Men's Artistic Gymnastics
Gold	1968	Team All-Around
Gold	1972	High Bar
Gold	1972	Team All-Around
Gold	1976	High Bar
Gold	1976	Team All-Around
Silver	1976	Vault
Bronze	1972	Rings
Bronze	1976	Individual All-Around
Bronze	1976	Parallel Bars

Mitsuo Tsukahara (塚原 光男 Tsukahara Mitsuo, born Dec. 22, 1947) is a Japanese gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist. Tsukahara is well known for having invented a Vaulting technique called the "Tsukahara Vault." It has been in constant use ever since, with the current Olympic vault champions Monica Rosu and Gervasio Deferr both having used Tsukahara entry vaults. He has also invented a technique called the "Moon Somersault" (or "Moon Salto") in the High Bar. Subject: The Olympic Rings. ... Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... The Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Mexico City in 1968. ... Bold text--82. ... Bold text--82. ... The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Bold text--82. ... The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics or rhythmic gymnastics. ... The vault, formerly known as vaulting horse, is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. ... Monica Roşu (pronounced Moh-NEE-ka ROH-shu) (born May 11, 1987 in Bacău) is a gymnast from Romania. ... Gervasio Deferr (born 7 November 1980) is a gymnast from Barcelona, Spain. ... This article needs to be wikified. ...

Winning 5 Gold Medals, 1 Silver Medal, and 3 Bronze Medals, Tsukahara was an important factor in the Japanese Men's Gymnastics Team winning the team competition in 3 consecutive olympic games--1968, 1972, and 1976. (Overall, Japan has won the team competition in 5 consecutive olympic games--1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976).