Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

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Women's vault
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nellie Kim Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Ludmila Tourischeva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Carola Dombeck Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1972
1980  

These are the results of the women's vault competition, one of eight events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 18, 19, and 22nd at the Montreal Forum.

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Results

Qualification

Eighty-six gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 18 and 19. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 22. 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.

Final

RankGymnastCOPrelimFinalTotal
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nellie Kim  (URS)9.8009.9009.8509.95019.800
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ludmila Tourischeva  (URS)9.8009.8009.8009.85019.650
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of East Germany.svg  Carola Dombeck  (GDR)9.6009.9009.7509.90019.650
4Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Nadia Comăneci  (ROU)9.7009.8509.7759.85019.625
5Flag of East Germany.svg  Gitta Escher  (GDR)9.7009.8009.7509.80019.550
6Flag of Hungary.svg  Márta Egervári  (HUN)9.7009.7009.7009.75019.450

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