Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

was the host nation for the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

. 385 competitors, 261 men and 124 women, took part in 173 events in 23 sports.

Medalists

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

Gold

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

Silver

• Greg Joy
  Greg Joy
  Gregory Andrew Joy is an American-born Canadian high jumper who competed from 1973 to 1982 for Canada. He won the silver medal in the high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
   — Athletics
  Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics. There were a total number of 1006 participating athletes from 80 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...
  
  , Men's High Jump
• John Wood
  John Wood (canoer)
  John Joseph Wood is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1960s to the later 1970s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the C-1 500 m event at Montreal in 1976....
  
   — Canoeing
  Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada consisted of 11 events, all in canoe sprint, held at the rowing basin on Île Notre-Dame. The canoe slalom events introduced at the previous Games in Munich were not included in the Montreal program though four 500 m events for men were...
  
  , Men's C-1 500m
• Michel Vaillancourt
  Michel Vaillancourt
  Michel Vaillancourt is a Canadian show jumper. He was born in Saint-Félix-de-Valois, Québec.-External links:* at Sports Reference...
  
   — Equestrian
  Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  The Equestrian Events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal included Show Jumping, Dressage and Eventing. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...
  
  , Individual Jumping Grand Prix
• Cheryl Gibson
  Cheryl Gibson
  Cheryl Gibson is a former international medley, butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Canada, who won the silver medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec....
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montréal, Canada, 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Women's 400m Individual Medley
• Stephen Pickell
  Stephen Pickell
  Stephen Pickele was a Canadyan swimmer, who won the silver medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He did so alongside Graham Smith, Clay Evans, and Gary MacDonald.-References:**...
  
  , Graham Smith
  Graham Smith (swimmer)
  Graham Smith was a Canadian swimmer, who won the silver medal in the 4x100m Medley Relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He did so alongside Stephen Pickell, Clay Evans, and Gary MacDonald...
  
  , Clay Evans
  Clay Evans
  Clayton Evans is a former medley swimmer from Canada, who was born in South America to Canadian parents. He moved to Huntington Beach, California at age fifteen and was recruited by UCLA on a swimming and water polo scholarship...
  
  , Gary MacDonald
  Gary MacDonald (swimmer)
  Gary MacDonald was a freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He did so alongside Graham Smith, Clay Evans, and Stephen Pickell. Gary was the Canadian record holder in the 50m free as well.MacDonald...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montréal, Canada, 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

Bronze

• Nancy Garapick
  Nancy Garapick
  Nancy Ellen Garapick is a former Canadian Olympic swimmer. She won two bronze medals in the 100m backstroke and 200m backstroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal at the age of 14, setting a new Olympic Record for the 100m backstroke during heats.Garapick's Olympic performances came on the...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montréal, Canada, 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Women's 100m Backstroke
• Nancy Garapick
  Nancy Garapick
  Nancy Ellen Garapick is a former Canadian Olympic swimmer. She won two bronze medals in the 100m backstroke and 200m backstroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal at the age of 14, setting a new Olympic Record for the 100m backstroke during heats.Garapick's Olympic performances came on the...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montréal, Canada, 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Women's 200m Backstroke
• Shannon Smith
  Shannon Smith (swimmer)
  Shannon Smith is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m freestyle at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec.-References:*...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montréal, Canada, 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Women's 400m Freestyle
• Becky Smith
  Becky Smith
  Becky Smith-Wiber is a former international medley and butterfly swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, behind teammate Cheryl Gibson...
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montréal, Canada, 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Women's 400m Individual Medley
• Gail Amundrud
  Gail Amundrud
  Gail Amundrud is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay, alongside Becky Smith, Barbara Clark, and Anne Jardin....
  
  , Barbara Clark
  Barbara Clark
  Barbara Clark is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the Women's Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay, alongside Becky Smith, Gail Amundrud, and Anne Jardin....
  
  , Becky Smith
  Becky Smith
  Becky Smith-Wiber is a former international medley and butterfly swimmer from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, behind teammate Cheryl Gibson...
  
  , Anne Jardin
  Anne Jardin
  Anne Jardin-Alexander is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won two bronze medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in her hometown Montreal....
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montréal, Canada, 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay
• Wendy Cook
  Wendy Hogg
  Wendy Elizabeth Cook-Hogg is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada. She competed in backstroke and relay events at the 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay...
  
