United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Hamill, DorothyDorothy Hamill	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
01 ! Gold	Mueller, PeterPeter Mueller	Speed skating	Men's 1000 metres
01 ! Gold	Young, SheilaSheila Young	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres
02 ! Silver	Koch, BillBill Koch	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km
02 ! Silver	Poulos, LeahLeah Poulos	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres
02 ! Silver	Young, SheilaSheila Young	Speed skating	Women's 1500 metres
03 ! Bronze	Nelson, CindyCindy Nelson	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
03 ! Bronze	Millns, JamesJames Millns Colleen O'Connor	Figure skating	Ice dancing
03 ! Bronze	Immerfall, DanDan Immerfall	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
03 ! Bronze	Young, SheilaSheila Young	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Leslie Smith	Downhill					1:52.98	26
Susan Patterson						1:49.37	14
Cindy Nelson						1:47.50	03 !
Leslie Smith	Giant slalom					1:34.54	28
Cindy Nelson						1:32.02	21
Mary Seaton						1:31.58	17
Lindy Cochran						1:31.33	12
Abbi Fisher	Slalom	50.34	21	DNF	–	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
Lindy Cochran		47.96	7	45.28	4	1:33.24	6

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Peter Dascoulias	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Martin Hagen	1'20:49.20	8	1'28:49.20	47
	Lyle Nelson	1'15:27.50	10	1'25:27.50	35

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Lyle Nelson Dennis Donahue John Morton Peter Dascoulias	4	2'10:17.72	11

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Jimmy Morgan Thomas Becker	Two-man	57.68	15	57.63	14	57.66	13	57.79	13	3:50.76	14
USA-2	Brent Rushlaw John Proctor	Two-man	58.07	20	58.27	20	57.79	15	57.89	14	3:52.02	19

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	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
USA-2	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

Cross-country skiing

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Doug Peterson	49:00.98	54
	Ronny Yeager	48:58.16	52
	Tim Caldwell	47:33.59	37
	Bill Koch	45:32.22	6
30 km	Bela Bodnar	1'43:10.73	59
	Chris Haines	1'40:58.43	52
	Tim Caldwell	1'35:57.97	27
	Bill Koch	1'30:57.84	02 !
50 km	Tim Caldwell	DNF	–
	Chris Haines	DNF	–
	Stan Dunklee	2'51:26.28	36
	Bill Koch	2'44:34.69	13

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Doug Peterson Tim Caldwell Bill Koch Ronny Yeager	2'11:41.35	6

Women

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

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Martha Rockwell Jana Hlavaty Terry Porter Twila Hinkle	1'17:58.18	9

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Terry Kubicka	11	10	3	183.30	56	7
David Santee	5	4	6	184.28	49	6

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Linda Fratianne	9	6	6	181.86	67	8
Wendy Burge	6	8	9	182.14	63	6
Dorothy Hamill	2	1	1	193.80	9	01 !

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Alice Cook William Fauver	11	13	119.36	106	12
Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner	5	4	134.24	36	5

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	FD	Points	Places	Rank
Susan Kelley Andrew Stroukoff	18	15	165.12	147	17
Judi Genovesi Kent Weigle	15	16	168.26	134	15
Colleen O'Connor Jim Millns	3	3	202.64	27	03 !

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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

Leading scorers

Rk		GP	G	A	Pts
8th	Bob Dobek	5	3	4	7

Team roster

Steve Alley
Dan Bolduc
Blane Comstock
Bob Dobek
Robby 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

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Terry O'Brien	56.366	33	55.647	32	55.172	31	55.351	30	3:42.536	28
James Murray	56.269	31	55.554	31	55.142	30	55.187	28	3:42.152	26
Richard Cavanaugh	56.186	28	55.669	33	54.572	25	54.930	26	3:41.357	25

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Robert Berkley Richard Cavanaugh	46.455	24	45.554	20	1:32.009	23
Jim Moriarty John Fee	46.075	22	45.965	22	1:32.040	24

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maura Haponski	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

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mike Devecka	Individual	62.0	64.0	151.6	32	51:06.38	192.28	18	343.88	28
Walter Malmquist		70.0	71.0	181.3	26	54:40.40	160.17	30	341.47	29
Jim Galanes		71.0	73.0	184.1	25	50:34.71	197.03	15	381.13	17

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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Jim Chapin	40.09	10
	Peter Mueller	39.57	5
	Dan Immerfall	39.54	03 !
1000 m	Dan Carroll	1:27.37	28
	Dan Immerfall	1:21.74	12
	Peter Mueller	1:19.32 OR	01 !
1500 m	Mike Woods	2:08.77	23
	Eric Heiden	2:02.40	7
	Dan Carroll	2:02.26	5
5000 m	Eric Heiden	7:59.00	19
	Mike Woods	7:48.08	12
	Dan Carroll	7:36.46	6
10,000 m	Charles Gilmore	16:26.35	19
	Mike Woods	15:53.42	12
	Dan Carroll	15:19.29	7

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Lori Monk	44.00	9
	Leah Poulos	43.21	4
	Sheila Young	42.46 OR	01 !
1000 m	Peggy Crowe	DSQ	–
	Sheila Young	1:29.14	03 !
	Leah Poulos	1:28.57	02 !
1500 m	Cindy Seikkula	2:24.06	17
	Leah Poulos	2:19.11	6
	Sheila Young	2:17.06	02 !
3000 m	Cindy Seikkula	4:57.57	17
	Beth Heiden	4:51.67	11
	Nancy Swider-Peltz	4:48.46	7

References

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

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