Athletics at the V Paralympic Games
Paralympic Athletics
Competitors	774 from 39 nations

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of 207 events. Argentina, Burma, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Peru won their first ever medals in the 1976 Summer Paralympics.

Participating nations

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	39	34	26	99
2	West Germany (FRG)	21	16	16	53
3	Mexico (MEX)	15	9	5	29
4	Israel (ISR)	15	5	7	27
5	Canada (CAN)	12	18	18	48
6	Poland (POL)	12	2	3	17
7	Finland (FIN)	11	15	10	36
8	Sweden (SWE)	8	6	9	23
9	Austria (AUT)	7	11	14	32
10	Australia (AUS)	7	11	4	22
11	Japan (JPN)	7	6	3	16
12	New Zealand (NZL)	7	1	2	10
13	Belgium (BEL)	6	3	2	11
14	Switzerland (SUI)	5	5	7	17
15	Netherlands (NED)	5	5	3	13
16	Egypt (EGY)	5	1	1	7
17	Great Britain (GBR)	4	5	8	17
18	South Africa (RSA)	4	3	7	14
19	France (FRA)	4	1	1	6
20	Norway (NOR)	3	3	2	8
21	Denmark (DEN)	3	0	1	4
22	Ireland (IRL)	2	9	6	17
23	Italy (ITA)	2	3	5	10
24	Spain (ESP)	2	3	1	6
25	Indonesia (INA)	1	1	3	5
26	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	2	4
27	Burma (BIR)	1	1	1	3
28	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	Peru (PER)	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		209	178	170	557

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
60 m 1A	Juan Almaraz  Mexico	Francisco de las Fuentes  Mexico	Peter Marsh  Australia
60 m 1B	Eduardo Monsalvo  Mexico	Carmelo Addaris  Italy	Walter Sailer  Austria
60 m 1C	D. Miller  New Zealand	West Brownlow  United States	Hiroshi Nakagawa  Japan
60 m A	Ryszard Kozuch  Poland	Shuzo Yagi  Japan
		Jarle Johnsen  Norway
100 m 2	Gary Kerr  United States	Eusebio Valdez  Mexico	Terry Rae  Great Britain
100 m 3	Jim Hernandez  United States	Lars Lofstrom  Sweden	Charles Williams  United States
100 m 4	David Kiley  United States	Raymond Lewandowski  United States	Birger Nordh  Sweden
100 m 5	Rolf Johansson  Sweden	Randy Wix  United States	Ebo Roek  Netherlands
100 m B	Winford Haynes  United States	Robert Faulkner  Australia	Jozsef Olah  Hungary
100 m C	Aharon Danziger  Israel	Magella Belanger  Canada	Mg Tin Win  Burma
100 m C1	Mg Tin Hgwe  Burma	Mg Aung Than  Burma	Alois Karner  Austria
100 m D	J. Harrison  Canada	S. Holcomb  Canada	None
100 m D1	Curt Brinkman  United States	M. Johnson  United States	D. Hoddleston  South Africa
100 m E	Daniel Giladi  Israel	Ashari  Indonesia	Veikko Hiltunen  Finland
100 m E1	Cailloux  France	None	None
100 m F	Antonio Delgado  Spain	José Santos  Spain	Amran Cohen  Israel
100 m F1	B. Perry  France	None	None
100 m prosthesis D1	Walter Fink  Austria	None	None
200 m 2	Eusebio Valdez  Mexico	Gary Kerr  United States	Carlo Jannucci  Italy
200 m 3	Jim Hernandez  United States	Charles Williams  United States	P. H. van der Vis  Netherlands
400 m 2	Eusebio Valdez  Mexico	Carlo Jannucci  Italy	Giusepie Trieste  Italy
400 m 3	Charles Williams  United States	Sergio Zepeda  Mexico	Jim Hernandez  United States
800 m 4	David Kiley  United States	Remi Ophem  Belgium	Chris Stoddard  Canada
800 m 5	P. Colisto  Canada	Randy Wix  United States	W. Jiling  West Germany
