Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres holding off Glance. Crawford became the first gold medalist and a national hero for Trinidad and Tobago. These are the standing world and Olympic records (in seconds) prior to the 1976 Summer Olympics. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 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
Winter Olympic Games three events in his sport. Alberto Tomba, an Italian skier, made his Olympic debut by winning both the giant slalom and slalom. East German Christa Rothenburger won the women's 1,000 metre speed skating event. Seven months later she would earn a silver in track cycling at the Summer Games in Seoul, to become the only athlete to win medals in both a Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year. The 1992 Winter Games were the last to be held in the same year as the Summer Games. They were hosted in the French Savoie region, with 18 events held