1976 Montreal Gymnastics Event Finals Floor

[@SchlichteToven]

Nadia's choreographer was absolutely brilliant.

[@ElizaDolittle]

I liked her floor routine at the American Cup better than her floor routine at these 76 Olympics. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2mac4JsqdN1Zpo

[@danielarivera2464]

@@ElizaDolittle I’ll never understand why Nadia didn’t do the double back like in America’s Cup? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@angelesledesma5573]

@@danielarivera2464 Nadia had an ankle injury in Montreal. That is the reason.

[@RAFAAMARILLAS]

She should have won if she had added the double back she left out and that she successfully performed at the American Cup that year. Nelly Kim was boaring, she was lucky, her landing on the double was quite low. She did not deserve a 10!

[@RAFAAMARILLAS]

I agree

[@Boban1611]

What a great quality of the video. Thank you for showing it to us! I love those routines from the past. This was Artistic Gymnastics in its purest form. Having the pianist playing live at the side of the podium is so great!

[@earlybird7018]

This was the best era of womens gymnastics.

[@thetimetraveler7509]

@QPHashSS77 Not true.They had it all in the 70's .By far the best era.

[@thetimetraveler7509]

@QPHashSS77 You need yourself a new set of eyes,nimrod.

[@edwardkurniawan8167]

Totally agree. Nowadays it is just al about unfit women using all their strenght to do some acrobatic skills after skils and that's boring

[@littlegummiebear]

Especially since floor was hard floor and it didn’t have the trampoline.

[@pedropelaez]

Early Bird yeah no

[@martinegavalet870]

Nadia Comaneci, quand je la vois sur cette photo elle est terrifiée. J'avais 16 ans et en dehors de toutes réalités politiques !!!!!!!!!!! Je suis très heureuse de ses performances, mais à quel prix !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Idem pour ses collègues des pays de l'est à l'époque. Je ne veux rien minimiser, elles ont beaucoup travaillé, toutes......... Nadia Comaneci m'a laissé un souvenir inoubliable (vraiment........)

[@thecatspajamas8918]

I used to think that Ludmilla’s gymnastics was boring, but watching her now more than 40 years later, she is stunning.

[@jameshogan6142]

She is one of my favourite gymnasts. Grace beauty and talent inextricably combined.

[@Maria-so5ry]

Que bella rutina la de Nadia Comaneci: inolvidable la valiente y genial niña Nadia.

[@amerikaaraceli3940]

NADIE COMO "NADIA" PERO 9/95 QUE ERROR... BRAVO NADIA 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🌷🌷

[@fabogymnastics]

All the choreographies are beautiful and well performed by the gymnasts

[@medinalanzasmauricio194]

Que carisma de Nadia, encantadora, talentosa, precisa.! Genial la mejor.!.

[@carmentoma7941]

Nadia forever!

[@AR-nq2ir]

Aún después de tantos años sigue siendo la mejor, una fineza de actuación, nadie como Nadia. ❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@rolandajones6898]

Nice to hear piano arrangements.

[@ricardogomez741]

La mejor rutina de todos los tiempos. Sin duda alguna, la de Nadia comaneci.

[@apiFerrari]

Nadia The Best but Ludmilla was so pretty, graceful and elegant :-)

[@marbellacovarrubias6206]

Why Teodora Ungureanu wasn't in the final her Floor exercise in Montreal was incredible, So sad very underrated gymnast ☹

[@JolantaMK]

Teodora was to good to be in the final! Gymnastic is a very inequitable sport!

[@ElizaDolittle]

Yes! My favorite gymnasts from Montreal 76 Olympics were Nadia and Teodora!

[@janedoe7229]

The first one was spot on with that music. Brilliant.

[@MetaTaro]

I am liking all the amazing routines, but Nadia's made me feel something I not feel with the others: Joy. I absolutely _loved_ every single wonderful, whimsical moment of her routine. I know there are those who will break down the technicalities and say 'this was better' or 'that made her look silly' and so on but, in the end, the only one I'll remember... is Nadia's.

