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Australia competed at the ''' 1976 Summer Olympics ''' in Montreal under the IOC Country Code AUS. It was the eighteenth time that the nation participated, being one of only four nations to have competed in every Summer Olympics to that time. This included two times that Australia competed as part of a combined team with New Zealand . 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 . MEDALS Gold
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RESULTS BY EVENT 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:
Men's Individual Competition:
Basketball Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round:
Classification Matches:
Team Roster:
Head Coach: Lindsay Gaze Hockey Men's Team Competition The men's hockey team from Australia, also known as ''The Kookaburras'', won the silver medal in Montreal, after a loss in the final against New Zealand. Team Roster
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