1980 Summer Olympics / gymnastics

Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Moscow
Competition venue	Lenin Sports Palace
Nations	18th
Athletes	127 (65 , 62 )
date	July 20-25, 1980
decisions	14th
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At the XXII. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow , 14 gymnastics competitions took place, eight for men and six for women. The venue for the gymnastics competitions was the Lenin Sports Palace . Alexander Ditjatin, the most successful athlete of the games, won a medal in all eight men's gymnastics competitions. The competitions were dominated by the athletes of the USSR, who secured the title in 9 out of 14 competitions.

Competitions and schedule

Lenin Sports Palace - the venue for competitions in apparatus gymnastics

Apparatus gymnastics competitions and schedule
Competitions	July
Men	20th	21st	22nd	23.	24.	25th
Team all-around	P
Individual all-around	P		K
ground	P		K
Pommel horse	P		K
Rings	P		K
Leap	P		K
Ingots	P		K
Horizontal bar	P		K
Women	20th	21st	22nd	23.	24.	25th
Team all-around		P
Individual all-around		P		K
Leap		P		K
Uneven bars		P		K
Balance beam		P		K
ground		P		K

P

mandatory

K

Freestyle

final

Men

Team all-around

space	Country athletes	Total points	Final points	Compulsory points
1	Soviet Union Nikolai Andrianow Eduard Azarjan Alexander Ditjatin Bohdan Makuz Vladimir Markelow Alexander Tkachev	589.60 floor 98.05 pommel horse 98.45 rings 98.25 jump 98.65 parallel bars 98.10 high bar 98.10	295.85 049.15 049.30 049.35 049.30 049.40 049.35	293.75 048.90 049.15 048.90 049.35 048.70 048.75
2	German Democratic Republic Ralf-Peter Hemmann Lutz Hoffmann Lutz Mack Michael Nikolay Andreas Bronst Roland Brückner	581.15 floor 96.90 pommel horse 97.40 rings 96.75 jump 98.05 bars 96.80 horizontal bar 95.25	291.10 048.45 048.90 048.45 049.10 048.90 047.30	290.05 048.45 048.50 048.30 048.95 047.90 047.95
3	Hungary Ferenc Donáth György Guczoghy Zoltán Kelemen Péter Kovács Zoltán Magyar István Vámos	575.00 floor 96.05 pommel horse 97.15 rings 95.00 jump 97.00 parallel bars 95.05 horizontal bar 94.75	288.80 048.15 049.00 047.55 048.80 048.10 047.20	286.20 047.90 048.15 047.45 048.20 046.95 047.55
4th	Romania Romulus Bucuroiu Sorin Cepoi Aurelian Georgescu Dan Grecu Nicolae Oprescu Kurt Szilier	572.30 floor 94.25 pommel horse 95.05 rings 96.20 jump 96.95 bars 96.00 horizontal bar 93.85	288.70 047.40 048.15 048.55 049.10 048.10 047.40	283.60 046.85 046.90 047.65 047.85 047.90 046.45
5	Bulgaria Ognian Bangiev Stojan Deltschew Plamen Petkov Rumen Petkov Janko Radanchev Dantscho Jordanow	571.55 floor 94.95 pommel horse 94.65 rings 94.85 jump 96.55 bars 95.90 high bar 94.65	287.70 048.15 047.95 047.70 048.50 048.50 046.90	283.85 046.80 046.70 047.15 048.05 047.40 047.75
6th	Czechoslovakia Rudolf Babiak Josef Konečný Miroslav Kučeřík Jan Migdau Jiří Tabák Jan Zoulík	569.80 floor 95.00 pommel horse 94.25 rings 95.95 jump 97.10 bars 94.75 horizontal bar 92.75	286.95 047.50 048.30 048.00 048.70 047.70 046.75	282.85 047.50 045.95 047.95 048.40 047.05 046.00

Participants: 9 teams
final on July 22nd

Individual all-around

space	country	athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	URS	Alexander Ditjatin	118.650	59,450	59.200
2	URS	Nikolai Andrianov	118.225	59.150	59.075
3	BUL	Stoyan Delchev	118,000	59.250	58.750
4th	URS	Alexander Tkachev	117.700	59,000	58,700
5	GDR	Roland Brückner	117,300	58.850	58,450
6th	GDR	Michael Nikolay	116.750	58,500	58,250
7th	GDR	Lutz Hoffmann	116.025	58.150	57.875
8th	TCH	Jiří Tabák	115.675	57,700	57.975
9	ROU	Dan Grecu	115.225	57,800	57.425
10	HUN	Zoltán Magyar	115.225	57,300	57.925

