United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics

The United States competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Gerald Ford missed the 1976 Olympics due to the African boycott.^[1] 396 competitors, 278 men and 118 women, took part in 189 events in 19 sports.^[2]

United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Montreal
Competitors	396 (278 men and 118 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Gary Hall, Sr.
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 34 Silver 35 Bronze 25 Total 94
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

The United States finished third in the final medal rankings, with 34 gold and 94 total medals.

Further information: 1976 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1976 Summer Olympics medal winners

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Mike Bruner Swimming Men's 200 meter butterfly July 18  Gold Bruce Furniss Swimming Men's 200 meter freestyle July 19  Gold John Naber Swimming Men's 100 meter backstroke July 19  Gold Jennifer Chandler Diving Women's 3 meter springboard July 20  Gold Donald Haldeman Shooting Trap July 20  Gold Brian Goodell Swimming Men's 1500 meter freestyle July 20  Gold John Hencken Swimming Men's 100 meter breaststroke July 20  Gold Lanny Bassham Shooting 50 meter rifle three positions July 21  Gold Matt Vogel Swimming Men's 100 meter butterfly July 21  Gold Mike Bruner Bruce Furniss Jim Montgomery John Naber Doug Northway* Tim Shaw* Swimming Men's 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay July 21  Gold Phil Boggs Diving Men's 3 meter springboard July 22  Gold Brian Goodell Swimming Men's 400 meter freestyle July 22  Gold Jack Babashoff* Joe Bottom* John Hencken Jim Montgomery John Naber Peter Rocca* Matt Vogel Chris Woo* Swimming Men's 4 × 100 meter medley relay July 22  Gold John Naber Swimming Men's 200 meter backstroke July 24  Gold Edwin Moses Athletics Men's 400 meter hurdles July 25  Gold Mac Wilkins Athletics Men's discus throw July 25  Gold Edmund Coffin Equestrian Individual eventing July 25  Gold Edmund Coffin Bruce Davidson Michael Plumb Mary Tauskey Equestrian Team eventing July 25  Gold Jim Montgomery Swimming Men's 100 meter freestyle July 25  Gold Rod Strachan Swimming Men's 400 meter individual medley July 25  Gold Shirley Babashoff Wendy Boglioli Kim Peyton Jill Sterkel Swimming Women's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay July 25  Gold United States men's national basketball team Tate Armstrong Quinn Buckner Kenny Carr Adrian Dantley Walter Davis Phil Ford Ernie Grunfeld Phil Hubbard Mitchell Kupchak Thomas LaGarde Scott May Steve Sheppard Basketball Men's tournament July 27  Gold Arnie Robinson Athletics Men's long jump July 29  Gold Darrell Pace Archery Men's individual July 30  Gold Luann Ryon Archery Women's individual July 30  Gold Bruce Jenner Athletics Men's decathlon July 30  Gold Harvey Glance Millard Hampton Lam Jones Steve Riddick Athletics Men's 4 × 100 meter relay July 31  Gold Benny Brown Herman Frazier Fred Newhouse Maxie Parks Athletics Men's 4 × 400 meter relay July 31  Gold Leo Randolph Boxing Flyweight July 31  Gold Howard Davis Boxing Lightweight July 31  Gold Ray Leonard Boxing Light welterweight July 31  Gold Michael Spinks Boxing Middleweight July 31  Gold Leon Spinks Boxing Light heavyweight July 31  Gold John Peterson Wrestling Freestyle 82 kilograms July 31  Silver Steve Gregg Swimming Men's 200 meter butterfly July 18  Silver Shirley Babashoff Wendy Boglioli* Lelei Fonoimoana* Linda Jezek Lauri Siering Camille Wright Swimming Women's 4 × 100 meter medley relay July 18  Silver Peter Rocca Swimming Men's 100 meter backstroke July 19  Silver Bobby Hackett Swimming Men's 1500 meter freestyle July 20  Silver Shirley Babashoff Swimming Women's 400 meter freestyle July 20  Silver Margaret Murdock Shooting 50 meter rifle three positions July 21  Silver Joe Bottom Swimming Men's 100 meter butterfly July 21  Silver Tim Shaw Swimming Men's 400 meter freestyle July 22  Silver Shirley Babashoff Swimming Women's 200 meter freestyle July 22  Silver Kathy McMillan Athletics Women's long jump July 23  Silver Joan Lind Rowing Women's single sculls July 24  Silver Peter Rocca Swimming Men's 200 meter backstroke July 24  Silver John Hencken Swimming Men's 200 meter breaststroke July 24  Silver Shirley Babashoff Swimming Women's 800 meter freestyle July 24  Silver Michael Shine Athletics Men's 400 meter hurdles July 25  Silver Michael Plumb Equestrian Individual eventing July 25  Silver Calvin Coffey Mike Staines Rowing Men's coxless pair July 25  Silver Jack Babashoff Swimming Men's 100 meter freestyle July 25  Silver John Naber Swimming Men's 200 meter freestyle July 25  Silver Tim McKee Swimming Men's 400 meter individual medley July 25  Silver Lee James Weightlifting 90 kilograms July 25  Silver Millard Hampton Athletics Men's 200 meters July 26  Silver United States women's national basketball team Cynthia Brogdon Nancy Dunkle Lusia Harris Patrica Head Charlotte Lewis Nancy Lieberman Gail Marquis Ann Elizabeth Meyers Mary O'Connor Patricia Roberts Susan Rojcewicz Juliene Simpson Basketball Women's tournament July 26  Silver Greg Louganis Diving Men's 10 meter platform July 27  Silver Walter Glasgow Richard Hoepfner John Kolius Sailing Soling July 27  Silver David McFaull Michael Rothwell Sailing Tornado July 28  Silver Fred Newhouse Athletics Men's 400 meters July 29  Silver Randy Williams Athletics Men's long jump July 29  Silver James Butts Athletics Men's triple jump July 30  Silver Frank Shorter Athletics Men's marathon July 31  Silver Rosalyn Bryant Sheila Ingram Pamela Jiles Debra Sapenter Athletics Women's 4 × 400 meter relay July 31  Silver Charles Mooney Boxing Bantamweight July 31  Silver Lloyd Keaser Wrestling Freestyle 68 kilograms July 31  Silver Ben Peterson Wrestling Freestyle 90 kilograms July 31  Silver Russell Hellickson Wrestling Freestyle 100 kilograms July 31  Bronze Bill Forrester Swimming Men's 200 meter butterfly July 18  Bronze Jim Montgomery Swimming Men's 200 meter freestyle July 19  Bronze Cynthia Potter Diving Women's 3 meter springboard July 20  Bronze Deborah Wilson Diving Women's 10 meter platform July 20  Bronze Gary Hall Swimming Men's 100 meter butterfly July 21  Bronze Wendy Boglioli Swimming Women's 100 meter butterfly July 22  Bronze Peter Kormann Gymnastics Men's floor July 23  Bronze Kathy Schmidt Athletics Women's javelin throw July 24  Bronze Carol Brown Anita DeFrantz Carie Graves Marion Greig Peggy McCarthy Gail Ricketson Lynn Silliman Anne Warner Jackie Zoch Rowing Women's eight July 24  Bronze Dan Harrigan Swimming Men's 200 meter backstroke July 24  Bronze Rick Colella Swimming Men's 200 meter breaststroke July 24  Bronze Richard Wohlhuter Athletics Men's 800 meters July 25  Bronze John Powell Athletics Men's discus throw July 25  Bronze Wendy Weinberg Swimming Women's 800 meter freestyle July 25  Bronze Dwayne Evans Athletics Men's 200 meters July 26  Bronze David Roberts Athletics Men's pole vault July 26  Bronze Allen Coage Judo +93 kilograms July 26  Bronze Dennis Conner Conn Findlay Sailing Tempest July 27  Bronze Willie Davenport Athletics Men's 110 meter hurdles July 28  Bronze Herman Frazier Athletics Men's 400 meters July 29  Bronze Hilda Gurney Edith Master Dorothy Morkis Equestrian Team dressage July 29  Bronze Dwight Stones Athletics Men's high jump July 31  Bronze John Tate Boxing Heavyweight July 31  Bronze Gene Davis Wrestling Freestyle 62 kilograms July 31  Bronze Stanley Dziedzic Wrestling Freestyle 74 kilograms July 31

