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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.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver |
Australia national field hockey team Template:CompactTable |
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
Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer OlympicsIn 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)
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer OlympicsMen'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
- 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
- Qualifying Round — 69.92m
- Final — 68.00m (→ 12th place)
Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer OlympicsMen'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:
- Head Coach: Lindsay Gaze
Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer OlympicsMen's Individual Road Race
- Clyde Sefton — 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
Hockey
Main article: Hockey at the 1976 Summer OlympicsMen'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
- Lost to New Zealand (0-1) →
- Team Roster
- ( 1.) Robert Haigh
- ( 2.) Rick Charlesworth
- ( 3.) David Bell
- ( 4.) Greg Browning
- ( 5.) Ian Cooke
- ( 6.) Barry Dancer
- ( 7.) Douglas Golder
- ( 8.) Wayne Hammond
- ( 9.) Jim Irvine
- (10.) Stephan Marshall
- (11.) Malcolm Poole
- (12.) Robert Proctor
- (13.) Graeme Reid
- (14.) Ronald Riley
- (15.) Trevor Smith
- (16.) Terry Walsh
- Head Coach: Mervyn Adams
Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1976 Summer OlympicsMen'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
References
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