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Aug 10, 2011 · Cheryl Gibson and Becky Smith shared the podium in the 400m individual relay, winning silver and bronze, respectively. In helping the 4x100m medley relay team win bronze, 13-year-old Robin Corsiglia set the mark as Canada’s youngest ever Olympic medallist.
The 1976 Summer Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1976), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad (French: Jeux de la XXIe Olympiade) and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (French: Montréal 1976), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- The African Boycott
- Debuts and Firsts
- Memorable Champions
- Perfect Nadia
The 1976 Montreal Games were marred by an African boycott involving 22 countries. The boycott was organised by Tanzania to protest the fact that the New Zealand rugby team had toured Apartheid South Africa and that New Zealand was scheduled to compete in the Olympic Games.
Women’s events in basketball, rowing and team handball all made their Olympic debut. Hockey was played on an artificial pitch for the first time.
Alberto Juantorena of Cuba completed the first 400m and 800m double victory. The Japanese women’s volleyball team proved untouchable, winning all their matches in straight sets, and Miklos Németh of Hungary won the javelin to become the first son of an athletics gold medalist to win a gold of his own.
Fourteen-year-old gymnast Nadia Comaneci of Romania was the undoubted star of the Games. She shot to fame when, for her performance on the uneven bars, she was awarded the first-ever perfect score of 10.0. She went on to earn seven maximum marks in total.
Montreal 1976 : Games of the XXI Olympiad Montreal 1976 : official report / ed. COJO 76. Summer Olympic Games. Organizing Committee. 21, 1976, Montréal
Jul 17, 2021 · Relive the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. It was on this day July 17, that the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics (officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad) started. Montreal became the second French-speaking city to host the Summer Olympics after Paris, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles— and it was the first and so far, only ...
Jul 18, 2016 · After the last Olympic torch bearers, Stéphane Préfontaine and Sandra Henderson, made their entrance into the stadium and lit the flame, Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed that the Games of the XXI Olympiad were officially open. For the next two weeks, 6,084 athletes fought for gold, silver and bronze medals in 198 competitive sports in Montréal.
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The result booklets 1976 Montreal. The Official Report. In view of the immense proportions the Olympic Games have assumed, their growing complexity, and the manifold economic and sociopolitical consequences for sport in general, future generations have to be provided with a detailed, illustrated report, in order to aid in their planning ...
