Look back at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, 50 years later
Fifty years later, take a look at some of the highlights from the 1976 Olympic Games held in Montreal.
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The Flame Burns On The Olympic flame burns brightly above the track as competitors vie for first place at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. (PHOTO PC/archives)
1976 Montreal Olympics Jerome Drayton of Canada takes a drink during the men's marathon event on July 31, 1976 at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Drayton, who won the Boston marathon in 1977 and held the Canadian men's marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80.THE CANADIAN PRESS/CP
Raelene Boyle Australia's Raelene Boyle competes in the women's 4x100m relay during the Montreal Olympics on July 31, 1976. The Canadian Press/Ernie
Kornelia Ender Kornelia Ender of East Germany after a gold medal win in the women's 200-meter freestyle during the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Que., on July 22, 1976. On the left is Claudia Hempel of East Germany. THE CANADIAN PRESS/files
1976 Montreal Olympics Nancy Garapick of Halifax is shown during the women's 200-metre backstroke swimming event at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, July 25, 1976. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ball
Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Lord Killanin, Michael Morris, Prince Andrew Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, stands during the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Montreal, July 17, 1976. At right are Lord Killanin, president of the International Olympic Committee, Britain's Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Andrew, seated behind. (AP Photo)
1976 Montreal Olympics Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau with a model of the proposed Olympic Stadium, explains in the Quebec City national assembly in January, 1975 how despite soaring costs the Montreal 1976 games will be self-financing. Drapeau, the autocratic mayor with the common touch who ruled Montreal for 29 years and whose crowning achievement was Expo 67, died Thursday, August 12, 1999 at 83. (CP PHOTO)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew enjoy a walkabout from Veledrome to Stadium at the Montreal Olympics in Quebec, July 23, 1976. (CP PHOTO/Wally Hayes)
1976 Montreal Olympics FILE - In this July 18, 1976, file photo, Nadia Comaneci, of Romania, dismounts from the uneven parallel bars during a perfect "10" performance at the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada. Bela and Martha Karolyi, famous for training Comaneci, the first woman gymnast to win a perfect score, went on to help USA Gymnastics to win 41 Olympic medals, including 13 gold over three decades. Former U.S. gymnasts and coaches interviewed by The Associated Press have described a culture rife with verbal and emotional abuse. (AP Photo/Paul Vathis, File)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II watches action in Canada-Cuba men's basketball at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Que., July 19, 1976. With her are Abdel Moneim Wahby, president of the International Basketball Federation, and Jean Lafleur, COJO operations director (right). (CP PHOTO/Wally Hayes)
Nadia Comaneci Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci performs on the balance beam. (CP photo)
Silver For Joy Twenty-year-old Greg Joy of Vancouver clears the high jump during Olympic finals competition Aug. 11, 1976 in Montreal. Joy has seen Canadian high jumpers come and go in the last 36 years, with none being able to match his podium finish at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
1976 Montreal Olympics FILE - This July 30, 1976 file photo shows athlete Bruce Jenner reacting after securing gold in the Olympic Decathlon in Montreal, Canada. With speculation flying, Bruce Jenner's mother opened up Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, about his gender journey. Esther Jenner, 88, has been besieged by calls from the media in recent days, but the widow in Lewiston, Idaho, isn't interested in fueling gossip. Instead, in a wide-ranging, nearly hour-long phone interview, she praised her Olympian son for his courage, stopping short of some details that have been floated by unnamed sources online and in tabloids. (AP Photo, File)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive for the opening ceremonies of the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Que., July 17, 1976. (CP PHOTO/Hayes)
