New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

Cycling
Four cyclists represented New Zealand in 1976.

Road

 * Men's individual road race

Track

 * Men's individual pursuit

Men's tournament

 * Team roster

Ross Gillespie
 * Head coach


 * 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.

Shooting

 * Mixed 50 m rifle, prone


 * Mixed 50 m running target


 * Mixed skeet

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