Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Canada at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	CAN
NOC:	Canadian Olympic Committee external link
1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Flag Bearer	Abby Hoffman
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 5	Bronze 6	Total 11
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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Canada was the host nation for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

1 Medals
2 Results by event

[edit] Medals

Canada finished in 27th position in the final medal rankings, with five silver medals and six bronze medals.

[edit] Gold

For the first time in Summer Olympics history, the host nation failed to obtain a gold medal.

[edit] Silver

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 4x100m Medley Relay

[edit] Bronze

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, Anne Jardin — Swimming, Women's 4x100 Medley Relay

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

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)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 4x100 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 4x400 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 20km Race Walk

Marcel Jobin — 1:34:33 (→ 23rd place)
Pat Farrelly — 1:41:36 (→ 33rd place)
Alex Oakley — 1:44:08 (→ 35th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

Sidney McKnight
1. First Round — lost to Li Byong-Uk (PRK), KO-1

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Ian Clyde

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Chris Ius

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Camille Huard

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

Chris Clarke

Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)

Michael Prevost

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Carmen Rinke

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Bryan Gibson

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Roger Fortin

[edit] Hockey

[edit] 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.