[@marularios7440]

Nadia tenía lo que ninguna gimnasta tenía... Humildad, gracia, dulzura y amaba lo que hacia ...

[@carolinedelgado8809]

como.nadia.ninguna.todas..an.copiado.de.ella

[@carolinedelgado8809]

nadia.inolbidable

[@user-bw3fl7fj9w]

I look at the 70s as the transition years from more dance with some almost basic gymnastics moves of the 50s and 60s, to the 80s and later years when tumbling skills are basically the total routine, and basically little if any real dance. It also is the last Olympics that pianists only were used for the music.

[@violin_vampire]

i am happy to see the routine of Nellie Kim in another angle.

[@RAFAAMARILLAS]

Yet she did not deserve a 10. That is how she learned to cheat! 😂😂

[@jameshogan6142]

@@RAFAAMARILLAS That is not true. Nelli was the only one to perform the double somersault. That was why she was awarded a ten.

[@rindyanderson1087]

Awesome-REAL Gymnastics!

[@limlaith]

I miss beautiful gymnastics. I miss the era when gymnastics was lovely to watch, when it was graceful and musical and sometimes even whimsical. We have lost all of that. I understand why gymnastics are scored in the manner they are at present, but we have lost so much. Doing something difficult very poorly is worth more than doing something less difficult perfectly. And I don't think that this is an improvement on the sport.

[@pedropelaez]

Limlaith you mean you miss ballet with some simple tricks in between? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@pedropelaez]

@@daniel79tj imagine being stuck in a bygone era and and not wanting things to advance.

[@pedropelaez]

@@daniel79tj imagined being bothered by someone being bothered by something and responding to them. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@pedropelaez]

@@daniel79tj and you are bothered by me being bothered so there’s that. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@pedropelaez]

@@daniel79tj sure Jan. I love the fact that I am living in your head rent free. 🤣🤣🤣

[@roganov11]

9.90 for Ludmila but I know there were more gymnast with more difficulty , I would have given my vote to Gita Esher from Germany.

[@porfiriodias1796]

O sea...Observo a cada participante...., muy buenas, todas...; buenísimas, en realidad, excelentes... Pero...., cuando aparece Nadia... ¡Ooohhh...! Es como un cervatillo..., una avecilla feliz, al amanecer..., un soplo de Dios.

[@mirandaflores8917]

Si con una coreografía muy parecida a la de Olga Corbut pero sin la expresión artística de Ludmilla!

[@salvadorarreolarodriguez6165]

no tengo idea quien ganó... pero Nadia es tan perfecta que un 9.95 es "malo" jajajajaja...

[@floranderson2251]

All the gymnasts are superb!! NADIA WAS SOOOOO UNIQUE!!!

[@lautarodiaz676]

You need to see the teodora ungureanu routine

[@timetraveler9598]

Things were better back then.Good thing I am a time traveler.

[@TJD63]

Would you mind when you are free traveling back in time and get me a Mcrib from McDonalds? I will gladly pay you on Tuesday.

[@gerritduplessis7122]

THANK YOU GREATLY FOR THIS WONDERFUL COMPILATION! REALLY APPRECIATE IT! BLESSINGS TO YOU!

[@SummerofKittyLove]

I never knew there was a live pianist!

[@piacabanero1129]

A pretty good floor final, I gotta say. Here's some thoughts on the finalists: Tourischeva - Dynamic choreogrphy with drama, well her tumbling stunts may not be as daring as the others yet she sells the dancing. Escher - Gotta like her use of dynamics and she has good lines, it's just not enough to medal... Kim - A well done double back with legs closed, followed by lively choreography. Tbh, a deserved 10 (her techniques are on point) Comaneci - Actually, I'm entertained by her dance and tumbling and while some parts make her look silly, they still suit how fun and dynamic this is. Kische - There's more of the dynamics and nice lines on display that seem characteristic of the GDR gymnasts, even when she didn't do complicated tumbling all throughout. Pohludkova - Really weak in comparison to the others, yet i admit she had some good parts on her dance. The results imo would actually stay like it was in actuality, but if there would have been the possibility of switching Pohludkova for Ungureanu, then the results would change to something like her getting silver and the rest going one place down (meaning Comaneci wouldn't get medalled). Of course, this is just my opinion; this is still a neat final as is.

