The United States competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 396 competitors, 278 men and 118 women, took part in 189 events in 19 sports.
The United States finished third in the final medal rankings, with 34 gold and 94 total medals.
Darrell Pace — Archery, Men's Competition
Luann Ryon — Archery, Women's Competition
Edwin Moses — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
Harvey Glance, Millard Hampton, Lam Jones, and Steve Riddick — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Benny Brown, Herman Frazier, Fred Newhouse, and Maxie Parks — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Arnie Robinson — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
Mac Wilkins — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Bruce Jenner— Athletics, Men's Decathlon
Thomas LaGarde, Scott May, Steve Sheppard, Ernie Grunfeld, Philip Hubbard, Mitchell Kupchak, Adrian Dantley, Walter Davis, Phil Ford, Tate Armstrong, Quinn Buckner, and Kenneth Carr — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
Leo Randolph — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
Howard Davis — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
Ray Leonard — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
Michael Spinks — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Leon Spinks — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight
Phil Boggs — Diving, Men's Springboard
Jennifer Chandler — Diving, Women's Springboard
Edmund Coffin — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
Mary Tauskey, Edmund Coffin, Bruce Davidson, and Michael Plumb — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
Lanny Bassham — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
Donald Haldeman — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
Bruce Furniss — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
Brian Goodell — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
Brian Goodell — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
John Naber — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
John Naber — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
John Hencken — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Matt Vogel — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
Mike Bruner — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
Rod Strachan — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
John Naber, Mike Bruner, Bruce Furniss, and Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
John Naber, Matt Vogel, John Hencken, and Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Kim Peyton, Jill Sterkel, Shirley Babashoff, and Wendy Boglioli — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
John Peterson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Middleweight
Millard Hampton — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Fred Newhouse — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Frank Shorter — Athletics, Men's Marathon
Michael Shine — Athletics, Men's 400 m Hurdles
Randy Williams — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
James Butts — Athletics, Men's Triple Jump
Rosalyn Bryant, Sheila Ingram, Pamela Jiles, and Debra Sapenter — Athletics, Women's 4 × 400 m Relay
Kathy McMillan — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
Patricia Roberts, Susan Rojcewicz, Juliene Simpson, Gail Marquis, Ann Elizabeth Meyers, Mary O'Connor, Patricia Head, Charlotte Lewis, Nancy Lieberman, Cynthia Brogdon, Nancy Dunkle, and Lusia Harris — Basketball, Women's Team Competition
Charles Mooney — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
Greg Louganis — Diving, Men's Platform
Michael Plumb — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
Calvin Coffey and Michael Staines — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
Joan Lind — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
Margaret Murdock — Shooting, Women's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
John Naber — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
Timothy Shaw — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
Bobby Hackett — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Peter Rocca — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
Peter Rocca — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
John Hencken — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Joe Bottom — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
Steve Gregg — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
Tim McKee — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
Shirley Babashoff — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
Shirley Babashoff — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
Shirley Babashoff — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
Camille Wright, Shirley Babashoff, Linda Jezek, and Lauri Siering — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Lee James — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight
Lloyd Keaser — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Lightweight
Benjamin Peterson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Light Heavyweight
Russell Hellickson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
David McFaull and Michael Rothwell — Sailing, Men's Tornado
Walter Glasgow, Richard Hoepfner, and John Kolius — Sailing, Men's Soling
Dwayne Evans — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
Herman Frazier — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Richard Wohlhuter — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
Willie Davenport — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
Dwight Stones — Athletics, Men's High Jump
David Roberts — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
John Powell — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
Kathy Schmidt — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
John Tate — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Cynthia McIngvale — Diving, Women's Springboard
Deborah Wilson — Diving, Women's Platform
Hilda Gurney, Edith Master, and Dorothy Morkis — Equestrian, Dressage Team
Peter Kormann — Gymnastics, Men's Floor Exercises
Allen Coage — Judo, Men's Heavyweight
Lynn Silliman, Anne Warner, Jacqueline Zoch, Marion Greig, Peggy McCarthy, Gail Ricketson, Carol Brown, Anita DeFrantz, and Carie Graves — Rowing, Women's Eights
Jim Montgomery — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
Dan Harrigan — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
Rick Colella — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Gary Hall, Sr. — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
Bill Forrester — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
Wendy Weinberg — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
Wendy Boglioli — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
Gene Davis — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight
Stanley Dziedzic — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight
Dennis Conner and Conn Findlay — Sailing, Men's Tempest
After winning both gold medals in the first modern Olympic archery contest at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the US 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 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 — 2499 points (→ OR, Gold Medal)
Linda Myers — 2393 points (→ 7th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Darrell Pace — 2571 points (→ OR, Gold Medal)
Richard McKinney — 2471 points (→ 4th place)
Men's 100 metres
Harvey Glance
First Round — 10.37s
Second Round — 10.23s
Semi Final — 10.24s
Final — 10.19s (→ 4th place)
Johnny Jones
First Round — 10.43s
Second Round — 10.46s
Semi Final — 10.30s
Final — 10.27s (→ 6th place)
Steve Riddick
First Round — 10.43s
Second Round — 10.36s
Semi Final — 10.33s (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres
Millard Hampton
First Round — 21.11s
Second Round — 20.83s
Semi Final — 20.69s
Final — 20.29s (→ Silver Medal)
Dwayne Evans
First Round — 20.96s
Second Round — 20.56s
Semi Final — 20.83s
Final — 20.43s (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 800 metres
Rick Wohlhuter
Heat — 1:45.71
Semi Final — 1:46.72
Final — 1:44.12 (→ Bronze Medal)
James Robinson Jr.
