Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

At the Portsmouth area a new Olympic facility was constructed. This building was built to contain all facilities needed during that period. It holds, for instance, a large measurement hall and several exercise rooms. Only the size of the overhead doors of the measurement hall was not wide enough to bring a fully assembled Tornado in. Each had to be lifted on one side to enter diagonally.

After the races in the Tempest an unprecedented incident occurred:

Alan Warren and David Hunt set their Tempest on fire. With this boat they won the silver medal in 1972 though during the transport to Canada the boat called "Gift 'orse" was damaged. Warren and Hunt ended in Kingston in 14th position. After the incident Warren stated: "The Horse was lame and we had to put her down."

The story did not end there as Canada Customs could not accept the boat was not available for them to inspect.

During the sailing regattas at the 1972 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

•  Colombia, The only female competitor Beatriz de Lisocky in the 470. (This generated a lot of discussion in the media^{[citation needed]}.)
•  Belgium, President International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge in the Finn
•  Australia, John Bertrand in the Finn
•  East Germany, Jochen Schümann in the Finn
•  Great Britain, Rodney Pattisson Already two times gold medalist in the Flying Dutchman
•  Soviet Union, Valentin Mankin Already two times gold medalist in the Tempest
•  United States, Dennis Conner America's Cup legend in the Tempest
•  Denmark, Poul Richard Høj Jensen multiple winner of World Championships in the Soling
•  Austria, Hubert Raudaschl currently holds the record of competing Olympic Games (9) in the Soling

• Louis Chantigny, ed. (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume I: Organization. Ottawa: COJO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
• Louis Chantigny, ed. (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume II: Facilities. Ottawa: COJO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
• Louis Chantigny, ed. (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume III: Results. Ottawa: COJO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sailing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Sailing". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 – Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
• Official IYRU movie of the 1976 Olympics