United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1976
Flagcaption:	Flag of the United States
Location:	Innsbruck
Competitors:	106 (76 men, 30 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Cindy Nelson (alpine skiing)
Rank:	3
Gold:	3
Silver:	3
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto

The United States competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

As Lake Placid would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, an American segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Speed skating	Women's 500 meters
		Speed skating	Men's 1000 meters
		Figure skating	Women's singles
		Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 kilometers
		Speed skating	Women's 1500 meters
		Speed skating	Women's 1000 meters
		Speed skating	Women's 1000 meters
		Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
	Colleen O'Connor	Figure skating	Ice dancing
		Speed skating	Men's 500 meters

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Speed skating	2	2	2	6
Figure skating	1	0	1	2
Cross-country skiing	0	1	0	1
Alpine skiing	0	0	1	1
Total	style=background:gold	3	style=background:silver	3	style=background:#c96	4	10

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karl Anderson	align=left rowspan=4	Downhill	1:49.08	24
Greg Jones	1:47.84	11
Andy Mill	1:47.06	6
Pete Patterson	1:47.94	13
Cary Adgate	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:48.64	23	1:47.77	21	3:36.41	21
Greg Jones	1:48.09	16	1:43.68	9	3:31.77	9
Phil Mahre	1:45.58	4	1:42.62	5	3:28.20	5
Steve Mahre	1:47.80	14	1:45.96	12	3:33.76	13
Cary Adgate	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	1:03.06	14	1:06.47	13	2:09.53	13
Geoff Bruce
Greg Jones	1:05.05	24	1:07.66	19	2:12.71	19
Phil Mahre	1:04.80	22	1:06.97	17	2:11.77	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cindy Nelson	align=left rowspan=3	Downhill	1:47.50
Susan Patterson	1:49.37	14
Leslie Smith	1:52.98	26
Lindy Cochran	align=left rowspan=4	Giant slalom	1:31.33	12
Cindy Nelson	1:32.02	21
Mary Seaton	1:31.58	17
Leslie Smith	1:34.54	28
Lindy Cochran	align=left rowspan=4	Slalom	47.96	7	45.28	4	1:33.24	6
Abbi Fisher	50.34	21
Cindy Nelson	49.52	16	47.81	13	1:37.33	13
Mary Seaton	49.04	12	46.83	9	1:35.87	10

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Peter Dascoulias	align=left rowspan=3	Individual
Martin Hagen	1:28:49.20	8	47
Lyle Nelson	1:25:27.50	10	35
Peter Dascoulias Dennis Donahue John Morton Lyle Nelson	Relay	2:10:17.72	4	11

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jimmy Morgan Thomas Becker	align=left rowspan=2	Two-man	57.68	15	57.63	14	57.66	13	57.79	13	3:50.76	14
Brent Rushlaw John Proctor	58.07	20	58.27	20	57.79	15	57.89	14	3:52.02	19
William Hollrock Earl Frisbie Frederick Fritsch Phil Duprey	align=left rowspan=2	Four-man	56.61	19	56.86	18	57.89	21	58.35	20	3:49.71	19
Jimmy Morgan Peter Brennan John Proctor Thomas Becker	56.09	15	56.08	14	56.96	15	57.59	15	3:46.72	15

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tim Caldwell	align=left rowspan=4	15 km	47:33.59	37
Bill Koch	45:32.22	6
Doug Peterson	49:00.98	54
Ronny Yeager	48:58.16	52
Bela Bodnar	align=left rowspan=4	30 km	1:43:10.73	59
Tim Caldwell	1:35:57.97	27
Chris Haines	1:40:58.43	52
Bill Koch	1:30:57.84
Tim Caldwell	align=left rowspan=4	50 km
Stan Dunklee	2:51:26.28	36
Chris Haines
Bill Koch	2:44:34.69	13
Tim Caldwell Bill Koch Doug Peterson Ronny Yeager	4 × 10 km relay	2:11:41.35	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jana Hlavaty	align=left rowspan=4	5 km	18:21.21	35
Terry Porter	19:36.93	39
Martha Rockwell	17:33.07	28
Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes
Twila Hinkle	align=left rowspan=4	10 km	36:35.49	42
Jana Hlavaty	34:48.88	37
Margie Mahoney	37:07.18	43
Martha Rockwell	34:21.34	36
Twila Hinkle Jana Hlavaty Terry Porter Martha Rockwell	4 × 5 km relay	1:17:58.18	9

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event				Total
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Terry Kubicka	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	11	10	3	183.30	56	7
David Santee	5	4	6	184.28	49	6
Wendy Burge	align=left rowspan=3	Ladies' singles	6	8	9	182.14	63	6
Linda Fratianne	9	6	6	181.86	67	8
Dorothy Hamill	2	1	1	193.80	9

