United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics United States
games=1976 Summer
competitors=
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flagbearer=Gary Hall Sr.
gold=34
silver=35
bronze=25
total=94
rank=3

The United States competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. [cite news |work=The New York Times |title=Roster of U.S. Athletes for Olympic Games at Montreal |accessdate=2008-06-21 |date=1976-07-11|page=152]

Medalists

The United States finished third in the final medal rankings, with 34 gold and 94 total medals.

Gold

* Darrell Pace — Archery, Men's Competition

* Luann Ryon — Archery, Women's Competition

* Edwin Moses — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles

* Harvey Glance, Millard Hampton, John Wesley Jones, and Steven Riddick — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay

* Benjamin Brown, Herman Frazier, Fred Newhouse, and Maxie Parks — Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay

* Arnie Robinson — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

* Mac Wilkins — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw

* Bruce Jenner — Athletics, Men's Decathlon

* Thomas LaGarde, Scott May, Steve Sheppard, Ernie Grunfeld, Philip Hubbard, Mitchell Kupchak, Adrian Dantley, Walter Davis, Phil Ford, Tate Armstrong, Quinn Buckner, and Kenneth Carr — Basketball, Men's Team Competition

* Leo Randolph — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

* Howard Davis — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

* Ray Leonard — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

* Michael Spinks — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

* Leon Spinks — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

* Phil Boggs — Diving, Men's Springboard

* Jennifer Chandler — Diving, Women's Springboard

* Edmund Coffin — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual

* Mary Tauskey, Edmund Coffin, Bruce Davidson, and Michael Plumb — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team

* Lanny Bassham — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

* Donald Haldeman — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting

*Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle

*Bruce Furniss — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle

*Brian Goodell — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle

*Brian Goodell — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle

*John Naber — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke

*John Naber — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke

*John Hencken — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke

*Matt Vogel — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly

*Mike Bruner — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly

*Rod Strachan — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley

*John Naber, Mark Clark, Bruce Furniss, and Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

*John Naber, Matt Vogel, John Hencken, and Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

*Kim Peyton, Jill Sterkel, Shirley Babashoff, and Wendy Boglioli — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

* John Peterson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight

Silver

* Millard Hampton — Athletics, Men's 200 metres

* Fred Newhouse — Athletics, Men's 400 metres

* Frank Shorter — Athletics, Men's Marathon

* Michael Shine — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles

* Randy Williams — Athletics, Men's Long Jump

* James Butts — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump

* Rosalyn Bryant, Sheila Ingram, Pamela Jiles, and Debra Sapenter — Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay

* Kathy McMillan — Athletics, Women's Long Jump

* Patricia Roberts, Susan Rojcewicz, Julienne Simpson, Gail Marquis, Ann Elizabeth Meyers, Mary O'Connor, Patricia Head, Charlotte Lewis, Nancy Lieberman, Cynthia Brogdon, Nancy Dunkle, and Lusia Harris — Basketball, Women's Team Competition
* Charles Mooney — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

* Greg Louganis — Diving, Men's Platform

* Michael Plumb — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual

* Calvin Coffey and Michael Staines — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs

* Joan Lind — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls

* Margaret Murdoch — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

*Jack Babashoff — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle

*John Naber — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle

*Timothy Shaw — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle

*Robert Hackett — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle

*Peter Rocca — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke

*Peter Rocca — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke

*John Hencken — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke

*Joe Bottom — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly

*Steven Gregg — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly

*Tim McKee — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley

* Shirley Babashoff — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle

* Shirley Babashoff — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle

* Shirley Babashoff — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle

*Camille Wright, Shirley Babashoff, Linda Jezek, and Lauri Siering — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

* Lee James — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight

* Lloyd Keaser — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight

* Benjamin Peterson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight

* Russell Hellickson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

* David McFaull and Michael Rothwell — Sailing, Men's Tornado

* Walter Glasgow, Richard Hoepfner, and John Kolius — Sailing, Men's Soling

Bronze

* Dwayne Evans — Athletics, Men's 200 metres

* Herman Frazier — Athletics, Men's 400 metres

* Richard Wohlhuter — Athletics, Men's 800 metres

* Willie Davenport — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles

* Dwight Stones — Athletics, Men's High Jump

* David Roberts — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault

* John Powell — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw

* Kathy Schmidt — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw

* John Tate — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

* Cynthia McIngvale — Diving, Women's Springboard

* Deborah Wilson — Diving, Women's Platform

* Hilda Gurney, Edith Master, and Dorothy Morkins — Equestrian, Dressage Team

* Peter Kormann — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises

* Allen Coage — Judo, Men's Heavyweight

* Lynn Silliman, Anne Warner, Jacqueline Zoch, Marion Greig, Peggy McCarthy, Gail Ricketson, Carol Brown, Anita DeFrantz, and Carie Graves — Rowing, Women's Eights

*Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle

*Daniel Harrigan — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke

*Richard Colella — 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 — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle

* Wendy Boglioli — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly

* Gene Davis — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight

* Stanley Dziedzic — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight

* Dennis Conner and Conn Findlay — Sailing, Men's Tempest

Results by event

=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.

