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Montreal 1976 - Key Facts

ESPN staff
October 12, 2011
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Bruce Jenner celebrates winning gold in the decathlon with a new world record points total of 8618 © PA Photos
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Dates
July 17 - August 1

Other candidate cities
Moscow, Los Angeles

Mascot
Amik the beaver

Participants
6,084 (1,260 women)

Paricipating nations
92

Sports
21

Events
198

Medals given out
613

IOC President
Lord Killanin (Ireland)

Games declared open by
Queen Elizabeth, British monarch

Last relay bearers of the Olympic flame
Sandra Henderson (athlete) and Steve Prifonteine (Francophone Canada, athletics)

Flame lit by
Sandra Henderson (Anglophone Canada, athletics) and Steve Prifonteine (Francophone Canada, athletics)

Olympic oath read by
Pierre Saint-Jean (Canada, weightlifting)

Television rights
$34.862 million dollars

Accredited journalists
3223

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