1976 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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Australia participated in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Canada , with a delegation of 180 athletes (146 men and 34 women). It was one of the Australians' worst results in a long time. Because of this performance, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser founded the Australian Institute of Sport .

Medalist

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Robert Haigh, Richard Charlesworth, David Bell, Terry Walsh, Gregory Browning, Wayne Hammond, James Irvine, Malcolm Poole, Robert Proctor, Ronald Riley, Trevor Smith, Douglas Golder, Lan Cooke, Barry Dancer	hockey	Men's tournament

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Mervyn Bennet , Dennis Pigott , Wayne Roycroft and Bill Roycroft	horse riding	Versatility, team
Stephen Holland	swim	1,500 meters freestyle
John Bertrand	sailing	Finn dinghy
Ian Ruff and Ian Brown	sailing	470 class

Participants by sport

basketball

• Men's team

  8th place

• Squad

  Andrew Campbell

  Andris Blicavs

  Anthony Barnett

  Edward Palubinskas

  Ian Watson

  John Maddock

  Michael Tucker

  Perry Crosswhite

  Peter Walsh

  Ray Tomlinson

  Robert Cadee

  Russell Simon

Archery

• David Anear

  Individual: 13th place

• Terrence Reilly

  Singles: 26th place

• Carole Toy

  Women, singles: 15th place

• Maureen Adams

  Women, singles: 25th place

Boxing

• Brian Tink

  Bantamweight: 15th place

• Robert Duration

  Welterweight: 9th place

• Kerry Devlin

  Light middleweight: 17th place

• Philip McElwaine

  Middleweight: 9th place

fencing

• Gregory Benko

  Foil, singles: 6th place

  Epee, singles: 27th place

• Ernest Simon

  Foil, singles: 42nd place

• Helen Smith

  Women, foil, singles: 17th place

Weightlifting

• Robert Kabbas

  Middleweight: 12th place

• Stephen Wyatt

  Heavyweight: competition not over

• Robert Edmond

  Super heavyweight: 7th place

hockey

• Men's team

  silver

• Squad

  Robert Haigh

  Richard Charlesworth

  David Bell

  Gregory Browning

  Ian Cooke

  Douglas Golder

  Wayne Hammond

  James Irvine

  Malcolm Poole

  Robert Proctor

  Ronald Riley

  Trevor Smith

  Terry Walsh

  Barry Dancer

  Graeme Reid

Judo

• Warren Richards

  Lightweight: 18th place

• John Van Hoek

  Light middleweight: 7th place

• Paul Buganey

  Middleweight: 7th place

canoe

• John Southwood

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: 8th place

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• John Sumegi

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: 8th place

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Adrian Powell

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Graham Gillies

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Dennis Heussner

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• John Trail

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Helen Jacobsohn

  Women, two-man kayak, 500 meters: quarter-finals

• Susanne Whitebrook

  Women, two-man kayak, 500 meters: quarter-finals

athletics

• Peter Fitzgerald

  100 meters: heats

  200 meters: semi-finals

• Rick Mitchell

  200 meters: heats

  400 meters: 6th place

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Peter Grant

  400 meters: quarter-finals

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Graham Crouch

  1,500 meters: 8th place

• Chris Wardlaw

  10,000 meters: 12th place

  Marathon: 35th place

• David Fitzsimons

  10,000 meters: 14th place

• David Chettle

  Marathon: DNF

• Ross Haywood

  Marathon: DNF

  20 kilometers of walking: 12th place

• Warren Parr

  110 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Max Binnington

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Don Hanly

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

  4 × 400 meters: prelims

• Peter Larkins

  3,000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Donald Baird

  Pole vault: 12th place

• Ray Boyd

  Pole vault: 21st place in qualification

• Chris Commons

  Long jump: 24th place in qualification

• Peter Farmer

  Hammer throw: 12th place

• Raelene Boyle

  Women, 100 meters: 4th place

  Women, 200 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Debbie Wells

  Women, 100 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 200 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 4th place

• Denise Robertson

  Women, 100 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 200 meters: 7th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Bethanie Nail

  Women, 400 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 4th place

• Verna Burnard

  Women, 400 meters: semi-finals

• Judy Canty

  Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 4th place

• Judy Pollock

  Women, 800 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 1,500 meters: heats

• Charlene Rendina

  Women, 800 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: 4th place

• Dorothy Dell

  Women, 400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Barbara Wilson

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Christine Hunt

  Women, javelin throwing: Eliminated in qualification

Modern pentathlon

• Peter Ridgway

  Singles: 42nd place

• Peter Macken

  Individual: 44th place

Cycling

• Clyde Sefton

  Road race: 28th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 9th place

• Remo Sansonetti

  Road race: 34th place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 9th place

• Alan Goodrope

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Peter Kesting

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Ian Chandler

  100 kilometers team time trial: 9th place

• Salvatore Sansonetti

  100 kilometers team time trial: 9th place

• Ronald Boyle

  Sprint: 2nd round

• Stephen Goodall

  1,000 meter time trial: 12th place

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 12th place in qualification

• Garry Sutton

  4,000 meters individual pursuit: 6th place

• Kevin Nichols

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 12th place in qualification

• Geoff Skaines

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 12th place in qualification

