Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 31 July 1976 at various locations in eastern Canada.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
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|---|---|---|---|
| Men | East Germany Bernd Bransch Jurgen Croy Hans Jurgen Dorner Ullrich Grapenthin Wilfried Grobner Reinhard Hafner Gerd Heidler Martin Hoffmann Gerd Kische Lothar Kurbjuweit Reinhard Lauck Wolfram Lowe Dieter Riedel Hans Jurgen Riediger Hartmut Schade Gerd Weber Konrad Weise |
Poland Jan Beniger Leskaw Cmikiewicz Kazimierz Deyna Jerzy Gorgon Henryk Kasperczak Kazimierz Kmiecik Grzegorz Lato Zygmunt Maszczyk Piotr Mowlik Roman Ogaza Wojciech Rudy Andrzej Szarmach Antoni Szymanowski Jan Tomaszewski Henryk Wawrowski Henryk Wieczorek Wladyslaw Zmuda |
Soviet Union Vladimir Astapovskiy Oleg Blokhin Leonid Buriak Vladimir Feodorov Mikhail Fomenko David Kipiani Viktor Kolotov Anatoliy Konkov Viktor Matvienko Aleksandr Minaev Leonid Nazarenko Vladimir Onischenko Aleksandr Prokhorov Stefan Reshko Vladimir Troshkin Vladimir Veremeev Viktor Zviagintsev |
Statistics[]
- There were 202 total athletes from 13 countries.
- Guillermo Cosio was the youngest participant with 17 years and 307 days.
- Andranik Eskandarian was the oldest participant with 34 years and 319 days.
- No competitors were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- East Germany won its first-ever gold medal in the sport.
