1976 Olympics gymnastics Wayne Young floor exercise

[dastunistalles]

It was not a spring floor. The sound comes from the fact that it is on a raised platform. I asked a "76" competitor if it was a good floor mat and his response was that it was as hard as a rock. Spring floors didn't hit the scene until the worlds in "79" at Fort Worth.

[joshwi1984]

He was cute....

[staylorhb1]

Thats my OBGYN! LOL he's an amazing doctor too! :)

[greenlover333]

@staylorhb1: That's impossible, u liar. U can't see his face clear enough.

[3sets]

First guy to do the one in a half twisting one in 3/4.And the floor had no springs not until 1980 then only 1 inch springs. He just got inducted into USA Hall of fame (Guard Youngs Dad).

[jgaides]

kurt thomas was the first to do that move

[ca4life09]

omg that arabian rollout scared the Shiet outta me

[Aminex93]

hh  this guy is a noob

[xxuchihanarutoxx]

how old u think this guy is?

[tsukahara10]

Yes, they did have spring floors. You can hear it if you turn the volume up. However, the springs back then were only 1 inch as opposed to the 6 inch springs we use today.

[ligher076179]

I agree, they are original and stylish.....why was he wearing pommel pants ? Not too sure if they had spring floors either ....

[cityboyz1uk]

Oh I love retro gymnastics - not the most difficult tricks but so stylish. I loved his pike arabian punch fly spring. Did they have sprung floors in those days? 'Cos if they didn't, damn his first pass must've hurt .... no?