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Australia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal under the IOC country code AUS. It was the eighteenth time that the nation participated, being one of only four nations to have competed in every Summer Olympics to that time. This included two times that Australia competed as part of a combined team with New Zealand.
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
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Gold
- None
Silver
- David Bell, Greg Browning, Rick Charlesworth, Ian Cooke, Barry Dancer, Douglas Golder, Robert Haigh, Wayne Hammond, Jim Irvine, Malcolm Poole, Robert Proctor, Graeme Reid, Ronald Riley, Trevor Smith, and Terry Walsh — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
Bronze
- Stephen Holland — Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
- John Bertrand — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition
- Ian Brown and Ian Ruff — Sailing, Men's 470 Team Competition
- Wayne Roycroft, Mervyn Bennet, Denis Pigott, and Bill Roycroft — Equestrian, Men's Three-Day Event Team Competition
Results by event
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 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)
Basketball
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
Hockey
Men's Team Competition
The men's hockey team from Australia, also known as The Kookaburras, won the silver medal in Montreal, after a loss in the final against New Zealand.
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
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