1976 Summer Olympics

Multi-sport event in Montreal, Canada

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Location| Montreal, Canada
Nations| 92
Athletes| 6,073 (4,813 men, 1,260 women)
Events| 198 in 21 sports (27 disciplines)
Opening| July 17, 1976
Closing| August 1, 1976
Opened by|

Queen Elizabeth II[1]

Cauldron|

Stéphane Préfontaine
Sandra Henderson[1]

Stadium| Olympic Stadium

Summer

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Lake Placid 1980 ->

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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. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam on May 12, 1970, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles. It was the first and, so far, only Summer Olympic Games to be held in Canada. Toronto hosted the 1976 Summer Paralympics the same year as the Montreal Olympics, which still remains the only Summer Paralympics to be held in Canada. Calgary and Vancouver later hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 2010, respectively. This was the first of two consecutive Olympic games held in North America, followed by the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.[2]

Twenty-nine countries, mostly African, boycotted the Montreal Games when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refused to ban New Zealand, after the New Zealand national rugby union team had toured South Africa earlier in 1976 in defiance of the United Nations' calls for a sporting embargo due to their racist apartheid policies. The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals, with the Eastern Bloc having seven countries in the top 10 of the medal table.

## Host city selection

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The vote occurred at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, Netherlands on May 12, 1970. While Los Angeles and Moscow were viewed as the favourites, given that they represented the world's two main powers, many of the smaller and neutral countries supported Montreal as an underdog and as a relatively neutral site for the Games. Los Angeles was eliminated after the first round, and Montreal won over Moscow in the second round. Moscow and Los Angeles would go on to host the next two Summer Games, 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics, respectively, which were also marked by political boycotts (for instance, the U.S.-led boycott of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979). One blank vote was cast in the second and final round.[3][4][5] The Soviet state media accused the IOC of political corruption following the vote.[6]

Toronto had made its third attempt for the Olympics, but failed to win the support of the Canadian Olympic Committee, who selected Montreal instead.[7]

1976 Summer Olympics bidding results[5]

City  | Country  | Round
1  | 2
Montreal |  Canada | 25 | 41
Moscow |  Soviet Union | 28 | 28
Los Angeles |  United States | 17 | —

## Organization

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Robert Bourassa, then the Premier of Quebec, asked Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to advise Canada's monarch Elizabeth II to attend the opening of the games. However, Bourassa later became unsettled about how unpopular the move might be with sovereigntists in the province, annoying Trudeau, who had already made arrangements.[8] René Lévesque, the leader of the Parti Québécois at the time, sent his own letter to Buckingham Palace, asking the Queen to refuse her prime minister's request, but she did not oblige Lévesque as he was out of his jurisdiction in offering advice to the Sovereign.[9]

In 1976, Trudeau, succumbing to pressure from the People's Republic of China, issued an order barring Taiwan from participating as China in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, although it was technically a matter for the IOC.[10] His action strained relations with the United States – from President Ford to future President Carter and the press.[10][11] Trudeau's action was widely condemned as having brought shame on Canada by succumbing to political pressure to keep the Chinese delegation from competing under its name.[12]

## Cost and cost overrun

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The Oxford Olympics Study estimates the outturn cost of the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics at US$6.1 billion in 2015 dollars and cost overrun at 720% in real terms.[13] This includes sports-related costs only, that is, operational costs incurred by the organizing committee for the purpose of staging the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and direct capital costs incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build, e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast centre, and media and press centre, which are required to host the Games. Indirect capital costs are not included, such as those for road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or for hotel upgrades or other business investment incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to staging the Games. The cost overrun for Montreal 1976 is the highest cost overrun on record for any Olympics. The cost and cost overrun for Montreal 1976 compares with costs of US$4.6 billion and a cost overrun of 51% for Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and $15 billion and 76% for London in 2012. The average cost for the Summer Games from 1960 to 2016 was $5.2 billion in 2015 dollars, and the average cost overrun was 176%.

Much of the cost overruns were caused by the Conseil des métiers de la construction union, whose leader was André "Dede" Desjardins.[14] French architect Roger Taillibert, who designed the Olympic stadium, recounted in his 2000 book Notre Cher Stade Olympique that he and Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau tried hard to buy off Desjardins, even taking him to a lunch at the exclusive Ritz-Carlton hotel in a vain attempt to end the "delays".[14] Ultimately Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa made a secret deal to buy off Desjardins, which finally allowed work to proceed.[14] Taillibert wrote in Notre Cher Stade Olympique "If the Olympic Games took place, it was thanks to Dede Desjardins. What irony!"[14]

## Opening ceremony

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1976 Montreal Olympic Opening Ceremony

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Préfontaine and Henderson lighting the Olympic Flame

The opening ceremony of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games was held at the incomplete Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec on Saturday afternoon, July 17, 1976, in front of an audience of some 73,000 in the stadium and an estimated half billion watching on television.[15]

East German athletes Waldemar Cierpinski, Hans-Georg Reimann and Karl-Heinz Stadtmüller at the Olympic Village

Following an air show by the Canadian Forces Air Command's Snowbirds aerobatic flight demonstration squadron in the sunny skies above the stadium, the ceremony officially began at 3:00 pm with a trumpet fanfare and the arrival of Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada.[16] The Queen was accompanied by Michael Morris, Lord Killanin, President of the International Olympic Committee, and was greeted to an orchestral rendition of 'O Canada', an arrangement that would be used for many years in schools across the country, as well as in the daily sign-off of TV broadcasts in the country.[17]

The queen entered the Royal Box with her consort, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and her son, Prince Andrew. (Her daughter, Princess Anne, was an equestrian competing at Great Britain equestrian team. Prince Philip was also president of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) at the time of the 1976 Summer Olympics.) She joined a number of Canadian and Olympic dignitaries, including: Jules Léger, Governor General of Canada, and his wife, Gabrielle; Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and wife, Margaret; Robert Bourassa, Premier of the province of Quebec; Roger Rousseau, chief of the Montreal Olympic Organizing Committee (COJOM); Sheila Dunlop, Lady Killanin, wife of the IOC President; Mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau, and his wife, Marie-Claire.

