Montreal Summer Olympics
Introduction
The Montreal summer Olympics were held from July 17 to August 1 1976, beating out Los Angeles and Moscow for the right to host the Olympic games. Canada didn't win any gold medals in the games but the stadium (the Big Owe) became a land mark and it's still used for training and competition today. The stadium itself caused the province to be in debt for 30 years and another reason for this is the seat refunds that they had to make because of certain boycotts. Overall the summer Olympics of 1976 was outstanding as athletes set 45 new Olympic records one of which was a 14 year old Nadia Comaneci.
The Montreal summer Olympics were held from July 17 to August 1 1976, beating out Los Angeles and Moscow for the right to host the Olympic games. Canada didn't win any gold medals in the games but the stadium (the Big Owe) became a land mark and it's still used for training and competition today. The stadium itself caused the province to be in debt for 30 years and another reason for this is the seat refunds that they had to make because of certain boycotts. Overall the summer Olympics of 1976 was outstanding as athletes set 45 new Olympic records one of which was a 14 year old Nadia Comaneci.
The Olympic Boycotts
The 1976 Olympic summer games aren’t the best games by a long shot because of the various boycotts that the games had. Countries such as South Africa and the Republic of China were boycotted for various reasons. This led to other countries threatening not to join the games which included many countries as well as the US. This whole scandal led to only 92 countries participating in the summer games. |
Key Players in the Olympic Games
The Montreal summer Olympics was a significant time in history for athletes as they set and broke various records. During the Montreal Olympic summer games of 1976 athletes set over 45 Olympic records. Records were broken and set in these following sports; swimming, gymnastics, weightlifting, boxing and athletics. One person to mention that performed outstandingly was the 14-year-old Romanian girl Nadia Comaneci as she got the first ever perfect 10 in the uneven bars event.
Olympic Impact
Although the Montreal Olympics was best known for the huge debt it racked up and the racist scandals of the republic of china and the New Zealand national team. There were many great aspects of the Olympics that not only impacted Montreal as a city, but as Canada as a country in whole. The Montreal summer Olympics impact ranged from the Canadian Olympic Association to the social impact had on the city of Montreal.
Although the Montreal Olympics was best known for the huge debt it racked up and the racist scandals of the republic of china and the New Zealand national team. There were many great aspects of the Olympics that not only impacted Montreal as a city, but as Canada as a country in whole. The Montreal summer Olympics impact ranged from the Canadian Olympic Association to the social impact had on the city of Montreal.
The Big Owe
The biggest story of the Montreal Olympics was the 1.5 billion dollar debt it caused the city of Montreal and the province of Quebec. Originally thought to cost only around 300 million dollars, the Olympics were entangled with racial boycotts, labor strikes, and inflation all which led the city of Montreal with this huge debt. The debt was one of the major stories coming out the Olympics and was even more important than events like the African boycott. This lead to the stadium being sarcastically The Big Owe which was derived from its real name The Big O.
The biggest story of the Montreal Olympics was the 1.5 billion dollar debt it caused the city of Montreal and the province of Quebec. Originally thought to cost only around 300 million dollars, the Olympics were entangled with racial boycotts, labor strikes, and inflation all which led the city of Montreal with this huge debt. The debt was one of the major stories coming out the Olympics and was even more important than events like the African boycott. This lead to the stadium being sarcastically The Big Owe which was derived from its real name The Big O.
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