Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Nordic Combined

at the XII Olympic Winter Games

Venue| Seefeld in Tirol
Dates| 8–9 February 1976
Competitors| 34 from 14 nations
Winning Score| 423.390
Medalists
| |  |  Ulrich Wehling|  East Germany

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|  |  Urban Hettich|  West Germany
|  |  Konrad Winkler|  East Germany

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Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics, consisted of one event, held from 8 February to 9 February at Seefeld.[1][2]

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  East Germany| 1| 0| 1| 2
2|  West Germany| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (2 entries)| 1| 1| 1| 3

Germany won all three medals, with the East Germans topping the table with two and West Germany winning the third.

### Events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual
details | Ulrich Wehling
East Germany | 423.39  | Urban Hettich
West Germany | 418.90  | Konrad Winkler
East Germany | 417.47

## Individual

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Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal.[1]

Rank | Name | Country | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total

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Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Rank
| Ulrich Wehling |  East Germany | ~~112.0~~ | 112.5 | 113.0 | 225.5 | 1 | 50:28.9 | 197.89 | 13 | 423.39
| Urban Hettich |  West Germany | ~~97.1~~ | 98.7 | 100.2 | 198.9 | 11 | 48:01.5 | 220.00 | 1 | 418.90
| Konrad Winkler |  East Germany | 107.0 | ~~105.9~~ | 106.9 | 213.9 | 4 | 49:51.1 | 203.57 | 7 | 417.47
4 | Rauno Miettinen |  Finland | 109.3 | 110.6 | ~~101.4~~ | 219.9 | 2 | 51:12.2 | 191.40 | 19 | 411.30
5 | Claus Tuchscherer |  East Germany | ~~103.2~~ | 109.1 | 109.6 | 218.7 | 3 | 51:16.1 | 190.81 | 20 | 409.51
6 | Nikolay Nogovitsyn |  Soviet Union | 99.5 | ~~95.2~~ | 96.6 | 196.1 | 16 | 49:06.0 | 210.34 | 3 | 406.44
7 | Valery Kopayev |  Soviet Union | 102.2 | ~~94.4~~ | 100.7 | 202.9 | 9 | 49:53.3 | 203.24 | 8 | 406.14
8 | Tom Sandberg |  Norway | 96.3 | ~~94.7~~ | 99.4 | 195.7 | 17 | 49:09.3 | 209.83 | 4 | 405.53
9 | Pål Schjetne |  Norway | ~~97.2~~ | 102.1 | 102.3 | 204.4 | 7 | 50:27.0 | 198.19 | 12 | 402.59
10 | Erkki Kilpinen |  Finland | ~~70.5~~ | 100.9 | 102.2 | 203.1 | 8 | 50:20.5 | 199.16 | 11 | 402.26
11 | Jukka Kuvaja |  Finland | 98.9 | ~~87.8~~ | 98.4 | 197.3 | 13 | 50:03.3 | 201.74 | 9 | 399.04
12 | Josef Pospíšil |  Czechoslovakia | 95.0 | ~~94.7~~ | 102.9 | 197.9 | 12 | 50:14.7 | 200.03 | 10 | 397.93
13 | Günter Deckert |  East Germany | ~~74.0~~ | 95.1 | 99.1 | 194.2 | 18 | 49:51.0 | 203.58 | 6 | 397.78
14 | Günther Abel |  West Germany | 101.2 | ~~91.7~~ | 95.6 | 196.8 | 14 | 50:29.8 | 197.77 | 14 | 394.57
15 | František Zeman |  Czechoslovakia | ~~89.2~~ | 94.7 | 95.2 | 189.9 | 21 | 51:00.2 | 193.21 | 16 | 383.11
16 | Stefan Hula |  Poland | ~~98.7~~ | 101.0 | 104.9 | 205.9 | 6 | 52:48.4 | 176.98 | 26 | 382.88
17 | Jim Galanes |  United States | ~~88.6~~ | 90.6 | 93.5 | 184.1 | 25 | 50:34.7 | 197.03 | 15 | 381.13
18 | Jan Legierski |  Poland | 88.9 | 86.8 | ~~85.8~~ | 175.7 | 28 | 49:39.0 | 205.38 | 5 | 381.08
19 | Karl Lustenberger |  Switzerland | 101.8 | 100.7 | ~~98.4~~ | 202.5 | 10 | 52:57.5 | 175.60 | 27 | 378.10
20 | Marek Pach |  Poland | 94.7 | ~~93.2~~ | 96.6 | 191.3 | 19 | 52:05.0 | 183.49 | 22 | 374.79
21 | Yuji Katsuro |  Japan | ~~91.6~~ | 104.5 | 105.3 | 209.8 | 5 | 54:15.7 | 163.87 | 29 | 373.67
22 | Stein Erik Gullikstad |  Norway | 79.5 | ~~72.5~~ | 82.6 | 162.1 | 31 | 49:04.1 | 210.62 | 2 | 372.72
23 | Aleksey Baranov |  Soviet Union | 93.7 | 92.0 | ~~88.1~~ | 185.7 | 23 | 51:58.4 | 184.47 | 21 | 370.17
24 | Jorma Etelälahti |  Finland | 92.7 | ~~74.3~~ | 92.4 | 185.1 | 24 | 52:05.8 | 183.36 | 23 | 368.46
25 | Jacques Gaillard |  France | ~~89.1~~ | 91.1 | 89.9 | 181.0 | 27 | 52:08.9 | 182.90 | 24 | 363.90
26 | Fritz Koch |  Austria | ~~93.2~~ | 95.2 | 93.9 | 189.1 | 22 | 53:04.7 | 174.52 | 28 | 363.62
27 | Arne Bystøl |  Norway | ~~80.1~~ | 81.9 | 84.6 | 166.5 | 30 | 51:02.8 | 192.81 | 17 | 359.31
28 | Mike Devecka |  United States | 77.0 | ~~69.6~~ | 74.6 | 151.6 | 32 | 51:06.4 | 192.28 | 18 | 343.88
29 | Walter Malmquist |  United States | ~~80.1~~ | 90.0 | 91.3 | 181.3 | 26 | 54:40.4 | 160.17 | 30 | 341.47
30 | Michio Kubota |  Japan | ~~93.7~~ | 98.4 | 97.9 | 196.3 | 15 | 56:39.4 | 142.32 | 32 | 338.62
31 | Francesco Giacomelli |  Italy | ~~89.1~~ | 94.2 | 96.1 | 190.3 | 20 | 56:08.8 | 146.92 | 31 | 337.22
32 | Modesto De Silvestro |  Italy | 71.1 | 68.7 | ~~26.2~~ | 139.8 | 33 | 52:27.6 | 180.09 | 25 | 319.89
33 | Kurt Sjolund |  Canada | 66.1 | ~~27.7~~ | 57.9 | 124.0 | 34 | 58:13.4 | 128.22 | 33 | 252.22
- | Stanisław Kawulok |  Poland | 83.7 | ~~81.5~~ | 89.1 | 172.8 | 29 | DNF | DNF | - | \-

## Participating NOCs

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Fourteen nations participated in nordic combined at the Innsbruck Games.[1]

* Austria (1)
* Canada (1)
* Finland (4)
* France (1)
* West Germany (2)
* East Germany (4)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (2)
* Norway (4)
* Poland (4)
* Switzerland (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* Soviet Union (3)
* United States (3)

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
2. ^ "Nordic Combined at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

## External links

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* Sports-Reference - 1976 Olympics - Nordic Combined
* Sports-Reference - 1976 Olympics - Nordic Combined - Individual

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