Austria at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Austria at the
1976 Winter Olympics

IOC code| AUT
NOC| Austrian Olympic Committee
Website| www.olympia.at (in German)
in Innsbruck
Competitors| 77 (63 men, 14 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer| Franz Klammer (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 7th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Austria was the host nation for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. It was the second time that Austria had hosted the Winter Games, after the 1964 Winter Olympics, also in Innsbruck.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Franz Klammer | Alpine Skiing | Men's downhill
Gold | Karl Schnabl | Ski Jumping | Men's Large Hill
Silver | Brigitte Totschnig | Alpine Skiing | Women's downhill
Silver | Anton Innauer | Ski Jumping | Men's Large Hill
Bronze | Franz Schachner
Rudolf Schmid | Luge | Doubles
Bronze | Karl Schnabl | Ski Jumping | Men's Normal Hill

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Anton Steiner | Downhill  |  | DNF  | –
Klaus Eberhard |  | 1:48.45  | 19
Sepp Walcher |  | 1:47.45  | 9
Franz Klammer |  | 1:45.73  |
Thomas Hauser | Giant slalom  | DNF  | –  | –  | –  | DNF  | –
Franz Klammer | DNF  | –  | –  | –  | DNF  | –
Alois Morgenstern | 1:48.33  | 18  | DNF  | –  | DNF  | –
Hansi Hinterseer | 1:46.46  | 7  | 1:47.34  | 19  | 3:33.80  | 14
Hansi Hinterseer | Slalom  | DNF  | –  | –  | –  | DNF  | –
Anton Steiner | 1:06.02  | 27  | 1:08.88  | 21  | 2:14.90  | 22
Alois Morgenstern | 1:01.61  | 7  | 1:05.37  | 8  | 2:07.18  | 7

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Irmgard Lukasser | Downhill  |  | 1:49.18  | 12
Monika Kaserer |  | 1:48.81  | 9
Nicola Spieß |  | 1:47.71  | 4
Brigitte Totschnig |  | 1:46.68  |
Irmgard Lukasser | Giant slalom  |  | 1:35.38  | 29
Regina Sackl |  | 1:31.78  | 19
Brigitte Totschnig |  | 1:31.48  | 16
Monika Kaserer |  | 1:30.49  | 6
Monika Kaserer | Slalom  | DNF  | –  | –  | –  | DNF  | –
Regina Sackl | DNF  | –  | –  | –  | DNF  | –
Nicola Spieß | n/a  | ?  | DNF  | –  | DNF  | –
Brigitte Totschnig | 49.17  | 14  | DNF  | –  | DNF  | –

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Penalties  | Adjusted time 1 | Rank

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20 km  | Klaus Farbmacher | 1'20:31.07  | 16  | 1'36:31.07  | 49
Franz-Josef Weber | 1'16:14.92  | 10  | 1'26:14.92  | 37
Alfred Eder | 1'14:42.52  | 8  | 1'22:42.52  | 21

1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 2 | Time  | Rank
Franz-Josef Weber
Alfred Eder
Klaus Farbmacher
Josef Hones  | 11  | 2'18:06.78  | 15

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

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
AUT-1  | Dieter Delle Karth
Franz Köfel | Two-man  | 56.52  | 6  | 56.76  | 7  | 56.47  | 4  | 56.62  | 5  | 3:46.37  | 6
AUT-2  | Fritz Sperling
Andreas Schwab | Two-man  | 56.06  | 1  | 56.19  | 2  | 56.73  | 6  | 56.76  | 7  | 3:45.74  | 4
Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
AUT-1  | Fritz Sperling
Kurt Oberhöller
Gerd Zaunschirm
Dieter Gehmacher | Four-man  | 55.51  | 8  | 55.62  | 8  | 56.05  | 6  | 56.61  | 5  | 3:43.79  | 7
AUT-2  | Werner Delle Karth
Andreas Schwab
Heinz Krenn
Otto Breg
Franz Köfel | Four-man  | 54.66  | 2  | 55.80  | 10  | 56.10  | 7  | 56.65  | 6  | 3:43.21  | 6

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
15 km  | Josef Vogel | 48:42.32  | 48
Werner Vogel | 48:17.47  | 43
Rudolf Horn | 48:10.52  | 42
Herbert Wachter | 46:46.39  | 19
30 km  | Franz Gattermann | 1'43:04.88  | 58
Werner Vogel | 1'40:16.10  | 51
Reinhold Feichter | 1'37:43.73  | 39
Herbert Wachter | 1'36:28.48  | 32
50 km  | Heinrich Wallner | 3'03:58.19  | 43
Reinhold Feichter | 2'50:53.00  | 35
Werner Vogel | 2'47:05.63  | 26
Herbert Wachter | 2'46:40.25  | 24

