United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics


The United States competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 396 competitors, 278 men and 118 women, took part in 189 events in 19 sports.

Medalists

The United States finished third in the final medal rankings, with 34 gold and 94 total medals.
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
MedalNameSportEventDate
SwimmingMen's 200 meter butterfly
SwimmingMen's 200 meter freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 meter backstroke
DivingWomen's 3 meter springboard
ShootingTrap
SwimmingMen's 1500 meter freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 meter breaststroke
Shooting50 meter rifle three positions
SwimmingMen's 100 meter butterfly

Bruce Furniss
Jim Montgomery
John Naber
Doug Northway*
Tim Shaw*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay
DivingMen's 3 meter springboard
SwimmingMen's 400 meter freestyle
*
Joe Bottom*
John Hencken
Jim Montgomery
John Naber
Peter Rocca*
Matt Vogel
Chris Woo*		SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 meter medley relay
SwimmingMen's 200 meter backstroke
AthleticsMen's 400 meter hurdles
AthleticsMen's discus throw
EquestrianIndividual eventing

Bruce Davidson
Michael Plumb
Mary Tauskey		EquestrianTeam eventing
SwimmingMen's 100 meter freestyle
SwimmingMen's 400 meter individual medley

Wendy Boglioli
Kim Peyton
Jill Sterkel		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay

BasketballMen's tournament
AthleticsMen's long jump
ArcheryMen's individual
ArcheryWomen's individual
AthleticsMen's decathlon

Millard Hampton
Lam Jones
Steve Riddick		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 meter relay

Herman Frazier
Fred Newhouse
Maxie Parks		AthleticsMen's 4 × 400 meter relay
BoxingFlyweight
BoxingLightweight
BoxingLight welterweight
BoxingMiddleweight
BoxingLight heavyweight
WrestlingFreestyle 82 kilograms
SwimmingMen's 200 meter butterfly

Wendy Boglioli*
Lelei Fonoimoana*
Linda Jezek
Lauri Siering
Camille Wright		SwimmingWomen's 4 × 100 meter medley relay
SwimmingMen's 100 meter backstroke
SwimmingMen's 1500 meter freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 400 meter freestyle
Shooting50 meter rifle three positions
SwimmingMen's 100 meter butterfly
SwimmingMen's 400 meter freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 meter freestyle
AthleticsWomen's long jump
RowingWomen's single sculls
SwimmingMen's 200 meter backstroke
SwimmingMen's 200 meter breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 800 meter freestyle
AthleticsMen's 400 meter hurdles
EquestrianIndividual eventing

Mike Staines		RowingMen's coxless pair
SwimmingMen's 100 meter freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200 meter freestyle
SwimmingMen's 400 meter individual medley
Weightlifting–90 kilograms
AthleticsMen's 200 meters

BasketballWomen's tournament
DivingMen's 10 meter platform

Richard Hoepfner
John Kolius		SailingSoling

Michael Rothwell		SailingTornado
AthleticsMen's 400 meters
AthleticsMen's long jump
AthleticsMen's triple jump
AthleticsMen's marathon

Sheila Ingram
Pamela Jiles
Debra Sapenter		AthleticsWomen's 4 × 400 meter relay
BoxingBantamweight
WrestlingFreestyle 68 kilograms
WrestlingFreestyle 90 kilograms
WrestlingFreestyle 100 kilograms
SwimmingMen's 200 meter butterfly
SwimmingMen's 200 meter freestyle
DivingWomen's 3 meter springboard
DivingWomen's 10 meter platform
SwimmingMen's 100 meter butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 100 meter butterfly
GymnasticsMen's floor
AthleticsWomen's javelin throw

