Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics it was discovered that he had wired his sword with a well-hidden push button circuit breaker which enabled him to register a hit whenever he wanted.. Onischenko was spirited away from the Olympic village almost immediately, and never competed in any events outside of the USSR ever again. Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics The modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics was represented by two events (both for men): "Individual competition" and "Team competition". As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the "Individual competition" event results table and
Australia at the 1976 Winter Paralympics to call the 1976 games the 'Winter Olympics for the Disabled'. Unfortunately for Australia, these classifications meant that Ron Finneran was ineligible. Ron lost the use of both of his legs and his right arm after contracting polio when he was only 20-months of age. Despite obviously being a disabled athlete, Mr. Finneran was neither blind nor an amputee and was therefore unable to compete at the 1976 Winter Paralympics. The 1976 Winter Paralympics featured only two competitive sports: These two sports were competed in by 198 athletes across a total of 53 medal events. Due to the limited number