The parade of athletes began moments later with the arrival of the Greek team, and concluded with the entrance of the Canadian team. All other teams entered the stadium according to French alphabetical order (as the host city main language). The ceremony was marked by the adorning of Israel's flag with a black mourning ribbon, in memory of the eleven athletes and coaches killed by Palestinian terrorists at the previous Summer Olympic Games in Munich four years earlier. Although most would eventually boycott the Games in the days to follow, a number of African delegations did march in the parade. Much of the music performed for the parade was arranged by Victor Vogel and was inspired by late Quebecois composer André Mathieu.[18]

Immediately following the parade, a troupe of 80 women dancers dressed in white (representing the 80th anniversary of the revival of the Olympic Games) performed a brief dance in the outline of the Olympic rings. Following that came the official speeches, first by Roger Rousseau, head of the Montreal Olympic organizing committee, and Lord Killanin. Her Majesty was then invited to proclaim the Games open, which she did, first in French, then in English.

Accompanied by the Olympic Hymn, the Olympic flag was carried into the stadium and hoisted at the west end of the stadium. The flag was carried by eight men and hoisted by four women, representing the ten provinces and two territories (at the time) of Canada. As the flag was hoisted, an all-male choir performed an a cappella version of the Olympic Hymn.

Once the flag was hosted, a troupe of Bavarian dancers representing Munich, host of the previous Summer Olympics, entered the stadium with the Antwerp flag. Following a brief dance, that flag was then passed from the Mayor of Munich to the IOC President and then to the Mayor of Montreal. Next came a presentation of traditional Québécois folk dancers. The two troupes merged in dance together to the strains of "Vive le Compagnie" and exited the stadium with the Antwerp Flag, which would be displayed at Montreal City Hall until the opening of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Three cannons were then fired, as the 80-member troupe of female dancers unfolded special crates that released doves and ribbons in the five Olympic colours.

Another trumpet fanfare announced the arrival of the Olympic Flame. The torch was carried by 15-year-olds Stéphane Préfontaine and Sandra Henderson, chosen as representatives of the unity within Canada's linguistic heritage. This would also be the first time two people would light the Olympic flame, and Henderson would become only the second woman to do the honours. The duo would make a lap of the stadium and then climbed a staircase on a special dais at the centre of the stadium to set the Olympic flame alight in a temporary white aluminum cauldron. The flame was later transported to a more permanent cauldron just outside the running track to burn throughout the duration of the Games. A choir then performed the Olympic Cantata as onlookers admired the Olympic flame.

The "Youth of Canada" took to the track to perform a colourful choreographed segment with flags, ribbons and a variety of rhythmic gymnast performers. The flag bearers of each team then circled around the speaker's dais as Pierre St-Jean recited the Athletes' Oath and Maurice Forget recited the Judges' Oath, in English and in French, with right hand over the heart and the Canadian flag clutched in the left. Finally, a choral performance of "O Canada" in both French and English marked the close of the opening ceremony, as the announcers concluded with a declaration of the Games motto: 'Vive les Jeux de Montreal! Long Live the Montreal Games'.

The Montreal ceremony would be the first of its kind in Summer Games, as future Olympic ceremonies, beginning with the new Olympic Charter were reinforced before the 1980 Summer Olympics, would become more focused on the host country culture.

## Security

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Because of the Munich massacre, security at these games was visible. The extensive security measures included the requirement for all workers to hold a valid accreditation. Surveillance of acoustics was installed in the Olympic Village where athletes were accommodated. Furthermore, a systematic installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) was attempted for the first time in the history of the Olympic games.[19]

