Olympic scandals by Egantx7

Question 6

Give the year or the city. The mayor of this city, in accepting the Olympic bid, said The Olympics can no more lose money than a man can have a baby. This city did finally pay off its US$1.5 billion debt from the games in just over 30 years. With African nations already boycotting, the U.S. was preparing to boycott when the host nation refused to allow Taiwan's team entry to their country, because this nation did not recognize the Taipei government. After negotiations, the IOC allowed Taiwan to compete under the Olympic flag and using another name, leading Taiwan to ultimately boycott. Identify the year or host city of these lackluster games which saw only 92 nations competing.

Montreal (1976)

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