1976 Montreal Olympics Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau seems a little more enthusiastic about things than Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa as they tour Olympic Stadium in Montreal Sunday after the Olympic facilities were officially turned over to the Olympic organizating committee to prepare for games. (CP PHOTO) 1999 (stf-Chris Haney)
Royal Family at the Olympics Prince Philip gives Princess Anne a few words of Advice while Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Prince Andrew listen in prior to her starting in the cross-country three day equestrian event at Bromont, Quebec July 24, 1976. The Olympic Games were officially opened in Montreal by Queen Elizabeth July 17. (CP Photo/ Chuck Mitchell)
1976 Montreal Olympics Japanese gymnast Shun Fujimoto proudly displays Olympic gold medal he won during team gymnastic championships and the cast on his injured leg on the grounds of the Olympic Village in Montreal Thursday July 22, 1976. He first hurt his leg in floor exercises but finished his rings program with a triple somersault and twist. (AP Photo/LaForge)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizbeth II and Prince Andrew arrive for the cycling competition at the Montreal Olympics in Quebec, July 23, 1976. (CP PHOTO/Wally Hayes)
1976 Montreal Olympics FILE - In this July 31, 1976, file photo, Leon Spinks, right, of the United States, lets a right fly at the face of Sixto Soria, of Cuba in an Olympic light heavyweight boxing match at the XXI Summer Games in Montreal. For the first time since 1980, men in Rio de Janeiro will box in the Olympics without wearing headgear. (AP Photo/File)
Joy Wins Silver With the Olympic Flame in the background Canadian Greg Joy makes his final high jump winning the silver medal for Canada during the 1976 Olympic Games held in Montreal. (CP PHOTO/ file)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II watches the cycling competition at the Montreal Olympics in Quebec, July 23, 1976. With her are (left to right), Maurice Jeffries, diector of cycling competition, A.T. Berthiaume, director cycling welcoming committee, and Prince Andrew. (CP PHOTO/Wally Hayes)
Lighting the Olympic Urn Left to right, Sandra Henderson, 16, of Toronto, and Stephane Prefontaine, 14, of Montreal share the honor of igniting the urn at Olympic stadium during the opening of the Olympic Games July 17, 1976. (CP PHOTO/ files)
Leonard Szczerba FILE - In this July 29, 1976, file phot, Sugar Ray Leonard of Palmer Park, Md., right, throws a right at Kazmier Szczerba of Poland during the light welterweight boxing match at the XXI Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Once dominant, U.S. boxers have won a grand total of one bronze medal in the last two Olympics and were embarrassed by being shut out in London. Unfortunately, things look just as bleak for the Americans next month in Rio. (AP Photo/File)
1976 Montreal Olympics Romania's Nadia Comaneci, 14, performs her part of the balance beam routine Thursday July 23, 1976 in Olympic competition in Montreal. This multiple exposure study points out the grace of her movements, leading to a gold medal and a perfect score in the event. (AP Photo/Suzanne Vlamis)
Opening Ceremonies With Abby Hoffman carrying the flag, the Canadian Olympic team enters the stadium July 17, 1976 during the opening ceremonies for the 21st Olympiad. (CP PHOTO/file)
Sandpaper Helps Nadia Comaneci of Romania uses sandpaper before mounting the uneven bars to score a perfect 10 in the women's gymnastic compulsaries. Nadja, 15, scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic history. (CP PHOTO/ Doug Ball)
1976 Montreal Olympics FILE - In this July 30, 1976 file photo, U.S. athlete Bruce Jenner, of San Jose, Calif., third left, stands on the podium after receiving the gold medal in the men's decathlon at the XXI Olympic held in Montreal, Canada. Guido Kratschmer, of West German, second left, took home the silver and Mykola Avilov, of the Soviet Union, right, took home the bronze. With speculation flying, Bruce Jenner's mother opened up Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, about his gender journey. Esther Jenner, 88, has been besieged by calls from the media in recent days, but the widow in Lewiston, Idaho, isn't interested in fueling gossip. Instead, in a wide-ranging, nearly hour-long phone interview, she praised her Olympian son for his courage, stopping short of some details that have been floated by unnamed sources online and in tabloids. (AP Photo, File)
Soar Above The Crowd Nadia Comaneci flies upside down on the uneven bars during her routine at the 1976 Olympic Games held in Montreal. (CP PHOTO/ files)
1976 Montreal Olympics FILE - In this July 17, 1976, file photo, athletes and fans fill the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, after the raising of the Olympic flag during opening ceremonies for the Summer Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Pool, File)
