Medal Count
These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1976 Games. Host country of Canada placed 27th with 11 medals total. To date, this is the only edition of the Summer Games where the host nation failed to win any gold medal(s).
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 49 | 41 | 35 | 125 |
| 2 | East Germany | 40 | 25 | 25 | 90 |
| 3 | United States | 34 | 35 | 25 | 94 |
| 4 | West Germany | 10 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 5 | Japan | 9 | 6 | 10 | 25 |
| 6 | Poland | 7 | 6 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 8 | Cuba | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Romania | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 |
| 10 | Hungary | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| 27 | Canada | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
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