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The African boycott of the 1976 Montreal Olympics

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The African boycott of the 1976 Montreal Olympics

In protest against the ongoing All Blacks' tour of apartheid-era South Africa, the African nations demanded that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) exclude New Zealand from the 1976 Montreal Olympics. After the IOC's refusal, 28 nations responded with a boycott. Malcolm Walker's Sunday News cartoon refers to this.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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by Malcolm Walker

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Joseph Romanos, Olympic and Commonwealth games – Olympic politics and boycotts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/cartoon/37905/the-african-boycott-of-the-1976-montreal-olympics (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Joseph Romanos, published 14 November 2012, updated 1 June 2023.