Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 242 competitors, 176 men and 66 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.^[1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Medallists[edit]

Great Britain finished in 13th position in the final medal rankings, with 3 gold and 13 total medals.

Gold[edit]

Silver[edit]

• Keith Remfry — Judo, Men’s Open Class
• Michael Hart and Chris Baillieu — Rowing, Men’s Double Sculls
• Jim Clark, Tim Crooks, Richard Lester, Hugh Matheson, David Maxwell, Lenny Robertson, John Yallop, Patrick Sweeney, and Frederick Smallbone — Rowing, Men’s Eights
• David Wilkie — Swimming, Men’s 100m Breaststroke
• Julian Brooke Houghton and Rodney Pattisson (Helmsman) — Sailing, Flying Dutchman

Bronze[edit]

• Brendan Foster — Athletics, Men’s 10000 metres
• Patrick Cowdell — Boxing, Men’s Bantamweight
• Ian Banbury, Michael Bennett, Robin Croker, and Ian Hallam — Cycling, Men’s 4000m Team Pursuit
• David Starbrook — Judo, Men’s Half-Heavyweight (93 kg)
• Alan McClatchey, David Dunne, Gordon Downie, Brian Brinkley — Swimming, Men’s 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Archery[edit]

In the second appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, two men and two women represented the country. The best finishers in each division placed 21st.

Women’s Individual Competition:

Men’s Individual Competition:

Athletics[edit]

Men’s 200 metres

• Heat— 21.26
• Quarter Final — 21.07
• Semi Final — 21.52 (→ did not advance)

Men’s 400 metres

• Heat— 46.60
• Quarter Final — 46.18
• Semi Final — 45.20.
• Final — 45.57 (→ 7th place)

• Heat— 47.77
• Quarter Final — 47.67 (did not advance)

Men’s 800 metres

• Heat — 1:48.27
• Semi Final — 1:46.14
• Final — 1:45.44 (→ 5th place)

• Heat — 1:47.51
• Semi Final — 1:48.28 (→ did not advance)

Men’s 1500 metres

• Heat — 3:37:53
• Semi Final — 3.38.92
• Final — 3.39.65 (→ 5th place)

• Heat — 3.40.69
• Semi Final — 3.39.88
• Final — 3.40.94 (→ 7th place)

• Heat — 3.37.89
• Semi Final — 3.40.34 (→ did not advance)

Men’s 10.000 metres

• Heat — 28:22.19
• Final — 27:54.92 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Heat — 28:01.82
• Final — 27:56.26 (→ 4th place)

• Heat — 28:17.26
• Final — 28:17.78 (→ 8th place)

Men’s 4 × 400 m Relay

• Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men’s 400m Hurdles

• Heats — 51.66s
• Semi Final — 49.95s
• Final — 51.29s (→ 8th place)

Men’s Long Jump

• Heat — 7.69m (→ did not advance)

Men’s Marathon

Men’s 20 km Race Walk

Men’s Hammer Throw

• Qualification — 70.76 m
• Final — 73.18 m (→ 7th place)

• Qualification — 68.52 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women’s Long Jump

• Qualifying Round — 6.26m
• Final — 6.27m (→ 9th place)

Canoeing[edit]

Cycling[edit]

Eleven cyclists represented Great Britain in 1976.

Individual road race

Team time trial

Sprint

1000m time trial

Individual pursuit

Team pursuit

Equestrian[edit]

Fencing[edit]

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1976.

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[edit]

Modern pentathlon[edit]

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1976, winning gold in the team event.

Individual

Team

• Adrian Parker
• Danny Nightingale
• Jim Fox

Men’s double sculls

Men’s coxless pair

Men’s coxed pair

Men’s quadruple scull

Men’s coxless four

Men’s eight

Women’s coxless pair

Women’s coxed four

Sailing[edit]

Shooting[edit]

Swimming[edit]

Weightlifting[edit]

Wrestling[edit]

References[edit]