The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 242 competitors, 176 men and 66 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
Great Britain finished in 13th position in the final medal rankings, with 3 gold and 13 total medals.
John Osborn and Reg White — Sailing, Tornado
Jim Fox, Danny Nightingale and Adrian Parker — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
David Wilkie — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
Keith Remfry — Judo, Men's Open Class
Michael Hart and Chris Baillieu — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
James Clark, Tim Crooks, Richard Lester, Hugh Matheson, David Maxwell, Leonard Robertson, John Yallop, Patrick Sweeney, and Frederick Smallbone — Rowing, Men's Eights
David Wilkie — Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke
Julian Brooke Houghton and Rodney Pattisson (Helmsman) — Sailing, Flying Dutchman
Brendan Foster — Athletics, Men's 10000 metres
Patrick Cowdell — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
Ian Banbury, Michael Bennett, Robin Croker, and Ian Hallam — Cycling, Men's 4000m Team Pursuit
David Starbrook — Judo, Men's Half-Heavyweight (93 kg)
Alan McClatchey, David Dunne, Gordon Downie, Brian Brinkley — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
In the second appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, two men and two women represented the country. The best finishers in each division placed 21st.
Women's Individual Competition:
Patricia Conway – 2257 points (→ 21st place)
Rachael Fenwick – 2199 points (→ 23rd place)
Men's Individual Competition:
David Pink – 2347 points (→ 21st place)
Stewart Littlefair – 2238 points (→ 30th place)
Men's 200 metres
Ainsley Bennett
Heat— 21.26
Quarter Final — 21.07
Semi Final — 21.52 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 metres
David Jenkins
Heat— 46.60
Quarter Final — 46.18
Semi Final — 45.20.
Final — 45.57 (→ 7th place)
Glen Cohen
Heat— 47.77
Quarter Final — 47.67 (did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
Steve Ovett
Heat — 1:48.27
Semi Final — 1:46.14
Final — 1:45.44 (→ 5th place)
Frank Clement
Heat — 1:47.51
Semi Final — 1:48.28 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
Frank Clement
Heat — 3:37:53
Semi Final — 3.38.92
Final — 3.39.65 (→ 5th place)
Dave Moorcroft
Heat — 3.40.69
Semi Final — 3.39.88
Final — 3.40.94 (→ 7th place)
Steve Ovett
Heat — 3.37.89
Semi Final — 3.40.34 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10.000 metres
Brendan Foster
Heat — 28:22.19
Final — 27:54.92 (→ Bronze Medal)
Tony Simmons
Heat — 28:01.82
Final — 27:56.26 (→ 4th place)
Bernie Ford
Heat — 28:17.26
Final — 28:17.78 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Ainsley Bennett, Glen Cohen, David Jenkins, and Alan Pascoe
Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Alan Pascoe
Heats — 51.66s
Semi Final — 49.95s
Final — 51.29s (→ 8th place)
Men's Long Jump
Roy Mitchell
Heat — 7.69m (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
Jeffrey Norman — 2:20:04 (→ 26th place)
Keith Angus — 2:22:18 (→ 31st place)
Barry Watson — 2:28:32 (→ 45th place)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
Brian Adams — 1:30:46 (→ 11th place)
Olly Flynn — 1:31:42 (→ 14th place)
Paul Nihill — 1:36:40 (→ 30th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
Chris Black
Qualification — 70.76 m
Final — 73.18 m (→ 7th place)
Paul Dickenson
Qualification — 68.52 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Women's Long Jump
Sue Reeve
Qualifying Round — 6.26m
Final — 6.27m (→ 9th place)
Eleven cyclists represented Great Britain in 1976.
Individual road race
Joseph Waugh — 4:49:01 (→ 35th place)
Dudley Hayton — 4:54:26 (→ 43rd place)
Philip Griffiths — did not finish (→ no ranking)
William Nickson — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Paul Carbutt
Phil Griffiths
Dudley Hayton
William Nickson
Sprint
Trevor Gadd — 12th place
1000m time trial
Paul Medhurst — 1:10.167 (→ 19th place)
Individual pursuit
Ian Hallam — 20th place
Team pursuit
Ian Banbury
Michael Bennett
Robin Croker
Ian Hallam
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1976.
Men's foil
Graham Paul
Rob Bruniges
Barry Paul
Men's team foil
Geoffrey Grimmett, Barry Paul, Rob Bruniges, Graham Paul, Nick Bell
Men's épée
Ralph Johnson
Teddy Bourne
Tim Belson
Men's team épée
Teddy Bourne, Bill Hoskyns, Ralph Johnson, Tim Belson, Martin Beevers
Men's sabre
Richard Cohen
John Deanfield
Peter Mather
Men's team sabre
Bill Hoskyns, Peter Mather, John Deanfield, Richard Cohen
Women's foil
Susan Wrigglesworth
Clare Henley-Halsted
Wendy Ager-Grant
Women's team foil
Wendy Ager-Grant, Susan Wrigglesworth, Hilary Cawthorne, Clare Henley-Halsted, Sue Green
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1976, winning gold in the team event.
Individual
Adrian Parker
Danny Nightingale
Jim Fox
Team
Adrian Parker
Danny Nightingale
Jim Fox
Men's double sculls
Michael Hart, Chris Baillieu
(→ Silver)
Men's coxless pair
David Sturge, Henry Clay
(→ 12th place)
Men's coxed pair
N Christie, J Macleod, D Webb
(→ 7th place)
Men's quadruple scull
T J A Bishop, M Hayter, Andrew Justice, Allan Whitwell
(→ 9th place)
Men's coxless four
Richard Ayling, Bill Mason, Neil Keron, David Townsend
(→ 12th place)
Men's eight
James Clark, Tim Crooks, Richard Lester, Hugh Matheson, David Maxwell, Leonard Robertson, John Yallop, Patrick Sweeney, and Frederick Smallbone
(→ Silver)
Women's coxless pair
L D Clark, B Mitchell
(→ 10th place)
Women's coxed four
G Webb, P Bird-Hart, C Grove, D Bishop, P D Wright
(→ 8th place)
