| Date | 20 – 25 July 1980 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Dvorets sporta, Tsentralny stadion imeni V. I. Lenina, Moskva |
| Participants | 65 from 14 countries |
The format was the same as in 1976, with the best six gymnasts in the team all-around advancing to the apparatus final, but only two gymnasts from each nation could advance to the finals. The final apparatus score made up of 50% of the all-around total and a final optional program. This event was severely affected by the American boycott. At the 1979 World Championships, American Bart Conner had won the gold medal, and he would win the 1984 Olympic gold medal, with the silver medal shared by his teammate Kurt Thomas and Soviet Aleksandr Tkachyov. After team qualifying Tkachyov was tied with Bulgarian Stoyan Delchev, but Delchev struggled in the final and placed only fifth. Tkachyov had the highest score in the final round to win the gold medal, a score matched by silver medalist Aleksandr Dityatin, with the bronze going to East German Roland Brückner.
| Date | 25 July 1980 — 14:30 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 68 | Aleksandr Tkachov |  URS | 19.775 | 9.875 | 9.90 | ||
| 2 | 64 | Aleksandr Dityatin | URS | 19.750 | 9.850 | 9.90 | ||
| 3 | 75 | Roland Brückner |  GDR | 19.650 | 9.800 | 9.85 | ||
| 4 | 73 | Michael Nikolay | GDR | 19.600 | 9.700 | 9.90 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Stoyan Delchev |  BUL | 19.575 | 9.875 | 9.70 | ||
| 6 | 14 | Roberto Antonio León Richards |  CUB | 19.500 | 9.800 | 9.70 |
| Date | 20 July 1980 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 4 | Stoyan Delchev | BUL | 19.75 | 9.85 | 9.90 | ||
| =1 | 68 | Aleksandr Tkachov | URS | 19.75 | 9.85 | 9.90 | ||
| =3 | 62 | Nikolay Andrianov | URS | 19.70 | 9.80 | 9.90 | ||
| =3 | 64 | Aleksandr Dityatin | URS | 19.70 | 9.80 | 9.90 | ||
| =5 | 14 | Roberto Antonio León Richards | CUB | 19.60 | 9.70 | 9.90 | ||
| =5 | 75 | Roland Brückner | GDR | 19.60 | 9.70 | 9.90 | ||
| 7 | 66 | Bohdan Makuts | URS | 19.50 | 9.60 | 9.90 | ||
| 8 | 51 | Dan Grecu |  ROU | 19.45 | 9.65 | 9.80 | ||
| =9 | 63 | Eduard Azaryan | URS | 19.40 | 9.65 | 9.75 | ||
| =9 | 73 | Michael Nikolay | GDR | 19.40 | 9.60 | 9.80 | ||
| =11 | 70 | Ralf-Peter Hemmann | GDR | 19.30 | 9.60 | 9.70 | ||
| =11 | 49 | Sorin Cepoi | ROU | 19.30 | 9.60 | 9.70 | ||
| =11 | 74 | Andreas Bronst | GDR | 19.30 | 9.50 | 9.80 | ||
| =14 | 30 | Ferenc Donáth |  HUN | 19.20 | 9.55 | 9.65 | ||
| =14 | 9 | Dancho Yordanov | BUL | 19.20 | 9.45 | 9.75 | ||
| =14 | 34 | Zoltán Magyar | HUN | 19.20 | 9.45 | 9.75 | ||
| 17 | 50 | Aurelian Georgescu | ROU | 19.15 | 9.55 | 9.60 | ||
| =18 | 72 | Lutz Mack | GDR | 19.10 | 9.50 | 9.60 | ||
| =18 | 56 | Jozef Konečný |  TCH | 19.10 | 9.50 | 9.60 | ||
