United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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United States at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	USA
NOC:	United States Olympic Committee external link
1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Flag Bearer	Gary Hall Sr.
Medals	Gold 34	Silver 35	Bronze 25	Total 94
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

The United States competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Boxing

[edit] Medals

The United States finished third in the final medal rankings, with 34 gold and 94 total medals.

[edit] 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, John Wesley Jones, and Steven Riddick — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay

• Benjamin Brown, Herman Frazier, Fred Newhouse, and Maxie Parks — Athletics, Men's 4x400 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

• Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle

• 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 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• John Naber, Matt Vogel, John Hencken, and Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Kim Peyton, Jill Sterkel, Shirley Babashoff, and Wendy Boglioli — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• John Peterson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

[edit] 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 4x400 m Relay

• Kathy McMillan — Athletics, Women's Long Jump

• Patricia Roberts, Susan Rojcewicz, Julienne 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 Murdoch — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

• Jack Babashoff — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle

• John Naber — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Timothy Shaw — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Robert 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

• Steven 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 4x100 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

[edit] 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 — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw

• Kathy Schmidt — Athletics, 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 Morkins — 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

• Daniel Harrigan — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Richard Colella — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Gary Hall Sr. — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly

• William 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

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

After winning both gold medals in the first modern Olympic archery contest at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the United States 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)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Harvey Glance

• First Round — 10.37s
• Second Round — 10.23s
• Semi Final — 10.24s
• Final — 10.19s (→ 4th place)

• John Wesley Jones

• First Round — 10.43s
• Second Round — 10.46s
• Semi Final — 10.30s
• Final — 10.27s (→ 6th place)

• Steven 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 Wohlhunter

• 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 4x100m Relay

• Harvey Glance, John Wesley Jones, Millard Hampton, and Steven Riddick

• Heat — 38.76
• Semi Final — 38.51
• Final — 38.33s (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Herman Frazier, Benjamin Brown, Fred Newhouse, and Maxie Parks

• Heat — 2:59.52
• Final — 2:58.65 (→ Gold Medal)

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)

• Donald Kardong — 2:11:15 (→ 4th place)

• William 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 20km Race Walk

• Ronald Laird — 1:33:27 (→ 20th place)

• Larry Walker — 1:34:19 (→ 22nd place)

• Clark Scully — 1:36:37 (→ 29th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

• Luis Curtis
  1. First Round — lost to Henryk Średnicki (POL), 0:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Leo Randolph
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Massoudi Samatou (TOG), walk-over
  3. Third Round — Defeated Constantin Gruescu (ROM), 4:1
  4. Quarterfinal — Defeated David Larmour (IRL), 4:1
  5. Semi Final — Defeated Leszek Błażyński (POL), 4:1
  6. Final — Defeated Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 3:2 → Gold Medal

Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada

Andorra • Antigua‑Barbuda • Argentina • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Barbados • Belgium • Belize • Bermuda • Bolivia • Brazil • Bulgaria • Canada • Cayman Islands • Chile • Colombia • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Cuba • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Egypt • Fiji • Finland • France • East Germany • West Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Guatemala • Haiti • Honduras • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • North Korea • South Korea • Kuwait • Lebanon • Liechtenstein • Luxembourg • Malaysia • Mexico • Monaco • Mongolia • Morocco • Nepal • Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • New Zealand • Nicaragua • Norway • Pakistan • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Romania • San Marino • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Singapore • Soviet Union • Spain • Suriname • Sweden • Switzerland • Thailand • Trinidad‑Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • United States • Uruguay • Venezuela • Virgin Islands • Yugoslavia