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{{infobox country at games<br />
| NOC = JAM<br />
| NOCname = [[Jamaica Olympic Association]]<br />
| games = Summer Olympics<br />
| year = 1976<br />
| flagcaption = <br />
| oldcode = <br />
| website = {{URL|www.joa.org.jm }}<br />
| location = Montreal<br />
| competitors = 20 (11 men, 9 women)<br />
| sports = <br />
| flagbearer = [[Don Quarrie]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers?country_id=JAM |title=Flagbearers for Jamaica |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref><br />
| rank = 21<br />
| gold = 1<br />
| silver = 1<br />
| bronze = 0<br />
| officials = <br />
| appearances = auto<br />
| app_begin_year = <br />
| app_end_year = <br />
| summerappearances = <br />
| winterappearances = <br />
| seealso = {{flagIOC|BWI|1960 Summer}} (1960)<br />
}}<br />
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Jamaica competed at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 20 competitors, 11 men and 9 women, took part in 18 events in 3 sports.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JAM/summer/1976/ |title=Jamaica at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games |access-date=17 April 2015 |publisher=Sports Reference |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506000058/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/JAM/summer/1976/ |archive-date= 6 May 2015 }}</ref><br />
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==Medalists==<br />
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===Gold===<br />
* [[Don Quarrie]] – Athletics, Men's 200 metres<br />
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===Silver===<br />
* [[Don Quarrie]] – Athletics, Men's 100 metres<br />
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==Athletics==<br />
{{main|Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}<br />
'''Men's 800 metres'''<br />
* [[Seymour Newman]]<br />
:* Heat – 1:48.46<br />
:* Semi Final – 1:47.22 (→ did not advance)<br />
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'''Men's 4 × 400 m Relay''' <br />
* [[Leighton Priestley]], [[Donald Quarrie]], [[Colin Bradford]], and [[Seymour Newman]]<br />
:* Heat – 3:03.86<br />
:* Final – 3:02.84 (→ 5th place)<br />
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==Boxing==<br />
{{main|Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}<br />
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==Cycling==<br />
{{main|Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}<br />
Three cyclists represented Jamaica in 1976.<br />
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;[[Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Individual road race]]<br />
* [[Errol Walters]] – did not finish (→ no ranking)<br />
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;[[Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint|Sprint]]<br />
* [[Xavier Mirander]] – 16th place<br />
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;[[Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial|1000m time trial]]<br />
* [[David Weller]] – 1:08.534 (→ 11th place)<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]<br />
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]<br />
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{{Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}<br />
{{Country at games navbox|Jamaica|Olympics}}<br />
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[[Category:Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:Jamaica at the Summer Olympics by year|1976 Summer Olympics]]<br />
[[Category:1976 in Jamaican sport]]<br />
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{{Jamaica-sport-stub}}<br />
{{1976-Olympic-stub}}</div>
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