The United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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...

. 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.

Gold

• Darrell Pace
  Darrell Pace
  Darrell Owen Pace is a former archer from the United States, who won two individual Olympic and World Championships titles each during his career. In 2011, he was declared as the Men's archer for 20th century by the International Archery Federation .Pace, at the age of 16, became the youngest...
  
   — Archery, Men's Competition
• Luann Ryon
  Luann Ryon
  Luann Marie Ryon is a female American archer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where she won an individual gold medal.-References:*...
  
   — Archery, Women's Competition
• Edwin Moses
  Edwin Moses
  Edwin Corley Moses is an American track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals and set the world record in his event four times...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
• Harvey Glance
  Harvey Glance
  Harvey Edward Glance is a former American track athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  , Millard Hampton
  Millard Hampton
  Millard Frank Hampton, Jr. is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay and the individual silver medal in the 200 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  , Johnny Jones, and Steve Riddick — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay
• Benny Brown, Herman Frazier
  Herman Frazier
  Herman Ronald Frazier was a 1976 Olympic Gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. He was also chef de mission of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team...
  
  , Fred Newhouse
  Fred Newhouse
  he friggin coolFrederick Vaughn Newhouse was an American competitor at the 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the men's 4x400 meter relay with Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, and Maxie Parks and silver in the 400 m. He finished second in the Olympic final with a time of 44.40. The final...
  
  , and Maxie Parks
  Maxie Parks
  Maxwell Lander Parks is a former American athlete from Fresno, California, winner of a gold medal in 4x400 m Men's relay with Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, and Fred Newhouse at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. In the late 1970s he competed for the UCLA for several years...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay
• Arnie Robinson
  Arnie Robinson
  Clarence Earl "Arnie" Robinson, Jr. won the gold medal for the men's long jump in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal. That was an improvement on the bronze medal he won at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-Career:Robinson stayed in the San Diego area throughout his career, first at...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
• Mac Wilkins
  Mac Wilkins
  Maurice "Mac" Wilkins is an American athlete, who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Eugene, Oregon....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
• Bruce Jenner
  Bruce Jenner
  William Bruce Jenner is a former U.S. track and field athlete, motivational speaker, socialite and television personality. He won the gold medal for decathlon in the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
• Thomas LaGarde, Scott May
  Scott May
  Scott Glenn May is a retired American professional basketball player.May was a power forward on the 1976 Indiana basketball team that went undefeated and won the NCAA championship under coach Bobby Knight. May was named NCAA men's basketball national player of the year in 1976...
  
  , Steve Sheppard
  Steve Sheppard
  Steven Bernard Sheppard is a retired American basketball player, who was nicknamed "Bear"....
  
  , Ernie Grunfeld
  Ernie Grunfeld
  Ernest "Ernie" Grunfeld is the General Manager of the Washington Wizards. He was also once a professional basketball player...
  
  , Philip Hubbard
  Phil Hubbard
  Philip "Phil" Gregory Hubbard is a former American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association from 1979 to 1989, and former Assistant Coach of the Washington Wizards under Eddie Jordan.Hubbard played high school basketball...
  
  , Mitchell Kupchak, Adrian Dantley
  Adrian Dantley
  Adrian Delano Dantley is a retired American basketball player who played 15 seasons in the NBA, including seven as a member of the Utah Jazz. A forward/guard and six-time NBA All-Star, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008...
  
  , Walter Davis
  Walter Davis (basketball)
  Walter Paul Davis is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" forward/guard, Davis spent 15 years in the National Basketball Association, spending the bulk of those years with the Phoenix Suns...
  
  , Phil Ford, Tate Armstrong
  Tate Armstrong
  Michel Taylor "Tate" Armstrong is a retired American basketball player.A 6'3" guard from Duke University, Armstrong won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
  
  , Quinn Buckner
  Quinn Buckner
  William Quinn Buckner, commonly known as Quinn Buckner is a former American professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at Indiana University, and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 7th pick of the 1976 NBA Draft...
  
  , and Kenneth Carr
  Kenny Carr
  Kenneth Alan Carr is a retired American basketball player.A 6'7" forward from North Carolina State University, Carr won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
  
   — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
• Leo Randolph
  Leo Randolph
  Leo Randolph is a former American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:Randolph had an outstanding amateur career...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Howard Davis
  Howard Davis Jr.
  Howard Edward Davis, Jr. is a retired world-class American amateur and professional boxer. Growing up on Long Island as the eldest of 10 children, Davis first learned boxing from his father. After being inspired by a movie about Muhammad Ali, Davis embarked on his amateur career. He won the 1976...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
• Ray Leonard — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
• Michael Spinks
  Michael Spinks
  Michael Spinks is a retired American boxer who was a world champion in the light-heavyweight and heavyweight divisions...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Leon Spinks
  Leon Spinks
  Leon Spinks is a former American boxer. He had an overall record of 26 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws as a professional, with 14 knockout wins, and was the former World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association heavyweight champion of the world...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
• Phil Boggs
  Phil Boggs
  Phillip George Boggs was a diver from the United States, who won the gold medal in the springboard event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada....
  
   — Diving, Men's Springboard
• Jennifer Chandler
  Jennifer Chandler
  Jennifer Kay Chandler was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. She represented US at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where she received a gold medal....
  
   — Diving, Women's Springboard
• Edmund Coffin
  Edmund Coffin
  Edmund "Tad" Sloane Coffin is a saddlemaker and equestrian. Coffin won two gold medals in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal riding Bally Cor. He grew up on Long Island, then moved with his family to Strafford, Vermont, and now lives in Virginia. He is also the nephew of William Sloane...
  
   — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
• Mary Tauskey, Edmund Coffin
  Edmund Coffin
  Edmund "Tad" Sloane Coffin is a saddlemaker and equestrian. Coffin won two gold medals in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal riding Bally Cor. He grew up on Long Island, then moved with his family to Strafford, Vermont, and now lives in Virginia. He is also the nephew of William Sloane...
  
  , Bruce Davidson
  Bruce Davidson (equestrian)
  Bruce Oram Davidson is an American equestrian who competes in the sport of eventing. He grew up in a family uninterested in horses, but began to compete in Pony Club events after a family friend introduced him to horses...
  
  , and Michael Plumb
  Michael Plumb
  John Michael Plumb is an American equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and a second gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-See also:...
  
   — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
• Lanny Bassham
  Lanny Bassham
  Lanny Robert Bassham is an American sports shooter who competed and won a gold medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics, and also obtained silver in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1969, where he had participated in the ROTC program...
  
   — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
• Donald Haldeman
  Donald Haldeman
  Donald Stanley Haldeman is an American sports shooter from Souderton, Pennsylvania. He competed and won a gold medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics, the third American shooter to win Olympic gold in Trapshooting.-References:...
  
   — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
• Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
• Bruce Furniss
  Bruce Furniss
  Bruce MacFarlane Furniss is an American swimmer. He won two gold medals in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal in the Men's 200 metre freestyle and the Men's 4x200 metre Freestyle Relay, both in world record time....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
• Brian Goodell
  Brian Goodell
  Brian Stuart Goodell is an Olympic champion and former World Record holding freestyle swimmer from the United States. At the 1976 Olympic Games, he won gold medals in 400m and 1500m Frees. He also won golds in both those events at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
• Brian Goodell
  Brian Goodell
  Brian Stuart Goodell is an Olympic champion and former World Record holding freestyle swimmer from the United States. At the 1976 Olympic Games, he won gold medals in 400m and 1500m Frees. He also won golds in both those events at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
• John Naber
  John Naber
  John Phillips Naber is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke and five-time Olympic medallist .-Career:...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
• John Naber
  John Naber
  John Phillips Naber is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke and five-time Olympic medallist .-Career:...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
• John Hencken
  John Hencken
  John Frederick Hencken is a former international swimmer from the United States, who won five Olympic medals during his career, including three golds. The first one came at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, the other two four years later in Montreal, Canada.-References:...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
• Matt Vogel
  Matt Vogel (swimmer)
  Matt Vogel is an American swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where he received a gold medal in 100 m butterfly, and a gold medal in 4×100 m medley relay.-World records:...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
• Mike Bruner
  Mike Bruner
  Mike Bruner is an American swimmer, world champion and olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where he received a gold medal in 200 m butterfly , and a gold medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
• Rod Strachan
  Rod Strachan
  Rodney Strachan is an American swimmer and olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where he received a gold medal in the 400 m individual medley...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
• John Naber
  John Naber
  John Phillips Naber is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke and five-time Olympic medallist .-Career:...
  
  , Mark Clark, Bruce Furniss
  Bruce Furniss
  Bruce MacFarlane Furniss is an American swimmer. He won two gold medals in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal in the Men's 200 metre freestyle and the Men's 4x200 metre Freestyle Relay, both in world record time....
  
  , and Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
• John Naber
  John Naber
  John Phillips Naber is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke and five-time Olympic medallist .-Career:...
  
  , Matt Vogel
  Matt Vogel (swimmer)
  Matt Vogel is an American swimmer and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where he received a gold medal in 100 m butterfly, and a gold medal in 4×100 m medley relay.-World records:...
  
  , John Hencken
  John Hencken
  John Frederick Hencken is a former international swimmer from the United States, who won five Olympic medals during his career, including three golds. The first one came at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, the other two four years later in Montreal, Canada.-References:...
  
  , and Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
• Kim Peyton
  Kim Peyton
  Kim Marie Peyton McDonald was a competitive freestyle swimmer from Portland, Oregon in the 1970s and a Gold medalist for the United States at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics...
  
  , Jill Sterkel
  Jill Sterkel
  Gillian "Jill" Sterkel is a former competitive freestyle swimmer for the United States of America. At the Olympic Games she won four medals in three Games spanning 12 years. She attended Glen A...
  
  , Shirley Babashoff
  Shirley Babashoff
  Shirley Frances Babashoff is a former swimmer from the United States, who set six world records and earned a total of eight individual Olympic medals in her career...
  
  , and Wendy Boglioli
  Wendy Boglioli
  Wendy Lansbach Boglioli is a former Olympic swimmer and swimming coach from the United States, who later became a motivational speaker...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
• John Peterson
  John Peterson (wrestler)
  John Peterson is an American wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.-Olympics:Peterson competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich where he received a silver medal in Freestyle wrestling, the middleweight class...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Silver

• Millard Hampton
  Millard Hampton
  Millard Frank Hampton, Jr. is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay and the individual silver medal in the 200 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
   — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
• Fred Newhouse
  Fred Newhouse
  he friggin coolFrederick Vaughn Newhouse was an American competitor at the 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the men's 4x400 meter relay with Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, and Maxie Parks and silver in the 400 m. He finished second in the Olympic final with a time of 44.40. The final...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
• Frank Shorter
  Frank Shorter
  Frank Charles Shorter is a former American long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His victory is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States of the 1970s....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Marathon
• Michael Shine
  Michael Shine
  Michael Shine is a former United States Olympic athlete. At the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, he earned the silver medal in the 400 m Men's Hurdles, behind Edwin Moses, who set the World Record and effectively opened a new chapter in the event in that race.He was notable for using a 15...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
• Randy Williams
  Randy Williams
  Randel Luvelle Williams was an American athlete who mainly competed in the men's long jump event....
  
   — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
• James Butts
  James Butts
  James Butts is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.He competed as part of the United States team in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the triple jump where he won the Silver medal.Butts is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.Butts currently...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
• Rosalyn Bryant
  Rosalyn Bryant
  Rosalyn Bryant is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters....
  
  , Sheila Ingram
  Sheila Ingram
  Sheila Ingram is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.She competed for United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the silver medal with her team mates Debra Sapenter, Pamela Jiles and Rosalyn Bryant.-External links:*...
  
  , Pamela Jiles, and Debra Sapenter
  Debra Sapenter
  Debra Sapenter is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 meters. In 1975 she was rated as the number one 400 meter women's sprinter in the United States...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay
• Kathy McMillan
  Kathy McMillan
  Kathy McMillan is a retired American athlete, who mainly competed in the long jump event....
  
   — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
• Patricia Roberts, Susan Rojcewicz, Juliene Simpson, Gail Marquis, Ann Elizabeth Meyers, Mary O'Connor, Patricia Head, Charlotte Lewis, Nancy Lieberman
  Nancy Lieberman
  Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman , nicknamed "Lady Magic", is a former professional basketball player who played and coached in the WNBA.Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in women's basketball....
  
  , Cynthia Brogdon, Nancy Dunkle, and Lusia Harris
  Lusia Harris
  Lusia "Lucy" Harris-Stewart is a former American basketball player. Harris is considered to be one of the pioneers of women's basketball...
  
   — Basketball, Women's Team Competition
• Charles Mooney
  Charles Mooney
  Charles Michael Mooney is a retired boxer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the bantamweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
• Greg Louganis
  Greg Louganis
  Gregory "Greg" Efthimios Louganis is an American Olympic diver and author.He received the James E. Sullivan Award from the Amateur Athletic Union in 1984 as the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States....
  
   — Diving, Men's Platform
• Michael Plumb
  Michael Plumb
  John Michael Plumb is an American equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and a second gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.-See also:...
  
   — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
• Calvin Coffey
  Calvin Coffey
  Calvin Thomas Coffey is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was born in Norwich, Connecticut.In 1976 he and his partner Mike Staines won the silver medal in the coxless pairs event....
  
   and Michael Staines — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
• Joan Lind
  Joan Lind
  Joan Louise Lind is a rower from United States of America.She competed for United States of America in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the single sculls event where she finished in second place. She qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics which were boycotted by the United...
  
   — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
• Margaret Murdock
  Margaret Murdock
  Margaret Thompson Murdock is an American shooter and United States Army officer. She won a varsity letter at Kansas State by competing on the men’s rifle team. Furthermore, she was the 1966 World Champion in Women's Standard Rifle. She was also the first woman on the U.S. Olympic shooting team and...
  
   — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
• Jack Babashoff
  Jack Babashoff
  Jack Babashoff is a retired American swimmer who won a silver medal for the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in men's 100 m freestyle. His sister is noted swimmer Shirley Babashoff. Jack attended Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley, California.-References:* , from...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
• John Naber
  John Naber
  John Phillips Naber is a former American swimmer who specialized in the backstroke and five-time Olympic medallist .-Career:...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
• Timothy Shaw
  Tim Shaw (swimmer)
  Timothy Andrew Shaw is a former Olympic medal-winning swimmer and water polo player from the United States. He swam at the 1976 Summer Olympics and played on the USA's team at the 1984 Games...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
• Bobby Hackett
  Bobby Hackett (swimmer)
  Robert William "Bobby" Hackett, Jr. is a former American swimmer. He represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a silver medal in the 1500-meter freestyle, finishing behind compatriot Brian Goodell.He was coached under Coach Joe Bernal...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
• Peter Rocca
  Peter Rocca
  Peter Rocca is a former international backstroke swimmer from the United States. Peter broke onto the international swimming scene winning two gold medals in the Men's Backstroke events at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
• Peter Rocca
  Peter Rocca
  Peter Rocca is a former international backstroke swimmer from the United States. Peter broke onto the international swimming scene winning two gold medals in the Men's Backstroke events at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Mexico...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
• John Hencken
  John Hencken
  John Frederick Hencken is a former international swimmer from the United States, who won five Olympic medals during his career, including three golds. The first one came at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, the other two four years later in Montreal, Canada.-References:...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
• Joe Bottom
  Joe Bottom
  Joseph Stuart Bottom is an American, Hall of Fame swimmer and one time world record holder in 50 meter freestyle, 100 meter butterfly and 4×100 meter freestyle relay....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
• Steven Gregg — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
• Tim McKee
  Tim McKee
  Alexander Timothy "Tim" McKee is a former American college and international swimmer who was a three-time Olympic silver medalist.- Early life and education :...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
• Shirley Babashoff
  Shirley Babashoff
  Shirley Frances Babashoff is a former swimmer from the United States, who set six world records and earned a total of eight individual Olympic medals in her career...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
• Shirley Babashoff
  Shirley Babashoff
  Shirley Frances Babashoff is a former swimmer from the United States, who set six world records and earned a total of eight individual Olympic medals in her career...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
• Shirley Babashoff
  Shirley Babashoff
  Shirley Frances Babashoff is a former swimmer from the United States, who set six world records and earned a total of eight individual Olympic medals in her career...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
• Camille Wright
  Camille Wright
  Camille Wright is a former American swimmer. She represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where she won a silver medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay with Linda Jezek, Lauri Siering, and Shirley Babashoff...
  
  , Shirley Babashoff
  Shirley Babashoff
  Shirley Frances Babashoff is a former swimmer from the United States, who set six world records and earned a total of eight individual Olympic medals in her career...
  
