Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the city of Montreal, Quebec , Canada . 410 competitors, 285 men and 125 women, took part in 189 events in 22 sports.[ 1] the next Olympics in Moscow , a live video feed from the city was shown at the closing ceremony.
Medalists
The Soviet Union won 49 gold and 125 overall medals, finishing first in the medal standings by both parameters.
Gold
Nikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's floor exerciseNellie Kim — artistic gymnastics, women's floor exerciseNikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-roundNikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's ringsSvetlana Grozdova , Elvira Saadi , Maria Filatova , Olga Korbut , Ludmilla Tourischeva and Nellie Kim — artistic gymnastics, women's team competitionNikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's vaultNellie Kim — artistic gymnastics, women's vaultViktor Saneyev — athletics, men's triple jumpYuri Sedykh — athletics, men's hammer throwTatyana Kazankina — athletics, women's 800mTatyana Kazankina — athletics, women's 1500mAngele Rupshene , Tatjana Zakharova , Raisa Kurvyakova , Olga Barisheva , Tatjana Ovetchkina , Nadezhda Shuvaeva , Uljana Semjonova , Nadezhda Zakharova , Nelli Feryabnikova , Olga Sukharnova , Tamara Daunene and Natalia Klimova — basketball, women's team competitionAleksandr Rogov — canoeing, men's C1 500mSergei Petrenko and Aleksandr Vinogradov — canoeing, men's C2 500mSergei Petrenko and Aleksandr Vinogradov — canoeing, men's C2 1000mSergei Nagornyi and Vladimir Romanovsky — canoeing, men's K2 1000mSergei Chukhrai , Aleksandr Degtyarev , Yuri Filatov and Vladimir Morozov — canoeing, men's K4 1000mNina Gopova and Galina Kreft — canoeing, women's K2 500mAnatoli Chukanov , Valeri Chaplygin , Vladimir Kaminsky and Aavo Pikkuus — cycling road, men's team time trialElena Vaytsekhovskaya — diving, women's 10m platformElena Novikova-Belova , Olga Knyazeva , Valentina Sidorova , Nailia Giliazova and Valentina Nikonova — fencing, women's foil teamViktor Krovopuskov — fencing, men's sabre individualViktor Krovopuskov , Eduard Vinokurov , Viktor Sidyak , Vladimir Nazlymov and Mikhail Burtsev — fencing, men's sabre teamAleksandr Resanov , Nikolay Tomin , Sergey Kushniryuk , Jury Lagutin , Vladimir Maksimov , Jury Kidyaev , Jury Klimov , Vladimir Kravtsov , Valery Gassy , Vasily Ilyin , Mikhail Ishchenko , Aleksandr Anpilogov , Yevgeni Chernyshov and Anatoly Fedyukin — handball, men's team competitionNatalya Timoshkina-Sherstyuk , Zinaida Turchina , Halyna Zakharova , Rafiga Shabanova , Lyudmila Shubina , Lyubov Odinokova-Berezhnaya , Lyudmila Panchuk , Lyudmila Poradnik-Bobrus , Mariya Litoshenko , Nina Lobova , Aldona Neneniene-Cesaitìte , Tatyana Glushchenko , Larisa Karlova and Tatyana Kotchergina-Makarets — handball, women's team competitionSergei Novikov — judo, men's heavyweightVladimir Nevzorov — judo, men's half-middleweightVladimir Eshinov , Nikolay Ivanov , Mikhail Kuznetsov , Aleksandr Klepikov , Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox), and Aleksandr Sema — rowing, men's four-oared shell with coxswainAleksandr Gazov — shooting, men's running game targetMarina Kosheveya — swimming, women's 200m breaststrokeAleksandr Voronin — weightlifting, men's flyweightNikolay Kolesnikov — weightlifting, men's featherweightPyotr Korol — weightlifting, men's lightweightValery Shary — weightlifting, men's light heavyweightDavid Rigert — weightlifting, men's middle heavyweightYury Zaytsev — weightlifting, men's heavyweightVasily Alekseyev — weightlifting, men's super heavyweightAleksey Shumakov — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman light flyweightVitaly Konstantinov — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman flyweightSuren Nalbandyan — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweightAnatoly Bykov — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweightValery Rezantsev — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman light heavyweightNikolay Balboshin — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman heavyweightAleksandr Kolchinsky — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman super heavyweightVladimir Yumin — wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweightPavel Pynigyn — wrestling, men's freestyle lightweightLevan Tediashvili — wrestling, men's freestyle light heavyweightIvan Yarygin — wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweightSoslan Andiyev — wrestling, men's freestyle super heavyweight
Silver
