United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics
| United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | USA |
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
| in Montreal | |
| Competitors | 396 (278 men and 118 women) in 19 sports |
| Flag bearer | Gary Hall, Sr. |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
The United States competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] 396 competitors, 278 men and 118 women, took part in 189 events in 19 sports.[2]
Medalists
The United States finished third in the final medal rankings, with 34 gold and 94 total medals.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold |
Jim Montgomery | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle | July 25 |
 Silver |
Jack Babashoff | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle | July 25 |
Gold
- Darrell Pace — Archery, Men's Competition
- Luann Ryon — Archery, Women's Competition
- Edwin Moses — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Harvey Glance, Millard Hampton, Lam Jones, and Steve Riddick — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Benny Brown, Herman Frazier, Fred Newhouse, and Maxie Parks — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Arnie Robinson — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- Mac Wilkins — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Bruce Jenner— Athletics, Men's Decathlon
- Thomas LaGarde, Scott May, Steve Sheppard, Ernie Grunfeld, Philip Hubbard, Mitchell Kupchak, Adrian Dantley, Walter Davis, Phil Ford, Tate Armstrong, Quinn Buckner, and Kenneth Carr — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
- Leo Randolph — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Howard Davis — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
- Ray Leonard — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Michael Spinks — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
- Leon Spinks — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
- Phil Boggs — Diving, Men's Springboard
- Jennifer Chandler — Diving, Women's Springboard
- Edmund Coffin — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
- Mary Tauskey, Edmund Coffin, Bruce Davidson, and Michael Plumb — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
- Lanny Bassham — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
- Donald Haldeman — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
- Bruce Furniss — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Brian Goodell — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Brian Goodell — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- John Naber — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
- John Naber — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
- John Hencken — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
- Matt Vogel — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Mike Bruner — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Rod Strachan — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- John Naber, Mike Bruner, Bruce Furniss, and Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
- John Naber, Matt Vogel, John Hencken, and Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Kim Peyton, Jill Sterkel, Shirley Babashoff, and Wendy Boglioli — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- John Peterson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Silver
- Millard Hampton — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Fred Newhouse — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
- Frank Shorter — Athletics, Men's Marathon
- Michael Shine — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Randy Williams — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
- James Butts — Athletics, Men's triple jump
- Rosalyn Bryant, Sheila Ingram, Pamela Jiles, and Debra Sapenter — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Kathy McMillan — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
- Patricia Roberts, Susan Rojcewicz, Juliene Simpson, Gail Marquis, Ann Elizabeth Meyers, Mary O'Connor, Patricia Head, Charlotte Lewis, Nancy Lieberman, Cynthia Brogdon, Nancy Dunkle, and Lusia Harris — Basketball, Women's Team Competition
- Charles Mooney — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Greg Louganis — Diving, Men's Platform
- Michael Plumb — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
- Calvin Coffey and Michael Staines — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
- Joan Lind — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
- Margaret Murdock — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
- John Naber — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Timothy Shaw — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Bobby Hackett — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Peter Rocca — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
- Peter Rocca — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
- John Hencken — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Joe Bottom — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Steve Gregg — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Tim McKee — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Shirley Babashoff — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Shirley Babashoff — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Shirley Babashoff — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Camille Wright, Shirley Babashoff, Linda Jezek, and Lauri Siering — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Lee James — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
- Lloyd Keaser — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
- Benjamin Peterson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
- Russell Hellickson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
- David McFaull and Michael Rothwell — Sailing, Men's Tornado
- Walter Glasgow, Richard Hoepfner, and John Kolius — Sailing, Men's Soling
Bronze
- Dwayne Evans — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
- Herman Frazier — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
- Richard Wohlhuter — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
- Willie Davenport — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
- Dwight Stones — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- David Roberts — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
- John Powell — Athletic, Men's Discus Throw
- Kathy Schmidt — Athleti, Women's Javelin Throw
- John Tate — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Cynthia McIngvale — Diving, Women's Springboard
- Deborah Wilson — Diving, Women's Platform
- Hilda Gurney, Edith Master, and Dorothy Morkis — Equestrian, Dressage Team
- Peter Kormann — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
- Allen Coage — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
- Lynn Silliman, Anne Warner, Jacqueline Zoch, Marion Greig, Peggy McCarthy, Gail Ricketson, Carol Brown, Anita DeFrantz, and Carie Graves — Rowing, Women's Eights
- Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Dan Harrigan — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
- Rick Colella — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
- Gary Hall, Sr. — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Bill Forrester — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Wendy Weinberg — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Wendy Boglioli — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Gene Davis — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
- Stanley Dziedzic — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
- Dennis Conner and Conn Findlay — Sailing, Men's Tempest
Archery
After winning both gold medals in the first modern Olympic archery contest at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the US returned only one of the six archers who had competed in Munich, Linda Myers. Even though neither of the reigning gold medallists competed in Montreal, the United States again won both gold medals. Luann Ryon set new Olympic records for women's competition in both the single FITA round and the double FITA round categories. Darrell Pace did the same in the men's competition. All four of the American archers placed in the top eight.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Luann Ryon — 2499 points (→ OR,
Gold Medal) - Linda Myers — 2393 points (→ 7th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Darrell Pace — 2571 points (→ OR, Gold Medal)
- Richard McKinney — 2471 points (→ 4th place)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
- Harvey Glance
- First Round — 10.37s
- Second Round — 10.23s
- Semi Final — 10.24s
- Final — 10.19s (→ 4th place)
- Johnny Jones
- First Round — 10.43s
- Second Round — 10.46s
- Semi Final — 10.30s
- Final — 10.27s (→ 6th place)
- Steve Riddick
- First Round — 10.43s
- Second Round — 10.36s
- Semi Final — 10.33s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
- Millard Hampton
- First Round — 21.11s
- Second Round — 20.83s
- Semi Final — 20.69s
- Final — 20.29s (→
Silver Medal)
- Dwayne Evans
- First Round — 20.96s
- Second Round — 20.56s
- Semi Final — 20.83s
- Final — 20.43s (→
Bronze Medal)
Men's 800 metres
- Rick Wohlhuter
- Heat — 1:45.71
- Semi Final — 1:46.72
- Final — 1:44.12 (→ Bronze Medal)
- James Robinson Jr.
