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Cuban Teofilo Stevenson competes with American John Tate, and knocks him out to take the bout.

Montreal 1976 | Olympic Games

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Cuba's Stevenson knocks out USA's Tate | Montreal 1976

The American singer and actor relives the transformation he went through playing the the iconic boxer in the biopic “Hands of Stone.”

Originals

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Usher’s favourite: Sugar Ray Leonard’s incredible Olympic journey

Olympic gold medal winner Félix Sánchez explains how Edwin Moses revolutionised the 400m hurdles event and became a legend of the sport.

Felix SANCHEZ

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Edwin Moses: The 400m hurdle legend

Legendary Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci is passing on her skills as well as making a huge difference to those less fortunate

Nadia COMANECI

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Where are they now? Nadia Comaneci’s legend lives on

Baseball is the national sport in Cuba where it's top players are lauded as heroes and sport ambassadors of the country.

Omar LINARES

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How baseball diplomacy brought two rivals together | Arriba Cuba

It is still simple for pre\-event favourite and multiple shooting world champion Lanny Bassham\. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t beat her,&rdquo; the American said of team\-mate Margaret Murdock in the 50m rifle 3 positions competition at the Olympic Games Montreal 1976\.

“She deserved gold”: Montreal ’76 team-mates Bassham and Murdock on embodying the Olympic spirit

Thomas Bach linked up with Matthias Behr, Harald Hein and Klaus Reichert at Montreal 1976 to win Olympic gold for the Federal Republic of Germany in the men&rsquo;s team foil competition\. Forty years on, the IOC President casts his mind back to what was an emotional victory\.

Thomas BACH

One for all and all for one: Thomas Bach reflects on a golden moment at Montreal 1976

&ldquo;I felt I had done a good routine,&rdquo; Comaneci said of the moment she finished on the uneven bars in the team competition, on the second day of the Montreal 1976 Games\. &ldquo;So, I didn&rsquo;t care to watch the scoreboard because I thought I was going to get a 9\.9

Snapped: reflections and revelations on Comaneci’s perfect 10

The Austrian\-born Dibiasi completed his hat\-trick of gold medals in the Olympic Pool at Montreal&rsquo;s Olympic Park with a convincing victory over American Greg Louganis\.

Chairman of the Board keeps Louganis at bay - Diving

The sport was just emerging from the complete dominance of the Asian powerhouses India and Pakistan at the Olympic Games, with Germany breaking their stranglehold with victory at Munich in 1972\.

Kiwis upset the odds to clinch hockey gold

With Americans Leon and Michael Spinks, the Cuban giant Teofilo Stevenson and Leonard himself all coming away with gold medals, it could be argued that Montreal witnessed the greatest boxing competition in the history of the Olympic Games\.

Classy Leonard heads for the stars in Montreal - Boxing

And when African nations announced a boycott of the Canadian showpiece, in protest at the All Blacks’ rugby tour of South Africa, New Zealand’s hopes of ending that run improved further\.

Walker strikes gold for New Zealand - Athletics

The leggy American had burst onto the international scene as an 18\-year\-old in 1972 when he claimed the silver medal at the Olympic Games, charming the Munich crowd with his youthful exuberance and confidence\.

Wszola clinches stunning high jump gold - Athletics

The Soviet athlete was in the prime of her career and less than a month before the 1976 Olympic Games opened in Montreal she had shattered the 1,500m world record set by her compatriot Lyudmila Bragina in the inaugural staging of the event in Munich four years earlier\.

Kazankina reaches new heights in Montreal - Athletics

Since its Olympic debut at Tokyo 1964, the event had been dominated by the Soviet Union, who won the opening two titles before losing out to Japan at Munich in 1972\.

Polish underdogs capture famous title - Volleyball

The California\-born archer’s career on the international stage was a fleeting one, but with her appearance at Montreal 1976 she added a spectacular chapter to the story of the Olympic Games\.

Ryon storms to gold on big stage bow - Archery

The muscular Georgian\-born Saneyev entered the pantheon of Olympic greats with his third consecutive triple jump gold following a terrific contest at Montreal&rsquo;s Olympic Stadium in 1976\.

