22nd Chess Olympiad

Stamp allusive to the Olympiad

The 22nd Chess Olympiad (Hebrew: אולימפיאדת השחמט ה-22, Olimpiada ha-shachmat ha-22), organized by FIDE, took place between October 26 and November 10, 1976, in Haifa, Israel. For the first time, the event comprised both an open and a women's tournament.

Another first was the change in format. The growing number of teams (74 at the previous Olympiad) had made it impossible to continue with the previous system of round-robin preliminary and final groups, so beginning in Haifa, the open event was played as a Swiss system tournament (the women's event had fewer participants and did not use the Swiss system until 1980).

The first Swiss system Olympiad ended up with significantly fewer teams, however. International politics once again interfered in the world of sports, as many FIDE member nations withdrew in protest against the Olympiad being held in Israel, a country many of them didn't recognize. Among the nations that stayed away from Haifa were all of the Arab countries, some of which took part in the alternative Against Chess Olympiad instead. Other absentees were the entire Eastern Bloc, including most of the usual medal candidates. A number of Eastern European players had recently defected, however, and now represented various Western countries.

In the absence of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Hungary, the US team had the highest average rating and had to be considered favourites, even without Bobby Fischer. In the end, they lived up to expectations and won the gold medals, by half a point. The Netherlands and England took home the silver and bronze, respectively.

Open event

Forty-eight nations played 13 rounds. In the event of a draw, the tie-break was decided first by match points, then by using the Buchholz system.