Medals by sport Sport Total Swimming 13 14 7 34 Athletics 6 8 8 22 Boxing 5 1 1 7 Diving 2 1 2 5 Equestrian 2 1 1 4 Shooting 2 1 0 3 Archery 2 0 0 2 Wrestling 1 3 2 6 Basketball 1 1 0 2 Rowing 0 2 1 3 Sailing 0 2 1 3 Weightlifting 0 1 0 1 Gymnastics 0 0 1 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Total 34 35 25 94 Medals by day Day Date Total 1 July 18 1 2 1 4 2 July 19 2 1 1 4 3 July 20 4 2 2 8 4 July 21 3 2 1 6 5 July 22 3 2 1 6 6 July 23 0 1 1 2 7 July 24 1 4 4 9 8 July 25 7 7 3 17 9 July 26 0 2 3 5 10 July 27 1 2 1 4 11 July 28 0 1 1 2 12 July 29 1 2 2 5 13 July 30 3 1 0 4 14 July 31 8 6 4 18 15 August 1 0 0 0 0 Total 34 35 25 94 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Male 30 26 18 74 78.72% Female 3 9 7 19 20.22% Mixed 1 0 0 1 1.06% Total 34 35 25 94 100% Multiple medalists Name Sport Total John Naber Swimming 4 1 0 5 Shirley Babashoff Swimming 1 4 0 5 Jim Montgomery Swimming 3 0 1 4 John Hencken Swimming 2 1 0 3 Peter Rocca Swimming 1 2 0 3 Wendy Boglioli Swimming 1 1 1 3 Mike Bruner Swimming 2 0 0 2 Edmund Coffin Equestrian 2 0 0 2 Bruce Furniss Swimming 2 0 0 2 Brian Goodell Swimming 2 0 0 2 Matt Vogel Swimming 2 0 0 2 Jack Babashoff Swimming 1 1 0 2 Joe Bottom Swimming 1 1 0 2 Millard Hampton Athletics 1 1 0 2 Fred Newhouse Athletics 1 1 0 2 Michael Plumb Equestrian 1 1 0 2 Tim Shaw Swimming 1 1 0 2 Herman Frazier Athletics 1 0 1 2

* - Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

After winning both gold medals in the first modern Olympic archery contest at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the US returned only one of the six archers who had competed in Munich, Linda Myers. Even though neither of the reigning gold medallists competed in Montreal, the United States again won both gold medals. Luann Ryon set new Olympic records for women's competition in both the single FITA round and the double FITA round categories. Darrell Pace did the same in the men's competition. All four of the American archers placed in the top eight.

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Richard McKinney	Men's individual	1230	2	1241	6	2471	4
Darrell Pace		1264	1	1307 OR	1	2571 OR
Linda Myers	Women's individual	1180	9	1213	5	2393	7
Luann Ryon		1217	1	1282 OR	1	2499 OR

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Men

Road and track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Harvey Glance	100 m	10.37	1 Q	10.23	1 Q	10.24	1 Q	10.19	4
Lam Jones		10.43	1 Q	10.46	2 Q	10.30	3 Q	10.27	6
Steve Riddick		10.43	1 Q	10.36	2 Q	10.33	5	Did not advance
Dwayne Evans	200 m	20.96	1 Q	20.56	1 Q	20.83	2 Q	20.43
Millard Hampton		21.11	1 Q	20.83	2 Q	20.69	2 Q	20.29
Mark Lutz		21.50	5	Did not advance
Herman Frazier	400 m	46.09	1 Q	46.52	1 Q	45.24	3 Q	44.95
Fred Newhouse		45.42	1 Q	45.97	1 Q	44.89	1 Q	44.40
Maxie Parks		46.12	1 Q	45.99	3 Q	45.61	3 Q	45.24	5
Mark Enyeart	800 m	1:47.96	3	—		Did not advance
James Robinson		1:47.56	2 Q			1:46.435		Did not advance
Rick Wohlhuter		1:45.71	1 Q			1:46.72	1 Q	1:44.12
Matt Centrowitz	1500 m	3:45.02	6	—		Did not advance
Mike Durkin		3:38.89	5			Did not advance
Rick Wohlhuter		3:39.94	3 Q			3:38.71	2 Q	3:40.64	6
Dick Buerkle	5000 m	13:29.01	9	—				Did not advance
Paul Geis		13:32.36	2 Q					13:42.51	12
Duncan MacDonald		13:47.14	7					Did not advance
Garry Bjorklund	10,000 m	28:12.24	2 Q	—				28:38.08	13
Edward Mendoza		29:02.97	10					Did not advance
Craig Virgin		28:30.22	6					Did not advance
Willie Davenport	110 m hurdles	13.70	1 Q	—		13.55	3 Q	13.38
Charles Foster		13.68	1 Q			13.45	1 Q	13.41	4
James Owens		14.03	5 Q			13.76	4 Q	13.76	6
Edwin Moses	400 m hurdles	49.95	1 Q	—		48.29	1 Q	47.63 WR
Michael Shine		50.91	1 Q			49.90	1 Q	48.69
Quentin Wheeler		50.32	1 Q			50.22	4 Q	49.86	4
Doug Brown	3000 m steeplechase	8:33.25	8	—				Did not advance
Henry Marsh		8:31.46	6 Q					8:23.99	10
Mike Roche		8:37.36	10					Did not advance
Harvey Glance Lam Jones Millard Hampton Steve Riddick	4 × 100 m relay	38.76	1 Q	—		38.51	1 Q	38.33
Benny Brown Herman Frazier Fred Newhouse Maxie Parks	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.52	1 Q	—				2:58.65
Don Kardong	Marathon	—						2:11:15	4
Bill Rodgers								2:25:14	40
Frank Shorter								2:10:45
Ron Laird	20 km walk	—						1:33:27.6	20
Todd Scully								1:36:37.4	29
Larry Walker								1:34:19.4	22

