Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics
| Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics |
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| IOC code | URS | ||||||||
| NOC | Soviet Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 410 (285 men and 125 women) in 22 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Vasily Alekseyev | ||||||||
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Medals Ranked 1st |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
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 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–) Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–) Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–) Unified Team (1992) Armenia (1994–) Belarus (1994–) Georgia (1994–) Kazakhstan (1994–) Kyrgyzstan (1994–) Moldova (1994–) Russia (1994–) Ukraine (1994–) Uzbekistan (1994–) Azerbaijan (1996–) Tajikistan (1996–) Turkmenistan (1996–) |
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the city of Montreal, Canada. 410 competitors, 285 men and 125 women, took part in 189 events in 22 sports.
The USSR sent only three archers to Montreal. Both of the women won medals, adding a silver and a bronze to the bronze medal the Soviets had won four years earlier. The lone Soviet in the men's competition took 5th place.
Women's individual competition:
Men's individual competition:
Men's 800 metres
Men's 4x100 metres relay
Men's 4x400 metres relay
Men's marathon
Men's 400m hurdles
Men's long jump
Men's high jump
Men's discus throw
Men's 20 km race walk
Women's shot put
Women's javelin throw
Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)
Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)
Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1976.
18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1976. They finished top of the fencing medal table with a total of seven medals, including three gold and a clean-sweep in the individual sabre event.
Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1976. Pavel Lednyov won a silver medal in the individual event.
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.
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.
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