1976 Winter Olympics / Participant (Soviet Union)

URS

13	6th	8th

The Soviet Union took part in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck with a delegation of 79 (59 men, 20 women) athletes. Ice hockey player Wladislaw Tretjak was chosen as the standard bearer for the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Women: Alevtina "Alla" Askarova Departure: 28th place - 1: 53.19 min Giant slalom: 32nd place - 1: 36.86 min Slalom: DNF

Men's: Vladimir Andreyev Downhill: 44th place - 1: 53.61 min Giant Slalom: DNF Slalom: 25th place - 2: 17.56 min

biathlon

Men's:

• Nikolai Kruglow

  20 km: - 1:14:12, 26 h; 2 mistakes

  4x7.5km relay: - 1: 57: 55.64 h; 0 errors

• Alexander Yelisarov

  20 km: - 1:16:05:57 h; 3 mistakes

  4x7.5km relay: - 1: 57: 55.64 h; 0 errors

• Ivan Byakov

  4x7.5km relay: - 1: 57: 55.64 h; 0 errors

• Alexander Tikhonov

  20 km: 5th place - 1:17: 18.33 h; 7 mistakes

  4x7.5km relay: - 1: 57: 55.64 h; 0 errors

ice Hockey

Men's:

Boris Alexandrov Sergei Babinov Alexander Gusew Sergei Kapustin Valery Kharlamov Vladimir Luttchenko Yuri Lyapkin Alexander Malzew Boris Mikhailov

Vladimir Petrov Vladimir Shadrin Viktor Shalimov Alexander Sidelnikov Vladislav Tretyak Gennady Zygankov Valery Vasilyev Alexander Yakushev Viktor Schluktow

figure skating

Women: Elena Vodoresova 12th place

Men's: Vladimir Kovalyov Yuri Ovchinnikov 8th place Sergei Volkov 5th place

Couples: Irina Rodnina / Alexander Saizew Irina Vorobyova / Alexander Vlasov 4th Place Marina Leonidowa / Vladimir Bogolyubov 9th place

Ice dance: Lyudmila Pachomowa / Alexander Gorschkow Irina Moissejewa / Andrei Minenkow Natalja Linitschuk / Gennady Karponosov 4th Place

Speed ​​skating

Women: Tatiana Awerina 500 m: - 43.17 sec 1000 m: - 1: 28.43 min 1500 m: - 2: 17.96 min 3000 m: - 4: 45.19 min Galina Stepanskaya 1500 m: - 2: 16.58 min Vera Krasnova 500 m: 5th place - 43.23 sec Lyubov Sadchikova 500 m: 6th place - 43.80 sec Tetiana Shelekhova 1000 m: 15th place - 1: 32.08 min 3000 m: 14th place - 4: 54.03 min Nina Statkevich 1500 m: 15th place - 2: 22.59 min 3000 m: 13th place - 4: 53.94 min Lyudmila Titova 1000 m: 7th place - 1: 30.06 min

Men's: Valery Muratov 500 m: - 39.25 sec 1000 m: - 1: 20.57 min Yevgeny Kulikov 500 m: - 39.17 sec Yuri Kondakov 1500 m: - 1: 59.97 min Vladimir Ivanov 5000 m: 7th place - 7: 37.73 min 10,000 m: 15th place - 16: 16.20 min Andrei Malikov 500 m: 8th place - 39.85 sec 1000 m: 29th place - 1: 27.57 min Sergey Marchuk 1500 m: 13th place - 2: 04.45 min 5000 m: 14th place - 7: 51.37 min 10,000 m: 11th place - 15: 43.81 min Sergey Ryabev 1500 m: 4th place - 2: 02.15 min Alexander Safronov 1000 m: 4th place - 1: 20.84 min Viktor Varlamov 5000 m: 4th place - 7: 30.97 min 10,000 m: 4th place - 15:06:06 min

Sledding

Women: Vera Zozuļa 9th place - 2: 52.661 min

Men's: Dainis Bremze 8th place - 3: 30.576 min Aigars Krikis 13th place - 3: 34.695 min Vladimir Shitov 10th place - 3: 32.570 min

Double seater: Dainis Bremze / Aigars Krikis 8th place - 1: 27.407 min Valdis Ķuzis / Rolands Upatnieks 9th place - 1: 27.557 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women: Raissa Smetanina 5 km: - 15: 49.73 min 10 km: - 30: 13.41 min 4x10 km relay: - 1: 07: 49.75 h Nina Baldycheva 5 km: - 16: 12.82 min 10 km: 4th place - 30: 52.58 min 4x10 km relay: - 1: 07: 49.75 h Galina Kulakova 5 km: Disqualified 10 km: - 30: 38.61 min 4x10 km relay: - 1: 07: 49.75 h Zinaida Amosova 5 km: 6th place - 16: 33.78 min 10 km: 6th place - 31: 11.23 min 4x10 km relay: - 1: 07: 49.75 h

Men's: Nikolai Bashukov 15 km: - 43: 58.47 min 30 km: 5th place - 1: 31: 33.14 h 4x10 km relay: - 2:10: 51.46 h Sergei Savelyev 30 km: - 1:30: 29.38 h 50 km: 21st place - 2: 46: 01.36 h 4x10 km relay: - 2:10: 51.46 h Yevgeny Belyayev 15 km: - 44: 01.10 min 50 km: 38th place - 2: 54: 00.55 h 4x10 km relay: - 2:10: 51.46 h Ivan Garanin 15 km: 4th place - 44: 41.98 min 30 km: - 1: 31: 09.29 h 50 km: 4th place - 2:40: 38.94 h 4x10 km relay: - 2:10: 51.46 h Vasily Rotschew 30 km: 10th place - 1: 32: 39.42 h 50 km: 12th place - 2:44: 31.23 h Yuri Skobov 15 km: 16th place - 46: 16.27 min

Ski jumping

Men's:

• Alexei Borowitin

  Normal hill: 15th place - 224.9 points

  Large hill: 19th place - 187.5 points

• Yuri Kalinin

  Normal hill: 22nd place - 218.7 points

  Large hill: 24th place - 181.5 points

• Alexander Karapusov

  Normal hill: 12th place - 226.8 points

  Large hill: 15th place - 193.5 points

• Sergei Saitschik

  Normal hill: 25th place - 213.6 points

  Large hill: 11th place - 200.0 points

Nordic combination

Men's:

• Alexei Baranov

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 23rd place

• Valery Kopayev

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 7th place

• Nikolai Nogovitsyn

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 6th place

Web links

• Soviet Olympic Team 1976 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )