Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics. There were a total number of 1005 participating athletes from 80 countries.
The men's 50 kilometres walk competition was dropped from the Olympic athletics programme, despite its constant presence at the games since 1932. The IAAF chose to host its own world championship event instead, a month and a half after the Olympics. This foreshadowed the creation of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in the following years.[1][2]
Medal summary[]
Men[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 metres |
Hasely Crawford Trinidad and Tobago |
10.06 | Don Quarrie Jamaica |
10.08 | Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union |
10.14 |
200 metres |
Don Quarrie Jamaica |
20.23 | Millard Hampton United States |
20.29 | Dwayne Evans United States |
20.43 |
400 metres |
Alberto Juantorena Cuba |
44.26 | Fred Newhouse United States |
44.40 | Herman Frazier United States |
44.95 |
800 metres |
Alberto Juantorena Cuba |
1:43.50 WR | Ivo van Damme Belgium |
1:43.86 | Rick Wohlhuter United States |
1:44.12 |
1500 metres |
John Walker New Zealand |
3:39.17 | Ivo van Damme Belgium |
3:39.27 | Paul-Heinz Wellmann West Germany |
3:39.33 |
5000 metres |
Lasse Virén Finland |
13:24.76 | Dick Quax New Zealand |
13:25.16 | Klaus-Peter Hildenbrand West Germany |
13:25.38 |
10,000 metres |
Lasse Virén Finland |
27:40.38 | Carlos Lopes Portugal |
27:45:17 | Brendan Foster Great Britain |
27:54.92 |
110 metres hurdles |
Guy Drut France |
13.30 | Alejandro Casañas Cuba |
13.33 | Willie Davenport United States |
13.38 |
400 metres hurdles |
Edwin Moses United States |
47.64 WR | Michael Shine United States |
48.69 | Yevgeniy Gavrilenko Soviet Union |
49.45 |
3000 metres steeplechase |
Anders Gärderud Sweden |
8:08.02 WR | Bronisław Malinowski Poland |
8:09.11 | Frank Baumgartl East Germany |
8:10.36 |
4×100 metres relay |
United States (USA) Harvey Glance Johnny Jones Millard Hampton Steve Riddick |
38.33 | East Germany (GDR) Manfred Kokot Jörg Pfeifer Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Alexander Thieme |
38.66 | Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Aksinin Nikolay Kolesnikov Juris Silovs Valeriy Borzov |
38.78 |
4×400 metres relay |
United States (USA) Herman Frazier Benny Brown Fred Newhouse Maxie Parks |
2:58.65 | Poland (POL) Ryszard Podlas Jan Werner Zbigniew Jaremski Jerzy Pietrzyk |
3:01.43 | West Germany (FRG) Franz-Peter Hofmeister Lothar Krieg Harald Schmid Bernd Herrmann |
3:01.98 |
Marathon |
Waldemar Cierpinski East Germany |
2:09:55.0 | Frank Shorter United States |
2:10:45.8 | Karel Lismont Belgium |
2:11:12.6 |
20 kilometres walk |
Daniel Bautista Mexico |
1:24:40.6 | Hans-Georg Reimann East Germany |
1:25:13.6 | Peter Frenkel East Germany |
1:25:29.4 |
High jump |
Jacek Wszoła Poland |
2.25 m | Greg Joy Canada |
2.23 m | Dwight Stones United States |
2.21 m |
Pole vault |
Tadeusz Ślusarski Poland |
5.50 m | Antti Kalliomäki Finland |
5.50 m | David Roberts United States |
5.50 m |
Long jump |
Arnie Robinson United States |
8.35 m | Randy Williams United States |
8.11 m | Frank Wartenberg East Germany |
8.02 m |
Triple jump |
Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union |
17.29 m | James Butts United States |
17.18 m | João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil |
16.90 m |
Shot put |
Udo Beyer East Germany |
21.05 m | Yevgeny Mironov Soviet Union |
21.03 m | Aleksandr Baryshnikov Soviet Union |
21.00 m |
Discus throw |
Mac Wilkins United States |
67.50 m | Wolfgang Schmidt East Germany |
66.22 m | John Powell United States |
65.70 m |
Hammer throw |
Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union |
77.52 m | Aleksei Spiridonov Soviet Union |
76.08 m | Anatoliy Bondarchuk Soviet Union |
75.48 m |
Javelin throw |
Miklós Németh Hungary |
94.58 WR | Hannu Siitonen Finland |
87.92 | Gheorghe Megelea Romania |
87.16 m |
Decathlon |
Caitlyn Jenner (as Bruce Jenner)[a] United States |
8618 WR | Guido Kratschmer West Germany |
8411 | Mykola Avilov Soviet Union |
8369 |
Women[]
Medal table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | East Germany (GDR) | 11 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
2 | United States (USA) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
5 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
6 | Cuba (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
7 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
8 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
11 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
17 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
20 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (23 nations) | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 |
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ Matthews, Peter (2012). Historical Dictionary of Track and Field (pg. 217). Scarecrow Press (eBook). Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
- ^ IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013 (pg. 179). IAAF/AFTS (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.
- ^ Bissinger, Buzz (June 1, 2015). "Introducing Caitlyn Jenner". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ Image of 1976 summer olympics in montreal. Retrieved on 2021-01-08.
External links[]
- Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2012-06-04.
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Athletics Australia
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