## Highlights

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* These Olympics were the first of two summer games to be organized under the IOC presidency of Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin.
* Taro Aso was a member of the Japanese shooting team. 32 years later, he would be elected as the Prime Minister of Japan.
* The Games were opened by Elizabeth II, as head of state of Canada, and several members of the Royal Family attended the opening ceremonies. This was particularly significant, as these were the first Olympic games hosted on Canadian soil. The Queen's daughter, Princess Anne, also competed in the games as part of the British riding team. Additionally, the Queen's husband, Prince Philip, was President of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) at the time.
* After a rainstorm doused the Olympic Flame a few days after the games had opened, an official relit the flame using his cigarette lighter. Organizers quickly doused it again and relit it using a backup of the original flame.
* The Israeli team walked into the stadium at the opening ceremony wearing black ribbons in commemoration of the 1972 Munich massacre.[20]
* Women's events were introduced in basketball, handball, and rowing.[21]
* Canada, the host country, finished with five silver and six bronze medals. This was the first time that the host country of the Summer Games had not won any gold medals. This had occurred previously only in the Winter Games – 1924 in Chamonix, France, and 1928 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. This later occurred at the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and again at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
* Because of the Munich massacre, security at these games was visible, as it had been earlier in the year at the Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria.
* At age 14, gymnast Nadia Comăneci of Romania became the first person to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics, recording seven 10.00 scores and winning three gold medals, including the all-around. The scoreboard could hold only 3 digits and the score was shown as 1.00.
* Alberto Juantorena of Cuba became the first man to win both the 400 m and 800 m at the same Olympics.
* Finland's Lasse Virén repeated his 1972 double win in the 5,000 and 10,000 m runs, the first runner to successfully defend a 5,000 m win (since equalled by Great Britain's Mo Farah in 2016). Virén finished 5th in the marathon, thereby failing to equal Emil Zátopek's 1952 achievements.
* Hasely Crawford won Trinidad and Tobago's first Olympic gold medal by finishing first in the 100 meter dash.
* Viktor Saneyev of the Soviet Union won his third consecutive triple jump gold medal, while Klaus Dibiasi of Italy did the same in the platform diving event.
* Boris Onishchenko, a member of the Soviet Union's modern pentathlon team, was disqualified after it was discovered that he had rigged his épée to register a hit when there was not one. Because of this, the Soviet modern pentathlon team was disqualified. Due to his disqualification, he earned the nickname "Boris DISonish-chenko". Many suggested that he was a victim of the Soviet "win it all" mentality.[22]
* Five American boxers – Sugar Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, Leo Randolph and Howard Davis Jr. won gold medals in boxing. This has been often called the greatest Olympic boxing team the United States ever had, and, out of the five American gold medalists in boxing, all but Davis went on to become professional world champions.
* Princess Anne of Great Britain was the only female competitor not to have to submit to a sex test.[23] She was a member of her country's equestrian team.
* Japanese gymnast Shun Fujimoto performed on a broken right knee, and helped the Japanese team win the gold medal for the team championship. Fujimoto broke his leg on the floor exercise, and due to the closeness in the overall standings with the USSR, he hid the extent of the injury. With a broken knee, Fujimoto was able to complete his event on the rings, performing a perfect triple somersault dismount, maintaining perfect posture. He scored a 9.7 thus securing gold for Japan. Years later, when asked if he would do it again, he stated bluntly "No, I would not."[24]
* The U.S. men's swimming team won all but one gold medal. John Naber won four gold medals and a silver medal.
* The East German women's swimming team won all but two gold medals. Kornelia Ender won four gold medals and a silver medal.
* In winning the gold medal for the men's 100m freestyle, Jim Montgomery became the first person to break the 50 second mark in the event, taking first place in the final in a time of 49.99.
* For the first time ever, a woman won an Olympic medal in shooting: American Margaret Murdock caught the silver in the three positions event. Lanny Bassham (another American) and Murdock tied for the first place, but Murdock was placed second after review of the targets. Bassham suggested that two gold medals be given, and after this request was declined, asked Murdock to share the top step with him at the award ceremony. At that time, all the shooting sport events were mixed. Murdock became the first woman to win an Olympic medal in shooting.[25]
* Luann Ryon won the women's Archery gold for the United States; Ryon had never before competed at the international level.
* Bruce Jenner[a] won the gold medal for decathlon, setting a world record of 8,634 points.
* Greg Louganis won the silver medal for the 10m Platform event in Men's Diving at 16 years old.[26]
* Alex Oakley, the Canadian race walker, became the oldest track and field athlete to compete at the Olympic Games. He was aged 50, and taking part in his fifth Olympics.
* The New Zealand men's national field hockey team beat Australia to win gold, becoming the first non-Asian/European team to win the gold medal in hockey. It is also the first Olympic games in which hockey was played on artificial turf.
* The Polish men's volleyball team came back from being down 2 sets against the USSR to win the gold medal.
* Twenty-year-old Morehouse College student Edwin Moses sets a new world record in the 400m hurdles, less than a year after taking up the event. He is also America's only male individual track gold medalist.
* Thomas Bach of West Germany won a gold medal in the team foil event in fencing. He would later become IOC President.
* Heavyweight boxer Clarence Hill won a bronze medal for Bermuda. His accomplishment makes Bermuda the smallest nation in terms of population to win an Olympic medal at the Summer Olympics.[27]
* East Germany surpassed all expectations for a middle-sized nation by finishing with the second most gold medals in total. The East German women's swimming team won all but two gold medals. Swimmer Kornelia Ender won four gold medals and a silver medal. However, the GDR's achievements were later fundamentally undermined by the exposure of a serious and systematic scheme of doping by the East German sporting authorities.[28] It was later revealed that after injecting athletes with performance-boosting drugs at the Montreal Olympics, East German officials dumped the leftover serum and syringes in the Saint Lawrence River.[29]

## Venues

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Main article: Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics

The Olympic Village in January 2008.

### Montreal Olympic Park

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Main article: Olympic Park, Montreal

* Olympic Stadium – opening/closing ceremonies, athletics, football (final), equestrian (jumping team final)
* Olympic Pool – diving, modern pentathlon (swimming), swimming, water polo (final)
* Olympic Velodrome – cycling (track), judo
* Montreal Botanical Garden – athletics (20 km walk), modern pentathlon (running)
* Maurice Richard Arena – boxing, wrestling (freestyle finals)
* Centre Pierre Charbonneau – wrestling
* Olympic Village – athletes' residence

### Venues in Greater Montreal

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* Olympic Basin, Île Notre-Dame – canoeing, rowing
* Claude Robillard Centre – handball, water polo
* Centre Étienne Desmarteau – basketball
* St. Michel Arena – weightlifting
* Paul Sauvé Centre – volleyball
* Montreal Forum – basketball (men's medal matches), boxing (finals), gymnastics, handball (men's medal matches), volleyball (finals)
* Mount Royal Park – cycling (individual road race)
* Quebec Autoroute 40 – cycling (road team time trial)
* Streets of Montreal – athletics (marathon)
* Winter Stadium, Université de Montréal – fencing, modern pentathlon (fencing)
* Molson Stadium, McGill University – field hockey

