| Date | 20 – 25 July 1980 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Dvorets sporta, Tsentralny stadion imeni V. I. Lenina, Moskva |
| Participants | 65 from 14 countries |
The format was the same as in 1976, with the best six gymnasts in the team all-around advancing to the apparatus final, but only two gymnasts from each nation could advance to the finals. The final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. Hungarian Zoltán Magyar was the defending champion, was World Champion in 1978-79, and was the clear favorite. Magyar led after qualifying and then scored a perfect 10.00 in the final round to defend his gold medal. Silver was won by Soviet Aleksandr Dityatin, one of his eight medals in gymnastics in Moskva. Magyar repeated the feat of Yugoslav Miroslav Cerar, who had won the Olympic pommelled horse in 1964-68. The two are usually considered the greatest ever practitioners on pommelled horse.
| Date | 25 July 1980 — 14:30 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Qualifying Points (50%) | Final Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | Zoltán Magyar | HUN | 19.925 | 9.925 | 10.00 | ||
| 2 | 64 | Aleksandr Dityatin | URS | 19.800 | 9.900 | 9.90 | ||
| 3 | 73 | Michael Nikolay | GDR | 19.775 | 9.875 | 9.90 | ||
| 4 | 75 | Roland Brückner | GDR | 19.725 | 9.825 | 9.90 | ||
| 5 | 68 | Aleksandr Tkachov | URS | 19.475 | 9.875 | 9.60 | ||
| 6 | 30 | Ferenc Donáth | HUN | 19.400 | 9.800 | 9.60 |
| Date | 20 July 1980 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Compulsory Exercise Points | Optional Exercise Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | Zoltán Magyar | HUN | 19.85 | 9.90 | 9.95 | ||
| 2 | 64 | Aleksandr Dityatin | URS | 19.80 | 9.90 | 9.90 | ||
| =3 | 73 | Michael Nikolay | GDR | 19.75 | 9.90 | 9.85 | ||
| =3 | 68 | Aleksandr Tkachov | URS | 19.75 | 9.90 | 9.85 | ||
| 5 | 63 | Eduard Azaryan | URS | 19.70 | 9.80 | 9.90 | ||
| 6 | 75 | Roland Brückner | GDR | 19.65 | 9.80 | 9.85 | ||
| =7 | 67 | Vladimir Markelov | URS | 19.60 | 9.80 | 9.80 | ||
| =7 | 30 | Ferenc Donáth | HUN | 19.60 | 9.75 | 9.85 | ||
| =7 | 62 | Nikolay Andrianov | URS | 19.60 | 9.75 | 9.85 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Stoyan Delchev | BUL | 19.50 | 9.65 | 9.85 | ||
| =11 | 71 | Lutz Hoffmann | GDR | 19.45 | 9.70 | 9.75 | ||
| =11 | 66 | Bohdan Makuts | URS | 19.45 | 9.70 | 9.75 | ||
| 13 | 31 | György Guczoghy | HUN | 19.40 | 9.65 | 9.75 | ||
| =14 | 48 | Romulus Bucuroiu | ROU | 19.35 | 9.65 | 9.70 | ||
| =14 | 53 | Kurt Szilier | ROU | 19.35 | 9.65 | 9.70 | ||
| =14 | 22 | Michel Boutard | FRA | 19.35 | 9.60 | 9.75 | ||
| =14 | 74 | Andreas Bronst | GDR | 19.35 | 9.60 | 9.75 | ||
| 18 | 14 | Roberto Antonio León Richards | CUB | 19.30 | 9.65 | 9.65 | ||