  , Robin Corsiglia
  Robin Corsiglia
  Robin Corsiglia is a former swimmer from Canada who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.Corsiglia attended the University of Southern California....
  
  , Susan (Smith) Kelsey
  Susan Sloan
  Susan Estelle Sloan Smith is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada who won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.- References :* at Sports Reference...
  
  , Anne Jardin
  Anne Jardin
  Anne Jardin-Alexander is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who won two bronze medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in her hometown Montreal....
  
   — Swimming
  Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montréal, Canada, 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...
  
  , Women's 4x100 Medley Relay

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)

Athletics

Men's 5.000 metres

• Grant McLaren
• Heat — 13:46.40 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Dan Shaughnessy
  Dan Shaughnessy
  Dan Shaughnessy is an American sports writer.-Career:After graduating from the College of the Holy Cross, Shaughnessy began his career as a beat reporter covering the Baltimore Orioles for the Baltimore Sun in 1977. He has been a sports writer for the Boston Globe for approximately 30 years,...
  
  
• Chris McCubbins
  Chris McCubbins
  Raymond Chris McCubbins was a middle-distance runner from the United States. He won the gold medal in the men's 3,000 metres steeplechase event at the 1967 Pan American Games. McCubbins later competed for Canada at the 1976 Olympics in the 10,000 meter event...
  
  

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
  Don Domansky
  Don Domansky is a retired track and field athlete, who represented Canada at two Summer Olympics in the 400 metres. He won the bronze medal in this event at the 1967 Pan American Games.-References:...
  
  , Leighton Hope, and Brian Saunders
  Brian Saunders
  Brian Saunders is an American sound engineer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Sound for the film Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey.-External links:...
  
  
• Heat — 3:03.89
• Final — 3:02.64 (→ 4th place)

Men's Marathon

• Jerome Drayton
  Jerome Drayton
  Jerome Drayton is a former long-distance runner who competed internationally for Canada. He was born as Peter Buniak in Germany. A prominent runner in the 1970s, he won the Fukuoka Marathon on three occasions, in 1969, 1975, and 1976...
  
   — 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
  Greg Joy
  Gregory Andrew Joy is an American-born Canadian high jumper who competed from 1973 to 1982 for Canada. He won the silver medal in the high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal....
  
  
• 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
  Richard Rock
  Richard Rock was a well-known doctor in eighteenth century London. Originally from Hamburg, he was depicted by William Hogarth in the fifth scene of his 1731/2 satirical and moralistic series, A Harlot's Progress, where he stands in dispute with notable French doctor John Misaubin beside the dying...
  
  
• Qualification — 7.57m (→ did not advance)

• Jim Buchanan
  Jim Buchanan
  James Forrest Buchanan was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of one season with the St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a 5-9 record in 22 appearances, with a 3.50 earned run average and 54 strikeouts.Buchanan attended Austin College and Midland...
  
  
• Qualification — 7.49m (→ did not advance)

• Jim McAndrew
  Jim McAndrew
  James Clement McAndrew was a Major League Baseball pitcher from to ; he pitched for the New York Mets for his first six years, and the San Diego Padres in the last....
  
  
• Qualification — 7.48m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Ain Roost
  Ain Roost
  Ain Roost is a retired male discus thrower, who represented Canada twice at the Summer Olympics. A resident of San Diego, California he claimed the bronze medal in the men's discus throw event at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia.-References:* *...
  
  
• Qualification — 56.56m (→ did not advance)

• Borys Chambul
  Borys Chambul
  Borys Chambul is a retired discus thrower, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the men's discus throw event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 55.86m (→ did not advance)

• Bishop Dolegiewicz
  Bishop Dolegiewicz
  Zbigniew "Bishop" Dolegiewicz was a Canadian professional track and field athlete and coach who specialized in the shot put and the discus throw....
  
  
• 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
  Alex Oakley
  Alexander "Alex" Oakley was a race walker from Canada, who represented his native country at five Summer Olympics, starting in 1956. His best finish was the sixth place in the men's 50 km walk at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. He won the 20 km event at the 1963 Pan American...
  
   — 1:44:08 (→ 35th place)

Women's Shot Put

• Lucette Moreau
• Final — 15.48 m (→ 13th place)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A):
• Defeated Japan (104-76)
• Defeated Cuba (84-79)
• Lost to Soviet Union (85-108)
• Defeated Australia (81-69)
• Defeated Mexico (92-84)
• Semi Finals:
• Lost to United States (77-96)
• Bronze Medal Match:
• Lost to Soviet Union (72-100) → 4th place

• Team Roster
• Alexander Devlin
• Martin Riley
  Martin Riley (basketball)
  Martin James Riley is a former Olympian as a member of the Canadian national basketball team....
  
