50th Anniversary of the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games

The 1976 Montreal Games were defined by political tension: the dispute between China and Taipei and the boycott by some thirty African countries, which began the era of Olympic boycotts.
They were also marked by a huge deficit of around one billion Canadian dollars, paid off only in 2006, which earned the stadium the nickname “The Big Owe”.
In sporting terms, they saw Nadia Comăneci’s first perfect 10, the rise of East Germany (90 medals, 40 of them gold) and record female participation (20.7%).
Spain sent 113 athletes, only 10 of them women, and won two silver medals and ten Olympic diplomas.
The silvers came in the K4 1,000 m canoeing and the 470 class in sailing (Gorostegui and Millet), and Carme Valero became the first Spanish woman to compete in an Olympic stadium.