New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the
1976 Summer Olympics
New Zealand at the; 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Montreal
Competitors	80 (71 men, 9 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	David Aspin (wrestling)
Medals; Ranked 18th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Australasia (1908–1912)

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.

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#Non-participating National Olympic Committees

Medal tables

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	New Zealand men's hockey team 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	Field hockey	Men's tournament	30 July
Gold	John Walker	Athletics	Men's 1500 m	31 July
Silver	Dick Quax	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	30 July
Bronze	Ivan Sutherland Trevor Coker Peter Dignan Lindsay Wilson Joe Earl Dave Rodger Alec McLean Tony Hurt Simon Dickie (cox)	Rowing	Men's eight	25 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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^[i]	Result	Rank^[ii]	Result	Rank^[iii]	Result	Rank
Rod Dixon	Men's 5000 m	13:20.48	2 Q	—				13:25.50	4
Jack Foster	Men's marathon	—						2:17:53	17
Anne Garrett	Women's 800 m	2:05.78	7	—		did not advance
Anne Garrett	Women's 1500 m	4:10.68	7	—		did not advance
Sue Jowett	Women's 100 m	11.70	3 Q	11.81	8	did not advance
Sue Jowett	Women's 200 m	24.12	2 Q	24.23	8	did not advance
Dick Quax	Men's 5000 m	13:30.85	1 Q	—				13:25.16
Euan Robertson	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	8:26.31	5 Q	—				8:21.08	5
Kevin Ryan	Men's marathon	—						DNF
John Walker	Men's 800 m	1:47.63	3	—		did not advance
John Walker	Men's 1500 m	3:36.87	1 Q	—		3:39.65	1 Q	3:39.17
Dianne Zorn	Women's 1500 m	4:12.81	7	—		did not advance

^ Ranks given are within the heat
^ Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
^ Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Murray Cheater	Men's hammer throw	67.38	16	did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Donald Cooper	Men's K-1 1000 m	4:04.29	5 R	3:55.52	2 Q	3:53.21	4	did not advance
Ian Ferguson	Men's K-1 500 m	1:59.18	4 R	1:53.65	4	did not advance
Rod Gavin John Leonard	Men's K-2 500 m	1:47.03	5 R	1:47.45	3 Q	1:45.61	6	did not advance
Rod Gavin John Leonard	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:37.09	5 R	3:35.28	5	did not advance

Cycling

Four cyclists represented New Zealand in 1976.

Road

Men's individual road race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Garry Bell	4:49:01	15
Vern Hanaray	5:00:19	52
Jamie Richards	DNF

Track

Men's individual pursuit

Athlete	Qualification		Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Mike Richards	4:55.08	9 Q	Iversen (NOR) L 4:53.33	did not advance			9

Diving

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rebecca Ewert	Women's 3 m springboard	352.62	21	did not advance

Equestrian

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	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 v t e	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^[a]	Semi-finals
3	Spain	4	1	2	1	9	7	+2	4^[a]
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:

^ ^a ^b 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
Athlete	Event	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	—		6:03.51

Sailing

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Brett Bennett Mark Paterson (helm)	470	5.7	37.0 PMS	16.0	3.0	10.0	3.0	22.0	59.7	5
Jock Bilger (helm) Murray Ross	Flying Dutchman	13.0	14.0	0.0	21.0	18.0	19.0	~~23.0~~	85.0	12
Gavin Bornholdt Hugh Poole (helm) Chris Urry	Soling	~~26.0~~	21.0	23.0	21.0	25.0	21.0	24.0	135.0	19
Jonty Farmer	Finn	~~25.0~~	10.0	21.0	19.0	21.0	17.0	21.0	109.0	15

Shooting

Mixed 50 m rifle, prone

Athlete	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total	Rank
Ian Ballinger	100	98	100	94	98	100	590	=20

Mixed 50 m running target

Athlete	Slow run	Fast run	Total	Rank
Graeme McIntyre	279	268	547	19
Grant Taylor	257	279	536	24

