| Date | 18 – 23 July 1976 — 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Le Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec |
| Participants | 90 from 20 countries |
The format was similar to 1964-72, with the best six gymnasts in the team all-around advancing to the apparatus final, with the final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. However, nations were now limited to only two gymnasts in the finals. Japan’s Mitsuo Tsukahara had won this event at the 1972 Olympics, and in Montréal he had the highest score in qualifying and the final round to defend his gold medal, matching the feat of his countryman, Takashi Ono, who won this event in 1956-60. Silver went to his teammate Eizo Kenmotsu, while the bronze was shared by France’s Henry Boërio and West German Eberhard Gienger, the 1974 World Champion on high bar.
| Date | 23 July 1976 — 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Qualifying Points (50%) | Final Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61 | Mitsuo Tsukahara | JPN | 19.675 | 9.825 | 9.85 | ||
| 2 | 60 | Eizo Kenmotsu | JPN | 19.500 | 9.750 | 9.75 | ||
| =3 | 39 | Eberhard Gienger | FRG | 19.475 | 9.675 | 9.80 | ||
| =3 | 20 | Henri Boërio | FRA | 19.475 | 9.675 | 9.80 | ||
| 5 | 92 | Gennady Krysin | URS | 19.250 | 9.650 | 9.60 | ||
| 6 | 46 | Ferenc Donáth | HUN | 19.200 | 9.600 | 9.60 |
| Date | 18 July 1976 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top six in individual all-around, maximum of two per nation, advanced to the individual apparatus finals. |
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Points | Compulsory Exercise Points | Optional Exercise Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61 | Mitsuo Tsukahara | JPN | 19.65 | 9.75 | 9.90 | ||
| 2 | 60 | Eizo Kenmotsu | JPN | 19.50 | 9.65 | 9.85 | ||
| 3 | 56 | Hisato Igarashi | JPN | 19.45 | 9.60 | 9.85 | ||
| 4 | 59 | Sawao Kato | JPN | 19.40 | 9.65 | 9.75 | ||
| =5 | 39 | Eberhard Gienger | FRG | 19.35 | 9.65 | 9.70 | ||
| =5 | 20 | Henri Boërio | FRA | 19.35 | 9.60 | 9.75 | ||
| =7 | 92 | Gennady Krysin | URS | 19.30 | 9.50 | 9.80 | ||
| =7 | 94 | Vladimir Markelov | URS | 19.30 | 9.60 | 9.70 | ||
| 9 | 57 | Hiroshi Kajiyama | JPN | 19.25 | 9.50 | 9.75 | ||
| =10 | 46 | Ferenc Donáth | HUN | 19.20 | 9.55 | 9.65 | ||
| =10 | 90 | Nikolay Andrianov | URS | 19.20 | 9.70 | 9.50 | ||
| =10 | 33 | Bernd Jäger | GDR | 19.20 | 9.60 | 9.60 | ||
| =10 | 36 | Michael Nikolay | GDR | 19.20 | 9.60 | 9.60 | ||
| =14 | 65 | Andrzej Szajna | POL | 19.10 | 9.50 | 9.60 | ||
| =14 | 98 | Tom Beach | USA | 19.10 | 9.45 | 9.65 | ||
| =14 | 91 | Aleksandr Dityatin | URS | 19.10 | 9.45 | 9.65 | ||
| =17 | 49 | Zoltán Magyar | HUN | 19.05 | 9.50 | 9.55 | ||
| =17 | 93 | Vladimir Marchenko | URS | 19.05 | 9.45 | 9.60 | ||
| 19 | 74 | Dan Grecu | ROU | 19.00 | 9.40 | 9.60 | ||
| 20 | 96 | Vladimir Tikhonov | URS | 18.95 | 9.30 | 9.65 | ||
| 21 | 77 | Robert Bretscher | SUI | 18.90 | 9.25 | 9.65 | ||
| =22 | 42 | Volker Rohrwick | FRG | 18.85 | 9.40 | 9.45 | ||
| =22 | 50 | Imre Molnár | HUN | 18.85 | 9.35 | 9.50 | ||
| =22 | 103 | Wayne Young | USA | 18.85 | 9.35 | 9.50 | ||
| =25 | 26 | Willy Moy | FRA | 18.80 | 9.40 | 9.40 | ||
| =25 | 35 | Lutz Mack | GDR | 18.80 | 9.30 | 9.50 | ||
| =25 | 101 | Kurt Thomas | USA | 18.80 | 9.30 | 9.50 | ||
| =25 | 48 | Béla Laufer | HUN | 18.80 | 9.25 | 9.55 | ||
| =29 | 76 | Ueli Bachmann | SUI | 18.75 | 9.30 | 9.45 | ||
| =29 | 71 | Sorin Cepoi | ROU | 18.75 | 9.30 | 9.45 | ||
| =31 | 32 | Rainer Hanschke | GDR | 18.70 | 9.40 | 9.30 | ||
