1976 Olympics: Track & Field
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Men
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Hasely Crawford, TRI | 10.06 | |
| Donald Quarrie, JAM | 10.08 | ||
| Valeriy Borsov, USSR | 10.14 | ||
| 200m | Donald Quarrie, JAM | 20.23 | |
| Millard Hampton, USA | 20.29 | ||
| Dwayne Evans, USA | 20.43 | ||
| 400m | Alberto Juantorena, CUB | 44.26 | |
| Fred Newhouse, USA | 44.40 | ||
| Herman Frazier, USA | 44.95 | ||
| 800m | Alberto Juantorena, CUB | 1:43.50 | WR |
| Ivo van Damme, BEL | 1:43.9 | ||
| Richard Wohlhuter, USA | 1:44.1 | ||
| 1500m | John Walker, NZE | 3:39.17 | |
| Ivo van Damme, BEL | 3:39.3 | ||
| Paul-Heinz Wellmann, W. Ger | 3:39.3 | ||
| 5000m | Lasse Viren, FIN | 13:24.76 | |
| Dick Quax, NZL | 13:25.2 | ||
| Klaus-P.Hildenbrand, E. Ger | 13:25.4 | ||
| 10,000m | Lasse Viren, FIN | 27:40.38 | |
| Carlos Lopez, POR | 27:45.2 | ||
| Brendan Foster, GBR | 27:54.9 | ||
| Marathon | Waldemar Cierpinski, E. Ger | 2:09:55 | OR |
| Frank Shorter, USA | 2:10:45.8 | ||
| Karel Lismont, BEL | 2:11:12.6 | ||
| 110m H | Guy Drut, FRA | 13.30 | |
| Alejandro Casanas, CUB | 13.33 | ||
| Willie Davenport, USA | 13.38 | ||
| 400m H | Edwin Moses, USA | 47.64 | WR |
| Michael Shine, USA | 48.69 | ||
| Yevgeniy Gavrilenko, USSR | 49.45 | ||
| 3000m Steeple | Anders Gärdeud, SWE | 8:08.2 | WR |
| Bronislaw Malinowski, POL | 8:09.1 | ||
| Frank Baumgartl, E. Ger | 8:10.4 | ||
| 20k Walk | Daniel Bautista, MEX | 1:24:40.6 | OR |
| Hans-Peter Reimann, E. Ger | 1:25:13.8 | ||
| Peter Frenkel, E. Ger | 1:25:29.4 | ||
| 4x100m | USA (Harvey Glance, Johnny Jones, Millard Hampton, Steve Riddick) | 38.33 | |
| East Germany | 38.66 | ||
| Soviet Union | 38.78 | ||
| 4x400m | USA (Herman Frazier, Benjamin Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks) | 2:58.65 | |
| Poland | 3:01.43 | ||
| West Germany | 3:01.98 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Jacek Wszola, POL | 7- 41/2 | OR |
| Gregory Joy, CAN | 7-33/4 | ||
| Dwight Stones, USA | 7-3 | ||
| Pole Vault | Tadeusz Slusarski, POL | 18- 01/2 | =OR |
| Antti Kalliomäki, FIN | 18-01/2 | ||
| David Roberts, USA | 18-01/2 | ||
| Long Jump | Arnie Robinson, USA | 27- 43/4 | |
| Randy Williams, USA | 26-71/4 | ||
| Frank Wartenberg, E. Ger | 26-33/4 | ||
| Triple Jump | Viktor Saneyev, USSR | 56- 83/4 | |
| James Butts, USA | 56-81/2 | ||
| Joao de Oliveira, BRA | 55-51/2 | ||
| Shot Put | Udo Beyer, E. Ger | 69- 03/4 | |
| Yevgeniy Mironov, USSR | 69-0 | ||
| Alexander Baryshnikov, USSR | 68-103/4 | ||
| Discus | Mac Wilkins, USA | 221- 5 | |
| Wolfgang Schmidt, E. Ger | 217-3 | ||
| John Powell, USA | 215-7 | ||
| Hammer | Yuri Sedykh, USSR | 254- 4 | OR |
| Alexey Spiridonov, USSR | 249-7 | ||
| Anatoliy Bondarchuk, USSR | 247-8 | ||
| Javelin | Miklos Nèmeth, HUN | 310- 4 | WR |
| Hannu Siitonen, FIN | 288-5 | ||
| Gheorghe Megelea, ROM | 285-11 | ||
| Decathlon | Bruce Jenner, USA | 8617 pts | WR |
| Guido Kratschmer, W. Ger | 8411 | ||
| Nikolai Avilov, USSR | 8369 |
Women
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Annegret Richter, W. Ger | 11.08 | |
| Renate Stecher, E. Ger | 11.13 | ||
| Inge Helten, W. Ger | 11.17 | ||
| 200m | Bärbel Eckert, E. Ger | 22.37 | OR |
| Annegret Richter, W. Ger | 22.39 | ||
| Renate Stecher, E. Ger | 22.47 | ||
| 400m | Irena K. Szewinska, POL | 49.29 | WR |
| Christina Brehmer, E. Ger | 50.51 | ||
| Ellen Streidt, E. Ger | 50.55 | ||
| 800m | Tatyana Kazankina, USSR | 1:54.94 | WR |
| Nikolina Shtereva, BUL | 1:55.4 | ||
| Elfie Zinn, E. Ger | 1:55.6 | ||
| 1500m | Tatyana Kazankina, USSR | 4:05.48 | |
| Gunhild Hoffmeister, E. Ger | 4:06.0 | ||
| Ulrike Klapezynski, E. Ger | 4:06.1 | ||
| 100m H | Johanna Schaller, E. Ger | 12.77 | |
| Tatyana Anisimova, USSR | 12.78 | ||
| Natalya Lebedeva, USSR | 12.80 | ||
| 4x100m | E. Ger. (Marlies Oelsner, Renate Stecher, Carla Bodendorf, Barbel Eckert) | 42.55 | OR |
| West Germany | 42.59 | ||
| Soviet Union | 43.09 | ||
| 4x400m | E. Ger. (Doris Maletzki, Brigitte Rohde, Ellen Streidt, Christina Brehmer) | 3:19.23 | WR |
| United States | 3:22.8 | ||
| Soviet Union | 3:24.2 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Rosemarie Ackermann, E. Ger | 6- 4 | OR |
| Sara Simeoni, ITA | 6-31/4 | ||
| Yordanka Blagoyeva, BUL | 6-31/4 | ||
| Long Jump | Angela Voigt, E. Ger | 22- 03/4 | |
| Kathy McMillan, USA | 21-101/4 | ||
| Lidia Alfeyeva, USSR | 21-8 | ||
| Shot Put | Ivanka Hristova, BUL | 69- 51/4 | OR |
| Nadyezda Chizhova, USSR | 68-91/4 | ||
| Helena Fibingerová, CZE | 67-93/4 | ||
| Discus | Evelin Schlaak, E. Ger | 226- 4 | OR |
| Maria Vergova, BUL | 220-9 | ||
| Gabriele Hinzmann, E. Ger | 219-3 | ||
| Javelin | Ruth Fuchs, E. Ger | 216- 4 | OR |
| Marion Becker, W. Ger | 212-3 | ||
| Kathy Schmidt, USA | 209-10 | ||
| Pentathlon | Siegrun Siegl, E. Ger | 4745 pts | |
| Christine Laser, E. Ger | 4745 | ||
| Burglinde Pollak, E. Ger | 4740 |