Open event

#	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	MP	Buchholz
1	United States	Byrne, Kavalek, Evans, Tarjan, Lombardy, Commons	2535	37
2	Netherlands	Timman, Sosonko, Donner, Ree, Ligterink, Kuijpers	2490	36½
3	England	Miles, Keene, Hartston, Stean, Mestel, Nunn	2463	35½
4	Argentina	Najdorf, Panno, Quinteros, Sanguineti, Szmetan, Bronstein	2513	33
5	West Germany	Unzicker, Pachman, Kestler, Mohrlok, Ostermeyer, Wockenfuss	2485	31
6	Israel	Liberzon, Kraidman, Dzindzichashvili, Lederman, Kagan, Birnboim	2490	29½
7	Switzerland	Hug, Lombard, Wirthensohn, Huss, Hammer, Ott	2391	29
8	Canada	Biyiasas, Day, Yanofsky, Amos, Lipnowski, Piasetski	2428	28½	15
9	Spain	Pomar, Bellón López, Martín González, Medina García, Sanz Alonso, Ochoa	2399	28½	12
10	Colombia	Cuartas, Castro, Minaya Molano, García, de Greiff, Silva	2365	28
11	Norway	Øgaard, Hoen, Helmers, Hjertenes, Knudsen, Tiller	2331	27½	16
12	Sweden	Andersson, Ornstein, Jansson, Schüssler, Wahlbom, Schneider	2453	27½	15	376.5
13	Italy	Tatai, Toth, Grinza, Micheli, Paoli, Taruffi	2385	27½	15	361.5
14	Wales	Botterill, Williams, Hutchings, Cooper, Jones, Rayner	2355	27½	15	359.0
15	Paraguay	Franco Ocampos, Gamarra Cáceres, Bogda, Ferreira, Pane L., Ingolotti	2216	27½	14
16	Chile	Silva Sánchez, Donoso Velasco, Frias Pablaza, Scholz Solis, Velasquez Ojeda, Godoy Bugueño	2356	27½	13	380.5
17	Australia	Jamieson, Fuller, Shaw, Rubanraut, Woodhams, Kellner	2390	27½	13	367.5
18	Austria	Robatsch, Dückstein, Hölzl, Janetschek, Wittmann, Röhrl	2405	27½	13	366.0
19	Finland	Westerinen, Rantanen, Raaste, Kanko, Saren, Vahtera	2374	27½	13	346.5
20	Philippines	Torre, Balinas, Rodríguez, Mascariñas, Caturla, Estimo	2418	27	17
21	New Zealand	Chandler, Green, Small, Smith, Cornford, Leonhardt	2216	27	15
22	Iceland	Sigurjónsson, Ólafsson H., Thorsteinsson, Sólmundarson, Pétursson, Víglundsson	2426	27	13
23	Venezuela	Ostos, Palacios, Díaz, Sánchez, Schorr, Cúellar	2275	26½	13
24	Belgium	Rooze, De Bruycker, Beyen, Van Seters, Mollekens, Schumacher	2326	26½	11
25	Denmark	Rath, Øst-Hansen, Kølbæk, Rosenlund, Rosell, Mortensen	2340	26½	10
26	France	Haïk, Preissmann, Puhm, Seret, Goldenberg, Letzelter	2320	26	14	351.0
27	Dominican Republic	Myers, Columna, Carrión, González, Malagón, Pérez	2200	26	14	300.5
28	Uruguay	Benítez, Bademian Orchanian, Ricetto, Silva Nazzari, Diano, Dienavorian Lacherian	2203	26	13
29	Honduras	Lozano, Aguilar, Rivera, Padilla, Luque, Becerra	2200	26	9
30	Thailand	Darakorn, Sinprayoon, Rasmussen, Sa-ngadsup, Trisa-Ard, Vajrabhaya S.	2200	25½	12
31	Iran	Sharif, Harandi, Shirazi, Mamouri, Safarzadeh, Saloor	2303	25½	11	367.5
32	Costa Rica	Vaglio Muñoz, Gutiérrez Mangel, Jiménez Molina, Salas Leal, Chaves, Sobrado	2200	25½	11	324.0
33	Scotland	Pritchett, Levy, Jamieson, Findlay, Swanson, Bonner	2321	25½	10
34	Guernsey	Browning, Blow, Whetton, Lainé, Denning, Taylor	2200	25	14
35	Ireland	Kernan, Ludgate, Doyle, Keogh, Kennefick, Delaney	2214	25	12
36	Luxembourg	Stull, Feller, Schammo, Schneider, Philippe, Milbers	2250	24½	13
37	Guatemala	Pérez, Batres, Deras Díaz, Cote, Garrido, Larios	2200	24½	12	321.0
38	Japan	Hamada, Kuroda, Sakurai, Tatsutomi, Kanai A., Ozaki	2200	24½	12	296.0
39	Hong Kong	Kan Wai Shui, Lo Y. Cheong, Sin Kuen, Ko Chi, Lam, Pang C. K.	2245	24½	12	291.5
40	Bolivia	Ramírez, Calle, Suarez S., García M., Rivas, Mendes J.	2200	24½	11
41	Bermuda	Yerbury, Radford, Reichgeld, McDaniels, Marks, Jensen	2200	24
42	Andorra	Gómez Abad, De la Casa, Martínez, Guijarro, Tarradellas	2200	23
43	Monaco	Angles d'Auriac, Martelli R., Cary A., Negro, Kostjoerin, Lepine	2200	22
44	Faroe Islands	Petersen, Mikkelsen, Midjord, Ellefsen H., Petersen K., Thomassen J.	2201	21½
45	Papua New Guinea	Rush, Markov, Earle M., Nacino T., Bluett N., Bell G.	2200	18
46	United States Virgin Islands	Abraham, Hoyt, Rumsch, Grumer, Hanno, Levenson G.	2200	15½
47	British Virgin Islands	Hook, Georges, Pickering, Campbell, Linhart G., Corbin	2203	13½
48	Netherlands Antilles	Martina, Croes, Booi O., Brunk C., Tjinkamjet A.	2200	7½

Team standing

The following ratings were used to determine the placement (#).

