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
Haiti at the 1976 Summer Olympics Haiti at the 1976 Summer Olympics Haiti competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Haiti sent ten track and field athletes and three boxers to the games. As the athletes were amateurs, picked by President Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier out of his personal friends, they had remarkedly poor times, with Dieudonné LaMothe earning the worst results ever at the 5000 metres. Women's 100 metres Women's 200 metres Women's 400 metres Men's 100 metres Men's 200 metres Men's 400 metres Men's 800 metres Men's 1500 metres Men's 5000 metres Men's 10000 metres Men's Marathon Lightweight (−60 kg) Light