1976 Summer Olympics medal table

September 2022 1976 Summer Olympics medals Montreal, CAN 1976 Summer Most total medals URS 1976 Summer 125 Most gold medals URS 1976 Summer 49 Medalling NOCs 41 1972 Olympics medal tables 1980 thumb|right|480px|World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 1976 Summer Olympics Legend: #FFD700 represents countries that won at least one gold medal. #808080 represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals. #C87137 represents countries that won at least one bronze medal (no gold or silver). #FF5555 represents participating countries that did not win medals. #00FF00 represents participating countries that competed until the 3rd day before those nations withdrew from the Games due to boycott and did not win medals. #444 represents entities that did not participate at the 1976 Summer Olympics. thumb|Montreal's Olympic Stadium (its tower completed after the Games) was the main venue for the 1976 Summer Olympics. The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from July 17 to August 1, 1976.Johnston Mindy Montreal 1976 Olympic Games https://www.britannica.com/event/Montreal-1976-Olympic-Games Encyclopædia Britannica 5 August 2024 12 September 2024 A total of 6,084 athletes from 92 countries represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these Games, competing in 198 events in 23 sports. Montreal 1976–Games of the XXI Olympiad International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1976 2008-03-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20080405232112/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1976 5 April 2008 live Twenty-eight African countries missed these Games. Africa and the XXIst Olympiad Berlioux Monique Olympic Review http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1976/ore109/ore109h.pdf 109–110 November–December 1976 584–585 International Olympic Committee Lausanne 2008-03-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20080408184445/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1976/ore109/ore109h.pdf 8 April 2008 live This boycott decision was taken in response to the participation of New Zealand, because its national rugby union team (the All Blacks) continued to play rugby with South Africa, which had been banned from the Olympic movement since 1964 due to its apartheid policies. 1976: African countries boycott Olympics BBC https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/17/newsid_3555000/3555450.stm 2008-03-24 1976-07-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080407005535/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/17/newsid_3555000/3555450.stm 7 April 2008 live Athletes from 42 countries won at least one medal, leaving 51 countries in blank in the medals table. The Soviet Union won the highest number of gold medals (49) and overall medals (125). The Games were dominated by the Soviet Bloc, with the USSR and Eastern European states occupying seven out of top ten places in the medal standings. Thailand and Bermuda won the first medals in their Olympic history, with Bermuda being the least populous territory to ever win a Summer Olympic medal until Alessandra Perilli won bronze for San Marino in trap shooting in 2020. Bermuda, however, became the smallest nation to win a Summer Olympic gold at the same games, thanks to Flora Duffy, which was also their first medal since 1976.Mackenzie Alasdair Shooting-Tears of joy as San Marino becomes smallest Olympic medal-winning nation https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/shooting-tears-joy-san-marino-becomes-smallest-olympic-medal-winning-nation-2021-07-29/ 29 July 2021 Reuters 29 July 2021 5 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210805155424/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/shooting-tears-joy-san-marino-becomes-smallest-olympic-medal-winning-nation-2021-07-29/ live The Montreal Summer Olympics proved disastrous to Canada not only in financial terms; it failed to win a single gold medal despite being the host nation. Overall, it was 27th in the medal table, which remains the worst result a host nation has ever scored in the history of the Summer Games.History: 1976 Montreal Canadian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/2004/1976.html 2008-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20080227005943/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/2004/1976.html 2008-02-27 live Russian Nikolai Andrianov of the Soviet Union won seven medals (four gold, two silver and one bronze medals), becoming the most medaled athlete in these Games. Nikolay Andrianov–The Only Man to Win 15 Medals International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=44465 2008-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20080403180653/http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=44465 3 April 2008 live Medal table thumb|Sugar Ray Leonard won the gold medal in boxing's light welterweight category at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Olympic medal table The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html The Independent 11 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 live Ostlere Lawrence 12 August 2024 enA Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html The New York Times 18 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 live Araton Harvey subscription 25 July 2024 If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ Diario AS 10 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ August 11, 2024 live Cons Roddy 11 August 2024 en-us A total of 198 events in 23 different sports were contested at the Montreal Games."Aquatics" includes swimming, diving, and water polo. Montreal 1976–Sports on the program International Olympic Committee http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/programme_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1976 2008-03-24 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213839/http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/past/programme_uk.asp?OLGT=1&OLGY=1976 live In boxing and judo, two bronze medals were awarded for each weight class. In gymnastics, two bronze medals were awarded for third–place ties in the men's pommel horse and men's horizontal bar events, and a second–place tie in the women's vault resulted in two silver medals and no bronze medal awarded for that event.Games of the XXI Olympiad Montréal 1976 Official Report, Volume III Results Chantigny, Louis COJO 76 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 1978 http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/1976v3.pdf 2008-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20080409022942/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976/1976v3.pdf 9 April 2008 dead 1976 Summer Olympics medal tableMontreal 1976 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/montreal-1976/medals International Olympic Committee 12 September 2024 CAN flagIOC 1976 Summer NOC 49 41 35 40 25 25 34 35 25 10 12 17 9 6 10 7 6 13 6 9 7 6 4 3 4 9 14 4 5 13 4 2 0 4 1 0 3 5 5 2 7 4 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 6 yes 0 3 3 0 2 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Change by doping List of stripped Olympic medals OlympicsAthleteCountryMedalEventRef1976 Summer OlympicsValentin KhristovBulgaria 1971Weightlifting, Men's 110 kghttps://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/valentin-khristov-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172115/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kh/valentin-khristov-1.html dead 17 April 2020 Valentin Khristov Bio, Stats, and Results Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 3 October 2017Blagoy BlagoevWeightlifting, Men's 82.5 kghttps://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/blagoy-blagoev-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060707/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/blagoy-blagoev-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Blagoy Blagoev Bio, Stats, and Results Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 3 October 2017Zbigniew KaczmarekPoland 1928Weightlifting, Men's 67.5 kghttps://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/zbigniew-kaczmarek-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095155/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/zbigniew-kaczmarek-1.html dead 18 April 2020 Zbigniew Kaczmarek Bio, Stats, and Results Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 3 October 2017 References 30em External links 1976 Summer Olympics 1976 Summer Olympics Olympedia.com http://www.olympedia.org/editions/19 24 February 2021 26 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210226031256/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/19 live Olympic Analytics/1976_1 olympanalyt.com http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1976%2F1 2020-08-21 2020-08-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20200828040503/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1976%2F1 live Medal Count for the 1976 Summer Olympics databaseOlympics.com http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamesyear.htm?g=19 2 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080418063731/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamesyear.htm?g=19 18 April 2008 dead 1976–Summer Olympics XXI (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) The Sports Network https://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=9412&hubname= 24 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080827104256/http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/feature/?fid=9412&hubname= 2008-08-27 dead British Olympic Association > Summer Games > Montréal 1976 British Olympic Association http://www.olympics.org.uk/gamesmedal.aspx?gt=s&ga=19 2 April 2008 26 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100226060207/http://www.olympics.org.uk/gamesmedal.aspx?gt=s&ga=19 dead Game: Montreal 1976–Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee http://corporate.olympics.com.au/games/10/Montreal+1976+ 2 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080805231931/http://corporate.olympics.com.au/games/10/Montreal+1976+ 5 August 2008 dead Medal count 1976