United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

United States at the
1976 Winter Olympics

Flag of the United States

IOC code| USA
NOC| United States Olympic Committee
in Innsbruck
Competitors| 106 (76 men, 30 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer| Cindy Nelson (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 3rd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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The United States competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Medalists

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Further information: 1976 Winter Olympics medal table

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Sheila Young | Speed skating | Women's 500 meters | February 6
Gold | Peter Mueller | Speed skating | Men's 1000 meters | February 12
Gold | Dorothy Hamill | Figure skating | Women's singles | February 13
Silver | Bill Koch | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 kilometers | February 5
Silver | Sheila Young | Speed skating | Women's 1500 meters | February 5
Silver | Leah Poulos | Speed skating | Women's 1000 meters | February 7
Bronze | Sheila Young | Speed skating | Women's 1000 meters | February 7
Bronze | Cindy Nelson | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill | February 8
Bronze | James Millns
Colleen O'Connor | Figure skating | Ice dancing | February 9
Bronze | Dan Immerfall | Speed skating | Men's 500 meters | February 10

| Medals by sport

Sport  |  |  |  | Total
Speed skating | 2  | 2  | 2  | 6
Figure skating | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2
Cross-country skiing | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
Alpine skiing | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Total | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10

Multiple medalists

Name  | Sport  |  |  |  | Total
Sheila Young | Speed skating | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Karl Anderson | Downhill | —  | 1:49.08  | 24
Greg Jones | 1:47.84  | 11
Andy Mill | 1:47.06  | 6
Pete Patterson | 1:47.94  | 13
Cary Adgate | Giant slalom | 1:48.64  | 23  | 1:47.77  | 21  | 3:36.41  | 21
Greg Jones | 1:48.09  | 16  | 1:43.68  | 9  | 3:31.77  | 9
Phil Mahre | 1:45.58  | 4  | 1:42.62  | 5  | 3:28.20  | 5
Steve Mahre | 1:47.80  | 14  | 1:45.96  | 12  | 3:33.76  | 13
Cary Adgate | Slalom | 1:03.06  | 14  | 1:06.47  | 13  | 2:09.53  | 13
Geoff Bruce | DNF
Greg Jones | 1:05.05  | 24  | 1:07.66  | 19  | 2:12.71  | 19
Phil Mahre | 1:04.80  | 22  | 1:06.97  | 17  | 2:11.77  | 18

Women

Athlete  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Cindy Nelson | Downhill | —  | 1:47.50  |
Susan Patterson | 1:49.37  | 14
Leslie Smith | 1:52.98  | 26
Lindy Cochran | Giant slalom | —  | 1:31.33  | 12
Cindy Nelson | 1:32.02  | 21
Mary Seaton | 1:31.58  | 17
Leslie Smith | 1:34.54  | 28
Lindy Cochran | Slalom | 47.96  | 7  | 45.28  | 4  | 1:33.24  | 6
Abbi Fisher | 50.34  | 21  | DNF
Cindy Nelson | 49.52  | 16  | 47.81  | 13  | 1:37.33  | 13
Mary Seaton | 49.04  | 12  | 46.83  | 9  | 1:35.87  | 10

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Misses  | Rank

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Peter Dascoulias | Individual | DNF
Martin Hagen | 1:28:49.20  | 8  | 47
Lyle Nelson | 1:25:27.50  | 10  | 35
Peter Dascoulias
Dennis Donahue
John Morton
Lyle Nelson | Relay | 2:10:17.72  | 4  | 11

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Jimmy Morgan
Thomas Becker | Two-man | 57.68  | 15  | 57.63  | 14  | 57.66  | 13  | 57.79  | 13  | 3:50.76  | 14
Brent Rushlaw
John Proctor | 58.07  | 20  | 58.27  | 20  | 57.79  | 15  | 57.89  | 14  | 3:52.02  | 19
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
Jimmy Morgan
Peter Brennan
John Proctor
Thomas Becker | 56.09  | 15  | 56.08  | 14  | 56.96  | 15  | 57.59  | 15  | 3:46.72  | 15

## Cross-country skiing

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

Men

Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Tim Caldwell | 15 km | 47:33.59  | 37
Bill Koch | 45:32.22  | 6
Doug Peterson | 49:00.98  | 54
Ronny Yeager | 48:58.16  | 52
Bela Bodnar | 30 km | 1:43:10.73  | 59
Tim Caldwell | 1:35:57.97  | 27
Chris Haines | 1:40:58.43  | 52
Bill Koch | 1:30:57.84  |
Tim Caldwell | 50 km | DNF
Stan Dunklee | 2:51:26.28  | 36
Chris Haines | DNF
Bill Koch | 2:44:34.69  | 13
Tim Caldwell
Bill Koch
Doug Peterson
Ronny Yeager | 4 × 10 km relay | 2:11:41.35  | 6

Women

Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Jana Hlavaty | 5 km | 18:21.21  | 35
Terry Porter | 19:36.93  | 39
Martha Rockwell | 17:33.07  | 28
Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes | DNF
Twila Hinkle | 10 km | 36:35.49  | 42
Jana Hlavaty | 34:48.88  | 37
Margie Mahoney | 37:07.18  | 43
Martha Rockwell | 34:21.34  | 36
Twila Hinkle
Jana Hlavaty
Terry Porter
Martha Rockwell | 4 × 5 km relay | 1:17:58.18  | 9