• John Thorsen

  4,000 meters team pursuit: 12th place in qualification

horse riding

• Guy Creighton

  Show jumping, singles: 5th place

  Show jumping, team: 9th place

• Kevin Bacon

  Show jumping, individual: 37th place

  Show jumping, team: 9th place

• Barry Roycroft

  Show jumping, singles: eliminated

  Show jumping, team: 9th place

• Wayne Roycroft

  Versatility, singles: 5th place

  Versatility, team: bronze

• Mervyn Bennett

  Versatility, singles: 12th place

  Versatility, team: bronze

• Bill Roycroft

  Versatility, singles: 16th place

  Versatility, team: bronze

• Denis Pigott

  Versatility, singles: 20th place

  Versatility, team: bronze

Wrestling

• Gordon Smith

  Bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Zsigmond Kelevitz

  Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 4th round

• Bruce Akers

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

rowing

• Edward Hale

  One: 8th place

• Ian Luxford

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Chris Shinners

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Islay Lee

  Eighth: 5th place

• Ian Clubb

  Eighth: 5th place

• Timothy Conrad

  Eighth: 5th place

• Robert Paver

  Eighth: 5th place

• Gary transition

  Eighth: 5th place

• Athol MacDonald

  Eighth: 5th place

• Peter Shakespear

  Eighth: 5th place

• Brian Richardson

  Eighth: 5th place

• Stuart Carter

  Eighth: 5th place

• Malcolm Shaw ( replacement )

  Eighth: 5th place

shoot

• Alexander Taransky

  Rapid fire pistol: 34th place

• Norman Harrison

  Free target pistol: 32nd place

• John Gillman

  Free target pistol: 42nd place

• Donald Brook

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 50th place

  Small bore, lying: 41st place

• Donald Gowland

  Small caliber, lying: 51st place

• Peter Wray

  Trap: 25th place

swim

• Neil Rogers

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  100 meter butterfly: 8th place

  4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Peter Coughlan

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

  4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Graham Windeatt

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

• Mark Kerry

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

  100 meters back: 7th place

  200 meters back: 5th place

• Peter Dawson

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

• Stephen Holland

  400 meters freestyle: 5th place

  1,500 meters freestyle: bronze

• Max Metzker

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  1,500 meters freestyle: 6th place

• Paul Nash

  1,500 meters freestyle: prelims

• Mark Tonelli

  100 meters back: 8th place

  200 meters back: 4th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: prelims

• Glenn Patching

  100 meters back: semi-finals

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

• Paul Jarvie

  100 meters chest: semi-finals

  200 meters chest: heats

  4 × 100 meters: 6th place

• Ross Seymoure

  100 meter butterfly: prelims

  200 meters butterfly: heats

• Jeff van de Graaf

  200 meters butterfly: heats

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

• Jennifer Tate

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 8th place

• Drue Le Guier

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

• Lesleigh Harvey

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

• Sonya Gray

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

• Michelle Ford

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: prelims

• Rosemary Milgate

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 4th place

• Tracey Wickham

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

• Jenny Turrall

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 8th place

• Michelle de Vries

  Women, 100 meters back: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters back: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 8th place

• Glenda Robertson

  Women, 100 meters back: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters back: heats

• Allison Smith

  Women, 100 meters chest: heats

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

  Women, 400 meter medley: prelims

• Judith Hudson

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: prelims

  Women, 400 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 8th place

• Linda Hanel

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 8th place

• Nira Stove

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: prelims

• Lyle Smith

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: prelims

sailing

• John Bertrand

  Finn dinghy: bronze

• Ian Brown

  470 class: bronze

• Ian Ruff

  470 class: bronze

• James Byrne

  Tempest: 10th place

• Jörn Hellner

  Tempest: 10th place

• Brian Lewis

  Tornado: 4th place

• Warren Rock

  Tornado: 4th place

• David Forbes

  Soling: 11th place

• Denis O'Neil

  Soling: 11th place

• John Anderson

  Soling: 11th place

• Mark Bethwaite

  Flying Dutchman: 9th place

• Timothy Alexander

  Flying Dutchman: 9th place

do gymnastics

• Peter Lloyd

  Individual all-around: 81st place

  Bars: 56th place

  Floor exercise: 69th place

  Horse jump: 89th place

  Horizontal bar: 80th place

  Rings: 85th place

  Pommel horse: 60th place

• Philip Cheetham

  Individual all-around: 84th place

  Bars: 74th place

  Floor exercise: 87th place

  Horse jump: 82nd place

  Horizontal bar: 83rd place

  Rings: 82nd place

  Pommel horse: 85th place

• Wanita Lynch

  Individual all-around: 83rd place

  Floor exercise: 83rd place

  Horse jump: 73rd place

  Balance beam: 78th place

  Uneven bars: 73rd place

Water polo

• Men's team

  11th place

• Squad

  Paul Williams

  David Neesham

  Ian Mills

  Peter Montgomery

  Edmond Brooks

  Andrew Kerr

  Ross Langdon

  Charles Turner

  David Woods

  Randall Goff

  Rodney Woods

Diving

• Donald Wagstaff

  Art jumping: 9th place

  Diving: 15th place

• Steve Foley

  Art jumping: 21st place

  Diving: 24th place

• Madeleine Barnett

  Artistic jumping: 15th place

  Diving: 18th place

• Elizabeth Jack

  Art jumping: 22nd place

  Diving: 20th place

Web links

• Australian Olympic team from 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )