- Medal tables
- Athletics Track and road Field
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cycling Road Track
- Diving
- Equestrian Jumping
- Field hockey Men's tournament
- Rowing Men
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
- References
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2015}}{{infobox country at games
| NOC = NZL
| NOCname = New Zealand Olympic Committee
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1976
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.olympic.org.nz }}
| location = Montreal
| competitors = 80 (71 men, 9 women)
| sports =
| flagbearer = David Aspin (wrestling)
| rank = 18
| gold = 2
| silver = 1
| bronze = 1
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1920
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = {{flagIOC|ANZ}} (1908 · 1912)
}}New Zealand competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 80 athletes, 71 men and 9 women, and 29 officials.[1] The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler David Aspin. In protest at a tour of South Africa by the All Blacks team early in the year, Congo's official Jean Claude Ganga led a boycott of 28 African nations as the International Olympic Committee refused to bar the New Zealand team.[2] Some of the nations (including Morocco, Cameroon and Egypt) had already participated however, as the teams only withdrew after the first day. From Southern and Central Africa, only Senegal and Ivory Coast took part. Both Iraq and Guyana also opted to join the Congolese-led boycott. For the full list of boycotting countries, see 1976 Summer Olympics#Boycotting countries Medal tables| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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| {{Gold medal}} | {{CompactTable>r1c1=Paul Ackerley |r2c1=Jeff Archibald |r3c1=Arthur Borren |r4c1=Alan Chesney |r5c1=John Christensen |r1c2=Greg Dayman |r2c2=Tony Ineson |r3c2=Barry Maister |r4c2=Selwyn Maister |r5c2=Trevor Manning |r1c3=Alan McIntyre |r2c3=Arthur Parkin |r3c3=Mohan Patel |r4c3=Ramesh Patel}} | Field hockey | Men's tournament | 30 July | | {{Gold medal}} | John Walker | Athletics | Men's 1500 m | 31 July | | {{Silver medal}} | Dick Quax | Athletics | Men's 5000 m | 30 July | | {{Bronze medal}} | Coker|Ivan Sutherland}}
Trevor Coker
Peter Dignan
Lindsay Wilson
Athol Earl
Dave Rodger
Alec McLean
Tony Hurt
Simon Dickie (cox) | Rowing | Men's eight | 25 July |
| Medals by sport |
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| Sport | | | | Total | | Athletics | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | | Field hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | Rowing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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| Medals by gender |
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| Gender | | | | Total | | Male | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | | Female | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
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Athletics{{main|Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}Track and road| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
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| Result | Ranks given are within the heat | Result | Ranks given are within the quarterfinal | Result | Ranks given are within the semifinal | Result | Rank |
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| Rod Dixon | Men's 5000 m | 13:20.48 | 2 Q | colspan=4 {{n/a}} | 13:25.50 | 4 | | Jack Foster | Men's marathon | colspan=6 {{n/a}} | 2:17:53 | 17 | | Anne Garrett | Women's 800 m | 2:05.78 | 7 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Women's 1500 m | 4:10.68 | 7 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Susan Jowett | Women's 100 m | 11.70 | 3 Q | 11.81 | 8 | Did not advance | | Women's 200 m | 24.12 | 2 Q | 24.23 | 8 | Did not advance | | Dick Quax | Men's 5000 m | 13:30.85 | 1 Q | colspan=4 {{n/a}} | 13:25.16 | {{Silver2}} | | Euan Robertson | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 8:26.31 | 5 Q | colspan=4 {{n/a}} | 8:21.08 | 5 | | Kevin Ryan | Men's marathon | colspan=6 {{n/a}} | {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} | | John Walker | Men's 800 m | 1:47.63 | 3 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Men's 1500 m | 3:36.87 | 1 Q | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | 3:39.65 | 1 Q | 3:39.17 | {{Gold1}} | | Dianne Zorn | Women's 1500 m | 4:12.81 | 7 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance |
{{notelist-lr}}Field| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final |
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
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| Murray Cheater | Men's hammer throw | 67.38 | 16 | Did not advance |
Boxing{{main|Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result |
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| Robert Colley | Men's light welterweight | Limasov|URS|1976 Summer}}
