Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics as the Montreal Biodôme, opened on 19 June 1992. Île-Notre Dame serves multiple uses as of 2014. The canoeing and rowing basin has hosted World Rowing Championships special events in 1984 and 1992. The venue hosted the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 1986. West of the basin on the island is Circuit Gilles Villeneuve which opened in 1978. The circuit has hosted the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix every year except 1987 and 2009. Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics For the 1976 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-seven sports venues were used. Several venues used had been in
Olympic medal Paris Mint, which also made the medals for the 1900 Olympic Games, hosted by Paris. This started the tradition of giving the responsibility of minting the medals to the host city. For the next few Olympiads the host city also chose the medal design. Until 1912 the gold medals were made of solid gold. In 1923 the International Olympic Committee (IOC) launched a competition for sculptors to design the medals for the Summer Olympic Games. Giuseppe Cassioli's "Trionfo" design was chosen as the winner in 1928. The obverse brought back Nike but this time as the main focus, holding a