Olympic Winter Games 1976 / Participant (Austria)

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Austria took part in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, with a delegation of 77 athletes, 63 men and 14 women, in ten sports.

Since 1924 , it was Austria's twelfth participation in the Winter Olympics .

Flag bearer

The alpine ski racer Franz Klammer carried the flag of Austria during the opening ceremony in the Bergisel Stadium.

Medals

With two won gold, silver and bronze medals, the Austrian team was ranked 7 in the medals table .

gold

• Alpine skiing
  • Franz Klammer : Men, departure
• Nordic skiing
  • Karl Schnabl : Men, ski jumping, large hill

silver

• Alpine skiing
  • Brigitte Totschnig : Women, departure
• Nordic skiing
  • Toni Innauer : Men, ski jumping, large hill

bronze

• Sledding
  • Franz Schachner and Rudolf Schmid : men, two-seaters
• Nordic skiing
  • Karl Schnabl : Men, ski jumping, normal hill

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Women

• Brigitte Totschnig

  Departure: - 1: 46.68 min

  Giant slalom: 16th place - 1: 31.48 min

  Slalom: DNF

• Monika Kaserer

  Downhill: 9th place - 1: 48.81 min

  Giant slalom: 6th place - 1: 30.49 min

  Slalom: DNF

• Irmgard Lukasser

  Departure: 12th place - 1: 49.18 min

  Giant slalom: 29th place - 1: 35.38 min

• Regina Sackl

  Giant slalom: 19th place - 1: 31.78 min

  Slalom: DNF

• Nicola Spit

  Downhill: 4th place - 1: 47.71 min

  Slalom: DNF

Men

• Franz Klammer

  Departure: - 1: 45.73 min

  Giant Slalom: DNF

• Klaus Eberhard

  Departure: 19th place - 1: 48.45 min

• Thomas Hauser

  Giant Slalom: DNF

• Hansi Hinterseer

  Giant slalom: 14th place - 3: 33.80 min

  Slalom: DNF

• Alois Morgenstern

  Giant Slalom: DNF

  Slalom: 7th place - 2: 07.18 min

• Anton Steiner

  Departure: DNF

  Slalom: 22nd place - 2: 14.90 min

• Sepp Walcher

  Departure: 9th place - 1: 47.45 min

biathlon

Men

• Alfred Eder

  20 km: 21st place - 1: 22: 42.52 h; 8 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place - 2: 18: 06.78 h; 11 errors

• Klaus color maker

  20 km: 49th place - 1: 36: 31.07 min; 16 errors

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place - 2: 18: 06.78 h; 11 errors

• Josef Hones

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place - 2: 18: 06.78 h; 11 errors

• Franz-Josef Weber

  20 km: 37th place - 1: 26: 14.92 h; 10 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 15th place - 2: 18: 06.78 h; 11 errors

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Two-man bobsleigh

• Dieter Delle Karth / Franz Köfel (AUT I)

  6th place - 3: 46.37 min

• Andreas Schwab / Fritz Sperling (AUT II)

  4th place - 3: 45.74 min

Four-man bobsleigh

• Dieter Gehmacher / Kurt Oberhöller / Andreas Schwab / Fritz Sperling / Gerd Zaunschirm (AUT I)

  7th place - 3: 43.79 min

• Otto Breg / Werner Delle Karth / Franz Köfel / Heinz Krenn (AUT II)

  6th place - 3: 43.21 min

ice Hockey

Men 8th place

Daniel Gritsch Gerhard Hausner Michael Herzog Rudolf King Sepp Kriechbaum Herbert Mörtl Max Moser Günter Oberhuber Herbert Poeck

Sepp Puschnig Othmar Russ Alexander Sadjina Alexander Sadjina Walter Schneider Johann Schuller Josef Schwitzer Franz Voves Peter Zini

figure skating

Women

• Claudia Kristofics-Binder

  16th place

Men

• Ronald Koppelent

  DNF

Pair skating

• Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec

  10th place

Ice dance

• Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann

  DNF

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Hubert Gundolf

  5000 m: 29th place - 8: 29.34 s

  10,000 m: 20th place - 17: 52.43 min

• Ludwig Kronfuß

  1500 m: 26th place - 2: 11.17 min

  5000 m: 27th place - 8: 19.72 min

• Berend Schabus

  500 m: 26th place - 42.33 s

  1000 m: 25th place - 1: 26.50 min

  1500 m: 29th place - 2: 15.41 min

• Heinz Steinberger

  500 m: 27th place - 43.28 min

  5000 m: 20th place - 7: 32.72 min

  10,000 m: 19th place - 15: 18.19 min

Sledding

Women

• Margit Graf

  6th place - 2: 51.459 min

• Antonia Mayr

  5th place - 2: 51.360 min

• Angelika Schafferer

  8th place - 2: 52.322 min

Men, single-seaters

• Rudolf Schmid

  9th place - 3: 31.419 min

• Manfred Schmid

  5th place - 3: 29.511 min

• Reinhold Sulzbacher

  7th place - 3: 30.398 min

Men, two-seaters

• Franz Schachner / Rudolf Schmid

  - 1: 25.919 min

• Manfred Schmid / Reinhold Sulzbacher

  5th place - 1: 26.424 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women

• Gertrud Gasteiger

  5 km: 41st place - 20: 14.94 min

  10 km: 44th place - 37: 35.77 min

• Sylvia Schweiger

  5 km: 42nd place - 20: 17.43 min

  10 km: 41st place - 36: 32.93 min

• Barbara Stoeckl

  5 km: 38th place - 18: 49.16 min

  10 km: 40th place - 35: 28.99 min

Men

• Reinhold Feichter

  30 km: 39th place - 1: 37: 43.73 h

  50 km: 35th place - 2:50: 53.00 hours

  4 × 10 km relay: 8th place - 2:12: 22.80 h

• Franz Gattermann

  30 km: 58th place - 1: 43: 04.88 h

• Rudolf Horn

  15 km: 42nd place - 48: 10.52 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 8th place - 2:12: 22.80 h

• Josef Vogel

  15 km: 48th place - 48: 42.32 min

• Werner Vogel

  15 km: 43rd place - 48: 17.47 min

  30 km: 51st place - 1: 40: 16.10 h

  50 km: 26th place - 2: 47: 05.63 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 8th place - 2:12: 22.80 h

• Herbert Wachter

  15 km: 19th place - 46: 46.39 min

  30 km: 32nd place - 1: 36: 28.48 h

  50 km: 24th place - 2: 46: 40.25 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 8th place - 2:12: 22.80 h

• Heinrich Wallner

  50 km: 43rd place - 3: 03: 58.19 h

Nordic combination

Men

• Fritz Koch

  26th place

Ski jumping

Men

• Karl Schnabl

  Normal hill: - 242.0 points

  Large hill: - 234.8 points

• Toni Innauer

  Normal hill: 7th place - 233.5 points

  Large hill: - 232.9 points

• Reinhold Bachler

  Normal hill: 6th place - 237.2 points

  Large hill: 5th place - 217.4 points

• Hans Wallner

  Large hill: 6th place - 216.9 points

• Rudi Wanner

  Normal hill: 7th place - 233.5 points

Web links

• Austrian Olympic team 1976 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )