The West Asian country of Lebanon competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, which was held from 4 February to 15 February 1976. This marked Lebanon's eighth appearance in a Winter Games since their debut in 1948. The delegation consisted of a single female alpine skier, Farida Rahmeh, who finished 43rd in the women's giant slalom event, thus failing to win a medal.
The 1976 Winter Olympics were held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 4 to 15 February 1976. The Games in Innsbruck hosted 1,123 athletes in 37 events from 37 different nations.[4] Lebanon's participation marked their eighth appearance in a Winter Games.[2] Lebanon sent a single athlete to compete in Innsbruck, alpine skier Farida Rahmeh, who competed in one event.[5] Notably, Lebanon was the only nation at the games to not participate in the opening ceremony.[6]
Farida Rahmeh was 22 at the time of the Games, her first of two appearances, as she would also compete in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, in the United States.[7] On 13 February, Rahmeh competed in the women's giant slalom event in Axamer Lizum. Rahmeh finished her run in a time of 2 minutes, 11.08 seconds, placing her 43rd out of 43 finishers. Her time was about 22 seconds higher than the next-placing finisher, Sue Gibson of New Zealand, and about 42 seconds higher than gold medal winner Kathy Kreiner of Canada.[8]
Rahmeh was also listed as a competitor for the women's slalom event on 11 February, however she did not start the race and therefore did not record a result.[9]
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