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Australia at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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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.

Medals

Silver

Bronze

Results by event

Archery

Further information: 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:

Athletics

Further information: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

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

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 20km Race Walk

Basketball

Further information: Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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:

Head Coach: Lindsay Gaze

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Hockey

Further information: Hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Hockey

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) → Silver Medal
  • Team Roster
Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada
Africa
America
Asia
Europe
Oceania
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