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{{Infobox basketball tournament at games
| type = Olympics
| city = Montreal
| year = 1976
| logo = Olympic rings without rims.svg
| size = 140px
| games = [[1976 Summer Olympics]]
| host = Canada
| dates = July 18–27, 1976
| men_teams = 12
| men_gold = United States
| men_silver = Yugoslavia
| men_bronze = Soviet Union
| women_teams = 6
| women_gold = Soviet Union
| women_silver = United States
| women_bronze = Bulgaria
| website = 
| prev = [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]]
| next = [[Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow 1980]]
}}
{{BasketballAt1976SummerOlympics}}
[[Basketball]] events at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] was the ninth appearance of the sport of [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|basketball as an official Olympic medal event]]. It took place from July 18 to July 27 at the [[Centre Étienne Desmarteau]] and the [[Montreal Forum]] in [[Montreal|Montreal, Quebec]], Canada. Women's basketball was introduced to the Olympic program for the first time at this Games. The [[United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics|United States]] won the gold against [[Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Yugoslavia]] in the men's tournament, while the [[Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Soviet Union]] won the gold medal against the United States in the women's competition.

==Medal summary==
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|- valign=top
|Men's<br/>{{DetailsLink|Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}
| {{FlagIOC|USA|1976 Summer}}<br>[[Phil Ford (basketball)|Phil Ford]]<br>[[Steve Sheppard]]<br>[[Adrian Dantley]]<br>[[Walter Davis (basketball)|Walter Davis]]<br>[[Quinn Buckner]]<br>[[Ernie Grunfeld]]<br>[[Kenny Carr|Kenneth Carr]]<br>[[Scott May]]<br>[[Tate Armstrong]]<br>[[Tom LaGarde]]<br>[[Phil Hubbard|Philip Hubbard]]<br>[[Mitch Kupchak]]
| {{FlagIOC|YUG|1976 Summer}}<br>[[Blagoja Georgievski]]<br>[[Dragan Kićanović]]<br>[[Vinko Jelovac]]<br>[[Rajko Žižić]]<br>[[Željko Jerkov]]<br>[[Andro Knego]]<br>[[Zoran Slavnić]]<br>[[Krešimir Ćosić]]<br>[[Damir Šolman]]<br>[[Žarko Varajić]]<br>[[Dražen Dalipagić]]<br>[[Mirza Delibašić]]
| {{FlagIOC|URS|1976 Summer}}<br>[[Vladimir Arzamaskov]]<br>[[Aleksandr Salnikov]]<br>[[Valery Miloserdov]]<br>[[Alzhan Zharmukhamedov]]<br>[[Andrey Makeyev]]<br>[[Ivan Edeshko]]<br>[[Sergei Belov]]<br>[[Vladimir Tkachenko]]<br>[[Anatoly Myshkin]]<br>[[Mikheil Korkia]]<br>[[Aleksandr Belov]]<br>[[Vladimir Zhigily]]
|- valign=top
|Women's<br/>{{DetailsLink|Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}
| {{FlagIOC|URS|1976 Summer}}<br>[[Olga Barysheva]]<br>[[Tamāra Dauniene]]<br>[[Natalya Klimova]]<br>[[Tatyana Ovechkina]]<br>[[Angelė Rupšienė]]<br>[[Nadezhda Shuvayeva-Olkhova|Nadezhda Shuvayeva]]<br>[[Nadezhda Zakharova]]<br>[[Uljana Semjonova]]<br>[[Raisa Kurvyakova]]<br>[[Nelli Feryabnikova]]<br>[[Olga Sukharnova]]<br>[[Tetiana Zakharova-Nadyrova|Tetiana Zakharova]]
| {{FlagIOC|USA|1976 Summer}}<br>[[Cindy Brogdon]]<br>[[Susan Rojcewicz]]<br>[[Ann Meyers]]<br>[[Lusia Harris]]<br>[[Nancy Dunkle]]<br>[[Charlotte Lewis (basketball)|Charlotte Lewis]]<br>[[Nancy Lieberman]]<br>[[Gail Marquis]]<br>[[Patricia Roberts (basketball)|Patricia Roberts]]<br>[[Mary Anne O'Connor]]<br>[[Pat Summitt|Patricia Head]]<br>[[Juliene Simpson]]
| {{FlagIOC|BUL|1976 Summer}}<br>[[Krasimira Bogdanova]]<br>[[Diana Dilova]]<br>[[Krasimira Gyurova]]<br>[[Penka Metodieva]]<br>[[Snezhana Mikhaylova]]<br>[[Girgina Skerlatova]]<br>[[Mariya Stoyanova]]<br>[[Margarita Shtarkelova]]<br>[[Petkana Makaveeva]]<br>[[Nadka Golcheva]]<br>[[Penka Stoyanova]]<br>[[Todorka Yordanova]]
|}

==Qualification==
A single [[National Olympic Committee|NOC]] may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events plus the three medal winners from the [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|previous Olympic Games]] for the men's tournament, and the three first places at the [[1975 FIBA World Championship for Women|1975 FIBA World Championship]] for the women's tournament. Additional spots for the men's tournament were decided via the continental qualification tournaments held by [[International Basketball Federation|FIBA]] and an [[1976 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament|extra qualifying tournament]] held in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Canada months prior to the contest. The remaining slots for the women's competition were also assigned via another tournament held in the same city.

