Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
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List of gymnasts | ||
Artistic | ||
Team all-around | men | women |
Individual all-around | men | women |
Vault | men | women |
Floor | men | women |
Pommel horse | men | |
Rings | men | |
Parallel bars | men | |
Horizontal bar | men | |
Uneven bars | women | |
Balance beam | women | |
This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal from 17 July to 1 August 1976. Only one discipline, artistic gymnastics, was included in the Games. [1]
Name | Country | Date of birth (Age) | |
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Youngest competitor | Karen Kelsall | Canada | 11 December 1962 (aged 13) |
Oldest competitor | Miyuki Hironaka | Japan | 15 August 1945 (aged 30) |
Name | Country | Date of birth (Age) | |
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Youngest competitor | Stoyan Deltchev | Bulgaria | 3 July 1959 (aged 17) |
Oldest competitor | Miloslav Netušil | Czechoslovakia | 20 February 1946 (aged 30) |
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