New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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.

New Zealand at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNZL
NOCNew Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Montreal
Competitors80 (71 men, 9 women)
Flag bearer David Aspin (wrestling)
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Australasia (1908 · 1912)

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
 GoldNew Zealand men's hockey team
Field hockeyMen's tournament30 July
 GoldJohn WalkerAthleticsMen's 1500 m31 July
 SilverDick QuaxAthleticsMen's 5000 m30 July
 BronzeIvan Sutherland
Trevor Coker
Peter Dignan
Lindsay Wilson
Joe Earl
Dave Rodger
Alec McLean
Tony Hurt
Simon Dickie (cox)
RowingMen's eight25 July
Medals by sport
Sport Total
Athletics 1 1 0 2
Field hockey 1 0 0 1
Rowing 0 0 1 1
Total 2 1 1 4
Medals by gender
Gender Total
Male 2 1 1 4
Female 0 0 0 0
Total 2 1 1 4

Athletics

Track and road

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank[lower-roman 1] Result Rank[lower-roman 2] Result Rank[lower-roman 3] Result Rank
Rod Dixon Men's 5000 m 13:20.482 Q N/A 13:25.504
Jack Foster Men's marathon N/A 2:17:5317
Anne Garrett Women's 800 m 2:05.787 N/A Did not advance
Women's 1500 m 4:10.687 N/A Did not advance
Susan Jowett Women's 100 m 11.703 Q 11.818 Did not advance
Women's 200 m 24.122 Q 24.238 Did not advance
Dick Quax Men's 5000 m 13:30.851 Q N/A 13:25.16
Euan Robertson Men's 3000 m steeplechase 8:26.315 Q N/A 8:21.085
Kevin Ryan Men's marathon N/A DNF
John Walker Men's 800 m 1:47.633 N/A Did not advance
Men's 1500 m 3:36.871 Q N/A 3:39.651 Q 3:39.17
Dianne Zorn Women's 1500 m 4:12.817 N/A Did not advance
  1. Ranks given are within the heat
  2. Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
  3. Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Murray Cheater Men's hammer throw 67.3816 Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Robert Colley Men's light welterweight  Limasov (URS)
L RSC-3
Did not advance =25
David Jackson Men's welterweight  Chtioui (TUN)
W RSC-2
 Rachkov (URS)
L 0 – 5
Did not advance =17

Canoeing

Athlete Event Heats Repechages Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Donald Cooper Men's K-1 1000 m 4:04.295 R 3:55.522 Q 3:53.214 Did not advance
Ian Ferguson Men's K-1 500 m 1:59.184 R 1:53.654 Did not advance
Rod Gavin
John Leonard
Men's K-2 500 m 1:47.035 R 1:47.453 Q 1:45.616 Did not advance
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:37.095 R 3:35.285 Did not advance

Cycling

Four cyclists represented New Zealand in 1976.

Road

Men's individual road race
Athlete Time Rank
Garry Bell 4:49:0115
Vern Hanaray 5:00:1952
Jamie Richards DNF

Track

Men's individual pursuit
Athlete Qualification Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Mike Richards 4:55.089 Q  Iversen (NOR)
L 4:53.33
Did not advance 9

Diving

Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Rebecca Ewert Women's 3 m springboard 352.6221 Did not advance

Equestrian

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Overall
Faults Rank Faults Rank Faults Rank
Joe Yorke Big Red Individual 20.00=30 Did not advance

Field hockey

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
18 July 1976
West Germany 1–1  New Zealand
Report
20 July 1976
Spain 1–1  New Zealand
Report
21 July 1976
New Zealand 2–1  Belgium
Report
24 July 1976
Pakistan 5–2  New Zealand
Report
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Pakistan 4 3 1 0 16 6 +10 7 Semi-finals
2  New Zealand 4 1 2 1 6 8 2 4[lower-alpha 1]
3  Spain 4 1 2 1 9 7 +2 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  West Germany 4 1 1 2 10 10 0 3
5  Belgium 4 1 0 3 5 15 10 2
6  Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: Olympedia
Notes:
  1. New Zealand and Spain finished on equal points at the conclusion of the pool stage, resulting in a match to determine second place in the pool. The match was contested on 26 July 1976 and New Zealand won 1–0.
Group B play-off
26 July 1976
Spain 0–1 (a.e.t.)  New Zealand
Report

New Zealand advanced to the semi-finals, while Spain continued to the classification round for fifth to eighth places.

