| Figure skating at the XII Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Olympic Games |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  John Curry | |
Ladies' singles:  Dorothy Hamill | |
Pairs:  Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | |
| Ice dance: Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov | |
| Previous: 1972 Winter Olympics | |
| Next: 1980 Winter Olympics | |
Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics took place at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck, Austria. Ice dance was introduced for the first time as an Olympic event at these Games. [1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  East Germany | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Rank | Name | Nation | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Curry | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 1 | 192.74 | 11 |
| 2 | Vladimir Kovalev | Soviet Union | 3 | 6 | 4 | 187.64 | 28 |
| 3 | Toller Cranston | Canada | 7 | 1 | 2 | 187.38 | 30 |
| 4 | Jan Hoffmann | East Germany | 4 | 9 | 5 | 187.34 | 34 |
| 5 | Sergei Volkov | Soviet Union | 1 | 5 | 9 | 184.08 | 53 |
| 6 | David Santee | United States | 5 | 4 | 6 | 184.28 | 49 |
| 7 | Terry Kubicka | United States | 11 | 10 | 3 | 183.30 | 56 |
| 8 | Yuri Ovchinnikov | Soviet Union | 12 | 8 | 7 | 180.04 | 75 |
| 9 | Minoru Sano |  Japan | 9 | 7 | 10 | 178.72 | 79 |
| 10 | Robin Cousins | Great Britain | 14 | 11 | 8 | 178.14 | 83 |
| 11 | Mitsuru Matsumura | Japan | 16 | 12 | 11 | 172.48 | 99 |
| 12 | Zdeněk Pazdírek |  Czechoslovakia | 8 | 13 | 12 | 172.48 | 106 |
| 13 | Pekka Leskinen |  Finland | 13 | 14 | 14 | 166.98 | 119 |
| 14 | Stan Bohonek | Canada | 17 | 15 | 13 | 165.88 | 124 |
| 15 | Jean-Christophe Simond |  France | 18 | 16 | 15 | 159.44 | 137 |
| 16 | Glyn Jones | Great Britain | 19 | 17 | 16 | 157.24 | 141 |
| WD | Ron Shaver | Canada | 6 | 3 | |||
| WD | László Vajda |  Hungary | 10 | ||||
| WD | Ronald Koppelent |  Austria | 15 | ||||
| WD | William Schober |  Australia | 20 |
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| Rank | Name | Nation | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorothy Hamill | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 193.80 | 9 |
| 2 | Dianne de Leeuw | Netherlands | 3 | 4 | 2 | 190.24 | 20 |
| 3 | Christine Errath | East Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 188.16 | 28 |
| 4 | Anett Pötzsch | East Germany | 4 | 3 | 4 | 187.42 | 33 |
| 5 | Isabel de Navarre |  West Germany | 1 | 11 | 12 | 182.42 | 59 |
| 6 | Wendy Burge | United States | 6 | 8 | 9 | 182.14 | 63 |
| 7 | Susanna Driano |  Italy | 8 | 7 | 7 | 181.62 | 63 |
| 8 | Linda Fratianne | United States | 9 | 6 | 6 | 181.86 | 67 |
| 9 | Lynn Nightingale | Canada | 10 | 5 | 8 | 181.72 | 67 |
| 10 | Dagmar Lurz | West Germany | 7 | 10 | 11 | 178.04 | 92 |
| 11 | Marion Weber | East Germany | 12 | 9 | 10 | 175.82 | 99 |
| 12 | Elena Vodorezova | Soviet Union | 18 | 13 | 5 | 175.58 | 104 |
| 13 | Emi Watanabe | Japan | 11 | 12 | 15 | 171.72 | 118.5 |
| 14 | Kim Alletson | Canada | 13 | 14 | 13 | 171.64 | 122.5 |
| 15 | Karena Richardson | Great Britain | 17 | 15 | 14 | 166.52 | 137 |
| 16 | Claudia Kristofics-Binder | Austria | 15 | 18 | 16 | 162.88 | 149 |
| 17 | Yun Hyo Jean (Jean Yun) |  South Korea | 14 | 16 | 19 | 159.64 | 158 |
| 18 | Grażyna Dudek |  Poland | 20 | 20 | 17 | 159.48 | 159 |
| 19 | Eva Ďurišinová | Czechoslovakia | 19 | 17 | 18 | 158.22 | 162 |
| 20 | Sharon Burley | Australia | 21 | 19 | 20 | 149.26 | 180 |
| WD | Danielle Rieder |  Switzerland | 16 |
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| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS | Points | Places |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 140.54 | 9 |
| 2 | Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich | East Germany | 2 | 2 | 136.35 | 21 |
| 3 | Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann | East Germany | 4 | 3 | 134.57 | 34 |
| 4 | Irina Vorobieva / Alexander Vlasov | Soviet Union | 3 | 5 | 134.52 | 35 |
| 5 | Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner | United States | 5 | 4 | 134.24 | 36 |
| 6 | Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe | East Germany | 7 | 6 | 129.57 | 59 |
| 7 | Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle | Switzerland | 6 | 7 | 128.97 | 64 |
| 8 | Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch | West Germany | 8 | 8 | 127.37 | 72 |
| 9 | Marina Leonidova / Vladimir Bogolyubov | Soviet Union | 9 | 9 | 127.06 | 76 |
| 10 | Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec | Austria | 12 | 10 | 121.30 | 96 |
| 11 | Erika Taylforth / Colin Taylforth | Great Britain | 10 | 12 | 120.40 | 108 |
| 12 | Alice Cook / William Fauver | United States | 11 | 13 | 119.36 | 106 |
| 13 | Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl | Czechoslovakia | 14 | 11 | 118.39 | 112 |
| 14 | Candace Jones / Donald Fraser | Canada | 13 | 14 | 116.54 | 117 |
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