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Men's horizontal bar at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Mitsuo Tsukahara (1972, on the rings)
Venue	Montreal Forum
Dates	18–23 July
Competitors	90 from 20 nations
Winning score	19.675
Medalists
Mitsuo Tsukahara  Japan Eizo Kenmotsu  Japan Eberhard Gienger  West Germany Henri Boerio  France
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The men's horizontal bar competition was 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. There were 90 competitors from 20 nations, with nations competing in the team event having 6 gymnasts while other nations could have up to 3 gymnasts. The event was won by Mitsuo Tsukahara of Japan, the second man to successfully defend an Olympic title in the horizontal bar. It was the third consecutive victory by a Japanese gymnast in the event, and fifth in six Games. Japan also took silver, as Eizo Kenmotsu finished second, but was prevented from repeating its 1972 podium sweep by new rules that limited nations to two gymnasts in the final (Japan had the top four gymnasts in qualifying). Tsukuhara and Kenmotsu (bronze in 1968) were the seventh and eighth men to win multiple medals in the horizontal bar. Henri Boerio of France and Eberhard Gienger of West Germany tied for bronze, the first medal for France in the event since 1924 and first horizontal bar medal for West Germany.

Background

This was the 14th appearance of the event, which is one of the five apparatus events held every time there were apparatus events at the Summer Olympics (no apparatus events were held in 1900, 1908, 1912, or 1920). Four of the six finalists from 1972 returned: gold medalist Mitsuo Tsukahara, silver medalist Sawao Kato, and fourth-place finisher (and 1968 bronze medalist) Eizo Kenmotsu of Japan and sixth-place finisher Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union. Eberhard Gienger of West Germany was the reigning (1974) world champion.

Israel made its debut in the men's horizontal bar. The United States made its 13th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the inaugural 1896 Games.

Competition format

Each nation entered a team of six gymnasts or up to three individual gymnasts. All entrants in the gymnastics competitions performed both a compulsory exercise and a voluntary exercise for each apparatus. The scores for all 12 exercises were summed to give an individual all-around score. These exercise scores were also used for qualification for the apparatus finals. The two exercises (compulsory and voluntary) for each apparatus were summed to give an apparatus score. The top 6 in each apparatus participated in the finals, except that nations were limited to two finalists each; others were ranked 7th through 90th. Half of the preliminary score carried over to the final.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Results

Ninety gymnasts competed in the compulsory and optional rounds on July 18 and 20. The six highest scoring gymnasts advanced to the final on July 23. 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.

