1976 Olympics: Leading Medal Winners

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right.

Men

No  Sport G-S-B
7 Nikolai Andrianov, USSR Gymnastics 4-2-1
5 John Naber, USA Swimming 4-1-0
5 Mitsuo Tsukahara, JPN Gymnastics 2-1-2
4 Jim Montgomery, USA Swimming 3-0-1
3 John Hencken, USA Swimming 2-1-0
3 Sawao Kato, JPN Gymnastics 2-1-0
3 Eizo Kenmotsu, JPN Gymnastics 1-2-0
3 Rüdiger Helm, E. Ger Canoeing 1-0-2

Women

No  Sport G-S-B
5 Kornelia Ender, E. Ger Swimming 4-1-0
5 Nadia Comaneci, ROM Gymnastics 3-1-1
5 Shirley Babashoff, USA Swimming 1-4-0
4 Nelli Kim, USSR Gymnastics 3-1-0
4 Andrea Pollack, E. Ger Swimming 2-2-0
4 Lyudmila Tourischeva, USSR Gymnastics 1-2-1
3 Ulrike Richter, E. Ger Swimming 3-0-0
3 Annagret Richter, W. Ger Track/Field 1-2-0
3 Renate Stecher, E. Ger Track/Field 1-1-1
3 Teodora Ungureanu, ROM Gymnastics 0-2-1
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