  , Linda Jezek
  Linda Jezek
  Linda Jezek is an American backstroke swimmer. She was on the silver medal-winning Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay team at the 1976 Summer Olympics. She once held a record in the 200 meter backstroke and in 2002 was inducted into the "George F. Haines International Swim Center Hall of Fame".-...
  
  , and Lauri Siering
  Lauri Siering
  Laura Gail "Lauri" Siering is a former American swimmer. She represented the United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where she won a silver medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay with Linda Jezek, Camille Wright, and Shirley Babashoff...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
• Lee James
  Lee James
  Lee Roy James was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States.-Weightlifting achievements:*Silver Medalist in Olympic Games *Silver Medalist in Senior World Championships...
  
   — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
• Lloyd Keaser
  Lloyd Keaser
  Lloyd Weldon "Butch" Keaser is a former American wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, for the United States....
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
• Benjamin Peterson
  Benjamin Peterson
  Ben Peterson is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Journalists for Human Rights, Canada’s largest international media development non-governmental organization.-Early life:...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
• Russell Hellickson
  Russell Hellickson
  Russell Owen "Russ" Hellickson is a former American wrestler who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, for the United States.In 1976 he won the silver medal in the Freestyle Heavyweight competition....
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
• David McFaull
  David McFaull
  David McFaull was an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the Tornado class with Michael Rothwell at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:* at sports-reference.com...
  
   and Michael Rothwell
  Michael Rothwell
  Michael Rothwell is an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the Tornado class with David McFaull at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Tornado
• Walter Glasgow
  Walter Glasgow
  Walter Glasgow is an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the Soling Class with John Kolius and Richard Hoepfner at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , Richard Hoepfner
  Richard Hoepfner
  Richard Hoepfner is an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the Soling Class with John Kolius and Walter Glasgow at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com...
  
  , and John Kolius
  John Kolius
  John Kolius is an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the Soling Class with Walter Glasgow and Richard Hoepfner at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In 1987 and 2000 he competed at the Louis Vuitton Cup .-References:...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Soling

Bronze

• Dwayne Evans
  Dwayne Evans
  Dwayne Evans was an American athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres.He competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres event. That same year, he had just graduated from South Mountain High School in...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
• Herman Frazier
  Herman Frazier
  Herman Ronald Frazier was a 1976 Olympic Gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. He was also chef de mission of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
• Richard Wohlhuter — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
• Willie Davenport
  Willie Davenport
  William "Willie" D. Davenport , nicknamed "Breeze" Davenport, was an American athlete, born in Troy, Alabama. William attended Howland High School, a suburb of Warren in Northeast Ohio. He attended college at Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana...
  
   — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
• Dwight Stones
  Dwight Stones
  Dwight Edwin Stones is an American television commentator and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former three-time world record holder in the men's high jump. During his 16-year career, he won 19 national championships. In 1984, Stones became the first athlete to both compete and announce at...
  
   — Athletics, Men's High Jump
• David Roberts
  David Roberts (swimmer)
  David Evan Roberts CBE , is a Welsh swimmer. An eleven-time Paralympic gold medallist, he is one of Great Britain's most successful Paralympians ever.-Swimming career:...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
• John Powell
  John Powell
  John Powell is a British composer, best known for his scores to motion pictures. He has been based in the United States since 1997 and has composed the scores to over fifty feature films. He rose to fame in the late 1990s and 2000s, scoring numerous animated films, and collaborating with...
  
   — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
• Kathy Schmidt — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
• John Tate
  John Tate (boxer)
  John Tate was an American prizefighter and Olympic boxer, who briefly held the World Boxing Association heavyweight title from 1979 to 1980.-Amateur career:...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Cynthia McIngvale — Diving, Women's Springboard
• Deborah Wilson — Diving, Women's Platform
• Hilda Gurney, Edith Master
  Edith Master
  Edith Louise Master is an American equestrian.-Early life:She is Jewish, and was born in New York, New York. She studied at Cornell University and New York University.-Career:...
  
  , and Dorothy Morkins — Equestrian, Dressage Team
• Peter Kormann
  Peter Kormann
  Peter Kormann is a retired American gymnast and gymnastics coach. In the 1976 Olympics, he became the first American to medal in competition against the Soviets, with a floor exercise bronze.-References:Coach: USA Men 1996 and 2000...
  
   — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
• Allen Coage
  Allen Coage
  Allen James Coage was an American professional wrestler with the WWF and Stampede Wrestling among many other companies, better known by his ring names Bad News Brown and Bad News Allen. He was also the 1976 Olympic bronze medal winner in judo, in the heavyweight division...
  
   — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
• Lynn Silliman
  Lynn Silliman
  Lynn Silliman is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was born in Watsonville, California.In 1976 she was the coxswain of the American boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event.-External links:...
  
  , Anne Warner
  Anne Warner (rower)
  Anne Elizabeth Taubes Warner is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was born in Boston....
  
  , Jacqueline Zoch, Marion Greig
  Marion Greig
  Marion Ethel Greig is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was born in Hudson, New York.In 1976 she was a crew member of the American boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event....
  
  , Peggy McCarthy
  Peggy McCarthy
  Margaret "Peggy" Ann McCarthy is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was born in Urbana, Illinois.In 1976 she was a crew member of the American boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event....
  
  , Gail Ricketson
  Gail Ricketson
  Gail Susan Ricketson is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was born in Plattsburgh, New York.In 1976 she was a crew member of the American boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event....
  
  , Carol Brown
  Carol Brown (rower)
  Carol Page Brown is an American rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was born in Oak Park, Illinois....
  
  , Anita DeFrantz
  Anita DeFrantz
  Anita DeFrantz is an American Olympic Athlete and member of the International Olympic Committee.She was captain of the American rowing team at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-External links:*]...
  