===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
! Means of qualification !! Date !! Venue !! Berths !! Qualified
|-
| Host nation ||  ||  || style="text-align:center;"|1 || {{bk|CAN}}
|-
|rowspan=3| [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Olympic Tournament]] ||rowspan=3| 27 August–9 September 1972 ||rowspan=3| {{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Munchin]] ||rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| 3 || {{bk|URS}}
|-
| {{bk|USA}}
|-
| {{bk|CUB}}
|-
|[[FIBA Africa Championship 1975]] ||20 – 28 December 1975 || {{flagicon|Egypt|1972}} [[Alexandria]] ||  style="text-align:center;" |1 || {{Bk|EGY|1972}}{{ref label|Note1|a|a}}
|-
| [[Basketball at the 1975 Pan American Games|1975 Pan American Games]] ||13 – 25 October 1975 || {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico City]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 1 || {{Bk|PUR|1952}}{{ref label|Note1|b|b}}
|-
|[[1975 FIBA Oceania Championship]]|| 6–9 November 1975 ||{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]]||style="text-align:center;"|1||{{bk|AUS}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1975 ABC Championship]] || rowspan="2"|15 – 26 November 1975 || rowspan="2"|{{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Bangkok]] || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1 || <s>{{bk|CHN}}</s>
|-
| {{bk|JPN}}{{ref label|Note1|c|c}}
|-
|1976 European Pre-Olympic Tournament ||  || {{flagicon|Scotland}} [[Edinburgh]] ||style="text-align:center;"| 1 || {{Bk|ITA}}
|-
|rowspan="3"| World Qualification Tournament || rowspan="3"|22 June–3 July 1976 ||rowspan="3"| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] ||rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 3 || {{bk|YUG}}
|-
| {{bk|TCH}}
|-
|{{bk|MEX}}
|-
! Total !! colspan="2"| !! 12 !!
|}

===Women===

{| class="wikitable"
! Means of qualification !! Date !! Venue !! Berths !! Qualified
|-
| Host nation ||  ||  || style="text-align:center;"|1 || {{bkw|CAN}}
|-
|rowspan=3| [[1975 FIBA World Championship for Women]] ||rowspan=3| 23 September – 14 October 1975 ||rowspan=3| {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Colombia]] ||rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| 3 || {{bkw|URS}}
|-
| {{bkw|JPN}}
|-
| {{bkw|TCH}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| World Qualification Tournament || rowspan="2"|24 June – 2 July 1976 ||rowspan="2"| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] ||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 2 || {{bkw|USA}}
|-
|{{bkw|BUL|1971}}
|-
! Total !! colspan="2"| !! 6 !!
|}

*{{note label|Note1|a|a}} Egypt withdrew from the Olympic Games after one match, following the [[1976 Summer Olympics#Non-participating National Olympic Committees|boycott]] of several African countries against New Zealand. All matches involving Egypt were then forfeited.
*{{note label|Note1|b|b}} Puerto Rico qualified after winning the silver medal at the [[Basketball at the 1975 Pan American Games|1975 Pan American Games]], since the gold medal went to the United States, who had already qualified.
*{{note label|Note1|c|c}} Replaced China.

==Format==
'''Men's tournament:'''
* Two groups of six teams are formed, where the top two from each group advance to the semifinals.
* Third and fourth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 5th–8th places in the final ranking.
* Fifth and sixth places from each group form an additional bracket to decide 9th–12th places in the final ranking.

'''Women's tournament:'''
* One [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] group is formed containing all six teams, where the final standings are decided.

Tie-breaking criteria:
# Head to head results
# [[Goal difference|Goal average]] (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
# Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

==Men's tournament==
{{main|Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

===Preliminary round===
The first two places in each of the preliminary round groups advanced to the semifinals, where Group A teams would meet Group B teams. The [[Soviet Union national basketball team|Soviet Union]] and the [[United States men's national basketball team|United States]], two of the powerhouses at this tournament, finished the preliminary round undefeated. The host nation, Canada, also qualified for the semifinals together with [[Yugoslavia national basketball team|Yugoslavia]].

