Fiji at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Fiji sent a delegation to compete at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 17 July to 1 August 1976. This was the nation's fifth appearance at a Summer Olympic Games. Their first appearance was at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Fiji's delegation consisted of two competitors: Tony Moore competing in the 100m, 200m and the long jump while Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault competed in the women's pentathlon and long jump.

Fiji at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codeFIJ
NOCFiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee
Websitewww.fasanoc.org.fj
in Montreal
Competitors2 in 1 sport
Flag bearer Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Background

The Fiji Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (FASNOC) was recognized by the International Olympic Committe on 1 January 1955.[1] The following year they debuted at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, with five athletes competing in three different sports.[2] After competing in the following games in 1960,[3] they missed the subsequent edition before returning for the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City. The country has since taken part in every Summer Olympics (bar 1980). [4] The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 17 July to 1 August 1976; a total of 6,084 athletes representing 92 National Olympic Committees took part.[5] Fiji sent two athletes to Montreal, Tony Moore and Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault.[6]

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Fiji sent a two-person team to the Olympics to compete in four different events. The first was Tony Moore who was 25 years old at the time of the 1976 Summer Olympics as he competed in his only Olympics.[7] He competed in the men's 100 metres on 23 July where in heat nine he finished last with a time of 11.16 seconds.[8] Two days later on 25 July, he competed in the men's 200 metres heats finishing in fourth place ahead of Haitian runner Philippe Étienne. In the quarter-finals, he finished in seventh place in his heat, six tenths ahead of last place runner, Abdul Aziz Abdul Kareem from Kuwait.[9] Moore's final event was the long jump. In qualifying he finished in 15th place in Group B and 31st overall with a jump of 6.81 metres.[10]

The other athlete who competed for Fiji was Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault who competed in her first of two Olympic Games.[11] Her first event was on 23 July in the preliminaries of the women's long jump. She finished in 27th place with a jump of 5.79 metres.[12] Two days later, she competed in the women's pentathlon which includes five athletic disciplines held over two days. Her best result over the two days was in the 200 metres where she finished 13th with a time of 24.89. She finished 18th overall with 3,827 points in the competition which saw a tiebreaker for the gold medal between two East Germans—Siegrun Siegl and Christine Laser.[13]

Track & road events

Athletes Events Heat Quarter finals Semi finals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tony Moore Men's 100 m 11.16 7 Did Not Advance
Men's 200 m 21.82 4 Q 21.75 7 Did Not Advance

Field events

Athletes Events Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Tony Moore Men's long jump 6.81 15 Did Not Advance
Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault Women's long jump 5.79 27 Did Not Advance

Combined events – Women's pentathlon

Athletes 100h SP HJ LJ 200 Final Rank
Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault 14.78 9.38 1.55 5.84 24.89 3827 18

See also

References
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  2. "Fiji at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. "Fiji at the 1960 Melbourne Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  4. "Fiji". Olympida. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  5. "Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics – results & video highlights". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  6. "Fiji at the 1976 Summer Olympics Games". Olympida. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  7. "Tony Moore". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  8. "Men's 100 metres 1976". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  9. "Men's 200 metres 1976". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  10. "Men's long jump 1976". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  11. "Miriama Tuisorisori-Chambault". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  12. "Women's long jump 1976". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  13. "Women's pentathlon 1976". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
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