Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Basketball was contested at the 1976 Summer Olympics, as it has in every Summer Games since 1936. Women's basketball was introduced to the Olympic program for the first time at this Games.
[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's |  United States (USA)
Phil Ford Steve Sheppard Adrian Dantley Walter Davis Quinn Buckner Ernie Grunfeld Kenneth Carr Scott May Tate Armstrong Tom LaGarde Philip Hubbard Mitch Kupchak |
 Yugoslavia (YUG)
Blagoje Georgievski Dragan Kićanović Vinko Jelovac Rajko Žižić Željko Jerkov Andro Knego Zoran Slavnić Krešimir Ćosić Damir Solman Žarko Varajić Dražen Dalipagić Mirza Delibašić |
 Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Arzamaskov Aleksandr Salnikov Valery Miloserdov Alshan Sharmukhamedov Andrei Makeev Ivan Edeshko Sergei Belov Vladimir Tkachenko Anatoly Myshkin Mikhail Korkiya Aleksandr Belov Vladimir Zhigily |
| Women's | Soviet Union (URS)
Angelė Rupšienė Tatiana Zakharova-Nadirova Raisa Kurvyakova Olga Barisheva Tatiana Ovechkina Nadezhda Shuvayena Uljana Semjonova Nadezhda Zakharova Nelly Feriabnikova Olga Sukharnova Tamara Dauinene Natalya Kilmova |
United States (USA)
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 |
 Bulgaria (BUL)
Nadka Golcheva Penka Metodieva Petkana Makaveyeva Snezhana Mihailova Krassima Gyurova Krassimira Bogdanova Todorka Yordanova Diana Dilova Margarita Shturkelova Mania Stoyanova Girgina Skerlatova Penka Stoyanova |
[edit] Final ranking, men
- USA
- Yugoslavia
- Soviet Union
- Canada
- Italy
- Czechoslovakia
- Cuba
- Australia
- Puerto Rico
- Mexico
- Japan
- Egypt
| Basketball at the Summer Olympics |  |
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| 1904 (demonstration) • 1908–1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in basketball |
| Events at the 1976 Summer Olympics (Montreal) |
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| Archery • Athletics • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
