Retiring Hall anxious for third Olympic competition
Gary Hall, famed record setter and four-event world record holder, plans a third Olympic bid in Montreal. The 25-year-old California-born swimmer, now in medical school on leave, has twice finished near gold in prior Games and resumes training after intermittent retirements.
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Plattsburgh
N.Y
Gary Hall
Montreal
University of Cincinati Medical School
Hall
New York
California
Garden Grove
America
Mexico City
Charlie Bidcox
Vienna
Indiana University
Olympics color code and predictions for Montreal games
Montreal AP reports color codes for press, protocol, village and staff in the 1976 Olympics. Dwight Stones predicts the U S track team will win five events, naming favorites and upsets across sprint, distance, hurdles, jumps, and throws with specific athletes and nations cited.
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Montreal
Dwight Stones
United States
Sue
Olympic Village
Stones
Long Beach State
Munich
Soviet Union
Valeriy Borzov
Don Quarrie
Jamaica
Borzoy
Cuba
Alberta Duantorena
U.S
Rick Wohlluter
Chicago
Kenya
Mike Boito
Rick
Filbert Bayi
Tanzania
John Walker
New Zealand
Bayi
Walker
Rod Dixon
Brendan Foster
Great Britain
Lasse Viren
Change! Village becomes world’s largest swap meet at Olympics
Athletes at the Olympic Village trade pins and other monogrammed items to swap culture and memories. The scene features U S teams increasingly savvy in barter, with nations like Senegal Nigeria Saudi Arabia Kenya drawing strong interest from pin collectors. New entrants such as Antigua spark lively exchanges as veterans chant Change.
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Montreal
Mexico City
Munich
United States
Nikolay Lenin
U.S
Africa
Senegal
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
Kenya
Trinidad-Tobago
International Center
Antigua
Saudi Arabia taps U S firm to build track team in Montreal
Five American coaches helped Saudis set up a national track and field program under Prince Faisal Bin Fahd with Wittaker Corporation, aiming to develop a team for international events. The 27 male athletes entered in Montreal races see the trip mainly as experience, not medals. About 190 Saudi youths attend to observe and train with imported U.S. coaches.
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Stones
Bronislaw Malinowski
Poland
Anders Garderud
Sweden
Akii
Edwin) Moses
U. S
Akii- Bua
Whit
Nenad Stekic
Yugoslavia
Viktor Saneyev
Soviet Union
Mae Wilkins
George Woods
Stekic
Saneyev
Wilkins
Woods
Karl-Heinz Riehm
West Germany
Seppo Hovinen
Finland
Nikolay Avilay
Frank Sharter
Montreal
Saudi Arabia
United States
Wittaker Corporation
International
Desert Kingdom
Americas
Riyadh
Faisal bin Fahd
Welfair Organizaon
Rick
Smith
Munich
Advertising pact reveals rich insurance policy in olympic case
The Toronto Sun reports a six page blank contract seeks to pay athletes 25000 to lose amateur status and promotes endorsements. Officials recall earlier signs of pressure from a possible sports goods sponsor and warn of broader amateur sport abuses.
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Montreal
Olympic Village
International Olympic Committee
Sun
George Gross
United States
the Sun
Newsraner
Sporting Goods Company
VOC
Citizens weigh Taiwan entry in Montreal Olympic clash
A street survey along Rue Saint Catherine and Phillips Square shows broad support for allowing Republic of China Taiwan to compete in the Games. Respondents criticize Canada’s stance amid wheat trade links with mainland China, while others urge restraint and inclusion for Taiwan.
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Montreal
Princess Anne
Britain
Mirabel
Bromont
Pierre Trudeau
Taiwan
Canada
Olympic Times
Rue St. Catherine
Phillips Square
Republic of China
Associated Press
Adolph Hitler
People’s Republic of China
China
Germany
Berlin
Andre Tanguay
Ralph Hartenberg
Joel Stevens
Rame
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U.S. Corporation
Toronto
Jack de Niverville
Candy Company
Ave Carriere
Hitler
Kent Oscewski
Craig
Christ Church Catherdral
Kent
Kaiie Whitehead
Joseph Parris
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