- Heat — 1:47.56
- Semi Final — 1:46.43 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton, and Steve Riddick
- Heat — 38.76
- Semi Final — 38.51
- Final — 38.33s (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, and Maxie Parks
- Heat — 2:59.52
- Final — 2:58.65 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 5.000 metres
- Paul Geis
- Heat — 13:32.36
- Final — 13:42.51 (→ 12th place)
- Duncan MacDonald
- Heat — 13:47.14 (→ did not advance)
- Richard Buerkle
- Heat — 13:29.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10.000 metres
- Garry Bjorklund
- Heat — 28:12.24
- Final — 28:38.08 (→ 13th place)
- Craig Virgin
- Heat — 28:30.22 (→ did not advance)
- Edward Mendoza
- Heat — 29:02.97 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Edwin Moses
- Heat — 49.95s
- Semi Final — 48.29s
- Final — 47.64s (→ Gold Medal)
- Michael Shine
- Heat — 50.91s
- Semi Final — 49.90s
- Final — 48.69s (→ Silver Medal)
- Quentin Wheeler
- Heat — 50.32s
- Semi Final — 50.22s
- Final — 49.86s (→ 4th place)
Men's Marathon
- Frank Shorter — 2:10:45 (→ Silver Medal)
- Don Kardong — 2:11:15 (→ 4th place)
- Bill Rodgers — 2:25:14 (→ 40th place)
Men's Long Jump
- Arnie Robinson
- Qualification — 7.95m
- Final — 8.35m (→ Gold Medal)
- Randy Williams
- Qualification — 7.97m
- Final — 8.11m (→ Silver Medal)
- Larry Myricks
- Qualification — 7.92m
- Final — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's High Jump
- Dwight Stones
- Qualification — 2.16m
- Final — 2.21m (→ Bronze Medal)
- James Barrineau
- Qualification — 2.16m
- Final — 2.14m (→ 11th place)
- William Jankunis
- Qualification — 2.16m
- Final — 2.10m (→ 13th place)
Men's Discus Throw
- Mac Wilkins
- Qualification — 68.28m
- Final — 67.50m (→ Gold Medal)
- John Powell
- Qualification — 61.48m
- Final — 65.70m (→ Bronze Medal)
- Jay Silvester
- Qualification — 62.06m
- Final — 61.98m (→ 7th place)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
- Ron Laird — 1:33:27 (→ 20th place)
- Larry Walker — 1:34:19 (→ 22nd place)
- Clark Scully — 1:36:37 (→ 29th place)
Women's Shot Put
- Maren Seidler
- Final — 15.60 m (→ 12th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
- Sherry Calvert
- Qualification Round — 53.08 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Basketball
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B):
- Defeated Italy (106-86)
- Defeated Puerto Rico (95-94)
- Defeated Yugoslavia (112-93)
- Defeated Czechoslovakia (81-76)
- Defeated Egypt (20-0) bb.
- Semi Finals:
- Defeated Canada (96-77)
- Final:
- Defeated Yugoslavia (95-74) → Gold Medal
- Defeated Yugoslavia (95-74) →
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Dean Smith
- Women's Team Competition
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Billie Moore
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Luis Curtis
- First Round — lost to Henryk Średnicki (POL), 0:5
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Leo Randolph
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Massoudi Samatou (TOG), walk-over
- Third Round — Defeated Constantin Gruescu (ROM), 4:1
- Quarterfinal — Defeated David Larmour (IRL), 4:1
- Semi Final — Defeated Leszek Błażyński (POL), 4:1
- Final — Defeated Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 3:2 → Gold Medal
Canoeing
Cycling
Thirteen cyclists represented the United States in 1976.
- George Mount — 4:47:23 (→ 6th place)
- John Howard — 4:54:26 (→ 42nd place)
- David Boll — 5:05:00 (→ 56th place)
- Michael Neel — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Leigh Barczewski — 19th place
- Robert Vehe — 1:09.057 (→ 15th place)
- Leonard Nitz — 19th place
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
Men's 10m Platform
Women's 3m Springboard
Women's 10m Platform
Equestrian
Fencing
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented the United States in 1976.
Gymnastics
Women's team — 6th place[3]
Handball
Judo
Men's Lightweight
Men's Half-Middleweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Men's Heavyweight
Men's Open Class
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented the United States in 1976.
- Individual
- Team
- Alternate
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jim Montgomery | 100 m freestyle | 52.13 | 8 Q | 50.39 WR | 1 Q | 49.99 WR |
|
| Jack Babashoff | 51.57 | 3 Q | 51.46 | 3 Q | 50.81 |
| |
| Joe Bottom | 51.47 | 1 Q | 51.92 | 6 Q | 51.79 | 6 | |
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Notes
References
- ^ "Roster of U.S. Athletes for Olympic Games at Montreal". The New York Times. 1976-07-11. p. 152.
- ^ "United States at the 1976 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-04-16.
- ^ "Games of the 21st Olympiad Montreal Women's Artistic Gymnastics". www.gymnasticsresults.com. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ United States Olympic Book 1976: Games of the XXI Olympiad, Montreal : XII Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck : VII Pan American Games, Mexico City by F. Don Miller; the United States Olympic Committee, 1976. p. 277