1500 m 4	David Kiley  United States	Rene Corona  Mexico	Birger Nordh  Sweden
1500 m 5	Randy Wix  United States	P. Colisto  Canada	W. Jiling  West Germany
1500 m E	Said Dowara  Egypt	None	None
1500 m E1	Jorn Nielsen  Denmark	None	None
1500 m F	J. Alexandre  France	L. Larsen  Norway	Heikki Miettinen  Finland
1500 m F1	B. Perry  France	None	None
1500 m walk B	Derek Howie  Great Britain[1]	Victor Goetz  Canada	Henning Erikson  Denmark
4×40 m relay A-C	United States (USA)	Mexico (MEX)	West Germany (FRG)
4×60 m relay 2-5	United States (USA)	Sweden (SWE) Bengt Christoffersson Rolf Johansson Lars Lofstrom Birger Nordh	Mexico (MEX) Rene Corona Eusebio Valdez Roberto Vargas Sergio Zepeda
4 × 100 m relay E	Finland (FIN) Raimo Hiiri Veikko Hiltunen Reino Jaaskelainen Arvi Lattunen	None	None
High jump (two foot take off) A	C. Gillfors  Sweden	Martti Juntunen  Finland	Jarle Johnsen  Norway
High jump A	John Bowman  United States	Doug Rupe  Australia	T. Lewis  United States
High jump B	August Hofer  Austria	Richard Barnhart  United States	Martin Sallaert  Belgium
High jump C	Jurgen Johann  West Germany	Roni Fradkin  Israel	Shek Kau Wong  Hong Kong
High jump D	Arnold Boldt  Canada	Konrad Reisner  Austria	W. Hilzinger  West Germany
High jump E	A. Broeckhuysen  Netherlands	None	None
High jump F	Nitzan Atzmon  Israel	Heikki Miettinen  Finland	Gerhard Kolm  Austria
Long jump A	Jarle Johnsen  Norway	C. Gillfors  Sweden	Heikki Koistinen  Finland
Long jump B	Risto Piippo  Finland	Julio Gutierrez  Spain	Mats Lindblad  Sweden
Long jump C	Roni Fradkin  Israel	Jurgen Johann  West Germany	Dieter Belz  West Germany
Long jump D	Arnold Boldt  Canada	Konrad Reisner  Austria	W. Hilzinger  West Germany
Long jump E	Jan Krauz  Poland	A. Broeckhuysen  Netherlands	None
Long jump F	Antonio Delgado  Spain	Nitzan Atzmon  Israel	José Santos  Spain
Club throw 1A	Ruben Vazquez  Mexico	Patrick McCool  Ireland	Rod Vleiger  United States
Club throw 1B	G. Cochius  South Africa	R. Muise  Canada	Julius Duval  United States
Precision club throw 1A-1B	Philip Wouters  Belgium	Samir  Egypt	Peter Marsh  Australia
Discus throw 1A	Wayne Patchett  Australia	Patrick McCool  Ireland	Ruben Vazquez  Mexico
Discus throw 1B	Stephen Kempf  United States	Julius Duval  United States	R. Muise  Canada
Discus throw 1C	Siegmar Henker  West Germany	Manfred Emmel  West Germany	David Hynds  New Zealand
Discus throw 2	Robert Tusa  United States	Clause Stevens  Ireland	Doug Lyons  Canada
Discus throw 3	Eric Russell  Australia	David Williamson  United States	Yitzhak Galitzki  Israel
Discus throw 4	Remi Ophem  Belgium	Eugene Reimer  Canada	Luis Grieb  Argentina
Discus throw 5	Chaim Fliter  Israel	Ed Owen  United States	Ray Clark  United States
Discus throw A	Pekka Kujala  Finland	Carl Lind  Finland	Tadeusz Milewski  Poland
Discus throw B	Jan Brzegowski  Poland	Teuno Talmia  Finland	Timo Sulisalo  Finland
Discus throw C	Hans Josefiak  West Germany	Dieter Belz  West Germany	E. Kuehnel  West Germany
Discus throw C1	Tauno Mannila  Finland	Harry Moseby  Australia	Moshe Barbalat  Israel
Discus throw D	Isashar Navon  Israel	Kanda  Austria	Ebbe Berglund  Sweden