Silver For Joy Twenty-year-old Greg Joy of Vancouver clears the high jump during Olympic finals competition Aug. 11, 1976 in Montreal. Joy has seen Canadian high jumpers come and go in the last 36 years, with none being able to match his podium finish at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
1976 Montreal Olympics FILE - In this July 17, 1976, file photo, the Olympic Flame during the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympic Games. (AP Photo/File)
Queen Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II watches the Olympic swimming action in Montreal, Que., July 19, 1976. (CP PHOTO/Wally Hayes)
Opening Ceremonies This shot shows the grounds for the ceremony opening the1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. (CP PHOTO/ file)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II tours the Olympic village July 18, 1976 in Montreal, Que. (CP PHOTO/Wally Hayes)
1976 Montreal Olympics File: In this July 29 1976 file photo, Poland's Irena Szewinska, center, sprints to gold in a World Record time in the Women's 400 Meter event at the Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada. The Polish sprinter who dominated women’s athletics for two decades, winning seven Olympic medals, has died aged 72 June 29 2017. (AP Photo, File)
Edwin Moses FILE - In this June 21, 1980, file photo, Edwin Moses, gold medal winner in 1976 in Montreal, wins in the 400 intermediate hurdles as the 1980 Olympic trials in Eugene, Ore. Moses, the man who once won a remarkable 107 finals in a row from 1977-87 and who lowered the world record to 47.02 seconds during his prime, says he has been enjoying watching hurdlers break new barriers over the past two years. (AP Photo/File)
Opening Ceremonies This is a July 17, 1976 photo of members of the Canadian Olympic team waving to the crowd as they depart the Olympic stadium following the opening ceremonies. (CP PICTURE ARCHIVE/natpool-Boris Spremo)
Trudeaus Visit Wrestling Competition Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau watches Olympic Wrestling, while sons Alexandre (Sacha) age 2, (C), and Justin age 4 seem content to watch the crowd. The Trudeaus visited the wrestling competition in Montreal July 24, 1976. (CP PHOTO/files)
1976 Montreal Olympics American decathlon gold medalist Bruce Jenner is shown throwing the javelin in Olympic competition in Montreal, July 30, 1976. (AP Photo)
1976 Montreal Olympics Members of the Nigerian Olympic team prepare for their journey home at Montreal's Mirabel Airport July 16, 1976 after it was announced they would boycott the Olympic Games. The boycott came after the IOC refused to expel New Zealand from competition. (The Canadian Press)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II of Britain dressed in a coral-colored costume gets applause as she enters the royal box at Montreal Olympic Stadium for the opening ceremony of the 21st Olympic Games, July 17, 1976. Behind her are Prince Philip, right, and Lord Killanin, President of the IOC, left. (AP Photo)
1976 Montreal Olympics (MOG 15) MONTREAL, July 31--INTO MEDAL CONTENTION--Greg Joy of Vancouver raises his arms in victory after clearing 2.21 metres Saturday night to move in for a shot at a gold medal for Canada. (CP PHOTO) 1976
Royal Family at the Olympics Prince Philip gives Princess Anne a few words of Advice while Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Prince Andrew listen in prior to her starting in the cross-country three day equestrian event at Bromont, Quebec July 24, 1976. The Olympic Games were officially opened in Montreal by Queen Elizabeth July 17. (CP Photo/ Chuck Mitchell)
1976 Montreal Olympics FILE - In this July 26, 1976 file photo, U.S. athlete Bruce Jenner leaps in the air during the long jump event in the decathlon at the Summer Olympic games in Montreal, Canada. Jenner later won the gold medal. With speculation flying, Bruce Jenner's mother opened up Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, about his gender journey. Esther Jenner, 88, has been besieged by calls from the media in recent days, but the widow in Lewiston, Idaho, isn't interested in fueling gossip. Instead, in a wide-ranging, nearly hour-long phone interview, she praised her Olympian son for his courage, stopping short of some details that have been floated by unnamed sources online and in tabloids. (AP Photo, File)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II flashes a smile for Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau at a reception at Montreal city hall July 17, 1976. The Queen will open the Olympics later that afternoon. (CP PHOTO/Hayes)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II inspects the guard of honour lined-up at the Canadian Forces base St. Hubert, some 20 miles south of Montreal where she arrived July 16, 1976 to attend the 21st Olympic Games to be opened by her July 17. (CP PHOTO/Wally Hayes)