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Larry Myricks	Long jump	7.92	3 Q	DNS
Arnie Robinson		7.95	2 Q	8.35
Randy Williams		7.97	1 Q	8.35
James Butts	Triple jump	16.55	5 Q	17.17
Rayfield Dupree		16.50	8 Q	16.23	12
Tommy Haynes		16.62	4 Q	16.78	5
James Barrineau	High jump	2.16	=1 Q	2.14	11
William Jankunis		2.16	=3 Q	2.10	13
Dwight Stones		2.16	10	2.21
Earl Bell	Pole vault	5.10	=1 Q	5.45	6
Terry Porter		5.10	=1 Q	5.20	=13
Dave Roberts		5.10	=1 Q	5.50
Al Feuerbach	Shot put	19.87	6 Q	20.55	4
Peter Shmock		19.48	10 Q	19.89	9
George Woods		19.35	12 q	20.26	7
John Powell	Discus throw	61.48	9 Q	65.70
Jay Silvester		62.06	6 Q	61.98	8
Mac Wilkins		68.28 OR	1 Q	67.50
Sam Colson	Javelin throw	86.64	4 Q	86.16	5
Richard George		78.32	18	Did not advance
Antony Hall		79.56	15 Q	71.70	15
Larry Hart	Hammer throw	67.74	15	Did not advance

Combined event – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Points	Rank
Fred Dixon	Result	10.94	6.91	14.44	2.03	48.38	18.11	45.82	NM	55.96	4:38.49	6754	23
	Points	819	802	755	882	880	574	797	0	711	534
Bruce Jenner	Result	10.94	7.22	15.35	2.03	47.51	14.84	50.04	4.80	68.52	4:12.61	8618 WR
	Points	819	865	809	882	923	866	873	1005	862	714
Fred Samara	Result	10.85	7.08	13.00	1.84	50.07	14.87	40.54	4.30	53.60	4:40.21	7504	15
	Points	841	836	665	716	801	862	696	884	680	523

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Evelyn Ashford	100 m	11.25	3 Q	11.28	1 Q	11.21	2 Q	11.24	5
Chandra Cheeseborough		11.25	1 Q	11.36	2 Q	11.26	3 Q	11.31	6
Brenda Morehead		11.35	1 Q	11.30	2 Q	11.38	6	Did not advance
Debra Armstrong	200 m	23.18	1 Q	23.20	2 Q	26.16	6	Did not advance
Chandra Cheeseborough		23.17	1 Q	23.19	2 Q	23.20	6	Did not advance
Rosalyn Bryant	400 m	52.01	1 Q	51.74	2 Q	50.62	1 Q	50.65	5
Sheila Ingram		51.83	1 Q	51.31	1 Q	50.90	3 Q	50.90	6
Debra Sapenter		52.33	1 Q	21.23	1 Q	51.34	4 Q	51.66	8
Wendy Koenig	800 m	1:59.91	3 Q	—		2:02.31	7	Did not advance
Madeline Manning		2:00.62	3 Q			2:07.25	8	Did not advance
Kathy Weston		2:03.31	5			Did not advance
Francie Larrieu	1500 m	4:07.21	6 q	—		4:09.07	9	Did not advance
Jan Merrill		4:10.92	3 Q			4:02.61	5 q	4:08.54	8
Cyndy Poor		4:08.89	6			Did not advance
Rhonda Brady	100 m hurdles	13.84	5	—		Did not advance
Patrice Donnelly		13.71	5			Did not advance
Deby LaPlante		13.51	4 Q			13.36	6	Did not advance
Debra Armstrong Evelyn Ashford Chandra Cheeseborough Martha Watson	4 × 100 m relay	43.46	2 Q	—				46.35	7
Rosalyn Bryant Sheila Ingram Pamela Jiles Debra Sapenter	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.15	2 Q	—				3:22.81

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kathy McMillan	Long jump	6.25	10 Q	6.66
Sherron Walker		6.20	14	Did not advance
Martha Watson		5.93	25	Did not advance
Paula Girven	High jump	1.80	21 Q	1.84	18
Joni Huntley		1.80	2 Q	1.89	5
Pam Spencer		1.70	27	Did not advance
Maren Seidler	Shot put	—		15.60	12
Lynne Winbigler	Discus throw	48.22	14	Did not advance
Sherry Calvert	Javelin throw	53.08	13	Did not advance
Kate Schmidt		61.50	3 Q	63.96
Karin Smith		53.96	6 q	57.50	8

Combined event – Pentathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	SP	HJ	LJ	200 m	Points	Rank
Gale Fitzgerald	Result	14.16	12.51	1.68	5.89	24.73	4263	13
	Points	846	750	915	882	870
Jane Frederick	Result	13.54	14.55	1.76	5.99	24.70	4566	7
	Points	926	870	993	904	873
Marilyn King	Result	14.45	12.27	1.74	5.62	25.27	4165	17
	Points	811	736	974	821	823

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round						Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Italy W 106–86	Puerto Rico W 95–94	Yugoslavia W 112–93	Egypt W 2–0	Czechoslovakia W 81–76	1 Q	Canada W 96–77	Yugoslavia W 95–74
United States women	Women's tournament	Japan L 71–84	Bulgaria W 95–79	Canada W 89–75	Soviet Union L 77–112	Czechoslovakia W 83–67	2	—

Men's tournament

Roster

• Phil Ford
• Steve Sheppard
• Adrian Dantley
• Walter Davis
• William "Quinn" Buckner
• Ernie Grunfeld
• Kenneth Carr
• Scott May
• Michel Armstrong
• Thomas LaGarde
• Philip Hubbard
• Mitchell Kupchak
• Head coach: Dean Smith

