Female artistic gymnasts
| Name | Country | Date of birth (Age) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest competitor | Karen Kelsall |  Canada | 11 December 1962 (aged 13) |
| Oldest competitor | Miyuki Hironaka |  Japan | 15 August 1945 (aged 30) |
| Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Youngest competitor | Stoyan Deltchev |  Bulgaria | 3 July 1959 (aged 17) |
| Oldest competitor | Miloslav Netušil |  Czechoslovakia | 20 February 1946 (aged 30) |
Ludmilla Ivanovna Tourischeva is a former Russian gymnast, Ukrainian gymnast coach, and a nine-time Olympic medalist for the Soviet Union.
Nadia Elena Comăneci Conner, known professionally as Nadia Comăneci, is a Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events. In 1976, at the age of 14, Comăneci was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 at the Olympic Games. At the same Games she received six more perfect 10s for events en route to winning three gold medals. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Comăneci won two more gold medals and achieved two more perfect 10s. During her career Comăneci won nine Olympic medals and four World Artistic Gymnastics Championship medals.
Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet gymnast of Sakhalin Korean and Tatar descent who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was the second woman in Olympic history to earn a perfect 10 score and the first woman to score it on the vault and on the floor exercise, rivaling Nadia Comăneci, Ludmilla Tourischeva, and other strong competitors of the 1970s. Kim worked for a long time as a coach, training several national teams, and judged many major international competitions. As President of the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee, she coordinates the introduction of new rules in women's gymnastics, as provided by the new Code of Points, developed by the FIG in 2004–2005 and in effect since 2006. Her gymnastic appearances are remembered for "her strong feminine, temperamental and charismatic appeal".
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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.
These are the results of the men's floor competition, 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.
These are the results of the women's floor competition, one of six 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.
These are the results of the women's uneven bars competition, one of six 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. It is particularly remembered for the first ever Perfect 10 in Gymnastics at the Olympic Games. Nadia Comăneci of Romania, who was only 14 at the time managed a perfect score, in the compulsory team round. The scoreboard had been designed with only three digits due to the apparent impossibility of a perfect score, so at the time, it only read, "1.00". Nadia would later follow her first perfect score with two others in the optional round and the final, to finish on a perfect score of 20.
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