[[Egypt national basketball team|Egypt]] played only one match, against [[Czechoslovakia national basketball team|Czechoslovakia]], and then flew home supporting the boycott of several African countries. Their remaining matches were forfeited.

====Group A====
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===Knockout stage===
====Championship bracket====
{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1=Semifinals (July 26)
| RD2=Gold medal (July 27)
| RD2b=Bronze medal (July 27)
| RD1-seed1=A1
| RD1-team1={{bk|URS}}
| RD1-score1=84
| RD1-seed2=B2
| RD1-team2='''{{bk|YUG}}'''
| RD1-score2='''89'''
| RD1-seed3=B1
| RD1-team3='''{{bk|USA}}'''
| RD1-score3='''95'''
| RD1-seed4=A2
| RD1-team4={{bk|CAN}}
| RD1-score4=77
| RD2-seed1=B2
| RD2-team1={{bk|YUG}}
| RD2-score1=74
| RD2-seed2=B1
| RD2-team2='''{{bk|USA}}'''
| RD2-score2='''95'''
| RD2b-seed1=A1
| RD2b-team1='''{{bk|URS}}'''
| RD2b-score1='''100'''
| RD2b-seed2=A2
| RD2b-team2={{bk|CAN}}
| RD2b-score2=72
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====Classification brackets====
'''5th–8th Place'''

{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1=Semifinals (July 25)
| RD2=5th place (July 27)
| RD2b=7th place (July 27)
| RD1-seed1=A3
| RD1-team1={{bk|CUB}}
| RD1-score1=76
| RD1-seed2=B4
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| RD1-score2='''91'''
| RD1-seed3=B3
| RD1-team3='''{{bk|ITA}}'''
| RD1-score3='''79'''
| RD1-seed4=A4
| RD1-team4={{bk|AUS}}
| RD1-score4=72
| RD2-seed1=B4
| RD2-team1={{bk|TCH}}
| RD2-score1=75
| RD2-seed2=B3
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| RD2b-seed1=A3
| RD2b-team1='''{{bk|CUB}}'''
| RD2b-score1='''92'''
| RD2b-seed2=A4
| RD2b-team2={{bk|AUS}}
| RD2b-score2=81
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'''9th–12th Place'''

{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd | RD1=Semifinals (July 25)
| RD2=9th place (July 27)
| RD2b=11th place (July 27)
| RD1-seed1=A5
| RD1-team1='''{{bk|MEX}}'''
| RD1-score1='''2'''
| RD1-seed2=B6
| RD1-team2={{bk|EGY|1972}}
| RD1-score2=0{{ref label|Note1|d|d}}
| RD1-seed3=B5
| RD1-team3='''{{bk|PUR|1952}}'''
| RD1-score3='''111'''
| RD1-seed4=A6
| RD1-team4={{bk|JPN}}
| RD1-score4=91
| RD2-seed1=A5
| RD2-team1={{bk|MEX}}
| RD2-score1=84
| RD2-seed2=B5
| RD2-team2='''{{bk|PUR|1952}}'''
| RD2-score2='''89'''
| RD2b-seed1=B6
| RD2b-team1={{bk|EGY|1972}}
| RD2b-score1=0{{ref label|Note1|d|d}}
| RD2b-seed2=A6
| RD2b-team2='''{{bk|JPN}}'''
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{{note label|Note1|d|d}} Forfeited match.

==Women's tournament==
{{main|Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

The first Olympic Basketball Tournament for Women consisted of a single round-robin group, where final standings were determined by the group rankings. The [[Soviet Union women's national basketball team|Soviet team]] finished undefeated and won the gold medal, while the [[United States women's national basketball team|American team]] won the silver medal through a victory over the [[Bulgaria women's national basketball team|Bulgarian team]] that broke the tie between the two teams in favor of the American team.

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|name_D={{bkw|TCH}} |win_D=2 |loss_D=3 |gf_D=351 |ga_D=359
|name_E={{bkw|JPN}} |win_E=2 |loss_E=3 |gf_E=405 |ga_E=400
|name_F={{bkw|CAN}} |win_F=0 |loss_F=5 |gf_F=336 |ga_F=477 |status_F=H

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|result1=gold |result2=silver |result3=bronze

