St. Michel Arena

St. Michel Arena is a 2,000-seat indoor arena that was built in 1968. It served as the weightlifting venue of the 1976 Summer Olympics. The capacity was temporarily raised to 2,700 for the games.

References

1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 130–3.

Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics

Montreal Olympic Park	Centre Pierre Charbonneau Maurice Richard Arena Montreal Botanical Garden Olympic Pool Olympic Stadium Olympic Velodrome Olympic Village

Greater Montreal	Centre Étienne Desmarteau Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard Île Notre-Dame Molson Stadium, McGill University Montreal Forum Mount Royal Park Paul Sauvé Centre Quebec Autoroute 40 St. Michel Arena Streets of Montreal Winter Stadium, Université de Montréal

Football venues	Lansdowne Park (Ottawa) Sherbrooke Stadium Varsity Stadium (Toronto)

Handball venues	Pavillion de l'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université Laval (Quebec City) Sherbrooke Sports Palace

Other venues	Olympic Archery Field, Joliette Olympic Equestrian Centre, Bromont Olympic Shooting Range, L'Acadie Portsmouth Olympic Harbour (Kingston, Ontario)

Olympic venues in weightlifting

1896: Panathenaic Stadium 1904: Francis Field 1920: Olympisch Stadion 1924: Vélodrome d'hiver 1928: Krachtsportgebouw 1932: Olympic Auditorium 1936: Deutschlandhalle 1948: Empress Hall, Earl's Court 1952: Messuhalli 1956: Royal Exhibition Building 1960: Palazzetto dello sport 1964: Shibuya Public Hall 1968: Insurgentes Theatre 1972: Messegelände, Gewichtheberhalle 1976: St. Michel Arena 1980: Izmailovo Sports Palace 1984: Albert Gersten Pavilion 1988: Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium 1992: Pavelló de l'Espanya Industrial 1996: Georgia World Congress Center 2000: Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre 2004: Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall 2008: Beihang University Gymnasium 2012: ExCeL 2016: Riocentro – Pavilion 2

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