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    25 African Teams Boycott Olympics

    Olympics On This Day

    On this day, in 1976 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal, African teams boycott as a protest to New Zealand playing rugby in apartheid South Africa.

     

    July 17, 1976

    Sport: Olympics

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