Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics | |
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Individual | men |
Relay | men |
Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of two biathlon events, held at Seefeld. The events began on 6 February and ended on 13 February 1976.[1][2]
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Medal summary
Three nations won medals in biathlon, the Soviet Union leading the medal table with three medals (2 gold, 1 bronze). Nikolay Kruglov led the individual medal table, winning the individual race, and adding a gold medal in the relay.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
2 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
3 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (3 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Individual |
Nikolay Kruglov Soviet Union |
1:14:12.26 | Heikki Ikola Finland |
1:15:54.10 | Aleksandr Elizarov Soviet Union |
1:16:05.57 |
Relay |
Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Elizarov Ivan Biakov Nikolay Kruglov Aleksandr Tikhonov |
1:57:55.64 | Finland (FIN) Henrik Flöjt Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola |
2:01:45.58 | East Germany (GDR) Karl-Heinz Menz Frank Ullrich Manfred Beer Manfred Geyer |
2:04:08.61 |
Participating nations
Eighteen nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. Bulgaria and Chinese Taipei (as Republic of China) made their Olympic biathlon debuts.[1]
- Austria (4)
- Bulgaria (2)
- Finland (4)
- France (5)
- West Germany (6)
- Great Britain (4)
- East Germany (5)
- Italy (4)
- Japan (5)
- Norway (4)
- Poland (4)
- Republic of China (2)
- Romania (4)
- Switzerland (3)
- Sweden (4)
- Czechoslovakia (5)
- Soviet Union (4)
- United States (5)
References
- ^ a b "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
- ^ "Biathlon at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2019.