Editing 1976 Summer Olympics (section)

==Host city selection==
The vote occurred at the 69th [[List of IOC meetings#IOC Sessions|IOC Session]] in Amsterdam, [[Netherlands]] on May 12, 1970. While Los Angeles and Moscow were viewed as the favourites, given that they represented the world's two main powers, many of the smaller and neutral countries supported Montreal as an [[underdog (term)|underdog]] and as a relatively neutral site for the Games. Los Angeles was eliminated after the first round, and Montreal won over Moscow in the second round. Moscow and Los Angeles would go on to host the next two Summer Games, [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] and [[1984 Summer Olympics]], respectively, which were also marked by political boycotts (for instance, the U.S.-led boycott of the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]] in 1979). One blank vote was cast in the second and final round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030424025744/http://aldaver.com/votes.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 24, 2003|title=IOC VOTE HISTORY|publisher=aldaver.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Stuart|first1=Charles Edward|title=Never Trust a Local: Inside the Nixon White House|date=2005|publisher=Algora Publishing|page=160}}</ref><ref name="votes">{{cite web|title=Past Olympic host city election results|url=http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html|archive-date=January 24, 2011|access-date=March 17, 2011|publisher=[[GamesBids]]}}</ref> The Soviet state media accused the IOC of political corruption following the vote.<ref>[https://yandex.ru/archive/catalog/b0d2bb72-46b0-49bb-8472-7de04f018775/3?snippet=10.+%5C007%5B%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%5C007%5D+%5C007%5B%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%5C007%5D+%5C007%5B%D0%BF%D0%BE%5C007%5D+%5C007%5B%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%5C007%5D.+...+%5C007%5B%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%5C007%5D+%5C007%5B%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%5C007%5D+%5C007%5B%D0%BF%D0%BE%5C007%5D+%5C007%5B%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83%5C007%5D.+%D0%9D%D0%B0+%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%B5%3A+%D1%8D%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B4+%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B8+%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85+%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0+%D0%B8+%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8B%2C+%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE+%D0%A2%D0%90%D0%9D%D0%AE%D0%93+-.+%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BA-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4+%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC+%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8.&text=%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82+%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0+%D0%BF%D0%BE+%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%83 Советский Спорт (Soviet Sports)]</ref>

[[Toronto]] had made its third attempt for the Olympics, but failed to win the support of the [[Canadian Olympic Committee]], which selected Montreal instead.<ref>{{cite news|date=July 24, 2015|title=Toronto has made 5 attempts to host the Olympics. Could the sixth be the winner? – Toronto Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/07/24/toronto-has-made-5-attempts-to-host-the-olympics-could-the-sixth-be-the-winner.html|newspaper=The Toronto Star|last1=Edwards|first1=Peter}}</ref>

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! colspan="7" | 1976 Summer Olympics bidding results<ref name=votes />
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! rowspan=2 | City
! rowspan=2 | Country
! colspan=2 style="background:silver;"| Round
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! style="background:silver;"| 1
! style="background:silver;"| 2
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| [[Montreal]] || {{flag|Canada}} || style="text-align:center;"|25 || style="text-align:center;"|'''41'''
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| [[Moscow]] || {{flag|Soviet Union}} || style="text-align:center;"|'''28''' || style="text-align:center;"|28
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| [[Los Angeles]] || {{flag|United States}} || style="text-align:center;"|17 || style="text-align:center;"|—
|}