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
Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres The men's 100 metres sprint event at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was held at Olympic Stadium on July 23 and 24. In the rounds, all the major players were running times in the 10.30s to 10.40s. In the semi-finals, some times dropped to the 10.20s but nobody knew who was fully extending themselves. They took the top 4 from each semi, so Steve Riddick was left out of the final even though he had run faster than Guy Abrahams in the earlier semi. With the #1