Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom

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Women's slalom
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Axamer Lizum
DateFebruary 11
Competitors42 from 31 nations
Winning time1:30.54
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Rosi Mittermaier Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Claudia Giordani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Hanni Wenzel Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein
  1972
1980  
Women's Slalom
Location Axamer Lizum
Vertical   175 m (574 ft)
Top elevation1,785 m (5,856 ft)  
Base elevation1,610 m (5,282 ft)

The Women's slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum. [1] [2]

The defending world champion was Hanni Wenzel of Liechtenstein, while Switzerland's Lise-Marie Morerod was the defending World Cup slalom champion and Germany's Rosi Mittermaier was the leader of the 1976 World Cup. [3] [4]

Results

[1]

RankNameCountryRun 1Run 2TotalDifference
Gold medal icon.svg Rosi Mittermaier Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0:46.770:43.771:30.54-
Silver medal icon.svg Claudia Giordani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0:46.870:44.001:30.87+0.33
Bronze medal icon.svg Hanni Wenzel Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 0:47.750:44.451:32.20+1.66
4 Danièle Debernard Flag of France.svg  France 0:46.860:45.381:32.24+1.70
5 Pamela Behr Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0:46.680:45.631:32.31+1.77
6 Lindy Cochran Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0:47.960:45.281:33.24+2.70
7 Christa Zechmeister Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0:48.200:45.521:33.72+3.18
8 Wanda Bieler Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0:48.860:46.801:35.66+5.12
9 Dagmar Kuzmanová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 0:48.620:47.081:35.70+5.16
10 Mary Seaton Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0:49.040:46.831:35.87+5.33
11 Ursula Konzett Flag of Liechtenstein (1937-1982).svg  Liechtenstein 0:48.820:47.531:36.35+5.81
12 Bernadette Zurbriggen Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 0:49.780:47.401:37.18+6.64
13 Cindy Nelson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0:49.520:47.811:37.33+6.79
14 Laurie Kreiner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0:50.260:49.121:39.38+8.84
15 Valentina Iliffe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0:51.650:48.491:40.14+9.60
16 Steinunn Sæmundsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 0:53.550:51.171:44.72+14.18
17 Riitta Ollikka Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0:54.230:51.391:45.62+15.08
18 Fiona Easdale Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0:54.120:52.881:47.00+16.46
19 Sue Gibson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1:02.591:00.942:03.53+32.99
- Patricia Emonet Flag of France.svg  France 0:47.47DNF--
- Betsy Clifford Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0:49.09DNF--
- Brigitte Totschnig Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0:49.17DNF--
- Monika Berwein Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 0:49.17DNF--
- Michèle Jacot Flag of France.svg  France 0:50.00DNF--
- Torill Fjeldstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0:50.11DNF--
- Abbi Fisher Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0:50.34DNS--
- Jana Gantnerová-Šoltýsová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 0:51.34DNF--
- Hazel Hutcheon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  ?DNF--
- Nicola Spieß Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  ?DNF--
- Joanne Henke Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNF---
- Jórunn Viggósdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland DNF---
- Paola Hofer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF---
- Alla Askarova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union DNF---
- Sally Rodd Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNF---
- Regina Sackl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF---
- Wilma Gatta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF---
- Lise-Marie Morerod Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF---
- Marie-Theres Nadig Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF---
- Monika Kaserer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria DNF---
- Fabienne Serrat Flag of France.svg  France DNF---
- Kathy Kreiner Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF---
- Anne Robb Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain DQ---

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References

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