Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics The modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): "Individual competition" and "Team competition". As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the "Individual competition" event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the "Team competition" event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines: A total of 47 athletes from 17 nations competed at the Montreal Games: Boris Onischenko was disqualified from the competition during the fencing event, when
Australia at the 1976 Summer Paralympics Richards represented Australia in the women's pair open event and finished last with no victories. John Kestel and Margaret Ross competed in the mixed pairs open event. They won all their games and as a result, placed first in their division. This gave Australia the only medal in Dartchery in the 1976 Summer Paralympics Games In 1976, Goalball officially became a medal sport for the first time and was contested by men. Australia however, did not send a team to compete in the men's goal ball event. Australia represented by: Men – Robert Farmer, James Handbridge, Eric Magennis, Bruce Thwaite