Preliminary round

Group B

Qualified for the semifinals

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	0	394	349	+45	10
Yugoslavia	4	1	364	343	+21	9
Italy	3	2	347	344	+3	8
Czechoslovakia	2	3	418	406	+12	7
Puerto Rico	1	4	321	363	−42	6
Egypt	0	5	64	103	−39	1

July 18, 1976

Italy

86–106

United States

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

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July 20, 1976

United States

95–94

Puerto Rico

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

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July 21, 1976

Yugoslavia

93–112

United States

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

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July 22, 1976

Forfeited

United States

2–0

Egypt

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

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July 24, 1976

United States

81–76

Czechoslovakia

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

Semifinal

July 26, 1976

United States

95–77

Canada

Montreal Forum, Montreal

Gold medal game

July 27, 1976

United States

94–74

Yugoslavia

Montreal Forum, Montreal

Women's tournament

Roster

• 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
• Head coach: Billie Moore

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	1st Tie
Soviet Union	5	0	504	346	+158	10
United States	3	2	415	417	−2	8	1W–0L
Bulgaria	3	2	365	377	−12	8	0W–1L
Czechoslovakia	2	3	351	359	−8	7	1W–0L
Japan	2	3	405	400	+5	7	0W–1L
Canada	0	5	336	477	−141	5

July 19, 1976

United States

71–84

Japan

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

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July 20, 1976

United States

95–79

Bulgaria

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

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July 22, 1976

United States

89–75

Canada

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

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July 23, 1976

United States

77–112

Soviet Union

Centre Étienne Desmarteau, Montreal

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July 26, 1976

United States

83–67

Czechoslovakia

Montreal Forum, Montreal

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Louis Curtis	Light flyweight	Średnicki (POL) L 0–5	Did not advance	—	Did not advance			=17
Leo Randolph	Flyweight	Bye		Gruescu (ROM) W 4–1	Larmour (IRL) W 4–1	Błażyński (POL) W 4–1	Duvalón (CUB) W 3–2
Charles Mooney	Bantamweight	Rais (MAR) W 5–0	Rodríguez (ESP) W 4–1	Onori (ITA) W 5–0	Chul (KOR) W 3–2	Rybakov (URS) W 4–1	Gu (PRK) L 0–5
Davey Armstrong	Featherweight	Bye	Volkov (URS) W 5–0	Badari (HUN) W 5–0	Herrera (CUB) L 2–3	Did not advance		=5
Howard Davis Jr.	Lightweight	Bye		Asprilla (COL) W RSC	Tsvetkov (BUL) W RSC	Rusevski (YUG) W 5–0	Cuțov (ROM) W 5–0
Ray Leonard	Light welterweight	Carlsson (SWE) W 5–0	Limasov (URS) W 5–0	McKenzie (GBR) W 5–0	Beyer (GDR) W 5–0	Szczerba (POL) W 5–0	Aldama (CUB) W 5–0
Clinton Jackson	Welterweight	Bye	Kicka (POL) W 5–0	Felix (HAI) W KO	Gamarro (VEN) L 2–3	Did not advance		=5
Chuck Walker	Light middleweight	Bye	Rybicki (POL) L 2–3	—	Did not advance			=9
Michael Spinks	Middleweight	Bye		—	Pasiewicz (POL) W 5–0	Năstac (ROM) W WO	Riskiyev (URS) W RSC
Leon Spinks	Light heavyweight	Fatihi (MAR) W KO	Klimanov (URS) W 5–0	—	Sachse (GDR) W 5–0	Gortat (POL) W 5–0	Soria (CUB) W RSC
John Tate	Heavyweight	Bye	Biegalski (POL) W 5–0	—	Hussing (FRG) W 3–2	Stevenson (CUB) L KO	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Angus Morrison	C-1 500 m	4:56.70	6 R	2:12.92	5	Did not advance
	C-1 1000 m	4:35.77	7 R	4:18.11	2 SF	4:25.83	4	Did not advance
Roland Muhlen Andreas Weigand	C-2 500 m	2:00.99	5 R	1:57.58	3 SF	1:52.33	4	Did not advance
Chuck Lyda András Törő	C-2 1000 m	4:21.19	7 R	4:04.95	5	Did not advance
Henry Krawczyk	K-1 500 m	2:04.84	6 R	2:03.25	4	Did not advance
David Gilman	K-1 1000 m	4:05.38	4 R	4:16.10	1 SF	3:54.12	5	Did not advance
Michael Johnson William Leach	K-2 500 m	1:55.10	8 R	1:49.95	4	Did not advance
Bruce Barton Peter Deyo	K-2 1000 m	3:36.17	4 R	3:36.32	3 SF	3:41.35	6	Did not advance
Bruce Barton Peter Deyo Stephen Kelly Brent Turner	K-4 1000 m	3:18.12	5 R	3:11.71	4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julie Leach	K-1 500 m	2:13.00	2 SF	Bye		2:09.44	3 QF	2:06.92	7
Linda Murray-Dragan Ann Turner	K-2 500 m	1:59.32	4 R	1:59.15	1 SF	1:57.10	4	Did not advance

Key: QF – Qualified to medal final; SF – Qualified to semifinal; R – Qualified to repechage

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Thirteen cyclists represented the United States in 1976.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
David Boll	Road race	5:05:00	56
John Howard		4:54:26	42
George Mount		4:47:23	6
Michael Neel		DNF
John Howard Alan Kingsberry Wayne Stetina Marc Thompson	Team time trial	2:18:53	19

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Round 1	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Leonard Nitz	Individual pursuit	5:01.54	19	Did not advance
Paul Deem Leonard Nitz Ron Skarin Ralph Therrio	Team pursuit		10	—	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Leigh Barczewski	Sprint	Spencer (ANT),  Vaarten (BEL) L	Gadd (GBR) L DQ	Did not advance						19

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Robert Vehe	1 km time trial	1:09.057	15

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Phil Boggs	3 m springboard	621.51	1 Q	619.05
Robert Cragg		582.99	2 Q	548.19	5
Greg Louganis		530.85	8 Q	528.96	6
Greg Louganis	10 m platform	583.50	1 Q	576.99
Tim Moore		510.75	8 Q	538.17	5
Kent Vosler		554.37	3 Q	544.14	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jennifer Chandler	3 m springboard	463.32	1 Q	506.19
Barbara Nejman		455.49	2 Q	365.07	8
Cynthia Potter		455.16	3 Q	466.83
Melissa Briley	10 m platform	389.85	4 Q	376.86	7
Janet Ely		343.92	9	Did not advance
Debbie Wilson		398.37	3 Q	401.07