### Venues outside Montreal

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* Olympic Shooting Range, L'Acadie – modern pentathlon (shooting), shooting
* Olympic Archery Field, Joliette – archery
* Olympic Equestrian Centre, Bromont – equestrian (all but jumping team), modern pentathlon (riding)
* Pavilion de l'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec – handball preliminaries
* Sherbrooke Stadium, Sherbrooke, Quebec – football preliminaries
* Sherbrooke Sports Palace, Sherbrooke, Quebec – handball preliminaries
* Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario – sailing
* Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Ontario – football preliminaries
* Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, Ontario – football preliminaries

## Sports

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Velodrome (foreground) and Olympic Stadium (its tower completed after the Games), Montreal

There was a desire by the IOC's program commission to reduce the number of competitors and a number of recommendations were put to the IOC's executive board on February 23, 1973, which were all accepted. Rowing was the only sport where the number of competitors was increased, and women were admitted for the first time in Olympic history. The 1976 Summer Olympic program featured 196 events with 198 medal ceremonies in the following 21 sports:[30]

* Aquatics
* Diving (4)
* Swimming (26)
* Water polo (1)
* Archery (2)
* Athletics (37)
* Basketball (2)
* Boxing (11)
* Canoeing (11)
* Cycling
* Road (2)
* Track (4)
* Equestrian
* Dressage (2)
* Eventing (2)
* Show jumping (2)
* Fencing (8)
* Field hockey (1)
* Football (1)
* Gymnastics (14)
* Handball (2)
* Judo (6)
* Modern pentathlon (2)
* Rowing (14)
* Sailing (6)
* Shooting (7)
* Volleyball (2)
* Weightlifting (9)
* Wrestling
* Freestyle (10)
* Greco-Roman (10)

## Participating National Olympic Committees

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Participating nations Number of athletes

Four nations made their first Summer Olympic appearance in Montreal: Andorra (which had its overall Olympic debut a few months before in Innsbruck Winter Olympics), Antigua and Barbuda (as Antigua), Cayman Islands, and Papua New Guinea.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of athletes from each nation that competed at the Games.

Participating National Olympic Committees

* Andorra (3)
* Antigua and Barbuda (10)
* Argentina (69)
* Australia (180)
* Austria (60)
* Bahamas (11)
* Barbados (11)
* Belgium (101)
* Belize (4)
* Bermuda (16)
* Bolivia (4)
* Brazil (79)
* Bulgaria (158)
* Cameroon (4)[WD]
* Canada (385) (host)
* Cayman Islands (2)
* Chile (7)
* Colombia (35)
* Costa Rica (5)
* Cuba (156)
* Czechoslovakia (163)
* Denmark (66)
* Dominican Republic (10)
* Ecuador (5)
* Egypt (26)[WD]
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (83)
* France (206)
* East Germany (267)
* West Germany (290)
* Great Britain (242)
* Greece (36)
* Guatemala (28)
* Guyana[Note]
* Haiti (13)
* Honduras (3)
* Hong Kong (25)
* Hungary (178)
* Iceland (13)
* India (26)
* Indonesia (7)
* Iran (84)
* Ireland (44)
* Israel (26)
* Italy (210)
* Ivory Coast (8)
* Jamaica (20)
* Japan (213)
* North Korea (38)
* South Korea (50)
* Kuwait (15)
* Lebanon (3)
* Liechtenstein (6)
* Luxembourg (8)
* Malaysia (23)
* Mexico (97)
* Mali[Note]
* Monaco (8)
* Mongolia (32)
* Morocco (9)[WD]
* Nepal (1)
* Netherlands (108)
* Netherlands Antilles (4)
* New Zealand (80)
* Nicaragua (15)
* Norway (66)
* Pakistan (24)
* Panama (8)
* Papua New Guinea (6)
* Paraguay (4)
* Peru (13)
* Philippines (14)
* Poland (207)
* Portugal (19)
* Puerto Rico (80)
* Romania (157)
* San Marino (10)
* Saudi Arabia (14)
* Senegal (21)
* Singapore (4)
* Soviet Union (410)
* Spain (113)
* Suriname (3)
* Swaziland[Note]
* Sweden (116)
* Switzerland (50)
* Thailand (42)
* Trinidad and Tobago (13)
* Tunisia (15)[WD]
* Turkey (27)
* United States (396)
* Uruguay (9)
* Venezuela (32)
* Virgin Islands (21)
* Yugoslavia (88)

^ WD: Athletes from Cameroon, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia competed on July 18–20 before these nations withdrew from the Games.
^ Note: Athletes from Guyana, Mali and Swaziland also took part in the Opening Ceremony, but later joined the Congolese-led boycott and withdrew from all competitions.

### Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees

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IOC Letter Code | Country  | Athletes

