Canada was the host nation for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. 385 competitors, 261 men and 124 women, took part in 173 events in 23 sports.
Ángel Herrera Vera is a Cuban boxer, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade.
Andrés Aldama Cabrera is a retired amateur Cuban boxer, who won the light welterweight silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the Welterweight gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Joni Nyman is a retired boxer (pugilist) from Finland, who won a Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals.
Lars Mikael Myrberg was a Swedish boxer who won a light welterweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Viktor Grigorievich Rybakov is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an amateur. He won the bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and repeated that feat four years later in Moscow, Soviet Union. He trained at the Trud Voluntary Sports Society until 1976. Later he trained at the Armed Forces sports society.
Leszek Marian Kosedowski is a retired boxer from Poland, who won a bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he was defeated in the semifinals by the eventual silver medalist, Richard Nowakowski of East Germany.
Richard Nowakowski is a retired boxer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he was defeated in the final by Ángel Herrera of Cuba.
Victor Zilberman is a retired boxer from Romania.
Jochen Bachfeld is a retired boxer from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the welterweight division after defeating Pedro Gamarro of Venezuela in the final.
Pedro Gamarro is a retired boxer from Venezuela. He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he won the silver medal in the welterweight division after having lost to Jochen Bachfeld of East Germany in the final. Gamarro's medal was the only one won by the South American nation in Montreal. A year earlier he won a bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games. He also won a bronze medal at the 1983 Pan American Games in his home country.
Reinhard Skricek is a retired boxer from Germany, who represented West Germany (FRG) at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the welterweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual silver medalist Pedro Gamarro of Venezuela.
Chris Ius is a Canadian boxer, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he was eliminated in the third round.
Joseph Bessala was a welterweight boxer from Cameroon.
Bruno Valfrid Ahlberg was a Finnish boxer who competed in the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1932 he became the first Finnish boxer to win an Olympic medal, a bronze in the welterweight division. Four years later he lost his first bout in the middleweight competition.
Jerzy Kulej was a Polish boxer and politician.
Manfred Wolke is a former welterweight boxer. He was a member of the Armeesportsklub Vorwärts Frankfurt an der Oder.
Zvonimir "Zvonko" Vujin is a retired Serbian amateur boxer. He competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics for Yugoslavia and won bronze medals on both occasions. In 1967 he won a silver medal at the European championships and a gold at the Mediterranean Games.
Clinton Jackson is an American former boxer, who competed on behalf of the U.S. in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 67 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 18 to 31 July 1976. 31 boxers from 31 nations competed.
