GAMES OF THE XXI OLYMPIAD, THE {1976 MONTREAL OLYMPICS} {1976/07/29}, 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 Frank Gifford and Ken Kraft cover the third round of the men's super-heavyweight freestyle wrestling competition between József Balla (Hungary) and James "Jimmy" Jackson (USA). Balla is declared the winner with a final score of 10-9.
Sports commentator Jim Lampley provides background on the newly-constructed and controversial Olympic Stadium, noting its many features and high cost.
Sports commentator Keith Jackson covers the men's long jump, the second event in the decathlon. Bruce Jenner (USA) achieves a distance of 23 feet, eight and three-quarters inches and earns 865 points for his jump. Fred Dixon (USA) achieves a distance of 22 feet, eight inches and earns 802 points for his jump.
Leonid Lytvynenko (USSR achieves a distance of 22 feet eight and one-half inches and earns 804 points for his jump. Guido Kratschmer (West Germany) achieves a distance of 24 feet, three inches and earns 899 points for his jump. Mykola Avilov (USSR) achieves a distance of 24 feet, eight inches and earns 925 points for his jump.
After the first two events, the decathlon scores stand with Kratschmer in first place, Eberhard Stroot (West Germany) in second place and Claus Marek (West Germany) in third place.
McKay notes that rower Walter Lambertus (Romania) and diver Sergei Nemtsanov (USSR) have both requested political asylum from Canada.
Sports commentators Howard Cosell and George Foreman cover the light welterweight (64kg) boxing semifinals between Ray Charles "Sugar Ray" Leonard (USA) and Kazimierz Szczerba (Poland). After three rounds, Leonard is named the winner by unanimous decision and proceeds to the finals.
Cosell comments on the light welterweight semifinals match between Leonard's next opponent Andrés Aldama (Cuba) and Vladimir Kolev (Bulgaria), in which Aldama knocked out Kolev in the first round.
Sports commentator Robert Riger discusses runner Guy Drut (France), who won the gold medal in the 110-meter hurdles race, using slow-motion footage to describe his running style.
Jackson and fellow commentator Wyomia Tyus cover the 400-meter women's track and field finals. Irena Szewinska (Poland) wins the gold medal and sets a new world record with a time of 49.3. Christina Brehmer (East Germany) wins the silver, and Ellen Streidt (East Germany) wins the bronze.
McKay discusses middleweight boxer Michael Spinks (USA), brother to Leon Spinks (USA), explaining that he has won three matches despite only fighting in one so far, thanks to one opponent's absence because of the African boycott and another's opponent's absence due to injury.
Gifford and Kraft cover the third round of the men's heavyweight freestyle wrestling competition between Russell Hellickson (USA) and Reza Soukhteh-Saraei (Iran). Hellickson wins "by fall" and talks in an interview with Kraft about the specific moves he utilized and about his plans for his upcoming match against Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh (Mongolia).
Jackson and fellow commentator Bob Seagren preside over the men's long jump track and field finals, first recapping Bob Beamon's (USA) world record-setting jump of 29 feet, two and one-half inches at the 1968 Olympic Summer Games in Mexico City.
Arnie Robinson (USA) achieves a distance of 27 feet, four and three-quarters inches in his jump. Randy Williams (USA) achieves a distance of 26 feet, seven and one-quarter inches in his jump.
Frank Wartenberg (East Germany) achieves a distance of 26 feet three and three-quarters inches in his jump, thus securing him the bronze medal. Arnie Robinson (USA) is awarded the gold medal, and Randy Williams (USA) wins the silver.
Cosell and Foreman cover the light-heavyweight men's boxing semifinals between Leon Spinks (USA) and Janusz Gortat (Poland). The program concludes before the end of the match. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: July 29, 1976 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:43:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:01353
- GENRE: Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Olympic Games, 1976, Summer, Montreal; Olympics; Sports; Wrestling, Freestyle, 96 - 120kg men; Track and Field, decathlon men; Track and Field, long jump men; Boxing, Up to 64 kg (Light Welter weight) men; Track and Field, 400m women; Wrestling, Freestyle, 84 - 96kg men; Boxing, Up to 81 kg (Light Heavy weight) men; U.S. Olympic Archive, presented by Gordon Crawford, The
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1976
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CREDITS
- Jim McKay … Anchor Sports Commentator
- Frank Gifford … Sports Commentator
- Ken Kraft … Sports Commentator
- Jim Lampley … Sports Commentator
- Howard Cosell … Sports Commentator
- George Foreman … Sports Commentator
- Robert Riger … Sports Commentator
- Keith Jackson … Sports Commentator
- Wyomia Tyus … Sports Commentator
- Bob Seagren … Sports Commentator
- József Balla … Athlete
- James "Jimmy" Jackson … Athlete
- Bruce Jenner … Athlete
- Fred Dixon … Athlete
- Leonid Lytvynenko … Athlete
- Guido Kratschmer … Athlete
- Mykola Avilov … Athlete
- Eberhard Stroot … Athlete
- Claus Marek … Athlete
- Sugar Ray Leonard (See also: Ray Charles Leonard) … Athlete
- Kazimierz Szczerba … Athlete
- Andrés Aldama … Athlete
- Vladimir Kolev … Athlete
- Guy Drut … Athlete
- Irena Szewinska … Athlete
- Christina Brehmer (See also: Christina Lathan) … Athlete
- Ellen Streidt … Athlete
- Michael Spinks … Athlete
- Russell Hellickson … Athlete
- Reza Soukhteh-Saraei … Athlete
- Leon Spinks … Athlete
- Janusz Gortat … Athlete
- Bob Beamon
- Walter Lambertus
- Sergei Nemtsanov
- Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh