The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 410 competitors, 285 men and 125 women, took part in 189 events in 22 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Moscow, a live video feed from the city was shown at the closing ceremony.
Medalists The Soviet Union won 49 gold and 125 overall medals, finishing first in the medal standings by both parameters. Gold Nikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise Nellie Kim — artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise Nikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's individual all-round Nikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's rings Svetlana Grozdova, Elvira Saadi, Maria Filatova, Olga Korbut, Ludmilla Tourischeva and Nellie Kim — artistic gymnastics, women's team competition Nikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's vault Nellie Kim — artistic gymnastics, women's vault Viktor Saneyev — athletics, men's triple jump Yuri Sedykh — athletics, men's hammer throw Tatyana Kazankina — athletics, women's 800m Tatyana Kazankina — athletics, women's 1500m Angele Rupshene, Tatjana Zakharova, Raisa Kurvyakova, Olga Barisheva, Tatjana Ovetchkina, Nadezhda Shuvaeva, Uljana Semjonova, Nadezhda Zakharova, Nelli Feryabnikova, Olga Sukharnova, Tamara Daunene and Natalia Klimova — basketball, women's team competition Aleksandr Rogov — canoeing, men's C1 500m Sergei Petrenko and Aleksandr Vinogradov — canoeing, men's C2 500m Sergei Petrenko and Aleksandr Vinogradov — canoeing, men's C2 1000m Sergei Nagornyi and Vladimir Romanovsky — canoeing, men's K2 1000m Sergei Chukhrai, Aleksandr Degtyarev, Yuri Filatov and Vladimir Morozov — canoeing, men's K4 1000m Nina Gopova and Galina Kreft — canoeing, women's K2 500m Anatoli Chukanov, Valeri Chaplygin, Vladimir Kaminsky and Aavo Pikkuus — cycling road, men's team time trial Elena Vaytsekhovskaya — diving, women's 10m platform Elena Novikova-Belova, Olga Knyazeva, Valentina Sidorova, Nailia Giliazova and Valentina Nikonova — fencing, women's foil team Viktor Krovopuskov — fencing, men's sabre individual Viktor Krovopuskov, Eduard Vinokurov, Viktor Sidyak, Vladimir Nazlymov and Mikhail Burtsev — fencing, men's sabre team Aleksandr Resanov, Nikolay Tomin, Sergey Kushniryuk, Jury Lagutin, Vladimir Maksimov, Jury Kidyaev, Jury Klimov, Vladimir Kravtsov, Valery Gassy, Vasily Ilyin, Mikhail Ishchenko, Aleksandr Anpilogov, Yevgeni Chernyshov and Anatoly Fedyukin — handball, men's team competition Natalya Timoshkina-Sherstyuk, Zinaida Turchina, Halyna Zakharova, Rafiga Shabanova, Lyudmila Shubina, Lyubov Odinokova-Berezhnaya, Lyudmila Panchuk, Lyudmila Poradnik-Bobrus, Mariya Litoshenko, Nina Lobova, Aldona Neneniene-Cesaitìte, Tatyana Glushchenko, Larisa Karlova and Tatyana Kotchergina-Makarets — handball, women's team competition Sergei Novikov — judo, men's heavyweight Vladimir Nevzorov — judo, men's half-middleweight Vladimir Eshinov, Nikolay Ivanov, Mikhail Kuznetsov, Aleksandr Klepikov, Aleksandr Lukyanov (cox), and Aleksandr Sema — rowing, men's four-oared shell with coxswain Aleksandr Gazov — shooting, men's running game target Marina Kosheveya — swimming, women's 200m breaststroke Aleksandr Voronin — weightlifting, men's flyweight Nikolay Kolesnikov — weightlifting, men's featherweight Pyotr Korol — weightlifting, men's lightweight Valery Shary — weightlifting, men's light heavyweight David Rigert — weightlifting, men's middle heavyweight Yury Zaytsev — weightlifting, men's heavyweight Vasily Alekseyev — weightlifting, men's super heavyweight Aleksey Shumakov — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman light flyweight Vitaly Konstantinov — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman flyweight Suren Nalbandyan — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight Anatoly Bykov — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight Valery Rezantsev — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight Nikolay Balboshin — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman heavyweight Aleksandr Kolchinsky — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight Vladimir Yumin — wrestling, men's freestyle bantamweight Pavel Pynigyn — wrestling, men's freestyle lightweight Levan Tediashvili — wrestling, men's freestyle light heavyweight Ivan Yarygin — wrestling, men's freestyle heavyweight Soslan Andiyev — wrestling, men's freestyle super heavyweight
Silver Valentyna Kovpan — archery, women's individual competition Olga Korbut — artistic gymnastics, women's balance beam Vladimir Marchenko — artistic gymnastics, men's floor exercise Ludmilla Tourischeva — artistic gymnastics, women's floor exercise Nellie Kim — artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-around Nikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's parallel bars Alexander Dityatin — artistic gymnastics, men's rings Vladimir Tikhonov, Gennady Krysin, Vladimir Marchenko, Alexander Dityatin, Vladimir Markelov and Nikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's team competition Ludmilla Tourischeva — artistic gymnastics, women's vault Yevgeny Mironov — athletics, men's shot tut Aleksey Spiridonov — athletics, men's hammer throw Tatyana Anisimova — athletics, women's 100m hurdles Nadezhda Chizhova — athletics, women's shot put Rufat Riskiev — boxing, men's 71–75 kg Vasili Yurchenko — canoeing, men's C-1 1000m Tatyana Korshunova — canoeing, women's K-1 500m Sergei Nagornyi, Vladimir Romanovsky — canoeing, men's K-2 500m Vladimir Osokin, Aleksandr Perov, Vitali Petrakov and Viktor Sokolov — cycling, men's team pursuit Aleksander Romankov — fencing, men's foil individual Vladimir Nazlymov — fencing, men's sabre individual Valeri Dvoinikov — judo, men's middleweight Ramaz Kharshiladze — judo, men's half-heavyweight Pavel Lednev — modern pentathlon, men's individual competition Lyubov Talalaeva, Nadezhda Roshchina, Klavdiya Kozenkova, Elena Zubko, Olga Kolkova, Nelli Tarakanova, Nadezhda Rozgon, Olga Guzenko and Olga Pugovskaya — rowing, women's eight with coxswain Dmitri Bekhterev, Yuri Shurkalov and Yuri Lorentson — rowing, men's pair-oared shell with coxswain Anna Kondrashina, Mira Bryunina, Larissa Alexandrova-Popova, Galina Ermolaeva and Nadezhda Chernyshyova — rowing, women's quadruple sculls with coxswain Yevgeniy Duleyev, Yuriy Yakimov, Aivar Lazdenieks and Vytautas Butkus — rowing, men's quadruple sculls without coxswain Andrey Balashov — sailing, men's Finn Vladislav Akimenko and Valentyn Mankin — sailing, men's tempest Aleksandr Kedyarov — shooting, men's running game target Andrey Bogdanov, Sergey Kopliakov, Andrey Krylov and Vladimir Raskatov — swimming, men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Lyubov Rusanova — swimming, women's 100m breaststroke Marina Yurchenya — swimming, women's 200m breaststroke Aleksandr Yermilov, Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Yury Starunsky, Vladimir Ulanov, Anatoly Polishchuk, Aleksandr Savin, Pavel Selivanov, Vladimir Kondra, Oleg Moliboga, Vladimir Chernyshov, Yefim Chulak and Vladimir Dorokhov — volleyball, men's team competition Zoya Yusova, Inna Ryskal, Lyudmila Shchetinina, Nina Smoleyeva, Liliya Osadchaya, Anna Rostova, Lyubov Rudovskaya, Olga Kozakova, Natalya Kushnir, Nina Muradyan, Larisa Bergen and Lyudmila Chernyshova — volleyball, women's team competition Vardan Militosyan — weightlifting, men's middleweight Nelson Davidyan — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight Vladimir Cheboksarov — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman middleweight Roman Dimitriyev — wrestling, men's freestyle light flyweight Aleksandr Ivanov — wrestling, men's freestyle flyweight Viktor Novozhilov — wrestling, men's freestyle middleweight
