United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics 1688384 220739990 2008-06-21T10:20:07Z Dravecky 4588674 reference added {{Infobox Olympics United States |games=1976 Summer |competitors= |sports= |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]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> ==Medals== The United States finished third in the final medal rankings, with 34 gold and 94 total medals. ===Gold=== * [[Darrell Pace]] &mdash; Archery, Men's Competition * [[Luann Ryon]] &mdash; Archery, Women's Competition * [[Edwin Moses]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles * [[Harvey Glance]], [[Millard Hampton]], [[John Wesley Jones]], and [[Steven Riddick]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay * [[Benjamin Brown (athlete)|Benjamin Brown]], [[Herman Frazier]], [[Fred Newhouse]], and [[Maxie Parks]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay * [[Arnie Robinson]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's Long Jump * [[Mac Wilkins]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's Discus Throw * [[Bruce Jenner]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's Decathlon * [[Thomas LaGarde]], [[Scott May]], [[Steve Sheppard]], [[Ernie Grunfeld]], [[Philip Hubbard]], [[Mitchell Kupchak]], [[Adrian Dantley]], [[Walter Davis (basketball)|Walter Davis]], [[Phil Ford]], [[Tate Armstrong]], [[Quinn Buckner]], and [[Kenneth Carr]] &mdash; Basketball, Men's Team Competition * [[Leo Randolph]] &mdash; Boxing, Men's Flyweight * [[Howard Davis Jr.|Howard Davis]] &mdash; Boxing, Men's Lightweight * [[Ray Leonard]] &mdash; Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight * [[Michael Spinks]] &mdash; Boxing, Men's Middleweight * [[Leon Spinks]] &mdash; Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight * [[Phil Boggs]] &mdash; Diving, Men's Springboard * [[Jennifer Chandler]] &mdash; Diving, Women's Springboard * [[Edmund Coffin]] &mdash; Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual * [[Mary Tauskey]], [[Edmund Coffin]], [[Bruce Davidson]], and [[Michael Plumb]] &mdash; Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team * [[Lanny Bassham]] &mdash; Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions * [[Donald Haldeman]] &mdash; Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting *[[Jim Montgomery (swimmer)|Jim Montgomery]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle *[[Bruce Furniss]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle *[[Brian Goodell]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle *[[Brian Goodell]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle *[[John Naber]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke *[[John Naber]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke *[[John Hencken]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke *[[Matt Vogel]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly *[[Mike Bruner]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly *[[Rod Strachan]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley *[[John Naber]], [[Mark Clark]], [[Bruce Furniss]], and [[Jim Montgomery (swimmer)|Jim Montgomery]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay *[[John Naber]], [[Matt Vogel]], [[John Hencken]], and [[Jim Montgomery (swimmer)|Jim Montgomery]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay *[[Kim Peyton]], [[Jill Sterkel]], [[Shirley Babashoff]], and [[Wendy Boglioli]] &mdash; Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay * [[John Peterson (wrestler)|John Peterson]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight ===Silver=== * [[Millard Hampton]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's 200 metres * [[Fred Newhouse]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's 400 metres * [[Frank Shorter]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's Marathon * [[Michael Shine]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles * [[Randy Williams]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's Long Jump * [[James Butts]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's Triple Jump * [[Rosalyn Bryant]], [[Sheila Ingram]], [[Pamela Jiles]], and [[Debra Sapenter]] &mdash; Athletics, Women's 4x400 m Relay * [[Kathy McMillan]] &mdash; 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]] &mdash; Basketball, Women's Team Competition * [[Charles Mooney]] &mdash; Boxing, Men's Bantamweight * [[Greg Louganis]] &mdash; Diving, Men's Platform * [[Michael Plumb]] &mdash; Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual * [[Calvin Coffey]] and [[Michael Staines]] &mdash; Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs * [[Joan Lind]] &mdash; Rowing, Women's Single Sculls * [[Margaret Murdoch]] &mdash; Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions *[[Jack Babashoff]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle *[[John Naber]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle *[[Timothy Shaw]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle *[[Robert Hackett]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle *[[Peter Rocca]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke *[[Peter Rocca]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke *[[John Hencken]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke *[[Joe Bottom]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly *[[Steven Gregg]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly *[[Tim McKee]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley * [[Shirley Babashoff]] &mdash; Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle * [[Shirley Babashoff]] &mdash; Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle * [[Shirley Babashoff]] &mdash; Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle *[[Camille Wright]], [[Shirley Babashoff]], [[Linda Jezek]], and [[Lauri Siering]] &mdash; Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay * [[Lee James]] &mdash; Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight * [[Lloyd Keaser]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight * [[Benjamin Peterson]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight * [[Russell Hellickson]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight * [[David McFaull]] and [[Michael Rothwell]] &mdash; Sailing, Men's Tornado * [[Walter Glasgow]], [[Richard Hoepfner]], and [[John Kolius]] &mdash; Sailing, Men's Soling ===Bronze=== * [[Dwayne Evans]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's 200 metres * [[Herman Frazier]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's 400 metres * [[Richard Wohlhuter]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's 800 metres * [[Willie Davenport]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles * [[Dwight Stones]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's High Jump * [[David Roberts]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's Pole Vault * [[John Powell]] &mdash; Athletics, Men's Discus Throw * [[Kathy Schmidt]] &mdash; Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw * [[John Tate (boxer)|John Tate]] &mdash; Boxing, Men's Heavyweight * [[Cynthia McIngvale]] &mdash; Diving, Women's Springboard * [[Deborah Wilson]] &mdash; Diving, Women's Platform * [[Hilda Gurney]], [[Edith Master]], and [[Dorothy Morkins]] &mdash; Equestrian, Dressage Team * [[Peter Kormann]] &mdash; Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises * [[Allen Coage]] &mdash; Judo, Men's Heavyweight * [[Lynn Silliman]], [[Anne Warner]], [[Jacqueline Zoch]], [[Marion Greig]], [[Peggy McCarthy]], [[Gail Ricketson]], [[Carol Brown (women's rowing)|Carol Brown]], [[Anita DeFrantz]], and [[Carie Graves]] &mdash; Rowing, Women's Eights *[[Jim Montgomery (swimmer)|Jim Montgomery]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle *[[Daniel Harrigan]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke *[[Richard Colella]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke *[[Gary Hall Sr.]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly *[[William Forrester]] &mdash; Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly * [[Wendy Weinberg]] &mdash; Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle * [[Wendy Boglioli]] &mdash; Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly * [[Gene Davis (wrestler)|Gene Davis]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight * [[Stanley Dziedzic]] &mdash; Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight * [[Dennis Conner]] and [[Conn Findlay]] &mdash; Sailing, Men's Tempest ==Results by event== ===[[Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Archery]]=== After winning both [[gold medal]]s in the first modern Olympic archery contest at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]], the United States 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 [[International Archery Federation|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]] &mdash; 2499 points (→ OR, [[Image:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold Medal''') * [[Linda Myers]] &mdash; 2393 points (→ 7th place) '''Men's Individual Competition''': * [[Darrell Pace]] &mdash; 2571 points (→ OR, [[Image:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold Medal''') * [[Richard McKinney]] &mdash; 2471 points (→ 4th place) ===[[Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]=== '''Men's 100 metres''' * [[Harvey Glance]] :* First Round &mdash; 10.37s :* Second Round &mdash; 10.23s :* Semi Final &mdash; 10.24s :* Final &mdash; 10.19s (→ 4th place) * [[John Wesley Jones]] :* First Round &mdash; 10.43s :* Second Round &mdash; 10.46s :* Semi Final &mdash; 10.30s :* Final &mdash; 10.27s (→ 6th place) * [[Steven Riddick]] :* First Round &mdash; 10.43s :* Second Round &mdash; 10.36s :* Semi Final &mdash; 10.33s (→ did not advance) '''Men's 200 metres''' * [[Millard Hampton]] :* First Round &mdash; 21.11s :* Second Round &mdash; 20.83s :* Semi Final &mdash; 20.69s :* Final &mdash; 20.29s (→ [[Image:Med_2.png|Silver]] '''Silver Medal''') * [[Dwayne Evans]] :* First Round &mdash; 20.96s :* Second Round &mdash; 20.56s :* Semi Final &mdash; 20.83s :* Final &mdash; 20.43s (→ [[Image:Med_3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze Medal''') '''Men's 800 metres''' * [[Rick Wohlhunter]] :* Heat &mdash; 1:45.71 :* Semi Final &mdash; 1:46.72 :* Final &mdash; 1:44.12 (→ [[Image:Med_3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze Medal''') * [[James Robinson Jr.]] :* Heat &mdash; 1:47.56 :* Semi Final &mdash; 1:46.43 (→ did not advance) '''Men's 4x100m Relay''' * [[Harvey Glance]], [[John Wesley Jones]], [[Millard Hampton]], and [[Steven Riddick]] :* Heat &mdash; 38.76 :* Semi Final &mdash; 38.51 :* Final &mdash; 38.33s (→ [[Image:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold Medal''') '''Men's 4x400m Relay''' * [[Herman Frazier]], [[Benjamin Brown (athlete)|Benjamin Brown]], [[Fred Newhouse]], and [[Maxie Parks]] :* Heat &mdash; 2:59.52 :* Final &mdash; 2:58.65 (→ [[Image:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold Medal''') '''Men's 5.000 metres''' * [[Paul Geis]] :* Heat &mdash; 13:32.36 :* Final &mdash; 13:42.51 (→ 12th place) * [[Duncan MacDonald]] :* Heat &mdash; 13:47.14 (→ did not advance) * [[Richard Buerkle]] :* Heat &mdash; 13:29.01 (→ did not advance) '''Men's 10.000 metres''' * [[Garry Bjorklund]] :* Heat &mdash; 28:12.24 :* Final &mdash; 28:38.08 (→ 13th place) * [[Craig Virgin]] :* Heat &mdash; 28:30.22 (→ did not advance) * [[Edward Mendoza]] :* Heat &mdash; 29:02.97 (→ did not advance) '''Men's 400m Hurdles''' * [[Edwin Moses]] :* Heat &mdash; 49.95s :* Semi Final &mdash; 48.29s :* Final &mdash; 47.64s (→ [[Image:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold Medal''') * [[Michael Shine]] :* Heat &mdash; 50.91s :* Semi Final &mdash; 49.90s :* Final &mdash; 48.69s (→ [[Image:Med_2.png|Silver]] '''Silver Medal''') * [[Quentin Wheeler]] :* Heat &mdash; 50.32s :* Semi Final &mdash; 50.22s :* Final &mdash; 49.86s (→ 4th place) '''Men's Marathon''' * [[Frank Shorter]] &mdash; 2:10:45 (→ [[Image:Med_2.png|Silver]] '''Silver Medal''') * [[Donald Kardong]] &mdash; 2:11:15 (→ 4th place) * [[William Rodgers (athlete)|William Rodgers]] &mdash; 2:25:14 (→ 40th place) '''Men's Long Jump''' * [[Arnie Robinson]] :* Qualification &mdash; 7.95m :* Final &mdash; 8.35m (→ [[Image:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold Medal''') * [[Randy Williams]] :* Qualification &mdash; 7.97m :* Final &mdash; 8.11m (→ [[Image:Med_2.png|Silver]] '''Silver Medal''') * [[Larry Myricks]] :* Qualification &mdash; 7.92m :* Final &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking) '''Men's High Jump''' * [[Dwight Stones]] :* Qualification &mdash; 2.16m :* Final &mdash; 2.21m (→ [[Image:Med_3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze Medal''') * [[James Barrineau]] :* Qualification &mdash; 2.16m :* Final &mdash; 2.14m (→ 11th place) * [[William Jankunis]] :* Qualification &mdash; 2.16m :* Final &mdash; 2.10m (→ 13th place) '''Men's Discus Throw''' * [[Mac Wilkins]] :* Qualification &mdash; 68.28m :* Final &mdash; 67.50m (→ [[Image:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold Medal''') * [[John Powell (athlete)|John Powell]] :* Qualification &mdash; 61.48m :* Final &mdash; 65.70m (→ [[Image:Med_3.png|Bronze]] '''Bronze Medal''') * [[Jay Silvester]] :* Qualification &mdash; 62.06m :* Final &mdash; 61.98m (→ 7th place) '''Men's 20km Race Walk''' * [[Ronald Laird]] &mdash; 1:33:27 (→ 20th place) * [[Larry Walker (race walker)|Larry Walker]] &mdash; 1:34:19 (→ 22nd place) * [[Clark Scully]] &mdash; 1:36:37 (→ 29th place) ===[[Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics|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) → [[Image:Med_1.png]] '''Gold Medal''' *'''Team Roster''' :*[[Phil Ford]] :*[[Steve Sheppard]] :*[[Adrian Dantley]] :*[[Walter Davis (basketball)|Walter Davis]] :*[[Quinn Buckner|William "Quinn" Buckner]] :*[[Ernie Grunfeld]] :*[[Kenneth Carr]] :*[[Scott May]] :*[[Tate Armstrong|Michel Armstrong]] :*[[Tom La Garde|Thomas La Garde]] :*[[Philip Hubbard]] :*[[Mitch Kupchak|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]] :*[[Pat Summitt|Patricia Head]] :*[[Julienne Simpson]] *'''Head Coach''': [[Billie Moore]] ===[[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Boxing]]=== '''Men's Light Flyweight (&ndash; 48kg)''' * [[Luis Curtis]] *# First Round &mdash; lost to [[Henryk Średnicki]] (POL), 0:5 '''Men's Flyweight (&ndash; 51 kg)''' * [[Leo Randolph]] *# First Round &mdash; Bye *# Second Round &mdash; Defeated [[Massoudi Samatou]] (TOG), walk-over *# Third Round &mdash; Defeated [[Constantin Gruescu]] (ROM), 4:1 *# Quarterfinal &mdash; Defeated [[David Larmour]] (IRL), 4:1 *# Semi Final &mdash; Defeated [[Leszek Błażyński]] (POL), 4:1 *# Final &mdash; Defeated [[Ramón Duvalón]] (CUB), 3:2 → [[Image:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold Medal''' ===[[Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]=== '''Men's Individual Road Race''' *[[George Mount]] &mdash; 4:47:23 (→ 6th place) *[[John Howard (cyclist)|John Howard]] &mdash; 4:54:26 (→ 42nd place) *[[David Boll]] &mdash; 5:05:00 (→ 56th place) *[[Michael Neel]] &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking) '''Men's 1.000m Time Trial''' *[[Robert Vehe]] &mdash; 1:09.057 (→ 15th place) '''Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)''' *[[Leigh Barczewski]] &mdash; 19th place '''Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit''' *[[Leonard Nitz]] &mdash; 19th place ==References== {{reflist}} <br clear=all> {{NOCin1976SummerOlympics}} [[Category:Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:United States at the Olympics|1976 Summer Olympics]]