Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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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 live video feed from the city was shown at the closing ceremony.

Competitors410 (285 men and 125 women) in 22 sports
Quick facts Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...
Soviet Union at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Montreal, Canada
17 July 1976 (1976-07-17) – 1 August 1976 (1976-08-01)
Competitors410 (285 men and 125 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer Vasily Alekseyev
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
49
Silver
41
Bronze
35
Total
125
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–pres.)
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–pres.)
 Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–pres.)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–pres.)
 Belarus (1994–pres.)
 Georgia (1994–pres.)
 Kazakhstan (1994–pres.)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–pres.)
 Moldova (1994–pres.)
 Russia (1994–2016)
 Ukraine (1994–pres.)
 Uzbekistan (1994–pres.)
 Azerbaijan (1996–pres.)
 Tajikistan (1996–pres.)
 Turkmenistan (1996–pres.)
 ROC (2020)
 Individual Neutral Athletes (2024)
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Medalists

The Soviet Union won 49 gold and 125 overall medals, finishing first in the medal standings by both parameters.

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Archery

Women's individual competition:

Men's individual competition:

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:46.81 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

  • Heat — 39.98
  • Semifinal — 39.36
  • Final — 38.78s (→ Bronze medal)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

  • Heat — 3:07.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's marathon

Men's 400m hurdles

  • Heat — 50.93s
  • Semifinal — 49.73s
  • Final — 49.45s (→ Bronze medal)
  • Heat — 50.78s
  • Semifinal — 50.47s (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

  • Qualification — 7.90m
  • Final — 7.88m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualification — 7.78m
  • Final — 7.66m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification — 7.49m (→ did not advance)

Men's high jump

  • Qualification — 2.16m
  • Final — 2.21m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 2.16m
  • Final — 2.18m (→ 5th place)

Men's discus throw

  • Qualification — 57.50m (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 20 km race walk

Women's shot put

  • Final — 20.96 m (→ Silver medal)
  • Final — 18.36 m (→ 9th place)
  • Final — 18.07 m (→ 10th place)

Women's javelin throw

  • Qualifying round — 56.82 m
  • Final — 59.42 m (→ 6th place)

Basketball

Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group A):
  • Defeated Mexico (120–77)
  • Defeated Australia (93–77)
  • Defeated Canada (108–85)
  • Defeated Japan (123–69)
  • Defeated Cuba (98–72)
  • Semifinals:
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (84–89)
  • Bronze medal match:
  • Defeated Canada (100–72) → Bronze medal
  • Team roster
Women's team competition
  • Team roster

Boxing

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1976.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Football

Gymnastics

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1976. Pavel Lednyov won a silver medal in the individual event.

Individual
Team
  • Pavel Lednyov
  • Boris Mosolov
  • Borys Onyshchenko

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Volleyball

Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group B)
  • Defeated Italy (3–0)
  • Defeated Brazil (3–0)
  • Defeated Japan (3–0)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Cuba (3–0)
  • Final
  • Lost to Poland (2–3) → Silver medal
  • Team roster
Women's team competition
  • Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Defeated South Korea (3–1)
  • Defeated Cuba (3–1)
  • Defeated East Germany (3–2)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Hungary (3–0)
  • Final
  • Lost to Japan (0–3) → Silver medal
  • Team roster
  • Head coach: Givi Ahvlediani

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Medals by republic

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.

More information Rank, Republic ...
RankRepublicGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russian SFSR605640156
2 Ukrainian SSR27222271
3 Byelorussian SSR75517
4 Kazakh SSR7209
5 Georgian SSR3126
6 Lithuanian SSR2237
7 Latvian SSR2226
8 Azerbaijan SSR2103
9 Armenian SSR1315
10 Estonian SSR1001
11 Uzbek SSR0112
12 Moldavian SSR0101
13 Tajik SSR0011
Totals (13 entries)1129677285
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Top 5 sports societies

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.

More information Pos, Sports society ...
Pos Sports society Gold Silver Bronze Total
1VSS Spartak2412945
2Armed Forces22221559
3VSS Burevestnik2213540
4Dynamo20322678
5VSS Trud84416
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