Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 261 in 21 sports | |||||||||
| Medals | Gold 3 |
Silver 5 |
Bronze 5 |
Total 13 |
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The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
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[edit] Medals
Great Britain finished in 13th position in the final medal rankings, with 3 gold and 13 total medals.
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Gold
- John Osborn and Reg White — Sailing, Men's Tornado
- Jim Fox, Danny Nightingale and Adrian Parker — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
- David Wilkie — Swimming, Men's 200m Breaststroke
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Silver
- Keith Remfry — Judo, Men's Open Class
- Michael Hart and Chris Baillieu — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
- Richard Clark, Tim Crooks, Richard Lester, Hugh Matheson, David Maxwell, Leonard 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 — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman
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Bronze
- 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 (93kg)
- Alan McClatchey, David Dunne, Gordon Downie, Brian Brinkley — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
[edit] Results by event
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[edit] Archery
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:
- Patricia Conway – 2257 points (→ 21st place)
- Rachael Fenwick – 2199 points (→ 23rd place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- David Pink – 2347 points (→ 21st place)
- Stewart Littlefair – 2238 points (→ 30th place)
[edit] Athletics
Men's 800 metres
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- Heat — 1:48.27
- Semi Final — 1:46.14
- Final — 1:45.44 (→ 5th place)
- Frank Clement
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- Heat — 1:47.51
- Semi Final — 1:48.28 (→ did not advance)
Men's 10.000 metres
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- Heat — 28:22.19
- Final — 27:54.92 (→ Bronze Medal)
- Anthony Simmons
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- Heat — 28:01.82
- Final — 27:56.26 (→ 4th place)
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- Heat — 28:17.26
- Final — 28:17.78 (→ 8th place)
Men's 4x400m Relay
- Ainsley Bennett, Glendon Cohen, Dave Jenkins, and Alan Pascoe
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- Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
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- Heats — 51.66s
- Semi Final — 49.95s
- Final — 51.29s (→ 8th place)
Men's Long Jump
- Roy Mitchell
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- Heat — 7.69m (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Jeffrey Norman — 2:20:04 (→ 26th place)
- Keith Angus — 2:22:18 (→ 31st place)
- Barry Watson — 2:28:32 (→ 45th place)
Men's 20km Race Walk
- Brian Adams — 1:30:46 (→ 11th place)
- Oliver Flynn — 1:31:42 (→ 14th place)
- Paul Nihill — 1:36:40 (→ 30th place)
[edit] Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race
- Joseph Waugh — 4:49:01 (→ 35th place)
- Dudley Hayton — 4:54:26 (→ 43rd place)
- Philip Griffiths — did not finish (→ no ranking)
- William Nickson — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 1.000m Time Trial
- Paul Medhurst — 1:10.167 (→ 19th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
- Trevor Gadd — 12th place
Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit
- Ian Hallam — 20th place