  , and Carie Graves
  Carie Graves
  Carie Brand Graves is an American rower who won medals in the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics.Carie Graves grew up in Wyoming Township near Spring Green, Wisconsin, and she attended River Valley High School....
  
   — Rowing, Women's Eights
• Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
• Daniel Harrigan — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
• Rick Colella
  Rick Colella
  Richard Phillip "Rick" Colella, Jr. is a former international breaststroke swimmer from the United States, who participated for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
• Gary Hall Sr. — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
• William Forrester — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
• Wendy Weinberg
  Wendy Weinberg
  Wendy Weinberg is a former American swimmer, who was an Olympic, Pan American Games, and Maccabiah Games medalist.-Career:...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
• Wendy Boglioli
  Wendy Boglioli
  Wendy Lansbach Boglioli is a former Olympic swimmer and swimming coach from the United States, who later became a motivational speaker...
  
   — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
• Gene Davis — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
• Stanley Dziedzic — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
• Dennis Conner
  Dennis Conner
  Dennis Conner is an American yachtsman, noted for winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, two Star World Championships, and four wins in the America's Cup.-America's Cup:...
  
   and Conn Findlay
  Conn Findlay
  Conn Francis Findlay is a four-time Olympic medalist, and is one of the few to medal in two distinct sports.In college, Findlay rowed for the University of Southern California....
  
   — Sailing, Men's Tempest

Archery

After winning both gold medal

Gold medal

A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...

s in the first modern Olympic archery contest at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

, the US returned only one of the six archers who had competed in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, Linda Myers. Even though neither of the reigning gold medallists competed in Montreal, the United States again won both gold medals. Luann Ryon

Luann Ryon

Luann Marie Ryon is a female American archer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where she won an individual gold medal.-References:*...

 set new Olympic records for women's competition in both the single FITA

International Archery Federation

The International Archery Federation is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 140 national archery associations, and is recognized by the International Olympic Committee.-History:FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Poland...

 round and the double FITA round categories. Darrell Pace

Darrell Pace

Darrell Owen Pace is a former archer from the United States, who won two individual Olympic and World Championships titles each during his career. In 2011, he was declared as the Men's archer for 20th century by the International Archery Federation .Pace, at the age of 16, became the youngest...

 did the same in the men's competition. All four of the American archers placed in the top eight.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Luann Ryon
  Luann Ryon
  Luann Marie Ryon is a female American archer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where she won an individual gold medal.-References:*...
  
   — 2499 points (→ OR, Gold Medal)
• Linda Myers — 2393 points (→ 7th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Darrell Pace
  Darrell Pace
  Darrell Owen Pace is a former archer from the United States, who won two individual Olympic and World Championships titles each during his career. In 2011, he was declared as the Men's archer for 20th century by the International Archery Federation .Pace, at the age of 16, became the youngest...
  
   — 2571 points (→ OR, Gold Medal)
• Richard McKinney
  Richard McKinney (archer)
  Richard "Rick" McKinney is an archer from the United States, who competed in the Olympic Games four times, winning a pair of silver medals....
  
   — 2471 points (→ 4th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Harvey Glance
  Harvey Glance
  Harvey Edward Glance is a former American track athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• First Round — 10.37s
• Second Round — 10.23s
• Semi Final — 10.24s
• Final — 10.19s (→ 4th place)

• Johnny Jones
• First Round — 10.43s
• Second Round — 10.46s
• Semi Final — 10.30s
• Final — 10.27s (→ 6th place)

• Steve Riddick
• First Round — 10.43s
• Second Round — 10.36s
• Semi Final — 10.33s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Millard Hampton
  Millard Hampton
  Millard Frank Hampton, Jr. is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay and the individual silver medal in the 200 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• First Round — 21.11s
• Second Round — 20.83s
• Semi Final — 20.69s
• Final — 20.29s (→ Silver Medal)

• Dwayne Evans
  Dwayne Evans
  Dwayne Evans was an American athlete who mainly competed in the 200 metres.He competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada, where he won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres event. That same year, he had just graduated from South Mountain High School in...
  
  
• First Round — 20.96s
• Second Round — 20.56s
• Semi Final — 20.83s
• Final — 20.43s (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 800 metres

• Rick Wohlhuter
  Rick Wohlhuter
  Rick Wohlhuter is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 800 meters.He graduated from Notre Dame and qualified for the 1972 Olympic Games, held in Munich, Germany. He also competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada in the 800 and 1500 meters...
  
  
• Heat — 1:45.71
• Semi Final — 1:46.72
• Final — 1:44.12 (→ Bronze Medal)

• James Robinson Jr.
  James Robinson (distance runner)
  James J. Robinson, Jr. is a former American middle distance runner. He was the dominant American 800 meters runner from the mid-1970s through the mid 1980. He ran in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, finishing fifth in his semi-final and not making the final. He was on the ill...
  
  
• Heat — 1:47.56
• Semi Final — 1:46.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Harvey Glance
  Harvey Glance
  Harvey Edward Glance is a former American track athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  , Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton
  Millard Hampton
  Millard Frank Hampton, Jr. is a former American athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x100 m relay and the individual silver medal in the 200 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  , and Steve Riddick
• Heat — 38.76
• Semi Final — 38.51
• Final — 38.33s (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Herman Frazier
  Herman Frazier
  Herman Ronald Frazier was a 1976 Olympic Gold medalist in the men's 4x400 meter relay for the United States. He was also chef de mission of the 2004 U.S. Olympic team...
  
  , Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse
  Fred Newhouse
  he friggin coolFrederick Vaughn Newhouse was an American competitor at the 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the men's 4x400 meter relay with Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, and Maxie Parks and silver in the 400 m. He finished second in the Olympic final with a time of 44.40. The final...
  
