It is the first Summer Olympiad where the Canadian team marched under the new Maple Leaf flag.
Sailing medal leaders (by Summer Olympiad)
Grut saw St. Moritz as a "rehearsal" for the Summer Olympiads to be held the same year.
However, recent Summer Olympiads in Atlanta, Beijing, and London staged the marathon in the early morning due to heat problems in the host city.
This was the third consecutive Summer Olympiad where the gold medal winner in the 400m was a present or former member of the Baylor University track team.
East Germany and West Germany competed as separate entities for the first time in at a Summer Olympiad, and would remain so through 1988.
The school's gym and swimming pool were used for swimming and volleyball practice for the 29th Summer Olympiad.
The line was included in Beijing's bid for the 29th Summer Olympiad, which was awarded to the city in 2001.
This analogy is sometimes extended further by media references to "Summer Olympiads".
He also won a gold medal at the Summer Olympiad in 1985 and as well as a silver at the World Championships in 1986.