United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics
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IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Innsbruck
Competitors	106 (76 men, 30 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Cindy Nelson (alpine skiing)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 3 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 10
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The United States competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

As Lake Placid would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, the American national anthem was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Further information: 1976 Winter Olympics medal table

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sheila Young	Speed skating	Women's 500 meters	February 6
Gold	Peter Mueller	Speed skating	Men's 1000 meters	February 12
Gold	Dorothy Hamill	Figure skating	Ladies' singles	February 13
Silver	Bill Koch	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 kilometers	February 5
Silver	Sheila Young	Speed skating	Women's 1500 meters	February 5
Silver	Leah Poulos	Speed skating	Women's 1000 meters	February 7
Bronze	Sheila Young	Speed skating	Women's 1000 meters	February 7
Bronze	Cindy Nelson	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill	February 8
Bronze	James Millns Colleen O'Connor	Figure skating	Ice dancing	February 9
Bronze	Dan Immerfall	Speed skating	Men's 500 meters	February 10

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Speed skating	2	2	2	6
Figure skating	1	0	1	2
Cross-country skiing	0	1	0	1
Alpine skiing	0	0	1	1
Total	3	3	4	10

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Sheila Young	Speed skating	1	1	1	3

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karl Anderson	Downhill	—				1:49.08	24
Greg Jones						1:47.84	11
Andy Mill						1:47.06	6
Pete Patterson						1:47.94	13
Cary Adgate	Giant slalom	1:48.64	23	1:47.77	21	3:36.41	21
Greg Jones		1:48.09	16	1:43.68	9	3:31.77	9
Phil Mahre		1:45.58	4	1:42.62	5	3:28.20	5
Steve Mahre		1:47.80	14	1:45.96	12	3:33.76	13
Cary Adgate	Slalom	1:03.06	14	1:06.47	13	2:09.53	13
Geoff Bruce		DNF
Greg Jones		1:05.05	24	1:07.66	19	2:12.71	19
Phil Mahre		1:04.80	22	1:06.97	17	2:11.77	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Cindy Nelson	Downhill	—				1:47.50
Susan Patterson						1:49.37	14
Leslie Smith						1:52.98	26
Lindy Cochran	Giant slalom	—				1:31.33	12
Cindy Nelson						1:32.02	21
Mary Seaton						1:31.58	17
Leslie Smith						1:34.54	28
Lindy Cochran	Slalom	47.96	7	45.28	4	1:33.24	6
Abbi Fisher		50.34	21	DNF
Cindy Nelson		49.52	16	47.81	13	1:37.33	13
Mary Seaton		49.04	12	46.83	9	1:35.87	10

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Peter Dascoulias	Individual	DNF
Martin Hagen		1:28:49.20	8	47
Lyle Nelson		1:25:27.50	10	35
Peter Dascoulias Dennis Donahue John Morton Lyle Nelson	Relay	2:10:17.72	4	11

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jimmy Morgan Thomas Becker	Two-man	57.68	15	57.63	14	57.66	13	57.79	13	3:50.76	14
Brent Rushlaw John Proctor	Two-man	58.07	20	58.27	20	57.79	15	57.89	14	3:52.02	19
William Hollrock Earl Frisbie Frederick Fritsch Phil Duprey	Four-man	56.61	19	56.86	18	57.89	21	58.35	20	3:49.71	19
Jimmy Morgan Peter Brennan John Proctor Thomas Becker	Four-man	56.09	15	56.08	14	56.96	15	57.59	15	3:46.72	15

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Tim Caldwell	15 km	47:33.59	37
Bill Koch		45:32.22	6
Doug Peterson		49:00.98	54
Ronny Yeager		48:58.16	52
Bela Bodnar	30 km	1:43:10.73	59
Tim Caldwell		1:35:57.97	27
Chris Haines		1:40:58.43	52
Bill Koch		1:30:57.84
Tim Caldwell	50 km	DNF
Stan Dunklee		2:51:26.28	36
Chris Haines		DNF
Bill Koch		2:44:34.69	13
Tim Caldwell Bill Koch Doug Peterson Ronny Yeager	4 × 10 km relay	2:11:41.35	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jana Hlavaty	5 km	18:21.21	35
Terry Porter		19:36.93	39
Martha Rockwell		17:33.07	28
Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes		DNF
Twila Hinkle	10 km	36:35.49	42
Jana Hlavaty		34:48.88	37
Margie Mahoney		37:07.18	43
Martha Rockwell		34:21.34	36
Twila Hinkle Jana Hlavaty Terry Porter Martha Rockwell	4 × 5 km relay	1:17:58.18	9

