The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (German: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, French: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 (Austro-Bavarian: Innschbruck 1976), was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976. The Games were awarded to Innsbruck after Denver, the original host city, withdrew in 1972. This was the second time the Tyrolean capital had hosted the Winter Olympics, having first done so in 1964.
In a statewide referendum on 7 November 1972, Colorado voters rejected funding for the games, and for the first (and only) time a city awarded the Winter Games rejected them.[3] Denver officially withdrew on 15 November, and the IOC then offered the games to Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck to host the 1976 Winter Olympics, which had hosted the 1964 Winter Olympics games twelve years earlier, on 5 February 1973.
MascotEdit
The mascot of the 1976 Winter Olympics was Schneemann, a snowman in a red Tyrolean hat. Designed by Walter Pötsch, Schneeman was purported to represent the 1976 Games as the "Games of Simplicity". It was also regarded as a good-luck charm, to avert the dearth of snow that had marred the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[4][5]
In the 4-man bobsled, the East German team won the first of three consecutive titles.
The USSR won its fourth straight ice hockey gold medal; for the second consecutive Olympics, Canada refused to send a team, protesting the rules that allowed the USSR to field professional players while limiting Canada to amateurs. Sweden also joined the boycott.[10]
Sports technology, in the guise of innovative perforated skis, sleek hooded suits and streamlined helmets appeared in alpine skiing, speed skating and ski jumping, making headlines in Innsbruck.[11]
A second cauldron for the Olympic flame was built to represent the 1976 Games. Both it and the cauldron from the 1964 games were lit together.
Galina Kulakova of the Soviet Union finished 3rd in the women's 5 km ski event, but was disqualified due to a positive test for banned substance ephedrine. She claimed that this was a result of using the nasal spray that contained the substance. Both the FIS and the IOC allowed her to compete in the 10 km and the 4×5 km relay.[12] This was the first stripped medal at the Winter Olympics.
The Austrian anthem was played three times at the closing ceremony during the beginning, the victory ceremony and the handover ceremony to honor the three verses of the anthem.
37 nations participated in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. The games marked the final time the Republic of China (Taiwan) participated under the Republic of China flag and name. After most of the international community recognized the People's Republic of China as the legitimate government of all China, the ROC was forced to compete under the name Chinese Taipei, under an altered flag and to use its National Banner Song instead of its national anthem. Andorra and San Marino participated in their first Winter Olympic Games.
^The emblem represents the coat of arms of Innsbruck, which shows the bridge on the Inn River that connects the old town and the Hötting district. The bridge and the Olympic rings symbolize the link that ties the many peoples of the world with friendship through the Olympic Games. The top of the coat of arms has two indents which match two of the Olympic rings and represent the 1964 and 1976 Winter Games which Innsbruck celebrates.
Citations
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^International Olympic Committee. Archived from original June 3, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
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^Dorothy Hamill bio. Factmonster.com. Retrieved on July 7, 2011.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1976 Winter Olympics news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 1976 Winter Olympics officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games German XII Olympische Winterspiele French XIIes Jeux olympiques d hiver and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 Austro Bavarian Innschbruck 1976 was a winter multi sport event celebrated in Innsbruck Austria from February 4 to 15 1976 The Games were awarded to Innsbruck after Denver the original host city withdrew in 1972 This was the second time the Tyrolean capital had hosted the Winter Olympics having first done so in 1964 XII Olympic Winter GamesEmblem of the 1976 Winter Olympics a Host cityInnsbruck AustriaNations37Athletes1 123 892 men 231 women Events37 in 6 sports 10 disciplines Opening4 February 1976Closing15 February 1976Opened byPresident Rudolf KirchschlagerCauldronChristl HaasJosef FeistmantlStadiumBergiselWinter Sapporo 1972Lake Placid 1980 Summer Munich 1972Montreal 1976 Contents 1 Host selection 2 Mascot 3 Highlights 4 Venues 5 Medals awarded 6 Participating nations 6 1 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees 7 Medal count 8 Documentary film 9 See also 10 References 11 External linksHost selection EditMain article Bids for the 1976 Winter Olympics The cities of Denver Colorado United States Sion Switzerland Tampere Finland and Vancouver with most events near Mount Garibaldi British Columbia Canada made bids for the Games The host was decided at the 69th IOC meeting in Amsterdam Netherlands on May 12 1970 1 2 Original 1976 Winter Olympics bidding results 1 City Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3Denver