Australia at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1976 Summer
competitors=184 (149 men, 35 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Raelene Boyle (opening)
Robert Haigh (closing)
gold=0
silver=1
bronze=4
total=5
rank=32

Australia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.Australia's performance at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games was its worst in almost four decades. For only the fourth time in the 21 modern Olympic Games, Australia failed to win a gold medal. It won just one silver and four bronze medals, most of them in the lower-profile sports. It was this result that spurred Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser to set up the Australian Institute of Sport.

Medalists

Archery

In the second Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent two women and two men. Only one archer, Terence Reilly, had Olympic experience. He dropped 11 places from his 1972 finish.
Women's Individual Competition:
*Carole Toy — 2305 points (→ 15th place)
*Maureen Adama — 2114 points (→ 25th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
*David Anear — 2407 points (→ 13th place)
*Terence Reilly — 2331 points (→ 26th place)

Athletics

Men's 4x400 metres Relay
* Maxwell Binnington, Peter Grant, Donald Hanly, and Rick Mitchell :* Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5.000 metres
* David Fitzsimons:* Heat — did not start (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 10.000 metres
* Christopher Wardlaw:* Heat — 28:17.52:* Final — 28:29.91 (→ 12th place)

* David Fitzsimons:* Heat — 28:16.43:* Final — 29:17.74 (→ 14th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles
* Donald Hanly:* Heat — 51.90s (→ did not advance)

* Peter Grant:* Heat — 51.07s (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump
* Christopher Commons:* Heat — 7.46m (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon
* Cristopher Wardlaw — 2:23:56 (→ 35th place)

* David Chettle — did not finish (→ no ranking)

* Ross Haywood — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 20km Race Walk
* Ross Haywood — 1:30:59 (→ 12th place)

Basketball

Men's competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A)::* Lost to Cuba (89-111) :* Lost to Soviet Union (77-93):* Defeated Mexico (120-117) :* Lost to Canada (69-81) :* Defeated Japan (117-79)
*Classification Matches::* 5th/8th place: Lost to Italy (72-79):* 7th/8th place: Lost to Cuba (81-92) → 8th place
*Team Roster::* Robbie Cadee :* Ian Watson:* Andrew Campbell:* Tony Barnett:* Eddie Palubinskas:* Perry Crosswhite:* Russell Simon:* Michael Tucker:* Andris Blicavs:* Peter Walsh:* John Maddock:* Ray Tomlinson
*Head Coach: Lindsay Gaze

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race
*Clyde Sefton — 4:49:01 (→ 28th place)
*Remo Sansonetti — 4:49:01 (→ 34th place)
*Alan Goodrope — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Peter Kesting — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
*Stephen Goodall — 1:08.610 (→ 12th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)
*Ron Boyle — 20th place

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit
*Garry Sutton — 6th place

Hockey

Men's competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Defeated Malaysia (2-0):* Defeated Canada (3-0):* Lost India (6-1):* Lost to the Netherlands (1-2):* Lost to Argentina (2-3):* Replay: Defeated India (1-1, 5-4 after penalty strokes)
*Semi Finals:* Defeated Pakistan (1-2)
*Final:* Lost to New Zealand (0-1) → Silver Medal
*Team Roster:* ( 1.) Robert Haigh:* ( 2.) Rick Charlesworth:* ( 3.) David Bell:* ( 4.) Greg Browning:* ( 5.) Ian Cooke:* ( 6.) Barry Dancer:* ( 7.) Douglas Golder:* ( 8.) Wayne Hammond:* ( 9.) Jim Irvine:* (10.) Stephan Marshall:* (11.) Malcolm Poole:* (12.) Robert Proctor:* (13.) Graeme Reid:* (14.) Ronald Riley:* (15.) Trevor Smith:* (16.) Terry Walsh
*Head Coach: Mervyn Adams

Water polo

Men's competition

*Preliminary Round (Group C):* Lost to Hungary (6-7):* Lost to West Germany (3-4):* Lost to Canada (5-6)
*Classification Group:* Lost to Canada (3-4):* Defeated Iran (8-2):* Lost to Soviet Union (2-7):* Tied with Mexico (4-4):* Lost to Cuba (3-8) → 11th place
*Team Roster:*Andrew Kerr:*Charles Turner:*David Neesham:*David Woods:*Edmond Brooks:*Ian Mills:*Paul Williams:*Peter Montgomery:*Randall Goff:*Rodney Woods:*Ross Langdon
*Head Coach: Tom Hoad