Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. 180 competitors, 146 men and 34 women, took part in 115 events in 20 sports.

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

Prime Minister of Australia

The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...

 Malcolm Fraser

Malcolm Fraser

John Malcolm Fraser AC, CH, GCL, PC is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. He came to power in the 1975 election following the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor government, in which he played a key role...

 to set up the Australian Institute of Sport

Australian Institute of Sport

The Australian Institute of Sport is a sports training institution in Australia with world class facilities and support services. The Institute's headquarters is situated in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The 66.0 hectare site campus is in the northern suburb of Bruce, but some of the...

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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Field hockey Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics The Field Hockey competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics, which was held in the Molson Stadium at the McGill University, made history as it was played on an artificial surface for the first time in history...	Men's tournament
		Swimming Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montréal, Canada, 26 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 471 participants from 51 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:...	Men's 1500m Freestyle Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle The Men's 1500 metre Freestyle event for the 1976 Summer Olympics was held in Montreal.-Final:-References:*...
		Sailing Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....	Men's finn class
	, Ian Ruff Ian Ruff Ian Ruff is an Australian competitive sailor and Olympic bronze medalist.He won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, along with his partner Ian Brown.-References:...	Sailing Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....	Men's 470 class
	, Denis Pigott Denis Pigott Denis Pigott is an Australian equestrian. He won a bronze medal in team eventing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and placed 20th in individual eventing.-References:... , Bill Roycroft Bill Roycroft James William "Bill" George Roycroft OBE was an Olympic equestrian champion who competed for Australia in five consecutive Summer Olympic Games: 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976.He was born in Flowerdale, Victoria... , Wayne Roycroft Wayne Roycroft Wayne Roycroft is an Australian equestrian. He won a bronze medal in team eventing at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.-References:...	Equestrian Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics The Equestrian Events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal included Show Jumping, Dressage and Eventing. All three disciplines had both individual and team competitions.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...	Team eventing

Archery

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

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

 finish.


Women's Individual Competition:

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

Men's Individual Competition:

• David Anear
  David Anear
  David Anear is an Australian archer.Born in Lowestoft, United Kingdom David lived in many places including Yemen and Germany thanks to his father being in the Royal Air Force...
  
   — 2407 points (→ 13th place)
• Terence Reilly — 2331 points (→ 26th place)

Athletics

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Maxwell Binnington, Peter Grant, Donald Hanly, and Rick Mitchell
  Rick Mitchell
  Richard Charles Mitchell is an Australian triple Olympian who competed in the 400 metres.Commencing in athletics at the relatively late age of seventeen, he joined the Waverley Athletics Club in Melbourne in 1972 with the aim of improving his fitness before the following rugby union season...
  
  
• Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5.000 metres

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

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 20 km Race Walk

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

Men's Hammer Throw

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

Basketball

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:
• 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
  Lindsay Gaze
  Lindsay John Casson Gaze is an Australian basketball player and coach. He played for Australia in three Olympics between 1960 and 1968 and coached the Australian basketball team at four Olympics between 1972 and 1984...
  
  

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• Clyde Sefton
  Clyde Sefton
  Kevin "Clyde" Sefton is a former road racing cyclist from Australia, who was a professional rider from 1982 to 1983. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, where he won the silver medal in the men's individual road race, behind Holland's Hennie Kuiper...
  
   — 4:49:01 (→ 28th place)
• Remo Sansonetti — 4:49:01 (→ 34th place)
• Alan Goodrope — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Peter Kesting — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Stephen Goodall — 1:08.610 (→ 12th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)

• Ron Boyle — 20th place

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit

• Garry Sutton — 6th place

Fencing

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

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 20 to 21 1976. 56 fencers from 23 nations competed.-Results:...

