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
1976 Summer Olympics 1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad (French: Les "XXIes olympiques d'été"), was an international multi-sport event in Montreal, Quebec, in 1976, and the first Olympic Games held in Canada. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and Los Angeles. It was the first and, so far, only Summer Olympic Games to be held in Canada. Calgary and Vancouver later hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1988 and 2010, respectively. Twenty-nine countries, mostly African,