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Australia at the Olympic Games

Flag of Australia – Flag bearers
IOC code  AUS
NOC Australian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympics.com.au
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors 180 (146 men, 34 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer Raelene Boyle (opening)
Robert Haigh (closing)
Medals
Rank: 32		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
4		 Total
5
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Australia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 180 competitors, 146 men and 34 women, took part in 115 events in 20 sports.[1]

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.

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[edit] Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver national field hockey team, AustraliaAustralia national field hockey team
David Bell   Jim Irvine
Greg Browning   Malcolm Poole
Rick Charlesworth   Robert Proctor
Ian Cooke   Graeme Reid
Barry Dancer   Ronald Riley
Douglas Golder   Trevor Smith
Robert Haigh   Terry Walsh
Wayne Hammond
Field hockey Men's tournament
 Bronze Holland, StephenStephen Holland Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle
 Bronze Bertrand, JohnJohn Bertrand Sailing Men's finn class
 Bronze Brown, IanIan Brown,
Ian Ruff		 Sailing Men's 470 class
 Bronze Bennet, MervynMervyn Bennet,
Denis Pigott,
Bill Roycroft,
Wayne Roycroft		 Equestrian Team eventing

[edit] Archery

Main article: 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:


Men's Individual Competition:

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5.000 metres

  • Heat — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 10.000 metres

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

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 51.90s (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 51.07s (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Heat — 7.46m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Men's 20 km Race Walk

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Round — 69.92m
  • Final — 68.00m (→ 12th place)

[edit] Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A):
  • 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:

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Road Race

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

Men's foil
Men's épée
Women's foil

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's 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) → Med 2.png Silver Medal
  • Team Roster

[edit] Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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

[edit] Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Australia at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUS/summer/1976/. Retrieved 2011-04-02. 
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