HIGHLIGHTS

• At age of 14, Nadia Comaneci (gymnast) of Romania scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals, including the prestigious All-Around. The score board could hold only 3 digits so the score showed a 1.00. In women's gymnastics three gold medals were also won by Nellie Kim (she was from the Soviet Union). Nikolai Andrianov of the USSR won four gold medals, including All-Around, in men's gymnastics.

NADIA COMANECI

NELLIE KIM

NIKOLAI ANDRIANOV

• Taro Aso was a member of the Japanese shooting team. 32 years later, he would be elected as the prime minister of Japan.

TARO ASO

• These Olympic Games were opened by Elizabeth II, as Canada's head of state, and several members of the Royal Family attended the opening ceremony. 

THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THESE OLYMPICS: ELIZABETH II IS OPENING THE GAMES

• The Queen's daughter (The Princess Anne) competed in the Games as part of the British riding team.

                        THE PRINCESS ANNE COMPETING IN THE 

                           1976 OLYMPICS WITH GOODWILL

                                         (HER HORSE)

• The Israeli team walked into the stadium at the Opening Ceremony march, wearing in their white suit like the national flag a black ribbon in commemoration of the 1972 Munich massacre.

THE ISRAELI TEAM IN THE 1976 OLYMPICS

• Women's events were introduced in basketball, handball and rowing.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

WOMEN'S HANDBALL



WOMEN'S ROWING