Pole Salutes Canadian Poles Jacek Wszola, winner of the Olympic High Jump gold, applauds Canadas Greg Joy of Vancouver during medal presentation July 31, 1976. Joy made things exciting at the end and came up with a silver medal for Canada. (CP PHOTO/ file)
Princess Anne, Mark Phillips Princess Anne and husband Capt. Mark Phillips at the XXI Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada in 1976. (AP Photo)
Gold Comaneci Nadia Comaneci of Romania waves to the crowd July 22, 1976 after winning her fifth medal in Olympic Gymnastics. Miss Comaneci won a total of three gold, one silver and one bronze in her efforts which included Seven perfect performances. (CP PHOTO/ Gravel)
Leonard Szczerba FILE - In this July 29, 1976, file photo, the United States' Sugar Ray Leonard, right, throws a right at Kazmier Szczerba, of Poland, during the light welterweight boxing match at the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal. (AP Photo/File)
High Jump Highjumper Greg Joy of Vancouver, B.C., clears the bar Saturday, July 31, 1976, during final competition in the men's high jump at Olympic Stadium. (CP PHOTO/Bill Ironside) 1999
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II stands with Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau at a reception at Montreal city hall July 17, 1976. The Queen will open the Olympics later that afternoon. (CP PHOTO/Hayes)
Nadia Comaneci Romania's Nadia Comaneci performs perfectly on the balance beam on July 19, 1976 during the Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada. She won the gold medal in the All-Around competition. (AP Photo/stf)
Gold For Dibiasi, Dibiasi Dives for Gold Italian Klaus Dibiasi dives for his third consecutive gold medal in the men's 10-meter platform dive during the Summer Olympics in Montreal, July 27, 1976. Dibiasi won the gold in the 1968 and 1972 games as well. (AP Photo)
1976 Montreal Olympics FILE - In this July 26, 1976, file photo, the United States women's relay team, from top left, Wendy Boglioli, Kim Peyton, and Jill Sterkel celebrate after Shirley Babashoff, bottome left, finished the final leg of the 4x100 meter freestyle relay event to win gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. Babashoff has a bunch of silver medals. They should be gold. The International Olympic Committee should have fixed this travesty years ago but inexplicably continues to drag its feet. (AP Photo/File)
John Walker John Walker of New Zealand, world record holder for the one mile run, holds his arms high in triumph, after his win Saturday, July 31, 1976, in the Olympic 1500 metre event. (CP PHOTO)
Kornelia Ender, Shirley Babashoff FILE - In this July 19, 1976, file photo, East German swimmer Kornelia Ender, right, who was awarded the Olympic gold medal for the 200 meter freestyle event, stands on the podium, as her main opponent, silver medalist Shirley Babashoff of the U.S. acknowledges the crowd during the medal ceremony in Montreal, Canada. Babashoff has a bunch of silver medals. They should be gold. The International Olympic Committee should have fixed this travesty years ago but inexplicably continues to drag its feet. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II waves to the crowd as she departs from the Canadian Forces base St. Hubert, some 20 miles south of Montreal where she arrived July 16, 1976 to attend the 21st Olympic Games to be opened by her July 17. (CP PHOTO/Wally Hayes)
1976 Montreal Olympics With a sweep of his arm, Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau shows off the Olympic Velodrome to IOC President Lord Killanin during tour of the cycling facilities on this July 7, 1976 file photo. Drapeau, the autocratic mayor with the common touch who ruled Montreal for 29 years and whose crowning achievement was Expo 67, died Thursday, August 12, 1999 at 83. (CP PHOTO/Doug Ball)
Robinson Canada's Bill Robinson breaks through Cuban defenders during action at the Summer Olympics in Montreal, July 19, 1976. Robinson scored 16 points to pace Canada to a 84-79 win. (CP PHOTO/POOL-Boris Spremo)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrive at the diving competition at the Montreal Olympics July 19, 1976. Diving director Jean Pierre Cyr accompanies the royal couple. (CP PHOTO/Wally Hayes)
1976 Montreal Olympics Nadia Comaneci from Romania performs during compulsory events and optional exercises, July 18,1976 in Montreal at the Summer Olympic Games. (AP Photo)
The Flame Burns On The Olympic Flame burns high above the track while competitors vie for the winning position at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Summer Games. (CP PHOTO/file)
