Title

Countries wait to see if they can compete

Excerpt

[Excerpt]: "From the Jamaican headquarters this morning came a voice of apparent calm which epitomized all the doubts still surrounding those few countries who do not yet know if their participation in these Olympic Games is going to be stopped in full stride...That visit does not seem to disturb the boycott organizers at all compared with the way they reacted here aginst New Zealand's rugby tour of South Africa. Indeed, Abraham Ordia of the Supreme Council for Sport in Africa, has already left Montreal and today Denis Brutus, president of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee, was returning to Chicago where he is a university lecturer. Obviously, both felt there was no point in trying to protest about the enormous presence here of Uncle Sam..."

Bibliographic Citation

"Countries wait to see if they can compete (1976-07-20)", The Times, 1976-07-20, p. 7.
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News Item Type

News Report

Tags

boycott

sport

athlete

Olympics

demonstration

apartheid

protest

Publisher

The Times

Date

20 July 1976

Identifier

apdp.news.000211

Related Events

Boycott of Olympic Games, 1976, Canada

Boycott of Olympic Games, 1976, South Africa

People referenced

Ordia, Abraham

Foster, Brendan

Stones, Dwight

Weller, Keith

Ovett, Steve

Abramson, Jesse

Steward, Ian

Capes, Geoffrey Lewis 'Geoff'

Shervington, Keith

Robinson, Clarence

Wohlhuter, Rick

Gold, Arthur

Quarrie, Donald

Jenkins, David Andrew

Boit, Michael Kipsubut

Storey, Stuart

Brutus, Dennis Vincent