Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Seefeld
Dates	6–13 February
Competitors	74 from 18 nations
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Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of two biathlon events, held at Seefeld. The events began on 6 February and ended on 13 February 1976. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Three nations won medals in biathlon, the Soviet Union leading the medal table with three medals (2 gold, 1 bronze). Nikolay Kruglov led the individual medal table, winning the individual race, and adding a gold medal in the relay.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union  (URS)	2	0	1	3
2	Finland  (FIN)	0	2	0	2
3	East Germany  (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Nikolay Kruglov   Soviet Union	1:14:12.26	Heikki Ikola   Finland	1:15:54.10	Aleksandr Elizarov   Soviet Union	1:16:05.57
Relay details	Soviet Union  (URS) Aleksandr Elizarov Ivan Biakov Nikolay Kruglov Aleksandr Tikhonov	1:57:55.64	Finland  (FIN) Henrik Flöjt Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola	2:01:45.58	East Germany  (GDR) Karl-Heinz Menz Frank Ullrich Manfred Beer Manfred Geyer	2:04:08.61

Participating nations

Eighteen nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. Bulgaria and Chinese Taipei (as Republic of China) made their Olympic biathlon debuts. ^[1]

•   Austria  (4)
•   Bulgaria  (2)
•   Finland  (4)
•   France  (5)
•   West Germany  (6)
•   Great Britain  (4)
•   East Germany  (5)
•   Italy  (4)
•   Japan  (5)
•   Norway  (4)
•   Poland  (4)
•   Republic of China  (2)
•   Romania  (4)
•   Switzerland  (3)
•   Sweden  (4)
•   Czechoslovakia  (5)
•   Soviet Union  (4)
•   United States  (5)

References

1. "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
2. "Biathlon at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2019.