Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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.
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.Silver
- Greg Joy — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- John Wood — Canoeing, Men's C-1 500m
- Michel Vaillancourt — Equestrian, Individual Jumping Grand Prix
- Cheryl Gibson — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
- Stephen Pickell, Graham Smith, Clay Evans, Gary MacDonald — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Bronze
- Nancy Garapick — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
- Nancy Garapick — Swimming, Women's 200m Backstroke
- Shannon Smith — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
- Becky Smith — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
- Gail Amundrud, Barbara Clark, Becky Smith, Anne Jardin — Swimming, Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay
- Wendy Cook, Robin Corsiglia, Susan Kelsey, Anne Jardin — Swimming, Women's 4x100 Medley Relay
Archery
Women's Individual Competition:
- Lucille Lemay - 2401 points
- Wanda Allen - 2303 points
- Dave Mann - 2431 points
- Edward Gamble - 2362 points
Athletics
- Grant McLaren
- * Heat — 13:46.40
- Dan Shaughnessy
- Chris McCubbins
- Hugh Spooner, Marvin Nash, Albin Dukowski, and Hugh Fraser
- * Heat — 39.72s
- * Semi Final — 39.46s
- * Final — 39.47s
- Ian Seale, Don Domansky, Leighton Hope, and Brian Saunders
- * Heat — 3:03.89
- * Final — 3:02.64
- Jerome Drayton — 2:13:30
- Tom Howard — 2:22:08
- Wayne Yetman — 2:24:17
- Greg Joy
- * Qualification — 2.16m
- * Final — 2.23m
- Claude Ferragne
- * Qualification — 2.16m
- * Final — 2.14m
- Robert Forget
- * Qualification — 2.05m
- Richard Rock
- * Qualification — 7.57m
- Jim Buchanan
- * Qualification — 7.49m
- Jim McAndrew
- * Qualification — 7.48m
- Ain Roost
- * Qualification — 56.56m
- Borys Chambul
- * Qualification — 55.86m
- Bishop Dolegiewicz
- * Qualification — NM
- Marcel Jobin — 1:34:33
- Pat Farrelly — 1:41:36
- Alex Oakley — 1:44:08
- Lucette Moreau
- *Final — 15.48 m
Basketball
- Preliminary Round :
- * Defeated Japan
- * Defeated Cuba
- * Lost to Soviet Union
- * Defeated Australia
- * Defeated Mexico
- Semi Finals:
- * Lost to United States
- Bronze Medal Match:
- * Lost to Soviet Union → 4th place
- Team Roster
- *Alexander Devlin
- *Martin Riley
- *Bill Robinson
- *John Cassidy
- *Derek Sankey
- *Robert Sharpe
- *Cameron Hall
- *James Russell
- *Robert Town
- *Romel Raffin
- *Lars Hansen
- *Phil Tollestrup
- Head Coach: John Donohue
- Team Roster
- *Joyce Douthwright
- *Joanne Sargent
- *Anne Hurley
- *Christine Critelli
- *Beverley Bland
- *Coleen Dufresne
- *Sheila Strike
- *Sylvia Sweeney
- *Carol Turney
- *Donna Hobin
- *Angela Johnson
- *Beverly Barnes
- Head Coach: Brian Heaney
Boxing
- Sidney McKnight
- # First Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk, KO-1
- Ian Clyde
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Alick Chiteule, walk-over
- # Third Round — Defeated Charlie Magri, KO-3
- # Quarterfinals — Lost to Ramón Duvalón, 0:5
- Chris Ius
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Ayele, walk-over
- # Third Round — Lost to Weerachart Saturngrun, 0:5
- Camille Huard
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Bachir Koual, walk-over
- # Third Round — Lost to Leszek Kosedowski, 0:5
- Chris Clarke
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Lasse Friman, 5:0
- # Third Round — Lost to József Nagy, RSC-3
- Carmen Rinke
- # First Round — Bye
- # Second Round — Defeated Kenneth Bristol, walk-over
- # Third Round — Defeated Yoshioki Seki, 4:1
- # Quarterfinals — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld, 0:5