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AND |  Andorra | 3
ANT |  Antigua and Barbuda | 10
ARG |  Argentina | 69
AUS |  Australia | 180
AUT |  Austria | 60
BAH |  Bahamas | 11
BAR |  Barbados | 11
BEL |  Belgium | 101
BIZ |  Belize | 4
BER |  Bermuda | 16
BOL |  Bolivia | 4
BRA |  Brazil | 79
BUL |  Bulgaria | 158
CMR |  Cameroon[WD] | 4
CAN |  Canada | 385
CAY |  Cayman Islands | 2
CHI |  Chile | 7
COL |  Colombia | 35
CRC |  Costa Rica | 5
CUB |  Cuba | 156
TCH |  Czechoslovakia | 163
DEN |  Denmark | 66
DOM |  Dominican Republic | 10
ECU |  Ecuador | 5
EGY |  Egypt[WD] | 26
FIJ |  Fiji | 2
FIN |  Finland | 83
FRA |  France | 206
GDR |  East Germany | 267
FRG |  West Germany | 290
GBR |  Great Britain | 242
GRE |  Greece | 36
GUA |  Guatemala | 28
HAI |  Haiti | 13
HON |  Honduras | 3
HKG |  Hong Kong | 25
HUN |  Hungary | 178
ISL |  Iceland | 13
IND |  India | 26
INA |  Indonesia | 7
IRI |  Iran | 84
IRL |  Ireland | 44
ISR |  Israel | 26
ITA |  Italy | 210
CIV |  Ivory Coast | 8
JAM |  Jamaica | 20
JPN |  Japan | 213
PRK |  North Korea | 38
KOR |  South Korea | 50
KUW |  Kuwait | 15
LIB |  Lebanon | 3
LIE |  Liechtenstein | 6
LUX |  Luxembourg | 8
MAS |  Malaysia | 23
MEX |  Mexico | 97
MON |  Monaco | 8
MGL |  Mongolia | 32
MAR |  Morocco[WD] | 9
NEP |  Nepal | 1
NED |  Netherlands | 108
AHO |  Netherlands Antilles | 4
NZL |  New Zealand | 80
NCA |  Nicaragua | 15
NOR |  Norway | 66
PAK |  Pakistan | 24
PAN |  Panama | 8
PNG |  Papua New Guinea | 6
PAR |  Paraguay | 4
PER |  Peru | 13
PHI |  Philippines | 14
POL |  Poland | 207
POR |  Portugal | 19
PUR |  Puerto Rico | 80
ROU |  Romania | 157
SMR |  San Marino | 10
KSA |  Saudi Arabia | 14
SEN |  Senegal | 21
SIN |  Singapore | 4
URS |  Soviet Union | 410
ESP |  Spain | 113
SUR |  Suriname | 3
SWE |  Sweden | 116
SUI |  Switzerland | 50
THA |  Thailand | 42
TRI |  Trinidad and Tobago | 13
TUN |  Tunisia[WD] | 15
TUR |  Turkey | 27
USA |  United States | 396
URU |  Uruguay | 9
VEN |  Venezuela | 32
ISV |  Virgin Islands | 21
YUG |  Yugoslavia | 88
Total | 6,073

## Calendar

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Tue | 28th
Wed | 29th
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Fri | 31st
Sat | 1st
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## Medal count

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These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1976 Games. Canada placed 27th with only 11 medals in total, none of them being gold. Canada remains the only host nation of a Summer Olympics to fail to win at least one gold medal. It also did not win any gold medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. However, Canada went on to win the most gold medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

The Games were dominated by the Soviet Bloc, with the USSR and its satellites occupying seven out of top ten places in the medal standings.

Further information: 1976 Summer Olympics medal table

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union| 49| 41| 35| 125
2|  East Germany| 40| 25| 25| 90
3|  United States| 34| 35| 25| 94
4|  West Germany| 10| 12| 17| 39
5|  Japan| 9| 6| 10| 25
6|  Poland| 7| 6| 13| 26
7|  Bulgaria| 6| 9| 7| 22
8|  Cuba| 6| 4| 3| 13
9|  Romania| 4| 9| 14| 27
10|  Hungary| 4| 5| 13| 22
Totals (10 entries)| 169| 152| 162| 483

## Non-participating National Olympic Committees

[edit]

Twenty-nine countries boycotted the Games[31][32] due to the refusal of the IOC to ban New Zealand, after the New Zealand national rugby union team had toured South Africa earlier in 1976.[33] The boycott was led by Congolese official Jean-Claude Ganga. Some of the boycotting nations (including Morocco, Cameroon and Egypt) had already participated, however, and withdrew after the first few days. Senegal and Ivory Coast were the only African countries that competed throughout the duration of the Games. Elsewhere, Afghanistan, Albania, Burma, Iraq, Guyana, Sri Lanka and Syria also opted to join the Congolese-led boycott. South Africa had been banned from the Olympics since 1964 due to its apartheid policies. Other countries, such as El Salvador and Zaire, did not participate in Montreal for purely economic reasons.[31]

Countries boycotting the 1976 Games are shaded blue

### Republic of China boycott

[edit]

An unrelated boycott of the Montreal Games was the main issue between the Republic of China (ROC) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). The ROC team withdrew from the games when Canada's Liberal government under Pierre Trudeau told it that the name "Republic of China" was not permissible at the Games because Canada had officially recognized the PRC in 1970.[34] Canada attempted a compromise by allowing the ROC the continued use of its national flag and anthem in the Montreal Olympic activities; the ROC refused. In 1979 the IOC established in the Nagoya Resolution that the PRC agreed to participate in IOC activities if the Republic of China was referred to as "Chinese Taipei". Another boycott would occur before the ROC would accept the provisions of the 1979 resolution.

Non-participating National Olympic Committees

* Afghanistan
* Albania
* Algeria
* Benin
* Burma
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Congo
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guyana
* Iraq
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Morocco
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Republic of China
* Somalia
* Sri Lanka
* Sudan
* Swaziland
* Syria
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Upper Volta
* Zaire
* Zambia

## Doping

[edit]

Researchers from Germany in 2013 reported that West Germany had a state-sponsored doping program, and speculated it was in response to doping in East Germany which had existed for decades.[35][36]

## Television coverage

[edit]

ABC Sports paid US$25-million for television broadcast rights in the United States, and produced 76.5 hours of coverage.[37]

