United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics

United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
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
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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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

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

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		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

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

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

Figure skating

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	SP	FS	Total
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Terry Kubicka	Men's singles	11	10	3	183.30	56	7
David Santee		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
		Rank	Rank	Points	Places	Rank
Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner	Pairs	5	4	134.24	36	5
Alice Cook William Fauver		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

Summary

Team	Event	First round	Consolation game	Medal round
		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

• Steve Alley
• Dan Bolduc
• Blane Comstock
• Bob Dobek
• Rob Harris
• Jeff Hymanson
• Paul Jensen
• Steve Jensen
• Dick Lamby
• Bob Lundeen
• Bob Miller
• Doug Ross
• Gary Ross
• Buzz Schneider
• Steve Sertich
• John Taft
• Ted Thorndike
• Jim Warden

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

Men

Women

Nordic combined

Ski jumping

Speed skating

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

See also

• United States at the 1976 Winter Paralympics

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-22.

This page was last edited on 18 June 2023, at 18:33