[@jasonmason230]

Escher elements were the most difficult. You need to shut your uneducated mouth

[@leightonsteven7059]

A well balanced opinion ty, I agree with your analysis

[@НаталияРодина-м6ю]

Согласна.

[@cecybolita6855]

Nadia admiraba mucho a Tourischeva, decía que era hermosa y muy talentosa. Nadia es hermosa al reconocer el talento de otras compañeras eso tener una gran humildad

[@DraPaulaFlor]

Si, también reconoce a Nellie Kim, ambas tanto Tourischeva como Nellie hicieron excelentes coreos.

[@pplectro]

I love the piano in floor

[@jmorg044]

Ludmilla choreography was beautiful

[@kinghill3423]

So many comments about Nadia. Nelli Kim was undoubtely the queen of floor exercise.

[@jameshogan6142]

I agree. Nadia might have been the princess but Nelli was the queen.

[@hessu3]

I also agree. Nellie was the true queen - also on the other apparatuses.🏆

[@Emma88178]

Interesting how the floor exercises back in the day was all just piano saloon type music. Nowadays it’s any popular song used.

[@gretchendemasi768]

The piano was played live during the routine. I truly miss the beautiful dance and choreography. Zero dance and choreography now, too bad.

[@gracesemenzato8743]

She's fantastic! So graceful !

[@jameshogan6142]

Everyone keeps harping on about Nadia but Ludmilla at 24 years of age shows such energy vitality and exuberance. Sheer quality.

[@jongdalsaemony]

Elegance~ nellie kim 5:10

[@jameshogan6142]

What a fantastic display from Tourischeva. I am a die hard Nelli Kim fan but her compatriot almost outdid her here. Sheer poetry in motion.

[@thetimetraveler7509]

Perfect princess Nadia!

[@CandidoMembrebe]

@211UKRjump thank you for sharing this beautiful video of a 1976 Montreal Olympic gymnastic competition nice to see Nadia Comaneci's perfect 10.

[@ivoxis]

Comaneci can fly

[@burninglightfire]

Ludmilla there had probably the best choreography of her long career but she knew exactly that she had to have it due to her back injury and therefore limited tumbling strength. Throughout the years from 1971-1975 she performed much more difficult routines with a full double twist. She was not able to stick it here on a regular basis and therefore went for a perfectly and beauitfully dance like routine to make up for it.

[@leightonsteven7059]

Well said, I’m fed up of hearing people slag her off for easy routines with no emotion. Ludmilla always put in great solid routines , that only a few other gymnasts could beat on the individual apparatus, And certainly not overall

[@TheNando.]

Nadia The Queen !

[@denisripeanu3325]

elegancia y talento......parecen pajaros volando.....hoy en dia ya no hay gimnastica si no....CIRCO......

[@josuecastaneda6032]

Excepto las rusas, ellas un conservan la elegancia y lo artístico.

[@victorernestogarcia1299]

@@josuecastaneda6032 exacto!!!

[@miriamperalta6989]

Es verdad, aunque la escuela rusa ha conservado la belleza, elegancia y buen gusto. La gran belleza de las rusas contribuye también.

[@claudiacastaneda7123]

Nadia fué, es y será siempre la Reina de la Gimnasia. Es única. Por siempre Nadia.❤️❤️❤️

[@aagold76]

they gave Tourischeva a 9.9 for that routine? The choreography was great but the tumbling was not difficult at all!!! If they used the scoring system from today- which I'm not a fan of- her base score on difficulty would have been the lowest of all the finalists here.... she won silver- I hope she did a more difficult routine in the prelims- which carried over/added to finals back then for a total. I left gymnastics as an intermediate level gymnast in 1980 at 13 because of knee problems and I could do all those moves.

[@danisaniclouse8543]

Mi favorita Nadia 🎉

[@greentree14]

More dance elements than now, and the gymnasts were so thin! I'm not saying today's gymnasts are fat, but they are much more muscular.