Heat — 1:47.56
Semi Final — 1:46.43 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton, and Steve Riddick
Heat — 38.76
Semi Final — 38.51
Final — 38.33s (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, and Maxie Parks
Heat — 2:59.52
Final — 2:58.65 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 5.000 metres
Paul Geis
Heat — 13:32.36
Final — 13:42.51 (→ 12th place)
Duncan MacDonald
Heat — 13:47.14 (→ did not advance)
Richard Buerkle
Heat — 13:29.01 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10.000 metres
Garry Bjorklund
Heat — 28:12.24
Final — 28:38.08 (→ 13th place)
Craig Virgin
Heat — 28:30.22 (→ did not advance)
Edward Mendoza
Heat — 29:02.97 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Edwin Moses
Heat — 49.95s
Semi Final — 48.29s
Final — 47.64s (→ Gold Medal)
Michael Shine
Heat — 50.91s
Semi Final — 49.90s
Final — 48.69s (→ Silver Medal)
Quentin Wheeler
Heat — 50.32s
Semi Final — 50.22s
Final — 49.86s (→ 4th place)
Men's Marathon
Frank Shorter — 2:10:45 (→ Silver Medal)
Don Kardong — 2:11:15 (→ 4th place)
Bill Rodgers — 2:25:14 (→ 40th place)
Men's Long Jump
Arnie Robinson
Qualification — 7.95m
Final — 8.35m (→ Gold Medal)
Randy Williams
Qualification — 7.97m
Final — 8.11m (→ Silver Medal)
Larry Myricks
Qualification — 7.92m
Final — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's High Jump
Dwight Stones
Qualification — 2.16m
Final — 2.21m (→ Bronze Medal)
James Barrineau
Qualification — 2.16m
Final — 2.14m (→ 11th place)
William Jankunis
Qualification — 2.16m
Final — 2.10m (→ 13th place)
Men's Discus Throw
Mac Wilkins
Qualification — 68.28m
Final — 67.50m (→ Gold Medal)
John Powell
Qualification — 61.48m
Final — 65.70m (→ Bronze Medal)
Jay Silvester
Qualification — 62.06m
Final — 61.98m (→ 7th place)
Men's 20 km Race Walk
Ron Laird — 1:33:27 (→ 20th place)
Larry Walker — 1:34:19 (→ 22nd place)
Clark Scully — 1:36:37 (→ 29th place)
Women's Shot Put
Maren Seidler
Final — 15.60 m (→ 12th place)
Women's Javelin Throw
Sherry Calvert
Qualification Round — 53.08 m (→ did not advance, 13th place)
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) → Gold Medal
Team Roster
Phil Ford
Steve Sheppard
Adrian Dantley
Walter Davis
William "Quinn" Buckner
Ernie Grunfeld
Kenneth Carr
Scott May
Michel Armstrong
Thomas LaGarde
Philip Hubbard
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
Patricia Head
Julienne Simpson
Head Coach: Billie Moore
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Luis Curtis
- First Round — lost to Henryk Średnicki (POL), 0:5
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Leo Randolph
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Massoudi Samatou (TOG), walk-over
- Third Round — Defeated Constantin Gruescu (ROM), 4:1
- Quarterfinal — Defeated David Larmour (IRL), 4:1
- Semi Final — Defeated Leszek Błażyński (POL), 4:1
- Final — Defeated Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 3:2 → Gold Medal
Thirteen cyclists represented the United States in 1976.
Individual road race
George Mount — 4:47:23 (→ 6th place)
John Howard — 4:54:26 (→ 42nd place)
David Boll — 5:05:00 (→ 56th place)
Michael Neel — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
John Howard
Wayne Stetina
Marc Thompson
Alan Kingsberry
Sprint
Leigh Barczewski — 19th place
1000m Time trial
Robert Vehe — 1:09.057 (→ 15th place)
Individual pursuit
Leonard Nitz — 19th place
Team pursuit
Paul Deem
Leonard Nitz
Ron Skarin
Ralph Therrio
Men's 3m Springboard
Phil Boggs
Robert Cragg
Greg Louganis
Men's 10m Platform
Greg Louganis
Kent Vosler
Tim Moore
Women's 3m Springboard
Jennifer Chandler
Cindy Potter-McIngvale
Barbara Nejman
Women's 10m Platform
Debbie Wilson
Melissa Briley
Janet Ely
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented the United States in 1976.
Men's foil
Edward Donofrio
Edward Ballinger
Martin Lang
Men's team foil
Martin Lang, Edward Ballinger, Ed Wright, Edward Donofrio, Brooke Makler
Men's épée
Scotty Bozek
Brooke Makler
George Masin
Men's team épée
Scotty Bozek, Brooke Makler, George Masin, Paul Pesthy
Men's sabre
Paul Apostol
Peter Westbrook
Stephen Kaplan
Men's team sabre
Paul Apostol, Peter Westbrook, Stephen Kaplan, Thomas Losonczy, Alex Orban
Women's foil
Nikki Franke
Sheila Armstrong
Ann O'Donnell
Women's team foil
Nikki Franke, Sheila Armstrong, Ann O'Donnell, Gay D'Asaro, Denise O'Connor
Men's Lightweight
Joseph Bost
Men's Half-Middleweight
Patrick Burris
Men's Middleweight
Teimoc Johnston-Ono
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Thomas Martin
Men's Heavyweight
Allen Coage
Men's Open Class
James Wooley
Three male pentathletes represented the United States in 1976.
Individual
John Fitzgerald
Michael Burley
Robert Nieman
Team
John Fitzgerald
Michael Burley
Robert Nieman
Alternate
R. Keith McCormick
Men