- Michael Prevost
- # First Round — Lost to Vasile Didea, DSQ-3
- Bryan Gibson
- # First Round — Lost to Bernd Wittenburg, KO-3
- Roger Fortin
- # First Round — Lost to Anatoliy Klimanov, 0:5
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented Canada in 1976.;Individual road race
- Pierre Harvey — 4:49:01
- Gilles Durand — 5:03:13
- Tom Morris — did not finish
- Brian Chewter — did not finish
- Brian Chewter
- Marc Blouin
- Serge Proulx
- Tom Morris
- Jocelyn Lovell — 1:08.852
- Gordon Singleton — 17th place
- Ron Hayman
- Jocelyn Lovell
- Adrian Prosser
- Hugh Walton
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
13 fencers, 9 men and 4 women, represented Canada in 1976.;Men's foil
;Men's épée
;Men's team épée
- Alain Dansereau, Michel Dessureault, Geza Tatrallyay, George Varaljay
;Men's team sabre
- Marc Lavoie, Peter Urban, Imre Nagy, Eli Sukunda
;Women's team foil
- Fleurette Campeau, Susan Stewart, Donna Hennyey, Chantal Payer
Football
Gymnastics
Handball
;Men's Team Competition- * Wolfgang Blankenau
- * Christian Chagnon
- * François Dauphin
- * Hugues de Roussan
- * Pierre Désormeaux
- * Pierre Ferdais
- * Robert Johnson
- * Richard Lambert
- * Claude Lefebvre
- * Danny Power
- * Stan Thorseth
- * Luc Tousignant
- * Claude Viens
- * Pierre St. Martin
;Women's Team Competition
- Team Roster
- * Lucie Balthazar
- * Louise Beaumont
- * Manon Charette
- * Danielle Chenard
- * Nicole Genier
- * Mariette Houle
- * Louise Hurtubise
- * Denise Lemaire
- * Francine Parizeau
- * Monique Prud'homme
- * Joanes Rail
- * Nicole Robert
- * Hélène Tétreault
- * Johanne Valois
Hockey
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.
- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to Australia
- * Defeated Argentina
- * Lost to India
- * Lost to Malaysia
- * Lost to the Netherlands
- Classification Matches
- * 9th/12th place: Bye
- * 9th/10th place: Lost to Belgium → Tenth place
- Team Roster
- * James MacDougall
- * Sarbjit Dusang
- * David Bissett
- * Alan Hobkirk
- * Reg Plummer
- * Lee Wright
- * Lance Carey
- * Peter Motzek
- * Douglas Pready
- * Kelvin Wood
- * Peter Lown
- * Fred Hoos
- * Paul "Bubli" Chohan
- * Michael Mouat
- * Kuldip Gosal
- * Antonie Schouten
- Head Coach: Errol Hartley
Judo
Men's Half-Middleweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Men's Open Class
- Tom Greenway
Modern pentathlon
;Individual
;Team
- John Hawes
- George Skene
- Jack Alexander
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Volleyball
;Men's Team Competition- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to Czechoslovakia
- * Lost to Poland
- * Lost to South Korea
- * Lost to Cuba
- Classification Matches
- * No match after Egypt withdrew → Ninth place
- Team Roster
- *Edward Alexiuk
- *Pierre Belanger
- *Thomas Graham
- *Kerry Klostermann
- *Donald Michalski
- *John Paulsen
- *Garth Pischke
- *Lawrence Plenert
- *Bruno Prasil
- *Elias Romanchych
- *Gregory Russell
- *Alan Taylor
- Head Coach: William Neville
- Preliminary Round
- * Lost to Peru
- * Lost to Hungary
- * Lost to Japan
- Classification Matches
- * 5th/8th place: Lost to Cuba
- * 7th/8th place: Lost to Peru → 8th place
- Team Roster
- *Regyna Armonas
- *Betty Baxter
- *Carole Bishop
- *Barbara Dalton
- *Mary Dempster
- *Kathy Girvan
- *Debbie Heeps
- *Anne Ireland
- *Connie Lebrun
- *Claire Lloyd
- *Patty Olson
- *Audrey Vandervelden
- Head Coach: Moo Park
Water polo
- Team Roster
- *Clifford Barry
- *David Hart
- *Dominique Dion
- *Gábor Csepregi
- *Gaétan Turcotte
- *Paul Pottier
- *George Gross
- *Guy Leclerc
- *Jim Ducharme
- *John MacLeod
- *Patrick Pugliese
- *Paul Mallet
Weightlifting