# 1976 Montreal Boycott **Domain:** Olympic history / Anti-apartheid **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition The **1976 Montreal boycott** involved twenty-nine predominantly African nations withdrawing from the Olympic Games after the IOC declined to exclude New Zealand over its rugby contacts with apartheid South Africa. ## Significance The boycott shows states and athletes using absence to contest the tournament administrator's jurisdiction and enforcement choices. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/montreal-1976) ## Routes [[wiki/Apartheid Sports Boycott|Apartheid Sports Boycott]] · [[wiki/Gleneagles Agreement|Gleneagles Agreement]] · [[wiki/Olympic Truce|Olympic Truce]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]