Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 410 competitors, 285 men and 125 women, took part in 189 events in 22 sports.[1] As the country hosted the next Olympics in Moscow, a Soviet segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Soviet Union at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Montreal
Competitors410 (285 men and 125 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer Vasily Alekseyev
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
49
Silver
41
Bronze
35
Total
125
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–)
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
 Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–)
 Belarus (1994–)
 Georgia (1994–)
 Kazakhstan (1994–)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
 Moldova (1994–)
 Russia (1994–)
 Ukraine (1994–)
 Uzbekistan (1994–)
 Azerbaijan (1996–)
 Tajikistan (1996–)
 Turkmenistan (1996–)

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Women's individual competition:

Men's individual competition:

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:46.81 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

  • Heat — 39.98
  • Semifinal — 39.36
  • Final — 38.78s (→ Bronze medal)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

  • Heat — 3:07.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's marathon

Men's 400m hurdles

  • Heat — 50.93s
  • Semifinal — 49.73s
  • Final — 49.45s (→ Bronze medal)
  • Heat — 50.78s
  • Semifinal — 50.47s (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

  • Qualification — 7.90m
  • Final — 7.88m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification — 7.78m
  • Final — 7.66m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification — 7.49m (→ did not advance)

Men's high jump

  • Qualification — 2.16m
  • Final — 2.21m (→ 4th place)
  • Sergey Senyukov
  • Qualification — 2.16m
  • Final — 2.18m (→ 5th place)

Men's discus throw

  • Qualification — 57.50m (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 20 km race walk

  • Vladimir Golubnichiy — 1:29:24 (→ 7th place)
  • Oto Barch — 1:31:12 (→ 13th place)
  • Viktor Semenov — 1:31:59 (→ 15th place)

Women's shot put

  • Final — 20.96 m (→ Silver medal)
  • Final — 18.36 m (→ 9th place)
  • Final — 18.07 m (→ 10th place)

Women's javelin throw

  • Qualifying round — 56.82 m
  • Final — 59.42 m (→ 6th place)

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group A):
  • Defeated Mexico (120–77)
  • Defeated Australia (93–77)
  • Defeated Canada (108–85)
  • Defeated Japan (123–69)
  • Defeated Cuba (98–72)
  • Semifinals:
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (84–89)
  • Bronze medal match:
  • Defeated Canada (100–72) → Bronze medal
  • Team roster
Women's team competition
  • Team roster

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1976.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
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

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1976. They finished top of the fencing medal table with a total of seven medals, including three gold and a clean-sweep in the individual sabre event.[2]

Men's foil
Men's team 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

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1976. Pavel Lednyov won a silver medal in the individual event.

Individual
Team
  • Pavel Lednyov
  • Boris Mosolov
  • Borys Onyshchenko

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The Soviet Union had 31 male and 24 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing events in 1976.[3]

Men’s competition
Men's single sculls
Men's double sculls
Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed pair
Men's quadruple sculls
Men's coxless four
Men's coxed four
Men's eight
Women's competition
Women's single sculls
Women's double sculls
Women's coxless pair
Women's coxed four
Women's quadruple sculls
Women's eight

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
  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Defeated Italy (3–0)
  • Defeated Brazil (3–0)
  • Defeated Japan (3–0)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Cuba (3–0)
  • Final
  • Lost to Poland (2–3) → Silver medal
  • Team roster
Women's team competition
  • Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Defeated South Korea (3–1)
  • Defeated Cuba (3–1)
  • Defeated East Germany (3–2)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Hungary (3–0)
  • Final
  • Lost to Japan (0–3) → Silver medal
  • Team roster
  • Head coach: Givi Ahvlediani

Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Team roster

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.

RankRepublicGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russian SFSR605640156
2 Ukrainian SSR27222271
3 Byelorussian SSR75517
4 Kazakh SSR7209
5 Georgian SSR3126
6 Lithuanian SSR2237
7 Latvian SSR2226
8 Azerbaijan SSR2103
9 Armenian SSR1315
10 Estonian SSR1001
11 Uzbek SSR0112
12 Moldavian SSR0101
13 Tajik SSR0011
Totals (13 republics)1129677285

Top 5 sports societies

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different sports societies in one team.

Pos Sports society Total
1VSS Spartak2412945
2Armed Forces22221559
3VSS Burevestnik2213540
4Dynamo20322678
5VSS Trud84416

References
  1. "Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  2. "Fencing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Soviet Union Rowing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

Sources
  • Khavin, Boris (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. – for medal stats by republic and by sports society
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