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Sarniege (France)—gymnastics
mats;
Schelde International (Netherlands—Belgium)—uneven
bars on
bracing wire, poles for them, and
elastic springboards.
An electric scoreboard put out by
the OY Nokia AB Electronics firm
(Finland) had been installed at the
Palace of Sports of Lenin Stadium
back in 1973. Due to its reliable
operation, it was decided to use it
during the Olympic competitions, for
which its information potential was
expanded (by increasing its computer
memory volume). At the gymnastics
competitions the scoreboard was connected
to the Gymnast-2 judging apparatus.
Demonstration score-sheets were
installed in the foyers and halls, which
reflected the course of the competitions
and the current standings of the
participants and teams.
The competitions were run by the
FIG Executive Committee. The judges
of the men's and women's competitions
were appointed by the pertinent
FIG technical committees. The body of
technical officials and judges consisted
of 69 representatives from 18
countries, including 16 from the
USSR.
The Soviet auxiliary personnel
comprised 68 persons.
Taking part in the competitions
were 9 men's and 8 women's teams
selected by the FIG, and 14 male and
14 female gymnasts in the individual
competition, a total of 147 sportsmen
from 19 countries.
Several changes were made in the
traditional timetable of the competitions
since the Montreal Games: competitions
in the compulsory programme
for men and women were held on
different days; this decreased the
length of the sessions on the first days
and evened out the load of the Palace
of Sports itself, the panel of judges
and other services.
The result in the team championship
was determined from the sum of
the points of a team's five best gymnasts
(of the team's six members who
competed in the compulsory and free
programme) in each event.
The participants of the final competitions
in the all-round event were
selected according to the results of
the team competitions (36 men and 36
women), but not more than three per
country.
The winner in the individual competition
was determined according to
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the sum of the results of the final
competitions in the all-round event
and the half-total of his result in the
team competitions.
Permitted to take part in the finals
on the apparatus of the all-round
event were the six men and six
women who posted the top results on
a given apparatus in the team competitions,
but not more than two per
country. The winners on the individual
apparatus were determined by adding
the result posted in the final to the
half-total of the points received in a
given event in the team competitions.
Several protests were lodged during
the competitions over marks of
participants. With the exception of
two, as a result of which the marks
were raised (by 0.05 points), they were
refused by the jury of appeal.
The FIG headquarters was housed
in the Palace of Sports.
Team representatives and FIG officials
spoke highly of the organisation
of the competitions.
FIG Secretary General M. Bangerter
noted that the new Soviet equipment
Gymnast-2 was a great aid to the
judges.