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Hilda Gurney	Keen	Individual	1607	4 Q	1167	10
Edith Master	Dahlwitz		1481	14	Did not advance
Dorothy Morkis	Monaco		1559	7 Q	1249	5
Hilda Gurney Edith Master Dorothy Morkis	as above	Team	4647		—

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping		Total
			Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank
Edmund Coffin	Bally-Cor	Individual	64.59	6	50.40	2	0.00	=1	114.99
Bruce Davidson	Irish-Cap		54.16	2	136.00	20	10.00	=14	200.16	10
Michael Plumb	Better & Better		66.25	7	49.60	1	10.00	=14	125.85
Mary Anne Tauskey	Marcus Aurelius		97.09	34	162.40	24	10.00	=14	269.49	21
Edmund Coffin Bruce Davidson Michael Plumb Mary Anne Tauskey	as above	Team	185.00	2	236.00	1	20.00	=3	441.00

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Total		Jump off
			Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank
Buddy Brown	A Little Bit	Individual	16.50	29	Did not advance		16.50	29	Did not advance
Frank Chapot	Viscount		4.00	=2 Q	12.00	=7	16.00	=5	Did not advance
Dennis Murphy	Do Right		12.00	=22	Did not advance		12.00	=22	Did not advance
Buddy Brown Frank Chapot Michael R. Matz Robert Ridland	Sandsablaze Viscount Grande Southside	Team	40.00	7 Q	24.00	3	64.00	4	—

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

18 fencers represented the United States in 1976.

Individual

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1 pool		Round 2 pool		Semifinal pool		Elimination rounds					Final pool
								Round 1	Round 2	Barrage 1	Barrage 2	Barrage 3
		W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	W–L	Rank
Edward Ballinger	Foil	3–2	2 Q	3–2	3 Q	2–3	5	Did not advance						=17
Edward Donofrio		4–1	3 Q	3–2	4 Q	1–4	4 Q	Dal Zotto (ITA) L 4–10	Did not advance	Pietruszka (FRA) L 5–10	Did not advance			=13
Martin Lang		2–3	4 Q	0–5	6	Did not advance								35
Scotty Bozek	Épée	2–2	4	Did not advance										41
Brooke Makler		2–3	4	Did not advance										44
George Masin		2–3	=4	Did not advance										=46
Paul Apostol	Sabre	2–2	3 Q	2–3	4 Q	2–3	4 Q	Krovopuskov (URS) L 4–10	Did not advance	Irimiciuc (ROM) L 6–10	Did not advance			=13
Stephen Kaplan		2–2	3 Q	1–4	5	Did not advance								28
Peter Westbrook		3–1	2 Q	3–2	2 Q	2–3	4 Q	Nazlymov (URS) L 4–10	Did not advance	Bierkowski (POL) L 8–10	Did not advance			=13

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1 pool		Round 2 pool		Semifinal pool		Elimination rounds					Final pool
								Round 1	Round 2	Barrage 1	Barrage 2	Barrage 3
		W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	W–L	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	W–L	Rank
Sheila Armstrong	Foil	1–4	5	Did not advance										41
Nikki Franke		2–3	5	Did not advance										38
Ann O'Donnell		0–4	5	Did not advance										44

Team

Athlete	Event	Round 1				Round 2	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edward Ballinger Edward Donofrio Martin Lang Brooke Makler Ed Wright	Men's foil	Hong Kong (HKG) W 15–1	Poland (POL) L 2–9	Iran (IRN) W 12–4	2 Q	—	Italy (ITA) L 3–9	Did not advance	Placement final  Great Britain (GBR) L 7–8	=7
Scotty Bozek Brooke Makler George Masin Paul Pesthy	Men's épée	Thailand (THA) W 9–4	Romania (ROM) L 5–10	Soviet Union (URS) L 4–12	3	Did not advance				=11
Paul Apostol Stephen Kaplan Thomas Losonczy Alex Orban Peter Westbrook	Men's sabre	Canada (CAN) W 9–7	Italy (ITA) L 3–9	—	2 Q	—	Soviet Union (URS) L 1–9	Did not advance	Placement final  Poland (POL) L 3–9	=7
Sheila Armstrong Gay D'Asaro Nikki Franke Denise O'Connor Ann O'Donnell	Women's foil	Iran (IRN) W 11–5	Great Britain (GBR) L 7–9	Italy (ITA) L 2–14	3	—	Did not advance			=9

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Apparatus												Total
		F		PH		R		V		PB		HB
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	Score	Rank
Marshall Avener	Team	8.65	8.95	9.20	9.50	9.20	8.95	9.05	9.20	9.20	9.05	9.10	9.40	109.45	43
Tom Beach		8.95	9.20	8.85	9.20	9.20	9.40	9.20	9.30	9.15	9.00	9.45	9.65	110.55	32
Bart Conner		8.95	8.95	8.55	8.70	8.95	9.20	9.20	9.30	9.55	9.40	9.40	9.20	109.35	46
Peter Kormann		9.30	9.70 q	9.00	9.40	9.05	9.15	9.10	9.25	9.05	9.05	9.20	9.50	110.75	31 Q
Kurt Thomas		9.10	9.55	9.25	9.70	9.05	9.25	9.20	8.45	9.40	9.30	9.30	9.50	111.05	30 Q
Wayne Young		8.90	9.30	9.05	9.40	9.30	9.60	9.20	9.40	9.35	9.20	9.35	9.50	111.55	27 Q
Total		91.90		92.55		92.40		92.35		92.65		94.25		556.10	7

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus												Total
		F		PH		R		V		PB		HB
		P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	Score	Rank
Peter Kormann	All-around	9.500	9.650	9.200	9.300	9.100	9.500	9.175	9.600	9.050	9.450	9.350	9.600	112.475	15
Kurt Thomas		9.325	9.200	9.475	9.300	9.150	9.400	8.825	9.100	9.350	9.050	9.400	9.600	111.175	21
Wayne Young		9.100	9.550	9.225	9.550	9.450	9.600	9.300	9.550	9.275	9.450	9.425	9.550	113.025	12
Peter Kormann	Floor	9.500	9.800	—										19.300