L {{abbr|RSC-3|Referee stops contest, round 3}} | Did not advance | =25 | | David Jackson | Men's welterweight | Chtioui|TUN|1972 Summer}}
W {{abbr|RSC-2|Referee stops contest, round 2}} | Rachkov|URS|1972 Summer}}
L 0 – 5 | Did not advance | =17 |
Canoeing{{main|Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final |
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
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| Donald Cooper | Men's K-1 1000 m | 4:04.29 | 5 R | 3:55.52 | 2 Q | 3:53.21 | 4 | Did not advance | | Ian Ferguson | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:59.18 | 4 R | 1:53.65 | 4 | Did not advance | Rod Gavin
John Leonard | Men's K-2 500 m | 1:47.03 | 5 R | 1:47.45 | 3 Q | 1:45.61 | 6 | Did not advance | | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:37.09 | 5 R | 3:35.28 | 5 | Did not advance |
Cycling{{main|Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}Four cyclists represented New Zealand in 1976. Road- Men's individual road race
| Athlete | Time | Rank |
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| Garry Bell | 4:49:01 | 15 | | Vern Hanaray | 5:00:19 | 52 | | Jamie Richards | {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |
Track- Men's individual pursuit
| Athlete | Qualification | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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| Time | Rank | Opposition
Time | Opposition
Time | Opposition
Time | Opposition
Time |
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| Mike Richards | 4:55.08 | 9 Q | Iversen|NOR|1976 Summer}}
L 4:53.33 | Did not advance | 9 |
Diving{{main|Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final |
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| Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
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| Rebecca Ewert | Women's 3 m springboard | 352.62 | 21 | Did not advance |
Equestrian{{main|Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}Jumping| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Overall | | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank | Faults | Rank |
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| Joe Yorke | Big Red | Individual | 20.00 | =30 | Did not advance |
Field hockey{{main|Field hockey at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}Men's tournament- Team roster
|
Paul Ackerley
Jeff Archibald
Arthur Borren
Alan Chesney
John Christensen
Greg Dayman
Tony Ineson
Barry Maister | Selwyn Maister
Trevor Manning
Neil McLeod
Alan McIntyre
Arthur Parkin
Mohan Patel
Ramesh Patel
Les Wilson |
- Head coach
Ross Gillespie- Group B
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|score=2–1
|team2={{flagIOC|BEL|1976 Summer}}
}}{{fieldhockeybox
|date=24 July 1976
|team1={{flagIOC-rt|PAK|1976 Summer}}
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|score=5–2
|team2={{flagIOC|NZL|1976 Summer}}
}}| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | Qualification | | {{fh|Pakistan}} | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | Advance to semi-finals | | {{fh|New Zealand}} | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | Play-off to determine progression to semi-finals | | {{fh|Spain}} | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 4 | | {{fh|West Germany}} | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5th–8th place classification | | {{fh|Belgium}} | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 9th / 10th place play-off |
- Group B play-off
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}}New Zealand advanced to the semi-finals, while Spain continued to the classification round for fifth to eighth places. - Semi-final
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}}- Final
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|goals2=
|team2={{flagIOC|AUS|1976 Summer}}
}}Neil McLeod and Les Wilson were not awarded gold medals as they did not take the field during the tournament.[3] The gold medal won by the New Zealand men's team in 1976 remains the only Olympic field hockey medal won by a New Zealand team.[4]Rowing{{main|Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}{{See also|List of New Zealand rowers at the Summer Olympics}}Men{{New Zealand 1976 Summer Olympics rowing results}}Sailing{{main|Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Brett Bennett
Mark Paterson (helm) | 470 | 5.7 | 37.0
{{abbr>PMS|Premature start}} | 16.0 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 22.0 | 59.7 | 5 | Jock Bilger (helm)
Murray Ross | Flying Dutchman | 13.0 | 14.0 | 0.0 | 21.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 23.0 | 85.0 | 12 | Gavin Bornholdt
Hugh Poole (helm)
Chris Urry | Soling | 26.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 21.0 | 25.0 | 21.0 | 24.0 | 135.0 | 19 | | Jonty Farmer | Finn | 25.0 | 10.0 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 17.0 | 21.0 | 109.0 | 15 |