[@gerritduplessis7122]

MUITO MARAVILLOSA! THANK YOU GREATLY! WONDERFUL TO SEE!! BLESSINGS!!

[@akimbohr]

Difficult to understand from today's perspective that Tourischeva scored a 9.90 and Teodora U. was not even in the final.

[@gerritduplessis7122]

EPIC HISTORY!! FANTASTIC!!

[@ВладиславХван-х8м]

Нелли Ким Супер !!!

[@mulliganbrian]

Earlier in 1976, Nadia was throwing double backs in smaller meets (on spring floors) and dismounting with a double full, so they couldn't give her a ten knowing she was capable of more here.

[@211jump]

There was no such things as spring floors back then she pulled a double back at the American Cup in 1976 but she died down the tumbling because of her sprained ankle

[@ketamlne3414]

I think she couldn't get the 10 on this event because she landed short from the corner of the floor.

[@traceytillman7453]

I think I read that Nadia had a sore ankle and took the double back out.

[@Jurg-Pot]

Gymnastics is not about capability but execution.

[@kathleenirish]

@@Jurg-Pot the expectations were different then as well

[@annatoth2125]

Amikor egy szép nő szépen mozog, nem egy gyerek ugrál hatalmasat. Bravó Ludmilla!

[@godislove8964]

Kim also was very strong in skill, just Nadia like able to fly on floor

[@SchlichteToven]

Nadia has something extra - it's just fascinating to watch her. Every movement is beautiful and precise. And her personality was fascinating - the stoic, extremely professional 14-year-old juxtaposed with the cutesy routines and pretty hair ties.

[@leightonsteven7059]

Nellie Kim usually managed to beat Nadia on the floor, so if anything she had that something extra. Great combination of power and elegance I’d say. Nadia reigned on the beam and bars thanks as you say to her fluid movements

[@jameshogan6142]

@@leightonsteven7059 Nelli was very strong and powerful as well as elegant. She was able to perform a double somersault which Nadia could not match.

[@hessu3]

Nelli Kim is so obviously the best performer 😍 The girls from the GDR were also great. All of the gymnasts were great on their own style. But Nellie shined like a star. 🌟

[@rajaeelmaher5353]

Bravooooo....et bravoooo pour le coach

[@rayitoromes6409]

Genial Nadia Comaneci 👍 🌹

Best Olympics ever .

[@jameshogan6142]

My best remembered Olympics was Munich 1972 but I agree this one had a special nostalgia about it.

[@gretchendemasi768]

Thanks for posting this!

[@nikkirebecca7125]

ludmila’s choreography is great

[@MrQ454]

Nadia was a class above, more elegant and natural

[@leightonsteven7059]

@@MrQ454 Nadias routine was comical and cheesy

[@MrQ454]

@@leightonsteven7059 may be cheesy is your burger or even you ...

[@leightonsteven7059]

@@MrQ454 it’s why she only won the bronze medal on the floor

[@MrQ454]

@@leightonsteven7059 she lost also in Moscow because the Russian referees ... Russian gymnasts performances then are hard to watch, so outdated, but probably that is your own style

[@itchang4732]

The first competitor is actually the best performer for me :) but the rest are also good

[@211jump]

Same! Love Lyudmila

[@bethcook677]

QPHashSS77 .....and the steroids!

[@omarcrobinson]

wish they would go back to graceful gymnastics

[@chiefleapinglizard7502]

So do I.

[@freyaaldrnari6086]

Same

[@pedropelaez]

O Robinson go see a ballet performance then.

[@riabright2815]

@@pedropelaez The sport is called ARTISTIC gymnastics you g00n. So we expect to see GRACE & ARTISTRY. Not the great big overweight hulking acrobats that pass as "women" in the sport NOW.

[@wheresbaby7783]

Torishima can dance but you can't tumble she did just a single layout to start in 1976 wow

[@marwahussein666]

She was injured

[@lilmissperfect5865]

Nice,very.

[@kimholness1846]

That was so ace I could never do that I'd wind up in a and e

[@ryohn5468]

Shake shake señora and yes sir that's my baby are good songs for floor!