• BP (sum of board points)
• TP (sum of team points)
• Rtg (Buchholz scoring system)

#	Team	Code	BP	TP	Rtg	+	=	-	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1	United States	USA	37	21	383.5	9	3	1	IRI 3	CHI 2½	SCO 3½	ITA 2	AUS 4	NED 1½	ENG 2	ARG 2½	GER 2	ISR 3½	SUI 4	COL 3	WLS 3½
2	Netherlands	NED	36½	23	383.5	10	3	0	LUX 3½	SCO 2½	SUI 2½	ARG 2	NOR 4	USA 2½	ISR 3	ENG 2	CHI 3½	SWE 3½	GER 2	CAN 2½	FIN 3
3	England	ENG	35½	22	385.5	9	4	0	NZL 2½	FRA 4	ARG 2½	GER 2	ITA 3	PHI 3½	USA 2	NED 2	ISR 2	CAN 3	SWE 3	CHI 3½	AUT 2½
4	Argentina	ARG	33	20	389.5	9	2	2	VEN 4	ESP 2½	ENG 1½	NED 2	SUI 3	GER 2½	PHI 3	USA 1½	IRI 3	AUT 3	ISR 2½	SWE 2½	CAN 2
5	West Germany	GER	31	15	389.0	6	3	4	IRL 3½	FIN 3	AUT 3½	ENG 2	PHI 1	ARG 1½	ESP 3	ISR 1½	USA 2	IRI 4	NED 2	SUI 1½	AUS 2½
6	Israel	ISR	29½	17	392.5	8	1	4	URU 3½	AUS 2½	SWE 2½	SUI 1½	DEN 3½	ESP 3	NED 1	GER 2½	ENG 2	USA ½	ARG 1½	PHI 3	PAR 2½
7	Switzerland	SUI	29	17	365.0	8	1	4	AHO 4	CAN 2½	NED 1½	ISR 2½	ARG 1	CHI ½	DEN 2½	THA 3½	ESP 2	COL 3	USA 0	GER 2½	FRA 3½
8	Canada	CAN	28½	15	372.5	6	3	4	MNC 4	SUI 1½	NOR 1	IRI 2½	SCO 2	WLS 3	ITA 2	ESP 2½	AUS 2½	ENG 1	ISL 3	NED 1½	ARG 2
9	Spain	ESP	28½	12	355.0	5	2	6	ISV 4	ARG 1½	BEL 2½	SWE 2	VEN 4	ISR 1	GER 1	CAN 1½	SUI 2	CHI 1½	NOR 2½	AUS 1½	SCO 3½
10	Colombia	COL	28	14	352.5	6	2	5	PNG 3½	SWE 1½	ISL 2½	VEN 1½	FIN 1½	PAR 2	FRA 3	SCO 2½	NOR 2	SUI 1	AUT 3	USA 1	HON 3
11	Norway	NOR	27½	16	362.5	6	4	3	THA 2½	HON 3½	CAN 3	PHI 1½	NED 0	FIN 2½	PAR 2½	AUT 2	COL 2	ISL 2	ESP 1½	DEN 2	VEN 2½
12	Sweden	SWE	27½	15	376.5	7	1	5	DOM 3½	COL 2½	ISR 1½	ESP 2	AUT 2½	SCO 2½	CHI 2½	IRI 1	PHI 4	NED ½	ENG 1	ARG 1½	DEN 2½
13	Italy	ITA	27½	15	361.5	5	5	3	AND 4	ISL 3	PHI 2	USA 2	ENG 1	IRI 2	CAN 2	CHI ½	IRL 2½	AUS 1½	FRA 2½	SCO 2	BEL 2½
14	Wales	WLS	27½	15	359.0	6	3	4	HON 2	NZL 2	LUX 1½	PAR 2	URU 4	CAN 1	VEN 2½	AUS 1	BEL 3	FIN 2½	CHI 2½	ISL 3	USA ½
15	Paraguay	PAR	27½	14	345.0	6	2	5	FRA 1	CRC 2½	NZL 2½	WLS 2	LUX 2½	COL 2	NOR 1½	BEL 2½	URU 2½	PHI 1½	SCO 1½	BOL 4	ISR 1½
