1976 WINTER OLYMPICS

The '1976 Winter Olympics', officially known as the 'XII Olympic Winter Games', were celebrated in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. The games were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado, United States in May, 1970 but a 300 percent rise in costs and worries about environmental impact led to voters' rejection of a $5 million bond issue to finance the games in 1972, so the IOC offered the games to Whistler, British Columbia (Canada), who had bid on the games, but they too declined due to a change of government there. (Whistler would go on to be associated with neighbouring Vancouver's successful bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics.) The IOC finally called on Innsbruck, which had hosted the 1964 Winter Games just twelve years earlier, to also host the 1976 games. Salt Lake City, Utah, which would eventually host in 2002 offered itself as a potential host after the withdrawal of Denver. The IOC declined.
Following the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics, security was tight for the 1976 games. Innsbruck 1976 pointed the way to the future in Olympic security, which was further increased for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, as a result of the events of September 11, 2001.

Contents

Highlights

Medals awarded

Participating nations

Medal count

Trivia

See also

External links

References

Highlights

★ Franz Klammer wins the mens downhill alpine skiing event in a total time of 1:45.73.

★ Dorothy Hamill of the United States wins the Gold in Ladies Figure Skating.

★ In the 4 man bobsled the East German team won for the first time of what would be 3 consecutive titles.

★ The USSR won the games with 13 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 8 bronze medals.

Medals awarded

See the medal winners, ordered by sport:

★ Alpine skiing

★ Biathlon

★ Bobsleigh

★ Cross-country skiing

★ Figure skating

★ Ice hockey

★ Luge

★ Nordic combined

★ Ski jumping

★ Speed skating

Participating nations

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Medal count

''(Host nation highlighted)''

1		13	6	8	27
2		7	5	7	19
3		3	3	1	7
4		3	3	1	7
5		2	5	3	10
6		2	4	1	7
7		2	2	2	6
8		1	3	1	5
9		1	2	3	6
10		1	2	1	4

Trivia

During the event, the cauldrons of both the 1964 and 1976 Winter Games were lit.
The '76 Winter Olympics marked the final time the Republic of China participated under its official flag and its official name. After most of the international community recognized the People's Republic of China the ROC was forced to be represented under the name Chinese Taipei, under a completely altered flag, and use its National Banner Song in place of its national anthem.

See also

★ Olympic Games

★ Summer Olympic Games

★ International Olympic Committee

★ IOC country codes

★ 1976 Winter Paralympics

★ 1964 Winter Olympics

External links

★ infoplease

References

★ The Official Report of the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976 at Innsbruck - from amateur athletic foundation