Athletics at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

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	Paralympic Athletics
Competitors	774 from 39 nations
	←1972 1980→

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of 207 events. Argentina, Burma, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Peru won their first ever medals in the 1976 Summer Paralympics.

Participating nations[]

Argentina (15)
Australia (26)
Austria (37)
Bahamas (6)
Belgium (23)
Brazil (15)
Burma (4)
Canada (66)
Colombia (10)
Denmark (13)
Ecuador (2)
Egypt (23)
Ethiopia (1)
Fiji (8)
Finland (40)
France (8)
Great Britain (30)
Greece (1)
Hong Kong (9)
Hungary (1)
Indonesia (12)
Ireland (12)
Israel (32)
Italy (15)
Japan (31)
Mexico (29)
Netherlands (17)
New Zealand (12)
Norway (15)
Peru (1)
Poland (18)
South Africa (33)
South Korea (1)
Spain (16)
Sweden (20)
Switzerland (38)
Uganda (1)
United States (70)
West Germany (63)

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	39	34	26	99
2	West Germany (FRG)	21	16	16	53
3	Mexico (MEX)	15	9	5	29
4	Israel (ISR)	15	5	7	27
5	Canada (CAN)	12	18	18	48
6	Poland (POL)	12	2	3	17
7	Finland (FIN)	11	15	10	36
8	Sweden (SWE)	8	6	9	23
9	Austria (AUT)	7	11	14	32
10	Australia (AUS)	7	11	4	22
11	Japan (JPN)	7	6	3	16
12	New Zealand (NZL)	7	1	2	10
13	Belgium (BEL)	6	3	2	11
14	Switzerland (SUI)	5	5	7	17
15	Netherlands (NED)	5	5	3	13
16	Egypt (EGY)	5	1	1	7
17	Great Britain (GBR)	4	5	8	17
18	South Africa (RSA)	4	3	7	14
19	France (FRA)	4	1	1	6
20	Norway (NOR)	3	3	2	8
21	Denmark (DEN)	3	0	1	4
22	Ireland (IRL)	2	9	6	17
23	Italy (ITA)	2	3	5	10
24	Spain (ESP)	2	3	1	6
25	Indonesia (INA)	1	1	3	5
26	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	2	4
27	Burma (BIR)	1	1	1	3
28	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Peru (PER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 nations)		209	178	170	557

