Canada was the host nation for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. 385 competitors, 261 men and 124 women, took part in 173 events in 23 sports.
For the first and, so far, only time in Summer Olympics history, the host nation failed to obtain a gold medal.
Canada finished in 27th position in the final medal rankings, with five silver medals and six bronze medals.
Greg Joy — Athletics, Men's High Jump
John Wood — Canoeing, Men's C-1 500m
Michel Vaillancourt — Equestrian, Individual Jumping Grand Prix
Cheryl Gibson — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
Stephen Pickell, Graham Smith, Clay Evans, Gary MacDonald — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Nancy Garapick — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Nancy Garapick — Swimming, Women's 200m Backstroke
Shannon Smith — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
Becky Smith — Swimming, Women's 400m Individual Medley
Gail Amundrud, Barbara Clark, Becky Smith, Anne Jardin — Swimming, Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay
Wendy Cook, Robin Corsiglia, Susan (Smith) Kelsey, Anne Jardin — Swimming, Women's 4x100 Medley Relay
Canada was represented by two women and two men in Montreal. It was the second time Canadians had competed in archery. Lucille Lemay became the most successful Canadian Olympic archer by taking 5th place, surpassing Donald Jackson's 6th-place finish four years earlier. Canada placed sixth in the national standings for archery.
Women's Individual Competition:
Lucille Lemay – 2401 points (→ 5th place)
Wanda Allen – 2303 points (→ 16th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Dave Mann – 2431 points (→ 7th place)
Edward Gamble – 2362 points (→ 16th place)
Men's 5.000 metres
Grant McLaren
Heat — 13:46.40 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10.000 metres
Dan Shaughnessy
Chris McCubbins
Men's 4 × 100 metres Relay
Hugh Spooner, Marvin Nash, Albin Dukowski, and Hugh Fraser
Heat — 39.72s
Semi Final — 39.46s
Final — 39.47s (→ 8th place)
Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay
Ian Seale, Don Domansky, Leighton Hope, and Brian Saunders
Heat — 3:03.89
Final — 3:02.64 (→ 4th place)
Men's Marathon
Jerome Drayton — 2:13:30 (→ 6th place)
Tom Howard — 2:22:08 (→ 30th place)
Wayne Yetman — 2:24:17 (→ 36th place)
Men's High Jump
Greg Joy
Qualification — 2.16m
Final — 2.23m (→ Silver Medal)
Claude Ferragne
Qualification — 2.16m
Final — 2.14m (→ 12th place)
Robert Forget
Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
Richard Rock
Qualification — 7.57m (→ did not advance)
Jim Buchanan
Qualification — 7.49m (→ did not advance)
Jim McAndrew
Qualification — 7.48m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
Ain Roost
Qualification — 56.56m (→ did not advance)
Borys Chambul
Qualification — 55.86m (→ did not advance)
Bishop Dolegiewicz
Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
Marcel Jobin — 1:34:33 (→ 23rd place)
Pat Farrelly — 1:41:36 (→ 33rd place)
Alex Oakley — 1:44:08 (→ 35th place)
Women's Shot Put
Lucette Moreau
Final — 15.48 m (→ 13th place)
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A):
Defeated Japan (104-76)
Defeated Cuba (84-79)
Lost to Soviet Union (85-108)
Defeated Australia (81-69)
Defeated Mexico (92-84)
Semi Finals:
Lost to United States (77-96)
Bronze Medal Match:
Lost to Soviet Union (72-100) → 4th place
Team Roster
Alexander Devlin
Martin Riley
Bill Robinson
John Cassidy
Derek Sankey
Robert Sharpe
Cameron Hall
James Russell
Robert Town
Romel Raffin
Lars Hansen
Phil Tollestrup
Head Coach: John Donohue
Women's Team Competition
Team Roster
Joyce Douthwright
Joanne Sargent
Anne Hurley
Christine Critelli
Beverley Bland
Coleen Dufresne
Sheila Strike
Sylvia Sweeney
Carol Turney
Donna Hobin
Angela Johnson
Beverly Barnes
Head Coach: Brian Heaney
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Sidney McKnight
- First Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (PRK), KO-1
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Ian Clyde
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Alick Chiteule (ZAM), walk-over
- Third Round — Defeated Charlie Magri (GBR), KO-3
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 0:5
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Chris Ius
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Ayele (ETH), walk-over
- Third Round — Lost to Weerachart Saturngrun (THA), 0:5
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Camille Huard
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Bachir Koual (ALG), walk-over
- Third Round — Lost to Leszek Kosedowski (POL), 0:5
Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)
Chris Clarke
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Lasse Friman (FIN), 5:0
- Third Round — Lost to József Nagy (HUN), RSC-3
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Carmen Rinke
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Kenneth Bristol (GUY), walk-over
- Third Round — Defeated Yoshioki Seki (JPN), 4:1
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (GDR), 0:5
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Michael Prevost
- First Round — Lost to Vasile Didea (ROM), DSQ-3
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Bryan Gibson
- First Round — Lost to Bernd Wittenburg (GDR), KO-3
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Roger Fortin
- First Round — Lost to Anatoliy Klimanov (URS), 0:5
Eleven cyclists represented Canada in 1976.
