Montreal 1976

Montreal was the host of the XXI summer olympics. For the first time ever Canada hosted an Olympic Games. They would later host the [[1988 Winter Olympic Games|

Montreal logo

1988 Winter Olympic Games]] in Calgary and then the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. This was the first ever Olympics where the Cauldron was lite by two people. They chose two teenagers to symbolise the youth of Canada and the two founding groups of Canada.

Although this was a big event for Canada it came at a major cost to Montreal. It was a finacial disaster because the original estimated 310 million dollar cost gets pushed to 1.5 billion after labour problems, financial mismanagement, the adition of an extravagant stadium, added security (which was definately needed after the 1972 Munich Games) and other expenses

Boycotts and Politics

Although 92 Nations competed there were many who boycotted these games

When the IOC refused to ban New Zealand after New Zealand's rugby union team toured the racially segragated South Africa. Because of this 28 countries, mainly in Africa, banned the Montreal games. This included;

• Algeria
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guyana
• Iraq
• Kenya
• Libya
• Lesotho
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Morocco
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Republic of Upper Volta
• Zambia

The Peoples Republic of China and the Republic of China (later known as Taiwan) over issues concerning the legitimacy of each other. Canada originally bars the Republic of China but later allows them to compete if they don't refer to themselves as the Republic of China. They become outraged and withdraw from the olympics anyway.

Medals and Acomplishments

Nadia Comaneci, a 14 year old Romanian gymnast, scores 7 perfect 10s. This is a world first because before this no one had even scored one perfect 10 in the history of the games. She went on to win 3 gold medals, a silver and a bronze for her country

Two Teenagers lighting the cauldron in Montreal

The Montreal Torch

A Montreal 1976 gold medal

Amik was montreal's beaver mascot