CBC Sports budgeted less than CAD$2-million and produced 169 hours of coverage, compared to 14 hours of programming at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The network expanded its coverage in 1976, when convinced there would be increased media interest from Canadians. When the network was criticized for spending taxpayer dollars, executive producer Bob Moir toured the country to explain the project and boasted that, "the biggest team in Montreal will be the CBC team... It will be bigger than the Canadian Olympic team".[37] CBC Sports had 245 people on its crew, and aired from 9 am until 11 pm daily, taking breaks only for newscasts. Ted Reynolds and Lloyd Robertson co-hosted coverage of the opening ceremonies. In 1976, CBC Sports began its practice of talking live with athletes immediately after events, and built a studio for the interviews.[37] CBC broadcasters were given information kits on the athletes, prepared by Jack Sullivan, the former sports editor of The Canadian Press.[38]

## Legacy

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The legacy of the Montreal Olympics is complex. Many citizens regard the Olympiad as a financial disaster for the city as it faced debts for 30 years after the Games had finished. The retractable roof of the Olympic Stadium never properly worked and on several occasions has torn, prompting the stadium to be closed for extended periods of time for repairs. The failure of the Montreal Expos baseball club is largely blamed on the failure of the Olympic Stadium to transition into an effective and popular venue for the club – given the massive capacity of the stadium, it often looked unimpressive even with regular crowds in excess of 20,000 spectators.

The Quebec provincial government took over construction when it became evident in 1975 that work had fallen far behind schedule. Work was still ongoing just weeks before the opening date, and the tower was not built. Mayor Jean Drapeau had confidently predicted in 1970 that "the Olympics can no more have a deficit than a man can have a baby", but the debt racked up to a billion dollars that the Quebec government mandated the city pay in full. This would prompt cartoonist Aislin to draw a pregnant Drapeau on the telephone saying, "Allo, Morgentaler?" in reference to a Montreal abortion provider.[39]

Olympic Stadium, seen next to the Montreal Botanical Garden.

The Olympic Stadium was designed by French architect Roger Taillibert. It is often nicknamed "The Big O" as a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium's roof, though "The Big Owe" has been used to reference the astronomical cost of the stadium and the 1976 Olympics as a whole. It has never had an effective retractable roof, and the tower (called the Montreal Tower) was completed only eleven years after the Olympic Games, in 1987. In December 2006 the stadium's costs were finally paid in full.[40] The total expenditure (including repairs, renovations, construction, interest, and inflation) amounted to C$1.61 billion. Today the stadium lacks a permanent tenant, as the Montreal Alouettes and Montreal Expos have moved, though it does host some individual games of the Alouettes as well as CF Montréal (formerly the Montreal Impact).

One of the streets surrounding the Olympic Stadium was renamed to honour Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Olympics.

The boycott by African nations over the inclusion of New Zealand, whose rugby team had played in South Africa that year, was a contributing factor in the massive protests and civil disobedience that occurred during the 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand. Official sporting contacts between South Africa and New Zealand did not occur again until after the fall of apartheid.

Australia's failure to win a gold medal led the country to create the Australian Institute of Sport.[41]

In 2016, the 40th anniversary celebrations were held. In conjunction with the celebrations, the 2016 Quebec Games were held.[42]

The games were the subject of Games of the XXI Olympiad (Jeux de la XXIe olympiade), a 1977 documentary film by Jean Beaudin, Marcel Carrière, Georges Dufaux and Jean-Claude Labrecque.[43]

The 1976 games were also an inspiration for Australian band Black Cab's double album of 2014 entitled Games of the XXI Olympiad.[44]

## See also

[edit]

* Canada portal
* Sports portal

* Olympic Games portal

* 1976 Summer Paralympics
* 1976 Winter Paralympics
* 1976 Winter Olympics
* Olympic Games held in Canada
* 1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal
* 1988 Winter Olympics - Calgary
* 2010 Winter Olympics - Vancouver
* Olympic Games with significant boycotts
* 1976 Summer Olympics - Montreal - African boycott
* 1980 Summer Olympics - Moscow - United States-led boycott
* 1984 Summer Olympics - Los Angeles - Soviet-led boycott
* List of IOC country codes
* Use of performance-enhancing drugs in the Olympic Games — 1976 Montreal
* Corridart

## Further reading

[edit]

* Paul Charles Howell. The Montreal Olympics: An Insider's View of Organizing a Self-Financing Games (2009)
* National Film Board of Canada, Games of the XXI Olympiad (118 minute film), Jacques Bobet, producer (may not be available outside Canada).

## Explanatory notes

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1. ^ now known as Caitlyn Jenner.

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2. ^ "List of Upcoming Olympics Games till 2034: Check Host Country, Venue and Other Details". Jagranjosh.com. August 13, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
3. ^ "IOC VOTE HISTORY". aldaver.com.
4. ^ Stuart, Charles Edward (2005). Never Trust a Local: Inside the Nixon White House. Algora Publishing. p. 160.
5. ^ a b "Past Olympic host city election results". GamesBids. Archived from the original on January 24, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
6. ^ Советский Спорт (Soviet Sports)
7. ^ Edwards, Peter (July 24, 2015). "Toronto has made 5 attempts to host the Olympics. Could the sixth be the winner? – Toronto Star". The Toronto Star.
8. ^ Heinricks, Geoff (2000). "Opinion: Trudeau And The Monarchy". monarchist.ca. Archived from the original on April 23, 2008. Retrieved July 1, 2023. First published in Canadian Monarchist News, Winter/Spring 2000–01. Reprinted courtesy National Post.
9. ^ "Politics - Parties & Leaders - René Lévesque's Separatist Fight - René, The Queen and the FLQ". CBC Archives. September 26, 2003. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008.
10. ^ a b "Taiwan controversy at the 1976 Montreal Olympics". CBC Archives: As It Happens. CBC Radio One. July 16, 1976. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
11. ^ Donald Macintosh, Donna Greenhorn & Michael Hawes (1991). "Trudeau, Taiwan, and the 1976 Montreal Olympics". American Review of Canadian Studies. 21 (4): 423–448. doi:10.1080/02722019109481098.
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13. ^ Flyvbjerg, Bent; Stewart, Allison; Budzier, Alexander (2016). The Oxford Olympics Study 2016: Cost and Cost Overrun at the Games (PDF). Oxford: Saïd Business School Working Papers (Oxford: University of Oxford). pp. 9–13. SSRN 2804554. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 7, 2017.
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15. ^ Cérémonie d'ouverture. City of Montreal website (in French)
16. ^ Video of the ceremony . Youtube
17. ^ CBC sign-on, sign-off video from 1987. Youtube
18. ^ Arthur Takacs. Sixty Olympic Years. montrealolympics.com
19. ^ Pete Fussey; Gary Armstrong; Jon Coaffee; Dick Hobbs (2012). Securing and Sustaining the Olympic City: Reconfiguring London for 2012 and Beyond. Ashgate Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781409492955.
20. ^ Video on YouTube
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22. ^ "Onischenko pushes the button and oversteps boundaries for fencing glory". Olympic Channel. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018.
23. ^ This has often been reported as fact as early as 1977, but never verified by the Olympics authorities. For example, see Young, Dick (1977). THE BARBIE DOLL SOAP OPERA. reprinted in Best Sports Stories 1977. p. 47\. ISBN 9780525066231. Retrieved July 25, 2012. "I have it on the strongest authority that Princess Anne did not have to submit to a sex test to compete in the Olympic Equestrian events." `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)
24. ^ "Fujimoto caps Japanese success", BBC, September 29, 2000
25. ^ "Shooting at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Mixed Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
26. ^ Gregory Louganis' Athlete Profile at Olympics.com, the IOC website https://olympics.com/en/athletes/gregory-louganis
27. ^ Plautz, Jason (July 26, 2012). "The 21 Countries With One Olympic Medal". mentalfloss.com.
28. ^ "Doping Scandal of East Germany in the 1970s". YouTube. Archived from the original on January 15, 2014.
29. ^ CBC News (November 8, 2009). "Stasi dumped syringes in St. Lawrence in 1976: report". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
30. ^ Official Report of the Organising Committee 1978, p. 116.
31. ^ a b "Africa and the XXIst Olympiad". Olympic Review. IOC. 1976. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
32. ^ "BBC ON THIS DAY | 17 | 1976: African countries boycott Olympics". London: News.bbc.co.uk. July 17, 1976. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
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34. ^ Chan, Gerald (Autumn 1985). "The "Two-Chinas" Problem and the Olympic Formula". Pacific Affairs. 58 (3): 473–490. doi:10.2307/2759241. JSTOR 2759241. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
35. ^ "Report: West Germany systematically doped athletes". USA Today. The Associated Press. August 3, 2013.
36. ^ "Report exposes decades of West German doping". France 24. August 5, 2013.
37. ^ a b c Smith, Beverley (June 28, 2001). "CBC air apparent to big ABC". The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ontario. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
38. ^ "Hall announces inductees". The Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. May 5, 1983. p. 32.
39. ^ Aislin looks back at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Montreal Gazette, July 29, 2016
40. ^ CBC News (December 19, 2006). "Quebec's Big Owe stadium debt is over". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved October 21, 2008.
41. ^ Titus O'Reily (August 20, 2018). A Thoroughly Unhelpful History of Australian Sport. Penguin Books. pp. 34–36. ISBN 9780143793519.
42. ^ Matthew Grillo (July 12, 2016). "Nadia Comaneci to watch Jeux du Québec and attend Montreal Olympics anniversary". Global News. Global.ca.
43. ^ Martin Malina, "Olympic film premieres here". Montreal Star, April 22, 1977.
44. ^ Mathieson, Craig (November 21, 2014). "Hail the Black Cab". The Age. Melbourne. p. 12. Retrieved November 21, 2014.

## References

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* Proulx, Daniel; Mollitt, J. James (1969). Chantigny, Louis (ed.). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad (PDF). Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Organizing Committee of the Games of the XXI Olympiad.

* Volume 1 Part 1 (up to page 279)
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## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1976 Summer Olympics.

* "Montreal 1976". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
* 1976: African countries boycott Olympics
* Official site by senior members of the Montreal Games Organizing Committee
* "NFB gives viewers a look into the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal". Montreal Gazette. July 12, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.

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Sports in Canada

Main articles|

* Sports in Canada
* Professional sports in Canada
* Baseball in Canada
* Basketball in Canada
* Boxing in Canada
* Canadian football
* Chess in Canada
* Cricket in Canada
* Cycling in Canada
* Ice hockey in Canada
* Judo in Canada
* Lacrosse in Canada
* Mixed martial arts in Canada
* Quidditch in Canada
* Rugby league in Canada
* Rugby union in Canada
* Shooting sports in Canada
* Soccer in Canada
* Surfing in Canada
* Volleyball in Canada
* Canada Games

Significant figures|

* Members of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
* Members of Canada's Olympic Hall of Fame
* Recipients of the Northern Star Award
* Team of the Year

* Athletes of the 20th century
* Bobbie Rosenfeld Award (female)
* Velma Springstead Trophy (female)
* Lionel Conacher Award (male)
* Tip O'Neill Award (baseball)

Canada at
international competitions|

* Olympics
* Summer Olympics
* Winter Olympics
* Paralympics
* Commonwealth Games
* Pan Am Games
* Special Olympics

Summer Olympics stats|

* 1900
* 1904
* 1908
* 1912
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Winter Olympics stats|

* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

Paralympics stats (host nation)|

* 1976
* 2010

Commonwealth Games stats|

* 1930
* 1950
* 1962
* 1982
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022

National sports teams|

* Australian football
* Bandy
* men
* women
* Badminton
* Baseball
* Basketball (men \- women)
* Cricket (men – women)
* Field hockey (men – women)
* Floorball (men \- men's U-19 \- women)
* Football
* Ice hockey (men – men's U-20 – women
* women's U-18)
* Ice sledge hockey
* Inline hockey
* Quidditch
* Rugby Rugby league
* Rugby union (sevens)
* Soccer (men – men's youth – women)
* Softball (men \- women)
* Squash (men \- women)
* Tennis (Davis Cup \- Fed Cup)
* Volleyball (men – women)
* Water polo (men – women)

Ice hockey|

* Canadian Amateur Hockey League
* NHL
* Stanley Cup
* Stanley Cup Finals
* World Cup of Hockey
* Canada Cup
* University Cup

* Teams
* British Columbia
* Alberta
* Saskatchewan
* Manitoba
* Ontario
* Quebec
* New Brunswick
* Nova Scotia
* Prince Edward Island
* Newfoundland and Labrador

Football|

* U Sports football
* CFL
* Grey Cup
* List of Grey Cup champions
* Vanier Cup
* List of teams

Soccer|

* Leagues
* Canadian Premier League
* Northern Super League
* League1 Canada
* AB · BC · ON (men · women) · QC

* Cups
* Canadian Championship
* Challenge Trophy
* Inter-Provincial Championship
* Jubilee Trophy
* Futsal Canadian Championship

* List of teams

Rugby league|

* Tournaments
* Ontario Rugby League
* British Columbia Rugby League

Other sports|

* Teams... Baseball
* defunct
* Basketball
* Lacrosse

* Tournaments... Golf
* Motorsport
* Tennis
* Cycle
* Soccer
* Horse races
* Curling

Governing bodies|

* Alpine Canada
* Archery
* Athletics Canada
* Aquatic Federation of Canada
* Baseball Canada
* Biathlon Canada
* Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton
* Basketball
* Canadian Blind Sport Association
* Canadian Canoe Association
* Canadian Cerebral Palsy Sports Association
* Curling Canada
* Cycling Canada Cyclisme
* Canadian Fencing Federation
* Canadian Freestyle Ski Association
* Canadian Interuniversity Sport
* Canadian Lacrosse Association
* Canadian Luge Association
* Canadian Olympic Committee
* Canadian Orienteering Federation
* Canadian Paralympic Committee
* Canada Rugby League
* Canadian Snowboard Federation
* Canadian Soccer Association
* Canadian Wheelchair Basketball Association
* Canadian Wheelchair Sports Association
* Canadian Yachting Association
* Cricket Canada
* Cross Country Canada
* (Canadian Hockey League)
* Diving
* Equine Canada
* Federation of Canadian Archers
* Field Hockey Canada
* Floorball Canada
* Golf Canada
* Hockey Canada
* Judo Canada
* Karate Canada
* Nordic Combined Ski Canada
* Quidditch Canada
* Rowing Canada
* Rugby Canada
* Minister of State (Sport)
* Ski Jumping Canada
* Skate Canada
* Shooting Federation of Canada
* Speed Skating Canada
* Sport Canada
* Squash Canada
* Swimming Natation Canada
* Synchro
* Table Tennis Canada
* Tennis Canada
* Volleyball Canada
* Water Polo

Related|

* Quebec Games
* Western Canada Summer Games
* ParticipACTION
* List of stadiums in Canada
* List of Canada Games

* Category

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Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Sports Special

1975–1990|

* 1975 World Series (1975–76)
* 1976 Summer Olympics (1976–77)
* Heavyweight championship boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks (1977–78)
* Super Bowl XIII (1978–79)
* 1980 Winter Olympics (1979–80)
* 1981 Kentucky Derby (1980–81)
* 1982 NCAA men's basketball national championship (1981–82)
* 1982 World Series (1982–83)
* Not awarded (1983–84)
* 1984 Summer Olympics (1984–85)
* Not awarded (1985–86)
* 1987 Daytona 500 (1986–87)
* 1987 Kentucky Derby (1987–88)
* 1988 Summer Olympics (1988)
* 1989 Indianapolis 500 (1989)
* 1990 Indianapolis 500 (1990)

1991–2009|

* 1991 NBA Finals (1991)
* 1992 Breeders Cup (1992)
* 1993 World Series (1993)
* 1994 Stanley Cup Finals (1994)
* Cal Ripken Jr.'s 2,131st consecutive game (1995)
* 1996 World Series (1996)
* 1997 NBA Finals (1997)
* Mark McGwire's 62nd home run (1998)
* 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (1999)
* 2000 World Series (2000)
* 2001 World Series (2001)
* 2002 Winter Olympics (2002)
* 2003 Major League Baseball postseason (2003)
* 2004 Masters Tournament (2004)
* 2005 Open Championship (2005)
* 2006 Major League Baseball postseason (2006)
* 2007 Fiesta Bowl (2007)
* 2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship (2008)
* Super Bowl XLIII (2009)

2010–present|

* 2010 FIFA World Cup Final (2010)
* 2011 World Series (2011)
* Super Bowl XLVI (2012)
* 2013 World Series (2013)
* Super Bowl XLIX (2014)
* Super Bowl 50 (2015)
* 2016 World Series (2016)
* Army–Navy Game (2017)
* 2018 World Series (2018)
* 2019 Masters Tournament (2019)
* 2020 NBA All-Star Game (2020)
* MLB at Field of Dreams (2021)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Czech Republic
* Israel

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