The United States competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics | |
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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 |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
editThe following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Alpine skiing
editMen
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
editAthlete | 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
editAthlete | 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
editMen
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
editIndividual
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
editSummary
Team | Event | First round | Consolation game | Medal round | |||||
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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 |
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- Roster
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
editMen
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
editAthlete | 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
editAthlete | 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
editMen
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 |