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Apparatus								Total
		V		UB		BB		F
		C	O	C	O	C	O	C	O	Score	Rank
Kolleen Casey	Team	9.50	9.45	9.45	9.60	9.15	8.65	9.40	9.30	74.50	41
Kimberly Chace		9.50	9.35	9.55	9.75	9.20	9.25	9.35	9.50	75.45	24 Q
Carrie Englert		9.20	9.30	9.40	9.40	9.30	8.85	9.35	9.60	74.40	42
Kathy Howard		9.25	9.20	9.25	9.55	9.00	8.70	9.50	9.70	74.15	46
Debra Willcox		9.60	9.45	9.60	9.50	9.20	9.15	9.15	9.40	75.05	=29 Q
Leslie Wolfsberger		9.30	9.30	9.60	9.70	9.20	8.65	9.25	9.65	74.65	=34 Q
Total[3]		94.00		95.70		90.65		94.70		375.05	6

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus								Total
		V		UB		BB		F
		P	F	P	F	P	F	P	F	Score	Rank
Kimberly Chace	All-around	9.425	9.500	9.650	9.700	9.225	9.450	9.425	9.500	75.875	14
Debra Willcox		9.525	9.600	9.550	9.450	9.175	9.250	9.275	9.500	75.325	=18
Leslie Wolfsberger		9.300	9.400	9.650	9.600	8.925	9.450	9.450	9.550	75.325	=18

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round					Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Romania L 19–32	Poland L 20–26	Hungary L 21–36	Czechoslovakia L 20–28	5	9th place final  Japan L 20–27	10

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joseph Bost	–63 kg	—	Alexander (GBR) L 0000–0001	Did not advance						=18
Patrick Burris	–70 kg	—	Miranda (PUR) W 1000–0000	Vial (FRA) L 0000–0001	Did not advance					=13
Teimoc Johnston-Ono	–80 kg	—	Bye	Jatowitt (AUT) L 0000–0100	Did not advance					=13
Thomas Martin	–93 kg	Bye	Þorsteinsson (ISL) W 1000–0000	Röthlisberger (SUI) L 0000–0010	Did not advance					=12
Allen Coage	+93 kg	—	Bye	Felipa (AHO) W 1000–0000	Wallas (AUT) W 0010–0000	Neureuther (FRG) L 0000–0000 Y	—	Bye	Bronze medal final  Jalaa (MGL) W 0200–0000
Jimmy Wooley	Open	—	Schädler (LIE) W 1000–0000	Novák (TCH) L 0000–1000	Did not advance					=11

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1976.

Athlete	Event	Riding (cross-country steeplechase)				Fencing (épée)			Shooting (25 m rapid fire pistol)			Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Running (4000 m cross-country)			Total
		Time	Penalties	Rank	MP points	V–D	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Score	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	MP points	Rank
Michael Burley	Individual	1:47.5	32	18	1068	22–24	=24	760	180	=41	692	3:27.95	10	1212	12:26.6	2	1327	5059	16
John Fitzgerald		1:48.0	64	27	1036	30–16	4	952	194	=7	1000	3:25.47	8	1232	13:53.4	42	1066	5286	6
Robert Nieman		1:49.6	64	28	1036	23–23	=18	784	176	44	604	3:13.61	1	1324	13:24.2	24	1153	4901	26
Michael Burley John Fitzgerald Robert Nieman	Team	—		7	3140	—	4	2535	—	12	2296	—	1	3768	—	7	3546	15285	5

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jim Dietz	Single sculls	7:24.98	5 R	7:14.46	3 SF	7:09.13	5 FB	7:58.70	7
Calvin Coffey Mike Staines	Coxless pair	6:52.37	2 SF	Bye		6:33.25	1 FA	7:26.73
Ken Dreyfuss John Matthews Darrell Vreugdenhil	Coxed pair	7:49.00	5 R	N/A	2 SF	7:24.78	6 FB	8:15.65	11
Bill Belden Lawrence Klecatsky	Double sculls	6:46.33	4 R	6:34.81	1 SF	6:33.88	4 FB	7:16.59	8
Tony Brooks Jim Moroney Gary Piantedosi Hugh Stevenson	Coxless four	6:15.07	1 SF	Bye		6:03.79	4 FB	6:43.06	8
Fred Borchelt John Hartigan Pat Hayes Michael Plumb Robert Zagunis	Coxed four	6:36.52	3 SF	Bye		6:14.87	4 FB	6:54.92	11
Peter Cortes Kenneth Foote Neil Halleen John Van Blom	Quadruple sculls	5:55.05	3 R	5:55.23	2 FA	—		6:34.33	6
Richard Cashin Steve Christiansen John Everett David Fellows Michael Hess Chip Lubsen Mark Norelius Alan Shealy David Weinberg	Eight	5:42.05	3 R	5:48.60	3 FB	—		6:11.07	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joan Lind	Single sculls	3:40.67	2 R	4:03.87	1 FA	4:06.21
Sue Morgan Laura Staines	Pair	3:46.76	4 R	3:58.41	3 FB	4:02.91	7
Diane Braceland Jan Palchikoff	Double sculls	3:33.15	5 R	3:45.19	2 FA	3:58.25	5
Pam Behrens Judy Geer Mimi Kellogg Catherine Menges Nancy Storrs	Four	3:32.77	3 R	N/A	4 FA	3:56.50	6
Lisa Hansen Liz Hills Karen McCloskey Irene Moreno	Quadruple sculls	3:18.02	4 R	3:27.82	3 FB	3:46.06	7
Carol Brown Anita DeFrantz Carie Graves Marion Greig Peggy McCarthy Gail Ricketson Lynn Silliman Anne Warner Jackie Zoch	Eight	3:05.52	2 R	N/A	1 FA	3:38.68

Qualification legend: FA = Final A (medal); FB = Final B (non-medal); SF = Semifinal; R = Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race							Total
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Points	Rank
Peter Commette	Finn	15.0	18.0	11.7	20.0	19.0	19.0	13.0	95.7	11
David Whitehurst Robert Whitehurst	470	17.0	RET	10.0	0.0	22.0	22.0	18.0	89.0	9
Norman Freeman John Mathias	Flying Dutchman	11.7	19.0	15.0	13.0	8.0	0.0	18.0	65.7	6
David McFaull Michael Rothwell	Tornado	14.0	16.0	0.0	8.0	3.0	3.0	8.0	36.0
Dennis Conner Conn Findlay	Tempest	3.0	3.0	5.7	10.0	15.0	8.0	3.0	32.7
Walter Glasgow Richard Hoepfner John Kolius	Soling	14.0	5.7	17.0	3.0	13.0	11.7	0.0	47.4

