Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Soviet Union at the
1976 Summer Olympics

IOC code URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
in Montreal
Competitors 410 (285 men and 125 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer Vasily Alekseyev
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold Silver Bronze Total
49 41 35 125
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–)
Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–)
Unified Team (1992)
Armenia (1994–)
Belarus (1994–)
Georgia (1994–)
Kazakhstan (1994–)
Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
Moldova (1994–)
Russia (1994–)
Ukraine (1994–)
Uzbekistan (1994–)
Azerbaijan (1996–)
Tajikistan (1996–)
Turkmenistan (1996–)

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

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

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

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

Men's team competition
  • Defeated Mexico (120-77)
  • Defeated Australia (93-77)
  • Defeated Canada (108-85)
  • Defeated Japan (123-69)
  • Defeated Cuba (98-72)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (84-89)
  • Defeated Canada (100-72) → Bronze medal
Women's team competition

Boxing

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1976.

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

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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

Individual
Team

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Volleyball

Men's team competition
  • Defeated Italy (3-0)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-0)
  • Defeated Japan (3-0)
  • Defeated Cuba (3-0)
  • Lost to Poland (2-3) → Silver medal
Women's team competition
  • Defeated South Korea (3-1)
  • Defeated Cuba (3-1)
  • Defeated East Germany (3-2)
  • Defeated Hungary (3-0)
  • Lost to Japan (0-3) → Silver medal

Water polo

Men's team competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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.

 Rank  Republic Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russian SFSR 605640156
2  Ukrainian SSR 27222271
3  Byelorussian SSR 75517
4  Kazakh SSR 7209
5  Georgian SSR 3126
6  Lithuanian SSR 2237
7  Latvian SSR 2226
8  Azerbaijan SSR 2103
9  Armenian SSR 1315
10  Estonian SSR 1001
11  Uzbek SSR 0112
12  Moldavian SSR 0101
13  Tajik SSR 0011

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 Total
1VSS Spartak2412945
2Armed Forces22221559
3VSS Burevestnik2213540
4Dynamo20322678
5VSS Trud84416

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

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