1976 Summer Olympics medal table

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1976 Summer Olympics medals
Location Montreal, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Highlights
Most gold medalsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (49)
Most total medalsFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (125)
  1972  · Olympics medal tables ·  1980  
Montreal's Olympic Stadium (its tower completed after the Games) was the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Le Stade Olympique de Montreal Nuit Arriere-Gauche.jpg
Montreal's Olympic Stadium (its tower completed after the Games) was the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics.

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from July 17 to August 1, 1976. A total of 6,084 athletes from 92 countries represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these Games, competing in 198 events in 23 sports. [1]

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Twenty-eight African countries boycotted these Games. [2] This decision was taken in response to the participation of New Zealand, because its national rugby union team (the All Blacks) continued to play rugby with South Africa, which had been banned from the Olympic movement since 1964 due to its apartheid policies. [3]

Athletes from 42 countries won at least one medal, leaving 51 countries in blank in the medals table. The Soviet Union won the highest number of gold medals (49) and overall medals (125). The Games were dominated by the Soviet Bloc, with the USSR and its satellites occupying seven out of top ten places in the medal standings. Thailand and Bermuda won the first medals in their Olympic history, with Bermuda being the least populous territory to ever win a Summer Olympic medal until Alessandra Perilli won bronze for San Marino in trap shooting in 2020. Bermuda, however, became the smallest nation to win a Summer Olympic gold at the same games, thanks to Flora Duffy, which was also their first medal since 1976. [4] The Montreal Summer Olympics proved disastrous to Canada not only in financial terms; it failed to win a single gold medal despite being the host nation. Overall, it was 27th in the medal table, which remains the worst result a host nation has ever scored in the history of the Summer Games. [5]

Russian Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union won seven medals (four gold, two silver and one bronze medals), becoming the most medaled athlete in these Games. [6]

Medal table

Sugar Ray Leonard won the gold medal in boxing's light welterweight category at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Ray Leonard.jpg
Sugar Ray Leonard won the gold medal in boxing's light welterweight category at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. [7] By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

A total of 198 events in 23 different sports were contested at the Montreal Games. [8] [9] In boxing and judo, two bronze medals were awarded for each weight class. In gymnastics, two bronze medals were awarded for third–place ties in the men's pommel horse and men's horizontal bar events, and a second–place tie in the women's vault resulted in two silver medals and no bronze medal awarded for that event. [10]

  *   Host nation (Canada)

1976 Summer Olympics medal table
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 494135125
2Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 40252590
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 34352594
4Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 10121739
5Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 961025
6Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 761326
7Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 69722
8Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 64313
9Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 491427
10Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 451322
11Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 4206
12Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4105
13Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 35513
14Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 27413
15Flag of France.svg  France 2349
16Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 2338
17Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2248
18Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2114
19Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 1146
20Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1124
21Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1102
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea 1102
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1102
24Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1023
25Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1012
26Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 1001
27Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada*05611
28Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0336
29Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0235
30Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 0202
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 0202
32Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 0145
33State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran 0112
34Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia 0101
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela 0101
36Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 0022
37Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0011
Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda 0011
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 0011
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico 0011
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0011
Totals (41 entries)198199216613

Change by doping

OlympicsAthleteCountryMedalEventRef
1976 Summer Olympics Valentin Khristov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria Gold medal icon.svg Weightlifting, Men's 110 kg [11]
Blagoy Blagoev Silver medal icon.svg Weightlifting, Men's 82.5 kg [12]
Zbigniew Kaczmarek Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Gold medal icon.svg Weightlifting, Men's 67.5 kg [13]

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