Valentyna Kovpan — archery, women's individual competitionOlga Korbut — artistic gymnastics, women's balance beamVladimir Marchenko — artistic gymnastics, men's floor exerciseLudmilla Tourischeva — artistic gymnastics, women's floor exerciseNellie Kim — artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-aroundNikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's parallel barsAlexander Dityatin — artistic gymnastics, men's ringsVladimir Tikhonov , Gennady Krysin , Vladimir Marchenko , Alexander Dityatin , Vladimir Markelov and Nikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's team competitionLudmilla Tourischeva — artistic gymnastics, women's vaultYevgeny Mironov — athletics, men's shot tutAleksey Spiridonov — athletics, men's hammer throwTatyana Anisimova — athletics, women's 100m hurdlesNadezhda Chizhova — athletics, women's shot putRufat Riskiev — boxing, men's 71–75 kgVasili Yurchenko — canoeing, men's C-1 1000mTatyana Korshunova — canoeing, women's K-1 500mSergei Nagornyi , Vladimir Romanovsky — canoeing, men's K-2 500mVladimir Osokin , Aleksandr Perov , Vitali Petrakov and Viktor Sokolov — cycling, men's team pursuitAleksander Romankov — fencing, men's foil individualVladimir Nazlymov — fencing, men's sabre individualValeri Dvoinikov — judo, men's middleweightRamaz Kharshiladze — judo, men's half-heavyweightPavel Lednev — modern pentathlon, men's individual competitionLyubov Talalaeva , Nadezhda Roshchina , Klavdiya Kozenkova , Elena Zubko , Olga Kolkova , Nelli Tarakanova , Nadezhda Rozgon , Olga Guzenko and Olga Pugovskaya — rowing, women's eight with coxswainDmitri Bekhterev , Yuri Shurkalov and Yuri Lorentson — rowing, men's pair-oared shell with coxswainAnna Kondrashina , Mira Bryunina , Larissa Alexandrova-Popova , Galina Ermolaeva and Nadezhda Chernyshyova — rowing, women's quadruple sculls with coxswainYevgeniy Duleyev , Yuriy Yakimov , Aivar Lazdenieks and Vytautas Butkus — rowing, men's quadruple sculls without coxswainAndrey Balashov — sailing, men's FinnVladislav Akimenko and Valentyn Mankin — sailing, men's tempestAleksandr Kedyarov — shooting, men's running game targetAndrey Bogdanov , Sergey Kopliakov , Andrey Krylov and Vladimir Raskatov — swimming, men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relayLyubov Rusanova — swimming, women's 100m breaststrokeMarina Yurchenya — swimming, women's 200m breaststrokeAleksandr Yermilov , Vyacheslav Zaytsev , Yury Starunsky , Vladimir Ulanov , Anatoly Polishchuk , Aleksandr Savin , Pavel Selivanov , Vladimir Kondra , Oleg Moliboga , Vladimir Chernyshov , Yefim Chulak and Vladimir Dorokhov — volleyball, men's team competitionZoya Yusova , Inna Ryskal , Lyudmila Shchetinina , Nina Smoleyeva , Liliya Osadchaya , Anna Rostova , Lyubov Rudovskaya , Olga Kozakova , Natalya Kushnir , Nina Muradyan , Larisa Bergen and Lyudmila Chernyshova — volleyball, women's team competitionVardan Militosyan — weightlifting, men's middleweightNelson Davidyan — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweightVladimir Cheboksarov — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman middleweightRoman Dimitriyev — wrestling, men's freestyle light flyweightAleksandr Ivanov — wrestling, men's freestyle flyweightViktor Novozhilov — wrestling, men's freestyle middleweight
Bronze
Zebiniso Rustamova — archery, women's individual competitionLudmilla Tourischeva — artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-aroundNikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horseValeriy Borzov — athletics, men's 100mYevgeniy Gavrilenko — athletics, men's 400m hurdlesAleksandr Aksinin , Valeriy Borzov , Nikolay Kolesnikov and Juris Silovs — athletics, men's 4 × 100 m relayAlexandr Baryshnikov — athletics, men's shot put menMykola Avilov — athletics, men's decathlonAnatoliy Bondarchuk — athletics, men's hammer throwNatalya Lebedeva — athletics, women's 100m hurdlesVera Anisimova , Nadezhda Besfamilnaya , Lyudmila Maslakova and Tatyana Prorochenko — athletics, women's 4 × 100 m relayLyudmila Aksyonova , Nadezhda Ilyina , Inta Kļimoviča and Natalya Sokolova — athletics, women's 4 × 400 m relayLidiya Alfeyeva — athletics, women's long jumpAlzhan Zharmukhamedov , Vladimir Zhigily , Vladimir Tkachenko , Valery Miloserdov , Anatoly Myshkin , Aleksandr Salnikov , Ivan Edeshko , Mikheil Korkia , Andrey Makeyev , Vladimir Arzamaskov , Aleksandr Belov and Sergey Belov — basketball, men's team competitionDavid Torosyan — boxing, men's flyweightViktor Rybakov — boxing, men's bantamweightVasily Solomin — boxing, men's lightweightViktor Savchenko — boxing, men's light middleweightVladimir Aleynik — diving, men's 10m