92 NOCs (Nations)
6,084 athletes (1,260 women, 4,824 men)
198 events

Montreal 17 July 1976. Flags of the nations during the Olympic oath.

Official opening of the Games by: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Stéphane Préfontaine and Sandra Henderson (two athletes aged 16 and 15).

Olympic Oath by: Pierre Saint-Jean (weightlifting)

Official Oath by: Maurice Forget (athletics)

Nadia Comaneci (ROM-gymnastics) was the star of the Games. She was the first gymnast in Olympic history to be awarded the perfect score of 10.0. She achieved her first perfect 10 on the uneven parallel bars and the judges awarded her the maximum mark seven times. [Full story]

Despite the absence of Africans involved in a 22-country boycott led by Tanzania, protesting against a recent tour of South Africa by the New Zealand national rugby side, the 1976 Olympics were filled with excellent competitions. [Full story]

An artificial pitch: Hockey was played on an artificial pitch for the first time. [Full story]