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New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
NZL

Competitors
  
80 (71 men, 9 women)

Website
  
www.olympic.org.nz

New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
New Zealand Olympic Committee

Flag bearer
  
David Aspin (wrestling)

Medals Ranked 18th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 1 1 4

New Zealand competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 80 athletes, 71 men and 9 women, and 29 officials. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler David Aspin.

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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 IOC refused to bar the New Zealand team. 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

Gold

  • John Walker — Athletics, Men's 1.500m
  • 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, and Ramesh Patel — Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

    • Silver

  • Dick Quax — Athletics, Men's 5000m

    • Athletics

    Men's 800 metres

  • John Walker
  • Heat — 1:47.63
  • Semi Final — did not start (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Marathon

  • Jack Foster — 2:17:53 (→ 17th place)
  • Kevin Ryan — did not finish (→ no ranking)

    • Men's Competition

  • Murray Cheater
  • Rod Dixon
  • Dick Quax
  • Euan Robertson

    • Women's Competition

  • Anne Garrett
  • Susan Jowett
  • Dianne Zorn

    • Boxing

    Men's Light-Welterweight (64 kg):

  • Robert Colley
    1. First round — Lost to Valery Limasov (USSR) after referee stopped contest in round three

    • Men's Welterweight (69 kg):

  • David Jackson
    1. First round — Beat Fred Chtioui (Tunisia) after referee stopped contest in round two
    2. Second round — Lost to Valery Rachkov (USSR) on points

    • Canoeing

    Men's Competition

  • Donald Cooper
  • Ian Ferguson
  • Rod Gavin
  • John Leonard

    • Cycling

    Four cyclists represented New Zealand in 1976.

    Individual road race
  • Garry Bell — 4:49:01 (→ 15th place)
  • Vern Hanaray — 5:00:19 (→ 52nd place)
  • Jamie Richards — did not finish (→ no ranking)
    • Individual pursuit
  • Mike Richards — 9th place

    • Equestrian

    Jumping Competition

  • Harvey Wilson
  • Joe Yorke

    • Men's team competition

    The 1976 gold medal is the only Olympic field hockey medal ever won by a New Zealand team.

  • Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Tied with West Germany (1-1)
  • Tied with Spain (1-1)
  • Defeated Belgium (2-1)
  • Lost to Pakistan (2-4)
  • Replay: Defeated Spain (1-0)
  • Semi finals
  • Defeated the Netherlands (1-2)
  • Final
  • Defeated Australia (0-1) → Gold Medal
  • 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

    • Rowing

    Men

    Swimming

    Men's Competition

  • John Coutts
  • John McConnochie
  • Brett Naylor
  • Mark Treffers

    • Women's Competition

  • Allison Calder
  • Lynne Rowe
  • Susan Hunter
  • Rebecca Perrott
  • Monique Rodahl

    • References

    New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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