1976 Winter Olympics / Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing at the XII. Winter Olympics
information
venue	Innsbruck / Axams
Competition venue	Patscherkofel / Axamer Lizum
Nations	33
Athletes	181 (125 , 56 )
date	5th - 14th February 1976
decisions	6th
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At the XII. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck , six alpine skiing competitions were held. The venues were the Patscherkofel and the Axamer Lizum . The top three in downhill, giant slalom and slalom received not only Olympic medals but also world championship medals, as these competitions were also rated as the 24th  Alpine World Ski Championships. In the Alpine Combined, only World Championship medals were awarded.

Olympic record

Medal table

space	country				total
1	BR Germany	2	1	-	3
2	Italy	1	2	1	4th
3	Switzerland	1	2	-	3
4th	Austria	1	1	-	2
5	Canada	1	-	-	1
6th	Liechtenstein	-	-	2	2
7th	France	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1
	United States	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Departure Franz Klammer Bernhard Russi Herbert Plank Giant slalom Heini Hemmi Seriously Good Ingemar Stenmark slalom Piero Gros Gustav Thöni Willi Frommelt

Women competitor gold silver bronze Departure Rosi Mittermaier Brigitte Totschnig Cindy Nelson Giant slalom Kathy Kreiner Rosi Mittermaier Danièle Debernard slalom Rosi Mittermaier Claudia Giordani Hanni Wenzel

Results men

Departure

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	AUT	Franz Klammer	1: 45.73
2	SUI	Bernhard Russi	1: 46.06
3	ITA	Herbert Plank	1: 46.59
4th	SUI	Philippe Roux	1: 46.69
5	CAN	Ken Read	1: 46.83
6th	United States	Andy Mill	1: 47.06
7th	SUI	Walter Tresch	1: 47.29
8th	CAN	Dave Irwin	1: 47.41
9	AUT	Josef Walcher	1: 47.45
10	CAN	Jim Hunter	1: 47.52
12	SUI	René Berthod	1: 47.89
15th	FRG	Peter Fischer	1: 48.18
17th	FRG	Sepp Ferstl	1: 48.41
19th	AUT	Klaus Eberhard	1: 48.45
21st	LIE	Paul Frommelt	1: 48.92
22nd	FRG	Michael Veith	1: 49.02
28	LIE	Andreas Wenzel	1: 50.08
29	FRG	Wolfgang Junginger	1: 50.48

Date: February 5, 12:30 p.m.
Piste: "Patscherkofel"
Start: 1950 m, Finish: 1080 m
Difference in altitude: 870 m, route length: 3020 m
Gates: 26

74 participants, 66 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Anton Steiner (AUT).

Giant slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	SUI	Heini Hemmi	3: 26.97
2	SUI	Seriously Good	3: 27.17
3	SWE	Ingemar Stenmark	3: 27.41
4th	ITA	Gustav Thöni	3: 27.67
5	United States	Phil Mahre	3: 28.20
6th	SUI	Engelhard Pargätzi	3: 28.76
7th	ITA	Fausto Radici	3: 30.09
8th	ITA	Franco Bieler	3: 30.24
9	United States	Greg Jones	3: 31.77
10	FRG	Albert Burger	3: 32.68
14th	AUT	Hansi Hinterseer	3: 33.80
17th	LIE	Willi Frommelt	3: 35.71
19th	FRG	Wolfgang Junginger	3: 36.02
20th	LIE	Andreas Wenzel	3: 36.25
28	FRG	Sepp Ferstl	3: 41.52
30th	FRG	Christian Neureuther	3: 44.02

1st run: February 9, 12:30 p.m.
Piste: "Hoadl-Mittelstation", Axamer Lizum
start: 1990 m, finish: 1540 m,
altitude difference: 450 m, route length: 1525 m,
gates: 63

2nd run: February 10, 12:30 p.m.
Piste: "Birgitzköpfl", Axamer Lizum
start: 2035 m, finish: 1610 m,
altitude difference: 425 m, route length: 1200 m,
gates: 73