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|col_gold=gold
|col_silver=silver
|col_bronze=#cc9966
}}
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|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|USA}} |scoreA=71
|teamB='''{{Bkw|JPN}}''' |scoreB='''84'''
}}
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|time=
|teamA='''{{Bkw-rt|URS}}''' |scoreA='''115'''
|teamB={{Bkw|CAN}} |scoreB=51
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= July 19 |place= [[Centre Étienne Desmarteau]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|TCH}} |scoreA=66
|teamB='''{{Bkw|BUL|1971}}''' |scoreB='''67'''
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg= |date= July 20 |place= [[Centre Étienne Desmarteau]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA='''{{Bkw-rt|JPN}}''' |scoreA='''121'''
|teamB={{Bkw|CAN}} |scoreB=89
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg= |date= July 20 |place= [[Centre Étienne Desmarteau]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA='''{{Bkw-rt|USA}}''' |scoreA='''95'''
|teamB={{Bkw|BUL|1971}} |scoreB=79
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg= |date= July 20 |place= [[Centre Étienne Desmarteau]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|TCH}} |scoreA=75
|teamB='''{{Bkw|URS}}''' |scoreB='''88'''
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= July 22 |place= [[Centre Étienne Desmarteau]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|BUL|1971}} |scoreA=68
|teamB='''{{Bkw|URS}}''' |scoreB='''91'''
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= July 22 |place= [[Centre Étienne Desmarteau]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|JPN}} |scoreA=62
|teamB='''{{Bkw|TCH}}''' |scoreB='''76'''
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= July 22 |place= [[Centre Étienne Desmarteau]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA='''{{Bkw-rt|USA}}''' |scoreA='''89'''
|teamB={{Bkw|CAN}} |scoreB=75
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg= |date= July 23 |place= [[Centre Étienne Desmarteau]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA='''{{Bkw-rt|BUL|1971}}''' |scoreA='''66'''
|teamB={{Bkw|JPN}} |scoreB=63
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg= |date= July 23 |place= [[Centre Étienne Desmarteau]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|CAN}} |scoreA=59
|teamB='''{{Bkw|TCH}}''' |scoreB='''67'''
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg= |date= July 23 |place= [[Centre Étienne Desmarteau]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|USA}} |scoreA=77
|teamB='''{{Bkw|URS}}''' |scoreB='''112'''
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= July 25 |place= [[Montreal Forum]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA={{Bkw-rt|CAN}} |scoreA=62
|teamB='''{{Bkw|BUL|1971}}''' |scoreB='''85'''
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg= |date= July 26 |place= [[Montreal Forum]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA='''{{Bkw-rt|USA}}''' |scoreA='''83'''
|teamB={{Bkw|TCH}} |scoreB=67
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg= |date= July 26 |place= [[Montreal Forum]], [[Montreal]]
|time=
|teamA='''{{Bkw-rt|URS}}''' |scoreA='''98'''
|teamB={{Bkw|JPN}} |scoreB=75
}}

==Final standings==
{|class=wikitable
|-
!rowspan=2| Rank
!colspan=4| Men
!colspan=4| Women
|-
!width=150px|Team !!width=20px|Pld !!width=20px|W !!width=20px|L !!width=150px|Team !!width=20px|Pld !!width=20px|W !!width=20px|L 
|-align=center
| {{Gold1}} ||align=left|{{Bk|USA}}  || 7 || 7 || 0
|align=left|{{Bkw|URS}}  || 5 || 5 || 0 
|-align=center
| {{Silver2}} ||align=left|{{Bk|YUG}} || 7 || 5 || 2 
|align=left|{{Bkw|USA}} || 5 || 3 || 2
|-align=center
| {{Bronze3}} ||align=left|{{Bk|URS}} || 7 || 6 || 1 
|align=left|{{Bkw|BUL|1971}} || 5 || 3 || 2
|-align=center
| 4th ||align=left|{{Bk|CAN}} || 7 || 4 || 3
|align=left|{{Bkw|TCH}} || 5 || 2 || 3
|-align=center
| 5th ||align=left|{{Bk|ITA}} || 7 || 5 || 2
|align=left|{{Bkw|JPN}} || 5 || 2 || 3
|-align=center
| 6th ||align=left|{{Bk|TCH}} || 7 || 3 || 4
|align=left|{{Bkw|CAN}} || 5 || 0 || 5
|-align=center
| 7th ||align=left|{{Bk|CUB}} || 7 || 4 || 3 ||colspan=4 rowspan=6 bgcolor=#eee|
|-align=center
| 8th ||align=left|{{Bk|AUS}} || 7 || 2 || 5
|-align=center
| 9th ||align=left|{{Bk|PUR|1952}} || 7 || 3 || 4 
|-align=center
| 10th ||align=left|{{Bk|MEX}} || 7 || 2 || 5 
|-align=center
| 11th ||align=left|{{Bk|JPN}} || 7 || 1 || 6 
|-align=center
| 12th ||align=left|{{Bk|EGY}} || 7 || 0 || 7
|}

==See also==
* [[Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters]]
* [[Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters]]

==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Report]

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