United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics
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The United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics
1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4–15, 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria...

in Innsbruck
Innsbruck
- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympic Games figure skating results. Ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic event in these Olympics.-Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Sonia BianchettiAssistant Referee:* Emil Skákala...

 
Ladies' singles
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
-500 m:Tuesday February 10, 1976 — 30 competitors from 16 countries-1.000 m:Thursday February 12, 1976 — 32 competitors from 16 countries-1.500 m:Friday February 13, 1976 — 30 competitors from 18 countries-5.000 m:...

 
Men's 1000 metres
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
-500 m:Tuesday February 10, 1976 — 30 competitors from 16 countries-1.000 m:Thursday February 12, 1976 — 32 competitors from 16 countries-1.500 m:Friday February 13, 1976 — 30 competitors from 18 countries-5.000 m:...

 
Women's 500 metres
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympic Games cross country skiing results. The women's 3 x 5 km relay was replaced by a 4 x 5 km relay at these games.-15 km:February 8, 1976-30 km:February 5, 1976...

 
Men's 30 km
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
-500 m:Tuesday February 10, 1976 — 30 competitors from 16 countries-1.000 m:Thursday February 12, 1976 — 32 competitors from 16 countries-1.500 m:Friday February 13, 1976 — 30 competitors from 18 countries-5.000 m:...

 
Women's 1000 metres
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
-500 m:Tuesday February 10, 1976 — 30 competitors from 16 countries-1.000 m:Thursday February 12, 1976 — 32 competitors from 16 countries-1.500 m:Friday February 13, 1976 — 30 competitors from 18 countries-5.000 m:...

 
Women's 1500 metres
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from February 5–13, 1976.Similar to the 1964 games, the men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel , the other five events at Axamer Lizum....

 
Women's downhill

Colleen O'Connor
Colleen O'Connor
Colleen M. O'Connor is an American ice dancer. With partner James Millns, she is the 1974-1976 U.S. national champion, the 1975 World silver medalist, the 1976 World bronze medalist, and the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist....

 
Figure skating
Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympic Games figure skating results. Ice dancing was introduced as an Olympic event in these Olympics.-Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Sonia BianchettiAssistant Referee:* Emil Skákala...

 
Ice dancing
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
-500 m:Tuesday February 10, 1976 — 30 competitors from 16 countries-1.000 m:Thursday February 12, 1976 — 32 competitors from 16 countries-1.500 m:Friday February 13, 1976 — 30 competitors from 18 countries-5.000 m:...

 
Men's 500 metres
Speed skating
Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
-500 m:Tuesday February 10, 1976 — 30 competitors from 16 countries-1.000 m:Thursday February 12, 1976 — 32 competitors from 16 countries-1.500 m:Friday February 13, 1976 — 30 competitors from 18 countries-5.000 m:...

 
Women's 1000 metres

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Karl Anderson Downhill 1:49.08 24
Pete Patterson 1:47.94 13
Greg Jones 1:47.84 11
Andy Mill
Andy Mill
Andy Ray Mill is a former alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team. He was two-time Olympian, competing primarily in the downhill and combined events on the World Cup circuit.-Ski career:...

1:47.06 6
Cary Adgate
Cary Adgate
Cary Adgate is a former United States Ski Team member from Boyne Falls, Michigan. He is a two time Olympian, six time national champion, and national pro champion. Adgate was recently inducted into the U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.-References:...

Giant Slalom 1:48.64 23 1:47.77 21 3:36.41 21
Gerg Jones 1:48.09 16 1:43.68 9 3:31.77 9
Steve Mahre
Steve Mahre
Steven Mahre is a former alpine ski racer and younger twin brother of ski racer Phil Mahre....

1:47.80 14 1:45.96 12 3:33.76 13
Phil Mahre
Phil Mahre
Philip Mahre is a former champion alpine ski racer, widely regarded as one of the greatest American skiers of all time...

