Canada At The 1976 Summer Olympics
Canada was the host nation for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. 385 competitors, 261 men and 124 women, took part in 173 events in 23 sports.
For the first, and so far only time in Summer Olympics history, the host nation failed to obtain a gold medal.
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Famous quotes containing the words canada and/or summer:
“In Canada an ordinary New England house would be mistaken for the château, and while every village here contains at least several gentlemen or “squires,” there is but one to a seigniory.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“As imperceptibly as Grief
The Summer lapsed away—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)