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Rudolf Horn
Reinhold Feichter
Werner Vogel
Herbert Wachter | 2'12:22.80  | 8

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
5 km  | Sylvia Schweiger | 20:17.43  | 42
Gertrud Gasteiger | 20:14.94  | 41
Barbara Stöckl | 18:49.16  | 38
10 km  | Gertrud Gasteiger | 37:35.77  | 44
Sylvia Schweiger | 36:32.93  | 41
Barbara Stöckl | 35:28.99  | 40

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | CF  | SP  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Ronald Koppelent | 15  | –  | –  | –  | DNF  | –

Women
Athlete  | CF  | SP  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Claudia Kristofics-Binder | 15  | 18  | 16  | 162.88  | 149  | 16

Pairs
Athletes  | SP  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Ursula Nemec
Michael Nemec | 12  | 10  | 121.30  | 96  | 10

Ice Dancing
Athletes  | CD  | FD  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Susanne Handschmann
Peter Handschmann | 12  | –  | –  | DNF  | –

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

### First round

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

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Soviet Union | 16–3  |  Austria

### Consolation Round

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Rank  |  | Pld  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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7 |  Romania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8
8 |  Austria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 6
9 |  Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 6
10 |  Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 6
11 |  Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 4
12 |  Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 0

* Austria 6-2 Bulgaria
* Austria 3-2 Japan
* Austria 3-4 Romania
* Austria 3-5 Switzerland
* Austria 3-1 Yugoslavia

| Contestants
Daniel Gritsch
Franz Schilcher
Walter Schneider
Gerhard Hausner
Johann Schuller
Michael Herzog
Günter Oberhuber
Othmar Russ
Max Moser
Rudolf König
Sepp Puschnig
Franz Voves
Josef Schwitzer
Peter Zini
Sepp Kriechbaum
Alexander Sadjina
Herbert Pöck
Herbert Mörtl

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## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Reinhold Sulzbacher | 53.137  | 10  | 52.491  | 7  | 52.204  | 6  | 52.566  | 8  | 3:30.398  | 7
Manfred Schmid | 52.973  | 8  | 52.073  | 3  | 52.113  | 5  | 52.352  | 6  | 3:29.511  | 5
Rudolf Schmid | 52.933  | 7  | 53.806  | 15  | 52.361  | 8  | 52.319  | 5  | 3:31.419  | 9

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Rudolf Schmid
Franz Schachner | 42.997  | 3  | 42.922  | 2  | 1:25.919  |
Manfred Schmid
Reinhold Sulzbacher | 43.035  | 4  | 43.389  | 6  | 1:26.424  | 5

Women
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Angelika Schafferer | 43.444  | 8  | 43.007  | 9  | 42.793  | 8  | 43.078  | 9  | 2:52.322  | 8
Margit Graf | 43.094  | 6  | 42.790  | 5  | 42.555  | 4  | 43.020  | 8  | 2:51.459  | 6
Antonia Mayr | 42.949  | 4  | 42.812  | 6  | 42.633  | 5  | 42.966  | 6  | 2:51.360  | 5

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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

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Distance 1  | Distance 2  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Fritz Koch | Individual  | 72.0  | 72.0  | 189.1  | 22  | 53:04.73  | 174.52  | 28  | 363.62  | 26

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Toni Innauer | Normal hill  | 80.5  | 115.6  | 81.0  | 117.9  | 233.5  | 7
Rudi Wanner | 79.5  | 116.5  | 79.5  | 117.0  | 233.5  | 7
Reinhold Bachler | 80.5  | 118.1  | 80.5  | 119.1  | 237.2  | 6
Karl Schnabl | 82.5  | 121.8  | 81.5  | 120.2  | 242.0  |
Hans Wallner | Large hill  | 93.5  | 109.4  | 92.5  | 107.5  | 216.9  | 6
Reinhold Bachler | 95.0  | 111.5  | 91.0  | 105.9  | 217.4  | 5
Karl Schnabl | 97.5  | 117.5  | 97.0  | 117.3  | 234.8  |
Toni Innauer | 102.5  | 126.5  | 91.0  | 106.4  | 232.9  |

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Heinz Steinberger | 43.28  | 27
Berend Schabus | 42.33  | 26
1000 m  | Berend Schabus | 1:26.50  | 25
1500 m  | Berend Schabus | 2:15.41  | 29
Ludwig Kronfuß | 2:11.17  | 26
5000 m  | Hubert Gundolf | 8:29.34  | 29
Ludwig Kronfuß | 8:19.72  | 27
10,000 m  | Hubert Gundolf | 17:52.43  | 20

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com

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