  , and Maxie Parks
  Maxie Parks
  Maxwell Lander Parks is a former American athlete from Fresno, California, winner of a gold medal in 4x400 m Men's relay with Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, and Fred Newhouse at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. In the late 1970s he competed for the UCLA for several years...
  
  
• Heat — 2:59.52
• Final — 2:58.65 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 5.000 metres

• Paul Geis
• Heat — 13:32.36
• Final — 13:42.51 (→ 12th place)

• Duncan MacDonald
• Heat — 13:47.14 (→ did not advance)

• Richard Buerkle
• Heat — 13:29.01 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Garry Bjorklund
  Garry Bjorklund
  Garry Brian Bjorklund is an American middle and long-distance runner. He represented the U.S. in the 1976 Summer Olympics in the 10,000 m. As a high schooler, he set a Minnesota state record for the mile run which lasted 39 years...
  
  
• Heat — 28:12.24
• Final — 28:38.08 (→ 13th place)

• Craig Virgin
  Craig Virgin
  Craig Steven Virgin is an American distance runner. He was born in Belleville, Illinois and grew up near Lebanon, Illinois...
  
  
• Heat — 28:30.22 (→ did not advance)

• Edward Mendoza
• Heat — 29:02.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Edwin Moses
  Edwin Moses
  Edwin Corley Moses is an American track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals and set the world record in his event four times...
  
  
• Heat — 49.95s
• Semi Final — 48.29s
• Final — 47.64s (→ Gold Medal)

• Michael Shine
  Michael Shine
  Michael Shine is a former United States Olympic athlete. At the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, he earned the silver medal in the 400 m Men's Hurdles, behind Edwin Moses, who set the World Record and effectively opened a new chapter in the event in that race.He was notable for using a 15...
  
  
• Heat — 50.91s
• Semi Final — 49.90s
• Final — 48.69s (→ Silver Medal)

• Quentin Wheeler
• Heat — 50.32s
• Semi Final — 50.22s
• Final — 49.86s (→ 4th place)

Men's Marathon

• Frank Shorter
  Frank Shorter
  Frank Charles Shorter is a former American long-distance runner who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics. His victory is credited with igniting the running boom in the United States of the 1970s....
  
   — 2:10:45 (→ Silver Medal)

• Donald Kardong — 2:11:15 (→ 4th place)

• William Rodgers — 2:25:14 (→ 40th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Arnie Robinson
  Arnie Robinson
  Clarence Earl "Arnie" Robinson, Jr. won the gold medal for the men's long jump in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal. That was an improvement on the bronze medal he won at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-Career:Robinson stayed in the San Diego area throughout his career, first at...
  
  
• Qualification — 7.95m
• Final — 8.35m (→ Gold Medal)

• Randy Williams
  Randy Williams
  Randel Luvelle Williams was an American athlete who mainly competed in the men's long jump event....
  
  
• Qualification — 7.97m
• Final — 8.11m (→ Silver Medal)

• Larry Myricks
  Larry Myricks
  Larry Myricks was an American athlete, who mainly competed in the men's long jump event.A durable jumper, Myricks first broke onto the track scene in 1976. While competing for Mississippi College he was the NCAA Champion, in the long jump. He followed that up with a second place at U. S...
  
  
• Qualification — 7.92m
• Final — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

• Dwight Stones
  Dwight Stones
  Dwight Edwin Stones is an American television commentator and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former three-time world record holder in the men's high jump. During his 16-year career, he won 19 national championships. In 1984, Stones became the first athlete to both compete and announce at...
  
  
• Qualification — 2.16m
• Final — 2.21m (→ Bronze Medal)

• James Barrineau
  James Barrineau
  James Archibald "Jim" Barrineau, Jr. is an American high jumper.While competing for the University of Georgia he won the Southeastern Conference titles in 1976 and 1977. He was a four-time All American and competed in the World University Games...
  
  
• Qualification — 2.16m
• Final — 2.14m (→ 11th place)

• William Jankunis
• Qualification — 2.16m
• Final — 2.10m (→ 13th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Mac Wilkins
  Mac Wilkins
  Maurice "Mac" Wilkins is an American athlete, who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Eugene, Oregon....
  
  
• Qualification — 68.28m
• Final — 67.50m (→ Gold Medal)

• John Powell
  John Powell (athlete)
  John Gates Powell is an American track and field athlete, specifically, a discus thrower. Powell set the world record distance of 69.08 meters in 1975. His personal best throw was achieved in 1984 at 72.08 meters. That places him eighth in the all-time performers list...
  
  
• Qualification — 61.48m
• Final — 65.70m (→ Bronze Medal)

• Jay Silvester
  Jay Silvester
  Jay Silvester was an American athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw. He competed for the United States in the men's discus throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany, where he won the silver medal.Silvester was one of the U.S.'s most consistent discus throwers through the...
  
  
• Qualification — 62.06m
• Final — 61.98m (→ 7th place)

Men's 20km Race Walk

• Ronald Laird — 1:33:27 (→ 20th place)

• Larry Walker — 1:34:19 (→ 22nd place)

• Clark Scully — 1:36:37 (→ 29th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Maren Seidler
• Final — 15.60 m (→ 12th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Sherry Calvert
  Sherry Calvert
  Sharon Lynn Calvert is a retired female javelin thrower from the United States, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1972 and 1976. She set her personal best in 1978.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification Round — 53.08 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B):
• Defeated Italy (106-86)
• Defeated Puerto Rico (95-94)
• Defeated Yugoslavia (112-93)
• Defeated Czechoslovakia (81-76)
• Defeated Egypt (20-0) bb.
• Semi Finals:
• Defeated Canada (96-77)
• Final:
• Defeated Yugoslavia (95-74) → Gold Medal

• Team Roster
• Phil Ford
• Steve Sheppard
  Steve Sheppard
  Steven Bernard Sheppard is a retired American basketball player, who was nicknamed "Bear"....
  