Light Olympic Urn Sandra Henderson (R) 16, of Tronto, qnd Stepahne Prefontaine (L), 14, of Montreal share the honor of igniting the Urn at the Olympic stadium during the opening of the Olympic Games in Montreal July 17, 1976.(CP PHOTO/Doug Ball)
Jocelyn Lovell Canadian cyclist Jocelyn Lovell (left) talks to Olympic cycling team coach Barry Lycett at the Velodrome in Montreal in a July 20, 1976 file photo. Lovell, the three-time Olympian, has died at age 65. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ball
Nadia Comaneci Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, 14, performs a flip on the balance beam en route to a gold medal in the event during the Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on July 22, 1976. (AP Photo/Stephanie Maze)
1976 Montreal Olympics FILE - In this July 20, 1976, file photo, flagless poles stand in the Olympic Village in Montreal. Dozens of countries, mainly from Africa, boycotted the 1976 Montreal Games to protest New Zealand's sporting ties to the South African apartheid regime. This year's Tokyo Games will be an Olympics like no other. But that isn't such a rarity for an event that has persevered through wars, boycotts and even a pandemic in its 125-year modern history. (AP Photo/File)
John Wood John Wood of Mississauga, Ont., churns his way towards a silver medal win for Canada in the menÕs 500-meter canoe singles event in Montreal on July 30, 1976. THE CANADIAN PRESS
1976 Montreal Olympics Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau seems a little more enthusiastic about things than Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa as they tour Olympic Stadium in Montreal Sunday after the Olympic facilities were officially turned over to the Olympic organizating committee to prepare for games next month. Drapeau, the autocratic mayor with the common touch who ruled Montreal for 29 years and whose crowning achievement was Expo 67, died Thursday, August 12, 1999 at 83. (CP PHOTO/Chris Haney)
Montreal Olympic Stadium Crowds sit on hillside on north side of Olympic stadium July 17, 1976 in Montreal, QC as they await the arrival of Olympic teams along roadway to left. (CP PHOTO/Chuck Stoody)
1976 Montreal Olympics Queen Elizabeth II watches the diving competition at the Montreal Olympics July 19, 1976. With her are FINA president, Dr. Harold Henning (left) and Jean Pierre Cyr, director of the diving competition. (CP PHOTO/Wally Hayes)
Amik Amik, the beaver mascot of the 1976 Olympic Games is pictured in this Feb. 27, 1975 file photo in Montreal. The Canadian Press
1976 Montreal Olympics Royal Family in Montreal, Quebec during the 1976 Olympics.
Left to right: Prince Philip, Princess Anne, husband Mark Phillips, Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Andrew and Prince Charles. (CP PHOTO/Wally Hayes)
1976 Montreal Olympics Prince Philip gives Princess Anne a few words of advice while Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Prince Andrew listen in prior to her starting in the cross-country three day equestrian event at Bromont, Quebec, July 24, 1976. The Olympic Games were officially opened in Montreal by Queen Elizabeth July 17. (CP Photo/Chuck Mitchell)
1976 Montreal Olympics Maj.Gen. Olufemi Olutoye, Preident of the Nigerian Olympic Committee, announces his country's withdrawal from the Montreal Olympics during a news conference in Montreal, July 16, 1976. They withdrew to protest the New Zealand rugby team's tour of South Africa. (The Canadian Press/Lynn Ball)
1976 Montreal Olympics FILE - The Montreal Olympic Stadium and the Olympic Veledrome are shown in this June 1976 photo. They were a huge success despite shocking cost over-runs and construction delays and the fact that there was no gold among the host country’s 11 medals. (CP PICTURE ARCHIVE/stf)
John Bertrand Australian John Bertrand is followed by an unidentified competitor during Olympic yachting Olympic competition in Montreal on July 19, 1976. The Canadian Press/Lawson
1976 Montreal Olympics FILE - In this 1976, file photo, Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci stands before a scoreboard in Montreal, Canada. The Perfect 10 made the Romanian superstar more than a champion. It made her a legend. Yet four decades after her barrier-shattering uneven bars routine in Montreal, the one that ended with Comaneci and coach Bela Karolyi initially staring at the scoreboard in confusion when it read 1.00 because it wasn’t outfitted to put up the first 10.0 in Olympic history, Comaneci wonders where the recognition of flawlessness has gone. (AP Photo/File)
Willie Davenport Willie Davenport from Baton Rouge, La., laces his shoes as he sits near the Olympic Velodrome during training for the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal in this July 9, 1976 file photo. (AP Photo/File)