Olympic Games (Montreal 1976)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Olympic_Games
gptkbp:boycottedBy gptkb:Guyana
gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Taiwan
African nations
gptkbp:closed 1976-08-01
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Canadian_dollar
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Olympic_Games_(Moscow_1980)
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:Montreal
gptkbp:hostCountry gptkb:Canada
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Olympic Games (Montreal 1976)
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:CAN
gptkbp:logo gptkb:Montreal_1976_Olympic_logo
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Olympic_Stadium_(Montreal)
gptkbp:mascot gptkb:Amik
gptkbp:memberState 92
gptkbp:notableAchievement Nadia Comaneci scored first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics
gptkbp:notableAthlete gptkb:Sugar_Ray_Leonard
gptkb:Bruce_Jenner
gptkb:Alberto_Juantorena
gptkb:Kornelia_Ender
gptkb:Nadia_Comaneci
gptkb:Vladimir_Salnikov
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:African_boycott_over_New_Zealand_rugby_tour_of_apartheid_South_Africa
First Olympics held in Canada
Canada did not win a gold medal
East Germany finished second in medal count
First Olympic Games with a mascot
First use of electronic timing in all events
Significant cost overruns
Soviet Union led medal table
Women competed in basketball for the first time
Taiwan withdrew after Canada denied use of 'Republic of China' name
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes 6084
gptkbp:numberOfEvents 198
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:French
English
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Games_of_the_XXI_Olympiad
gptkbp:opened gptkb:Elizabeth_II
1976-07-17
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Olympic_Games_(Munich_1972)
gptkbp:sport 21
gptkbp:torchLighter gptkb:Sandra_Henderson
gptkb:Stéphane_Préfontaine
gptkbp:torchRelayStartDate gptkb:Montreal,_Canada
gptkb:Olympia,_Greece
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Olympic_Games_(Moscow_1980)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6