  
• Adrian Dantley
  Adrian Dantley
  Adrian Delano Dantley is a retired American basketball player who played 15 seasons in the NBA, including seven as a member of the Utah Jazz. A forward/guard and six-time NBA All-Star, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008...
  
  
• Walter Davis
  Walter Davis (basketball)
  Walter Paul Davis is a retired American basketball player. A 6'6" forward/guard, Davis spent 15 years in the National Basketball Association, spending the bulk of those years with the Phoenix Suns...
  
  
• William "Quinn" Buckner
  Quinn Buckner
  William Quinn Buckner, commonly known as Quinn Buckner is a former American professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately at Indiana University, and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 7th pick of the 1976 NBA Draft...
  
  
• Ernie Grunfeld
  Ernie Grunfeld
  Ernest "Ernie" Grunfeld is the General Manager of the Washington Wizards. He was also once a professional basketball player...
  
  
• Kenneth Carr
  Kenny Carr
  Kenneth Alan Carr is a retired American basketball player.A 6'7" forward from North Carolina State University, Carr won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Scott May
  Scott May
  Scott Glenn May is a retired American professional basketball player.May was a power forward on the 1976 Indiana basketball team that went undefeated and won the NCAA championship under coach Bobby Knight. May was named NCAA men's basketball national player of the year in 1976...
  
  
• Michel Armstrong
  Tate Armstrong
  Michel Taylor "Tate" Armstrong is a retired American basketball player.A 6'3" guard from Duke University, Armstrong won a gold medal with the United States national basketball team at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Thomas LaGarde
  Tom LaGarde
  Thomas Joseph LaGarde is a retired American basketball player who played in the NBA from 1977 to 1985. After playing collegiately at the University of North Carolina, LaGarde was selected 9th overall in the first round of the 1977 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets.At 6'10" and 220 lb, LaGarde...
  
  
• Philip Hubbard
  Phil Hubbard
  Philip "Phil" Gregory Hubbard is a former American professional basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association from 1979 to 1989, and former Assistant Coach of the Washington Wizards under Eddie Jordan.Hubbard played high school basketball...
  
  
• Mitchell Kupchak
  Mitch Kupchak
  Mitchell "Mitch" Kupchak is a retired American basketball player and current general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers since the 2000–01 NBA season after predecessor Jerry West moved to the Memphis Grizzlies organization....
  
  
• Head Coach: Dean Smith
  Dean Smith
  Dean Edwards Smith is a retired American head coach of men's college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith has been called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
  
  

Women's Team Competition

• Team Roster
• Cindy Brogdon
• Susan Rojcewicz
• Ann Meyers
  Ann Meyers
  Ann Meyers Drysdale is a retired American basketball player and sportscaster. She was a standout player in high school, college, the Olympic Games, international tournaments, and the professional levels.Meyers was the first player to be part of the U.S. national team while still in high school...
  
  
• Lusia Harris
  Lusia Harris
  Lusia "Lucy" Harris-Stewart is a former American basketball player. Harris is considered to be one of the pioneers of women's basketball...
  
  
• Nancy Dunkle
• Charlotte Lewis
• Nancy Lieberman
  Nancy Lieberman
  Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman , nicknamed "Lady Magic", is a former professional basketball player who played and coached in the WNBA.Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in women's basketball....
  
  
• Gail Marquis
• Patricia Roberts
• Mary Anne O'Connor
• Patricia Head
  Pat Summitt
  Patricia "Pat" Head Summitt is an American women's college basketball coach. She is currently the head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team. She is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history of either a men's or women's team in any division...
  
  
• Julienne Simpson
• Head Coach: Billie Moore
  Billie Moore
  Billie J. Moore is an American basketball coach. She was the first coach in women's basketball history to lead teams from two different schools to national championships...
  
  

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

• Luis Curtis
  1. First Round — lost to Henryk Średnicki
     Henryk Srednicki
     Henryk Średnicki is a retired amateur boxer from Poland, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1976 ....
     
      (POL), 0:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Leo Randolph
  Leo Randolph
  Leo Randolph is a former American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-Amateur career:Randolph had an outstanding amateur career...
  
  
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Massoudi Samatou (TOG), walk-over
  3. Third Round — Defeated Constantin Gruescu (ROM), 4:1
  4. Quarterfinal — Defeated David Larmour (IRL), 4:1
  5. Semi Final — Defeated Leszek Błażyński (POL), 4:1
  6. Final — Defeated Ramón Duvalón
     Ramón Duvalón
     Ramón Duvalón is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the flyweight division after being defeated in the final by US-boxer Leo Randolph...
     
      (CUB), 3:2 → Gold Medal

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• George Mount
  George Mount
  George Lewis Mount is an American former professional cyclist. Mount was sixth at the 1976 Montreal Olympics road race which launched his professional career and propelled the US into post-war international cycling.American riders were among the world's best at the end of the 19th and the start of...
  
   — 4:47:23 (→ 6th place)
• John Howard
  John Howard (cyclist)
  John Kennedy Howard is an Olympic cyclist from the United States, who set a land speed record of 152.2 miles per hour while motor-pacing on a pedal bicycle on July 20, 1985 on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats...
  
   — 4:54:26 (→ 42nd place)
• David Boll — 5:05:00 (→ 56th place)
• Michael Neel — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Robert Vehe — 1:09.057 (→ 15th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)

• Leigh Barczewski — 19th place

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit

• Leonard Nitz
  Leonard Nitz
  Leonard Harvey Nitz is a retired track cyclist from the United States. He won the silver medal in the 4000m team pursuit and bronze in the 4000m individual pursuit at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.-References:*...
  