16	Chile	CHI	27½	13	380.5	6	1	6	CRC 3	USA 1½	AUS 2	URU 3	ISL 1½	SUI 3½	SWE 1½	ITA 3½	NED ½	ESP 2½	WLS 1½	ENG ½	IRI 3
17	Australia	AUS	27½	13	367.5	6	1	6	JPN 4	ISR 1½	CHI 2	BEL 4	USA 0	ISL 2½	IRI 1	WLS 3	CAN 1½	ITA 2½	PHI 1½	ESP 2½	GER 1½
18	Austria	AUT	27½	13	366.0	6	1	6	GCI 4	BEL 2½	GER ½	FIN 2½	SWE 1½	DEN 3	ISL 1½	NOR 2	SCO 2½	ARG 1	COL 1	CRC 4	ENG 1½
19	Finland	FIN	27½	13	346.5	6	1	6	IVB 3½	GER 1	DEN 2½	AUT 1½	COL 2½	NOR 1½	SCO 2	BOL 2½	ISL 1½	WLS 1½	LUX 3	NZL 3½	NED 1
20	Philippines	PHI	27	17	367.5	8	1	4	FAI 4	DEN 3	ITA 2	NOR 2½	GER 3	ENG ½	ARG 1	ISL 2½	SWE 0	PAR 2½	AUS 2½	ISR 1	URU 2½
21	New Zealand	NZL	27	15	346.5	7	1	5	ENG 1½	WLS 2	PAR 1½	CRC 3	BEL 1	DOM 2½	LUX 1½	JPN 2½	DEN 2½	IRL 2½	THA 3	FIN ½	GUA 3
22	Iceland	ISL	27	13	350.0	6	1	6	HKG 4	ITA 1	COL 1½	LUX 3	CHI 2½	AUS 1½	AUT 2½	PHI 1½	FIN 2½	NOR 2	CAN 1	WLS 1	IRL 3
23	Venezuela	VEN	26½	13	336.5	6	1	6	ARG 0	PNG 3½	MNC 4	COL 2½	ESP 0	BEL 2	WLS 1½	URU ½	THA 1	JPN 3	GCI 3½	LUX 3½	NOR 1½
24	Belgium	BEL	26½	11	341.5	4	3	6	GUA 4	AUT 1½	ESP 1½	AUS 0	NZL 3	VEN 2	IRL 2	PAR 1½	WLS 1	FAI 4	CRC 2½	IRI 2	ITA 1½
25	Denmark	DEN	26½	10	349.0	4	2	7	BER 4	PHI 1	FIN 1½	IRL 4	ISR ½	AUT 1	SUI 1½	FRA 2	NZL 1½	DOM 3½	IRI 2½	NOR 2	SWE 1½
26	France	FRA	26	14	351.0	6	2	5	PAR 3	ENG 0	URU 0	BOL 4	GCI 2½	GUA 3	COL 1	DEN 2	DOM 2½	SCO 2	ITA 1½	THA 4	SUI ½
27	Dominican Republic	DOM	26	14	300.5	6	2	5	SWE ½	LUX ½	BOL 2	AHO 4	CRC 2	NZL 1½	GUA 2½	HON 2½	FRA 1½	DEN ½	IVB 3	AND 2½	HKG 3
28	Uruguay	URU	26	13	341.0	6	1	6	ISR ½	JPN 2	FRA 4	CHI 1	WLS 0	HON 2½	BER 3	VEN 3½	PAR 1½	THA 1½	IRL 2½	GUA 2½	PHI 1½
29	Honduras	HON	26	9	304.0	3	3	7	WLS 2	NOR ½	HKG 2	THA 1½	GUA 1½	URU 1½	ISV 4	DOM 1½	CRC ½	AHO 4	BOL 2	FAI 4	COL 1
30	Thailand	THA	25½	12	319.5	6	0	7	NOR 1½	IRI ½	BER 3	HON 2½	IRL 1½	LUX 1½	GCI 4	SUI ½	VEN 3	URU 2½	NZL 1	FRA 0	AHO 4
31	Iran	IRI	25½	11	367.5	4	3	6	USA 1	THA 3½	IRL 2	CAN 1½	JPN 4	ITA 2	AUS 3	SWE 3	ARG 1	GER 0	DEN 1½	BEL 2	CHI 1
32	Costa Rica	CRC	25½	11	324.0	5	1	7	CHI 1	PAR 1½	ISV 3½	NZL 1	DOM 2	IRL 1	HKG 3	GUA 1½	HON 3½	BOL 2½	BEL 1½	AUT 0	MNC 3½