Rank	Gymnast	Nation	Preliminary			Final
			Compulsory	Voluntary	Total	1⁄2 Prelim.	Final	Total
	Mitsuo Tsukahara	Japan	9.75	9.90	19.65	9.775	9.900	19.675
	Eizo Kenmotsu	Japan	9.65	9.85	19.50	9.750	9.750	19.500
	Eberhard Gienger	West Germany	9.65	9.70	19.35	9.675	9.800	19.475
	Henri Boerio	France	9.60	9.75	19.35	9.675	9.800	19.475
5	Gennady Krysin	Soviet Union	9.50	9.80	19.30	9.525	9.600	19.125
6	Ferenc Donath	Hungary	9.55	9.65	19.20	9.500	9.450	18.950
7	Hisato Igarashi	Japan	9.60	9.85	19.45	Did not advance
8	Sawao Kato	Japan	9.65	9.75	19.40	Did not advance
9	Vladimir Markelov	Soviet Union	9.60	9.70	19.30	Did not advance
10	Hiroshi Kajiyama	Japan	9.50	9.75	19.25	Did not advance
11	Nikolai Andrianov	Soviet Union	9.70	9.50	19.20	Did not advance
	Bernd Jäger	East Germany	9.60	9.60	19.20	Did not advance
	Michael Nikolay	East Germany	9.60	9.60	19.20	Did not advance
14	Tom Beach	United States	9.45	9.65	19.10	Did not advance
	Alexander Dityatin	Soviet Union	9.45	9.65	19.10	Did not advance
	Andrzej Szajna	Poland	9.50	9.60	19.10	Did not advance
17	Zoltán Magyar	Hungary	9.50	9.55	19.05	Did not advance
	Vladimir Marchenko	Soviet Union	9.45	9.60	19.05	Did not advance
19	Dan Grecu	Romania	9.40	9.60	19.00	Did not advance
20	Vladimir Tikhonov	Soviet Union	9.30	9.65	18.95	Did not advance
21	Robert Bretscher	Switzerland	9.25	9.65	18.90	Did not advance
22	Imre Molnar	Hungary	9.35	9.50	18.85	Did not advance
	Volker Rohrwick	West Germany	9.40	9.45	18.85	Did not advance
	Wayne Young	United States	9.35	9.50	18.85	Did not advance
25	Béla Laufer	Hungary	9.25	9.55	18.80	Did not advance
	Lutz Mack	East Germany	9.30	9.50	18.80	Did not advance
	Willi Moy	France	9.40	9.40	18.80	Did not advance
	Kurt Thomas	United States	9.30	9.50	18.80	Did not advance
29	Ueli Bachmann	Switzerland	9.30	9.45	18.75	Did not advance
	Sorin Cepoi	Romania	9.30	9.45	18.75	Did not advance
31	Rainer Hanschke	East Germany	9.40	9.30	18.70	Did not advance
	Peter Kormann	United States	9.20	9.50	18.70	Did not advance
33	Philip Delesalle	Canada	9.40	9.25	18.65	Did not advance
	Wolfgang Klotz	East Germany	9.20	9.45	18.65	Did not advance
	Bernhard Locher	Switzerland	9.15	9.50	18.65	Did not advance
36	Bart Conner	United States	9.40	9.20	18.60	Did not advance
	Gustav Tannenberger	Czechoslovakia	9.25	9.35	18.60	Did not advance
38	Imre Bánrévi	Hungary	9.25	9.30	18.55	Did not advance
	Roland Brückner	East Germany	9.25	9.30	18.55	Did not advance
	Nicolae Oprescu	Romania	9.15	9.40	18.55	Did not advance
	Ştefan Gal	Romania	9.10	9.45	18.55	Did not advance
	Werner Steinmetz	West Germany	9.20	9.35	18.55	Did not advance
43	Marshall Avener	United States	9.10	9.40	18.50	Did not advance
	Edgar Jorek	West Germany	9.30	9.20	18.50	Did not advance
45	Vladislav Nehasil	Czechoslovakia	9.35	9.05	18.40	Did not advance
46	Philippe Gaille	Switzerland	9.05	9.30	18.35	Did not advance
	Andrey Keranov	Bulgaria	9.15	9.20	18.35	Did not advance
48	Bernard Decoux	France	9.05	9.25	18.30	Did not advance
	Miloslav Netusil	Czechoslovakia	9.15	9.15	18.30	Did not advance
	Marian Pieczka	Poland	9.05	9.25	18.30	Did not advance
	Reinhard Dietze	West Germany	8.95	9.35	18.30	Did not advance
	Eric Koloko	France	9.35	8.95	18.30	Did not advance
53	Mariusz Zasada	Poland	9.30	8.90	18.20	Did not advance
	Jiri Tabak	Czechoslovakia	9.00	9.20	18.20	Did not advance
55	Keith Carter	Canada	9.00	9.10	18.10	Did not advance
	Georgi Todorov	Bulgaria	9.00	9.10	18.10	Did not advance
57	Maurizio Montesi	Italy	8.80	9.25	18.05	Did not advance
58	Ole Benediktson	Denmark	8.65	9.30	17.95	Did not advance
	Maurizio Milanetto	Italy	8.65	9.30	17.95	Did not advance
	Peter Rohner	Switzerland	9.05	8.90	17.95	Did not advance
61	Patrick Boutet	France	8.50	9.35	17.85	Did not advance
	Árpád Farkas	Hungary	9.10	8.75	17.85	Did not advance
	Pierre Leclerc	Canada	9.00	8.85	17.85	Did not advance
64	Mihai Borş	Romania	8.65	9.15	17.80	Did not advance
	Ion Checicheş	Romania	8.90	8.90	17.80	Did not advance
66	Angelo Zucca	Italy	8.40	9.30	17.70	Did not advance
	Dimitar Koychev	Bulgaria	8.75	8.95	17.70	Did not advance
	Roman Tkaczyk	Poland	8.70	9.00	17.70	Did not advance
69	Dov Lupi	Israel	8.75	8.90	17.65	Did not advance
70	Jan Zoulík	Czechoslovakia	8.70	8.80	17.50	Did not advance
71	Stoyan Delchev	Bulgaria	8.45	8.95	17.40	Did not advance
	Łukasz Uhma	Poland	8.55	8.85	17.40	Did not advance
73	Michel Boutard	France	9.20	8.15	17.35	Did not advance
	Gabriel Calvo	Spain	8.40	8.95	17.35	Did not advance
75	Ian Neale	Great Britain	8.10	9.20	17.30	Did not advance
76	Reinhard Ritter	West Germany	8.05	9.20	17.25	Did not advance
	Zhivko Rusev	Bulgaria	8.50	8.75	17.25	Did not advance
78	José de la Casa	Spain	8.60	8.60	17.20	Did not advance
79	Tommy Wilson	Great Britain	8.15	9.00	17.15	Did not advance
80	Peter Lloyd	Australia	8.40	8.70	17.10	Did not advance
81	Grzegorz Ciastek	Poland	8.90	8.15	17.05	Did not advance
	Dimitrios Janulidis	Czechoslovakia	8.50	8.55	17.05	Did not advance
83	Phil Cheetham	Australia	8.65	8.30	16.95	Did not advance
	Jeff Davis	Great Britain	8.15	8.80	16.95	Did not advance
85	Toncho Todorov	Bulgaria	8.20	8.70	16.90	Did not advance
86	Nelson Fernández	Cuba	7.60	9.15	16.75	Did not advance
87	Fernando Bertrand	Spain	7.30	8.90	16.20	Did not advance
88	Shun Fujimoto	Japan	9.60	—	9.60	Did not advance
89	Roberto Richards	Cuba	9.20	—	9.20	Did not advance
90	Armin Vock	Switzerland	8.90	—	8.90	Did not advance
—	Jorge Cuervo	Cuba	DNS			Did not advance

References

1. ^ "Horizontal Bar, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
2. The IOC credits West Germany as "Germany" in 1952, when Alfred Schwarzmann won silver.
3. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 327.

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