Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1976 explained

Noc:	ITA
Fedname:	FISI
Year:	1976
Games:	FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
Location:	Innsbruck
Competitors:	12 (7 men, 5 Women)
Gold:	2
Silver:	2
Bronze:	1
Rank:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1931

Italy competed at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria, from 5 to 13 February 1976.^[1]

From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years. With the addition of the giant slalom, the combined event was dropped for 1950 and 1952, but returned as a World Championship event in 1954 as a "paper race" which used the results from the three events. During the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS for the combined event. The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in 1982 and at the Olympics in 1988.^{[2] [3]}

Medalists

Athlete	Gendre	Event	Medal
	Men		bgcolor=gold	GOLD
	Men	Combined	bgcolor=gold	GOLD
	Men		bgcolor=silver	SILVER
	Women		bgcolor=silver	SILVER
	Men		BRONZE

Results

Men

width=250px	Skier	width=100px	Slalom	width=100px	Giant slalom	width=100px	Downhill	width=100px	Combined
Gustav Thöni	bgcolor=silver	2	4	26	bgcolor=gold	1
Pierino Gros	bgcolor=gold	1	DNF2
Fausto Radici	DNF1	7
Franco Bieler	DNF2	8
Herbert Plank			3
Roland Thöni			14
Erwin Stricker			DNF

Women

In the combined ranking, being a paper race, the two Italian skiers who had taken part in all three competitions were classified.

width=250px	Skier	width=100px	Slalom	width=100px	Giant slalom	width=100px	Downhill	width=100px	Combined
Claudia Giordani	bgcolor=silver	2	13
Wanda Bieler	8	DNF	20	Over 11^[4]
Wilma Gatta	DNF	7
Paola Hofer	DNF	23	15	Over 11
Jolanda Plank			25

See also

• Italy at the 1976 Winter Olympics
• Italy at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships
• Italy national alpine ski team

External links

• Italian Winter Sports Federation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tutte le medaglie italiane ai Mondiali di sci alpino dal 1931 a oggi: prima volta sul podio nella gara a squadre. it. fisi.org. 12 February 2019. 26 February 2021.
2. Web site: Sci Alpino in cifre - La Combinata nei Campionati Mondiali. it. paolociraci.it. 26 February 2021.
3. Web site: Men Combined Alpine Skiing World Championship 1976 Innsbruck, Austria. todor66.com. 27 February 2021.
4. Web site: 11-02-1976 Innsbruck AUT FIS World Ski Championships - Combined. fis-ski.com. 1 March 2021.