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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. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Moscow, a live video feed from the city was shown at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

The Soviet Union won 49 gold and 125 overall medals, finishing first in the medal standings by both parameters.

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

Women's individual competition:

Men's individual competition:

Athletics

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)
* 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

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

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
*Vladimir Arzamaskov
*Aleksandr Salnikov
*Valery Miloserdov
*Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
*Andrei Makeev
*Ivan Edeshko
*Sergei Belov
*Vladimir Tkachenko
*Anatoly Myshkin
*Mikheil Korkia
*Aleksandr Belov
*Vladimir Zhigily
Women's team competition
  • Team roster
*Angelė Rupšienė
*Tatiana Zakharova-Nadirova
*Raisa Kurvyakova
*Olga Barisheva
*Tatiana Ovechkina
*Nadezhda Shuvayena
*Uljana Semjonova
*Nadezhda Zakharova
*Nelly Feriabnikova
*Olga Sukharnova
*Tamara Dauinene
*Natalya Kilmova

Boxing

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1976.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
  • Eduard Rapp — DSQ (→ 30th place)
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

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 men's sabre event.

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

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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

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

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

Shooting

Swimming

Volleyball

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
*Anatoly Polyshuk
*Vyaschelav Zaitsev
*Efim Chulak
*Vladimir Dorohov
*Aleksandr Ermilov
*Pavel Selivanov
*Oleg Moliboga
*Vladimir Kondra
*Yuri Starunski
*Vladimir Chernyshev
*Vladimir Ulanov
*Aleksandr Savin
*Yuri Chesnokov
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
*Anna Rostova
*Lyudmila Shetinina
*Lilia Osadchaya
*Natalya Kushnyr
*Olga Kozakova
*Nina Smoleeva
*Ljubov Rudovskaya
*Larissa Bergen
*Inna Ryskal
*Lyudmila Chernysheva
*Zoya Ilusova
*Nina Muradyan

Water polo

Men's team competition
  • Team roster
*Aleksey Barkalov
*Aleksandr Dolgushin
*Aleksandr Dreval
*Aleksandr Kabanov
*Aleksandr Zakharov
*Anatoly Klebanov
*Nikolay Melnikov
*Nugzar Mshvenyeradze
*Sergey Kotenko
*Vitaly Romanchuk
*Vladimir Iselidze

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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.

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.

References

Sources

  • – for medal stats by republic and by sports society