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
Summer Olympic Games clearly affected by Parkinson's disease, lit the Olympic torch and received a replacement medal for the one he had discarded in 1960. The latter event took place not at the boxing ring but in the basketball arena, at the demand of US television. The atmosphere at the Games was marred, however, when a bomb exploded during the celebration in Centennial Olympic Park. In June 2003, the principal suspect in this bombing, Eric Robert Rudolph, was arrested. The 2000 Summer Olympics were held in Sydney, Australia, and showcased individual performances by local favorite Ian Thorpe in the pool, Briton Steve Redgrave