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
60 m 1A details	Mexico	Mexico	Peter Marsh Australia
60 m 1B	Mexico	Italy	Austria
60 m 1C	D. Miller New Zealand	United States	Japan
60 m A	Poland	Japan
60 m A	Poland	Norway
100 m 2	United States	Mexico	Great Britain
100 m 3	United States	Sweden	United States
100 m 4	United States	United States	Sweden
100 m 5	Rolf Johansson Sweden	United States	Netherlands
100 m B details	United States	Robert Faulkner Australia	Hungary
100 m C	Aharon Danziger Israel	Canada	Burma
100 m C1	Burma	Burma	Austria
100 m D	J. Harrison Canada	S. Holcomb Canada	None
100 m D1	Curt Brinkman United States	M. Johnson United States	D. Hoddleston South Africa
100 m E	Daniel Gil Adi Israel	Ashari Indonesia	Finland
100 m E1	Cailloux France	None	None
100 m F	Antonio Delgado Spain	José Santos Spain	Israel
100 m F1	B. Perry France	None	None
100 m prosthesis D1	Austria	None	None
200 m 2	Mexico	United States	Italy
200 m 3	United States	United States	Netherlands
400 m 2	Mexico	Italy	Italy
400 m 3	United States	Mexico	United States
800 m 4	United States	Belgium	Canada
800 m 5	P. Colisto Canada	United States	W. Jiling West Germany
1500 m 4	United States	Mexico	Sweden
1500 m 5	United States	P. Colisto Canada	W. Jiling West Germany
1500 m E	Egypt	None	None
1500 m E1	Denmark	None	None
1500 m F	J. Alexandre France	L. Larsen Norway	Finland
1500 m F1	B. Perry France	None	None
1500 m walk B	Derek Howie Great Britain^[1]	Canada	Denmark
4×40 m relay A-C	United States (USA)	Mexico (MEX)	West Germany (FRG)
4×60 m relay 2-5	United States (USA)	Sweden (SWE) Rolf Johansson	Mexico (MEX)
4 × 100 m relay E	Finland (FIN)	None	None
High jump (two foot take off) A	C. Gillfors Sweden	Finland	Norway
High jump A	United States	Doug Rupe Australia	T. Lewis United States
High jump B	Austria	United States	Belgium
High jump C	West Germany	Roni Fradkin Israel	Hong Kong
High jump D	Arnold Boldt Canada	Austria	W. Hilzinger West Germany
High jump E	A. Broeckhuysen Netherlands	None	None
High jump F	Nitzan Atzmon Israel	Finland	Austria
Long jump A	Norway	C. Gillfors Sweden	Finland
Long jump B	Finland	Julio Gutierrez Spain	Sweden
Long jump C	Roni Fradkin Israel	West Germany	West Germany
Long jump D	Arnold Boldt Canada	Austria	W. Hilzinger West Germany
Long jump E	Poland	A. Broeckhuysen Netherlands	None
Long jump F	Antonio Delgado Spain	Nitzan Atzmon Israel	José Santos Spain
Club throw 1A	Mexico	Ireland	United States
Club throw 1B	G. Cochius South Africa	R. Muise Canada	United States
Precision club throw 1A-1B	Belgium	Samir Egypt	Peter Marsh Australia
Discus throw 1A	Wayne Patchett Australia	Ireland	Mexico
Discus throw 1B	United States	United States	R. Muise Canada
Discus throw 1C	West Germany	West Germany	David Hynds New Zealand
Discus throw 2	United States	Ireland	Canada
Discus throw 3	Eric Russell Australia	United States	Israel
Discus throw 4	Belgium	Eugene Reimer Canada	Argentina
Discus throw 5	Israel	Ed Owen United States	United States
Discus throw A	Finland	Finland	Tadeusz Milewski Poland
Discus throw B	Poland	Finland	Finland
Discus throw C	West Germany	West Germany	E. Kuehnel West Germany
Discus throw C1	Finland	Harry Moseby Australia	Moshe Barbalat Israel
Discus throw D	Israel	Kanda Austria	Sweden
Discus throw D1	United States	J. Behan United States	Curt Brinkman United States
Discus throw E	Finland	West Germany	Finland
Discus throw F	Belgium	Austria	Indonesia
Discus throw J1 details	Egypt	None	None
Javelin throw 1C	United States	West Germany	West Germany
Javelin throw 2	Netherlands	United States	John Kestel Australia
Javelin throw 3	United States	Eric Russell Australia	United States
Javelin throw 4	Ireland	John Kidd Australia	Eugene Reimer Canada
Javelin throw 5	Israel	United States	P. Morel France
Javelin throw A	Finland	Jago Mikulic Australia	Belgium
Javelin throw B	Finland	Norway	Norway
Javelin throw C	E. Kuehnel West Germany	J. Stam Netherlands	Pelanzer Austria
Javelin throw C1	E. Niebuhr West Germany	Austria	W. Lerubo South Africa
Javelin throw D	Sweden	France	Finland
Javelin throw D1	United States	J. Behan United States	M. Johnson United States
Javelin throw F	Belgium	M. Roberts Great Britain	Indonesia
Javelin throw J	Israel	None	None
Javelin throw J1	Egypt	None	None
Precision javelin throw 1C-5	Austria		Argentina
Precision javelin throw 1C-5	United States		Argentina
Precision javelin throw C	Japan	Finland	J. Stam Netherlands
Precision javelin throw C1	Finland	Finland	Bengt-Gosta Johansson Sweden
Precision javelin throw D	Sweden	Japan	Winkler Austria
Precision javelin throw D1	J. Behan United States	D. Hoddleston South Africa	Japan
Precision javelin throw E	Finland	Canada	Finland
Precision javelin throw F	Indonesia	Finland	Abedo Egypt
Precision javelin throw J	Israel	None	None
Precision javelin throw J1	Egypt	None	None
Shot put 1A	West Germany	Wayne Patchett Australia	Mexico
Shot put 1B	United States	United States	Switzerland
Shot put 1C	West Germany	West Germany	United States
Shot put 2	Canada	Murray Todd Australia	Ireland
Shot put 2	Canada	Murray Todd Australia	N. Weber South Africa
Shot put 3	Eric Russell Australia	L. Labuschagne South Africa	Jim Savage New Zealand
Shot put 4	Bill Lean New Zealand^[2]	West Germany	Austria
Shot put 5	United States	West Germany	Israel
Shot put A	Finland	Finland	W. Klein West Germany
Shot put B	West Germany	Finland	Poland
Shot put C	West Germany	E. Kuehnel West Germany	West Germany
Shot put C1	Finland	Austria	Moshe Barbalat Israel
Shot put D	Switzerland	Finland	Israel
Shot put D1	United States	J. Behan United States	D. Hoddleston South Africa
Shot put E	West Germany	Finland	Finland
Shot put F	Belgium	Austria	Indonesia
Shot put J1	Egypt	None	None
Football accuracy E1	Denmark	None	None
Football distance E1	Denmark	None	None
Slalom 1A	Mexico	United States	Canada
Slalom 1B	Mexico	Italy	Sweden
Slalom 1C	D. Miller New Zealand	Japan	United States
Slalom 2	Mexico	Eloy Guerrero Spain	Schmicking West Germany
Slalom 2	Mexico	Eloy Guerrero Spain	Italy
Slalom 3	Sweden	Japan	United States
Slalom 4	Japan	Brian McNicholl New Zealand	Canada
Slalom 5	Japan	Japan	Rolf Johansson Sweden
Pentathlon 1A	A. West Great Britain	Matti Launonen Finland	None
Pentathlon 1B	Steiner West Germany	Canada	Sweden
Pentathlon 1C	West Germany	West Germany	Austria
Pentathlon 2	Schmicking West Germany	Finland	Canada
Pentathlon 3	Eric Russell Australia	Kleinjans West Germany	United States
Pentathlon 4	West Germany	Eugene Reimer Canada	Finland
Pentathlon 5	United States	Belgium	E. Englebrecht South Africa
Pentathlon A	Poland	Israel	Jago Mikulic Australia
Pentathlon B	Poland	Sweden	W. Martens West Germany
Pentathlon C	Israel	Sweden	Apschner Austria
Pentathlon C1	Bengt-Gosta Johansson Sweden	Poland	Austria
Pentathlon D	Austria	Austria	Great Britain
Pentathlon E	A. Broeckhuysen Netherlands	Finland	Canada
Pentathlon E1	Austria	None	None
Pentathlon F	Austria	Finland	Israel