  
• Bill Robinson
• John Cassidy
• Derek Sankey
  Derek Sankey
  Derek William Sankey is a former member of the Canadian national men's basketball team. He was a member of the Canadian team which finished fourth at the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Robert Sharpe
  Robert Sharpe
  ' is a Canadian lawyer, author, academic, and judge. He was Dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law from 1990 to 1995 and is a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario....
  
  
• Cameron Hall
• James Russell
• Robert Town
• Romel Raffin
  Romel Raffin
  Romel Raffin is a three-time Canadian Olympian in men's basketball.A native of Kitchener, Ontario, Raffin played for Canada at the 1976, 1984, and 1988 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Lars Hansen
  Lars Hansen
  Lars Erik Hansen is a retired Danish-Canadian professional National Basketball Association player....
  
  
• Phil Tollestrup
  Phil Tollestrup
  Phil Tollestrup is a former Olympic basketball player as a member of the Canadian national men's basketball team during the 1970s.Six feet, six inches tall forward, Tollestrup attributes the development of his basketball ability to his being able to practice on a daily basis both at his school gym,...
  
  
• Head Coach: John Donohue

Women's Team Competition

• Team Roster
• Joyce Douthwright
• Joanne Sargent
• Anne Hurley
• Christine Critelli
• Beverley Bland
• Coleen Dufresne
• Sheila Strike
• Sylvia Sweeney
  Sylvia Sweeney
  Sylvia Sweeney is a Canadian Executive Television Producer and Olympian. Sweeney is the daughter of music teacher Daisy Sweeney and railway cook James Sweeney, and the niece of jazz musician Oscar Peterson....
  
  
• Carol Turney
• Donna Hobin
• Angela Johnson
• Beverly Barnes
• Head Coach: Brian Heaney

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48kg)

• Sidney McKnight
  Sidney McKnight
  Sidney McKnight is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
  
  
  1. First Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk
     Li Byong-Uk
     Li Byong-Uk is a retired North Korean boxer, who won two Olympic medals in the men's Light Flyweight category.- Olympic results :1976*Defeated Sidney McKnight KO 1*Defeated Henryk Średnicki 3-2...
     
      (PRK), KO-1

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Ian Clyde
  Ian Clyde
  Ian Clyde is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's flyweight division by Cuba's eventual silver medalist Ramón Duvalón. Clyde won a bronze medal at the 1979 Pan American Games...
  
  
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Alick Chiteule (ZAM), walk-over
  3. Third Round — Defeated Charlie Magri
     Charlie Magri
     Charlie Magri is a former English flyweight boxer. He is from a Maltese family that settled in Stepney, London where he grew up...
     
      (GBR), KO-3
  4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Ramón Duvalón
     Ramón Duvalón
     Ramón Duvalón is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the flyweight division after being defeated in the final by US-boxer Leo Randolph...
     
      (CUB), 0:5

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Chris Ius
  Chris Ius
  Chris Ius is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1972. In both tournaments he was eliminated in the third round.-Boxing Club:...
  
  
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Ayele (ETH), walk-over
  3. Third Round — Lost to Weerachart Saturngrun (THA), 0:5

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Camille Huard
  Camille Huard
  Camille Huard is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the third round of the men's featherweight division by Poland's eventual bronze medalist Leszek Kosedowski.-References:*...
  
  
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Bachir Koual (ALG), walk-over
  3. Third Round — Lost to Leszek Kosedowski
     Leszek Kosedowski
     Leszek Marian Kosedowski is a retired boxer from Poland, who won the bronze medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
     
      (POL), 0:5

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)

• Chris Clarke
  Chris Clarke (boxer)
  Chris Clarke is a retired boxer from Canada, who won the gold medal in the men's lightweight division at the 1975 Pan American Games...
  
  
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Lasse Friman (FIN), 5:0
  3. Third Round — Lost to József Nagy (HUN), RSC-3

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Carmen Rinke
  Carmen Rinke
  Carmen Rinke is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight division by East Germany's eventual gold medalist Jochen Bachfeld.-References:*...
  
