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The Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (OCOG), headed by president and commissioner Roger Rousseau, was responsible for planning and overseeing the construction of Olympic facilities, as well as the financing and operation of the Games. The committee oversaw the construction of the Stadium (which later housed the Montreal Expos), the Swimmi...

An important part of the Olympic Games is the torch relay. On 13 July 1976, before a gallery of dignitaries, Maria Moscholiou (acting as high priestess of the flame) knelt near the Temple of Hera in Olympia and lit the Olympic flame. The relay then travelled more than 550 kilometres on Greek soil before reaching Athens on 15 July; there, the flame ...

On 17 July 1976, at 3:00 p.m. more than 73,000 people gathered in the Olympic Stadium to take part in the Opening Ceremonies of the Montréal Olympics. The rituals began with the arrival of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Prince Philipand Prince Andrew and by IOC president Lord Killanen and Commissioner of the Games Roger Rousseau. Th...

In total, 6,084 athletes (1,260 women and 4,824 men) from 92 nations took part in the Olympic Games. However, this did not include athletes from 22 African countries that officially withdrew from the Games due to the sporting links between New Zealand and apartheid South Africa. The central issue was the refusal of the International Olympic Committ...

The programme at the Montréal Games included 198 events representing 23 Olympic sports. These events took place at 27 competition sites, several located outside of Montréal (including Kingston, which hosted the sailing events). Significantly, women would compete in basketball, handball and rowing competitions for the first time in the Olympics (for...

During the Montréal Olympics, athletes set more than 45 new Olympic records, including 23 in swimming and 18 in athletics. Swimming At the Olympic Pool, members of the powerful East German women's team recorded 11 new Olympic scores while in men’s competition, the Americans dominated, breaking 11 records. Canadian swimmers picked up eight medals in...

The Montréal Olympics ended on 1 August 1976 with the closing ceremonies. The colourful show included more than 500 dancers forming the five Olympic rings. As a tribute to the First Nations, several hundred Indigenous people were invited to set up wigwams inside the rings. The audience gave Mayor Jean Drapeau, the instigator of the Games, a standin...