1976年加拿大蒙特利尔运动会于7月17日正式开幕。本届奥林匹克火焰传递采取了与以往不同的作法。7月13日于奥林匹亚点燃，火种传到雅典后，不象以往用轮船、飞机或接力传递，而是利用卫星传到加拿大首都渥太华，随后进行火炬接力跑，7月17日传递到蒙特利尔。最后点燃主体场奥林匹克火焰，是由一对少年男女共同完成的。这是奥运会史上的第一次、也是唯一的一次由两人共同执行这一光荣的使命。



KEY FACTS

Opening date: 17 July 1976

Closing date: 01 August 1976

Country of the host city: Montreal (Canada)

Sports: 21

MONTREAL1976 Games of the XXI Olympiad

The 1976 Montreal Games were marred by an African boycott to protest the fact that the national rugby team of New Zealand had toured South Africa and New Zealand was scheduled to compete in the Olympics. Women's events were included for the first time in basketball, rowing and team handball.

Fourteen-year-old gymnast Nadia Comaneci of Romania caused a sensation when, for her performance on the uneven bars, she was awarded the first-ever perfect score of 10.0. She eventually earned seven 10.0s. On the men's side, Japan's Shun Fujimoto broke his leg while completing his floor exercises routine. The Japanese team was engaged in a close contest with the Soviet Union, so Fujimoto kept his injury secret. But when he dismounted from the rings, he dislocated his knee and was forced to withdraw.

Alberto Juantorena of Cuba put together the first 40m-800m double victory. Miklos Németh of Hungary won the javelin throw to become the first son of an athletics gold medalist to win a gold of his own. His father, Imre, had won the hammer throw in 1948. Clarence Hill of Bermuda earned a bronze medal in boxing’s super-heavyweight division to give Bermuda the honor of being the least populous nation (53,500) ever to win a medal in the Summer Olympics.

Do You Know? 发生了非洲抵制事件是怎么回事？

Despite there being no African athletes present (they participated in a boycott organised by Tanzania, in which 22 countries came together to protest against a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand national rugby team), the standard of the competitions at the 1976 Olympic Games was very high.

由坦桑尼亚发起的非洲22个国家反对新西兰橄榄球队参赛事件最终导致了没有非洲运动员参加奥运会，不过1976年奥运会的竞赛水平还是很高的。