96 participants, 52 of them in the ranking. Retired u. a .: Paul Frommelt (LIE), Piero Gros (ITA), No. 12 Erik Håker (NOR), No. 10 Thomas Hauser (AUT), No. 13 Franz Klammer (AUT), No. 33 Alois Morgenstern (AUT) , Ken Read (CAN), Walter Tresch (SUI).

slalom

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	ITA	Piero Gros	2: 03.29
2	ITA	Gustav Thöni	2: 03.73
3	LIE	Willi Frommelt	2: 04.28
4th	SUI	Walter Tresch	2: 05.26
5	FRG	Christian Neureuther	2: 06.56
6th	FRG	Wolfgang Junginger	2: 07.08
7th	AUT	Alois Morgenstern	2: 07.18
8th	SUI	Peter Lüscher	2: 08.10
9	ESP	Francisco Fernández Ochoa	2: 08.35
10	LIE	Andreas Wenzel	2: 08.73
15th	FRG	Albert Burger	2: 10.31
20th	FRG	Sepp Ferstl	2: 14.34
22nd	AUT	Anton Steiner	2: 14.90

Date: February 14th, 10:00 am
Piste: "Birgitzköpfl", Axamer Lizum
Start: 1830 m, Finish: 1610 m
Difference in altitude: 220 m, route length: 520 m
Gates: 62 (1st run), 65 (2nd run )

93 participants, 38 of them in the rating. Retired u. a .: Ernst Good (SUI), Heini Hemmi (SUI), No. 13 Hansi Hinterseer (AUT) (he had to give up after a few goals due to an injury sustained during training the day before), Bojan Križaj (YUG), Fausto Radici (ITA ), Ken Read (CAN), Ingemar Stenmark (SWE).

Results women

Departure

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	FRG	Rosi Mittermaier	1: 46.16
2	AUT	Brigitte Totschnig	1: 46.68
3	United States	Cindy Nelson	1: 47.50
4th	AUT	Nicola Spit	1: 47.71
5	FRA	Danièle Debernard	1: 48.48
6th	FRA	Jacqueline Rouvier	1: 48.58
7th	SUI	Bernadette Zurbriggen	1: 48.62
8th	SUI	Marlies Oberholzer	1: 48.68
9	AUT	Monika Kaserer	1: 48.81
10	FRG	Irene Epple	1: 48.91
12	AUT	Irmgard Lukasser	1: 49.18
13	FRG	Evi Mittermaier	1: 49.23
18th	SUI	Doris De Agostini	1: 50.46
23	FRG	Maria Epple	1: 51.41
24	LIE	Ursula Konzett	1: 51.53

Date: February 8, 12:30 p.m.
Piste: “Hoadl”, Axamer Lizum
Start: 2310 m, Finish: 1610 m
Difference in altitude: 700 m, route length: 2515 m
Gates: 23

38 participants, all in the ranking.

Giant slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	CAN	Kathy Kreiner	1: 29.13
2	FRG	Rosi Mittermaier	1: 29.25
3	FRA	Danièle Debernard	1: 29.95
4th	SUI	Lise-Marie Morerod	1: 30.40
5	SUI	Marie-Theres Nadig	1: 30.44
6th	AUT	Monika Kaserer	1: 30.49
7th	ITA	Wilma Gatta	1: 30.51
8th	FRG	Evi Mittermaier	1: 30.64
9	TCH	Dagmar Kuzmanová	1: 30.69
10	FRA	Jacqueline Rouvier	1: 30.79
15th	FRG	Irene Epple	1: 31.46
16	AUT	Brigitte Totschnig	1: 31.48
18th	LIE	Ursula Konzett	1: 31.59
19th	AUT	Regina Sackl	1: 31.78
20th	LIE	Hanni Wenzel	1: 31.83
24	FRG	Maria Epple	1: 33.02
26th	SUI	Marlies Oberholzer	1: 34.09
29	AUT	Irmgard Lukasser	1: 35.38

Date: February 13, 12:30 p.m.
Piste: “Birgitzköpfl”, Axamer Lizum
Start: 1925 m, Finish: 1610 m
Difference in altitude: 385 m, route length: 1225 m
Gates: 49

45 participants, 43 of them in the evaluation. Eliminated: Wanda Bieler (ITA), Bernadette Zurbriggen (SUI).

