Nov 8, 1976

James Hunt signs autographs

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Sep 28, 1976

Ken Norton and Muhammad Ali battle in the ring

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Sep 28, 1976

Muhammad Ali evades a punch from Ken Norton

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Aug 27, 1976

Barry Sheene and his girlfriend sit on his Suzuki GS750 four-stroke

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Aug 1, 1976

Jim Fox in the fencing discipline of the team Modern Pentathlon

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Aug 1, 1976

Niki Lauda at the Nurburgring before his huge accident

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Aug 1976

Lawrence Rowe bats

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Jul 30, 1976

Princess Anne, riding Goodwill, competed in the three-day event for Great Britain

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Jul 30, 1976

Vasiliy Alexeyev wins his second consecutive Olympic gold medal in the super-heavyweight class

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Jul 30, 1976

Cuba's Alberto Juantorena storms to victory to become the first man to win the 400m and 800m at the same Games

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Jul 30, 1976

There was a lot of class on show in the ring at the Games, with Sugar Ray Leonard arguably the top drawer

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Jul 30, 1976

USA's Ed Moses was a class apart as took gold in the 400m hurdles in a new world record time of 47.64s

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Jul 30, 1976

Bruce Jenner celebrates winning gold in the decathlon with a new world record points total of 8618

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Jul 24, 1976

David Wilkie of Great Britain wins breaststroke gold

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Jul 18, 1976

Nadia Comaneci poses next to the scoreboard

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Jul 18, 1976

Nadia Comaneci dismounts from the uneven bars

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Jul 1, 1976

Bjorn Borg lifts the Wimbledon trophy

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Jun 21, 1976

Brian Close hooks Michael Holding

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Jun 14, 1976

Sue Barker shows off her trophy

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Jun 14, 1976

Sue Barker returns a forehand

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