1976 Summer Olympics / Basketball

Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Montreal
Competition venue	Center Étienne-Desmarteau , Forum de Montréal
Teams	18 (12 , 6 )
Nations	13
Athletes	213 (141 , 72 )
date	July 18-27, 1976
decisions	2
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At the XXI. The 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal saw two basketball competitions for the first time with the introduction of competition for women . The venue was the Center Étienne-Desmarteau with 4500 seats and the forum with 17,650 seats.

Men

space	country	Athletes
1	United States	Phil Ford , Steve Sheppard , Adrian Dantley , Walter Davis , William Buckner , Ernie Grunfeld , Kenneth Carr , Scott May , Michel Armstrong , Thomas la Garde , Philip Hubbard , Mitchell Kupchak
2	Yugoslavia	Blagoje Georgijevski , Dragan Kićanović , Vinko Jelovac , Rajko Žižić , Željko Jerkov , Andro Knego , Zoran Slavnić , Krešimir Ćosić , Damir Šolman , Žarko Varajić , Dražen Dalipagić , Mirza Delibašić
3	Soviet Union	Vladimir Arsamaskow , Oleksandr Salnykow , Valeri Milosserdow , Sergei Below , Älschan Scharmuchamedow , Andrei Makejew , Ivan Jadeschka , Micheil Korkia , Vladimir Tkachenko , Anatoli Myshkin , Alexander Below , Volodymyr Schyhylij

Preliminary round

Group A

rank	country	S.	G	V	baskets	Points
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	548: 374	10
2	Canada	5	4th	1	446: 416	9
3	Cuba	5	3	2	448: 402	8th
4th	Australia	5	2	3	472: 481	7th
5	Mexico	5	1	4th	461: 511	6th
6th	Japan	5	0	5	364: 555	5

date	encounter			Result
07/18/1976, 9:00 am	Canada	-	Japan	104: 076
07/18/1976, 2:00 p.m.	Cuba	-	Australia	111: 089
07/18/1976, 7:00 p.m.	Soviet Union	-	Mexico	120: 077
07/19/1976, 11:00 a.m.	Canada	-	Cuba	084: 079
07/19/1976, 4:00 p.m.	Soviet Union	-	Australia	093: 077
07/19/1976, 9:00 p.m.	Mexico	-	Japan	108: 090
07/21/1976, 11:00 a.m.	Australia	-	Mexico	120: 117
07/21/1976, 4:00 p.m.	Cuba	-	Japan	089: 075
07/21/1976, 9:00 p.m.	Soviet Union	-	Canada	108: 085
07/23/1976, 11:00 a.m.	Soviet Union	-	Japan	129: 063
07/23/1976, 4:00 p.m.	Cuba	-	Mexico	089: 075
07/23/1976, 9:00 p.m.	Canada	-	Australia	081: 069
07/24/1976, 11:00 a.m.	Soviet Union	-	Cuba	072: 058
07/24/1976, 4:00 p.m.	Canada	-	Mexico	092: 084
07/24/1976, 9:00 p.m.	Australia	-	Japan	117: 079

Group B

rank	country	S.	G	V	baskets	Points
1	United States	5	5	0	394: 349	10
2	Yugoslavia	5	4th	1	364: 343	9
3	Italy	5	3	2	349: 344	8th
4th	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	418: 406	7th
5	Puerto Rico	5	1	4th	321: 363	6th
6th	Egypt	1	0	1	64: 105	1

date	encounter			Result
07/18/1976, 11:00 a.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Puerto Rico	084: 063
07/18/1976, 4:00 p.m.	United States	-	Italy	106: 086
07/18/1976, 9:00 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	Egypt	103: 064
07/20/1976, 11:00 a.m.	Italy	-	Egypt	002: 0 00
07/20/1976, 4:00 p.m.	United States	-	Puerto Rico	095: 094
07/20/1976, 9:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Czechoslovakia	099: 081
07/21/1976, 9:00 a.m.	Puerto Rico	-	Egypt	002: 0 00
07/21/1976, 2:00 p.m.	Italy	-	Czechoslovakia	079: 069
07/21/1976, 7:00 p.m.	United States	-	Yugoslavia	112: 093
07/22/1976, 11:00 a.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	Puerto Rico	089: 083
07/22/1976, 4:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Italy	088: 087
07/22/1976, 9:00 p.m.	United States	-	Egypt	002: 0 00
07/24/1976, 9:00 a.m.	United States	-	Czechoslovakia	081: 076
07/24/1976, 2:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Egypt	002: 0 00
07/24/1976, 7:00 p.m.	Italy	-	Puerto Rico	095: 081

Egypt only played the game against Czechoslovakia on July 18, 1976 and then left after the team had joined the African boycott.

