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Pommelled Horse, Men

Date18 – 23 July 1976 — 19:30
StatusOlympic
LocationLe Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Participants90 from 20 countries

The format was similar to 1964-72, with the best six gymnasts in the team all-around advancing to the apparatus final, with the final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. However, nations were now limited to only two gymnasts in the finals. Hungarian Zoltán Magyar won the gold medal with the highest score in qualifying and the final round. Magyar came in as the favorite, having won the 1973 and 1975 European Championships and the 1974 World Championships. He would defend his gold medal on pommelled horse in 1980, and win the Worlds in 1978-79, and another European Championship in 1977. Magyar is considered, along with Yugoslavian Miroslav Cerar, 1964-68 Olympic gold medalist, as the greatest ever pommelled horse performer. Silver in 1976 went to Japan’s Eizo Kenmotsu while the bronze was shared between Soviet Nikolay Andrianov and East German Michael Nikolay.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Zoltán MagyarHUN19.700Gold
2Eizo KenmotsuJPN19.575Silver
=3Nikolay AndrianovURS19.525Bronze
=3Michael NikolayGDR19.525Bronze
5Sawao KatoJPN19.400
6Aleksandr DityatinURS19.350
7 r1/1Hiroshi KajiyamaJPN
8 r1/1Mitsuo TsukaharaJPN
9 r1/1Eberhard GiengerFRG
10 r1/1Vladimir MarchenkoURS
=11 r1/1Vladimir MarkelovURS
=11 r1/1Rainer HanschkeGDR
=11 r1/1Gennady KrysinURS
=11 r1/1Imre MolnárHUN
=11 r1/1Hisato IgarashiJPN
16 r1/1Kurt ThomasUSA
=17 r1/1Vladimir TikhonovURS
=17 r1/1Philippe GailleSUI
=19 r1/1Roberto Antonio León Richards CUB
=19 r1/1Henri BoërioFRA
=21 r1/1Wolfgang KlotzGDR
=21 r1/1Dan GrecuROU
=23 r1/1Bernd JägerGDR
=23 r1/1Bernhard LocherSUI
=25 r1/1Ferenc DonáthHUN
=25 r1/1Marshall AvenerUSA
=25 r1/1Andrzej SzajnaPOL
28 r1/1Gustav TannenbergerTCH
29 r1/1Shun FujimotoJPN
=30 r1/1Roland BrücknerGDR
=30 r1/1Lutz MackGDR
=32 r1/1Jiří TabákTCH
=32 r1/1Béla LauferHUN
=34 r1/1Volker RohrwickFRG
=34 r1/1Éric KolokoFRA
=34 r1/1Miloslav NetušilTCH
=34 r1/1Wayne YoungUSA
=34 r1/1Michel BoutardFRA
=39 r1/1Reinhard DietzeFRG
=39 r1/1Peter KormannUSA
=41 r1/1Marian PieczkaPOL
=41 r1/1Ueli BachmannSUI
=41 r1/1Jan ZoulíkTCH
=44 r1/1Árpád FarkasHUN
=44 r1/1Stoyan DelchevBUL
=44 r1/1Robert BretscherSUI
=47 r1/1Edgar JorekFRG
=47 r1/1Ian NealeGBR
=47 r1/1Werner SteinmetzFRG
=50 r1/1Nicolae OprescuROU
=50 r1/1Reinhard RitterFRG
=52 r1/1Nelson FernándezCUB
=52 r1/1Sorin CepoiROU
=54 r1/1Peter RohnerSUI
=54 r1/1Dimitrios JanulidisTCH
=54 r1/1Willy MoyFRA
57 r1/1Tom BeachUSA
=58 r1/1Ion ChecicheșROU
=58 r1/1Mihai BorșROU
60 r1/1Peter LloydAUS
=61 r1/1Keith CarterCAN
=61 r1/1Dov LupiISR
=61 r1/1Maurizio MontesiITA
=61 r1/1Vladislav NehasilTCH
=65 r1/1Ștefan GalROU
=65 r1/1Łukasz UhmaPOL
=67 r1/1Philip DelesalleCAN
=67 r1/1Maurizio MilanettoITA
=67 r1/1Andrey KeranovBUL
=70 r1/1Pierre LeclercCAN
=70 r1/1Ole BenediktsonDEN
72 r1/1Patrick BoutetFRA
73 r1/1Grzegorz CiastekPOL
74 r1/1Tommy WilsonGBR
=75 r1/1Imre BánréviHUN
=75 r1/1José de la CasaESP
77 r1/1Roman TkaczykPOL
78 r1/1Bart ConnerUSA
79 r1/1Fernando BertrandESP
80 r1/1Mariusz ZasadaPOL
81 r1/1Toncho TodorovBUL
=82 r1/1Angelo ZuccaITA
=82 r1/1Zhivko RusevBUL
=82 r1/1Georgi TodorovBUL
85 r1/1Phil CheethamAUS
=86 r1/1Dimitar KoychevBUL
=86 r1/1Gabriel CalvoESP
88 r1/1Bernard DecouxFRA
89 r1/1Jeff DavisGBR
90 r1/1Armin VockSUI

Final (23 July 1976 — 19:30)

