July 19, 1976

Americans Scott May (basketball), Shirley Babashoff (swimming) and Frank Shorter (marathon) would win a combined six medals (two gold, four silver), but Frank Deford's preview warned: More Dark Clouds Over Montreal "Even as athletes began to arrive, the trouble-plagued XXI Olympic Games were confronted with two additional crises, host country Canada barring the Taiwanese team and Tanzania refusing to show up if New Zealand did."

Photograph by Arnold Newman