1976 Summer Olympics medal table
The 1976 Summer Olympics medal count is a table of countries ranked by the number of medals won during the 1976 Summer Olympics, which were held in Montreal, Canada, from July 17 to August 1, 1976. A total of 6,084 athletes from 96 countries participated in these Games, competing in 198 events in 23 sports.[1]
Twenty–eight African countries boycotted these Games.[2] This decision was taken in response to the participation of New Zealand, because its national rugby union team (the All Blacks) continued to play rugby with South Africa, which had been banned from the Olympic movement since 1964 due to its apartheid policies.[3]
Athletes from 41 countries won more medals; leaving 55 countries wihout medals. The most gold medals (49) and most overall medals (125) were won by athletes from the Soviet Union. Thailand and Bermuda won their first Olympic medals. Bermuda is the least populous nation to ever win an Olympic medal.[1]
Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union won seven medals (four gold, two silver, one bronze). Canada became the first host nation to fail to win a gold medal.[4][5]
Medal count
The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee,[6] although that organization does not officially recognize global ranking per country.[1]
A total of 198 events in 23 different sports were contested at the Montreal Games.[7][8] In boxing and judo, two bronze medals were awarded for each weight class. In gymnastics, two bronze medals were awarded for third–place ties in the men's pommel horse and men's horizontal bar events, and a second–place tie in the women's vault resulted in two silver medals and no bronze medal awarded for that event.[9]
The countries are ranked by the number of gold medals won by the athletes of that country. If countries are tied, first the number of silver medals is taken into consideration and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
The host country (Canada) is highlighted in lavender blue and the greatest number of medals in each medal category (gold, silver, bronze, and total) is in boldface.
| 1 |  Soviet Union (URS) |
49 | 41 | 35 | 125 |
| 2 |  East Germany (GDR) |
40 | 25 | 25 | 90 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) |
34 | 35 | 25 | 94 |
| 4 |  West Germany (FRG) |
10 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 5 |  Japan (JPN) |
9 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 6 |  Poland (POL) |
7 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 |  Bulgaria (BUL) |
6 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 |  Cuba (CUB) |
6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 |  Romania (ROU) |
4 | 9 | 14 | 27 |
| 10 |  Hungary (HUN) |
4 | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| 11 |  Finland (FIN) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 |  Sweden (SWE) |
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
3 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
| 14 |  Italy (ITA) |
2 | 7 | 4 | 13 |
| 15 |  France (FRA) |
2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) |
2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 17 |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 |  New Zealand (NZL) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 19 |  South Korea (KOR) |
1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 |  Switzerland (SUI) |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 |  Jamaica (JAM) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 |  North Korea (PRK) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 |  Norway (NOR) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 |  Denmark (DEN) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 |  Mexico (MEX) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 |  Canada (CAN) |
0 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 28 |  Belgium (BEL) |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 29 |  Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 30 |  Portugal (POR) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 |  Spain (ESP) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 |  Australia (AUS) |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 33 |  Iran (IRI) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 |  Mongolia (MGL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 |  Venezuela (VEN) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 |  Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 |  Austria (AUT) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 |  Bermuda (BER) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 |  Pakistan (PAK) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 |  Puerto Rico (PUR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 |  Thailand (THA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 198 | 199 | 216 | 613 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
References
- ^ a b c "Montreal 1976–Games of the XXI Olympiad". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ (ed.) Berlioux , Monique (1976). "Africa and the XXIst Olympiad" (PDF). Olympic Review (109–110). Lausanne: International Olympic Committee: pp. 584–585. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
{{cite journal}}:|author=has generic name (help);|pages=has extra text (help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "1976: African countries boycott Olympics". BBC. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ "History: 1976 Montreal". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
- ^ "Nikolay Andrianov–The Only Man to Win 15 Medals". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ^ "Montreal 1976–Medal Table". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ "Aquatics" includes swimming, diving, and water polo.
- ^ "Montreal 1976–Sports on the program". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ (ed.) Chantigny, Louis (1978). Games of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III Results (PDF). Montreal: COJO 76. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
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External links
- "Medal Count for the 1976 Summer Olympics". databaseOlympics.com.
- "1976–Summer Olympics XXI (Montreal, Canada)". The Sports Network.
- "British Olympic Association > Summer Games > Montréal 1976". British Olympic Association.
- "Game: Montreal 1976–Australian Olympic Committee". Australian Olympic Committee.
