THE ARCHITECT OF THE OLYMPIC STADIUM OF CANADA: ROGER TAILLIBERT

     Roger Taillibert was born on the 21 th of January in 1926 in Châtres-sur-Cher (France). He is a French architect notable for designing the Parc des Princes in Paris and the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada.

        He was appointed commander of the Légion d'Honneur, of the Ordre National du Mérite of Palmes académiques and of Arts et Lettres by the French Government.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECTS OF TAILLIBERT ARE:

• Sports facilities in Chamonix (France).

• Parc des Princes in Paris.

• Stadium Lille-Metropole in Lille.

• Olympic Stadium, in Montreal (Canada).

• Olympic Velodrome, in Montreal (now called the Montreal Biodome).

• Olympic Pool (Montreal).

• Olympic Village (Montreal), a two-tower pyramid-shaped structure.

• ASPIRE Academy, Qatar.

• Officer's Club - Abu Dhabi, UAE.

VIDEO: ROGER TAILLIBERT TALKS ABOUT THE

 OLYMPIC STADIUM OF MONTREAL

THE OLYMPIC STADIUM OF MONTREAL

    The Olympic Stadium of Montreal is a multi-purpose stadium in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, in Quebec (Canada). It was built as the main venue for the Summer Olympic Games of Montreal in 1976. 

     The stadium is nicknamed "The Big O", a reference to both its name and to the doughnut-shape of the permanent component of the stadium´s roof. "The Big Owe" is other name that has also been used to reference the astronomical cost of the stadium.

     It is the largest by seating capacity in Canada. After the Olympics, it became the home of Montreal's professional baseball and Canadian football teams. Since 2004, when the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington D. C., the stadium has no main tenant, and with a history of financial and structural problems, it is largely seen as a white elephant.

     The tower incorporated into the base of the stadium, called the Montreal Tower, is the tallest inclined tower in the world at 175 metres.

     The architect of this stadium was Roger Taillibert (a French architect). We can see that he did a wonderful work, because the Olympic Stadium of Montreal is very beautiful and cool.

      The capacity of the staduim is very high, so it is one of the most important stadiums of Canada. The capacity of the stadium is:

            - Baseball: 43,739

            - Football: 66,398

            - Concert: 78,332

     

SOME VIDEOS ABOUT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM OF MONTREAL

   

VIDEO: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES OF MONTREAL IN 1976

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MEDAL COUNT

     This is the medal count of the Olympic Games of Montreal in 1976. In this medal count we can see the best ten countries of these Olympics and the host country, Canada. As we can see, the best country was the Soviet Union. This country won a total of 125 medals (49 gold medals, 41 silver medals and 35 bronze medals). The second was East Germany, with a total of 90 medals (40 gold medals, 25 silver medals and 25 bronze medals). 

    Canada, the host country, couldn´t win any gold medal. It won 11 medals, 5 silver medals and 6 bronze medals.

SOME VIDEOS OF THE BEST COUNTRY IN THESE OLYMPIC GAMES: THE SOVIET UNION

    

MORE HIGHLIGHTS

• Canada, the host country, finished with five silver and six bronze medals. This was the first time that the host country of the Summer Games had not won any gold medals. This feat had occurred previously only in the Winter Games – 1924 in Chamonix, France and 1928 in St.Moritz, Switzerland. This later occurred at the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and again at the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary, Canada.

• Because of the Munich massacre, security at these games was visible, as it had been earlier in the year at the Winter Games in Innsbruck, Austria.

• Viktor Saneyev of the Soviet Union won his third consecutive triple jump gold medal, while Klaus Dibiasi, of Italy, did the same in the platform diving event.

VIKTOR SANEYEV

KLAUS DIBIASI

• Alberto Juantorena of Cuba became the first man to win both the 400 m and 800 m at the same Olympics. Finland's Lasse Virén also achieved a double in the 5000 and 10,000 m and finished 5th in the marathon, there by failing to equal Emil Zátopek's 1952 achievements.

ALBERTO JUANTORENA

LASSE VIRÉN (THE FIRST MAN)

• Five American boxers – Sugar Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, Leo Randolph and Howard Davis Jr. won gold medals in boxing. This has been often called the greatest Olympic boxing team the United States ever had, and, out of the five American gold medalists in boxing, all but Davis went on to become professional world champions.

• Japanese gymnast Shun Fujimoto performed on a broken right knee, and helped the Japanese team win the gold medal for the team cahmpionship. Fujimoto broke his leg on the floor exercise, and due to the closeness in the overall standings with the USSR, he hid the extent of the injury. With a broken knee, Fujimoto was able to complete his event on the rings, performing a perfect triple somersault dismount, maintaining perfect posture. He scored a 9.7 thus securing gold for Japan. Years later, when asked if he would do it again, he stated bluntly "No, I would not."

SHUN FUJIMOTO

• The East German women's swimming team won all but two gold medals.

• The U.S. men's swimming team won all but one gold medal.

                                

• U.S. track and field athlete Bruce Jenner won the gold medal for decathlon, setting a world record of 8,634 points.

BRUCE JENNER

• Alex Oakley, the Canadian race walker, became the oldest track and field athlete to compete at the Olympic Games. He was 50 years old, and he was taking part in his fifth Olympics.

ALEX OAKLEY IN THE PRESENT

• The New Zealand Black Sticks Men Hockey team beat Australia to win gold, becoming the first non-Asian/European team to win the gold medal in hockey.

• Boris Onishchenko, a member of the Soviet Union's modern pentathlon team, was disqualified after it was discovered that he had rigged his épée to register a hit when there wasn't one. Because of this, the USSRmodern pentathlon team was disqualified.

BORIS ONISHCHENKO

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

PHOTOS OF THE MEDALS OF THESE OLYMPICS

       Now, you can see some photos about the medals of these Olympic Games of Montreal. As you can see, in the medals there are very beautiful images of things related to these Olympics: