Montreal 1976

The Montreal Olympics takes place on 17 July 1976 with awesome opening ceremony. Hardly, 6084 athletes out 1260 women and 4284 men from 92 nations participated in the Olympics competition. In Montreal 1976, official opening was done by majesty queen Elizabeth II and the lighting was performed by stephane prefontaine and Sandra Henderson.

In boxing heavyweight event, Clarence Hill of Bermuda won the bronze medal. Miklos Németh of Hungary won the javelin throw and his father imre won the hammer throw in 1948. Successfully 198 events were conducted for the athletes to encourage and motivate their talents in different sports activities. The Japanese women’s win the volleyball and Klaus Dibiasi of Italy won the gold medal in platform diving. Women events like basketball, rowing and handball were included for the first time. Viktor saneyev of soviet Georgia won the third triple jump gold and Irene szewinska of Poland won seven medals in five different events.