Discus throw D1	John Jerome  United States	J. Behan  United States	Curt Brinkman  United States
Discus throw E	Atte Karkkainen  Finland	Alois Beez  West Germany	Raimo Hiiri  Finland
Discus throw F	Achiel Braet  Belgium	Sepp Gasser  Austria	Saneng Hanafi  Indonesia
Discus throw J1	Metwali Ahmed Khadr  Egypt	None	None
Javelin throw 1C	Tommy Hite  United States	Siegmar Henker  West Germany	Guenter Spiess  West Germany
Javelin throw 2	J. F. G. Weyers  Netherlands	Ron Halsey  United States	John Kestel  Australia
Javelin throw 3	Reno Levis  United States	Eric Russell  Australia	David Williamson  United States
Javelin throw 4	Michael Cunningham  Ireland	John Kidd  Australia	Eugene Reimer  Canada
Javelin throw 5	Chaim Fliter  Israel	Ray Clark  United States	P. Morel  France
Javelin throw A	Pekka Kujala  Finland	Jago Mikulic  Australia	Robert Fraeyman  Belgium
Javelin throw B	Timo Sulisalo  Finland	Terje Hansen  Norway	Idar Hunstad  Norway
Javelin throw C	E. Kuehnel  West Germany	J. Stam  Netherlands	Pelanzer  Austria
Javelin throw C1	E. Niebuhr  West Germany	Alois Karner  Austria	W. Lerubo  South Africa
Javelin throw D	Ebbe Berglund  Sweden	Leon Sur  France	Reino Teivonen  Finland
Javelin throw D1	John Jerome  United States	J. Behan  United States	M. Johnson  United States
Javelin throw F	Achiel Braet  Belgium	M. Roberts  Great Britain	Saneng Hanafi  Indonesia
Javelin throw J	Avraham Levi  Israel	None	None
Javelin throw J1	Metwali Ahmed Khadr  Egypt	None	None
Precision javelin throw 1C-5	Walter Telsnig  Austria		Honorio Romero  Argentina
	Roy Nungester  United States
Precision javelin throw C	Chihiro Hatta  Japan	Antti Nikkinen  Finland	J. Stam  Netherlands
Precision javelin throw C1	Tauno Mannila  Finland	Kalle Rajanalme  Finland	Bengt-Gosta Johansson  Sweden
Precision javelin throw D	Ebbe Berglund  Sweden	Yoshiharu Honpa  Japan	Winkler  Austria
Precision javelin throw D1	J. Behan  United States	D. Hoddleston  South Africa	Zenji Hasegawa  Japan
Precision javelin throw E	Veikko Hiltunen  Finland	Chris Facey  Canada	Raimo Hiiri  Finland
Precision javelin throw F	Itria Dini  Indonesia	Veikko Suokas  Finland	Abedo  Egypt
Precision javelin throw J	Avraham Levi  Israel	None	None
Precision javelin throw J1	Metwali Ahmed Khadr  Egypt	None	None
Shot put 1A	Edund Weber  West Germany	Wayne Patchett  Australia	Ruben Vazquez  Mexico
Shot put 1B	Julius Duval  United States	Stephen Kempf  United States	Fabian Kohlbrenner  Switzerland
Shot put 1C	Guenter Spiess  West Germany	Siegmar Henker  West Germany	Tommy Hite  United States
Shot put 2	Doug Lyons  Canada	Murray Todd  Australia	Clause Stevens  Ireland
			N. Weber  South Africa
Shot put 3	Eric Russell  Australia	L. Labuschagne  South Africa	Jim Savage  New Zealand
Shot put 4	Bill Lean  New Zealand[2]	Johann Schuhbauer  West Germany	Walter Pfaller  Austria
Shot put 5	Ray Clark  United States	Horst Gotthelf  West Germany	Chaim Fliter  Israel
Shot put A	Pekka Kujala  Finland	Carl Lind  Finland	W. Klein  West Germany
Shot put B	Dieter Grundmann  West Germany	Teuno Talmia  Finland	Andrzej Pawlik  Poland
