Australia at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Australia at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUS
NOCAustralian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympics.com.au
in Montreal
Competitors180 (146 men, 34 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearers Raelene Boyle (opening)
Robert Haigh (closing)
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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 Australasia (1908–1912)

Australia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 180 competitors, 146 men and 34 women, took part in 115 events in 20 sports.[1] Australia performed poorly, winning one silver and four bronze medals, finishing thirty-second on the medals table.[2] This result caused significant negative backlash within the country, and spurred Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser to set up the Australian Institute of Sport.[3]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Australia national field hockey team
Field hockey Men's tournament
 Bronze Stephen Holland Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle
 Bronze John Bertrand Sailing Men's finn class
 Bronze Ian Brown,
Ian Ruff
Sailing Men's 470 class
 Bronze Mervyn Bennet,
Denis Pigott,
Bill Roycroft,
Wayne Roycroft
Equestrian Team eventing

Archery

In the second Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent two women and two men. Only one archer, Terry Reilly, had Olympic experience. He dropped 11 places from his 1972 finish.
Women's Individual Competition:


Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay

Men's 5.000 metres

Men's 10.000 metres

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Don Hanly
    • Heat — 51.90s (→ did not advance)
  • Peter Grant
    • Heat — 51.07s (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Men's Marathon

Men's 20 km Race Walk

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Peter Farmer
    • Qualifying round — 69.92m
    • Final — 68.00m (→ 12th place)

Basketball

Men's competition

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented Australia in 1976.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Three fencers, two men and one woman, represented Australia in 1976.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Women's foil
  • Helen Smith

Gymnastics

Hockey

Men's competition
  • Preliminary round (Group A)
    • Defeated Malaysia (2-0)
    • Defeated Canada (3-0)
    • Defeated India (6-1)
    • Lost to the Netherlands (1-2)
    • Lost to Argentina (2-3)
    • Replay: Defeated India (1-1, 5-4 after penalty strokes)
  • Semi-finals
    • Defeated Pakistan (1-2)
  • Final
    • Lost to New Zealand (0-1) → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Head coach: Mervyn Adams

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Australia in 1976.

Individual

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Donald Brook 50 m rifle, prone 586 41
50 m rifle three positions 1109 50
Jonathan Gillman 50 m pistol 525 42
Don Gowland 50 m rifle, prone 584 51
Norman Harrison 50 m pistol 540 32
Alexander Taransky 25 m pistol 580 34
Peter Wray Trap 173 25

Swimming

Water polo

Men's competition
  • Preliminary round (Group C)
    • Lost to Hungary (6-7)
    • Lost to West Germany (3-4)
    • Lost to Canada (5-6)
  • Classification group
    • Lost to Canada (3-4)
    • Defeated Iran (8-2)
    • Lost to Soviet Union (2-7)
    • Tied with Mexico (4-4)
    • Lost to Cuba (3-8) → 11th place
  • Team roster
  • Head coach: Tom Hoad

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

References

  1. ^ "Australia at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  2. ^ Titus O'Reily (20 August 2018). A Thoroughly Unhelpful History of Australian Sport. Penguin Books. p. 34. ISBN 9780143793519.
  3. ^ Titus O'Reily (20 August 2018). A Thoroughly Unhelpful History of Australian Sport. Penguin Books. pp. 34–36. ISBN 9780143793519.
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