• Greg Benko
• Ernest Simon
  Ernest Simon (fencer)
  Ernest Simon is an Australian fencer. He competed in the individual foil events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He was a longstanding member and coach with the Melbourne based VRI Fencing Club before establishing the Melbourne Fencing Club in 1999.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 22 to 23 1976. 64 fencers from 26 nations competed.-Results:...

• Greg Benko

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 23 to 24, 1976. 48 fencers from 20 nations competed.-Results:...

• Helen Smith
  Helen Smith (fencer)
  Helen Smith is an Australian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil events at the 1976, 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. She was a long standing member of the VRI Fencing Club before joining other clubs in the 1990s...
  
  

Hockey

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) → Silver Medal

• Team Roster
• ( 1.) Robert Haigh
  Robert Haigh
  Robert Haigh is a retired hockey player from Australia, who won two Olympic silver medals as a member of the national team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
  
  
• ( 2.) Rick Charlesworth
• ( 3.) David Bell
• ( 4.) Greg Browning
  Greg Browning
  Greg Browning is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada....
  
  
• ( 5.) Ian Cooke
  Ian Cooke
  Ian Cooke is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.- References :...
  
  
• ( 6.) Barry Dancer
  Barry Dancer
  Barry Dancer is a former field hockey player from Australia who competed in 48 international matches for Australia between 1973 and 1979.-External links:*...
  
  
• ( 7.) Douglas Golder
  Douglas Golder
  Douglas Golder is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.-References:...
  
  
• ( 8.) Wayne Hammond
  Wayne Hammond (field hockey player)
  Wayne Gary Hammond is a retired Australian field hockey player who played 88 matches for Australia and represented Australia at the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in 1976...
  
  
• ( 9.) Jim Irvine
  Jim Irvine
  James "Jim" Irvine is a retired field hockey defender from Australia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He was also a member of the team that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.After his career...
  
  
• (10.) Stephan Marshall
• (11.) Malcolm Poole
  Malcolm Poole
  Malcolm Poole is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.-References:...
  
  
• (12.) Robert Proctor
  Robert Proctor
  Robert Proctor is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the Australia national field hockey team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.-References:...
  
  
• (13.) Graeme Reid
  Graeme Reid
  Graeme Reid is a retired field hockey player from Australia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He also represented Australia at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.-References:...
  
  
• (14.) Ronald Riley
  Ronald Riley
  Ronald "Ron" Riley is a retired field hockey striker from Australia, who twice won the silver medal with the Men's National Team, first at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and then eight years later, at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He was educated at the St...
  
  
• (15.) Trevor Smith
• (16.) Terry Walsh
  Terry Walsh
  Terence Arthur Walsh is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who competed in two Olympic Games for his native country.-External links:*...
  
  
• Head Coach: Mervyn Adams

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
• Andrew Kerr
• Charles Turner
• David Neesham
• David Woods
• Edmond Brooks
• Ian Mills
  Ian Mills
  Ian Mills is a producer, director and choreographer.He has produced, choreographed and directed a number of West End shows and television programmes, including David Bedella Live In Concert and Britain's Missing Top Model....
  
  
• Paul Williams
• Peter Montgomery
• Randall Goff
  Randall Goff
  Randall Goff is a former water polo player from Australia, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976. He finished in 11th and 7th position with the Australian National Men's Team.-References:...
  
  
• Rodney Woods
• Ross Langdon
• Head Coach: Tom Hoad
  Tom Hoad
  Tom Hoad is an Australian water polo coach and former player. In 1968, he was appointed to International Swimming Federation , the world governing body for swimming and was chairman of the 1998 World Swimming Championships held in Perth, Western Australia. He is currently a director of the...
  
  

See also

• Australia at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
  Australia at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
  Australia at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was abbreviated AUS. This was their tenth of 10 Commonwealth Games having participated in all Games meets up to these Games.-External links:*...
  
  
• Australia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
  Australia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
  Australia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was abbreviated AUS. This was their eleventh of 11 Commonwealth Games having participated in all Games meets up to these Games.-External links:*...