1976 Winter Olympics / Speed ​​Skating

Speed ​​skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
information
venue	innsbruck
Competition venue	Olympic Ice Stadium Innsbruck
Nations	19th
Athletes	111 (66 , 45 )
date	5th - 14th February 1976
decisions	9
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At the XII. At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , nine speed skating competitions were held. The venue was the Olympic Ice Stadium in Innsbruck . The men's 1000-meter run was new on the program.

Balance sheet

The Olympic ice rink in January 2012

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Soviet Union	4th	2	3	9
2	United States	2	2	2	6th
3	Norway	2	2	1	5
4th	Netherlands	1	1	3	5
5	GDR	-	1	-	1
	Canada	-	1	-	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze 500 m Yevgeny Kulikov Valery Muratov Dan Immerfall 1000 m Peter Mueller Jørn Didriksen Valery Muratov 1500 m Jan Egil Storholt Yuri Kondakov Hans van Helden 5000 m Sten Stensen Piet Kleine Hans van Helden 10,000 m Piet Kleine Sten Stensen Hans van Helden

Women competitor gold silver bronze 500 m Sheila Young Cathy Priestner Tatiana Awerina 1000 m Tatiana Awerina Leah Poulos Sheila Young 1500 m Galina Stepanskaya Sheila Young Tatiana Awerina 3000 m Tatiana Awerina Andrea Mitscherlich Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg

Results men

500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	URS	Yevgeny Kulikov	39.17 ( OR )
2	URS	Valery Muratov	39.25
3	United States	Dan Immerfall	39.54
4th	SWE	Mats Wallberg	39.56
5	United States	Peter Mueller	39.57
6th	NED	Jan Bazen	39.78
	NOR	Arnulf Sunde
8th	URS	Andrei Malikov	39.85
9	SWE	Oloph Granath	39.93
10	United States	Jim Chapin	40.09
24	GDR	Harald Oehme	41.54
26th	AUT	Berend Schabus	42.33
27	AUT	Heinz Steinberger	43.28

Date: February 10, 1976, 10.15 a.m.
29 participants from 16 countries, 28 in the ranking.

1000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Peter Mueller	1: 19.32 ( OR )
2	NOR	Jørn Didriksen	1: 20.45
3	URS	Valery Muratov	1: 20.57
4th	URS	Alexander Safronov	1: 20.84
5	NED	Hans van Helden	1: 20.85
6th	CAN	Gaétan Boucher	1: 21.23
7th	SWE	Mats Wallberg	1: 21.27
8th	FIN	Pertti Niittylä	1: 21.43
9	FRG	Horst Freese	1: 21.48
10	GDR	Klaus Wunderlich	1: 21.67
20th	GDR	Harald Oehme	1: 23.88
25th	AUT	Berend Schabus	1: 26.55

Date: February 12, 1976, 9.45 a.m.
31 participants from 16 countries, all rated.

1500 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Jan Egil Storholt	1: 59.38 ( OR )
2	URS	Yuri Kondakov	1: 59.97
3	NED	Hans van Helden	2: 00.87
4th	URS	Sergei Ryabov	2: 02.15
5	United States	Dan Carroll	2: 02.26
6th	NED	Piet Kleine	2: 02.28
7th	United States	Eric Heiden	2: 02.40
8th	OUT	Colin Coates	2: 03.34
9	GDR	Klaus Wunderlich	2: 03.41
10	FIN	Olavi Köppä	2: 03.69
12	FRG	Herbert Black	2: 03.76
26th	AUT	Ludwig Kronfuß	2: 11.17
27	SUI	Franz Krienbühl	2: 12.52
29	AUT	Berend Schabus	2: 15.41

Date: February 13, 1976, 9.45 a.m.
30 participants from 18 countries, all rated.

