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 10 sports |
Flag bearer | Cindy Nelson (alpine skiing) |
Medals Ranked 3rd |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
As Lake Placid would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, an American segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
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 |