1:45.58 4 1:42.62 5 3:28.20 5
Geoff Bruce Slalom DNF DNF
Greg Jones 1:05.05 24 1:07.66 19 2:12.71 19
Phil Mahre
Phil Mahre
Philip Mahre is a former champion alpine ski racer, widely regarded as one of the greatest American skiers of all time...

1:04.80 22 1:06.97 17 2:11.77 18
Cary Adgate
Cary Adgate
Cary Adgate is a former United States Ski Team member from Boyne Falls, Michigan. He is a two time Olympian, six time national champion, and national pro champion. Adgate was recently inducted into the U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.-References:...

1:03.06 14 1:06.47 13 2:09.53 13

Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Leslie Smith Downhill 1:52.98 26
Susan Patterson 1:49.37 14
Cindy Nelson
Cindy Nelson
Cynthia "Cindy" Nelson is an American former alpine ski racer from Lutsen, Minnesota.-World Cup victories:- External links :* - Results - Cindy Nelson...

1:47.50
Leslie Smith Giant Slalom 1:34.54 28
Cindy Nelson
Cindy Nelson
Cynthia "Cindy" Nelson is an American former alpine ski racer from Lutsen, Minnesota.-World Cup victories:- External links :* - Results - Cindy Nelson...

1:32.02 21
Mary Seaton 1:31.58 17
Lindy Cochran 1:31.33 12
Abbi Fisher Slalom 50.34 21 DNF DNF
Cindy Nelson
Cindy Nelson
Cynthia "Cindy" Nelson is an American former alpine ski racer from Lutsen, Minnesota.-World Cup victories:- External links :* - Results - Cindy Nelson...

49.52 16 47.81 13 1:37.33 13
Mary Seaton 49.04 12 46.83 9 1:35.87 10
Lindy Cochran 47.96 7 45.28 4 1:33.24 6

Biathlon

Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Peter Dascoulias DNF DNF
Martin Hagen 1'20:49.20 8 1'28:49.20 47
Lyle Nelson 1'15:27.50 10 1'25:27.50 35

1One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Lyle Nelson
Dennis Donahue
John Morton
Peter Dascoulias
4 2'10:17.72 11

2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Jimmy Morgan
Thomas Becker
Two-man 57.68 15 57.63 14 57.66 13 57.79 13 3:50.76 14
USA-2 Brent Rushlaw
John Proctor
Two-man 58.07 20 58.27 20 57.79 15 57.89 14 3:52.02 19

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Jimmy Morgan
Peter Brennan
John Proctor
Thomas Becker
Four-man 56.09 15 56.08 14 56.96 15 57.59 15 3:46.72 15
USA-2 William Hollrock
Earl Frisbie
Frederick Fritsch
Phil Duprey
Four-man 56.61 19 56.86 18 57.89 21 58.35 20 3:49.71 19

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Doug Peterson 49:00.98 54
Ronny Yeager 48:58.16 52
Tim Caldwell 47:33.59 37
Bill Koch
Bill Koch (skier)
Bill Koch is an American ski racer and the first world-class cross-country skier from the United States.A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He originally competed in the NIS in the Nordic combined, but later switched to cross...

45:32.22 6
30 km Bela Bodnar 1'43:10.73 59
Chris Haines 1'40:58.43 52
Tim Caldwell 1'35:57.97 27
Bill Koch
Bill Koch (skier)
Bill Koch is an American ski racer and the first world-class cross-country skier from the United States.A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He originally competed in the NIS in the Nordic combined, but later switched to cross...

1'30:57.84
50 km Tim Caldwell DNF
Chris Haines DNF
Stan Dunklee 2'51:26.28 36
Bill Koch
Bill Koch (skier)
Bill Koch is an American ski racer and the first world-class cross-country skier from the United States.A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He originally competed in the NIS in the Nordic combined, but later switched to cross...