   — 19th place

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Phil Boggs
  Phil Boggs
  Phillip George Boggs was a diver from the United States, who won the gold medal in the springboard event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada....
  
  
• Robert Cragg
• Greg Louganis
  Greg Louganis
  Gregory "Greg" Efthimios Louganis is an American Olympic diver and author.He received the James E. Sullivan Award from the Amateur Athletic Union in 1984 as the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States....
  
  

Men's 10m Platform

• Greg Louganis
  Greg Louganis
  Gregory "Greg" Efthimios Louganis is an American Olympic diver and author.He received the James E. Sullivan Award from the Amateur Athletic Union in 1984 as the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States....
  
  
• Kent Vosler
• Tim Moore

Women's 3m Springboard

• Jennifer Chandler
  Jennifer Chandler
  Jennifer Kay Chandler was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. She represented US at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where she received a gold medal....
  
  
• Cindy Potter-McIngvale
• Barbara Nejman

Women's 10m Platform

• Debbie Wilson
• Melissa Briley
• Janet Ely
  Janet Ely
  Janet Ely is a retired female diver from the United States, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1972 and 1976. In 1975 she claimed the world title in the Women's 10m Platform competition.Janet Ely coaches diving at the Mission Viejo Nadadores in Mission Viejo,...
  
  

Fencing

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented the United States in 1976.

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 20 to 21 1976. 56 fencers from 23 nations competed.-Results:...

• Edward Donofrio
  Edward Donofrio
  Edward Donofrio is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Edward Ballinger
  Edward Ballinger
  Edward Ballinger is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.He has been elected for induction into the USFA Hall of Fame in the summer of 2012.-References:...
  
  
• Martin Lang
  Martin Lang (fencer)
  Martin Lang is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the forteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 24 to 25, 1976...

• Martin Lang
  Martin Lang (fencer)
  Martin Lang is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Edward Ballinger
  Edward Ballinger
  Edward Ballinger is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.He has been elected for induction into the USFA Hall of Fame in the summer of 2012.-References:...
  
  , Ed Wright
  Ed Wright (fencer)
  Ed Wright is an American fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Edward Donofrio
  Edward Donofrio
  Edward Donofrio is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Brooke Makler
  Brooke Makler
  Brooke Makler is an American fencer. He competed in the team foil and individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He is the son of Paul Makler, Sr. and brother of Paul Makler, Jr., both of whom fenced for the United States at the Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 22 to 23 1976. 64 fencers from 26 nations competed.-Results:...

• Scotty Bozek
• Brooke Makler
  Brooke Makler
  Brooke Makler is an American fencer. He competed in the team foil and individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He is the son of Paul Makler, Sr. and brother of Paul Makler, Jr., both of whom fenced for the United States at the Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• George Masin

Men's team épée

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 28 to 29 1976...

• Scotty Bozek, Brooke Makler
  Brooke Makler
  Brooke Makler is an American fencer. He competed in the team foil and individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He is the son of Paul Makler, Sr. and brother of Paul Makler, Jr., both of whom fenced for the United States at the Olympics.-References:...
  
  , George Masin, Paul Pesthy
  Paul Pesthy
  Paul Pesthy was an American modern pentathlete and fencer. He won a silver medal in the team pentathlon event at the 1964 Summer Olympics....
  
  

Men's sabre

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 21 to 22, 1976. 46 fencers from 18 nations competed.-Results:...

• Paul Apostol
  Paul Apostol
  Paul Apostol is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Peter Westbrook
  Peter Westbrook
  Peter Westbrook is a former American sabre fencing champion, active businessman and founder of the Peter Westbrook Foundation....
  
  
• Stephen Kaplan
  Stephen Kaplan (fencer)
  Stephen Kaplan is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team sabre

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 26 to 27, 1976...

• Paul Apostol
  Paul Apostol
  Paul Apostol is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Peter Westbrook
  Peter Westbrook
  Peter Westbrook is a former American sabre fencing champion, active businessman and founder of the Peter Westbrook Foundation....
  
  , Stephen Kaplan
  Stephen Kaplan (fencer)
  Stephen Kaplan is an American fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Thomas Losonczy
  Thomas Losonczy
  Thomas Losonczy is an American fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Alex Orban
  Alex Orban
  Alex Orban is an American fencer. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 23 to 24, 1976. 48 fencers from 20 nations competed.-Results:...

• Nikki Franke
  Nikki Franke
  Nikki Franke is an American fencer. She competed in the womne's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Sheila Armstrong
• Ann O'Donnell
  Ann O'Donnell
  Ann O'Donnell is an American fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's team foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 27 to 28, 1976...

• Nikki Franke
  Nikki Franke
  Nikki Franke is an American fencer. She competed in the womne's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Sheila Armstrong, Ann O'Donnell
  Ann O'Donnell
  Ann O'Donnell is an American fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Gay D'Asaro, Denise O'Connor
  Denise O'Connor
  Denise O'Connor is an American fencer. She competed in the women's team foil events at the 1964 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Judo

Men's Lightweight

• Joseph Bost

Men's Half-Middleweight

• Patrick Burris
  Patrick Burris
  Patrick Mitsugi Burris is a retired competitive judoka from the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972 in Munich....
  
  

Men's Middleweight

• Teimoc Johnston-Ono

Men's Half-Heavyweight

• Thomas Martin

Men's Heavyweight

• Allen Coage
  Allen Coage
  Allen James Coage was an American professional wrestler with the WWF and Stampede Wrestling among many other companies, better known by his ring names Bad News Brown and Bad News Allen. He was also the 1976 Olympic bronze medal winner in judo, in the heavyweight division...
  
  

Men's Open Class

• James Wooley