1976 Summer Olympics

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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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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

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Montreal hostedEvent 1976 Summer Olympics
1972 Summer Olympics (Munich) followedBy 1976 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: 1972 Summer Olympics
Tatyana Ovechkina participantIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic Stadium openedFor 1976 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
Olympic Stadium mainVenueOf 1976 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Olympic Stadium (Montreal)
Anne, Princess Royal participantIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Nadia Comăneci competedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Edwin Moses competedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics precededBy 1976 Summer Olympics
Grzegorz Lato medalAt 1976 Summer Olympics
Olga Korbut popularized women’s artistic gymnastics worldwide competition 1976 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Olga Korbut
Olga Korbut popularized women’s artistic gymnastics worldwide medalistAt 1976 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Olga Korbut
Olga Korbut participatedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Olga Korbut wonMedalIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Lasse Virén competedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Jacques Rogge competedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Games of the XXI Olympiad commonName 1976 Summer Olympics
Games of the XXI Olympiad hostNationTeam 1976 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Sandra Henderson participatedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: 1976 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
Caitlyn Jenner participatedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Pierre Saint-Jean eventParticipatedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Terre des Hommes usedForEvent 1976 Summer Olympics
Amik eventMascotFor 1976 Summer Olympics
Mark Phillips participatedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Maurice Forget event 1976 Summer Olympics
Stéphane Préfontaine participatedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: 1976 Summer Olympics torch relay
Stéphane Préfontaine litCauldronAt 1976 Summer Olympics
Krešimir Ćosić participatedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Sugar Ray Leonard competedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Ann Meyers participantIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Bart Conner competedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Béla Károlyi coachedAtEvent 1976 Summer Olympics
Letters to a Young Gymnast aboutEvent 1976 Summer Olympics
Adrian Dantley participantIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Adrian Dantley olympicGames 1976 Summer Olympics
Bärbel Wöckel participatedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
The Sparrow from Minsk competedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Olga Korbut
The Sparrow from Minsk wonOlympicGoldMedalIn 1976 Summer Olympics
subject surface form: Olga Korbut
Sergei Belov participantIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Tom LaGarde participatedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Nancy Lieberman participantIn 1976 Summer Olympics
5000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics partOf 1976 Summer Olympics
Angelė Rupšienė participatedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
Uljana Semjonova participatedIn 1976 Summer Olympics
African boycott over New Zealand rugby tour of apartheid South Africa appliesToEvent 1976 Summer Olympics
this entity surface form: 1976 Summer Olympics athletics competitions
Olympic Pool (Montreal) wasBuiltFor 1976 Summer Olympics