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United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
The United States competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Quick Facts United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | USA |
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
| in Innsbruck | |
| Competitors | 106 (76 men, 30 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearer | Cindy Nelson (alpine skiing) |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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As Lake Placid would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, the American national anthem was performed at the closing ceremony.
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.
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics
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| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Individual
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | CF | SP | FS | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |  | |
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Mixed
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | SP / CD | FS / FD | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Summary
More information Team, Event ...
| Team | Event | First round | Consolation game | Medal round | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
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| United States men | Men's tournament |  YugoslaviaW 8–4 |
Bye |  Soviet UnionL 2–6 |
 CzechoslovakiaL 0–5 |
 FinlandW 5–4 |
 PolandW 7–2 |
 West GermanyL 1–4 |
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- Roster
First round
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.
Medal round
More information Rank, Pld ...
| 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 |
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- USSR 6–2 USA
- Czechoslovakia 5–0 USA
- USA 5–4 Finland
- USA 7–2 Poland
- West Germany 4–1 USA
Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
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Women
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| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| 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 | |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics
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| 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 | |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| 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 |
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Women
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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