2'44:34.69 13


Men's 4 x 10km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Doug Peterson
Tim Caldwell
Bill Koch
Bill Koch (skier)
Bill Koch is an American ski racer and the first world-class cross-country skier from the United States.A native of Brattleboro, Vermont, he is a graduate of the nearby The Putney School in Putney, Vermont. He originally competed in the NIS in the Nordic combined, but later switched to cross...


Ronny Yeager
2'11:41.35 6

Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes DNF
Terry Porter 19:36.93 39
Jana Hlavaty 18:21.21 35
Martha Rockwell 17:33.07 28
10 km Margie Mahoney 37:07.18 43
Twila Hinkle 36:35.49 42
Jana Hlavaty 34:48.88 37
Martha Rockwell 34:21.34 36


Women's 4 x 5km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Martha Rockwell
Jana Hlavaty
Terry Porter
Twila Hinkle
1'17:58.18 9

Figure skating

Men
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Terry Kubicka
Terry Kubicka
Terry Kubicka is an American retired figure skater. He is the 1976 U.S. national champion. He competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where he became the first and only skater to perform a legal backflip; it was banned after the competition. He was the first American to land the triple lutz, at the...

11 10 3 183.30 56 7
David Santee
David Santee
David Santee was an American figure skater. He is the 1981 World silver medalist and an eight-time U.S. National medalist. He also competed at the Winter Olympics twice. His younger brother Jimmy Santee was also an elite-level skater....

5 4 6 184.28 49 6


Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Linda Fratianne
Linda Fratianne
Linda Sue Fratianne is a former American Olympic figure skater who won four consecutive U.S. Championships .-Early career:...

9 6 6 181.86 67 8
Wendy Burge
Wendy Burge
Wendy Burge was an American figure skater. She won the silver medal at the 1975 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed 6th at the 1976 Winter Olympics. She currently resides and retired in Orange County, California after professionally coaching for over 20 years. -Results:-References:...

6 8 9 182.14 63 6
Dorothy Hamill
Dorothy Hamill
Dorothy Stuart Hamill is an American figure skater. She is the 1976 Olympic champion in Ladies' Singles and 1976 World Champion.-Early life:...

2 1 1 193.80 9


Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Alice Cook
Alice Cook (figure skater)
Alice Maxine Cook is an American pair skater. With partner William Fauver, she is the 1976 U.S. silver medalist. They represented the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where they placed 12th....


William Fauver
William Fauver
William Benjamin Fauver is an American pair skater. With partner Alice Cook, he is the 1976 U.S. silver medalist. They represented the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics where they placed 12th....

11 13 119.36 106 12
Tai Babilonia
Randy Gardner
Randy Gardner (figure skater)
Randy Gardner is an American pair skater. With partner Tai Babilonia, he was the 1979 World Champion and the 1976-1980 U.S. national champion.-Career:...

5 4 134.24 36 5


Ice Dancing
Athletes CD FD Points Places Rank
Susan Kelley
Susan Kelley (figure skater)
Susan Marie "Susie" Kelley is an American ice dancer. With partner Andrew Stroukoff, she represented the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where they placed 17th. They represented the Skating Club of BostonFollowing her retirement from skating, she became a coach...


Andrew Stroukoff
Andrew Stroukoff
Andrew George "Andy" Stroukoff is an American ice dancer. With partner Susan Kelley, he represented the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where they placed 17th. They represented the Skating Club of Boston...

18 15 165.12 147 17
Judi Genovesi
Judi Genovesi
Judi Ann Genovesi is an American ice dancer. With partner Kent Weigle, she is the 1977 U.S. national champion. They represented the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics where they placed 15th.-Competitive highlights:-References:*...


Kent Weigle
Kent Weigle
Douglas Kent Weigle is an American ice dancer. With partner Judi Genovesi, he is the 1977 U.S. national champion. They represented the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics where they placed 15th....

15 16 168.26 134 15
Colleen O'Connor
Colleen O'Connor
Colleen M. O'Connor is an American ice dancer. With partner James Millns, she is the 1974-1976 U.S. national champion, the 1975 World silver medalist, the 1976 World bronze medalist, and the 1976 Olympic bronze medalist....


