page_title: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
section_title: Participating nations
hierarchical_section_title: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics / Participating nations
caption_attribution_description: 1976 Press Photo Olympic shooting medalists Margaret Murdock and Lanny Basshaw
context_page_description: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal comprised seven events, all mixed. For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the three positions event. Lanny Bassham and Murdock tied for the first place, but Murdock was placed second after review of the targets. Bassham suggested that two gold medals be given, and after this request was declined, asked Murdock to share the top step with him at the award ceremony. Women had no separate shooting events at the time and were allowed to compete with men. Murdock became the first woman to win an Olympic medal in shooting.
context_section_description: A total of 344 shooters, 336 men and 8 women, from 60 nations competed at the Montreal Games:
   Andorra (2)
   Argentina (6)
   Australia (6)
   Austria (8)
   Belgium (5)
   Belize (2)
   Bolivia (1)
   Brazil (8)
   Bulgaria (7)
   Canada (11)
   Chile (3)
   Colombia (3)
   Costa Rica (1)
   Cuba (4)
   Czechoslovakia (10)
   Denmark (7)
   East Germany (11)
   Finland (4)
   France (10)
   Great Britain (13)
   Greece (4)
   Guatemala (5)
   Hong Kong (6)
   Hungary (7)
   India (3)
   Iran (4)
   Ireland (1)
   Israel (1)
   Italy (13)
   Japan (11)
   Luxembourg (1)
   Malaysia (2)
   Mexico (6)
   Monaco (4)
   Mongolia (4)
   Netherlands (2)
   New Zealand (4)
   North Korea (6)
   Norway (4)
   Papua New Guinea (1)
   Paraguay (1)
   Philippines (2)
   Poland (12)
   Portugal (1)
   Puerto Rico (8)
   Romania (7)
   San Marino (7)
   Singapore (1)
   South Korea (5)
   Soviet Union (13)
   Spain (9)
   Sweden (11)
   Switzerland (5)
   Thailand (12)
   Trinidad and Tobago (1)
   Turkey (3)
   United States (14)
   Virgin Islands (4)
   West Germany (12)
   Yugoslavia (5)
caption: Margaret Murdock, Lanny Basshan, and Werner Seibord
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