[@manuelcorderobecerra7425]

Nadia nacio el 61 yo el 57 eres mi recuerdo mas hermoso todavia estas en mi corazon hermosa niña

[@mirnaflores4146]

Le robaron a Nadia el primer lugar los jueces, Nadia siempre fuiste mi favorita y la numero 1 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Marketoromagnolo]

how Turischeva made floor final with such easy routine even for times?

[@leightonsteven7059]

Scores weren’t based on difficulty in 1976. Tourischeva always put in high standard routines , and set the bar that only a few could beat

[@Marketoromagnolo]

@@leightonsteven7059 what do you mean not difficolty for start value?

[@carolhutchinson7763]

She had to deal with a back injury but got better later.

[@riabright2815]

@@leightonsteven7059 Yes they WERE based on difficulty. The routines had a tariff. Of COURSE routines needed difficulty. A routine could be marked out of way less than 10

[@pennylane957]

Bring this style back! The big ol muscular thing these days is horrible

[@anamariaortegaparada1863]

Gimnastas profesionales todas esfuerzocs trabajo lucha entrenamiento genual la diferencia para nadie comaneci es que la gimnasia era Y es su ADN esa es la diferencia es eso hacer lo que sé ama y se lleva dentro de si eso es nadia por siempre

[@G.O.D..]

i liked nadia's routine better than nellie.

[@ulradeja5380]

@QPHashSS77 5:22 too low, not 10 to me

[@kylamingo-grant9447]

@Mara L I totally agree

[@kiersontitus7322]

@QPHashSS77 What about Nadia's 1976 AC routine compared to Kim?

[@kiersontitus7322]

@QPHashSS77 American cup

[@AnHebrewChild]

@QPHashSS77 yes. also, she wasn't on Methedrine and 'roids

[@ryohn5468]

Soviet sports used politics in scoring to make sure their athletes were given higher scores.

[@dreamgirl8093]

Now US is doing that

[@clarkpunzalan5842]

Nellie got a ten yay!!!!!

[@matthewdunaway7739]

that heel spin from Tourischeva was cool.

[@e2theeyepie]

Oh man, I would've been tempted to give Nadia a 10.0 based strictly on personality -- her routine was the only one with sass and spunk.

[@211jump]

e2theeyepie Nadia couldn't get a 10 because she piked down on the last pass... sadly..

[@kameroncoleman9293]

But deductions weren't that picky! People piked down yurchenko fulls and still go 10!

[@kameroncoleman9293]

GO AWAY

[@211jump]

Kameron Coleman shut your sorry ass up

[@kameroncoleman9293]

well i don't wanna see it on legit every comment. like make a video saying subscribe to this like simple you dumbass

[@姉妹-z7u]

コマネチさんは、まるでお人形さんみたいですね。自分より歳上ですが、可愛かったです。

[@miriamperalta6989]

LUDMILA ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@ruylsonsantos2464]

Romanian gymnasts always smile during her routines

[@pedritojose22]

le robaron ese 10 a Nadia

[@DraPaulaFlor]

No, no le robaron, de hecho creo en éste video hay mejores coreos, ame la Nellie Kim, que tuvo menos puntaje que Nadia. Y la de Gira también me encanta.

[@yumemiyumemite51]

@@DraPaulaFlor que te encanta no significa que sea el mejor xd

[@marwahussein666]

@@yumemiyumemite51 Nelli fue la mejor del suelo!

[@Sarod955]

Her autobiography is brill - Nadia’s

[@annagalati34]

Today's gymnastics has no elegance , no dance, too robotic and no fun , is too focused on technical tricks, padded beams, hand grips springy floors . The 60s and 70s were the best of times.

