Montreal 1976

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Opening date17.07.1976
Closing date01.08.1976
Candidate citiesFirenze, Los Angeles, Moscow
Participating countries92 - First time in Olympics (Andorra, Antigua, Belize,, Caiman Islands, Guinea
Athletes6863 - (968 women, 5895 men)
Spectators3 195 000
Chairman of Olympic Management CommitteeRoger Rousseau
The Patron of the GamesHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Official opening of the Games byHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Lighting the Olympic Flame byStéphane Préfontaine and Sandra Henderson (two athletes aged 16 and 15)
Olympic OathPierre Saint-Jean (weightlifting)
Official Oath byMaurice Forget (athletics)

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Discus throw
PosAthleteNatMark
1MacWilkinsUSA67.5
2WolfgangSchmidtGDR66.22
3JohnPowellUSA65.7
4NorbertThiedeGDR64.3
5SiegfriedPachaleGDR64.24
6PenttiKahmaFIN63.12
7KnutHjeltnesNOR63.06
8JaySilvesterUSA61.98
9LudvikDanekTCH61.28
10VelkoVelevBUL60.94
11FerencTeglaHUN60.54
12Hein-DireckNeuGER60.46
13JosefŠilhavyTCH58.42
14JanosFaragoHUN57.48
15ArmandoDe VincentisITA55.86

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AthleteResult
Gerd Kanter71.45
Jason Young69.90
Piotr Malachowski69.83
Robert Harting69.69
Zoltán Kővágó69.69
Ehsan Hadadi68.45
Bogdan Pischalnikov67.23
Roland Varga67.20
Mario Pestano66.90
Jarred Rome66.71

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