Australia at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Australia at the Olympic Games

Flag of Australia
IOC code: AUS
NOC: Australian Olympic Committee
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1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors 184 (149 men, 35 women) 
Flag bearer Raelene Boyle (opening)
Robert Haigh (closing)
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
4		 Total
5
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908* • 1912* • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
*with New Zealand as Australasia
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Australia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. Australia's performance at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games was its worst in almost four decades. For only the fourth time in the 21 modern Olympic Games, Australia failed to win a gold medal. It won just one silver and four bronze medals, most of them in the lower-profile sports. It was this result that spurred Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser to set up the Australian Institute of Sport.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

For more details on this topic, see Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

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

  • Carole Toy — 2305 points (→ 15th place)
  • Maureen Adama — 2114 points (→ 25th place)


Men's Individual Competition:

  • David Anear — 2407 points (→ 13th place)
  • Terence Reilly — 2331 points (→ 26th place)

[edit] Athletics

For more details on this topic, see Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Maxwell Binnington, Peter Grant, Donald Hanly, and Rick Mitchell
  • Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10.000 metres

  • Christopher Wardlaw
  • Heat — 28:17.52
  • Final — 28:29.91 (→ 12th place)
  • David Fitzsimons
  • Heat — 28:16.43
  • Final — 29:17.74 (→ 14th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

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

Men's Long Jump

  • Christopher Commons
  • Heat — 7.46m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • Cristopher Wardlaw — 2:23:56 (→ 35th place)
  • David Chettle — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Ross Haywood — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 20km Race Walk

  • Ross Haywood — 1:30:59 (→ 12th place)

[edit] Basketball

For more details on this topic, see Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round:

  • Lost to Cuba (89-111)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (77-93)
  • Defeated Mexico (120-117)
  • Lost to Canada (69-81)
  • Defeated Japan (117-79)

Classification Matches:

  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Italy (72-79)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (81-92) → 8th place


Team Roster:

  • Robbie Cadee
  • Ian Watson
  • Andrew Campbell
  • Tony Barnett
  • Eddie Palubinskas
  • Perry Crosswhite
  • Russell Simon
  • Michael Tucker
  • Andris Blicavs
  • Peter Walsh
  • John Maddock
  • Ray Tomlinson

Head Coach: Lindsay Gaze

[edit] Hockey

For more details on this topic, see Hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Men's Team Competition

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Malaysia (2-0)
  • Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • Lost 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) → Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Mervyn Adams


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