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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the Canadian city of Montreal. 410 competitors, 285 men and 125 women, took part in 189 events in 22 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The USSR sent only three archers to Montreal. Both of the women won medals, adding a silver and a bronze to the bronze medal the Soviets had won four years earlier. The lone Soviet in the men's competition took 5th place.

Women's individual competition:

Men's individual competition:

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:46.81 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

  • Heat — 39.98
  • Semifinal — 39.36
  • Final — 38.78s (→ Bronze medal)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

  • Heat — 3:07.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's marathon

Men's 400m hurdles

  • Heat — 50.93s
  • Semifinal — 49.73s
  • Final — 49.45s (→ Bronze medal)
  • Heat — 50.78s
  • Semifinal — 50.47s (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

  • Qualification — 7.90m
  • Final — 7.88m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification — 7.78m
  • Final — 7.66m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification — 7.49m (→ did not advance)

Men's high jump

  • Qualification — 2.16m
  • Final — 2.21m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 2.16m
  • Final — 2.18m (→ 5th place)

Men's discus throw

  • Qualification — 57.50m (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 20 km race walk

Women's shot put

  • Final — 20.96 m (→ Silver medal)
  • Final — 18.36 m (→ 9th place)
  • Final — 18.07 m (→ 10th place)

Women's javelin throw

  • Qualifying round — 56.82 m
  • Final — 59.42 m (→ 6th place)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group A):
  • Defeated Mexico (120-77)
  • Defeated Australia (93-77)
  • Defeated Canada (108-85)
  • Defeated Japan (123-69)
  • Defeated Cuba (98-72)
  • Semifinals:
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (84-89)
  • Bronze medal match:
  • Defeated Canada (100-72) → Bronze medal
  • Team roster
Women's team competition
  • Team roster

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1976.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1976. They finished top of the fencing medal table with a total of seven medals, including three gold and a clean-sweep in the individual sabre event.[2]

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football

Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1976. Pavel Lednyov won a silver medal in the individual event.

Individual
Team
  • Pavel Lednyov
  • Boris Mosolov
  • Borys Onyshchenko

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Defeated Italy (3-0)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-0)
  • Defeated Japan (3-0)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Cuba (3-0)
  • Final
  • Lost to Poland (2-3) → Silver medal
  • Team roster
Women's team competition
  • Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-1)
  • Defeated Cuba (3-1)
  • Defeated East Germany (3-2)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Hungary (3-0)
  • Final
  • Lost to Japan (0-3) → Silver medal
  • Team roster

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Team roster

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.

1  Russian SFSR 60 56 40 156
2  Ukrainian SSR 27 22 22 71
3  Byelorussian SSR 7 5 5 17
4  Kazakh SSR 7 2 0 9
5  Georgian SSR 3 1 2 6
6  Lithuanian SSR 2 2 3 7
7  Latvian SSR 2 2 2 6
8  Azerbaijan SSR 2 1 0 3
9  Armenian SSR 1 3 1 5
10  Estonian SSR 1 0 0 1
11  Uzbek SSR 0 1 1 2
12  Moldavian SSR 0 1 0 1
13  Tajik SSR 0 0 1 1

Top 5 sports societies

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different sports societies in one team.

Pos Sports society Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 VSS Spartak 24 12 9 45
2 Armed Forces 22 22 15 59
3 VSS Burevestnik 22 13 5 40
4 Dynamo 20 32 26 78
5 VSS Trud 8 4 4 16

References

  1. ^ "Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
  2. ^ "Fencing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-11.

Sources

  • Khavin, Boris (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. - for medal stats by republic and by sports society
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