Women's Individual Competition:
* Luann Ryon — 2499 points (→ OR, Gold Medal)
* Linda Myers — 2393 points (→ 7th place)

Men's Individual Competition:
* Darrell Pace — 2571 points (→ OR, Gold Medal)
* Richard McKinney — 2471 points (→ 4th place)

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres
* Harvey Glance:* First Round — 10.37s:* Second Round — 10.23s:* Semi Final — 10.24s:* Final — 10.19s (→ 4th place)

* John Wesley Jones:* First Round — 10.43s:* Second Round — 10.46s:* Semi Final — 10.30s:* Final — 10.27s (→ 6th place)

* Steven Riddick:* First Round — 10.43s:* Second Round — 10.36s:* Semi Final — 10.33s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres
* Millard Hampton:* First Round — 21.11s:* Second Round — 20.83s:* Semi Final — 20.69s:* Final — 20.29s (→ Silver Medal)

* Dwayne Evans:* First Round — 20.96s:* Second Round — 20.56s:* Semi Final — 20.83s:* Final — 20.43s (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 800 metres
* Rick Wohlhunter:* Heat — 1:45.71:* Semi Final — 1:46.72:* Final — 1:44.12 (→ Bronze Medal)

* James Robinson Jr.:* Heat — 1:47.56:* Semi Final — 1:46.43 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay
* Harvey Glance, John Wesley Jones, Millard Hampton, and Steven Riddick:* Heat — 38.76:* Semi Final — 38.51:* Final — 38.33s (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x400m Relay
* Herman Frazier, Benjamin Brown, Fred Newhouse, and Maxie Parks:* 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:* Heat — 28:12.24:* Final — 28:38.08 (→ 13th place)

* Craig Virgin:* Heat — 28:30.22 (→ did not advance)

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

Men's 400m Hurdles
* Edwin Moses:* Heat — 49.95s:* Semi Final — 48.29s:* Final — 47.64s (→ Gold Medal)

* Michael Shine:* 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
* Silver Medal)

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

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

Men's Long Jump
* Arnie Robinson:* Qualification — 7.95m:* Final — 8.35m (→ Gold Medal)

* Randy Williams:* Qualification — 7.97m:* Final — 8.11m (→ Silver Medal)

* Larry Myricks:* Qualification — 7.92m:* Final — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump
* Dwight Stones:* Qualification — 2.16m:* Final — 2.21m (→ Bronze Medal)

* James Barrineau:* Qualification — 2.16m:* Final — 2.14m (→ 11th place)

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

Men's Discus Throw
* Mac Wilkins:* Qualification — 68.28m :* Final — 67.50m (→ Gold Medal)

* John Powell:* Qualification — 61.48m:* Final — 65.70m (→ Bronze Medal)

* Jay Silvester:* 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)

=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:*Adrian Dantley:*Walter Davis:*William "Quinn" Buckner:*Ernie Grunfeld:*Kenneth Carr:*Scott May:*Michel Armstrong:*Thomas La Garde:*Philip Hubbard:*Mitchell Kupchak
*Head Coach: Dean Smith

Women's Team Competition

*Team Roster:*Cindy Brogdon:*Susan Rojcewicz:*Ann Meyers:*Lusia Harris:*Nancy Dunkle:*Charlotte Lewis:*Nancy Lieberman:*Gail Marquis:*Patricia Roberts:*Mary Anne O'Connor:*Patricia Head:*Julienne Simpson
*Head Coach: Billie Moore

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)
* Luis Curtis
*# First Round — lost to Henryk Średnicki (POL), 0:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
* Leo Randolph
*# First Round — Bye
*# Second Round — Defeated Massoudi Samatou (TOG), walk-over
*# Third Round — Defeated Constantin Gruescu (ROM), 4:1
*# Quarterfinal — Defeated David Larmour (IRL), 4:1
*# Semi Final — Defeated Leszek Błażyński (POL), 4:1
*# Final — Defeated Gold Medal

=Cycling=

Men's Individual Road Race
*George Mount — 4:47:23 (→ 6th place)
*John Howard — 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 — 19th place

=Judo=

Men's Lightweight
*Joseph Bost

Men's Half-Middleweight
*Patrick Burris

Men's Middleweight
*Teimoc Jonston-Ono

Men's Half-Heavyweight
*Thomas Martin

Men's Heavyweight
*Allen Coage

Men's Open Class
*James Wooley

References