33	Scotland	SCO	25½	10	371.5	3	4	6	BOL 4	NED 1½	USA ½	GCI 4	CAN 2	SWE 1½	FIN 2	COL 1½	AUT 1½	FRA 2	PAR 2½	ITA 2	ESP ½
34	Guernsey	GCI	25	14	298.5	7	0	6	AUT 0	GUA 3	FAI 3½	SCO 0	FRA 1½	JPN 2½	THA 0	PNG 3½	HKG 2½	BER 1½	VEN ½	AHO 3½	AND 3
35	Ireland	IRL	25	12	328.0	5	2	6	GER ½	IVB 4	IRI 2	DEN 0	THA 2½	CRC 3	BEL 2	LUX 2½	ITA 1½	NZL 1½	URU 1½	MNC 3	ISL 1
36	Luxembourg	LUX	24½	13	340.5	6	1	6	NED ½	DOM 3½	WLS 2½	ISL 1	PAR 1½	THA 2½	NZL 2½	IRL 1½	BOL 2	GUA 2½	FIN 1	VEN ½	ISV 3
37	Guatemala	GUA	24½	12	321.0	6	0	7	BEL 0	GCI 1	PNG 3	MNC 3	HON 2½	FRA 1	DOM 1½	CRC 2½	JPN 3	LUX 1½	BER 3	URU 1½	NZL 1
38	Japan	JPN	24½	12	296.0	5	2	6	AUS 0	URU 2	AND 3	HKG 3½	IRI 0	GCI 1½	FAI 3	NZL 1½	GUA 1	VEN 1	AHO 3½	IVB 2½	BER 2
39	Hong Kong	HKG	24½	12	291.5	4	4	5	ISL 0	AND 2	HON 2	JPN ½	PNG 3	BER 2	CRC 1	FAI 3	GCI 1½	IVB 3½	MNC 2	ISV 3	DOM 1
40	Bolivia	BOL	24½	11	286.0	4	3	6	SCO 0	ISV 1½	DOM 2	FRA 0	AHO 3½	AND 4	PNG 3½	FIN 1½	LUX 2	CRC 1½	HON 2	PAR 0	IVB 3
41	Bermuda	BER	24	14	290.0	5	4	4	DEN 0	FAI 2	THA 1	ISV 2½	AND 2½	HKG 2	URU 1	MNC 2	IVB 3	GCI 2½	GUA 1	PNG 2½	JPN 2
42	Andorra	AND	23	11	274.0	4	3	6	ITA 0	HKG 2	JPN 1	FAI 2	BER 1½	BOL 0	AHO 3½	IVB 3	MNC 2	ISV 3	PNG 2½	DOM 1½	GCI 1
43	Monaco	MNC	22	11	277.5	4	3	6	CAN 0	AHO 3½	VEN 0	GUA 1	ISV 2½	FAI 1	IVB 3	BER 2	AND 2	PNG 3½	HKG 2	IRL 1	CRC ½
44	Faroe Islands	FAI	21½	12	277.0	5	2	6	PHI 0	BER 2	GCI ½	AND 2	IVB 2½	MNC 3	JPN 1	HKG 1	AHO 3½	BEL 0	ISV 3½	HON 0	PNG 2½
45	Papua New Guinea	PNG	18	06	280.0	3	0	10	COL ½	VEN ½	GUA 1	IVB 3	HKG 1	AHO 3	BOL ½	GCI ½	ISV 3	MNC ½	AND 1½	BER 1½	FAI 1½
46	United States Virgin Islands	ISV	15½	06	283.0	3	0	10	ESP 0	BOL 2½	CRC ½	BER 1½	MNC 1½	IVB 2½	HON 0	AHO 2½	PNG 1	AND 1	FAI ½	HKG 1	LUX 1
47	British Virgin Islands	IVB	13½	01	283.5	0	1	12	FIN ½	IRL 0	AHO 2	PNG 1	FAI 1½	ISV 1½	MNC 1	AND 1	BER 1	HKG ½	DOM 1	JPN 1½	BOL 1
48	Netherlands Antilles	AHO	07½	01	294.0	0	1	12	SUI 0	MNC ½	IVB 2	DOM 0	BOL ½	PNG 1	AND ½	ISV 1½	FAI ½	HON 0	JPN ½	GCI ½	THA 0