Anita DeFrantz
Carie Graves
Marion Greig
Peggy McCarthy
Gail Ricketson
Lynn Silliman
Anne Warner
Jackie Zoch		RowingWomen's eight
SwimmingMen's 200 meter backstroke
SwimmingMen's 200 meter breaststroke
AthleticsMen's 800 meters
AthleticsMen's discus throw
SwimmingWomen's 800 meter freestyle
AthleticsMen's 200 meters
AthleticsMen's pole vault
Judo+93 kilograms

Conn Findlay		SailingTempest
AthleticsMen's 110 meter hurdles
AthleticsMen's 400 meters

Edith Master
Dorothy Morkis		EquestrianTeam dressage
AthleticsMen's high jump
BoxingHeavyweight
WrestlingFreestyle 62 kilograms
WrestlingFreestyle 74 kilograms

* - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.

Archery

After winning both gold medals in the first modern Olympic archery contest at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the US returned only one of the six archers who had competed in Munich, Linda Myers. Even though neither of the reigning gold medallists competed in Montreal, the United States again won both gold medals. Luann Ryon set new Olympic records for women's competition in both the single FITA round and the double FITA round categories. Darrell Pace did the same in the men's competition. All four of the American archers placed in the top eight.

Athletics

;Men
;;Road and track events
;;Field events
;;Combined event – Decathlon
AthleteEventPointsRank
Fred DixonResult10.946.9114.442.0348.3818.1145.8255.964:38.49675423
Fred DixonPoints8198027558828805747970711534675423
Bruce JennerResult10.947.2215.352.0347.5114.8450.044.8068.524:12.618618
Bruce JennerPoints81986580988292386687310058627148618
Fred SamaraResult10.857.0813.001.8450.0714.8740.544.3053.604:40.21750415
Fred SamaraPoints841836665716801862696884680523750415

;Women
;Track events
;;Field events
;;Combined event – Pentathlon
AthleteEventPointsRank
Gale FitzgeraldResult14.1612.511.685.8924.73426313
Gale FitzgeraldPoints846750915882870426313
Jane FrederickResult13.5414.551.765.9924.7045667
Jane FrederickPoints92687099390487345667
Marilyn KingResult14.4512.271.745.6225.27416517
Marilyn KingPoints811736974821823416517

Basketball

;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Preliminary round
;;Group B
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;Semifinal
;Gold medal game

Women's tournament

;Roster
TeamPts
50504346+15810
32415417−281W–0L
32365377−1280W–1L
23351359−871W–0L
23405400+570W–1L
05336477−1415

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Boxing

Canoeing

;Men
;Women
Key: QF - Qualified to medal final; SF - Qualified to semifinal; R - Qualified to repechage

Cycling

Thirteen cyclists represented the United States in 1976.

Road

Track

;Pursuit
;Sprint
;Time trial
AthleteEventTimeRank
Robert Vehe1 km time trial1:09.05715

Diving

;Men
;Women

Equestrian

;Dressage
;Eventing
;Jumping

Fencing

18 fencers represented the United States in 1976.
;Individual
;;Men
;;Women
;Team

Gymnastics

;Men
;;Team
;;Individual finals
;Women
;;Team
;;Individual finals

Handball

;Summary

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1976.

Rowing

;Men
;Women
Qualification legend: FA = Final A ; FB = Final B ; SF = Semifinal; R = Repechage

Sailing

AthleteEventScoreRank
Hershel Anderson50 m pistol55610
Richard Crawford50 m pistol534=37
Bill McMillan25 m rapid fire pistol586=20
Tom Treinen25 m rapid fire pistol576=36
Martin Edmondson50 m running target55814
Louis Theimer50 m running target5648
Victor Auer50 m rifle prone588=31
David Ross50 m rifle prone590=20
Lanny Bassham50 m rifle three positions1162
Margaret Murdock50 m rifle three positions1162
Charvin DixonTrap181=11
Donald HaldemanTrap190
Bradley SimmonsSkeet186=44
John SatterwhiteSkeet192=14

Swimming

;Men
;Women

Note: Times in the preliminary rounds ranked across all heats.

Weightlifting

Wrestling