GAMES OF THE XXI OLYMPIAD, THE {1976 MONTREAL OLYMPICS} {1976/07/21}, PART 2 (TV)
Summary
This program presents a portion of coverage of the 1976 Summer Games of the XXI Olympiad from Montreal. Highlights of this portion include coverage of the following events and topics:
Anchor sports commentator Jim McKay presides throughout this portion and introduces various events and highlights.
Sports commentators Curt Gowdy and Bill Russell cover the men's basketball match between USA and Yugoslavia featuring Adrian Dantley (USA). USA defeats Yugoslavia 112-93.
McKay highlights the 50m rifle competition; a tie for first place causes some controversy between Lanny Bassham (USA) and Margaret Murdock (USA), who both scored 1162 points. The gold medal is eventually awarded to Bassham.
Sports commentator Dave Diles covers the issue of female athletes posing as male athletes and vice versa; featuring Tamara Press (USSR).
Sports commentator Howard Cosell covers men's boxing featherweight competition: Davey Armstrong (USA) defeats Anatoly Volkov (USSR); Cosell interviews Armstrong before the match.
Sports commentators Keith Jackson and Donna de Varona cover women's 200m breaststroke finals: Marina Kosheveya (USSR) wins gold with a new world record time of 2:33.35; winning silver with a time of 2:36.08 is Marina Yurchenya (USSR); and winning bronze with a time of 2:36.22 is Liubov Rusanova (USSR). Other athletes featured include Hannelore Anke (East Germany), Karla Linke (East Germany), Carola Nitschke (East Germany), Margaret Kelly (Great Britain), and Deborah Rudd (Great Britain).
McKay highlights men's team gymnastics featuring Shun Fujimoto (Japan) and how he competed despite having broken his leg earlier in the competition.
Sports commentator Jackie Stewart highlights the Olympic sport trap shooting: Don Haldeman (USA) wins the gold with a score of 190; silver goes to Marques da Silva (Portugal) with a score of 189; and bronze goes to Ubaldesc Baldi (Italy) with a score of 189.
Cosell covers the men's boxing lightweight competition: Howard Davis (USA) defeats Yukio Segawa (Japan); Cosell interviews Davis about why he decided to become a boxer.
Gowdy and Russell highlight men's basketball competition between Canada and USSR. The halftime score is USSR 51 and Canada 31.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: July 21, 1976 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 00:54:04
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:01309
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Sports; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The; Olympic Games, 1976, Summer, Montreal; Olympics; Basketball, basketball men; Artistic Gymnastics, team competition men; Boxing, Up to 60 kg (Light weight) men; Shooting, 50m rifle 3 positions (3x20 shots) women; Shooting, trap (125 targets) men; Boxing, Up to 56 kg (Bantam weight) men
- SERIES RUN: N/A
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CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Dave Diles … Sports Commentator
- Keith Jackson … Sports Commentator
- Howard Cosell … Sports Commentator
- Donna de Varona … Sports Commentator
- Jackie Stewart … Sports Commentator
- Curt Gowdy … Sports Commentator
- Bill Russell … Sports Commentator
- Adrian Dantley … Athlete
- Tamara Press … Athlete
- Davey Armstrong … Athlete
- Anatoly Volkov … Athlete
- Marina Kosheveya … Athlete
- Marina Yurchenya … Athlete
- Liubov Rusanova … Athlete
- Hannelore Anke … Athlete
- Karla Linke … Athlete
- Carola Nitschke … Athlete
- Margaret Kelly … Athlete
- Deborah Rudd … Athlete
- Shun Fujimoto … Athlete
- Don Haldeman … Athlete
- Marques Da Silva … Athlete
- Ubaldesc Baldi … Athlete
- Howard Davis … Athlete
- Yukio Segawa … Athlete
- Margaret Murdock … Athlete
- Lanny Bassham … Athlete