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  Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
At the 1976 Summer Olympics two archery events were contested.
It was the second iteration of the modern archery competition in the Olympics, following the same format as in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Luann Ryon of the United States broke both of her countrywoman Doreen Wilber's Olympic records in the event (FITA round and double FITA round) on her way to the second straight gold medal for an American in the women's competition.
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 1976 Summer Olympics
In the bid to organise the Olympics, Montreal defeated Moscow and Los Angeles, which would organise the 1980 and 1984 Olympics.
In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania lead a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused not to admit the New Zealand team.
The Olympic Stadium, a daring design of French architect Roger Taillibert[?], remains a lasting monument to the huge deficit, as it never had an effective retractable roof, and the tower was only completed after the Olympics.
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 1976 Summer Olympics
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Olympic Flame was "electronically" transmitted from Athens to Ottawa, by means of an electronic pulse derived from the actual burning flame.
1976 was the first time Canada hosted the Olympics; it has subsequently hosted the Olympics once more, at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, and will host the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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 Quaest.io on 1976 Summer Olympics
Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 games in May of 1970 over the bid of Moscow and Los Angeles cities, who later hosted the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games respectively.
It has subsequently hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the largest city in the province of Alberta, and was selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the largest city in the province of British Columbia, and it will become the largest major city in a country ever to host a Winter Olympics.
Montreal saw the 1976 games as a chance to build on its world prestige that was first developed during the 1967 World's Fair, known as Expo 67 on Canada's centennial.
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 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were held in 1984 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
In the wake of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 Eastern Bloc countries and allies including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany (but not Romania), boycotted these Olympics.
Olympic soccer was unexpectedly played before massive crowds throughout America, with several sell-outs at the 100,000+ seat Rose Bowl.
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 1976 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games in May of 1970 over the bid of Moscow and Los Angeles, who later hosted the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games respectively.
Canada has subsequently hosted the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, the largest city in the province of Alberta, and was selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the largest city in the province of British Columbia, and it will become the largest major city in a country ever to host a Winter Olympics.
The capital of the host province of the Olympics, Quebec City, was a candidate city of the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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 Indonesia at the 1976 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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Flag of Indonesia Indonesia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
It was the nation's sixth appearance in the Olympics.
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 Norway at the 1976 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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Flag of Norway Norway was represented at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports.
In the second appearance by the nation in the archery competition at the Olympics, Norway was represented by only one man. A veteran of the 1972 Summer Olympics, Jan Erik Humlekjaer shot two points less than his performance of four years before.
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 West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Flag of West Germany West Germany competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
It was the fourth time that West Germany had competed separately from East Germany and fifteenth overall appearance at the Olympics for German athletes.
In their second Olympics competing in archery, West Germany captured seventh place on the national leaderboard with a 6th place in the men's competition and an 8th place in the women's.
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 United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States The United States competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
After winning both gold medals in the first modern Olympic archery contest at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the United States returned only one of the six archers who had competed in Munich, Linda Myers.
Luann Ryon set new Olympic records for women's competition in both the single FITA round and the double FITA round categories.
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 Australia at the 1976 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Flag of Australia Australia competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
It was the eighteenth time that the nation had competed, being one of only four nations to have competed in every Summer Olympics to that time.
In the second Olympic archery competition that Australia contested, the nation sent two women and two men.
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 Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com
The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade").
For each Olympics, a new flame is started in the ancient Olympic stadium in Olympia, Elis, Greece, using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun.
The events in the Summer Olympics include: archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football (soccer), gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, kayaking, marathon, pentathlon, ping pong, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, taekwando, tennis, track and field (many running, jumping, and throwing events), triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman).
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 1972 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Lasse Virén of Finland won the and 10000 m (the latter after a a feat he would repeat in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
For the first time the Olympic Oath is also taken by a representative the referees.
Guinness book of Olympic records: Complete roll of Olympic medal winners (1896-1972, including 1906) for the 28 sports (7 winter and 21 summer) to be...
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 1972 Summer Olympics
In the bid to organise the Olympics, Detroit, Madrid and Montreal were beaten.
Lasse Virén of Finland won the 5000 and 10000 m (the latter after a fall), a feat he would repeat in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
In basketball, the United States' Olympic winning streak, which started in 1936, was ended.
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 Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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Flag of Canada Canada competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
It was the seventeenth time that the nation had competed, having missed only the first Olympics in 1896.
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 Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Flag of Great Britain The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
It was the eighteenth time that the nation had competed, being one of only four nations to have competed in every Olympics to that point.
In the second appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, two men and two women represented the country.
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 1976 Athletics Olympics Summer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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Richard McKinney fell to fourth place in the final rankings, however, as Hiroshi Michinaga of Japan and Giancarlo Ferrari of Italy surged forward to grab the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
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 Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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Flag of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
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 1976 Olympics
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 1976 Olympics
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 The Summer Olympics
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 1976 Summer Olympics
In a protest to a tour of South Africa by the New Zealand rugby team, Tanzania led a boycott of 22 African nations as the IOC refused to not admit the New Zealand team.
Five American boxerss, including Sugar Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, Leo Randolph and Howard Davis Jr won gold medals in boxing.
The Canadian field hockey team wins gold on goals scored by Arlo Grayson, Philip Nowicki, Adam Kerr, and Simon Tipler.
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 Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Final results for the Football competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, and Sherbrooke.
Groups A, C and D had only three teams instead of four, as Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia national teams adhered to African-led boycott of the Games (which was announced only a day before the opening ceremony).
The football tournament was held in four venues:
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 United States at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The United States competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
National Olympic Committees at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada
This page was last modified 22:40, 21 February 2006.
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