The 1976 Summer Olympics were held in the francophone metropolis of Canada. In the first installment of this series about Montreal’s quirky buildings, we covered the installations that were built for ...

Anita DeFrantz was welcomed at her first Executive Board (EB) meeting as first vice-president on Wednesday by IOC president Thomas Bach. Caitlyn Jenner, who won the gold medal in Decathlon in the 1976 ...

Certain things trigger vivid recollections of the 1970s; the music of Emerson Lake and Palmer, Adidas T-shirts or footage of David Wilkie standing on the podium at the Montreal Olympics wearing his ...

Today, the Canadian Olympic Committee released the following statement, celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Montreal 1976 Olympic Games. "On May 12, 1970, Canadians rejoiced when Montreal was ...

(ATR) The 40-year anniversary of the 1976 Montreal Games – the first Olympics to be held on Canadian soil – is being celebrated by the Canadian Olympic Committee and citizens alike. More than 6,000 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The five rings of the Olympic symbol ...

SHANGHAI, CHINA - APRIL 15: Laureus World Sports Academy member Nadia Comaneci during a media interview at the Shanghai Grand Theatre prior to the 2015 Laureus World Sports Awards on April 15, 2015 in ...

Sandra Henderson and Stéphane Préfontaine were teenagers (16 and 15, respectively) when they were chosen to light the Olympic cauldron. Préfontaine said it took longer than he'd anticipated for the ...

Tanzania refused to go when the IOC ignored demands for New Zealand to be expelled because their rugby team was touring South Africa. On the eve of the opening ceremony, the Supreme Council for Sport ...