Shot put C	Dieter Belz  West Germany	E. Kuehnel  West Germany	Hans Josefiak  West Germany
Shot put C1	Tauno Mannila  Finland	Alois Karner  Austria	Moshe Barbalat  Israel
Shot put D	Werner Brawand  Switzerland	Reino Teivonen  Finland	Isashar Navon  Israel
Shot put D1	John Jerome  United States	J. Behan  United States	D. Hoddleston  South Africa
Shot put E	Alois Beez  West Germany	Atte Karkkainen  Finland	Reino Jaaskelainen  Finland
Shot put F	Achiel Braet  Belgium	Sepp Gasser  Austria	Itria Dini  Indonesia
Shot put J1	Metwali Ahmed Khadr  Egypt	None	None
Football accuracy E1	Jorn Nielsen  Denmark	None	None
Football distance E1	Jorn Nielsen  Denmark	None	None
Slalom 1A	Juan Almaraz  Mexico	Rod Vleiger  United States	Ed Batt  Canada
Slalom 1B	Eduardo Monsalvo  Mexico	Carmelo Addaris  Italy	Leif Hedman  Sweden
Slalom 1C	D. Miller  New Zealand	Hiroshi Nakagawa  Japan	Tommy Hite  United States
Slalom 2	Eusebio Valdez  Mexico	Eloy Guerrero  Spain	Schmicking  West Germany
			Carlo Jannucci  Italy
Slalom 3	Lars Lofstrom  Sweden	Michio Saito  Japan	James Steuwe  United States
Slalom 4	Yoshiteru Hoshi  Japan	Brian McNicholl  New Zealand	Chris Stoddard  Canada
Slalom 5	Isao Kishino  Japan	Kenichi Tomita  Japan	Rolf Johansson  Sweden
Pentathlon 1A	A. West  Great Britain	Matti Launonen  Finland	None
Pentathlon 1B	Steiner  West Germany	Dennis Cherenko  Canada	Leif Hedman  Sweden
Pentathlon 1C	Guenter Spiess  West Germany	Siegmar Henker  West Germany	Felix Lettner  Austria
Pentathlon 2	Schmicking  West Germany	Jouko Korhonen  Finland	Clarence Bastarache  Canada
Pentathlon 3	Eric Russell  Australia	Kleinjans  West Germany	David Williamson  United States
Pentathlon 4	Johann Schuhbauer  West Germany	Eugene Reimer  Canada	Taiso Kainu  Finland
Pentathlon 5	Ray Clark  United States	Filip Bardoel  Belgium	E. Englebrecht  South Africa
Pentathlon A	Ryszard Kozuch  Poland	Reuven Perach  Israel	Jago Mikulic  Australia
Pentathlon B	Andrzej Pawlik  Poland	Lars-Goran Nilsson  Sweden	W. Martens  West Germany
Pentathlon C	Zvi Hoffman  Israel	Nils Ander  Sweden	Apschner  Austria
Pentathlon C1	Bengt-Gosta Johansson  Sweden	Henryk Piatkowski  Poland	Karl Prichtzig  Austria
Pentathlon D	Gerhard Grinninger  Austria	Karl Haider  Austria	Chris Ireland  Great Britain
Pentathlon E	A. Broeckhuysen  Netherlands	Reino Jaaskelainen  Finland	Chris Facey  Canada
Pentathlon E1	Wolfgang Magnet  Austria	None	None
Pentathlon F	Sepp Gasser  Austria	Heikki Miettinen  Finland	Amran Cohen  Israel

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
60 m 1A	Josefina Cornejo  Mexico	Ruth Wendt  United States	Lourdes Morales  Mexico
60 m 1B	Martha Sandoval  Mexico	Rosaleen Gallagher  Ireland	Rosa Sicari  Italy
60 m 1C	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Sharon Myers  United States	Gilberte Brasey  Switzerland
60 m 2	Glee Lyford  United States	Kathleen Fagan  Ireland	Concepcion Salguero  Mexico
60 m 3	B. Howie  Great Britain	Ellyn Boyd  United States	Karen Casper  United States
60 m 4	Annie Cornil  Belgium	Sharon Rahn  United States	Carol Bryant  Great Britain
60 m 5	Helene Håkansson  Sweden	Silke Boll  West Germany	Constance Head  United States