Individual medals

• Board 1: Jan Timman 8½ / 11 = 77.3%
• Board 2: Gennadi Sosonko 6 / 8 = 75.0%
• Board 3: Marcelo Carrión 9 / 11 = 81.8%
• Board 4: Michael Stean 5½ / 8 = 68.8%
• 1st reserve: Boris de Greiff 5½ / 7 = 78.6%
• 2nd reserve: Kim Commons 7½ / 9 = 83.3%

Women's event

Twenty-three nations took part in the women's Olympiad. From four preliminary groups the teams were split into three finals. Israel, led by former World Championship challenger Kushnir, won the gold, ahead of England and Spain.

Preliminaries

• Group 1:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5		+	−	=	Points
«A»	Israel	-	1½	2½	2	3		3	0	1	9
«A»	Australia	1½	-	½	2	1½		1	1	2	5½
«B»	Argentina	½	2½	-	1½	1		1	2	1	5½
«B»	Colombia	1	1	1½	-	2		1	2	1	5½
«C»	Austria	0	1½	2	1	-		1	2	1	4½

• Group 2:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6		+	−	=	Points
«A»	Netherlands	-	2½	2½	1½	3	3		4	0	1	12½
«A»	Denmark	½	-	1½	1½	3	3		2	1	2	9½
«B»	Finland	½	1½	-	2	2½	2		3	1	1	8½
«B»	Canada	1½	1½	1	-	1½	2		1	1	3	7½
«C»	Wales	0	0	½	1½	-	2½		1	3	1	4½
«C»	Japan	0	0	1	1	½	-		0	5	0	2½

• Group 3:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6		+	−	=	Points
«A»	England	-	2½	2	2½	2½	3		5	0	0	12½
«A»	Spain	½	-	2	2½	2½	3		4	1	0	10½
«B»	France	1	1	-	1	2	3		2	3	0	8
«B»	Italy	½	½	2	-	2½	1½		2	2	1	7
«C»	Sweden	½	½	1	½	-	3		1	4	0	5½
«C»	New Zealand	0	0	0	1½	0	-		0	4	1	1½

• Group 4:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6		+	−	=	Points
«A»	United States	-	1½	3	2	2	3		4	0	1	11½
«A»	West Germany	1½	-	2	2½	½	3		3	1	1	9½
«B»	Philippines	0	1	-	1½	3	3		2	2	1	8½
«B»	Ireland	1	½	1½	-	1½	3		1	2	2	7½
«C»	Switzerland	1	2½	0	1½	-	2		2	2	1	7
«C»	Scotland	0	0	0	0	1	-		0	5	0	1

Finals

Final A

#	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	MP
1	Israel	Kushnir, Kristol, Podrazhanskaya, Nudelman	2182	17
2	England	Hartston, Jackson, Pritchard, Caldwell	2115	11½	8
3	Spain	Ferrer, García, Pino García Padrón, Canela	1890	11½	7
4	United States	Savereide, Crotto, Herstein, Orton	2112	10½
5	Netherlands	van der Mije, Vreeken, Belle, van der Giessen	2182	9½
6	West Germany	Laakmann, Weichert, Prill-Gassemann, Wasnetsky	2070	9
7	Australia	McGrath, Kellner, Pope, Depasquale	1958	8½
8	Denmark	Høiberg, Haahr, Larsen	1917	6½

