Montreal 1976 Olympic Programme

3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum

Currently on view at 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum

Title:: Montreal 1976 Olympic Programme

Publisher:: Organising Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad

Production place:: Canada
Date:: 1976
Period:: 20th century CE

Material:: Paper, Ink, Metal
Technique:: Printing, Binding
Dimensions:: 26.2 × 21 cm

The 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal were the first and, to date, the only Games to be held in Canada. Approximately 73,000 spectators attended the Opening Ceremony on 17 July 1976 at the city’s Olympic Stadium. The cover of the ceremony’s programme bears three flags in the foreground of the Olympic cauldron: the Olympic and Canadian flags, and one with the emblem of the 1976 Games. During the opening ceremony, two people lit the actual Olympic cauldron together, a first in the history of the Games.