• Alternate:Dick Tillman

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Hershel Anderson	50 m pistol	556	10
Richard Crawford		534	=37
Bill McMillan	25 m rapid fire pistol	586	=20
Tom Treinen		576	=36
Martin Edmondson	50 m running target	558	14
Louis Theimer		564	8
Victor Auer	50 m rifle prone	588	=31
David Ross		590	=20
Lanny Bassham	50 m rifle three positions	1162
Margaret Murdock		1162
Charvin Dixon	Trap	181	=11
Donald Haldeman		190
Bradley Simmons	Skeet	186	=44
John Satterwhite		192	=14

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Babashoff	100 m freestyle	51.53	3 Q	51.46	3 Q	50.81
Joe Bottom		51.47	1 Q	51.92	6 Q	51.79	6
Jim Montgomery		52.13	8 Q	50.39 WR	1 Q	49.99 WR
Bruce Furniss	200 m freestyle	1:50.93 OR	1 Q	—		1:50.29 WR
Jim Montgomery		1:51.77	5 Q			1:50.58
John Naber		1:52.78	8 Q			1:50.50
Casey Converse	400 m freestyle	4:00.65	12	—		Did not advance
Brian Goodell		3:55.24 OR	1 Q			3:51.93 WR
Tim Shaw		3:56.40 OR	2			3:52.54
Brian Goodell	1500 m freestyle	15:34.11	4 Q	—		15:02.40 WR
Bobby Hackett		15:25.49	2 Q			15:03.91
Paul Hartloff		15:20.74 OR	1 Q			15:32.08	7
Bob Jackson	100 m backstroke	58.02	4 Q	57.65	6 Q	57.69	6
John Naber		56.80	1 Q	56.19 WR	1 Q	55.49 WR
Peter Rocca		58.12	5 Q	56.88	2 Q	56.34
Dan Harrigan	200 m backstroke	2:02.25 OR	2 Q	—		2:01.35
John Naber		2:02.01 OR	1 Q			1:59.19 WR
Peter Rocca		2:03.31	3 Q			2:00.55
Larry Dowler	100 m breaststroke	1:05.32	8 Q	1:05.19	=9	Did not advance
John Hencken		1:03.88 OR	1 Q	1:03.62 WR	1 Q	1:03.11 WR
Chris Woo		1:05.39	10 Q	1:04.86	8 Q	1:05.13	8
Rick Colella	200 m breaststroke	2:21.08 OR	2 Q	—		2:19.20
John Hencken		2:21.23	3 Q			2:17.26
Charles Keating		2:22.22	4 Q			2:20.79	5
Joe Bottom	100 m butterfly	56.26	6 Q	55.26	3 Q	54.50
Gary Hall		55.35	2 Q	55.32	4 Q	54.65
Matt Vogel		55.40	3 Q	54.80	2 Q	54.35
Mike Bruner	200 m butterfly	2:01.35	3 Q	—		1:59.23 WR
Bill Forrester		2:01.95	7 Q			1:59.96
Steve Gregg		2:00.24 OR	1 Q			1:59.54
Steve Furniss	400 m individual medley	4:27.76 OR	2 Q	—		4:29.23	6
Tim McKee		4:29.14	4 Q			4:24.62
Rod Strachan		4:27.15 OR	1 Q			4:23.68 WR
Mike Bruner Bruce Furniss Jim Montgomery John Naber Doug Northway* Tim Shaw*	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:30.33	1 Q	—		7:23.22 WR
Jack Babashoff* Joe Bottom* John Hencken Jim Montgomery John Naber Peter Rocca* Matt Vogel Chris Woo*	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:47.28	1 Q	—		3:42.22 WR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shirley Babashoff	100 m freestyle	58.06	10 Q	56.95	3 Q	56.95	5
Kim Peyton		57.26	4 Q	56.89	2 Q	56.81	4
Jill Sterkel		57.41	6 Q	57.19	6 Q	57.06	7
Shirley Babashoff	200 m freestyle	2:01.64	2 Q	—		2:01.22
Jennifer Hooker		2:03.72	7 Q			2:04.20	6
Jill Sterkel		2:03.94	=9			Did not advance
Shirley Babashoff	400 m freestyle	4:16.07	2 Q	—		4:10.46
Brenda Borgh		4:17.20	=5 Q			4:17.43	6
Kathy Heddy		4:19.34	=7 Q			4:15.50	5
Shirley Babashoff	800 m freestyle	8:47.74	3 Q	—		8:37.59
Nicole Kramer		8:46.81 OR	2 Q			8:47.33	5
Wendy Weinberg		8:49.78	5 Q			8:42.60
Linda Jezek	100 m backstroke	1:04.69	4 Q	1:06.01	11	Did not advance
Renee Magee		1:06.44	19	Did not advance
Tauna Vandeweghe		1:05.00	8 Q	1:06.29	12	Did not advance
Melissa Belote	200 m backstroke	2:17.63	5 Q	—		2:17.27	5
Maryanne Graham		2:19.07	10			Did not advance
Miriam Smith		2:22.05	13			Did not advance
Renee Laravie	100 m breaststroke	1:16.76	=20	Did not advance
Marcia Morey		1:17.30	25	Did not advance
Lauri Siering		1:15.41	13 Q	1:14.84	11	Did not advance
Janis Hape	200 m breaststroke	2:45.57	25	—		Did not advance
Marcia Morey		2:41.85	16			Did not advance
Lauri Siering		2:41.66	15			Did not advance
Wendy Boglioli	100 m butterfly	1:01.84 OR	2 Q	1:01.75	4 Q	1:01.17
Lelei Fonoimoana		1:02.75	9 Q	1:02.23	7 Q	1:01.95	7
Camille Wright		1:02.22	4 Q	1:01.89	5 Q	1:01.41	4
Karen Moe	200 m butterfly	2:14.53 OR	6 Q	—		2:12.90	4
Donna Lee Wennerstrom		2:15.56	10			Did not advance
Camille Wright		2:14.77	9			Did not advance
Jeanne Haney	400 m individual medley	5:10.53	13	—		Did not advance
Donna Lee Wennerstrom		4:55.16	3 Q			4:55.34	6
Shirley Babashoff Wendy Boglioli Kim Peyton Jill Sterkel	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:50.27	3 Q	—		3:44.82 WR
Shirley Babashoff Wendy Boglioli* Lelei Fonoimoana* Linda Jezek Lauri Siering Camille Wright	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:20.87	4 Q	—		4:14.55

* - Athlete swam in the heat but not the final.
Note: Times in the preliminary rounds ranked across all heats.

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total
		Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank	Weight	Rank
Dan Cantore	–67.5 kg	120.0	=13	152.5	=10	272.5	11
Fred Lowe	–75 kg	135.0	=10	170.0	=9	305.0	11
Samuel Bigler	–82.5 kg	130.0	=12	177.5	=7	307.5	10
Phil Grippaldi	–90 kg	150.0	DQ	205.0	DQ	DQ
Lee James		165.0	=2	197.5	3	362.5
Mark Cameron	–110 kg	162.5	DQ	212.5	DQ	DQ
Gary Drinnon		152.5	14	200.0	=8	352.5	12
Sam Walker	+110 kg	142.5	9	182.5	9	325.0	9
Bruce Wilhelm		172.5	2	215.0	5	387.5	5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Key:

• TO – Victory by fall.
• DQ - Loser disqualified for passivity.
• D1 - Loser disqualified for passivity, winner also judged to be passive.

Athlete	Event	Elimination stage								Final stage
		Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	TPP	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	FPP	Rank
William Rosado	Freestyle 48 kg	Dmitriyev (URS) L TO (4.0)	Khishigbaatar (MGL) L 11–13 (3.0)	EL			—		7.0	—	Did not advance
James Haines	Freestyle 52 kg	Măndilă (ROM) W 13–3 (0.5)	Abreu (CUB) L 12–13 (3.0)	Ivanov (URS) L 10–18 (3.5)	EL		—		7.0	—	Did not advance
Joe Corso	Freestyle 57 kg	Ditta (PAK) W 20–8 (0.0)	Żedzicki (POL) L TO (4.0)	Arai (JPN) L TO (4.0)	EL		—	8.0	—	Did not advance
Gene Davis	Freestyle 62 kg	Oidov (MGL) W 15–8 (1.0)	Toulotte (FRA) W TO (0.0)	Giray (FRG) W TO (0.0)	Timofeyev (URS) W 29–13 (0.0)	Farahvashi (IRN) L 12–18 (3.0)	Yang (KOR) L TO (4.0)	—	8.0	—	EL	5.0
Lloyd Keaser	Freestyle 68 kg	Övermark (FIN) W 20–4 (0.0)	Navaei (IRN) W TO (0.0)	Sugawara (JPN) W DQ (0.0)	Weisenberger (FRG) W TO (0.0)	Ramos (CUB) W DQ (0.0)	Zhekov (BUL) W 9–5 (1.0)	—	1.0	—	Pinigin (URS) L 1–12 (3.5)	3.5
Stanley Dziedzic	Freestyle 74 kg	Düvchin (MGL) W DQ (0.0)	Herrick (PUR) W TO (0.0)	Karlsson (SWE) W 11–5 (1.0)	Bye	Ashuraliyev (URS) W 9–6 (1.0)	—		2.0	Barzegar (IRN) L 8–11 (3.0)	Date (JPN) L 5–10 (3.0)	6.0
John Peterson	Freestyle 82 kg	Shacklady (GBR) W TO (0.0)	Bouchoule (FRA) W DQ (0.0)	Seger (FRG) W 14–4 (0.5)	Kovács (HUN) W 10–3 (1.0)	Novozhilov (URS) W 20–4 (0.0)	Uzun (TUR) W 13–5 (0.5)	—	2.0	—		0.5
Ben Peterson	Freestyle 90 kg	Morcov (ROM) W 7–4 (1.0)	Akhmedov (BUL) W 14–13 (1.0)	Yatsu (JPN) W 19–2 (0.0)	Morgan (CUB) W TO (0.0)	Kurczewski (POL) W 13–4 (0.5)	Stottmeister (GDR) W 13–8 (1.0)	—	3.5	—	Tediashvili (URS) L 5–11 (3.0)	4.0
Russell Hellickson	Freestyle 100 kg	Peache (GBR) W TO (0.0)	Shimizu (JPN) W DQ (0.0)	Soukhteh-Saraei (IRN) W TO (0.0)	Bayanmönkh (MGL) W 14–5 (0.5)	Yarygin (URS) L 13–19 (3.0)	—		3.5	—	Kostov (BUL) W 12–6 (1.0)	4.0
Jimmy Jackson	Freestyle +100 kg	Geris (CAN) W TO (0.0)	Andiyev (URS) L TO (4.0)	Balla (HUN) L 9–10 (3.0)	EL			—	7.0	—		Did not advance
Michael Farina	Greco-Roman 48 kg	Bora (TUR) L 4–19 (4.0)	Seres (HUN) W TO (0.0)	Shumakov (URS) L DQ (4.0)	EL		—		8.0	Did not advance			=8
Bruce Thompson	Greco-Roman 52 kg	Krauß (FRG) L 7–15 (3.5)	Holidis (GRE) W TO (0.0)	Rácz (HUN) L 6–8 (3.0)	EL		—		6.5	—	Did not advance
Joseph Sade	Greco-Roman 57 kg	Krysta (TCH) L TO (4.0)	Jargalsaikhan (MGL) W 22–11 (0.5)	Grilo (POR) W 30–1 (0.0)	Suga (JPN) L TO (4.0)	EL	—		8.5	Did not advance
Gary Alexander	Greco-Roman 62 kg	Hjelt (FIN) L TO (4.0)	Réczi (HUN) L DQ (4.0)	EL					8.0	—		Did not advance
Patrick Marcy	Greco-Roman 68 kg	Bahamou (MAR) W TO3 (0.0)	Ranzi (ITA) L 4–10 (3.0)	Wehling (GDR) L DQ (4.0)	EL			—	7.0	—		Did not advance
John Matthews	Greco-Roman 74 kg	Barban (CUB) L 10–13 (3.0)	Huhtala (FIN) L DQ (4.0)	EL			—		7.0	Did not advance
Daniel Chandler	Greco-Roman 82 kg	Hegedűs (HUN) W 9–8 (1.0)	Petković (YUG) L 5–14 (3.5)	Takanishi (JPN) L TO (4.0)	EL			—	8.5	—		Did not advance
James Johnson	Greco-Roman 90 kg	Sarr (SEN) W TO (0.0)	Ivanov (BUL) L TO (4.0)	Nišavić (YUG) L DQ (4.0)	EL		—		8.0	—	Did not advance		=8
Brad Rheingans	Greco-Roman 100 kg	Hem (NOR) W 4–3 (1.0)	Moshtaghi (IRN) W TO (0.0)	Skrzydlewski (POL) W 9–7 (1.0)	Balboshin (URS) L TO (4.0)	—			7.0	Did not advance			4
William Lee	Greco-Roman +100 kg	Tomov (BUL) W TO (0.0)	Matsunaga (JPN) W DQ (0.0)	Tomanek (POL) L DQ (4.0)	Codreanu (ROM) L D1 (4.0)	—			8.0	Did not advance			5