[@gilliandey2490]

Touricheva didn't deserve that score

[@williamo.m.7116]

Cómo se llama la melodía con la que Nadia hace está magnífica rutina .. Se lo agradecería. Mucho... Nadia vibra en cada movimiento

[@carmenrodriguez5320]

Creo que es ésta. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6DSoo2hg9BreNk

[@isabellapaar9549]

Shake shake señora and yes sirthat’s my baby

[@mp82800]

Ludmila!❤️❤️❤️

[@auroradorada1977]

Nadia fue el parteaguas en la gimnasia, su rutina muy adelantada a ese tiempo donde evaluaban más la coreografía que la técnica

[@anderwin7978]

obvio y teniendo mas dificultad que NELLY aunque no parece...

[@grozdovas]

De hecho Nelli tiene más dificultad en su ejercicio que Nadia.

[@auroradorada1977]

@@grozdovas creo que Nelly era mas clasica, y Nadia fue quien puso rutinas mas dinamicas, son estilos diferentes

[@grozdovas]

@@auroradorada1977 Si investigas y ves más rutinas de está época te darás cuenta que muchas gimnastas tenían estilos diferentes, tu puedes ver a Maria Filatova y a Elvira Saadi en estos años y verás que tenían rutinas con diferentes estilos. La verdad no soy muy fan de los ejercicios de suelo de Nadia, puedes ver su rutina de 1978 y su coreografía y dificultad es mala.

[@auroradorada1977]

@@grozdovas pues no se, yo quisiera de menos hacer una vuelta de carro, las y los gimnastas son geniales, hacen cosas que no todos podriamos. me imagino que tu si lo practicas yo solo aprecio la belleza de todos y sigo considerando que son diferentes estilos, ambas transmiten cosas diferentes. saludos

[@vc23]

This probably sounds like a silly question but was there one pianist for everyone back then or did each team have their own pianist?

[@211jump]

Vanessa Casey each team had their own pianist

[@daydmr2013]

How on earth did Nadia score less than the Russian?

[@marwahussein666]

Because Tourischeva has a name on this sport, and this before was more important.

[@jameshogan6142]

Because she did not perform as well perhaps?

[@nicksline]

Why did Tourischeva only do a layout for her first pass? I swear she had more difficulty than that

[@rg1whiteywins598]

Be amazed how gymnastics has progressed.

[@kathleenirish]

Having a super spring floor now helped a lot

[@jw9212]

Не пойму за что Турищевой 9,9 ??? Совершенно без сложностей прыжки

[@BenThompson]

Whyd they have ludmilla choreographic coreo for compulsory beam and floor I don’t see it

[@ulradeja5380]

5:22

[@andrealuvshouse]

Were the floors different back then? I don’t see as much bounce in the floor as they have now.

[@marwahussein666]

This floor don't have springs like since 1979

[@riabright2815]

There was no spring AT ALL in them. They started to get a little bit more springy around 83, but still hard in the late 80's

[@ryohn5468]

Moscow 1980 there was a lot of political favoritism over Russians.

[@barbiefairytopia2803]

with a live pianist!

[@uhane09]

La de Nadia fue la rutina mas bonita. Pero la de Kim tuvo mayor dificultad.

[@jesusleal8715]

Todas ellas con alto nivel de competencia fue un duelo de poder a poder todas casi perfectas. Parecen mariposas jugueteando con el viento. Parecen grullas bailando en el lago

[@ladysylviane]

Les performances de Kim et Comaneci se situent très largement au-dessus des autres. Les 2 sont parfaites, mais Comaneci est la plus rapide, et va plus haut. Les deux méritaient 10, mais il est clair que les juges ont souhaité voir gagner Kim, peut-être pour rééquilibrer la compétition?

[@pedropelaez]

So nostalgic for the era of overscoring based on the country you are from. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@marwahussein666]

Comăneci deserve the silver!

[@xnr2781]

Yo siento que Ludmilla no merecía estar en las medallas y que Teodora Ungereanu debió de estar en esta final y ganar el 3 lugar y Nadia el segundo. Peso el renombre de la Touricheva.

[@lautarodiaz676]

Bueno, pero el trabajo esta, es lo mismo que digamos que biles no merece ganar tokio 2020. Teodora quedo 4ta en all araund, 2da en barras, y 3era en viga de equilibrio, no esta nada mal, aunque a mi parecer la rutina de piso de teodora es la mejor de los juegos