Participants: 68 gymnasts from 16 countries
Final on July 24th with 36 gymnasts from 13 countries

Device finals

ground

space	country	athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	GDR	Roland Brückner	19.750	9,900	9,850
2	URS	Nikolai Andrianov	19.725	9,850	9.875
3	URS	Alexander Ditjatin	19,700	9,900	9,800
4th	TCH	Jiří Tabák	19.675	9,850	9.825
5	HUN	Péter Kovács	19,425	9,650	9.775
6th	GDR	Lutz Hoffmann	18.725	9,000	9.725

Final on July 25th

Pommel horse

space	country	athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	HUN	Zoltán Magyar	19.925	10,0000	9.925
2	URS	Alexander Ditjatin	19,800	9,900	9,900
3	GDR	Michael Nikolay	19.775	9,900	9.875
4th	GDR	Roland Brückner	19.725	9,900	9.825
5	URS	Alexander Tkachev	19.475	9,600	9.875
6th	HUN	Ferenc Donáth	19,400	9,600	9,800

Final on July 25th

Rings

space	country	athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	URS	Alexander Ditjatin	19.875	9,950	9.925
2	URS	Alexander Tkachev	19.725	9,900	9.825
3	TCH	Jiří Tabák	19,600	9,800	9,800
4th	GDR	Roland Brückner	19.575	9,800	9.775
5	BUL	Stoyan Delchev	19.475	9,700	9.775
6th	ROU	Dan Grecu	18,850	9,000	9,850

Final on July 25th

Leap

space	country	athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	URS	Nikolai Andrianov	19.825	9.925	9,900
2	URS	Alexander Ditjatin	19,800	9.925	9.875
3	GDR	Roland Brückner	19.775	9,900	9.875
4th	GDR	Ralf-Peter Hemmann	19.750	9.925	9.825
5	BUL	Stoyan Delchev	19,700	9.875	9.825
6th	TCH	Jiří Tabák	19.525	9,650	9.875

Final on July 25th

Ingots

space	country	athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	URS	Alexander Tkachev	19.775	9,900	9.875
2	URS	Alexander Ditjatin	19.750	9,900	9,850
3	GDR	Roland Brückner	19,650	9,850	9,800
4th	GDR	Michael Nikolay	19,600	9,900	9,700
5	BUL	Stoyan Delchev	19.575	9,700	9.875
6th	CUB	Roberto Leon	19,500	9,700	9,800

Final on July 25th

Horizontal bar

space	country	athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	BUL	Stoyan Delchev	19.825	9,950	9.875
2	URS	Alexander Ditjatin	19.750	9,900	9,850
3	URS	Nikolai Andrianov	19.675	9,850	9.825
4th	GDR	Ralf-Peter Hemmann	19.525	9,850	9.675
	GDR	Michael Nikolay	19.525	9,850	9.675
6th	CUB	Sergio Suarez	19,450	9,800	9,650

Final on July 25th

Women

Team all-around

space	Country female athletes	Total points	Final points	Compulsory points
1	Soviet Union Jelena Dawydowa Marija Filatowa Nelli Kim Jelena Naimuschina Natalja Schaposchnikowa Stella Sacharowa	394.90 Jump 98.60 Uneven bars 98.65 Balance beam 98.60 Bottom 99.05	197.15 049.00 049.25 049.15 049.75	197.75 049.60 049.40 049.45 049.30
2	Romania Nadia Comăneci Rodica Dunca Emilia Eberle Melitta Rühn Dumitrița Turner Cristina Grigoraș	393.50 Jump 98.70 Uneven bars 98.30 Balance beam 98.30 Floor 98.20	196.80 049.40 049.25 049.00 049.15	196.70 049.30 049.05 049.30 049.05
3	GDR Maxi Gnauck Silvia Hindorff Steffi Kräker Katharina Rensch Karola Sube Birgit Süß	392.55 jump 98.60 uneven bars 98.55 balance beam 97.35 floor 99.05	195.75 049.10 049.20 048.40 049.05	196.80 049.50 049.35 048.95 049.00
4th	Czechoslovakia Dana Brýdlová Jana Labáková Eva Marečková Katarína Šarišská Anita Šauerová Radka Zemanová	388.80 jump 96.70 uneven bars 97.55 balance beam 97.25 bottom 97.30	193.70 047.75 048.70 048.55 048.70	195.10 048.95 048.85 048.70 048.60
5	Hungary Lenke Almási Erika Csányi Márta Egervári Erika Flander Erzsébet Hanti Éva Óvári	384.30 jump 96.80 uneven bars 97.35 balance beam 94.20 floor 95.95	190.75 048.00 048.75 046.35 047.65	193.55 048.80 048.60 047.85 048.30
6th	Bulgaria Kamelia Evtimova Dimitrinka Filipowa Galina Marinova Antoaneta Rachnewa Krasimira Toneva Silvia Topalova	382.10 Jump 97.00 Uneven bars 95.00 Balance beam 94.90 Floor 95.20	189.00 048.20 046.80 046.55 047.45	193.10 048.80 048.20 048.35 047.75

