Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors	385 in 23 sports
Flag bearer	Abby Hoffman
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Canada was the host nation for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. 385 competitors, 261 men and 124 women, took part in 173 events in 23 sports.^[1]

[edit] Medalists

Canada finished in 27th position in the final medal rankings, with five silver medals and six bronze medals.

[edit] Gold

For the first, and so far only time in Summer Olympics history, the host nation failed to obtain a gold medal.

[edit] Silver

Greg Joy — Athletics, Men's High Jump
John Wood — Canoeing, Men's C-1 500m
Michel Vaillancourt — Equestrian, Individual Jumping Grand Prix
Cheryl Gibson — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
Stephen Pickell, Graham Smith, Clay Evans, Gary MacDonald — Swimming, Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

[edit] Bronze

Nancy Garapick — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Nancy Garapick — Swimming, Women's 200m Backstroke
Shannon Smith — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
Becky Smith — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
Gail Amundrud, Barbara Clark, Becky Smith, Anne Jardin — Swimming, Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay
Wendy Cook, Robin Corsiglia, Susan (Smith) Kelsey, Anne Jardin — Swimming, Women's 4x100 Medley Relay

[edit] Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Canada was represented by two women and two men in Montreal. It was the second time Canadians had competed in archery. Lucille Lemay became the most successful Canadian Olympic archer by taking 5th place, surpassing Donald Jackson's 6th place finish four years earlier. Canada placed sixth in the national standings for archery.

Women's Individual Competition:

Lucille Lemay – 2401 points (→ 5th place)
Wanda Allen – 2303 points (→ 16th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Dave Mann – 2431 points (→ 7th place)
Edward Gamble – 2362 points (→ 16th place)

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 5.000 metres

Grant McLaren

Heat — 13:46.40 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

Men's 4x100 metres Relay

Hugh Spooner, Marvin Nash, Albin Dukowski, and Hugh Fraser

Heat — 39.72s
Semi Final — 39.46s
Final — 39.47s (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

Ian Seale, Don Domansky, Leighton Hope, and Brian Saunders

Heat — 3:03.89
Final — 3:02.64 (→ 4th place)

Men's Marathon

Jerome Drayton — 2:13:30 (→ 6th place)
Tom Howard — 2:22:08 (→ 30th place)
Wayne Yetman — 2:24:17 (→ 36th place)

Men's High Jump

Greg Joy

Qualification — 2.16m
Final — 2.23m (→ Silver Medal)

Claude Ferragne

Qualification — 2.16m
Final — 2.14m (→ 12th place)

Robert Forget

Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Richard Rock

Qualification — 7.57m (→ did not advance)

Jim Buchanan

Qualification — 7.49m (→ did not advance)

Jim McAndrew

Qualification — 7.48m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

Ain Roost

Qualification — 56.56m (→ did not advance)

Borys Chambul

Qualification — 55.86m (→ did not advance)

Bishop Dolegiewicz

Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's 20km Race Walk

Marcel Jobin — 1:34:33 (→ 23rd place)
Pat Farrelly — 1:41:36 (→ 33rd place)
Alex Oakley — 1:44:08 (→ 35th place)

Women's Shot Put

Lucette Moreau

Final — 15.48 m (→ 13th place)

[edit] Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A):

Defeated Japan (104-76)
Defeated Cuba (84-79)
Lost to Soviet Union (85-108)
Defeated Australia (81-69)
Defeated Mexico (92-84)

Semi Finals:

Lost to United States (77-96)

Bronze Medal Match:

Lost to Soviet Union (72-100) → 4th place

Team Roster

Head Coach: John Donohue

Women's Team Competition

Team Roster

Head Coach: Brian Heaney

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

Sidney McKnight
1. First Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (PRK), KO-1

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Ian Clyde
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Alick Chiteule (ZAM), walk-over
3. Third Round — Defeated Charlie Magri (GBR), KO-3
4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 0:5

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Chris Ius
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Ayele (ETH), walk-over
3. Third Round — Lost to Weerachart Saturngrun (THA), 0:5

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Camille Huard
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Bachir Koual (ALG), walk-over
3. Third Round — Lost to Leszek Kosedowski (POL), 0:5

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

Chris Clarke
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Lasse Friman (FIN), 5:0
3. Third Round — Lost to József Nagy (HUN), RSC-3

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Carmen Rinke
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Kenneth Bristol (GUY), walk-over
3. Third Round — Defeated Yoshioki Seki (JPN), 4:1
4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (GDR), 0:5

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Michael Prevost
1. First Round — Lost to Vasile Didea (ROM), DSQ-3

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Bryan Gibson
1. First Round — Lost to Bernd Wittenburg (GDR), KO-3

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Roger Fortin
1. First Round — Lost to Anatoliy Klimanov (URS), 0:5

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Road Race

Pierre Harvey — 4:49:01 (→ 24th place)
Gilles Durand — 5:03:13 (→ 54th place)
Tom Morris — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Brian Chewter — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Jocelyn Lovell — 1:08.852 (→ 13th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)

Gordon Singleton — 17th place

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

13 fencers, 9 men and 4 women, represented Canada in 1976.

Men's foil

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Alain Dansereau, Michel Dessureault, Geza Tatrallyay, George Varaljay

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Marc Lavoie, Peter Urban, Imre Nagy, Eli Sukunda

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Fleurette Campeau, Susan Stewart, Donna Hennyey, Chantal Payer

[edit] Football

Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Head Coach: Slobodan Misic

Women's Team Competition

Team Roster

[edit] Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

The Men's National Team from Canada competed for the second time at the Summer Olympics. The squad finished tenth in the McGill University's Molson Stadium in Montreal.