# Canonical recap data for 1976 Summer Olympics Boycott (1976)
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slug: montreal-olympics-boycott
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1976/montreal-olympics-boycott"
title: 1976 Summer Olympics Boycott
subtitle: Twenty-nine nations boycotted Montreal's Games over Taiwan's exclusion, turning sport into Cold War proxy and exposing the IOC's political vulnerability.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1976-07-17
endDate: 1976-08-01
datePrecision: day
year: 1976
decade: 1970
country:
name: Canada
slug: canada
summaryShort: The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad and officially branded as Montreal 1976, were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam on May 12,
summaryLong: The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad and officially branded as Montreal 1976, were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam on May 12, 1970, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles. It is the only Summer Olympic Games to be held in Canada. Toronto hosted the 1976 Summer Paralympics the same year as the Montreal Olympics, also the only Summer Paralympics to be held in Canada. Calgary and Vancouver later hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 2010, respectively. This was the first of two consecutive Olympic games held in North America, followed by the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/1976_Summer_Olympic_games_countries.png/1280px-1976_Summer_Olympic_games_countries.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1976 Summer Olympics"
importance: 79
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics"
  title: 1976 Summer Olympics boycott
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
- protest
metaDescription: The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad and officially branded as Montreal 1976, were an international multi-sport event hel
wikidataQid: Q8444
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260624180341/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-24
  label: 1976 Summer Olympics boycott
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics"