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	SP	FS	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Terry Kubicka	Men's singles	11	10	3	183.30	56	7
David Santee	Men's singles	5	4	6	184.28	49	6
Wendy Burge	Ladies' singles	6	8	9	182.14	63	6
Linda Fratianne		9	6	6	181.86	67	8
Dorothy Hamill		2	1	1	193.80	9

Mixed

Athlete	Event	SP / CD	FS / FD	Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner	Pairs	5	4	134.24	36	5
Alice Cook William Fauver	Pairs	11	13	119.36	106	12
Judi Genovesi Kent Weigle	Ice dancing	15	16	168.26	134	15
Susan Kelley Andrew Stroukoff		18	15	165.12	147	17
Colleen O'Connor Jim Millns		3	3	202.64	27

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	First round	Consolation game	Medal round
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Yugoslavia W 8–4	Bye	Soviet Union L 2–6	Czechoslovakia L 0–5	Finland W 5–4	Poland W 7–2	West Germany L 1–4	5

Roster

First round
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United States	8–4	Yugoslavia

Medal round

Rank		Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	5	5	0	40	11	10
2	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	17	10	6
3	West Germany	5	2	3	21	24	4
4	Finland	5	2	3	19	18	4
5	United States	5	2	3	15	21	4
6	Poland	5	1	4	9	37	2

USSR 6–2 USA
Czechoslovakia 5–0 USA
USA 5–4 Finland
USA 7–2 Poland
West Germany 4–1 USA

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Richard Cavanaugh	Singles	56.186	28	55.669	33	54.572	25	54.930	26	3:41.357	25
James Murray		56.269	31	55.554	31	55.142	30	55.187	28	3:42.152	26
Terry O'Brien		56.366	33	55.647	32	55.172	31	55.351	30	3:42.536	28
Robert Berkley Richard Cavanaugh	Doubles	46.455	24	45.554	20	—				1:32.009	23
John Fee Jim Moriarty	Doubles	46.075	22	45.965	22	—				1:32.040	24

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maura Haponski	Singles	46.547	26	45.877	24	45.818	25	46.329	25	3:04.571	25
Karen Roberts		46.366	24	46.142	25	45.581	24	45.994	24	3:04.083	24
Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad		45.413	19	45.744	23	44.848	18	45.346	22	3:01.351	21

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mike Devecka	Individual	77.0	74.6	151.6	32	51:06.38	192.28	18	343.88	28
Jim Galanes		90.6	93.5	184.1	25	50:34.71	197.03	15	381.13	17
Walter Malmquist		90.0	91.3	181.3	26	54:40.40	160.17	30	341.47	29

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jim Denney	Normal hill	79.0	110.7	76.5	108.2	218.9	21
Jerry Martin		78.0	109.6	74.5	103.0	212.6	27
Kip Sundgaard		68.0	89.6	67.0	88.0	177.6	53
Greg Windsperger		76.0	103.9	75.5	104.1	208.0	34
Jim Denney	Large hill	89.0	99.1	85.0	92.0	191.1	18
Terry Kern		88.0	89.7	85.0	86.5	176.2	30
Jim Maki		85.0	89.0	81.0	82.4	171.4	36
Jerry Martin		85.0	94.0	78.0	81.7	175.7	32

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jim Chapin	500 m	40.09	10
Dan Immerfall		39.54
Peter Mueller		39.57	5
Dan Carroll	1000 m	1:27.37	28
Dan Immerfall		1:21.74	12
Peter Mueller		1:19.32 OR
Dan Carroll	1500 m	2:02.26	5
Eric Heiden		2:02.40	7
Mike Woods		2:08.77	23
Dan Carroll	5000 m	7:36.46	6
Eric Heiden		7:59.00	19
Mike Woods		7:48.08	12
Dan Carroll	10,000 m	15:19.29	7
Charles Gilmore		16:26.35	19
Mike Woods		15:53.42	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lori Monk	500 m	44.00	9
Leah Poulos		43.21	4
Sheila Young		42.46 OR
Peggy Crowe	1000 m	DSQ
Leah Poulos		1:28.57
Sheila Young		1:29.14
Leah Poulos	1500 m	2:19.11	6
Cindy Seikkula		2:24.06	17
Sheila Young		2:17.06
Beth Heiden	3000 m	4:51.67	11
Cindy Seikkula		4:57.57	17
Nancy Swider-Peltz		4:48.46	7

References

v t e Nations at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria
Africa	none
America	Argentina Canada Chile United States
Asia	Republic of China Iran Japan South Korea Lebanon
Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

United States at the Olympics

Summer Olympic Games	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter Olympic Games	1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Intercalated Games	1906

The United States hosted the 1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, and 2028 Summer Olympics, as well as the 1932, 1960, 1980, and 2002 Winter Olympics. The United States did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott.

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Ice hockey

Luge

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

See also

References