1976 Winter Olympics / Participant (United States)

United States

3	3	4th

The United States participated in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games in the Austrian Innsbruck with a delegation of 106 athletes, 76 men and 30 women, in part.

It was the USA's twelfth participation in the Winter Olympics since 1924 .

Flag bearer

Alpine ski racer Cindy Nelson carried the United States flag during the opening ceremony.

Medals

With three won gold, three silver and four bronze medals, the US team took third place in the medal table .

gold

• figure skating
  • Dorothy Hamill , women, singles
• Speed ​​skating
  • Sheila Young : women, 500 m
  • Peter Mueller : men, 1,000 m

silver

• Speed ​​skating
  • Leah Poulos : women, 1,000 m
  • Sheila Young : women, 1,500 m
• Nordic skiing
  • Bill Koch : Men, 30 km

bronze

• figure skating
  • James Millns and Colleen O'Connor : Ice Dance
• Speed ​​skating
  • Sheila Young : women, 1,000 m
  • Dan Immerfall : men, 500 m
• Alpine skiing
  • Cindy Nelson : Women, departure

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Women

• Cindy Nelson

  Departure: - 1: 47.50 min

  Giant slalom: 21st place - 1: 32.02 min

  Slalom: 13th place - 1: 37.33 min

• Lindy Cochran

  Giant slalom: 12th place - 1: 31.33 min

  Slalom: 6th place - 1: 33.24 min

• Abigail Fisher

  Slalom: DNF

• Susan Patterson

  Departure: 14th place - 1: 49.37 min

• Mary Seaton

  Giant slalom: 17th place - 1: 31.58 min

  Slalom: 10th place - 1: 35.87 min

• Leslie Smith

  Downhill: 26th place - 1: 52.98 min

  Giant slalom: 28th place - 1: 34.54 min

Men

• Cary Adgate

  Giant Slalom: 21st place - 3: 36.41 min

  Slalom: 13th place - 2: 09.53 min

• Karl Anderson

  Downhill: 24th place - 1: 49.08 min

• Geoff Bruce

  Slalom: DNF

• Greg Jones

  Downhill: 11th place - 1: 47.84 min

  Giant slalom: 9th place - 3: 31.77 min

  Slalom: 19th place - 2: 12.71 min

• Phil Mahre

  Giant slalom: 5th place - 3: 28.20 min

  Slalom: 18th place - 2: 11.77 min

• Steve Mahre

  Giant slalom: 13th place - 3: 33.76 min

• Andy Mill

  Downhill: 6th place - 1: 47.06 min

• Pete Patterson

  Downhill: 13th place - 1: 47.94 min

biathlon

Men

• Peter Dascoulias

  20 km: DNF

  4 × 7.5km relay: 11th place - 2:10: 17.72 h; 4 mistakes

• Dennis Donahue

  4 × 7.5km relay: 11th place - 2:10: 17.72 h; 4 mistakes

• Martin Hagen

  20 km: 47th place - 1: 28: 49.20 h; 8 mistakes

• John Morton

  4 × 7.5km relay: 11th place - 2:10: 17.72 h; 4 mistakes

• Lyle Nelson

  20 km: 35th place - 1: 25: 27.50 h; 10 mistakes

  4 × 7.5km relay: 11th place - 2:10: 17.72 h; 4 mistakes

bob

Two-man bobsleigh

• Thomas Becker / Jimmy Morgan (USA I)

  14th place - 3: 50.75 min

• John Proctor / Brent Rushlaw (USA II)

  19th place - 3: 52.02 min

Four-man bobsleigh

• Thomas Becker / Peter Brennan / Jimmy Morgan / John Proctor (USA I)

  15th place - 3: 46.72 min

• Phil Duprey / Earl Frisbie / Frederick Fritsch / William Hollrock (USA II)

  19th place - 3: 49.71 min

ice Hockey

Men

5th place

Steve Alley Dan Bolduc Blane Comstock Bob Dobek Robbie Harris Jeffrey Hymanson Paul Jensen Steve Jensen Dick Lamby

Bob Lundeen Robert Miller Douglas Ross Gary Ross Buzz Schneider Stephen Sertich John Taft Theodore Thorndike James Warden

figure skating

Women

• Dorothy Hamill

  

• Wendy Burge

  6th place

• Linda Fratianne

  8th place

Men

• Terry Kubicka

  7th place

• David Santee

  6th place

Couples

• Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner

  5th place

• Alice Cook / William Fauver

  12th place

Ice dance

• Colleen O'Connor / James Millns

  

• Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle

  15th place

• Susie Kelley / Andrew Stroukoff

  17th place

Speed ​​skating

Women

• Sheila Young

  500 m: - 42.76 s

  1000 m: - 1: 29.14 min

  1500 m: - 2: 17.06 min

• Leah Poulos-Mueller

  500 m: 4th place - 43.21 s

  1000 m: - 1: 28.57 min

  1500 m: 6th place - 2: 19.11 min

• Peggy Crowe

  1000 m: disqualified

• Beth heathen

  3000 m: 11th place - 4: 51.67 min

• Lori Monk

  500 m: 9th place - 44.00 s

• Cindy Seikkula

  1500 m: 17th place - 2: 24.06 min

  3000 m: 17th place - 4: 57.57 min

• Nancy Swider-Peltz

  3000 m: 7th place - 4: 48.46 min

Men

• Peter Mueller

  500 m: 5th place - 39.57 s

  1000 m: - 1: 19.32 min

• Dan Immerfall

  500 m: - 39.54 s

  1000 m: 12th place - 1: 21.74 min

• Dan Carroll

  1000 m: 28th place - 1: 27.37 min

  1500 m: 5th place - 2: 02.26 min

  5000 m: 6th place - 7: 36.46 min

  10,000 m: 7th place - 15: 19.29 min

• Jim Chapin

  500 m: 10th place - 40.09 s

• Charles Gilmore

  10,000 m: 19th place - 16: 26.35 min

• Eric Heiden

  1500 m: 7th place - 2: 02.40 min

  5000 m: 19th place - 7: 59.00 min

• Mike Woods

  1500 m: 23rd place - 2: 08.77 min

  5000 m: 12th place - 7: 48.08 min

  10,000 m: 12th place - 15: 53.42 min

Sledding

Women

• Maura Haponski

  25th place - 3: 04.571 min

• Karen Roberts

  24th place - 3: 04.083 min

• Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad

  21st place - 3: 01.351 min

Men, single-seaters

• Richard Cavanaugh

  25th place - 3: 41.357 min

• James Murray

  26th place - 3: 42.152 min

• Terry O'Brien

  28th place - 3: 42.536 min

Men, two-seaters

• Robert Berkley Junior / Richard Cavanaugh

  23rd place - 1: 32.009 min

• John Fee / Jim Moriarty

  24th place - 1: 32.040 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Women

• Twila Hinkle

  10 km: 42nd place - 36: 35.49 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 9th place - 1:17: 58.18 h

• Jana Hlavaty

  5 km: 35th place - 18: 21.21 min

  10 km: 37th place - 34: 48.88 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 9th place - 1:17: 58.18 h

• Margie Mahoney

  10 km: 43rd place - 37: 07.18 min

• Terry Porter

  5 km: 39th place - 19: 36.93 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 9th place - 1:17: 58.18 h

• Martha Rockwell

  5 km: 28th place - 17: 33.07 min

  10 km: 36th place - 34: 21.34 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 9th place - 1:17: 58.18 h

• Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes

  5 km: DNF

Men

• Bill Koch

  15 km: 6th place - 45: 32.22 min

  30 km: - 1:30: 57.84 h

  50 km: 13th place - 2:44: 34.69 h

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place - 2: 11: 41.35 h

• Bela Bodnar

  30 km: 59th place - 1: 43: 10.73 h

• Tim Caldwell

  15 km: 37th place - 47: 33.59 min

  30 km: 27th place - 1: 35: 57.97 h

  50 km: DNF

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place - 2: 11: 41.35 h

• Stan Dunklee

  50 km: 36th place - 2: 51: 26.28 h

• Chris Haines

  30 km: 52nd place - 1: 40: 58.43 h

  50 km: DNF

• Doug Peterson

  15 km: 54th place - 49: 00.98 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place - 2: 11: 41.35 h

• Ronny Yeager

  15 km: 52nd place - 48: 58.16 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 6th place - 2: 11: 41.35 h

Ski jumping

Men

• Jim Denney

  Normal hill: 21st place - 218.9 points

  Large hill: 18th place - 191.1 points

• Terry Kern

  Large hill: 30th place - 176.2 points

• Jim Maki

  Large hill: 36th place - 171.4 points

• Jerry Martin

  Normal hill: 27th place - 212.6 points

  Large hill: 32nd place - 175.7 points

• Kip Sundgaard

  Normal hill: 53rd place - 177.6 points

• Greg Windsperger

  Normal hill: 34th place - 208.0 points

Nordic combination

Men

• Mike Devecka

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 28th place

• Jim Galanes

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 17th place

• Walter Malmquist

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 29th place

Web links

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