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 |
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| 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.
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[edit] Medals
Canada finished in 27th position in the final medal rankings, with five silver medals and six bronze medals.
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Gold
For the first time in Summer Olympics history, the host nation failed to obtain a gold medal.
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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
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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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Qualification — 2.16m
- Final — 2.23m (→ Silver Medal)
- Claude Ferragne
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- Qualification — 2.16m
- Final — 2.14m (→ 12th place)
- Robert Forget
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- Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 7.57m (→ did not advance)
- Jim Buchanan
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- Qualification — 7.49m (→ did not advance)
- Jim McAndrew
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- Qualification — 7.48m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
- Ain Roost
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- Qualification — 56.56m (→ did not advance)
- Borys Chambul
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- Qualification — 55.86m (→ did not advance)
- Bishop Dolegiewicz
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- 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
- First Round — Lost to Li Byong-Uk (PRK), KO-1
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Ian Clyde
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Alick Chiteule (ZAM), walk-over
- Third Round — Defeated Charlie Magri (GBR), KO-3
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Ramón Duvalón (CUB), 0:5
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Chris Ius
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Mohamed Ayele (ETH), walk-over
- Third Round — Lost to Weerachart Saturngrun (THA), 0:5
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Camille Huard
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Bachir Koual (ALG), walk-over
- Third Round — Lost to Leszek Kosedowski (POL), 0:5
Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)
- Chris Clarke
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Lasse Friman (FIN), 5:0
- Third Round — Lost to József Nagy (HUN), RSC-3
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
- Carmen Rinke
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Kenneth Bristol (GUY), walk-over
- Third Round — Defeated Yoshioki Seki (JPN), 4:1
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (GDR), 0:5
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- Michael Prevost
- First Round — Lost to Vasile Didea (ROM), DSQ-3
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Bryan Gibson
- First Round — Lost to Bernd Wittenburg (GDR), KO-3
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
- Roger Fortin
- First Round — Lost to Anatoliy Klimanov (URS), 0:5
[edit] Handball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
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- Wolfgang Blankenau
- Christian Chagnon
- François Dauphin
- Hugues de Roussan
- Pierre Désormeaux
- Pierre Ferdais
- Robert Johnson
- Richard Lambert
- Claude Lefebvre
- Danny Power
- Stan Thorseth
- Luc Tousignant
- Claude Viens
- Pierre St-Martin
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Team Roster
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- Lucie Balthazar
- Louise Beaumont
- Manon Charette
- Danielle Chenard
- Nicole Genier
- Mariette Houle
- Louise Hurtubise
- Denise Lemaire
- Francine Parizeau
- Monique Prud'homme
- Joanes Rail
- Nicole Robert
- Hélène Tetreault
- Johanne Valois
[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.
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- 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
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- 9th/12th place: Bye
- 9th/10th place: Lost to Belgium (2-3) → Tenth place
- Team Roster
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- ( 1.) James MacDougall
- ( 2.) Sarbjit Dusang
- ( 3.) David Bissett
- ( 4.) Alan Hobkirk
- ( 5.) Reg Plummer
- ( 6.) Lee Wright
- ( 7.) Lance Carey
- ( 8.) Peter Motzek
- ( 9.) Douglas Pready
- (10.) Kelvin Wood
- (11.) Peter Lown
- (12.) Fred Hoos
- (13.) Paul "Bubli" Chohan
- (14.) Michael Mouat
- (15.) Kuldip Gosal
- (16.) Antonie Schouten
- Head Coach: Errol Hartley
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
- Lost to Poland (0-3)
- Lost to South Korea (0-3)
- Lost to Cuba (0-3)
- Classification Matches
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- No match after Egypt withdrew → Ninth place
- Team Roster
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- Edward Alexiuk
- Pierre Belanger
- Thomas Graham
- Kerry Klostermann
- Donald Michalski
- John Paulsen
- Garth Pischke
- Lawrence Plenert
- Bruno Prasil
- Elias Romanchych
- Gregory Russell
- Alan Taylor
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Lost to Peru (2-3)
- Lost to Hungary (1-3)
- Lost to Japan (0-3)
- Classification Matches
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- 5th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (2-3)
- 7th/8th place: Lost to Peru (1-3) → 8th place
- Team Roster
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- Regyna Armonas
- Betty Baxter
- Carole Bishop
- Barbara Dalton
- Mary Dempster
- Kathy Girvan
- Debbie Heeps
- Anne Ireland
- Connie Lebrun
- Claire Lloyd
- Patty Olson
- Audrey Vandervelden
