The opening of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Summer_Olympics" id="mw-w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1976 Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal" id="mw_A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> is marred by 25 African teams boycotting the games because of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>'s participation. Contrary to rulings by other international sports organizations, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOC" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="IOC">IOC</a> had declined to exclude New Zealand because of their participation in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Africa">South African</a> sporting events during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a>.