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. 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. 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#Non-participating National Olympic Committees
Medal tables
MedalNameSportEventDate New Zealand men's hockey team Field hockey Men's tournament 30 July John Walker Athletics Men's 1500 m 31 July Dick Quax Athletics Men's 5000 m 30 July Trevor CokerPeter DignanLindsay WilsonJoe EarlDave RodgerAlec McLeanTony HurtSimon Dickie (cox) Rowing Men's eight 25 July
Medals by sportSportTotal Athletics 1102 Field hockey 1001 Rowing 0011 Total2114
Medals by genderGenderTotal Male 2 1 14 Female 0 0 00 Total2114
Athletics
Track and road
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankRod DixonMen's 5000 m 13:20.48 2 Q colspan=4 13:25.50 4Jack FosterMen's marathon colspan=6 2:17:53 17Anne GarrettWomen's 800 m 2:05.78 7 colspan=2 did not advanceWomen's 1500 m 4:10.68 7 colspan=2 did not advanceSue JowettWomen's 100 m 11.70 3 Q 11.81 8 did not advanceWomen's 200 m 24.12 2 Q 24.23 8 did not advanceDick QuaxMen's 5000 m 13:30.85 1 Q colspan=4 13:25.16 Euan RobertsonMen's 3000 m steeplechase 8:26.31 5 Q colspan=4 8:21.08 5Kevin RyanMen's marathon colspan=6 John WalkerMen's 800 m 1:47.63 3 colspan=2 did not advanceMen's 1500 m 3:36.87 1 Q colspan=2 3:39.65 1 Q 3:39.17 Dianne ZornWomen's 1500 m 4:12.81 7 colspan=2 did not advance
Field AthleteEventQualificationFinalResult RankResult RankMurray CheaterMen's hammer throw 67.38 16 did not advance
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRobert ColleyMen's light welterweightL Did not advance=25David JacksonMen's welterweightW L 0 – 5Did not advance=17
Canoeing
AthleteEventHeatsRepechagesSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankDonald CooperMen's K-1 1000 m4:04.29 5 R3:55.52 2 Q3:53.21 4 did not advanceIan FergusonMen's K-1 500 m1:59.18 4 R1:53.65 4 did not advanceRod GavinJohn LeonardMen's K-2 500 m1:47.03 5 R1:47.45 3 Q1:45.61 6 did not advanceMen's K-2 1000 m3:37.09 5 R3:35.28 5 did not advance
Cycling
Four cyclists represented New Zealand in 1976.
Road Men's individual road race AthleteTimeRankGarry Bell 4:49:01 15Vern Hanaray 5:00:19 52Jamie Richards
Track Men's individual pursuit AthleteQualificationRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankTimeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeMike Richards4:55.08 9 QL 4:53.33 did not advance 9
Diving
AthleteEventPreliminariesFinalPointsRankPointsRankRebecca EwertWomen's 3 m springboard 352.62 21 did not advance
Equestrian
Jumping AthleteHorseEventRound 1Round 2OverallFaultsRankFaultsRankFaultsRankJoe YorkeBig RedIndividual20.00 =30 did not advance
Field hockey
Men's tournament Team roster Paul AckerleyJeff ArchibaldArthur BorrenAlan ChesneyJohn ChristensenGreg DaymanTony InesonBarry Maister Selwyn MaisterTrevor ManningNeil McLeodAlan McIntyreArthur ParkinMohan PatelRamesh PatelLes Wilson
Head coach Ross Gillespie
Group B
Group B play-off
New Zealand advanced to the semi-finals, while Spain continued to the classification round for fifth to eighth places.
Semi-final
Final
Neil McLeod and Les Wilson were not awarded gold medals as they did not take the field during the tournament. 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.
Rowing
Men
Sailing
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank1234567 Brett BennettMark Paterson (helm) 4705.7 37.0 16.0 3.0 10.0 3.0 22.0 59.7 5 Jock Bilger (helm)Murray Ross Flying Dutchman13.0 14.0 0.0 21.0 18.0 19.0 23.0 85.0 12 Gavin BornholdtHugh Poole (helm)Chris Urry Soling26.0 21.0 23.0 21.0 25.0 21.0 24.0 135.0 19 Jonty Farmer Finn25.0 10.0 21.0 19.0 21.0 17.0 21.0 109.0 15
Shooting
Mixed 50 m rifle, prone AthleteRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6TotalRankIan Ballinger 100 98 100 94 98 100 590 =20
Mixed 50 m running target AthleteSlow runFast runTotalRankGraeme McIntyre 279 268 547 19Grant Taylor 257 279 536 24
Mixed skeet AthleteRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8TotalRankJohn Woolley 190 =26
Swimming
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Allison Calder Women's 400 m freestyle 4:23.64 15 colspan=2 did not advance Women's 800 m freestyle 8:57.24 11 colspan=2 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 did not advance Susan Hunter Women's 200 m backstroke 2:26.21 23 colspan=2 did not advance Women's 400 m individual medley 5:03.82 10 colspan=2 did not advance John McConnochie Men's 200 m freestyle 1:57.77 33 colspan=2 did not advance Men's 400 m individual medley 4:40.84 17 colspan=2 did not advance Brett Naylor Men's 400 m freestyle 4:00.38 10 colspan=2 did not advance Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:52.68 16 colspan=2 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 did not advance Women's 400 m freestyle 4:15.71 OR 1 Q colspan=2 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 did not advance Women's 400 m individual medley 4:58.47 7 Q colspan=2 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 did not advance Women's 400 m individual medley 5:09.21 13 colspan=2 did not advance Mark Treffers Men's 400 m individual medley 4:40.92 18 colspan=2 did not advance Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:56.11 17 colspan=2 did not advance
Weightlifting
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankRory BarrettMen's heavyweight 150 =15 192.5 13 342.5 15Brian MarsdenMen's middle heavyweight 137.5 =16 185.0 8 322.5 11Phillip SueMen's lightweight colspan=3
Wrestling
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6FinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultDavid AspinMen's freestyle middleweightL FallL FallEliminatedBarry OldridgeMen's freestyle bantamweightL 0 – 24L FallEliminated
Officials Team manager – Bill Holley Assistant team manager – D. M. Taylor Chaperone – Valerie Young Team doctor – Graeme Campbell Physiotherapist – Peter Stokes Attache – C. J. Adair Athletics Section manager – Dave Leech Coach – Arch Jelley Boxing section manager – Alan Scaife Canoeing section manager – Sandy Pigott Cycling Section manager – Neil Lyster Coach / mechanic – Wayne Thorpe Equestrian Section manager – Ian Nimon Trainer – Lockie Richards Groom – Karen Yorke Hockey Section manager – Tony Palmer Coach – Ross Gillespie Rowing Section manager – Kerry Ashby Coach (eight) – Rusty Robertson Coach / boatman – J. T. Reid Transport manager – Brian Heyward Sailing Section manager – Don St Clair Brown Meteorologist / boatman – Harry Kingham Shooting section manager – Ian Wright Swimming Section manager – Noel Smith Chief coach – Bert Cotterill Assistant coach – Duncan Laing Weightlifting section manager – Bruce Cameron Wrestling section manager – Keith Breeze
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