Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Canada at the
1976 Summer Olympics
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Montreal
Competitors385 (261 men and 124 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer Abby Hoffman
Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
0
Silver
5
Bronze
6
Total
11
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Canada was the host nation for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, held from 17 July to 1 August 1976. 385 competitors, 261 men and 124 women, took part in 173 events in 23 sports.[1]

For the first and, so far, only time in Summer Olympics history, the host nation failed to obtain a gold medal.

Medalists[]

Canada finished in 27th position in the final medal rankings, with five silver medals and six bronze medals.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Clay Evans
Gary MacDonald
Steve Pickell
Graham Smith		 Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 22 July
 Silver Cheryl Gibson Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley 24 July
 Silver Michel Vaillancourt Equestrian Individual jumping 27 July
 Silver John Wood Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres 30 July
 Silver Greg Joy Athletics Men's high jump 31 July
 Bronze Robin Corsiglia
Wendy Hogg
Anne Jardin
Susan Sloan		 Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay 18 July
 Bronze Shannon Smith Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle 20 July
 Bronze Nancy Garapick Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke 21 July
 Bronze Becky Wiber Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley 24 July
 Bronze Nancy Garapick Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke 25 July
 Bronze Gail Amundrud
Barbara Clark
Anne Jardin
Becky Wiber		 Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 25 July

Archery[]

Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Canada was represented by two women and two men in Montreal. It was the second time Canadians had competed in archery. Lucille Lemay became the most successful Canadian Olympic archer by taking 5th place, surpassing Donald Jackson's 6th-place finish four years earlier. Canada placed sixth in the national standings for archery.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Lucille Lemay – 2401 points (→ 5th place)
  • – 2303 points (→ 16th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 5.000 metres

Men's 10.000 metres

Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay

  • Hugh Spooner, Marvin Nash, Albin Dukowski, and Hugh Fraser
    • Heat — 39.72s
    • Semi Final — 39.46s
    • Final — 39.47s (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay

Men's Marathon

Men's High Jump

  • Greg Joy
    • Qualification — 2.16m
    • Final — 2.23m (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Claude Ferragne
    • Qualification — 2.16m
    • Final — 2.14m (→ 12th place)
  • Robert Forget
    • Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Men's Discus Throw

  • Ain Roost
    • Qualification — 56.56m (→ did not advance)
  • Borys Chambul
    • Qualification — 55.86m (→ did not advance)
  • Bishop Dolegiewicz
    • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

  • Marcel Jobin — 1:34:33 (→ 23rd place)
  • Pat Farrelly — 1:41:36 (→ 33rd place)
  • Alex Oakley — 1:44:08 (→ 35th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Lucette Moreau
    • Final — 15.48 m (→ 13th place)

Basketball[]

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A):
    • Defeated Japan (104-76)
    • Defeated Cuba (84-79)
    • Lost to Soviet Union (85-108)
    • Defeated Australia (81-69)
    • Defeated Mexico (92-84)
  • Semi Finals:
    • Lost to United States (77-96)
  • Bronze Medal Match:
    • Lost to Soviet Union (72-100) → 4th place
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: John Donohue
Women's Team Competition

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Ian Clyde
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated (ZAM), walk-over
    3. Third Round — Defeated Charlie Magri (GBR), KO-3
    4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 0:5

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Chris Ius
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Ayele (ETH), walk-over
    3. Third Round — Lost to Weerachart Saturngrun (THA), 0:5

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Camille Huard
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated (ALG), walk-over
    3. Third Round — Lost to Leszek Kosedowski (POL), 0:5

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Carmen Rinke
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Kenneth Bristol (GUY), walk-over
    3. Third Round — Defeated Yoshioki Seki (JPN), 4:1
    4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (GDR), 0:5

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Eleven cyclists represented Canada in 1976.

Individual road race
  • Pierre Harvey — 4:49:01 (→ 24th place)
  • Gilles Durand — 5:03:13 (→ 54th place)
  • Tom Morris — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Brian Chewter — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Sprint
  • Jocelyn Lovell — 1:08.852 (→ 13th place)
1000m time trial
  • Gordon Singleton — 17th place
Team pursuit

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Equestrian[]

Main article: Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

13 fencers, 9 men and 4 women, represented Canada in 1976.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Football[]

Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Handball[]

Main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition

Head Coach: Slobodan Misic

Women's Team Competition

Hockey[]

Main article: Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition

The Men's National Team from Canada competed for the second time at the Summer Olympics. The squad finished tenth in the McGill University's Molson Stadium in Montreal.

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Lightweight (– 73 kg)

Men's Half-Middleweight (– 81 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 90 kg)

  • Rainer Fischer

Men's Half-Heavyweight (– 100 kg)

  • Joseph Meli

Men's Open Class

Modern pentathlon[]

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Canada in 1976.

Individual
Team
  • John Hawes
  • George Skene
  • Jack Alexander

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sailing[]

Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Volleyball[]

Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
Women's Team Competition

Water polo[]

Main article: Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

References[]

  1. ^ "Canada at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
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