| =31 | 25 | Éric Koloko | FRA | 18.70 | 9.35 | 9.35 | ||
| =31 | 100 | Peter Kormann | USA | 18.70 | 9.20 | 9.50 | ||
| =34 | 11 | Philip Delesalle | CAN | 18.65 | 9.40 | 9.25 | ||
| =34 | 34 | Wolfgang Klotz | GDR | 18.65 | 9.20 | 9.45 | ||
| =34 | 80 | Bernhard Locher | SUI | 18.65 | 9.15 | 9.50 | ||
| =37 | 99 | Bart Conner | USA | 18.60 | 9.40 | 9.20 | ||
| =37 | 88 | Gustav Tannenberger | TCH | 18.60 | 9.25 | 9.35 | ||
| =39 | 44 | Imre Bánrévi | HUN | 18.55 | 9.25 | 9.30 | ||
| =39 | 31 | Roland Brückner | GDR | 18.55 | 9.25 | 9.30 | ||
| =39 | 43 | Werner Steinmetz | FRG | 18.55 | 9.20 | 9.35 | ||
| =39 | 75 | Nicolae Oprescu | ROU | 18.55 | 9.15 | 9.40 | ||
| =39 | 73 | Ștefan Gal | ROU | 18.55 | 9.10 | 9.45 | ||
| =44 | 40 | Edgar Jorek | FRG | 18.50 | 9.30 | 9.20 | ||
| =44 | 97 | Marshall Avener | USA | 18.50 | 9.10 | 9.40 | ||
| 46 | 85 | Vladislav Nehasil | TCH | 18.40 | 9.35 | 9.05 | ||
| =47 | 4 | Andrey Keranov | BUL | 18.35 | 9.15 | 9.20 | ||
| =47 | 78 | Philippe Gaille | SUI | 18.35 | 9.05 | 9.30 | ||
| =49 | 86 | Miloslav Netušil | TCH | 18.30 | 9.15 | 9.15 | ||
| =49 | 23 | Bernard Decoux | FRA | 18.30 | 9.05 | 9.25 | ||
| =49 | 64 | Marian Pieczka | POL | 18.30 | 9.05 | 9.25 | ||
| =49 | 38 | Reinhard Dietze | FRG | 18.30 | 8.95 | 9.35 | ||
| =53 | 68 | Mariusz Zasada | POL | 18.20 | 9.30 | 8.90 | ||
| =53 | 87 | Jiří Tabák | TCH | 18.20 | 9.00 | 9.20 | ||
| =55 | 10 | Keith Carter | CAN | 18.10 | 9.00 | 9.10 | ||
| =55 | 8 | Georgi Todorov | BUL | 18.10 | 9.00 | 9.10 | ||
| 57 | 53 | Maurizio Montesi | ITA | 18.05 | 8.80 | 9.25 | ||
| =58 | 81 | Peter Rohner | SUI | 17.95 | 9.05 | 8.90 | ||
| =58 | 16 | Ole Benediktson | DEN | 17.95 | 8.65 | 9.30 | ||
| =58 | 52 | Maurizio Milanetto | ITA | 17.95 | 8.65 | 9.30 | ||
| =61 | 47 | Árpád Farkas | HUN | 17.85 | 9.10 | 8.75 | ||
| =61 | 12 | Pierre Leclerc | CAN | 17.85 | 9.00 | 8.85 | ||
| =63 | 72 | Ion Checicheș | ROU | 17.80 | 8.90 | 8.90 | ||
| =63 | 69 | Mihai Borș | ROU | 17.80 | 8.65 | 9.15 | ||
| =65 | 5 | Dimitar Koychev | BUL | 17.70 | 8.75 | 8.95 | ||
| =65 | 66 | Roman Tkaczyk | POL | 17.70 | 8.70 | 9.00 | ||
| =65 | 54 | Angelo Zucca | ITA | 17.70 | 8.40 | 9.30 | ||
| 68 | 51 | Dov Lupi | ISR | 17.65 | 8.75 | 8.90 | ||
| 69 | 89 | Jan Zoulík | TCH | 17.50 | 8.70 | 8.80 | ||
| 70 | 22 | Patrick Boutet | FRA | 17.45 | 8.50 | 8.95 | ||
| =71 | 67 | Łukasz Uhma | POL | 17.40 | 8.55 | 8.85 | ||
| =71 | 3 | Stoyan Delchev | BUL | 17.40 | 8.45 | 8.95 | ||
| =73 | 21 | Michel Boutard | FRA | 17.35 | 9.20 | 8.15 | ||
| =73 | 18 | Gaby Calvo | ESP | 17.35 | 8.40 | 8.95 | ||
| 75 | 28 | Ian Neale | GBR | 17.30 | 8.10 | 9.20 | ||
| =76 | 6 | Zhivko Rusev | BUL | 17.25 | 8.50 | 8.75 | ||
| =76 | 41 | Reinhard Ritter | FRG | 17.25 | 8.05 | 9.20 | ||
| 78 | 19 | Juan de la Casa | ESP | 17.20 | 8.60 | 8.60 | ||
| 79 | 29 | Tommy Wilson | GBR | 17.15 | 8.15 | 9.00 | ||
| 80 | 2 | Peter Lloyd | AUS | 17.10 | 8.40 | 8.70 | ||
| =81 | 62 | Grzegorz Ciastek | POL | 17.05 | 8.90 | 8.15 | ||
| =81 | 84 | Dimitrios Janulidis | TCH | 17.05 | 8.50 | 8.55 | ||
| =83 | 1 | Phil Cheetham | AUS | 16.95 | 8.65 | 8.30 | ||
| =83 | 27 | Jeff Davis | GBR | 16.95 | 8.15 | 8.80 | ||
| 85 | 9 | Toncho Todorov | BUL | 16.90 | 8.20 | 8.70 | ||
| 86 | 14 | Nelson Fernández | CUB | 16.75 | 7.60 | 9.15 | ||
| 87 | 17 | Fernando Bertrand | ESP | 16.20 | 7.30 | 8.90 | ||
| 88 | 55 | Shun Fujimoto | JPN | 9.60 | 9.60 | 0.00 | ||
| 89 | 15 | Roberto Antonio León Richards | CUB | 9.20 | 9.20 | 0.00 | ||
| 90 | 82 | Armin Vock | SUI | 8.90 | 8.90 | 0.00 |