Austria at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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Austria at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Flag of Austria.svg
IOC code AUT
NOC Austrian Olympic Committee
Website www.oeoc.at  (in German)
in Innsbruck
Competitors77 (63 men, 14 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Franz Klammer (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Austria was the host nation for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. It was the second time that Austria had hosted the Winter Games, after the 1964 Winter Olympics, also in Innsbruck.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Franz Klammer Alpine Skiing Men's downhill
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Karl Schnabl Ski Jumping Men's Large Hill
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Brigitte Totschnig Alpine Skiing Women's downhill
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Anton Innauer Ski Jumping Men's Large Hill
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Franz Schachner
Rudolf Schmid
Luge Doubles
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Karl Schnabl Ski Jumping Men's Normal Hill

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Anton Steiner DownhillDNF
Klaus Eberhard 1:48.4519
Sepp Walcher 1:47.459
Franz Klammer 1:45.73Gold medal icon.svg
Thomas Hauser Giant slalomDNFDNF
Franz Klammer DNFDNF
Alois Morgenstern 1:48.3318DNFDNF
Hansi Hinterseer 1:46.4671:47.34193:33.8014
Hansi Hinterseer SlalomDNFDNF
Anton Steiner 1:06.02271:08.88212:14.9022
Alois Morgenstern 1:01.6171:05.3782:07.187
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Irmgard Lukasser Downhill1:49.1812
Monika Kaserer 1:48.819
Nicola Spieß 1:47.714
Brigitte Totschnig 1:46.68Silver medal icon.svg
Irmgard Lukasser Giant slalom1:35.3829
Regina Sackl 1:31.7819
Brigitte Totschnig 1:31.4816
Monika Kaserer 1:30.496
Monika Kaserer SlalomDNFDNF
Regina Sackl DNFDNF
Nicola Spieß n/a?DNFDNF
Brigitte Totschnig 49.1714DNFDNF

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank
20 km Klaus Farbmacher 1'20:31.07161'36:31.0749
Franz-Josef Weber 1'16:14.92101'26:14.9237
Alfred Eder 1'14:42.5281'22:42.5221
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
AthletesRace
Misses 2TimeRank
Franz-Josef Weber
Alfred Eder
Klaus Farbmacher
Josef Hones
112'18:06.7815
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
AUT-1 Dieter Delle Karth
Franz Köfel
Two-man56.52656.76756.47456.6253:46.376
AUT-2 Fritz Sperling
Andreas Schwab
Two-man56.06156.19256.73656.7673:45.744
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
AUT-1 Fritz Sperling
Kurt Oberhöller
Gerd Zaunschirm
Dieter Gehmacher
Four-man55.51855.62856.05656.6153:43.797
AUT-2 Werner Delle Karth
Andreas Schwab
Heinz Krenn
Otto Breg
Franz Köfel
Four-man54.66255.801056.10756.6563:43.216

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Josef Vogel 48:42.3248
Werner Vogel 48:17.4743
Rudolf Horn 48:10.5242
Herbert Wachter 46:46.3919
30 km Franz Gattermann 1'43:04.8858
Werner Vogel 1'40:16.1051
Reinhold Feichter 1'37:43.7339
Herbert Wachter 1'36:28.4832
50 km Heinrich Wallner 3'03:58.1943
Reinhold Feichter 2'50:53.0035
Werner Vogel 2'47:05.6326
Herbert Wachter 2'46:40.2524
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Rudolf Horn
Reinhold Feichter
Werner Vogel
Herbert Wachter
2'12:22.808
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km Sylvia Schweiger 20:17.4342
Gertrud Gasteiger 20:14.9441
Barbara Stöckl 18:49.1638
10 km Gertrud Gasteiger 37:35.7744
Sylvia Schweiger 36:32.9341
Barbara Stöckl 35:28.9940

Figure skating

Men
AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Ronald Koppelent 15DNF
Women
AthleteCFSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Claudia Kristofics-Binder 151816162.8814916
Pairs
AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Ursula Nemec
Michael Nemec
1210121.309610
Ice Dancing
AthletesCDFDPointsPlacesRank
Susanne Handschmann
Peter Handschmann
12DNF

Ice hockey

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 16–3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria

Consolation Round

RankPldWLTGFGAPts
7Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 541023158
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 532018146
9Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 532020186
10Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 532022196
11Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 523024224
12Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 505019380
Contestants
Daniel Gritsch
Franz Schilcher
Walter Schneider
Gerhard Hausner
Johann Schuller
Michael Herzog
Günter Oberhuber
Othmar Russ
Max Moser
Rudolf König
Sepp Puschnig
Franz Voves
Josef Schwitzer
Peter Zini
Sepp Kriechbaum
Alexander Sadjina
Herbert Pöck
Herbert Mörtl

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Reinhold Sulzbacher 53.1371052.491752.204652.56683:30.3987
Manfred Schmid 52.973852.073352.113552.35263:29.5115
Rudolf Schmid 52.933753.8061552.361852.31953:31.4199

(Men's) Doubles

AthletesRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Rudolf Schmid
Franz Schachner
42.997342.92221:25.919Bronze medal icon.svg
Manfred Schmid
Reinhold Sulzbacher
43.035443.38961:26.4245
Women
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Angelika Schafferer 43.444843.007942.793843.07892:52.3228
Margit Graf 43.094642.790542.555443.02082:51.4596
Antonia Mayr 42.949442.812642.633542.96662:51.3605

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Fritz Koch Individual72.072.0189.12253:04.73174.5228363.6226

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Toni Innauer Normal hill80.5115.681.0117.9233.57
Rudi Wanner 79.5116.579.5117.0233.57
Reinhold Bachler 80.5118.180.5119.1237.26
Karl Schnabl 82.5121.881.5120.2242.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Hans Wallner Large hill93.5109.492.5107.5216.96
Reinhold Bachler 95.0111.591.0105.9217.45
Karl Schnabl 97.5117.597.0117.3234.8Gold medal icon.svg
Toni Innauer 102.5126.591.0106.4232.9Silver medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Heinz Steinberger 43.2827
Berend Schabus 42.3326
1000 m Berend Schabus 1:26.5025
1500 m Berend Schabus 2:15.4129
Ludwig Kronfuß 2:11.1726
5000 m Hubert Gundolf 8:29.3429
Ludwig Kronfuß 8:19.7227
10,000 m Hubert Gundolf 17:52.4320

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