| Event: | Women's Downhill |
| Games: | 1976 Winter |
| Venue: | Axamer Lizum |
| Date: | February 8 |
| Competitors: | 38 |
| Nations: | 15 |
| Win Value: | 1:46.16 |
| Gold: | Rosi Mittermaier |
| Goldnoc: | FRG |
| Silver: | Brigitte Totschnig |
| Silvernoc: | AUT |
| Bronze: | Cindy Nelson |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Prev: | 1972 |
| Next: | 1980 |
| Women's Downhill | |
| Location: | Axamer Lizum |
| Vertical: | 700m (2,300feet) |
| Top Elevation: | 2310m (7,580feet) |
| Base Elevation: | 1610m (5,280feet) |
The Women's downhill competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Sunday, 8 February.[1] [2]
The defending world champion was Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion, but spent this year away from racing to care for her ailing father; Switzerland's Bernadette Zurbriggen led the current season.[3] [4] Defending Olympic champion Marie-Theres Nadig was entered in the race but did not start.
Rosi Mittermaier won the gold medal, Brigitte Totschnig of Austria took the silver, and Cindy Nelson of the United States was the bronze medalist.[5] [6] Mittermaier also won the slalom and was the runner-up in the giant slalom.
The starting gate was at an elevation of 2310m (7,580feet) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 700m (2,300feet). The course length was 2.515km (01.563miles) and Mittermaier's winning run of 106.16 seconds resulted in an average speed of 85.286km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 6.594m/s.
Sunday, February 8, 1976
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1:46.16 | — | ||||
| 7 | 1:46.68 | +0.52 | ||||
| 10 | 1:47.50 | +1.34 | ||||
| 4 | 13 | 1:47.71 | +1.55 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 1:48.48 | +2.32 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 1:48.58 | +2.42 | |||
| 7 | 2 | 1:48.62 | +2.46 | |||
| 8 | 3 | 1:48.68 | +2.52 | |||
| 9 | 14 | 1:48.81 | +2.65 | |||
| 10 | 8 | 1:48.91 | +2.75 | |||
| 11 | 15 | 1:49.17 | +3.01 | |||
| 12 | 1 | 1:49.18 | +3.02 | |||
| 13 | 11 | 1:49.23 | +3.07 | |||
| 14 | 26 | 1:49.37 | +3.21 | |||
| 15 | 19 | 1:49.60 | +3.44 | |||
| 16 | 20 | 1:49.97 | +3.81 | |||
| 17 | 18 | 1:49.98 | +3.82 | |||
| 18 | 6 | 1:50.46 | +4.30 | |||
| 19 | 16 | 1:50.48 | +4.32 | |||
| 20 | 30 | 1:50.58 | +4.42 | |||
| 21 | 23 | 1:51.34 | +5.18 | |||
| 22 | 27 | 1:51.40 | +5.24 | |||
| 23 | 25 | 1:51.41 | +5.25 | |||
| 24 | 24 | 1:51.53 | +5.37 | |||
| 25 | 21 | 1:52.50 | +6.34 | |||
| 26 | 29 | 1:52.98 | +6.82 | |||
| 27 | 28 | 1:52.99 | +6.83 | |||
| 28 | 36 | 1:53.19 | +7.03 | |||
| 29 | 17 | 1:53.31 | +7.15 | |||
| 30 | 22 | 1:53.85 | +7.69 | |||
| 31 | 34 | 1:54.82 | +8.66 | |||
| 32 | 33 | 1:54.81 | +8.65 | |||
| 33 | 32 | 1:55.02 | +8.86 | |||
| 34 | 35 | 1:57.66 | +11.50 | |||
| 35 | 37 | 1:58.33 | +12.17 | |||
| 36 | 38 | 1:59.59 | +13.43 | |||
| 37 | 31 | 1:59.77 | +13.61 | |||
| 38 | 40 | 2:03.49 | +17.33 | |||
| 12 | DNS | |||||
| 39 | DNS |