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The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event in 1976; and the first Olympic Games hosted by Canada.
Australia sent 180 athletes (145 men and 34 women) to the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. They competed in 115 events in 20 Olympic sports. Australian athletes have competed in all of the Summer Olympic Games since the games started.
Australia’s poor showing with no gold and only a total of 5 medals prompted Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser to set up the Australian Institute of Sports.
Host | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Dates |
XXI 1976 Montreal | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17 July –1 Aug |
The following records are Australians who won gold, silver or bronze medals at the 1976 Olympic Games.
Tracey Wickham was the youngest athlete for Australia (13 years 239 days) and Bill Roycroft oldest (61 years 129 days). The Montreal Summer Games had 6,073 participants (4,812 men and 1,260 women) from 92 countries.
1976 Montreal Canada
Sport | Event | Competitors | |
2nd | Field hockey | Men’s tournament | Australia National Field Hockey Team David Bellm, Jim Irvine, Greg Browning, Malcolm Poole, Rick Charlesworth, Robert Proctor, Ian Cooke, Graeme Reid, Barry Dancer, Ronald Riley, Douglas 1ster, Trevor Smith, Robert Haigh, Terry Walsh, Wayne Hammond |
3rd | Equestrian | Team eventing | Mervyn Bennet, Wayne Roycroft, Bill Roycroft, Denis Pigott |
3rd | Sailing | Men’s finn class | John Bertrand |
3rd | Sailing | Men’s 470 class | Ian Brown, Ian Ruff |
3rd | Swimming | Men’s 1500m freestyle | Stephen Holland |