Romania competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 157 competitors, 103 men and 54 women, took part in 92 events in 11 sports.
Rolando Garbey was a Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the world title. Garbey was also a gold medalist at light middleweight at the Pan-American games in 1967, 1971, and 1975.
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.
Lars Mikael Myrberg was a Swedish boxer who won a light welterweight bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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.
Philip Waruinge was a Kenyan professional boxer, who competed in the featherweight division during his career as an amateur.
Juan Paredes Miranda is a Mexican former boxer who won the 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 eventual gold medalist Ángel Herrera of Cuba. Miranda was born in Azcapotzalco.
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 was a Venezuelan amateur boxer.
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.
Ace Rusevski is a retired Macedonian boxer, who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the lightweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Howard Davis Jr. of the United States.
János Kajdi was a boxer from Hungary. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the lightweight, light-welterweight and welterweight division, respectively, and won a silver medal in 1972. In the final he was defeated by Cuba's Emilio Correa on points (5:0).
Ian Clyde is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. After defeating Charlie Magri of Great Britain, he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's flyweight division by Cuba's eventual silver medalist Ramón Duvalón. Clyde won a silver medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the 1979 Pan American Games. He also competed at the 1975 Pan American Games. Ian Clyde has followed his career as a professional athlete to offer personal fitness boxing coaching and competitive boxing instruction to young athletes in Montreal.
Carmen Rinke is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight division by East Germany's eventual gold medalist Jochen Bachfeld. In the previous round, Rinke defeated Yoshifumi Seki of Japan.
Joseph Bessala was a welterweight boxer from Cameroon.
James ("Jim") Robert Wallington was an American welterweight boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
Jerzy Zdzisław Kulej was a Polish boxer, politician and sports commentator. He was a double Olympic and World Champion.
Zvonimir "Zvonko" Vujin was a 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. He died on 8 December 2019 in his hometown, Zrenjanin.
Celal Sandal was a Turkish welterweight boxer.
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.
