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See the list of teams and medals won by each. Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
The main stadium for the 1896 Olympics, the Panathenaic Stadium, was originally built in 566 BC. It was used again in 2004, this time for the archery competitions and the finish of the marathon races.
- 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.
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.
Aug 10, 2011 · Games of the XXI Olympiad. Playing host to the Olympic Games for the first time, Canada won more medals than at the previous two Olympic Games combined. Without a gold medal on the table, however, one of biggest highlights and lasting images of the Games was Greg Joy winning high jump silver in the rain on the penultimate day.
The Montréal 1976 Olympics. The Games of the XXI Olympiad were celebrated in Montréal, Québec from July 17 to August 1, 1976. These were the first Olympic Games held in Canada, and the only summer Olympic Games held in Canada to date. 92 nations participated in 196 events across 21 sports, and Canada finished in 27th place overall with five ...
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May 31, 2024 · Montreal 1976 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Montreal that took place July 17–August 1, 1976. The Montreal Games were the 18th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. Despite producing 32 world records and a host of memorable performances, the 1976 Games drew more