  
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Kenneth Bristol (GUY), walk-over
  3. Third Round — Defeated Yoshioki Seki (JPN), 4:1
  4. Quarterfinals — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld
     Jochen Bachfeld
     Jochen Bachfeld is a retired boxer from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
     
      (GDR), 0:5

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Michael Prevost
  Michael Prevost
  Michael Prevost is retired from amateur boxer, who represented Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was disqualified in his first fight by an Australian referee...
  
  
  1. First Round — Lost to Vasile Didea (ROM), DSQ-3

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Bryan Gibson
  Bryan Gibson
  Bryan Gibson is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the first round of the men's middleweight division by East Germany's Bernd Wittenburg...
  
  
  1. First Round — Lost to Bernd Wittenburg
     Bernd Wittenburg
     Bernd Wittenburg is a German boxer who won titles for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won even the GDR-Championships in Boxing 1972,1973, 1974, 1975, 1976.- External links :*...
     
      (GDR), KO-3

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Roger Fortin
  Roger Fortin
  Roger Fortin is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
  
  
  1. First Round — Lost to Anatoliy Klimanov (URS), 0:5

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• Pierre Harvey
  Pierre Harvey
  Pierre Harvey, is a Canadian sports athlete. He was the first Canadian male athlete to compete in both the 1984 Summer Olympics and 1984 Winter Olympics ....
  
   — 4:49:01 (→ 24th place)
• Gilles Durand — 5:03:13 (→ 54th place)
• Tom Morris — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Brian Chewter — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Jocelyn Lovell
  Jocelyn Lovell
  Jocelyn Bjorn Lovell is a former cyclist from Canada.Lovell dominated Canadian cycling in the 1960s and 1970s; winning dozens of national titles as well as gold medals at the Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games...
  
   — 1:08.852 (→ 13th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)

• Gordon Singleton — 17th place

Fencing

13 fencers, 9 men and 4 women, represented Canada in 1976.

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 20 to 21 1976. 56 fencers from 23 nations competed.-Results:...

• Michel Dessureault
  Michel Dessureault
  Michel Dessureault is a Canadian Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1976, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Lehel Fekete
  Lehel Fekete
  Lehel Fekete is a Canadian Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 22 to 23 1976. 64 fencers from 26 nations competed.-Results:...

• Alain Dansereau
  Alain Dansereau
  Alain Dansereau is a Canadian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• George Varaljay
  George Varaljay
  George Varaljay is a Canadian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Geza Tatrallyay
  Geza Tatrallyay
  Geza Tatrallyay is a Canadian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team épée

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée

The men's team épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 28 to 29 1976...

• Alain Dansereau
  Alain Dansereau
  Alain Dansereau is a Canadian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Michel Dessureault
  Michel Dessureault
  Michel Dessureault is a Canadian Olympic fencer. He competed at the 1976, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Geza Tatrallyay
  Geza Tatrallyay
  Geza Tatrallyay is a Canadian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , George Varaljay
  George Varaljay
  George Varaljay is a Canadian fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's sabre

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the eighteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 21 to 22, 1976. 46 fencers from 18 nations competed.-Results:...

• Marc Lavoie
• Eli Sukunda
  Eli Sukunda
  Eli Sukunda is a Canadian fencer. He competed at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics.Sukunda began as a track and field athlete. He came 2nd at OFSAA All Ontario championships in the junior 120 yard hurdles...
  
  
• Peter Urban
  Peter Urban (fencer)
  Peter Urban is a Canadian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team sabre

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team sabre

The men's team sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 26 to 27, 1976...

• Marc Lavoie, Peter Urban
  Peter Urban (fencer)
  Peter Urban is a Canadian fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Imre Nagy
  Imre Nagy (fencer)
  Imre Nagy was a Canadian fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Eli Sukunda
  Eli Sukunda
  Eli Sukunda is a Canadian fencer. He competed at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics.Sukunda began as a track and field athlete. He came 2nd at OFSAA All Ontario championships in the junior 120 yard hurdles...
  
  

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 23 to 24, 1976. 48 fencers from 20 nations competed.-Results:...

• Chantal Payer
  Chantal Payer
  Chantal Payer is a Canadian fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Donna Hennyey
  Donna Hennyey
  Donna Hennyey is a Canadian fencer. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Susan Stewart
  Susan Stewart (fencer)
  Susan Stewart is a Canadian fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's team foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's team foil

The women's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 27 to 28, 1976...

• Fleurette Campeau
  Fleurette Campeau
  Fleurette Campeau is a Canadian fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Susan Stewart
  Susan Stewart (fencer)
  Susan Stewart is a Canadian fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Donna Hennyey
  Donna Hennyey
  Donna Hennyey is a Canadian fencer. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Chantal Payer
  Chantal Payer
  Chantal Payer is a Canadian fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Handball

Men's Team Competition

• Wolfgang Blankenau
  Wolfgang Blankenau
  Wolfgang Blankenau is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished eleventh in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored twelve goals.-References:*...
  
  
• Christian Chagnon
  Christian Chagnon
  Christian Chagnon is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• François Dauphin
  François Dauphin
  François Dauphin is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished eleventh in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored three goals.-References:*...
  
  
• Hugues de Roussan
  Hugues de Roussan
  Hugues de Roussan is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Canadian handball team which finished eleventh in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played all five matches and scored eleven goals.-References:*...
  
  
• Pierre Désormeaux
  Pierre Désormeaux
  Pierre Désormeaux is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He spent his childhood in Montréal, and lived for a long time in what is known as "Le Plateau Mont-Royal"....
  
  
• Pierre Ferdais
  Pierre Ferdais
  Pierre Ferdais is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Robert Johnson
  Robert Johnson (handballer)
  Robert Johnson is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Canadian handball team which finished eleventh in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played two matches....
  
  
• Richard Lambert
  Richard Lambert (handballer)
  Richard Lambert is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Canadian handball team which finished eleventh in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played four matches and scored four goals.-References:*...
  
  
• Claude Lefebvre
• Danny Power
  Danny Power
  Danny Power is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Stan Thorseth
  Stan Thorseth
  Stan Thorseth is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Canadian handball team which finished eleventh in the 1976 Olympic tournament. He played one match....
  
  
• Luc Tousignant
  Luc Tousignant
  Luc Tousignant is a former quarterback in the Canadian Football League and Olympic handball player....
  
  
• Claude Viens
  Claude Viens
  Claude Viens is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Pierre St. Martin
  Pierre St. Martin
  Pierre Saint Martin is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  

Head Coach: Slobodan Misic

Women's Team Competition

• Team Roster
• Lucie Balthazar
  Lucie Balthazar
  Lucie Balthazar is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Louise Beaumont
  Louise Beaumont
  Louise Beaumont is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played four matches and scored two goals.-References:*...
  
  
• Manon Charette
  Manon Charette
  Manon Charette was a Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Danielle Chenard
  Danielle Chenard
  Danielle Chenard is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played all five matches....
  
  
• Nicole Genier
  Nicole Génier
  Nicole Génier is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Mariette Houle
  Mariette Houle
  Mariette Houle is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Louise Hurtubise
  Louise Hurtubise
  Louise Hurtubise is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played four matches and scored two goals.-References:*...
  
  
• Denise Lemaire
  Denise Lemaire
  Denise Lemaire is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played four matches and scored seven goals.-References:*...
  
  
• Francine Parizeau
• Monique Prud'homme
  Monique Prud'homme
  Monique Prud'homme is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Joanes Rail
  Joanes Rail
  Joanes Rail is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played two matches....
  
  
• Nicole Robert
  Nicole Robert
  Nicole Robert is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played four matches and scored ten goals.-References:*...
  
  
• Hélène Tétreault
  Hélène Tétreault
  Hélène Tétreault is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics.She was part of the Canadian handball team, which finished sixth in the Olympic tournament. She played three matches and scored five goals.-References:*...
  
  
• Johanne Valois
  Johanne Valois
  Johanne Valois is a former Canadian handball player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics....
  
  

Hockey

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

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

's Molson Stadium in Montreal.

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Lost to Australia (0-3)
• Defeated Argentina (3-1)
• Lost to India (0-3)
• Lost to Malaysia (0-1)
• Lost to the Netherlands (1-3)
• Classification Matches
• 9th/12th place: Bye
• 9th/10th place: Lost to Belgium (2-3) → Tenth place

• Team Roster
• ( 1.) James MacDougall
• ( 2.) Sarbjit Dusang
• ( 3.) David Bissett
• ( 4.) Alan Hobkirk
  Alan Hobkirk
  Alan Hobkirk is a former field hockey player from Canada, who participated at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. There the striker finished tenth with the Men's National Team...
  
  
• ( 5.) Reg Plummer
  Reg Plummer
  Reginald Plummer is a former field hockey player from Canada.Plummer participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1976 in Montreal, Canada. There he finished in tenth place with the Men's National Team, just like the team did in Los Angeles, California...
  
