| Tourney Name: | 1976 Men's Olympic football tournament |
| Country: | Canada |
| Dates: | 18–31 July 1976 |
| Num Teams: | 13 |
| Confederations: | 4 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 23 |
| Goals: | 66 |
| Attendance: | 597574 |
| Top Scorer: |  Andrzej Szarmach (6 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1972 |
| Nextseason: | 1980 |
The football tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics started on 18 July and ended on 31 July. Only one event, the men's tournament, was contested. 13 teams participated in the tournament, while three African teams withdrew in support of the anti-racism boycott.[1] East Germany won the gold, defeating Poland in the final, with the Soviet Union taking the bronze.
| Montreal | Ottawa | Sherbrooke | Toronto | |
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| Olympic Stadium | Lansdowne Park | Sherbrooke Stadium | Varsity Stadium | |
| Capacity: 72,406 | Capacity: 30,065 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 21,739 | |
See main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. The following 13 teams qualified for the 1976 Olympics football tournament:
Peter Thomas Johnson Werner Winsemann
Marco Antonio Dorantes
Ángel Coerezza
Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
Guillermo Velásquez
Paul Schiller
Robert Héliès
Alberto Michelotti
Károly Palotai Marian Kuston
John Paterson
Emilio Guruceta-MuroSee main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads.
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With six goals, Andrzej Szarmach of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 66 goals were scored by 44 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
Jarbas Jimmy Douglas Jean-Marc Schaer Loïc Amisse
Vicky Peretz
Hong Song-Nam Chico Fraga Erivélto Léo Júnior Rosemiro Bruno Baronchelli Francisco Rubio
Ali Parvin Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Hassan Rowshan Parviz Ghelichkhani Itzhak Shum Yaron Oz Hugo Sánchez An Se-Uk Antoni Szymanowski Kazimierz Deyna Santiago Idígoras Eduardo Rergis (playing against Guatemala)