In the meantime, Mittermaier was clearly ahead of Kreiner (58.95 s) with 58.41 s, but the Canadian mastered the almost constant left-hand slope better and faster in the lower part.

slalom

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	FRG	Rosi Mittermaier	1: 30.54
2	ITA	Claudia Giordani	1: 30.87
3	LIE	Hanni Wenzel	1: 32.20
4th	FRA	Danièle Debernard	1: 32.24
5	FRG	Pamela Behr	1: 32.31
6th	United States	Lindy Cochran	1: 33.24
7th	FRG	Christa Zechmeister	1: 33.72
8th	ITA	Wanda Bieler	1: 35.66
9	TCH	Dagmar Kuzmanová	1: 35.66
10	United States	Mary Seaton	1: 35.87
11	LIE	Ursula Konzett	1: 36.35
12	SUI	Bernadette Zurbriggen	1: 37.18

Date: February 11, 11:30 a.m.
Piste: "Birgitzköpfl", Axamer Lizum
Start: 1785 m, Finish: 1610 m
Difference in altitude: 175 m, route length: 400 m
Gates: 51 (1st run), 50 (2nd run )

40 participants, 19 of them in the evaluation. Eliminated: Betsy Clifford (USA), Torill Fjeldstad (NOR), Michèle Jacot (FRA), Monika Kaserer (AUT), Kathy Kreiner (CAN), Lise-Marie Morerod (SUI), Marie-Theres Nadig (SUI), Regina Sackl (AUT), Fabienne Serrat (FRA), Brigitte Totschnig (AUT); Abandoned due to illness: No. 35 Nicola Spieß (AUT) (after rank 24 in the 1st run).

World Championship

Combination (men)

space	country	athlete	Points
1	ITA	Gustav Thöni	24.62
2	LIE	Willi Frommelt	48.97
3	United States	Greg Jones	65.84
4th	FRG	Wolfgang Junginger	70.63
5	LIE	Andreas Wenzel	75.85
6th	ESP	Francisco Fernández Ochoa	90.09

No Olympic medals were awarded for the combined competition, only World Cup medals. The positions were determined according to a point system from the results of the downhill, giant slalom and slalom.

Combination (women)

space	country	sportswoman	Points
1	FRG	Rosi Mittermaier	00.84
2	FRA	Danièle Debernard	29.22
3	LIE	Hanni Wenzel	46.00
4th	United States	Cindy Nelson	66.28
5	LIE	Ursula Konzett	81.13
6th	TCH	Dagmar Kuzmanová	89.74

No Olympic medals were awarded for the combined competition, only World Cup medals. The positions were determined according to a point system from the results of the downhill, giant slalom and slalom.

Team nominations

In the case of the team nominations, which are mostly after the weekend of 24./25. January, it was noticed that seven women and six men were selected at the DSV and Albert Frank and Hansjörg Schlager had not received any recognition. In the Swiss team, René Berthod was preferred to his brother Martin. Italy's alpine boss Mario Cotelli did without goalkeeper Bruno Nöckler, who made it big this season, because he could only start in group three, so Diego Amplatz was given priority. The ÖSV decided on 8 men and 6 women, but the women's slalom in Kranjska Gora brought a change in the women's squad, because Regina Sackl, who was third there, was preferred to Marlies Mathis.

Web links

• Overview of all races in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Rosi put an Olympic monument in the Lizum". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 37 of February 14, 1976, page 19
2. ^ "BRD: More women than men", "All right in the Swiss team" and "Without B. Nöckler". In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 20 of January 26, 1976, page 11
3. ^ Glossary «Taken at the grain» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna January 21, 1976, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
4. ↑ "Sackl now to Innsbruck." In “Tiroler Tageszeitung” No. 21 of January 27, 1976, page 11