Haiti at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Encyclopedia
Haiti
competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
in Montreal
, Canada
. Haiti sent ten track and field athletes
and three boxers
to the games.
Athletics
Women's 100 metres
Women's 200 metres
Women's 400 metres
Men's 100 metres
Men's 200 metres
Men's 400 metres
Men's 800 metres
Men's 1500 metres
Men's 5000 metres
Men's 10000 metres
Men's Marathon
Boxing
Lightweight (−60 kg)
Light Welterweight (−63.5 kg)
Welterweight (−67 kg)
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Haiti sent ten track and field athletes
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
and three boxers
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
to the games.
AthleticsAthletics at the 1976 Summer OlympicsAt the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics. There were a total number of 1006 participating athletes from 80 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
Women's 100 metres
- Antoinette Gauthier
- Round 1 — 13.11 seconds (→ did not advance)
Women's 200 metres
- M. Louise Pierre
- Round 1 — 28.19 seconds (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 metres
- Rose Gauthier
- Round 1 — 1:13.27 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 metres
- Philippe Etienne
- Round 1 — 11.05 seconds (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
- Philippe Etienne
- Round 1 — 22.57 seconds (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
- Wilfrid Cyriaque
- Round 1 — 51.49 seconds (→ did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
- Wilnor Joseph
- Round 1 — 2:15.26 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
- Emmanuel Saint-Hilaire
- Round 1 — 4:23.41 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
- Dieudonné Lamothe
- Qualifying round — 18:50.07 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10000 metres
- Olmeus CharlesOlmeus CharlesOlmeus Charles was a Haitian track and field athlete who competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.Charles competed at 10000 metres, and completed his qualifying heat in 42:00.11. He finished 14 minutes behind the heat winner Carlos Lopes of Portugal and 8.5 minutes behind Chris McCubbins of...
- Qualifying round — 42:00.11 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Thanculé Dezart — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- Olmeus CharlesOlmeus CharlesOlmeus Charles was a Haitian track and field athlete who competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.Charles competed at 10000 metres, and completed his qualifying heat in 42:00.11. He finished 14 minutes behind the heat winner Carlos Lopes of Portugal and 8.5 minutes behind Chris McCubbins of...
— did not start (→ no ranking)
BoxingBoxing at the 1976 Summer OlympicsThere were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...
Lightweight (−60 kg)
- Yves Jeudy
- Round 1 — ByeBye (sports)A bye, in sports and other competitive activities, most commonly refers to the practice of allowing a player or team to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing...
- Round 2 — Won by forfeit
- Round 3 — Bye
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Ace RusevskiAce RusevskiAce Rusevski is a retired Macedonian boxer, who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 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 YugoslaviaYugoslaviaYugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
, referee stopped fight in the 2nd round (→ did not advance)
Light Welterweight (−63.5 kg)
- Siergot Sully
- Round 1 — Lost to Ismael Martinez of Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
, 5–0 (→ did not advance)
Welterweight (−67 kg)
- Wesly Felix
- Round 1 — Bye
- Round 2 — Won by forfeit
- Round 3 — Lost to Clinton JacksonClinton JacksonClint Jackson is a former American boxer, who competed on behalf of the U.S. in the 1976 Summer Olympics.-Amateur highlights:*1974 National AAU Welterweight Champion...
of the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, knocked outKnockoutA knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...
in the 1st round (→ did not advance)