1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (New Zealand)

NZL

2	1	1

New Zealand took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Canadian Montreal with 87 athletes and 29 officials part.

The flag bearer was the wrestler David Aspin .

Medalist

New Zealand reached overall 18th place in the medal table .

gold

• John Walker - Athletics, 1500 meters
• Paul Ackerley , Jeff Archibald , Arthur Borren , Alan Chesney , John Christensen , Greg Dayman , Tony Ineson , Barry Maister , Selwyn Maister , Trevor Manning , Alan McIntyre , Arthur Parkin , Mohan Patel , Ramesh Patel - Hockey

silver

• Dick Quax - athletics, 5000 meters

bronze

• Trevor Coker , Simon Dickie , Peter Dignan , Athol Earl , Tony Hurt , Alexander McLean , Dave Rodger , Ivan Sutherland , Lindsay Wilson - rowing, eighth

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Robert Colley

  Light welterweight: 1st round

• David Jackson

  Welterweight: 2nd round

Weightlifting

Men

• Rory Barrett

  Heavyweight: 15th place

• Brian Marsden

  Middle heavyweight: 11th place

• Philip Sue

  Lightweight: DNF

hockey

• Paul Ackerley , Jeff Archibald , Arthur Borren , Alan Chesney , John Christensen , Greg Dayman , Tony Ineson , Barry Maister , Selwyn Maister , Trevor Manning , Alan McIntyre , Neil McLeod (reserve), Arthur Parkin , Mohan Patel , Ramesh Patel , Les Wilson (Reserve)

  gold

canoe

Men

• Donald Cooper

  Kayak, 500 meters single: semifinals

• Ian Ferguson

• 500 meter single: relegation round

• Rod Gavin & John Leonard

  500 meters two-man: semi-finals

  1,000 meters two-man: relegation round

athletics

Men

• John Walker

  800 meters: heats

  1,500 meters: gold

• Jack Foster

  Marathon: 17th place

• Kevin Ryan

  Marathon: DNF

• Murray Cheater

  Hammer throw: 16th place in qualification

• Rod Dixon

  5,000 meters: 4th place

• Dick Quax

  5,000 meters: silver

  10,000 meters: heats

• Euan Robertson

  3,000 meter obstacle: 6th place

Women

• Anne Garrett

  800 meters: heats

  1500 meters: heats

• Susan Jowett

  100 meters: 2nd round

  200 meters: 2nd round

• Dianne Zorn

  1500 meters: heats

Cycling

Men

• Garry Bell

  Road race: 15th place

• Vern Hanaray

  Road race: 52nd place

• Jamie Richards

  Road race: DNF

• Mike Richards

  4000 meters individual pursuit: 9th place

horse riding

• Joe Yorke

  Jumping, singles: 30th place

• Harvey Wilson (reserve; not run)

Wrestling

Men

• David Aspin

  Middleweight, freestyle: 2nd round

• Barry Oldridge

  Bantamweight, freestyle: 2nd round

rowing

Men

• David Lindstrom , Des Lock , Grant McAuley , Bob Murphy

  Four without a helmsman: 4th place

• Viv Hair , Danny Keane , Tim Logan , Ian Boserio , David Simmons

  Four with helmsman: 6th place

• Trevor Coker , Simon Dickie , Peter Dignan , Athol Earl , Tony Hurt , Alexander McLean , Dave Rodger , Ivan Sutherland , Lindsay Wilson

  Eighth: bronze

shoot

• Ian Ballinger

  Small caliber, lying, 50 meters: 20th place

• Graeme McIntyre

  Running target, 50 meters: 19th place

• Grant Taylor

  Running target, 50 meters: 24th place

• John Woolley

  Skeet: 26th place

swim

Men

• John Coutts

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

• John McConnochie

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

• Brett Naylor

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  1500 meters freestyle: prelims

• Mark hits

  1500 meters freestyle: prelims

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

Women

• Allison Calder

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  800 meters freestyle: prelims

• Lynne Dalzell

  100 meter butterfly: semi-finals

  200 meters butterfly: heats

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

• Susan Hunter

  200 meters back: heats

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

• Rebecca Perrott

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

  400 meters freestyle: 4th place

• Monique Rodahl

  100 meters back: heats

  200 meters back: heats

  400 meter medley: 8th place

sailing

• Jonty Farmer

  Finn dinghy: 15th place

• Brett Bennett & Mark Paterson

  470s: 5th place

• Jock Bilger & Murray Ross

  Flying Dutchman: 12th place

• Gavin Bornholdt , Hugh Poole & Chris Urry

  Soling: 19th place

• David Barnes , John Douglas , Bob Eastmond , Murray Jones (reserve; no use)

Diving

Women

• Rebecca Ewert

  High diving: 21st place in qualification

Web links

• New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics (English)
• New Zealand Olympic team from 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )