All but one men's swimming world record isbroken in 1976. USA Men and East German Woman dominate swimming in 1976. USA men win 12 of 13 swimming gold medals and clean-sweeped 4 of 11 individual events. East German women won 11 of 13 swimming gold medals.

Caribbean Islands Sweep 100-800 m Flat Races Nation Runner Event Time Trinidad Hasley Crawford 100 m 10.06 sec Jamaica Don Quary 200 m 20.23 seconds Cuba Alberto Juantorena 400 and 800 meters

Canada wins five silver and six bronze medals in 1976. They stand as the only host nation not to win gold.

Which runner won the 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and marathon in 1952? Answer: Czech Emil Zatopek, the only runner to achieve such a triple gold.