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.[1] As the country hosted the next Olympics in Moscow, a Soviet segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | URS |
NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee |
in Montreal, Canada 17 July 1976 – 1 August 1976 | |
Competitors | 410 (285 men and 125 women) in 22 sports |
Flag bearer | Vasily Alekseyev |
Medals Ranked 1st |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–) Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–) Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–) Unified Team (1992) Armenia (1994–) Belarus (1994–) Georgia (1994–) Kazakhstan (1994–) Kyrgyzstan (1994–) Moldova (1994–) Russia (1994–2016) Ukraine (1994–) Uzbekistan (1994–) Azerbaijan (1996–) Tajikistan (1996–) Turkmenistan (1996–) ROC (2020–2022) |
The Soviet Union won 49 gold and 125 overall medals, finishing first in the medal standings by both parameters.
Women's individual competition:
Men's individual competition:
Men's 800 metres
Men's 4x100 metres relay
Men's 4x400 metres relay
Men's marathon
Men's 400m hurdles
Men's long jump
Men's high jump
Men's discus throw
Men's 20 km race walk
Women's shot put
Women's javelin throw
Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)
Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)
Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1976.
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.[2]
Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1976. Pavel Lednyov won a silver medal in the individual event.
The Soviet Union had 31 male and 24 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing events in 1976.[3]
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.
Rank | Republic | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russian SFSR | 60 | 56 | 40 | 156 |
2 | Ukrainian SSR | 27 | 22 | 22 | 71 |
3 | Byelorussian SSR | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
4 | Kazakh SSR | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
5 | Georgian SSR | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
6 | Lithuanian SSR | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
7 | Latvian SSR | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
8 | Azerbaijan SSR | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
9 | Armenian SSR | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
10 | Estonian SSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Uzbek SSR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Moldavian SSR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Tajik SSR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (13 entries) | 112 | 96 | 77 | 285 |
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.
Pos | Sports society | Total | |||
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1 | VSS Spartak | 24 | 12 | 9 | 45 |
2 | Armed Forces | 22 | 22 | 15 | 59 |
3 | VSS Burevestnik | 22 | 13 | 5 | 40 |
4 | Dynamo | 20 | 32 | 26 | 78 |
5 | VSS Trud | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |