1976 Summer Olympics

Games of the XXI Olympiad
Host city	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nations	92
Athletes	6,084 (4,824 men, 1,260 women)
Events	198 in 21 sports (27 disciplines)
Opening	July 17
Closing	August 1
Opened by	Queen Elizabeth II
Cauldron	Stéphane Préfontaine; Sandra Henderson
Stadium	Olympic Stadium
Summer
Winter

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games in May 1970, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles. Moscow would later host the 1980 Summer Olympics, and Los Angeles would later host the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Other websitesEdit

IOC page for the 1976 Summer Olympics

ReferencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. October 9, 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2018.

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[Opening_and_Cauldron-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. October 9, 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2018.

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