5000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Sten Stensen	7: 24.28
2	NED	Piet Kleine	7: 26.47
3	NED	Hans van Helden	7: 26.54
4th	URS	Viktor Varlamov	7: 30.97
5	GDR	Klaus Wunderlich	7: 33.82
6th	United States	Dan Carroll	7: 36.46
7th	URS	Vladimir Ivanov	7: 37.73
8th	SWE	Örjan Sandler	7: 39.69
9	NOR	Jan Egil Storholt	7: 40.60
10	OUT	Colin Coates	7: 41.96
15th	FRG	Herbert Black	7: 40.60
17th	SUI	Franz Krienbühl	7: 53.11
18th	GDR	Manfred Winter	7: 58.28
27	AUT	Ludwig Kronfuß	8: 19.72
29	AUT	Hubert Gundolf	8: 29.34

Date: February 11, 1976, 9:20 a.m.
31 participants from 17 countries, all in the ranking.

10,000 m

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NED	Piet Kleine	14: 50.59 ( OR )
2	NOR	Sten Stensen	14: 53.30
3	NED	Hans van Helden	15: 02.02
4th	URS	Viktor Varlamov	15: 06.06
5	SWE	Örjan Sandler	15: 16.21
6th	OUT	Colin Coates	15: 16.80
7th	United States	Dan Carroll	15: 19.29
8th	SUI	Franz Krienbühl	15: 36.43
9	FIN	Olavi Köppä	15: 39.73
10	NOR	Amund Sjøbrend	15: 16.80
30th	AUT	Hubert Gundolf	17: 52.43

Date: February 14, 1976, 8:50 a.m.
20 participants from 12 countries, all in the ranking.

Results women

500 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	United States	Sheila Young	42.76 ( OR )
2	CAN	Cathy Priestner	43.12
3	URS	Tatiana Awerina	43.17
4th	United States	Leah Poulos	43.21
5	URS	Vera Krasnova	43.23
6th	URS	Lyubov Sachikova	43.80
7th	JPN	Makiko Nagaya	43.88
8th	FIN	Paula-Irmeli Halons	43.99
9	United States	Lori Monk	44.00
10	GDR	Heike Lange	44.21
12	FRG	Monika Pflug	44.36
15th	GDR	Ines Bautzmann	44.87
20th	GDR	Ute Dix	45.60

Date: February 6, 1976, 10:40 a.m.
27 participants from 13 countries, all in the ranking.

1000 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	URS	Tatiana Awerina	1: 28.43 ( OR )
2	United States	Leah Poulos	1: 28.57
3	United States	Sheila Young	1: 29.14
4th	CAN	Sylvia Burka	1: 29.47
5	FRG	Monika Holzner-Pflug	1: 29.54
6th	CAN	Cathy Priestner	1: 29.66
7th	URS	Lyudmila Titova	1: 30.06
8th	GDR	Heike Lange	1: 30.55
9	JPN	Makiko Nagaya	1: 31.23
10	POLE	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	1: 31.59
12	GDR	Monika Zernicek	1: 31.69
21st	GDR	Ute Dix	1: 34.14

Date: February 7, 1976, 10:20 a.m.
27 participants from 12 countries, 26 of them in the evaluation.

1500 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	URS	Galina Stepanskaya	2: 16.58 ( OR )
2	United States	Sheila Young	2: 17.06
3	URS	Tatiana Awerina	2: 17.96
4th	NOR	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	2: 18.99
5	GDR	Karin Kessow	2: 19.05
6th	United States	Leah Poulos	2: 19.11
7th	GDR	Ines Bautzmann	2: 19.63
8th	POLE	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	2: 19.69
9	CAN	Sylvia Burka	2: 19.74
10	GDR	Andrea Mitscherlich	2: 20.05

Date: February 5, 1976, 9:50 a.m.
26 participants from 12 countries, all rated.

3000 m

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	URS	Tatiana Awerina	4: 45.19 ( OR )
2	GDR	Andrea Mitscherlich	4: 45.23
3	NOR	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	4: 45.24
4th	GDR	Karin Kessow	4: 45.60
5	GDR	Ines Bautzmann	4: 46.67
6th	SWE	Sylvia Filipsson	4: 48.15
7th	United States	Nancy Swider-Peltz	4: 48.46
8th	CAN	Sylvia Burka	4: 49.04
9	NED	Sijtje van der Lende	4: 50.86
10	POLE	Erwina Ryś-Ferens	4: 50.95

Date: February 8, 1976, 9:30 a.m.
26 participants from 12 countries, all in the ranking.

Web links

• Speed ​​skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1976 Winter Olympics (PDF; 31.8 MB)