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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

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team early in the year, Congo's official Jean Claude Ganga led a boycott of 28

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refused to bar the New Zealand team. Some of the nations (including

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) had already participated however, as the teams only withdrew after the first day. From Southern and Central Africa, only

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took part. Both

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also opted to join the Congolese-led boycott. ''For the full list of boycotting countries, see 1976 Summer Olympics#Boycotting countries''

Medal tables

Athletics

Track and road

Field

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Four cyclists represented New Zealand in 1976.

Road

;Men's individual road race

Track

;Men's individual pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Jumping

Field hockey

Men's tournament

;Team roster ;Head coach Ross Gillespie ;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.

Rowing

Men

Sailing

Shooting

;Mixed 50 m rifle, prone ;Mixed 50 m running target ;Mixed skeet

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Officials

* Team manager – Bill Holley * Assistant team manager – D. M. Taylor * Chaperone –

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* 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 –

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** Coach (eight) –

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** Coach / boatman – J. T. Reid ** Transport manager – Brian Heyward * Sailing ** Section manager –

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** Meteorologist / boatman – Harry Kingham * Shooting section manager – Ian Wright * Swimming ** Section manager – Noel Smith ** Chief coach – Bert Cotterill ** Assistant coach –

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* Weightlifting section manager – Bruce Cameron * Wrestling section manager – Keith Breeze

References

{{1976 New Zealand Olympic team Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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