Bronze Zebiniso Rustamova — archery, women's individual competition Ludmilla Tourischeva — artistic gymnastics, women's individual all-around Nikolai Andrianov — artistic gymnastics, men's pommel horse Valeriy Borzov — athletics, men's 100m Yevgeniy Gavrilenko — athletics, men's 400m hurdles Aleksandr Aksinin, Valeriy Borzov, Nikolay Kolesnikov and Juris Silovs — athletics, men's 4 × 100 m relay Alexandr Baryshnikov — athletics, men's shot put men Mykola Avilov — athletics, men's decathlon Anatoliy Bondarchuk — athletics, men's hammer throw Natalya Lebedeva — athletics, women's 100m hurdles Vera Anisimova, Nadezhda Besfamilnaya, Lyudmila Maslakova and Tatyana Prorochenko — athletics, women's 4 × 100 m relay Lyudmila Aksyonova, Nadezhda Ilyina, Inta Kļimoviča and Natalya Sokolova — athletics, women's 4 × 400 m relay Lidiya Alfeyeva — athletics, women's long jump Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Vladimir Zhigily, Vladimir Tkachenko, Valery Miloserdov, Anatoly Myshkin, Aleksandr Salnikov, Ivan Edeshko, Mikheil Korkia, Andrey Makeyev, Vladimir Arzamaskov, Aleksandr Belov and Sergey Belov — basketball, men's team competition David Torosyan — boxing, men's flyweight Viktor Rybakov — boxing, men's bantamweight Vasily Solomin — boxing, men's lightweight Viktor Savchenko — boxing, men's light middleweight Vladimir Aleynik — diving, men's 10m platform Aleksandr Kosenkov — diving, men's 3m springboard Elena Novikova-Belova — fencing, women's foil individual Viktor Sidyak — fencing, men's sabre individual Vladimir Troshkin, David Kipiani, Vladimir Veremeyev, Viktor Zvyagintsev, Leonid Nazarenko, Vladimir Onishchenko, Stefan Reshko, Anatoly Konkov, Viktor Matviyenko, Aleksandr Minayev, Mikhail Fomenko, Vladimir Fyodorov, Viktor Kolotov, Vladimir Astapovsky, Oleg Blokhin, Aleksandr Prokhorov and Leonid Buryak — football (soccer), men's team competition Shota Chochishvili — judo, men's open category Eleonora Kaminskaitė, Genovaitė Ramoškienė — rowing, women's double sculls Raul Arnemann, Nikolai Kuznetsov, Valeriy Dolinin and Anushavan Gasan-Dzhalalov — rowing, men's four without coxswain Nadezhda Sevostyanova, Lyudmila Krokhina, Galina Mishenina, Anna Pasokha and Lidiya Krylova — rowing, women's four-oared shell with coxswain Elena Antonova — rowing, women's single sculls Gennady Lushchikov — shooting, men's small-bore rifle, prone Vladimir Raskatov — swimming, men's 400m freestyle Arvydas Juozaitis — swimming, men's 100 m breaststroke Marina Kosheveya — swimming, women's 100m breaststroke Lyubov Rusanova — swimming, women's 200m breaststroke Andrey Smirnov — swimming, men's 400m individual medley Farhat Mustafin — wrestling, men's Greco-Roman bantamweight
Archery
Women's individual competition: Valentina Kovpan — 2460 points (→ Silver medal) Zebiniso Rustamova — 2407 points (→ Bronze medal)
Men's individual competition: Vladimir Chendarov — 2467 points (→ 5th place)
Athletics
Men's 800 metres Viktor Anohin Heat — 1:46.81 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metres relay Aleksandr Aksinin, Nikolay Kolesnikov, Juris Silovs and Valeriy Borzov Heat — 39.98 Semifinal — 39.36 Final — 38.78s (→ Bronze medal)
Men's 4x400 metres relay Dmitriy Stukalov, Vladimir Ponomaryov, Viktor Anohin and Yevgeniy Gavrilenko Heat — 3:07.72 (→ did not advance)
Men's marathon Leonid Moseyev — 2:13:22 (→ 7th place) Alexander Gotskiy — 2:15:34 (→ 9th place) Yuriy Velikorodnyh — 2:19:45 (→ 24th place)
Men's 400m hurdles Yevgeniy Gavrilenko Heat — 50.93s Semifinal — 49.73s Final — 49.45s (→ Bronze medal) Dmitriy Stukalov Heat — 50.78s Semifinal — 50.47s (→ did not advance)
Men's long jump Valeriy Podlujnyi Qualification — 7.90m Final — 7.88m (→ 7th place) Aleksey Pereverzev Qualification — 7.78m Final — 7.66m (→ 10th place) Tõnu Lepik Qualification — 7.49m (→ did not advance)
Men's high jump Sergey Budalov Qualification — 2.16m Final — 2.21m (→ 4th place) Sergey Senyukov Qualification — 2.16m Final — 2.18m (→ 5th place)
Men's discus throw Nikolay Vikhor Qualification — 57.50m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 20 km race walk Vladimir Golubnichiy — 1:29:24 (→ 7th place) Otto Barch — 1:31:12 (→ 13th place) Viktor Semyonov — 1:31:59 (→ 15th place)
Women's shot put Nadezhda Chizhova Final — 20.96 m (→ Silver medal) Svetlana Krachevskaya Final — 18.36 m (→ 9th place) Faina Melnik