Mixed

Athlete	Event	/	/	Total
		Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner	align=left rowspan=2	Pairs	5	4	134.24	36	5
Alice Cook William Fauver	11	13	119.36	106	12
Judi Genovesi Kent Weigle	align=left rowspan=3	Ice dancing	15	16	168.26	134	15
Susan Kelley Andrew Stroukoff	18	15	165.12	147	17
Colleen O'Connor Jim Millns	3	3	202.64	27

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Roster

• Steve Alley

• Dan Bolduc

• Blane Comstock

• Bob Dobek

• Rob Harris

• Jeff Hymanson

• Paul Jensen

• Steve Jensen

• Dick Lamby

• Bob Lundeen

• Bob Miller

• Doug Ross

• Gary Ross

• Buzz Schneider

• Steve Sertich

• John Taft

• Ted Thorndike

• Jim Warden

First round
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

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Medal round

Rank		Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		5	5	0	0	40	11	10
2		5	3	2	0	17	10	6
3		5	2	3	0	21	24	4
4		5	2	3	0	19	18	4
5		5	2	3	0	15	21	4
6		5	1	4	0	9	37	2

• USSR 6–2 USA
• Czechoslovakia 5–0 USA
• USA 5–4 Finland
• USA 7–2 Poland
• West Germany 4–1 USA

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Richard Cavanaugh	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	56.186	28	55.669	33	54.572	25	54.930	26	3:41.357	25
James Murray	56.269	31	55.554	31	55.142	30	55.187	28	3:42.152	26
Terry O'Brien	56.366	33	55.647	32	55.172	31	55.351	30	3:42.536	28
Robert Berkley Richard Cavanaugh	align=left rowspan=2	Doubles	46.455	24	45.554	20	1:32.009	23
John Fee Jim Moriarty	46.075	22	45.965	22	1:32.040	24

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maura Haponski	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	46.547	26	45.877	24	45.818	25	46.329	25	3:04.571	25
Karen Roberts	46.366	24	46.142	25	45.581	24	45.994	24	3:04.083	24
Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad	45.413	19	45.744	23	44.848	18	45.346	22	3:01.351	21

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Jump 1	Jump 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mike Devecka	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	77.0	74.6	151.6	32	51:06.38	192.28	18	343.88	28
Jim Galanes	90.6	93.5	184.1	25	50:34.71	197.03	15	381.13	17
Walter Malmquist	90.0	91.3	181.3	26	54:40.40	160.17	30	341.47	29

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jim Denney	align=left rowspan=4	Normal hill	79.0	110.7	76.5	108.2	218.9	21
Jerry Martin	78.0	109.6	74.5	103.0	212.6	27
Kip Sundgaard	68.0	89.6	67.0	88.0	177.6	53
Greg Windsperger	76.0	103.9	75.5	104.1	208.0	34
Jim Denney	align=left rowspan=4	Large hill	89.0	99.1	85.0	92.0	191.1	18
Terry Kern	88.0	89.7	85.0	86.5	176.2	30
Jim Maki	85.0	89.0	81.0	82.4	171.4	36
Jerry Martin	85.0	94.0	78.0	81.7	175.7	32

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jim Chapin	align=left rowspan=3	500 m	40.09	10
Dan Immerfall	39.54
Peter Mueller	39.57	5
Dan Carroll	align=left rowspan=3	1000 m	1:27.37	28
Dan Immerfall	1:21.74	12
Peter Mueller	1:19.32
Dan Carroll	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	2:02.26	5
Eric Heiden	2:02.40	7
Mike Woods	2:08.77	23
Dan Carroll	align=left rowspan=3	5000 m	7:36.46	6
Eric Heiden	7:59.00	19
Mike Woods	7:48.08	12
Dan Carroll	align=left rowspan=3	10,000 m	15:19.29	7
Charles Gilmore	16:26.35	19
Mike Woods	15:53.42	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lori Monk	align=left rowspan=3	500 m	44.00	9
Leah Poulos	43.21	4
Sheila Young	42.46
Peggy Crowe	align=left rowspan=3	1000 m
Leah Poulos	1:28.57
Sheila Young	1:29.14
Leah Poulos	align=left rowspan=3	1500 m	2:19.11	6
Cindy Seikkula	2:24.06	17
Sheila Young	2:17.06
Beth Heiden	align=left rowspan=3	3000 m	4:51.67	11
Cindy Seikkula	4:57.57	17
Nancy Swider-Peltz	4:48.46	7

See also

• United States at the 1976 Winter Paralympics

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2009-06-22.