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Allison Calder	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:23.64	15	—		did not advance
Allison Calder	Women's 800 m freestyle	8:57.24	11	—		did not advance
John Coutts	Men's 100 m butterfly	57.29	18	did not advance
John Coutts	Men's 200 m butterfly	2:05.05	16	—		did not advance
Susan Hunter	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:26.21	23	—		did not advance
Susan Hunter	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:03.82	10	—		did not advance
John McConnochie	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:57.77	33	—		did not advance
John McConnochie	Men's 400 m individual medley	4:40.84	17	—		did not advance
Brett Naylor	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:00.38	10	—		did not advance
Brett Naylor	Men's 1500 m freestyle	15:52.68	16	—		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	—		did not advance
	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:15.71 OR	1 Q	—		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	—		did not advance
	Women's 400 m individual medley	4:58.47	7 Q	—		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	—		did not advance
	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:09.21	13	—		did not advance
Mark Treffers	Men's 400 m individual medley	4:40.92	18	—		did not advance
Mark Treffers	Men's 1500 m freestyle	15:56.11	17	—		did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Rory Barrett	Men's heavyweight	150	=15	192.5	13	342.5	15
Brian Marsden	Men's middle heavyweight	137.5	=16	185.0	8	322.5	11
Phillip Sue	Men's lightweight	NVL		—			DNF

Wrestling

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
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

Officials

Team manager – Bill Holley^[5]
Assistant team manager – D. M. Taylor^[6]
Chaperone – Valerie Young^[6]
Team doctor – Graeme Campbell^[7]
Physiotherapist – Peter Stokes^[6]
Attache – C. J. Adair^[6]
Athletics
- Section manager – Dave Leech^[6]
- Coach – Arch Jelley^[6]
Boxing section manager – Alan Scaife^[6]
Canoeing section manager – Sandy Pigott^[6]
Cycling
- Section manager – Neil Lyster^[6]
- Coach / mechanic – Wayne Thorpe^[6]
Equestrian
- Section manager – Ian Nimon^[6]
- Trainer – Lockie Richards^[6]
- Groom – Karen Yorke^[8]
Hockey
- Section manager – Tony Palmer^[6]
- Coach – Ross Gillespie^[6]
Rowing
- Section manager – Kerry Ashby^[6]
- Coach (eight) – Rusty Robertson^[6]
- Coach / boatman – J. T. Reid^[6]
- Transport manager – Brian Heyward^[6]
Sailing
- Section manager – Don St Clair Brown^[6]
- Meteorologist / boatman – Harry Kingham^[6]
Shooting section manager – Ian Wright^[6]
Swimming
- Section manager – Noel Smith^[6]
- Chief coach – Bert Cotterill^[6]
- Assistant coach – Duncan Laing^[6]
Weightlifting section manager – Bruce Cameron^[6]
Wrestling section manager – Keith Breeze^[6]

References

^ "New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
^ "The Montreal Olympics boycott". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
^ "Les Wilson". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^ 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.
^ "Boycott would be "tragedy"". The Press. 2 July 1976. p. 1. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z "42 will have costs met". The Press. Vol. 116, no. 34127. 13 April 1976. p. 38. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
^ "Bad day for N.Z. stars but better to come". The Press. 26 July 1976. p. 12. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
^ "Two riders not going to Olympics". The Press. 26 May 1976. p. 46. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[3] Ranks given are within the heat

[4] Ranks given are within the quarterfinal

[5] Ranks given are within the semifinal

[table_hth_NZL0.020654934933714-6] 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.

[sports-reference-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.

[7] "Les Wilson". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[8] 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.

[9] "Boycott would be "tragedy"". The Press. 2 July 1976. p. 1. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[Press_13_Apr_1976-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z "42 will have costs met". The Press. Vol. 116, no. 34127. 13 April 1976. p. 38. Retrieved 13 August 2022.

[11] "Bad day for N.Z. stars but better to come". The Press. 26 July 1976. p. 12. Retrieved 9 August 2022.

[12] "Two riders not going to Olympics". The Press. 26 May 1976. p. 46. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

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