| =18 | 6 | Plamen Petkov | BUL | 19.10 | 9.40 | 9.70 | ||
| =21 | 22 | Michel Boutard |  FRA | 19.05 | 9.50 | 9.55 | ||
| =21 | 10 | Miguel Arroyo | CUB | 19.05 | 9.45 | 9.60 | ||
| =21 | 60 | Jiří Tabák | TCH | 19.05 | 9.35 | 9.70 | ||
| =24 | 42 | Han Gwang-Song |  PRK | 19.00 | 9.50 | 9.50 | ||
| =24 | 40 | Cho Hun | PRK | 19.00 | 9.40 | 9.60 | ||
| =24 | 12 | Mario Castro | CUB | 19.00 | 9.30 | 9.70 | ||
| =24 | 71 | Lutz Hoffmann | GDR | 19.00 | 9.30 | 9.70 | ||
| =28 | 31 | György Guczoghy | HUN | 18.95 | 9.40 | 9.55 | ||
| =28 | 61 | Jan Zoulík | TCH | 18.95 | 9.40 | 9.55 | ||
| =28 | 3 | Ognyan Bangiev | BUL | 18.95 | 9.35 | 9.60 | ||
| =28 | 16 | Casimiro Suárez | CUB | 18.95 | 9.25 | 9.70 | ||
| =32 | 52 | Nicolae Oprescu | ROU | 18.90 | 9.45 | 9.45 | ||
| =32 | 7 | Rumen Petkov | BUL | 18.90 | 9.35 | 9.55 | ||
| =32 | 44 | Kim Gwang-Jin | PRK | 18.90 | 9.30 | 9.60 | ||
| =32 | 67 | Vladimir Markelov | URS | 18.90 | 9.10 | 9.80 | ||
| =36 | 55 | Rudolf Babiak | TCH | 18.85 | 9.40 | 9.45 | ||
| =36 | 18 | Gaby Calvo |  ESP | 18.85 | 9.25 | 9.60 | ||
| =36 | 33 | Péter Kovács | HUN | 18.85 | 9.00 | 9.85 | ||
| 39 | 58 | Miloslav Kučeřík | TCH | 18.80 | 9.40 | 9.40 | ||
| 40 | 43 | Kang Gwang-Song | PRK | 18.75 | 8.95 | 9.80 | ||
| =41 | 59 | Jan Migdau | TCH | 18.70 | 9.30 | 9.40 | ||
| =41 | 19 | Juan de la Casa | ESP | 18.70 | 9.15 | 9.55 | ||
| =43 | 53 | Kurt Szilier | ROU | 18.65 | 9.65 | 9.00 | ||
| =43 | 17 | Fernando Bertrand | ESP | 18.65 | 9.25 | 9.40 | ||
| =43 | 25 | Joël Suty | FRA | 18.65 | 9.15 | 9.50 | ||
| =43 | 48 | Romulus Bucuroiu | ROU | 18.65 | 9.10 | 9.55 | ||
| =47 | 1 | Lindsay Nylund |  AUS | 18.55 | 9.30 | 9.25 | ||
| =47 | 11 | Enrique Bravo | CUB | 18.55 | 9.15 | 9.40 | ||
| =47 | 39 | Waldemar Woźniak |  POL | 18.55 | 9.15 | 9.40 | ||
| =50 | 36 | István Vámos | HUN | 18.50 | 9.35 | 9.15 | ||
| =50 | 32 | Zoltán Kelemen | HUN | 18.50 | 9.20 | 9.30 | ||
| 52 | 37 | Krzysztof Potaczek | POL | 18.45 | 9.05 | 9.40 | ||
| =53 | 8 | Yanko Radanchev | BUL | 18.40 | 9.25 | 9.15 | ||
| =53 | 45 | Li Su-Gil | PRK | 18.40 | 8.95 | 9.45 | ||
| =55 | 24 | Willy Moy | FRA | 18.35 | 9.25 | 9.10 | ||
| =55 | 29 | Barry Winch |  GBR | 18.35 | 9.20 | 9.15 | ||
| 57 | 20 | Henri Boërio | FRA | 18.15 | 8.55 | 9.60 | ||
| 58 | 38 | Andrzej Szajna | POL | 18.10 | 8.55 | 9.55 | ||
| 59 | 21 | Yves Bouquel | FRA | 17.60 | 8.85 | 8.75 | ||
| 60 | 27 | Keith Langley | GBR | 17.50 | 9.10 | 8.40 | ||
| 61 | 28 | Tommy Wilson | GBR | 17.40 | 8.25 | 9.15 | ||
| 62 | 46 | Song Sun-Bong | PRK | 17.15 | 8.15 | 9.00 | ||
| 63 | 2 | João Luiz Ribeiro |  BRA | 17.05 | 8.20 | 8.85 | ||
| 64 | 26 | Marc Touchais | FRA | 16.85 | 8.30 | 8.55 | ||
| 65 | 15 | Jorge Roche | CUB | 9.45 | 9.45 | – |