  
• ( 6.) Lee Wright
  Lee Wright
  Lee Wright is a British computer/video game programmer. He was the co-founder of software houses Jester Interactive Limited and Checkmate Solutions Limited, and his recent works include eJay music sequencers for Empire Interactive Limited...
  
  
• ( 7.) Lance Carey
• ( 8.) Peter Motzek
• ( 9.) Douglas Pready
• (10.) Kelvin Wood
• (11.) Peter Lown
  Peter Lown
  Peter Lown is a former field hockey player.Lown competed for Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There the resident of Edmonton, Alberta finished in tenth place with the Men's National Team.-International senior competitions:* 1976 – Olympic Games, Montreal -References:*...
  
  
• (12.) Fred Hoos
• (13.) Paul "Bubli" Chohan
  Paul Chohan
  Paul Satinder "Bubli" Chohan is a former field hockey player from Canada.-International senior competitions:* 1975 – Pan American Games, Mexico * 1976 – Olympic Games, Montreal...
  
  
• (14.) Michael Mouat
• (15.) Kuldip Gosal
• (16.) Antonie Schouten
• Head Coach: Errol Hartley

Judo

Men's Lightweight (– 73 kg)

• Brad Farrow
  Brad Farrow
  Brad Farrow is a retired judoka from Canada, who represented his native country at two Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1984. He twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games during his career in the featherweight division , in 1975 and 1979.-References:*...
  
  

Men's Half-Middleweight (– 81 kg)

• Wayne Erdman
  Wayne Erdman
  Wayne Erdman is a retired Canadian judoka who represented Canada in Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the men's lightweight division . Erdman holds the rank of 7th dan and is the chair of the Grading Board for Judo Ontario...
  
  

Men's Middleweight (– 90 kg)

• Rainer Fischer
  Rainer Fischer
  Rainer Fischer is a retired Canadian judoka, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He won the gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in the men's middleweight division .-References:* *...
  
  

Men's Half-Heavyweight (– 100 kg)

• Joseph Meli
  Joseph Meli
  Joseph Meli is a retired judoka from Canada, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics: 1976, 1984 and 1988. He won the bronze medal at the 1979 Pan American Games in the men's open class division.-References:*...
  
  

Men's Open Class

• Tom Greenway

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
• Lost to Poland (0-3)
• Lost to South Korea (0-3)
• Lost to Cuba (0-3)
• Classification Matches
• No match after Egypt withdrew → Ninth place

• Team Roster
• Edward Alexiuk
• Pierre Belanger
  Pierre Bélanger
  Pierre Bélanger is a lawyer and politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1992 to 1998 and was a cabinet minister in the government of Lucien Bouchard....
  
  
• Thomas Graham
  Thomas Graham (volleyball)
  Thomas Graham is a retired volleyball player from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
  
  
• Kerry Klostermann
• Donald Michalski
• John Paulsen
• Garth Pischke
• Lawrence Plenert
• Bruno Prasil
• Elias Romanchych
• Gregory Russell
• Alan Taylor
• Head Coach: William Neville

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Lost to Peru (2-3)
• Lost to Hungary (1-3)
• Lost to Japan (0-3)
• Classification Matches
• 5th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (2-3)
• 7th/8th place: Lost to Peru (1-3) → 8th place

• Team Roster
• Regyna Armonas
• Betty Baxter
  Betty Baxter
  Betty Baxter is a Canadian athlete, activist and politician. She was a member of the women's national volleyball team at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and was later named the team's head coach in 1979...
  
  
• Carole Bishop
• Barbara Dalton
• Mary Dempster
• Kathy Girvan
• Debbie Heeps
• Anne Ireland
• Connie Lebrun
• Claire Lloyd
• Patty Olson
• Audrey Vandervelden
  Audrey Vandervelden
  Audrey Vandervelden is a retired female volleyball player from Canada.Vandervelden competed for her native country in two Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1984. A resident of Surrey, British Columbia she twice finished in 8th place with the Women's National Team.-References:*...
  
  
• Head Coach: Park Moo

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster
• Clifford Barry
• David Hart
• Dominique Dion
• Gábor Csepregi
• Gaétan Turcotte
• Paul Pottier
• George Gross
• Guy Leclerc
• Jim Ducharme
• John MacLeod
• Patrick Pugliese
• Paul Mallet