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The XII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. The games were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado, USA in May, 1970 but a 300 percent rise in costs and worries about environmental impact led to voters rejecting a $5 million bond issue to finance the games in 1972, so the IOC called on the home of 1964 gamesThe IX Olympic Winter Games were held in 1964 Innsbruck, Austria. Medal winners Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Figure skating Ice hockey Nordic skiing Speed skating Tobogganing Medal count Top medal-collecting nations (¹ East Germany and West Germany co.
1 Medals awarded
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
- Alpine SkiingAt the 1976 Winter Olympics, six Alpine Skiing events were contested. Downhill, Men Pos Athlete Time 1 Franz Klammer ( AUT)1:45. 73 2 Bernhard Russi ( SUI)1:46. 06 3 Herbert Plank ( ITA)1:46. 59 Slalom, Men Pos Athlete Time 1 Piero Gros (ITA)2:03. 29 2 Gu
- Nordic Skiing
- Biathlon
- Figure Skating
- Speed Skating
- Bobsledding
- Lugeing
- Ice Hockey
2 Medal count
| 1976 Winter OlympicsThe XII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. The games were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado, USA in May, 1970 but a 300 percent rise in costs and worries about environmental impact led to voters rejecting a $5 million bond medal countThis is the full table of the medal count of the 1976 Winter Olympics . These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countr
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| 1 | Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR ( Russian: ; tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik (SSSR) also called the Soviet Union ( ; tr. Sovetsky Soyuz , was a state in much of the northern region of Eurasia that existed from 1922 until 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 27
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| 2 | East Germany | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19
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| 3 | United States | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7
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| 4 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7
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| 5 | West Germany | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10
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| 6 | Finland | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7
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| 7 | Austria | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6
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| 8 | Switzerland | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5
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| 9 | Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6
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| 10 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4
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