At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , Bazzana jumped from the large hill to 51st place. On the normal hill, after jumps on 75 and 74.5 meters, he was level on points with the Yugoslav Bogdan Norčič and the Poland Adam Krzysztofiak in 38th place. Shortly after the Games, Bazzana won his first and only Italian championship title. It was the last major success of his career.