Saneyev leaps to golden hat-trick - Athletics

Jenner was an outstanding school athlete; bagging a clutch of titles in American football, basketball and even water\-skiing\.

Jenner uses defeat to spur him to Montreal gold - Athletics

The Polish sprinter was one of the most outstanding all\-rounders the sport has ever seen, competing in five editions of the Olympic Games, winning three gold medals\. She remains the only athlete to have held the world record in the 100m, 200m and 400m\.

Classy Szewinska achieves Olympic greatness - Athletics

Or possibly the American hurdling great Edwin Moses\.

Alberto JUANTORENA

Juantorena floats to historic double - Athletics

Sweden’s Anders Gärderud claimed the gold medal after finishing over a second ahead of his long\-time rival Bronisław Malinowski of Poland, while East Germany’s Frank Baumgartl took the bronze\.

Gärderud wins steeplechase nailbiter - Athletics

So it was for France’s Guy Drut, who in the mid\-1960s was the junior national record holder in decathlon, pole vault and the 110m hurdles, and went on to win senior national titles in several disciplines\. In short, he was the supreme French athlete of his generation\.

Guy DRUT

Renaissance man Drut hurdles to glory - Athletics

It was to be the Hanoverian’s only taste of individual glory at the Games, but it capped a remarkable career which saw him occupy the highest echelons of equine sport\.

Schockemöhle finally strikes individual gold - Equestrianism

The Hungarian had the added burden of having a father, Imre, who had struck Olympic gold in the hammer at the 1948 Olympic Games in London\.

Nemeth Junior and Senior: different Games and events, but gold for both 

Not yet 21, the American not only won the men’s 400m gold medal but also smashed John Akii\-Bua’s world record in a victory that marked the start of a period of crushing domination of his event\.

Moses launches epic era with hurdles record - Athletics

Naber won four gold medals in the Olympic Pool in downtown Montreal, setting a new world record on each occasion, with many of his marks standing for several years\.

Dashing Naber sets Olympic pool alight - Swimming

But within a matter of strides his dream lay in ruins; his hamstring torn as the USSR&rsquo;s Valeriy Borzov burst clear to win gold\.

Crawford stuns favourites to win 100m gold - Athletics 

Great Britain&rsquo;s David Wilkie had other ideas, and was determined to become the first Briton to prevail in the Olympic pool since 1908\.

Wilkie breaks US men’s swimming stranglehold - Swimming

Quarrie looked to be home and dry going into the last 30m, but a terrific burst from Crawford on the inside lane saw the Trinidad &amp; Tobago sprinter to the victory, thus completing the latest chapter of Quarrie&rsquo;s story of Olympic disappointment\.\.

Quarrie finally earns his golden moment - Athletics

Yet while Romania’s Nadia Comaneci stole the show at the Montreal Forum with a string of perfect scores and the all\-around title, the steely\-eyed Kim was equally dazzling\.

Magnificent Kim supreme in Comaneci’s shadow - Gymnastics

Just as the Soviet Union’s Olga Korbut stole the world’s hearts at the 1972 Games in Munich, in Montreal it was Comaneci\.

Perfect Comaneci rewrites Olympic history - Gymnastics

The Japanese team arrived at the Montreal Forum as the firm favourites having won the three previous Olympic gold medals as well as the team titles at the world championships in 1970 and in 1974\.

Fujimoto bravery helps Japan make it five golds in a row - Gymnastics

Tsukahara was part of the all\-conquering team which won the team gold at the Games in Mexico City, Munich and Montreal and he ended his Olympic career with no less than 10 medals to his name\.

Mitsuo TSUKAHARA

Tsukahara makes a name for himself  - Gymnastics

To this day, Michael Phelps is the only man to have won more Olympic medals than the gymnast from Vladimir, 200km west of Moscow, and only a handful of Olympians have won more gold medals\.

Nikolay ANDRIANOV

Andrianov’s Montreal gold rush - Gymnastics