| =19 | 70 | Ralf-Peter Hemmann | GDR | 19.20 | 9.50 | 9.70 | ||
| =19 | 32 | Zoltán Kelemen | HUN | 19.20 | 9.50 | 9.70 | ||
| =19 | 55 | Rudolf Babiak | TCH | 19.20 | 9.45 | 9.75 | ||
| =22 | 25 | Joël Suty | FRA | 19.15 | 9.50 | 9.65 | ||
| =22 | 58 | Miloslav Kučeřík | TCH | 19.15 | 9.45 | 9.70 | ||
| 24 | 33 | Péter Kovács | HUN | 19.10 | 9.35 | 9.75 | ||
| =25 | 60 | Jiří Tabák | TCH | 19.05 | 9.55 | 9.50 | ||
| =25 | 6 | Plamen Petkov | BUL | 19.05 | 9.40 | 9.65 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Enrique Bravo | CUB | 19.00 | 9.55 | 9.45 | ||
| 28 | 49 | Sorin Cepoi | ROU | 18.95 | 9.45 | 9.50 | ||
| =29 | 9 | Dancho Yordanov | BUL | 18.90 | 9.40 | 9.50 | ||
| =29 | 38 | Andrzej Szajna | POL | 18.90 | 9.30 | 9.60 | ||
| =29 | 51 | Dan Grecu | ROU | 18.90 | 9.25 | 9.65 | ||
| 32 | 61 | Jan Zoulík | TCH | 18.80 | 9.00 | 9.80 | ||
| 33 | 36 | István Vámos | HUN | 18.75 | 9.25 | 9.50 | ||
| =34 | 10 | Miguel Arroyo | CUB | 18.70 | 9.45 | 9.25 | ||
| =34 | 20 | Henri Boërio | FRA | 18.70 | 9.45 | 9.25 | ||
| =34 | 24 | Willy Moy | FRA | 18.70 | 9.30 | 9.40 | ||
| =37 | 37 | Krzysztof Potaczek | POL | 18.55 | 9.55 | 9.00 | ||
| =37 | 21 | Yves Bouquel | FRA | 18.55 | 9.50 | 9.05 | ||
| =37 | 28 | Tommy Wilson | GBR | 18.55 | 9.25 | 9.30 | ||
| =37 | 29 | Barry Winch | GBR | 18.55 | 9.25 | 9.30 | ||
| 41 | 50 | Aurelian Georgescu | ROU | 18.50 | 8.90 | 9.60 | ||
| 42 | 15 | Jorge Roche | CUB | 18.45 | 9.40 | 9.05 | ||
| =43 | 7 | Rumen Petkov | BUL | 18.40 | 9.00 | 9.40 | ||
| =43 | 72 | Lutz Mack | GDR | 18.40 | 8.80 | 9.60 | ||
| 45 | 3 | Ognyan Bangiev | BUL | 18.35 | 9.25 | 9.10 | ||
| 46 | 1 | Lindsay Nylund | AUS | 18.25 | 8.90 | 9.35 | ||
| =47 | 39 | Waldemar Woźniak | POL | 18.20 | 8.85 | 9.35 | ||
| =47 | 52 | Nicolae Oprescu | ROU | 18.20 | 8.85 | 9.35 | ||
| 49 | 8 | Yanko Radanchev | BUL | 18.15 | 8.60 | 9.55 | ||
| 50 | 12 | Mario Castro | CUB | 17.95 | 9.15 | 8.80 | ||
| 51 | 18 | Gaby Calvo | ESP | 17.90 | 9.00 | 8.90 | ||
| =52 | 17 | Fernando Bertrand | ESP | 17.85 | 9.05 | 8.80 | ||
| =52 | 26 | Marc Touchais | FRA | 17.85 | 9.00 | 8.85 | ||
| =52 | 19 | Juan de la Casa | ESP | 17.85 | 8.95 | 8.90 | ||
| =55 | 27 | Keith Langley | GBR | 17.70 | 9.05 | 8.65 | ||
| =55 | 42 | Han Gwang-Song | PRK | 17.70 | 8.80 | 8.90 | ||
| =55 | 59 | Jan Migdau | TCH | 17.70 | 8.50 | 9.20 | ||
| 58 | 56 | Jozef Konečný | TCH | 17.60 | 8.05 | 9.55 | ||
| 59 | 40 | Cho Hun | PRK | 17.55 | 8.40 | 9.15 | ||
| =60 | 16 | Casimiro Suárez | CUB | 17.20 | 8.95 | 8.25 | ||
| =60 | 46 | Song Sun-Bong | PRK | 17.20 | 8.35 | 8.85 | ||
| 62 | 43 | Kang Gwang-Song | PRK | 17.00 | 7.55 | 9.45 | ||
| 63 | 2 | João Luiz Ribeiro | BRA | 16.85 | 8.55 | 8.30 | ||
| 64 | 45 | Li Su-Gil | PRK | 16.65 | 8.00 | 8.65 | ||
| 65 | 44 | Kim Gwang-Jin | PRK | 16.55 | 7.95 | 8.60 |