Top six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsQP(50%)FP
1Zoltán MagyarHUN19.7009.8009.90
2Eizo KenmotsuJPN19.5759.7759.80
=3Nikolay AndrianovURS19.5259.7259.80
=3Michael NikolayGDR19.5259.7259.80
5Sawao KatoJPN19.4009.7009.70
6Aleksandr DityatinURS19.3509.6509.70

Qualifying (18 July 1976)

Top six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPointsCEPOEP
1Zoltán MagyarHUN19.609.759.85Q
2Eizo KenmotsuJPN19.559.709.85Q
=3Nikolay AndrianovURS19.459.709.75Q
=3Michael NikolayGDR19.459.609.85Q
5Sawao KatoJPN19.409.609.80Q
6Aleksandr DityatinURS19.309.659.65Q
7Hiroshi KajiyamaJPN19.259.509.75
8Mitsuo TsukaharaJPN19.209.509.70
9Eberhard GiengerFRG19.109.509.60
10Vladimir MarchenkoURS19.059.609.45
=11Vladimir MarkelovURS19.009.609.40
=11Rainer HanschkeGDR19.009.509.50
=11Gennady KrysinURS19.009.459.55
=11Imre MolnárHUN19.009.459.55
=11Hisato IgarashiJPN19.009.409.60
16Kurt ThomasUSA18.959.259.70
=17Vladimir TikhonovURS18.909.409.50
=17Philippe GailleSUI18.909.359.55
=19Roberto Antonio León Richards CUB18.859.359.50
=19Henri BoërioFRA18.859.309.55
=21Wolfgang KlotzGDR18.809.459.35
=21Dan GrecuROU18.809.309.50
=23Bernd JägerGDR18.759.309.45
=23Bernhard LocherSUI18.759.259.50
=25Ferenc DonáthHUN18.709.259.45
=25Marshall AvenerUSA18.709.209.50
=25Andrzej SzajnaPOL18.709.209.50
28Gustav TannenbergerTCH18.659.159.50
29Shun FujimotoJPN18.609.109.50
=30Roland BrücknerGDR18.559.359.20
=30Lutz MackGDR18.559.309.25
=32Jiří TabákTCH18.509.209.30
=32Béla LauferHUN18.509.059.45
=34Volker RohrwickFRG18.459.159.30
=34Éric KolokoFRA18.459.109.35
=34Miloslav NetušilTCH18.459.109.35
=34Wayne YoungUSA18.459.059.40
=34Michel BoutardFRA18.458.909.55
=39Reinhard DietzeFRG18.409.109.30
=39Peter KormannUSA18.409.009.40
=41Marian PieczkaPOL18.359.109.25
=41Ueli BachmannSUI18.359.059.30
=41Jan ZoulíkTCH18.359.059.30
=44Árpád FarkasHUN18.309.109.20
=44Stoyan DelchevBUL18.309.009.30
=44Robert BretscherSUI18.308.809.50
=47Edgar JorekFRG18.259.109.15
=47Ian NealeGBR18.259.009.25
=47Werner SteinmetzFRG18.259.009.25
=50Nicolae OprescuROU18.209.009.20
=50Reinhard RitterFRG18.208.759.45
=52Nelson FernándezCUB18.158.959.20
=52Sorin CepoiROU18.158.909.25
=54Peter RohnerSUI18.109.009.10
=54Dimitrios JanulidisTCH18.108.909.20
=54Willy MoyFRA18.108.859.25
57Tom BeachUSA18.058.859.20
=58Ion ChecicheșROU18.008.809.20
=58Mihai BorșROU18.008.759.25
60Peter LloydAUS17.958.809.15
=61Keith CarterCAN17.859.008.85
=61Dov LupiISR17.858.958.90
=61Maurizio MontesiITA17.858.859.00
=61Vladislav NehasilTCH17.858.759.10
=65Ștefan GalROU17.809.108.70
=65Łukasz UhmaPOL17.808.659.15
=67Philip DelesalleCAN17.709.208.50
=67Maurizio MilanettoITA17.708.709.00
=67Andrey KeranovBUL17.708.659.05
=70Pierre LeclercCAN17.658.659.00
=70Ole BenediktsonDEN17.658.409.25
72Patrick BoutetFRA17.558.808.75
73Grzegorz CiastekPOL17.458.159.30
74Tommy WilsonGBR17.408.259.15
=75Imre BánréviHUN17.359.208.15
=75José de la CasaESP17.358.508.85
77Roman TkaczykPOL17.309.108.20
78Bart ConnerUSA17.258.558.70
79Fernando BertrandESP17.158.558.60
80Mariusz ZasadaPOL17.108.059.05
81Toncho TodorovBUL17.058.258.80
=82Angelo ZuccaITA17.009.008.00
=82Zhivko RusevBUL17.008.408.60
=82Georgi TodorovBUL17.008.408.60
85Phil CheethamAUS16.608.158.45
=86Dimitar KoychevBUL16.557.658.90
=86Gabriel CalvoESP16.557.608.95
88Bernard DecouxFRA16.457.459.00
89Jeff DavisGBR16.157.408.75
90Armin VockSUI9.109.100.00