Final B

#	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	MP
9	Canada	Vujosevic, Shterenberg, Day, Williams M.	1907	13½
10	Italy	Gramignani, Pernici, Merciai, Romano D.	1800	12
11	Argentina	Arias, Soppe, Cazón, Tadei	1800	11½
12	Ireland	Healy, O'Siochrú, Noonan, Shouldice	1897	10½
13	Finland	Vuorenpää, Pihlajamäki, Ristoja, Laitinen	1852	10
14	France	Merlini, Tagnon, Ruck-Petit, Warkentin	1880	9½	6
15	Colombia	Leyva, Herrera L., Zapata, Patiño	1800	9½	5
16	Philippines	Cartel, Emperado, Lizares, Alvárez	1800	7

Final C

#	Country	Players	Average rating	Points	MP
17	Switzerland	Näpfer, Veprek, Wettstein, Ludwig	1875	12	10
18	Austria	Hausner, Hennings, Kattinger, Samt	1940	12	9
19	Sweden	Dahlin, Svensson, Svantesson, Bohmgren	2012	11½
20	Japan	Nakagawa, Watai, Maeda, Terada M.	1830	11
21	Scotland	Elder, Hindle, Leask, Houstoun	1810	7½
22	Wales	Garwell, Brunker, Davies, Jarman	1800	6½
23	New Zealand	Terry L., Stretch, Hollis A.	1800	2½

Final «A»

No.	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		+	−	=	Points
1	Israel	-	2½	2	2½	3	2	2	3		7	0	0	17
2	England	½	-	2	1½	2½	2½	1	1½		3	2	2	11½
3	Spain	1	1	-	½	1½	2	2½	3		3	3	1	11½
4	United States	½	1½	2½	-	0	1½	2	2½		3	2	2	10½
5	Netherlands	0	½	1½	3	-	1½	1½	1½		1	2	4	9½
6	West Germany	1	½	1	1½	1½	-	1½	2		1	3	3	9
7	Australia	1	2	½	1	1½	1½	-	1		1	4	2	4½
8	Denmark	0	1½	0	½	1½	1	2	-		1	4	2	6½

Final «B»

No.	Country	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16		+	−	=	Points
9	Canada	-	2	2½	1	1	2½	2	2½		5	2	0	13½
10	Italy	1	-	2½	2	1½	1	2	2		4	2	1	12
11	Argentina	½	½	-	2½	2	1½	1½	3		3	2	2	11½
12	Ireland	2	1	½	-	2½	1	1	2½		3	4	0	10½
13	Finland	2	1½	1	½	-	2	2	1		3	3	1	10
14	France	½	2	1½	2	1	-	1	1½		2	3	2	9½
15	Colombia	1	1	1½	2	1	2	-	1		2	4	1	9½
16	Philippines	½	1	0	½	2	1½	2	-		2	4	1	7½

Final «C»

No.	Country	17	18	19	20	21	22	23		+	−	=	Points
17	Switzerland	-	1	2	2	2	2½	2½		5	1	0	12
18	Austria	2	-	1½	1½	2½	3	1½		3	0	3	12
19	Sweden	1	1½	-	1	2½	2½	3		3	2	1	11½
20	Japan	1	1½	2	-	1½	2	3		3	1	2	11
21	Scotland	1	½	½	1½	-	1½	2½		1	3	2	7½
22	Wales	½	0	½	1	1½	-	3		1	4	1	6½
23	New Zealand	½	1½	0	0	½	0	-		0	5	1	2½

Individual medals

• Board 1: Alla Kushnir 7½ / 8 = 93.8%
• Board 2: Nava Shterenberg 9 / 10 = 90.0%
• Board 3: Hyroko Maeda 6½ / 8 = 81.3%
• Reserve: Lea Nudelman 6½ / 7 = 92.9%

References

• 22nd Chess Olympiad: Haifa 1976 OlimpBase