Semi-final
29 July 1976
Netherlands 1–2 (a.e.t.)  New Zealand
Report
Final
30 July 1976
New Zealand 1–0  Australia
Ineson Report

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

Men

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Bob Murphy
Grant McAuley
Des Lock
David Lindstrom
Coxless four 6:06.40 3 SA/B Bye 6:00.82 3 FA 6:43.23 4
Viv Haar
Danny Keane
Tim Logan
Ian Boserio
David Simmons (cox)
Coxed four 6:06.40 3 SA/B Bye 6:00.82 3 FA 6:43.23 4
Ivan Sutherland
Trevor Coker
Peter Dignan
Lindsay Wilson
Joe Earl
Dave Rodger
Alec McLean
Tony Hurt
Simon Dickie
(cox)
Eight 5:40.00 2 R 5:37.08 1 FA N/A 6:03.51

Sailing

Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Brett Bennett
Mark Paterson (helm)
470 5.737.0
PMS
16.03.010.03.022.059.75
Jock Bilger (helm)
Murray Ross
Flying Dutchman 13.014.00.021.018.019.023.085.012
Gavin Bornholdt
Hugh Poole (helm)
Chris Urry
Soling 26.021.023.021.025.021.024.0135.019
Jonty Farmer Finn 25.010.021.019.021.017.021.0109.015

Shooting

Mixed 50 m rifle, prone
Athlete Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Total Rank
Ian Ballinger 100981009498100590=20
Mixed 50 m running target
Athlete Slow run Fast run Total Rank
Graeme McIntyre 27926854719
Grant Taylor 25727953624
Mixed skeet
Athlete Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Total Rank
John Woolley 190=26

Swimming

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Allison Calder Women's 400 m freestyle 4:23.6415 N/A Did not advance
Women's 800 m freestyle 8:57.2411 N/A Did not advance
John Coutts Men's 100 m butterfly 57.2918 Did not advance
Men's 200 m butterfly 2:05.0516 N/A Did not advance
Susan Hunter Women's 200 m backstroke 2:26.2123 N/A Did not advance
Women's 400 m individual medley 5:03.8210 N/A Did not advance
John McConnochie Men's 200 m freestyle 1:57.7733 N/A Did not advance
Men's 400 m individual medley 4:40.8417 N/A Did not advance
Brett Naylor Men's 400 m freestyle 4:00.3810 N/A Did not advance
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:52.6816 N/A Did not advance
Rebecca Perrott Women's 100 m freestyle 57.668 Q 58.1313 Did not advance
Women's 200 m freestyle 2:03.94=9 N/A Did not advance
Women's 400 m freestyle 4:15.71 OR1 Q N/A 4:14.764
Monique Rodahl Women's 100 m backstroke 1:06.7322 Did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:19.2211 N/A Did not advance
Women's 400 m individual medley 4:58.477 Q N/A 5:00.218
Lynne Rowe Women's 100 m butterfly 1:04.2316 Q 1:04.06=14 Did not advance
Women's 200 m butterfly 2:17.8913 N/A Did not advance
Women's 400 m individual medley 5:09.2113 N/A Did not advance
Mark Treffers Men's 400 m individual medley 4:40.9218 N/A Did not advance
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:56.1117 N/A Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Rory Barrett Men's heavyweight 150=15 192.513 342.515
Brian Marsden Men's middle heavyweight 137.5=16 185.08 322.511
Phillip Sue Men's lightweight NVL N/A DNF

Wrestling

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
David Aspin Men's freestyle middleweight  Chimidiin (MGL)
L Fall
 Motegi (JPN)
L Fall
Eliminated
Barry Oldridge Men's freestyle bantamweight  Darlev (YUG)
L 0 – 24
 Hatziioannidis (GRE)
L Fall
Eliminated

References

  1. "New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. "The Montreal Olympics boycott". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. "Les Wilson". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  4. Swannell, Rikki (23 July 2016). "New Zealand's Greatest Olympians - Number 14: The 1976 men's hockey team". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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