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1976 Olympics Montreal, Canada Men’s Team 1. Japan 2. Soviet Union 3. East Germany 7. USA Men’s All-Around 1. Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union 116.650 2. Sawao Kato Japan 115.650 3. Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan 115.575 12. Wayne Young USA 15. Peter Kormann USA 21. Kurt Thomas USA 32. Tom Beach * USA 43. Marshall Avener * USA 46. Bart Conner * USA Men's Floor Exercise 1. Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union 2. Vladimir Marchenko Soviet Union 3. Peter Kormann USA Men's Pommel Horse 1. Zoltan Magyar Hungary 2. Eizo Kenmotsu Japan 3t. Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union 3t. Michael Nikolai East Germany Men's Still Rings 1. Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union 2. Alexandr Ditiatin Soviet Union 3. Danut Grecu Romania Men's Vault 1. Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union 2. Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan 3. Hiroshi Kajiyama Japan Men’s Parallel Bars 1. Sawao Kato Japan 2. Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union 3. Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan Men's Horizontal Bar 1. Mitsuo Tsukahara Japan 2. Eizo Kenmotsu Japan 3t. Henri Boerio France 3t. Eberhard Gienger West Germany Women's Team 1. Soviet Union 2. Romania 3. East Germany Women’s All-Around 1. Nadia Comaneci Romania 79.275 2. Nelli Kim Soviet Union 78.675 3. LudmIlla Tourischeva Soviet Union 77.025 14. Kim Chace (May) USA 18t. Debra Wilcox USA 18t. Leslie Wolfsberger (Jambon) USA 41. Kolleen Casey (Shields)* USA 42. Carrie Englert * USA 46. Kathy Howard * USA Women's Vault 1. Nelli Kim Soviet Union 2t. Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union 2t. Carola Dombeck East Germany Women's Uneven Bars 1. Nadia Comaneci Romania 2. Teodora Ungureanu Romania 3. Marta Egervari Hungary Women's Balance Beam 1. Nadia Comaneci Romania 2. Olga Korbut Soviet Union 3. Teodora Unguranu Romania Women's Floor Exercise 1. Nelli Kim Soviet Union 2. Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union 3. Nadia Comaneci Romania .

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