60 m A	Irena Bak  Poland	J. Pacquette  Canada
		T. Stevenson  Canada
100 m B	Reidun Laengen  Norway	Yasuko Takeuchi  Japan	Lynda Bethel  Great Britain
100 m D1	P. Martin  United States	None	None
100 m F	Lina Franzese  Italy	None	None
200 m 2	Elisabeth Bisquolm  Switzerland	Concepcion Salguero  Mexico	Glee Lyford  United States
200 m 3	Ellyn Boyd  United States	Karen Casper  United States	Emilie Schwarz  Austria
400 m 2	Elisabeth Bisquolm  Switzerland	Concepcion Salguero  Mexico	Glee Lyford  United States
400 m 3	Ellyn Boyd  United States	Karen Casper  United States	Emilie Schwarz  Austria
800 m 4	Sharon Rahn  United States	Annie Cornil  Belgium	Gisela Hermes  West Germany
800 m 5	Silke Boll  West Germany	Helene Håkansson  Sweden	Masami Morimoto  Japan
1500 m F1	Lina Franzese  Italy	None	None
4×40 m relay 25	United States (USA)	West Germany (FRG)	Austria (AUT)
High jump A	B. Stanger  Canada	None	None
High jump B	G. Bloomfield  Canada	None	None
Long jump A	A. Anderson  Sweden	Donna Brown  United States	T. Stevenson  Canada
Long jump B	Reidun Laengen  Norway	Lucille Baillargeon  Canada	None
Long jump D	Stefania Chwedoruk  Poland	None	None
Club throw 1A	Josefina Cornejo  Mexico	Ruth Wendt  United States	Joyce Murland  Canada
Club throw 1B	Martha Sandoval  Mexico	Ruth Rosenbaum  United States	Rosaleen Gallagher  Ireland
Precision club throw 1A-1B	L. Claasen  South Africa	Josefina Cornejo  Mexico	Ruth Rosenbaum  United States
Discus throw 1A	Josefina Cornejo  Mexico	Ruth Wendt  United States	Joyce Murland  Canada
Discus throw 1B	Martha Sandoval  Mexico	Ruth Rosenbaum  United States	Rosaleen Gallagher  Ireland
Discus throw 1C	Gilberte Brasey  Switzerland	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Sharon Myers  United States
Discus throw 2	Krystyna Owczarczyk  Poland	Kathleen Fagan  Ireland	Christine Doprill  Ireland
Discus throw 3	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Emilie Schwarz  Austria	Waltraud Hagenlocher  West Germany
Discus throw 4	Ora Goldstein  Israel	Lucie Raiche  Canada	Darleen Quinlan  United States
Discus throw 5	Hazel Terry  Great Britain	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	J. Josephs  South Africa
Discus throw A	J. Pacquette  Canada	Marie Harrower  Great Britain	Marguerite Grosjean  Switzerland
Discus throw B	Bozena Kwiatkowska  Poland	L. Lahey  Canada	Lynda Bethel  Great Britain
Discus throw D	Th. Engelbertink  Netherlands	Edeltraud Russo  Switzerland	None
Javelin throw 1C	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Gilberte Brasey  Switzerland	Sharon Myers  United States
Javelin throw 2	Margit Quell  West Germany	Elaine Schreiber  Australia	Christine Doprill  Ireland
Javelin throw 3	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Waltraud Hagenlocher  West Germany	Rosalie Hixson  United States
Javelin throw 4	Darleen Quinlan  United States	Mickey Strole  United States	Elaine Ell  Canada
Javelin throw 5	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	J. Josephs  South Africa	Margarethe Oberrauter  Austria
Javelin throw A	J. Pacquette  Canada	None	None