Jim Millns
3 3 202.64 27

Ice hockey

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.
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Medal round

Rank Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1 5 5 0 0 40 11 10
2 5 3 2 0 17 10 6
3 5 2 3 0 21 24 4
4 5 2 3 0 19 18 4
5 5 2 3 0 15 21 4
6 5 1 4 0 9 37 2

  • USSR 6-2 USA
  • Czechoslovakia 5-0 USA
  • USA 5-4 Finland
  • USA 7-2 Poland
  • West Germany 4-1 USA

Leading scorers

Rk GP G A Pts
8th Bob Dobek
Bob Dobek
Robert Andrew Dobek is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 72 games in the World Hockey Association for the San Diego Mariners between 1976 and 1977 after starring for the US team in the 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the Bowling Green State University men's hockey team in the...

5 3 4 7

  • Team Roster
  • Steve Alley
    Steve Alley
    Steven James "The Cat" Alley is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 105 games in the World Hockey Association for the Birmingham Bulls and Cincinnati Stingers between 1976 and 1979...

  • Dan Bolduc
    Dan Bolduc
    Daniel George "Danny" Bolduc. is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association between 1976–84...

  • Blane Comstock
  • Bob Dobek
    Bob Dobek
    Robert Andrew Dobek is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 72 games in the World Hockey Association for the San Diego Mariners between 1976 and 1977 after starring for the US team in the 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the Bowling Green State University men's hockey team in the...

  • Robby Harris
  • Jeff Hymanson
  • Paul Jensen
  • Steve Jensen
    Steve Jensen
    Steven Allan Jensen is a former professional ice hockey player and Owner and Director of Heartland Hockey Camps. Jensen was an offensive player who appeared in 438 games in the National Hockey League from 1976-82...

  • Dick Lamby
    Dick Lamby
    Richard A. "Dick" Lamby is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman who played 22 National Hockey League regular season games with the St. Louis Blues in 1978-80 but spent most of his career in the minor leagues...

  • Bob Lundeen
  • Bob Miller
    Bob Miller (ice hockey)
    Robert Michael Miller, Jr. Robert Michael Miller, Jr. Robert Michael Miller, Jr. (born September 28, 1956 in Medford, Massachusetts and grew up in Billerica, Massachusetts. Miller is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 404 games in the National Hockey League between 1977 and 1985...

  • Doug Ross
    Doug Ross (ice hockey)
    Douglas George Ross is a retired American college ice hockey player and former college ice hockey head coach. Ross was a member of the American team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Ross coached the club program at Ohio University Bobcats for one season in 1976-1977...

  • Gary Ross
    Gary Ross
    Gary Ross is an American writer, director, and actor. He is best known for directing Pleasantville and Seabiscuit, both of which featured Tobey Maguire in the lead role...

  • Buzz Schneider
    Buzz Schneider
    William "Buzz" Schneider is a retired American ice hockey player best remembered for his role on the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at Lake Placid...

  • Steve Sertich
  • John Taft
    John Taft
    John Philip Taft is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman.Although Taft played 15 National Hockey League regular season games with the Detroit Red Wings in 1978–79, he spent most of his career in the minor leagues...

  • Ted Thorndike
  • Jim Warden

Luge

Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Terry O'Brien 56.366 33 55.647 32 55.172 31 55.351 30 3:42.536 28
James Murray 56.269 31 55.554 31 55.142 30 55.187 28 3:42.152 26
Richard Cavanaugh 56.186 28 55.669 33 54.572 25 54.930 26 3:41.357 25


(Men's) Doubles
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Robert Berkley
Richard Cavanaugh
46.455 24 45.554 20 1:32.009 23
Jim Moriarty
John Fee
46.075 22 45.965 22 1:32.040 24

Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Maura Haponski 46.547 26 45.877 24 45.818 25 46.329 25 3:04.571 25
Karen Roberts 46.366 24 46.142 25 45.581 24 45.994 24 3:04.083 24
Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad 45.413 19 45.744 23 44.848 18 45.346 22 3:01.351 21

Nordic combined

Events:
  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Mike Devecka Individual 62.0 64.0 151.6 32 51:06.38 192.28 18 343.88 28
Walter Malmquist 70.0 71.0 181.3 26 54:40.40 160.17 30 341.47 29
Jim Galanes 71.0 73.0 184.1 25 50:34.71 197.03 15 381.13 17

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Kip Sundgaard Normal hill 68.0 89.6 67.0 88.0 177.6 53
Greg Windsperger 76.0 103.9 75.5 104.1 208.0 34
Jerry Martin
Jerry Martin
Jerry Lindsey Martin is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He is the son of major league pitcher Barney Martin....

78.0 109.6 74.5 103.0 212.6 27
Jim Denney 79.0 110.7 76.5 108.2 218.9 21
Jim Maki Large hill 85.0 89.0 81.0 82.4 171.4 36
Terry Kern 88.0 89.7 85.0 86.5 176.2 30
Jerry Martin
Jerry Martin
Jerry Lindsey Martin is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He is the son of major league pitcher Barney Martin....

85.0 94.0 78.0 81.7 175.7 32
Jim Denney 89.0 99.1 85.0 92.0 191.1 18

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Jim Chapin 40.09 10
Peter Mueller 39.57 5
Dan Immerfall
Dan Immerfall
Daniel James Immerfall is a former speed skater from the United States who specialised in the 500 m....

39.54
1000 m Dan Carroll 1:27.37 28
Dan Immerfall
Dan Immerfall
Daniel James Immerfall is a former speed skater from the United States who specialised in the 500 m....

1:21.74 12
Peter Mueller 1:19.32 OR
1500 m Mike Woods 2:08.77 23
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
Eric Arthur Heiden, M.D. is an American former long track speed skater and road cyclist who won all the men's speed skating races, and thus an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York,...

2:02.40 7
Dan Carroll 2:02.26 5
5000 m Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
Eric Arthur Heiden, M.D. is an American former long track speed skater and road cyclist who won all the men's speed skating races, and thus an unprecedented five individual gold medals, and set four Olympic records and one world record at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York,...

7:59.00 19
Mike Woods 7:48.08 12
Dan Carroll 7:36.46 6
10,000 m Charles Gilmore 16:26.35 19
Mike Woods 15:53.42 12
Dan Carroll 15:19.29 7


Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Lori Monk 44.00 9
Leah Poulos-Mueller 43.21 4
Sheila Young
Sheila Young
Sheila Grace Young-Ochowicz is a former speed skater and track cyclist from the United States.-Short biography:...

42.46 OR
1000 m Peggy Crowe DSQ
Sheila Young
Sheila Young
Sheila Grace Young-Ochowicz is a former speed skater and track cyclist from the United States.-Short biography:...

1:29.14
Leah Poulos-Mueller 1:28.57
1500 m Cindy Seikkula 2:24.06 17
Leah Poulos-Mueller 2:19.11 6
Sheila Young
Sheila Young
Sheila Grace Young-Ochowicz is a former speed skater and track cyclist from the United States.-Short biography:...

2:17.06
3000 m Cindy Seikkula 4:57.57 17
Beth Heiden
Beth Heiden
Elizabeth Lee "Beth" Heiden Reid is an American athlete who excelled in speed skating, cross-country skiing and bicycle racing. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Her brother Eric was a five-time gold-medalist speedskater at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics...

4:51.67 11
Nancy Swider-Peltz
Nancy Swider-Peltz
Nancy Louise Swider-Peltz was an Olympic speedskater from the United States who held the world record in the 3,000 meters in 1976. She was the first U.S. Olympian to compete in four different Winter Olympics...

4:48.46 7
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