Shooting{{main|Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}- Mixed 50 m rifle, prone
| Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Total | Rank |
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| Ian Ballinger | 100 | 98 | 100 | 94 | 98 | 100 | 590 | =20 |
- Mixed 50 m running target
| Athlete | Slow run | Fast run | Total | Rank |
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| Graeme McIntyre | 279 | 268 | 547 | 19 | | Grant Taylor | 257 | 279 | 536 | 24 |
- Mixed skeet
| Athlete | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Total | Rank |
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| John Woolley | 190 | =26 |
Swimming{{main|Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final |
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
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| Allison Calder | Women's 400 m freestyle | 4:23.64 | 15 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Women's 800 m freestyle | 8:57.24 | 11 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | John Coutts | Men's 100 m butterfly | 57.29 | 18 | Did not advance | | Men's 200 m butterfly | 2:05.05 | 16 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Susan Hunter | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:26.21 | 23 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Women's 400 m individual medley | 5:03.82 | 10 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | John McConnochie | Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:57.77 | 33 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Men's 400 m individual medley | 4:40.84 | 17 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Brett Naylor | Men's 400 m freestyle | 4:00.38 | 10 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Men's 1500 m freestyle | 15:52.68 | 16 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Rebecca Perrott | Women's 100 m freestyle | 57.66 | 8 Q | 58.13 | 13 | Did not advance | | Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:03.94 | =9 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Women's 400 m freestyle | 4:15.71 OR | 1 Q | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | 4:14.76 | 4 | | Monique Rodahl | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:06.73 | 22 | Did not advance | | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:19.22 | 11 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Women's 400 m individual medley | 4:58.47 | 7 Q | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | 5:00.21 | 8 | | Lynne Rowe | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:04.23 | 16 Q | 1:04.06 | =14 | Did not advance | | Women's 200 m butterfly | 2:17.89 | 13 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Women's 400 m individual medley | 5:09.21 | 13 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Mark Treffers | Men's 400 m individual medley | 4:40.92 | 18 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance | | Men's 1500 m freestyle | 15:56.11 | 17 | colspan=2 {{n/a}} | Did not advance |
Weightlifting{{main|Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
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| Rory Barrett | Men's heavyweight | 150 | =15 | 192.5 | 13 | 342.5 | 15 | | Brian Marsden | Men's middle heavyweight | 137.5 | =16 | 185.0 | 8 | 322.5 | 11 | | Philip Sue | Men's lightweight | {{abbr|NVL|No valid lift}} | colspan=3 {{n/a}} | DNF|Did not finish}} |
Wrestling{{main|Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics}}| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final | Rank |
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Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result |
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| David Aspin | Men's freestyle middleweight | Chimidiin|MGL|1976 Summer}}
L Fall | Motegi|JPN|1976 Summer}}
L Fall | Eliminated | | Barry Oldridge | Men's freestyle bantamweight | Darlev|YUG|1976 Summer}}
L 0 – 24 | Hatziioannidis|GRE|1976 Summer}}
L Fall | Eliminated |
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NZL/summer/1976/ |title=New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Games |accessdate=13 April 2015 |work=sports-reference.com}}
2. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/montreal-olympics-boycott | title=The Montreal Olympics boycott | accessdate=3 May 2017 | publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage | date=12 June 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/les-wilson/ |title=Les Wilson |year=2018 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |accessdate=10 November 2018}}
4. ^{{cite news|last1=Swannell|first1=Rikki|title=New Zealand's Greatest Olympians - Number 14: The 1976 men's hockey team |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nzs-greatest-olympians/news/article.cfm?c_id=1504104&objectid=11679402 |accessdate=21 September 2016|work=The New Zealand Herald|date=23 July 2016}}
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