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Individual

Athlete  | Event  | CF | SP | FS | Total

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Rank  | Rank  | Rank  | Points  | Places  | Rank
Terry Kubicka | Men's singles | 11  | 10  | 3  | 183.30  | 56  | 7
David Santee | 5  | 4  | 6  | 184.28  | 49  | 6
Wendy Burge | Ladies' singles | 6  | 8  | 9  | 182.14  | 63  | 6
Linda Fratianne | 9  | 6  | 6  | 181.86  | 67  | 8
Dorothy Hamill | 2  | 1  | 1  | 193.80  | 9  |

Mixed

Athlete  | Event  | SP / CD | FS / FD | Total

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Rank  | Rank  | Points  | Places  | Rank
Tai Babilonia
Randy Gardner | Pairs | 5  | 4  | 134.24  | 36  | 5
Alice Cook
William Fauver | 11  | 13  | 119.36  | 106  | 12
Judi Genovesi
Kent Weigle | Ice dancing | 15  | 16  | 168.26  | 134  | 15
Susan Kelley
Andrew Stroukoff | 18  | 15  | 165.12  | 147  | 17
Colleen O'Connor
Jim Millns | 3  | 3  | 202.64  | 27  |

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team  | Event  | First round  | Consolation game  | Medal round

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
United States men | Men's tournament |  Yugoslavia
W 8–4  | Bye  |  Soviet Union
L 2–6  |  Czechoslovakia
L 0–5  |  Finland
W 5–4  |  Poland
W 7–2  |  West Germany
L 1–4  | 5

Roster

* Steve Alley
* Dan Bolduc
* Blane Comstock
* Bob Dobek
* Rob Harris
* Jeff Hymanson
* Paul Jensen
* Steve Jensen
* Dick Lamby
* Bob Lundeen
* Bob Miller
* Doug Ross
* Gary Ross
* Buzz Schneider
* Steve Sertich
* John Taft
* Ted Thorndike
* Jim Warden

First round
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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United States | 8–4  |  Yugoslavia

Medal round

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

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1 |  Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 11 | 10
2 |  Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 6
3 |  West Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 4
4 |  Finland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 4
5 |  United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 4
6 |  Poland | 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

## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Richard Cavanaugh | Singles | 56.186  | 28  | 55.669  | 33  | 54.572  | 25  | 54.930  | 26  | 3:41.357  | 25
James Murray | 56.269  | 31  | 55.554  | 31  | 55.142  | 30  | 55.187  | 28  | 3:42.152  | 26
Terry O'Brien | 56.366  | 33  | 55.647  | 32  | 55.172  | 31  | 55.351  | 30  | 3:42.536  | 28
Robert Berkley
Richard Cavanaugh | Doubles | 46.455  | 24  | 45.554  | 20  | —  | 1:32.009  | 23
John Fee
Jim Moriarty | 46.075  | 22  | 45.965  | 22  | 1:32.040  | 24

Women

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

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Maura Haponski | Singles | 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

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Ski jumping  | Cross-country  | Total

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Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Mike Devecka | Individual | 77.0  | 74.6  | 151.6  | 32  | 51:06.38  | 192.28  | 18  | 343.88  | 28
Jim Galanes | 90.6  | 93.5  | 184.1  | 25  | 50:34.71  | 197.03  | 15  | 381.13  | 17
Walter Malmquist | 90.0  | 91.3  | 181.3  | 26  | 54:40.40  | 160.17  | 30  | 341.47  | 29

## 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
Jim Denney | Normal hill | 79.0  | 110.7  | 76.5  | 108.2  | 218.9  | 21
Jerry Martin | 78.0  | 109.6  | 74.5  | 103.0  | 212.6  | 27
Kip Sundgaard | 68.0  | 89.6  | 67.0  | 88.0  | 177.6  | 53
Greg Windsperger | 76.0  | 103.9  | 75.5  | 104.1  | 208.0  | 34
Jim Denney | Large hill | 89.0  | 99.1  | 85.0  | 92.0  | 191.1  | 18
Terry Kern | 88.0  | 89.7  | 85.0  | 86.5  | 176.2  | 30
Jim Maki | 85.0  | 89.0  | 81.0  | 82.4  | 171.4  | 36
Jerry Martin | 85.0  | 94.0  | 78.0  | 81.7  | 175.7  | 32

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Jim Chapin | 500 m | 40.09  | 10
Dan Immerfall | 39.54  |
Peter Mueller | 39.57  | 5
Dan Carroll | 1000 m | 1:27.37  | 28
Dan Immerfall | 1:21.74  | 12
Peter Mueller | 1:19.32 OR |
Dan Carroll | 1500 m | 2:02.26  | 5
Eric Heiden | 2:02.40  | 7
Mike Woods | 2:08.77  | 23
Dan Carroll | 5000 m | 7:36.46  | 6
Eric Heiden | 7:59.00  | 19
Mike Woods | 7:48.08  | 12
Dan Carroll | 10,000 m | 15:19.29  | 7
Charles Gilmore | 16:26.35  | 19
Mike Woods | 15:53.42  | 12

Women

Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Lori Monk | 500 m | 44.00  | 9
Leah Poulos | 43.21  | 4
Sheila Young | 42.46 OR |
Peggy Crowe | 1000 m | DSQ
Leah Poulos | 1:28.57  |
Sheila Young | 1:29.14  |
Leah Poulos | 1500 m | 2:19.11  | 6
Cindy Seikkula | 2:24.06  | 17
Sheila Young | 2:17.06  |
Beth Heiden | 3000 m | 4:51.67  | 11
Cindy Seikkula | 4:57.57  | 17
Nancy Swider-Peltz | 4:48.46  | 7

## See also

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* United States at the 1976 Winter Paralympics

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com
* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-22.

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