Individual road race
Pierre Harvey — 4:49:01 (→ 24th place)
Gilles Durand — 5:03:13 (→ 54th place)
Tom Morris — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Brian Chewter — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Brian Chewter
Marc Blouin
Serge Proulx
Tom Morris
Sprint
Jocelyn Lovell — 1:08.852 (→ 13th place)
1000m time trial
Gordon Singleton — 17th place
Team pursuit
Ron Hayman
Jocelyn Lovell
Adrian Prosser
Hugh Walton
13 fencers, 9 men and 4 women, represented Canada in 1976.
Men's foil
Michel Dessureault
Lehel Fekete
Men's épée
Alain Dansereau
George Varaljay
Geza Tatrallyay
Men's team épée
Alain Dansereau, Michel Dessureault, Geza Tatrallyay, George Varaljay
Men's sabre
Marc Lavoie
Eli Sukunda
Peter Urban
Men's team sabre
Marc Lavoie, Peter Urban, Imre Nagy, Eli Sukunda
Women's foil
Chantal Payer
Donna Hennyey
Susan Stewart
Women's team foil
Fleurette Campeau, Susan Stewart, Donna Hennyey, Chantal Payer
Handball
Men's Team Competition
Wolfgang Blankenau
Christian Chagnon
François Dauphin
Hugues de Roussan
Pierre Désormeaux
Pierre Ferdais
Robert Johnson
Richard Lambert
Claude Lefebvre
Danny Power
Stan Thorseth
Luc Tousignant
Claude Viens
Pierre St. Martin
Head Coach: Slobodan Misic
Women's Team Competition
Team Roster
Lucie Balthazar
Louise Beaumont
Manon Charette
Danielle Chenard
Nicole Genier
Mariette Houle
Louise Hurtubise
Denise Lemaire
Francine Parizeau
Monique Prud'homme
Joanes Rail
Nicole Robert
Hélène Tétreault
Johanne Valois
Men's Team Competition
The Men's National Team from Canada competed for the second time at the Summer Olympics. The squad finished tenth in the McGill University's Molson Stadium in Montreal.
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to Australia (0-3)
Defeated Argentina (3-1)
Lost to India (0-3)
Lost to Malaysia (0-1)
Lost to the Netherlands (1-3)
Classification Matches
9th/12th place: Bye
9th/10th place: Lost to Belgium (2-3) → Tenth place
Team Roster
( 1.) James MacDougall
( 2.) Sarbjit Dusang
( 3.) David Bissett
( 4.) Alan Hobkirk
( 5.) Reg Plummer
( 6.) Lee Wright
( 7.) Lance Carey
( 8.) Peter Motzek
( 9.) Douglas Pready
(10.) Kelvin Wood
(11.) Peter Lown
(12.) Fred Hoos
(13.) Paul "Bubli" Chohan
(14.) Michael Mouat
(15.) Kuldip Gosal
(16.) Antonie Schouten
Head Coach: Errol Hartley
Men's Lightweight (– 73 kg)
Brad Farrow
Men's Half-Middleweight (– 81 kg)
Wayne Erdman
Men's Middleweight (– 90 kg)
Rainer Fischer
Men's Half-Heavyweight (– 100 kg)
Joseph Meli
Men's Open Class
Tom Greenway
Three male pentathletes represented Canada in 1976.
Individual
John Hawes
George Skene
Jack Alexander
Team
John Hawes
George Skene
Jack Alexander
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
Lost to Poland (0-3)
Lost to South Korea (0-3)
Lost to Cuba (0-3)
Classification Matches
No match after Egypt withdrew → Ninth place
Team Roster
Edward Alexiuk
Pierre Belanger
Thomas Graham
Kerry Klostermann
Donald Michalski
John Paulsen
Garth Pischke
Lawrence Plenert
Bruno Prasil
Elias Romanchych
Gregory Russell
Alan Taylor
Head Coach: William Neville
Women's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group A)
Lost to Peru (2-3)
Lost to Hungary (1-3)
Lost to Japan (0-3)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (2-3)
7th/8th place: Lost to Peru (1-3) → 8th place
Team Roster
Regyna Armonas
Betty Baxter
Carole Bishop
Barbara Dalton
Mary Dempster
Kathy Girvan
Debbie Heeps
Anne Ireland
Connie Lebrun
Claire Lloyd
Patty Olson
Audrey Vandervelden
Head Coach: Moo Park
Men's Team Competition
Team Roster
Clifford Barry
David Hart
Dominique Dion
Gábor Csepregi
Gaétan Turcotte
Paul Pottier
George Gross
Guy Leclerc
Jim Ducharme
John MacLeod
Patrick Pugliese
Paul Mallet
