New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics

New Zealand at the Olympic Games
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At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors	87
Flag bearer	David Aspin (wrestling)
Medals Rank: 18	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 4
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New Zealand competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 87 athletes and 29 officials. 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 IOC refused to bar the New Zealand team.^[1] 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

Medalists

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

Bronze

• Trevor Coker, Simon Dickie, Peter Dignan, Athol Earl, Tony Hurt, Alex McLean, Dave Rodger, Ivan Sutherland, and Lindsay Wilson — Rowing, Men's Eights

Results by event

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

Men's Individual Road Race

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

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit

• Mike Richards — 9th place

Equestrian

Jumping Competition

• Harvey Wilson
• Joe Yorke

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

• 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

Swimming

Men's Competition

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

Women's Competition

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

References

• sports-reference

1. ^ http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/montreal-olympics-boycott