Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Great Britain finished in 13th position in the final medal rankings, with 3 gold and 13 total medals.

Medals by sport

Sport				Total
Swimming	1	1	1	3
Sailing	1	1	0	2
Modern pentathlon	1	0	0	1
Rowing	0	2	0	2
Judo	0	1	1	2
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Total	3	5	5	13

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)

Men's 200 metres

• Ainsley Bennett

• Heat— 21.26
• Quarter Final — 21.07
• Semi Final — 21.52 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• David Jenkins

• Heat— 46.60
• Quarter Final — 46.18
• Semi Final — 45.20.
• Final — 45.57 (→ 7th place)

• Glen Cohen

• Heat— 47.77
• Quarter Final — 47.67 (did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Steve Ovett

• Heat — 1:48.27
• Semi Final — 1:46.14
• Final — 1:45.44 (→ 5th place)

• Frank Clement

• Heat — 1:47.51
• Semi Final — 1:48.28 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Frank Clement

• Heat — 3:37:53
• Semi Final — 3.38.92
• Final — 3.39.65 (→ 5th place)

• Dave Moorcroft

• Heat — 3.40.69
• Semi Final — 3.39.88
• Final — 3.40.94 (→ 7th place)

• Steve Ovett

• Heat — 3.37.89
• Semi Final — 3.40.34 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

• Brendan Foster

• Heat — 28:22.19
• Final — 27:54.92 (→ Bronze Medal)

• Tony Simmons

• Heat — 28:01.82
• Final — 27:56.26 (→ 4th place)

• Bernie Ford

• Heat — 28:17.26
• Final — 28:17.78 (→ 8th place)

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

• Ainsley Bennett, Glen Cohen, David Jenkins, and Alan Pascoe

• Heat — did not finish (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Alan Pascoe

• Heats — 51.66s
• Semi Final — 49.95s
• Final — 51.29s (→ 8th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Roy Mitchell

• 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 20 km Race Walk

• Brian Adams — 1:30:46 (→ 11th place)
• Olly Flynn — 1:31:42 (→ 14th place)
• Paul Nihill — 1:36:40 (→ 30th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Chris Black

• Qualification — 70.76 m
• Final — 73.18 m (→ 7th place)

• Paul Dickenson

• Qualification — 68.52 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Sue Reeve

• Qualifying Round — 6.26m
• Final — 6.27m (→ 9th place)

Eleven cyclists represented Great Britain in 1976.

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)

Team time trial

• Paul Carbutt
• Phil Griffiths
• Dudley Hayton
• William Nickson

Sprint

• Trevor Gadd — 12th place

1000m time trial

• Paul Medhurst — 1:10.167 (→ 19th place)

Individual pursuit

• Ian Hallam — 20th place

Team pursuit

• Ian Banbury
• Michael Bennett
• Robin Croker
• Ian Hallam

18 fencers, 13 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1976.

Men's foil

• Graham Paul
• Rob Bruniges
• Barry Paul

Men's team foil

• Geoffrey Grimmett, Barry Paul, Rob Bruniges, Graham Paul, Nick Bell

Men's épée

• Ralph Johnson
• Teddy Bourne
• Tim Belson

Men's team épée

• Teddy Bourne, Bill Hoskyns, Ralph Johnson, Tim Belson, Martin Beevers

Men's sabre

• Richard Cohen
• John Deanfield
• Peter Mather

Men's team sabre

• Bill Hoskyns, Peter Mather, John Deanfield, Richard Cohen

Women's foil

• Susan Wrigglesworth
• Clare Henley-Halsted
• Wendy Ager-Grant

Women's team foil

• Wendy Ager-Grant, Susan Wrigglesworth, Hilary Cawthorne, Clare Henley-Halsted, Sue Green

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1976, winning gold in the team event.

Individual

• Adrian Parker
• Danny Nightingale
• Jim Fox

Team

• Adrian Parker
• Danny Nightingale
• Jim Fox

Men's double sculls

• Michael Hart, Chris Baillieu

• (→ Silver)

Men's coxless pair

• David Sturge, Henry Clay

• (→ 12th place)

Men's coxed pair

• N Christie, J Macleod, D Webb

• (→ 7th place)

Men's quadruple scull

• T J A Bishop, M Hayter, Andrew Justice, Allan Whitwell

• (→ 9th place)

Men's coxless four

• Richard Ayling, Bill Mason, Neil Keron, David Townsend

• (→ 12th place)

Men's eight

• Jim Clark, Tim Crooks, Richard Lester, Hugh Matheson, David Maxwell, Lenny Robertson, John Yallop, Patrick Sweeney, and Frederick Smallbone

• (→ Silver)

Women's coxless pair

• L D Clark, B Mitchell

• (→ 10th place)

Women's coxed four

• G Webb, P Bird-Hart, C Grove, D Bishop, P D Wright

• (→ 8th place)