| Dates: |
July 17 - august 1, 1976 |
| N.O.C. participants: |
92 |
| Number of sports: |
6 |
| Number of contests: |
198 |
| Number of athletes: |
6084 |
| Men: |
4824 |
| Women: |
1260 |
| Opening: |
The Queen Elisabeth II |
| Oath: |
Pierre Saint-Jean |
| Oath juges: |
Maurice Forget |
| Last torch bearer: |
Stéphane Préfontaine, Sandra Henderson |
| Bids towns: |
Los Angeles (USA) et Moscou (URSS) |
THE XXIth SUMMER GAMES 
