Perfect 10 (gymnastics) of points was based on a maximum of 10, until 1976 it was considered impossible to achieve a score of greater than 9.95, particularly at the Olympic Games (although Věra Čáslavská achieved perfect 10s in the 1967 European Championships, which were displayed on a manual scoreboard). Prior to the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, Omega, the official timers, asked the International Olympic Committee how many digits it should allow on the electronic scoreboard, and were told that three digits would be sufficient, as a score of 10.00 would not be possible. On 18 July 1976, 14-year-old Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci performed
Finland at the 1976 Winter Paralympics improvement, revealing Finland as a major Winter Paralympics power. The country swept up 22 medals (eight gold, seven silver and seven bronze), and finished third on the overall medal table. It would go on to finish second in 1980 and 1984, before beginning a slow but steady decline. Finland's gold medallists at the Örnsköldsvik Games were: Finland at the 1976 Winter Paralympics Finland participated in the inaugural Winter Paralympic Games in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The country was represented by 26 athletes (22 men and 4 women). This was the second largest delegation at the Örnsköldsvik Games, behind West Germany's