Javelin throw B	Lucille Baillargeon  Canada	Lynda Bethel  Great Britain	None
Javelin throw D	Th. Engelbertink  Netherlands	Diane Pidskalny  Canada	T. Chiapo  Peru
Javelin throw D1	P. Martin  United States	None	None
Precision javelin throw 1C-5	B. Delport  South Africa	C. van der Vis-Morel  Netherlands	S. Carraz  Switzerland
Precision javelin throw D	Ryoko Sakuraba  Japan	Hargreiter  Austria	Diane Pidskalny  Canada
Precision javelin throw D1	P. Martin  United States	None	None
Shot put 1A	L. Claasen  South Africa	Parra Gonzalez  Argentina	Ruth Wendt  United States
Shot put 1B	Ruth Rosenbaum  United States	Rosaleen Gallagher  Ireland	Caroline Troxler-Kung  Switzerland
Shot put 1C	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Gilberte Brasey  Switzerland	Sharon Myers  United States
Shot put 2	Margit Quell  West Germany	Christine Doprill  Ireland	Krystyna Owczarczyk  Poland
Shot put 3	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Waltraud Hagenlocher  West Germany	Emilie Schwarz  Austria
Shot put 4	Ora Goldstein  Israel	Mickey Strole  United States	Darleen Quinlan  United States
Shot put 5	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Hazel Terry  Great Britain	Eva Burgunder  Switzerland
Shot put A	Irena Bak  Poland	Marguerite Grosjean  Switzerland	Marie Harrower  Great Britain
Shot put B	Yasuko Takeuchi  Japan	Bozena Kwiatkowska  Poland	Lucille Baillargeon  Canada
Shot put D	Edeltraud Russo  Switzerland	Th. Engelbertink  Netherlands	Diane Pidskalny  Canada
Shot put D1	P. Martin  United States	None	None
Slalom 1A	Ruth Wendt  United States	Lourdes Morales  Mexico	Karen Donaldson  United States
Slalom 1B	Ruth Rosenbaum  United States	Rosaleen Gallagher  Ireland	Rosa Sicari  Italy
Slalom 1C	Sharon Myers  United States	Tracey Freeman  Australia	Gilberte Brasey  Switzerland
Slalom 2	Cristina Benedetti  Argentina	Glee Lyford  United States	Kathleen Fagan  Ireland
Slalom 3	Martina Tschoetschel  West Germany	Emilie Schwarz  Austria	M. Schaefer  South Africa
Slalom 4	Tomoko Yamazaki  Japan	Darleen Quinlan  United States	Rita Laux  West Germany
Slalom 5	Masami Morimoto  Japan	Joanne McDonald  Canada	Silke Boll  West Germany
Pentathlon 1A	Josefina Cornejo  Mexico	None	None
Pentathlon 1B	Rosaleen Gallagher  Ireland	Caroline Troxler-Kung  Switzerland	Jane Blackburn  Great Britain
Pentathlon 1C	Liebrecht  West Germany	None	None
Pentathlon 2	Rosa Schweizer  Austria	Lynette Hunter  United States	Dawn Jackson  Great Britain
Pentathlon 3	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Waltraud Hagenlocher  West Germany	D. Crow  Canada
Pentathlon 4	S. Battran  West Germany	Ora Goldstein  Israel	Elaine Ell  Canada
Pentathlon 5	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Hazel Terry  Great Britain	None
Pentathlon A	J. Pacquette  Canada	B. Stanger  Canada	T. Stevenson  Canada
Pentathlon B	Lucille Baillargeon  Canada	Simmons  Canada	None
Pentathlon D	Stefania Chwedoruk  Poland	None	None
Pentathlon D1	Barbara Bedla  Poland	None	None

References

• Athletics at the 1976 Summer Paralympics (Toronto) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)