1976 Summer Olympics

E14661
Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The 1976 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Montreal, Canada, notable for a major African boycott and Nadia Comăneci’s historic perfect 10 in gymnastics.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
1976 Summer Olympics opening ceremony 1
Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Summer Olympic Games ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ
athletesOathBy Pierre Saint-Jean ⓘ
bidCity Los Angeles ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Moscow ⓘ
boycott African boycott ⓘ
boycottingNationsCount 29 ⓘ
boycottReason protest against New Zealand rugby tour of apartheid South Africa ⓘ
canoeingVenue Île Notre-Dame ⓘ
surface form: Notre Dame Island
cauldronLocation Olympic Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
closingDate 1976-08-01 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
currencyOfBudget Canadian dollar ⓘ
cyclingRoadRaceVenue Montreal ⓘ
debtFullyRepaidYear 2006 ⓘ
equestrianEventsHeldIn Montreal ⓘ
followedBy 1980 Summer Olympics ⓘ
footballTournamentFinalVenue Olympic Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
gymnasticsVenue Montreal Forum ⓘ
hostCity Montreal ⓘ
hostCitySelectedAt International Olympic Committee Session ⓘ
surface form: 69th IOC Session
hostCitySelectionCity Amsterdam ⓘ
hostCitySelectionDate 1970-05-12 ⓘ
IOCSessionAwardingGamesNumber 69 ⓘ
judgesOathBy Maurice Forget ⓘ
mainStadium Olympic Stadium ⓘ
surface form: Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
mascot Amik ⓘ
mascotSpecies beaver ⓘ
motto Terre des Hommes ⓘ
notableAchievement first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics ⓘ
notableAthlete Nadia Comăneci ⓘ
notableIssue large cost overruns ⓘ
numberOfAthletes 6073 ⓘ
numberOfEvents 198 ⓘ
numberOfFemaleAthletes 1249 ⓘ
numberOfMaleAthletes 4824 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations 92 ⓘ
numberOfSports 21 ⓘ
officialName Games of the XXI Olympiad ⓘ
openingBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
openingDate 1976-07-17 ⓘ
organisingCommitteePresident Roger Rousseau ⓘ
precededBy 1972 Summer Olympics ⓘ
roleOfElizabethII Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Queen of Canada
rowingVenue Île Notre-Dame ⓘ
surface form: Notre Dame Island
sailingVenue Kingston, Ontario ⓘ
secondInMedalTable East Germany ⓘ
topGoldMedalNation Soviet Union ⓘ
topMedalNation Soviet Union ⓘ
torchLighter Sandra Henderson ⓘ
Stéphane Préfontaine ⓘ
year 1976 ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Games of the XXI Olympiad → commonName → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Edwin Moses → competedIn → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Jacques Rogge → competedIn → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Lasse Virén → competedIn → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Nadia Comăneci → competedIn → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Olga Korbut
Pierre Saint-Jean → eventParticipatedIn → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
1972 Summer Olympics (Munich) → followedBy → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: 1972 Summer Olympics
Games of the XXI Olympiad → hostNationTeam → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Montreal → hostedEvent → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Olympic Stadium → mainVenueOf → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
Grzegorz Lato → medalAt → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Olga Korbut
Olympic Stadium → openedFor → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
subject surface form: Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
Anne, Princess Royal → participantIn → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Tatyana Ovechkina → participantIn → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Caitlyn Jenner → participatedIn → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Olga Korbut → participatedIn → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Sandra Henderson → participatedIn → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1976 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
1980 Summer Olympics → precededBy → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Terre des Hommes → usedForEvent → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
Olga Korbut → wonMedalIn → 1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