.70	Did not advance
	Maurizio Milanetto	Italy	8.70	9.00	17.70	Did not advance
71	Ole Benediktson	Denmark	8.40	9.25	17.65	Did not advance
	Pierre Leclerc	Canada	8.65	9.00	17.65	Did not advance
73	Grzegorz Ciastek	Poland	8.15	9.30	17.45	Did not advance
74	Tommy Wilson	Great Britain	8.25	9.15	17.40	Did not advance
75	Imre Bánrévi	Hungary	9.20	8.15	17.35	Did not advance
	José de la Casa	Spain	8.50	8.85	17.35	Did not advance
77	Roman Tkaczyk	Poland	9.10	8.20	17.30	Did not advance
78	Bart Conner	United States	8.55	8.70	17.25	Did not advance
79	Fernando Bertrand	Spain	8.55	8.60	17.15	Did not advance
80	Mariusz Zasada	Poland	8.05	9.05	17.10	Did not advance
81	Toncho Todorov	Bulgaria	8.25	8.80	17.05	Did not advance
82	Zhivko Rusev	Bulgaria	8.40	8.60	17.00	Did not advance
	Georgi Todorov	Bulgaria	8.40	8.60	17.00	Did not advance
	Angelo Zucca	Italy	9.00	8.00	17.00	Did not advance
85	Phil Cheetham	Australia	8.15	8.45	16.60	Did not advance
86	Gabriel Calvo	Spain	7.60	8.95	16.55	Did not advance
	Dimitar Koychev	Bulgaria	7.65	8.90	16.55	Did not advance
88	Bernard Decoux	France	7.45	9.00	16.45	Did not advance
89	Jeff Davis	Great Britain	7.40	8.75	16.15	Did not advance
90	Armin Vock	Switzerland	9.10	0.00	9.10	Did not advance
—	Jorge Cuervo	Cuba	DNS			Did not advance

References

• Official Olympic Report
• www.gymnasticsresults.com
• www.gymn-forum.net