Participants: 8 teams
final on July 23rd

Individual all-around

space	country	Athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	URS	Elena Davydova	79.150	39.650	39,500
2	GDR	Maxi Gnauck	79.075	39,400	39.675
	ROU	Nadia Comăneci	79.075	39,550	39.525
4th	URS	Natalia Shaposhnikova	79.025	39,450	39.575
5	URS	Nelli Kim	78.425	38,950	39.475
6th	ROU	Emilia Eberle	78,400	38,850	39,550
7th	ROU	Rodica Dunca	78,350	39,100	39,250
8th	GDR	Steffi Kraker	78.200	38,950	39,250
9	GDR	Katharina Rensch	78.125	38,850	39.275
10	TCH	Radka Zemanová	77.850	38,850	39,100

Participants: 62 gymnasts from 16 countries.
Final on July 24th with 36 gymnasts from 15 countries

Device finals

Leap

space	country	Athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	URS	Natalia Shaposhnikova	19.725	9.825	9,900
2	GDR	Steffi Kraker	19.675	9,750	9.925
3	ROU	Melitta Rühn	19,650	9.775	9.875
4th	URS	Elena Davydova	19.575	9.675	9,900
5	ROU	Nadia Comăneci	19,350	9.425	9.925
6th	GDR	Maxi Gnauck	19,300	9.375	9.925

Final on July 25th

Uneven bars

space	country	Athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	GDR	Maxi Gnauck	19.875	9,900	9.975
2	ROU	Emilia Eberle	19,850	9,900	9,950
3	GDR	Steffi Kraker	19.775	9,900	9.875
	ROU	Melitta Rühn	19.775	9,900	9.875
	URS	Maria Filatova	19.775	9,900	9.875
6th	URS	Nelli Kim	19.725	9,850	9.875

Final on July 25th

Balance beam

space	country	Athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	ROU	Nadia Comăneci	19,800	9,850	9,950
2	URS	Elena Davydova	19.750	9,900	9,850
3	URS	Natalia Shaposhnikova	19.725	9,850	9.875
4th	GDR	Maxi Gnauck	19,700	9,850	9,850
5	TCH	Radka Zemanová	19,650	9,850	9,800
6th	ROU	Emilia Eberle	19,400	9,500	9,900

Final on July 25th

ground

Nelli Kim - winner on the floor

space	country	Athlete	Total points	Final points	Compulsory / freestyle ø points
1	URS	Nelli Kim	19.875	9,950	9.925
	ROU	Nadia Comăneci	19.875	9,950	9.925
3	URS	Natalia Shaposhnikova	19.825	9,900	9.925
	GDR	Maxi Gnauck	19.825	9,900	9.925
5	ROU	Emilia Eberle	19.750	9,850	9,900
6th	TCH	Jana Labáková	19.725	9,850	9.875

Final on July 25th

Medal table

Medal table gymnastics
space	country
1	Soviet Union	9	8th	5	22nd
2	GDR	2	3	6th	11
3	Romania	2	3	2	7th
4th	Hungary	1	-	1	2
	Bulgaria	1	-	1	2
6th	Czechoslovakia	-	-	1	1
Total		15th	14th	16	45

literature

• Manfred Seifert: Sport80. A yearbook of GDR sports . Sportverlag Berlin, 1980, ISSN  0232-203X , p. 303 .
• New Germany . No. 171-176 . Socialist Unity Party of Germany, 1980, ISSN  0323-3375 .

Web links

1. ↑ Schedule and results of the gymnastics competitions, pp.298–323 (PDF; 27.59 MB)