1976 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 1976 Men's World Outdoor Bowls Championship was held at Zoo Lake Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 18 February - 6 March 1976.
Doug Watson won the singles which was held in a round robin format. South Africa completed a clean sweep of events by taking the Pairs, Triples and Fours Gold which also help them lift the Leonard Trophy.
Medallists
Results
Men's Singles - Round Robin
Men's Pairs - Round Robin
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 |  Doug Watson & Bill Moseley | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 2 |  Neil McInnes & Dick Folkins | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| 3 |  Don Woolnough & Bob Middleton | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 |  John C Evans & Peter Line | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 |  Wales | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 |  Roy Fulton & John Henry | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 |  Rhodesia | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 |  Kerry Clark & Vic Sellars | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 |  Western Samoa | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 10 |  Jack Christie & Alex McIntosh | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 11 |  Hong Kong | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 12 |  Matt Gordon & Robert Goldwasser | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 13 |  Peter Crossan & Harry Lakin | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 14 |  Jersey | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 15 |  Guernsey | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| 16 |  Japan | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Men's Triples - Round Robin
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Kevin Campbell, Nando Gatti & Kelvin Lightfoot | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 2 | David Bryant, Bill Irish & Tommy Armstrong | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Willie Murray, David Hull & John Higgins | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| 4 | David Baldwin, John Somerville & Bob McDonald | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Jim Candelet, Harold Esch & Francisco Frank Souza | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Wales | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 | Willie Wood, Dick Bernard & Willie Adrain | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | Rhodesia | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 11 | John Chalmers, Stuart Flanders & Alexander Sandy Ross | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 12 | Guernsey | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| 13 | Jersey | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| 14 | Harry Esakov, Sam Skudowitz, Yehuda Sabra Lebel | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
| 15 | Western Samoa | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| 16 | Japan | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Men's Fours - Round Robin
| Pos | Player | P | W | D | L | Pts |
| 1 | Kevin Campbell, Nando Gatti, Kelvin Lightfoot & Bill Moseley | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 2 | Don Woolnough, Leigh Bishop, Barry Salter & Keith Poole | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 3 | John C Evans, Bill Irish, Tommy Armstrong & Peter Line | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | David Richards, John Russell Evans, Ellis Stanbury, Ray Williams | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Jim Candelet, Harold Esch, Dick Folkins, Francisco Frank Souza | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Jack Christie, Alex McIntosh, Dick Bernard & Willie Adrain | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 18 |
| 7 | John Henry, John Higgins, David Hull, Willie Murray | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 8 | David Baldwin, Bob McDonald, John Somerville, Vic Sellars | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | Alan Bradley, Theo Easterbrook, Dick Boucher, Pat O'Brien | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 10 | Omar Dallah, Saco Delgado, Roberto da Silva, George Souza Sr. | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 11 | Gordon Bewhay, Joe Dolan, Frank Hambly, Tim Mallett | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| 12 | Leta’a Sulu Devoe, Graham Johns, James Williams, Falevi Ierupa’ala Petana | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 13 | John Chalmers, Peter Crossan, Stuart Flanders, Alexander Sandy Ross | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 14 | Ernie Baker, Norman le Ber, Henry le Tissier, Cyril Smith | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| 15 | Harry Esakov, Robert Goldwasser, Sam Skudowitz, Yehuda Sabra Lebel | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| 16 | Mitsuaki Izumi, Kichizaemon Sarumaru, Tadao Nishi, Shigeya Nabeshima | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
W.M.Leonard Trophy
| Pos | Team | Singles | Pairs | Triples | Fours | Total |
| 1 | South Africa | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 64 |
| 2 | England | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 56 |
| 3 | Australia+ | 15 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 52 |
| 4 | United States | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 52 |
| 5 | Wales | 11 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 47 |
| 6 | New Zealand | 12 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 43 |
| 7 | Ireland | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 39 |
| 8 | Scotland | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 37 |
| 9 | Rhodesia | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 34 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
| 11 | Western Samoa | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| 12 | Malawi | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| 13 | Guernsey | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| 14 | Israel | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| 15 |  Jersey | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 16 |  Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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