Intermediate round

date	encounter			Result
July 25, 1976, 2:00 p.m.	Puerto Rico	-	Japan	111: 091
07/25/1976, 4:00 p.m.	Mexico	-	Egypt	002: 0 00
07/25/1976, 8:00 p.m.	Italy	-	Australia	079: 072
07/25/1976, 10:00 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	Cuba	091: 076
07/26/1976, 2:00 p.m.	Yugoslavia	-	Soviet Union	089: 084
07/26/1976, 4:00 p.m.	United States	-	Canada	095: 077

Final round

For 11th place

date	encounter			Result
07/27/1976, 12:00 pm	Japan	-	Egypt	002: 0 00

For 9th place

date	encounter			Result
07/27/1976, 2:00 p.m.	Puerto Rico	-	Mexico	089: 084

For 7th place

date	encounter			Result
07/27/1976, 4:00 p.m.	Cuba	-	Australia	092: 081

For 5th place

date	encounter			Result
07/27/1976, 8:00 p.m.	Italy	-	Czechoslovakia	098: 075

For 3rd place

date	encounter			Result
07/27/1976, 4:00 p.m.	Soviet Union	-	Canada	100: 072

final

date	encounter			Result
07/27/1976, 10:00 p.m.	United States	-	Yugoslavia	095: 074

Women

Women's basketball was part of the program for the first time after FIBA ​​had hosted a World Cup since 1953 and an EM in 1938 . The first 3 of the 1975 World Cup in Colombia ( Soviet Union , Japan , Czechoslovakia ) and host Canada were automatically qualified . A qualifying tournament in Canada determined the last two places open with the United States and Bulgaria .

space	country	Athletes
1	Soviet Union	Angele Rupschene , Tetjana Sacharowa-Nadyrowa , Raissa Kurwjakowa , Olga Baryschewa-Korosteljowa , Tatiana Ovetschkina , Nadeschda Schuwajewa-Olchowa , Uļjana Semjonova , Nadeschda Sacharowa , Nelli Ferjabnikowa , Olga Suklymova , Tamāra Dauniene , Natalie
2	United States	Cindy Brogdon , Susan Rojcewicz , Ann Meyers , Lusia Harris , Nancy Dunkle , Charlotte Lewis , Nancy Lieberman , Gail Marquis , Patricia Roberts , Patricia Head , Mary-Anne O'Connor , Juliene Simpson
3	Bulgaria	Nadka Goltschewa , Penka Metodiewa , Petkana Makawewa , Snejana Michailowa , Krassimira Gjurowa , Krassimira Bogdanowa , Todorka Jordanowa , Diana Dilowa , Margarita Shtarkelowa , Marita Stojanowa , Girgi Skerlatowa , Penka Stojanowa

Main round

rank	country	S.	G	V	baskets	Points
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	504: 346	10
2	United States	5	3	2	415: 417	8th
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	365: 377	8th
4th	Czechoslovakia	5	2	3	351: 359	7th
5	Japan	5	2	3	405: 400	7th
6th	Canada	5	0	5	336: 477	5

date	encounter			Result
07/19/1976, 9:00 am	Japan	-	United States	084: 071
07/19/1976, 2:00 p.m.	Soviet Union	-	Canada	115: 051
07/19/1976, 7:00 p.m.	Bulgaria	-	Czechoslovakia	067: 066
07/20/1976, 9:00 a.m.	Japan	-	Canada	121: 089
07/20/1976, 2:00 p.m.	United States	-	Bulgaria	095: 079
07/20/1976, 7:00 p.m.	Soviet Union	-	Czechoslovakia	088: 075
07/22/1976, 9:00 a.m.	Soviet Union	-	Bulgaria	091: 068
07/22/1976, 2:00 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	Japan	076: 062
07/22/1976, 7:00 p.m.	United States	-	Canada	089: 075
07/23/1976, 9:00 a.m.	Bulgaria	-	Japan	066: 063
07/23/1976, 2:00 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	-	Canada	067: 059
07/23/1976, 7:00 p.m.	Soviet Union	-	United States	112: 077
07/25/1976, 9:00 am	Bulgaria	-	Canada	085: 062
07/26/1976, 2:00 p.m.	United States	-	Czechoslovakia	083: 067
07/26/1976, 7:00 p.m.	Soviet Union	-	Japan	098: 075

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