platformAleksandr Kosenkov — diving, men's 3m springboardElena Novikova-Belova — fencing, women's foil individualViktor Sidyak — fencing, men's sabre individualVladimir Troshkin , David Kipiani , Vladimir Veremeyev , Viktor Zvyagintsev , Leonid Nazarenko , Vladimir Onishchenko , Stefan Reshko , Anatoly Konkov , Viktor Matviyenko , Aleksandr Minayev , Mikhail Fomenko , Vladimir Fyodorov , Viktor Kolotov , Vladimir Astapovsky , Oleg Blokhin , Aleksandr Prokhorov and Leonid Buryak — football (soccer), men's team competitionShota Chochishvili — judo, men's open categoryEleonora Kaminskaitė , Genovaitė Ramoškienė — rowing, women's double scullsRaul Arnemann , Nikolai Kuznetsov , Valeriy Dolinin and Anushavan Gasan-Dzhalalov — rowing, men's four without coxswainNadezhda Sevostyanova , Lyudmila Krokhina , Galina Mishenina , Anna Pasokha and Lidiya Krylova — rowing, women's four-oared shell with coxswainElena Antonova — rowing, women's single scullsGennady Lushchikov — shooting, men's small-bore rifle, proneVladimir Raskatov — swimming, men's 400m freestyleArvydas Juozaitis — swimming, men's 100 m breaststrokeMarina Kosheveya — swimming, women's 100m breaststrokeLyubov Rusanova — swimming, women's 200m breaststrokeAndrey Smirnov — swimming, men's 400m individual medleyFarhat Mustafin — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
Archery
Women's individual competition:
Men's individual competition:
Athletics
Men's 800 metres
Heat — 1:46.81 (→ did not advance) Men's 4x100 metres relay
Heat — 39.98
Semifinal — 39.36
Final — 38.78s (→ Bronze medal ) Men's 4x400 metres relay
Heat — 3:07.72 (→ did not advance) Men's marathon
Men's 400m hurdles
Heat — 50.93s
Semifinal — 49.73s
Final — 49.45s (→ Bronze medal ) Heat — 50.78s
Semifinal — 50.47s (→ did not advance) Men's long jump
Qualification — 7.90m
Final — 7.88m (→ 7th place) Qualification — 7.78m
Final — 7.66m (→ 10th place) Qualification — 7.49m (→ did not advance) Men's high jump
Qualification — 2.16m
Final — 2.21m (→ 4th place) Qualification — 2.16m
Final — 2.18m (→ 5th place) Men's discus throw
Qualification — 57.50m (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 20 km race walk
Women's shot put
Final — 20.96 m (→ Silver medal ) Final — 18.36 m (→ 9th place) Final — 18.07 m (→ 10th place) Women's javelin throw
Qualifying round — 56.82 m
Final — 59.42 m (→ 6th place)
Basketball
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A) :Defeated Mexico (120–77)
Defeated Australia (93–77)
Defeated Canada (108–85)
Defeated Japan (123–69)
Defeated Cuba (98–72) Lost to Yugoslavia (84–89) Defeated Canada (100–72) → Bronze medal Women's team competition
Boxing
Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)
Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)
Canoeing
Cycling
Twelve cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1976.
Individual road race Team time trial Sprint 1000m time trial Individual pursuit Team pursuit
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
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 men's sabre event.[ 2]
Men's foil Men's team foil Men's épée Men's team épée Men's sabre Men's team sabre Women's foil Women's team foil
Gymnastics
Handball
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1976. Pavel Lednyov won a silver medal in the individual event.
Individual Team Pavel Lednyov
Boris Mosolov
Borys Onyshchenko
Rowing
The Soviet Union had 31 male and 24 female rowers participate in all 14 rowing events in 1976.[ 3]
Men's competition
Men's single sculls Men's double sculls Men's coxless pair Men's coxed pair Men's quadruple sculls Men's coxless four Men's coxed four Men's eight Women's competition
Women's single sculls Women's double sculls Women's coxless pair Women's coxed four Women's quadruple sculls Women's eight
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Volleyball
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Italy (3–0)
Defeated Brazil (3–0)
Defeated Japan (3–0) Lost to Poland (2–3) → Silver medal Women's team competition Preliminary round (Group B) Defeated South Korea (3–1)
Defeated Cuba (3–1)
Defeated East Germany (3–2) Lost to Japan (0–3) → Silver medal
Water polo
Men's team competition
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Medals by republic
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.
Top 5 sports societies
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.
References
Sources
Khavin, Boris (1979). All about Olympic Games (in Russian) (2nd ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport .
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