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
60 m 1A	Josefina Cornejo Mexico	United States	Mexico
60 m 1B	Martha Sandoval Mexico	Ireland	Rosa Sicari Italy
60 m 1C	Tracey Freeman Australia	United States	Switzerland
60 m 2	United States	Ireland	Mexico
60 m 3	B. Howie Great Britain	United States	United States
60 m 4	Belgium	Sharon Rahn United States	Carol Bryant Great Britain
60 m 5	Sweden	West Germany	United States
60 m A	Poland	J. Pacquette Canada
60 m A	Poland	T. Stevenson Canada
100 m B details	Norway	Japan	Great Britain
100 m D1	P. Martin United States	None	None
100 m F	Lina Franzese Italy	None	None
200 m 2	Switzerland	Mexico	United States
200 m 3	United States	United States	Austria
400 m 2	Switzerland	Mexico	United States
400 m 3	United States	United States	Austria
800 m 4	Sharon Rahn United States	Belgium	West Germany
800 m 5	West Germany	Sweden	Japan
1500 m F1	Lina Franzese Italy	None	None
4×40 m relay 25	United States (USA)	West Germany (FRG)	Austria (AUT)
High jump A	B. Stanger Canada	None	None
High jump B	G. Bloomfield Canada	None	None
Long jump A	A. Anderson Sweden	United States	T. Stevenson Canada
Long jump B	Norway	Canada	None
Long jump D	Poland	None	None
Club throw 1A	Josefina Cornejo Mexico	United States	Joyce Murland Canada
Club throw 1B	Martha Sandoval Mexico	United States	Ireland
Precision club throw 1A-1B	L. Claasen South Africa	Josefina Cornejo Mexico	United States
Discus throw 1A	Josefina Cornejo Mexico	United States	Joyce Murland Canada
Discus throw 1B	Martha Sandoval Mexico	United States	Ireland
Discus throw 1C	Switzerland	Tracey Freeman Australia	United States
Discus throw 2	Poland	Ireland	Ireland
Discus throw 3	Eve M. Rimmer New Zealand	Austria	West Germany
Discus throw 4	Ora Goldstein Israel	Canada	United States
Discus throw 5	Great Britain	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum Israel	J. Josephs South Africa
Discus throw A	J. Pacquette Canada	Great Britain	Switzerland
Discus throw B	Poland	L. Lahey Canada	Great Britain
Discus throw D	Th. Engelbertink Netherlands	Switzerland	None
Javelin throw 1C	Tracey Freeman Australia	Switzerland	United States
Javelin throw 2	West Germany	Elaine Schreiber Australia	Ireland
Javelin throw 3	Eve M. Rimmer New Zealand	West Germany	Rosalie Hixson United States
Javelin throw 4	United States	Mickey Strole United States	Canada
Javelin throw 5	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum Israel	J. Josephs South Africa	Austria
Javelin throw A	J. Pacquette Canada	None	None
Javelin throw B	Canada	Great Britain	None
Javelin throw D	Th. Engelbertink Netherlands	Canada	T. Chiapo Peru
Javelin throw D1	P. Martin United States	None	None
Precision javelin throw 1C-5	B. Delport South Africa	C. van der Vis-Morel Netherlands	S. Carraz Switzerland
Precision javelin throw D	Japan	Hargreiter Austria	Canada
Precision javelin throw D1	P. Martin United States	None	None
Shot put 1A	L. Claasen South Africa	Argentina	United States
Shot put 1B	United States	Ireland	Switzerland
Shot put 1C	Tracey Freeman Australia	Switzerland	United States
Shot put 2	West Germany	Ireland	Poland
Shot put 3	Eve M. Rimmer New Zealand	West Germany	Austria
Shot put 4	Ora Goldstein Israel	Mickey Strole United States	United States
Shot put 5	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum Israel	Great Britain	Switzerland
Shot put A	Poland	Switzerland	Great Britain
Shot put B	Japan	Poland	Canada
Shot put D	Switzerland	Th. Engelbertink Netherlands	Canada
Shot put D1	P. Martin United States	None	None
Slalom 1A	United States	Mexico	United States
Slalom 1B	United States	Ireland	Rosa Sicari Italy
Slalom 1C	United States	Tracey Freeman Australia	Switzerland
Slalom 2	Argentina	United States	Ireland
Slalom 3	West Germany	Austria	M. Schaefer South Africa
Slalom 4	Japan	United States	West Germany
Slalom 5	Japan	Canada	West Germany
Pentathlon 1A details	Josefina Cornejo Mexico	None	None
Pentathlon 1B	Ireland	Switzerland	Jane Blackburn Great Britain
Pentathlon 1C	Liebrecht West Germany	None	None
Pentathlon 2	Austria	United States	Great Britain
Pentathlon 3	Eve M. Rimmer New Zealand	West Germany	D. Crow Canada
Pentathlon 4	S. Battran West Germany	Ora Goldstein Israel	Canada
Pentathlon 5	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum Israel	Great Britain	None
Pentathlon A	J. Pacquette Canada	B. Stanger Canada	T. Stevenson Canada
Pentathlon B	Canada	Simmons Canada	None
Pentathlon D	Poland	None	None
Pentathlon D1	Poland	None	None

References[]

^ Stephen, Phyllis (29 August 2012). "Derek Howie – our very own paralympian". theedinburghreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
^ Meikle, Hayden (19 July 2011). "No 101: Bill Lean breaks world record (1976)". Otago Times. odt.co.nz. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Paralympics (Toronto) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)

[1] Stephen, Phyllis (29 August 2012). "Derek Howie – our very own paralympian". theedinburghreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2014.

[2] Meikle, Hayden (19 July 2011). "No 101: Bill Lean breaks world record (1976)". Otago Times. odt.co.nz. Retrieved 23 March 2014.

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