United States 29 29 39Sion Switzerland 18 31 30Tampere Finland 12 8 Vancouver Garibaldi Canada 9 In a statewide referendum on 7 November 1972 Colorado voters rejected funding for the games and for the first and only time a city awarded the Winter Games rejected them 3 Denver officially withdrew on 15 November and the IOC then offered the games to Whistler British Columbia Canada but they too declined owing to a change of government following elections Salt Lake City offered to host the games but the IOC still reeling from the Denver rejection declined and selected Innsbruck to host the 1976 Winter Olympics which had hosted the 1964 Winter Olympics games twelve years earlier on 5 February 1973 Mascot EditThe mascot of the 1976 Winter Olympics was Schneemann a snowman in a red Tyrolean hat Designed by Walter Potsch Schneeman was purported to represent the 1976 Games as the Games of Simplicity It was also regarded as a good luck charm to avert the dearth of snow that had marred the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck 4 5 Highlights Edit The official poster of the 1976 Winter OlympicsFirst Games under the presidency of Michael Morris 3rd Baron Killanin Austrian favorite Franz Klammer won the men s downhill event in alpine skiing in 1 45 73 after great pressure from his country and defending champion Bernhard Russi of Switzerland Dorothy Hamill of the United States won the gold in figure skating and inspired the popular wedge haircut 6 Elegant British figure skater John Curry altered his routine to appeal to Olympic judges winning gold 7 American figure skater Terry Kubicka attempted and completed a dangerous backflip in figure skating Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany nearly swept the women s alpine skiing events earning two golds and a silver missing the third gold by 0 13 seconds 8 Soviet speed skater Tatiana Averina won four medals 9 In the 4 man bobsled the East German team won the first of three consecutive titles The USSR won its fourth straight ice hockey gold medal for the second consecutive Olympics Canada refused to send a team protesting the rules that allowed the USSR to field professional players while limiting Canada to amateurs Sweden also joined the boycott 10 Sports technology in the guise of innovative perforated skis sleek hooded suits and streamlined helmets appeared in alpine skiing speed skating and ski jumping making headlines in Innsbruck 11 A second cauldron for the Olympic flame was built to represent the 1976 Games Both it and the cauldron from the 1964 games were lit together Bobsleigh and luge competed on the same track for the first time ever Galina Kulakova of the Soviet Union finished 3rd in the women s 5 km ski event but was disqualified due to a positive test for banned substance ephedrine She claimed that this was a result of using the nasal spray that contained the substance Both the FIS and the IOC allowed her to compete in the 10 km and the 4 5 km relay 12 This was the first stripped medal at the Winter Olympics The Austrian anthem was played three times at the closing ceremony during the beginning the victory ceremony and the handover ceremony to honor the three verses of the anthem Venues EditMain article Venues of the 1976 Winter Olympics Bergisel in 2004Axamer Lizum Alpine skiing except men s downhill Bergiselschanze Ski jumping large hill Opening Ceremonies Eisschnellaufbahn Speed skating Kombinierte Kunsteisbahn fur Bob Rodel Igls Bobsleigh Luge Messehalle Ice hockey Olympiahalle Figure skating Ice hockey Closing Ceremonies Patscherkofel Alpine skiing men s downhill Seefeld Biathlon Cross country skiing Nordic combined Ski jumping normal hill Medals awarded EditThere were 37 events contested in 6 sports 10 disciplines Ice dance made its Olympic debut See the medal winners ordered by sport Alpine skiing 6 details Biathlon 2 details Bobsleigh 2 details Cross country skiing 7 details Figure skating 4 details Ice hockey 1 details Luge 3 details Nordic combined 1 details Ski jumping 2 details Speed skating 9 details Participating nations Edit37 nations participated in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games The games marked the final time the Republic of China Taiwan participated under the Republic of China flag and name After most of the international community recognized the People s Republic of China as the legitimate government of all China the ROC was forced to compete under the name Chinese Taipei under an altered flag and to use its National Banner Song instead of its national anthem Andorra and San Marino participated in their first Winter Olympic Games Participating National Olympic Committees Andorra 5 Argentina 9 Australia 7 Austria 77 host Belgium 4 Bulgaria 29 Canada 59 Chile 5 Czechoslovakia 58 Finland 53 France 35 East Germany 59 West Germany 71 Great Britain 42 Greece 4 Hungary 3 Iceland 6 Iran 4 Italy 58 Japan 58 South Korea 3 Lebanon 3 Liechtenstein 9 Netherlands 11 New Zealand 5 Norway 42 Poland 56 Romania 32 San Marino 3 Soviet Union 79 Spain 4 Sweden 39 Switzerland 59 Republic of China 6 Turkey 9 United States 106 Yugoslavia 28 Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees Edit IOC Country AthletesUSA United States 106URS Soviet Union 79AUT Austria 77FRG West Germany 71CAN Canada 59GDR East Germany 59SUI Switzerland 59TCH Czechoslovakia 58ITA Italy 58JPN Japan 58POL Poland 56FIN Finland 53NOR Norway 42SWE Sweden 39FRA France 35ROM Romania 32BUL Bulgaria 29YUG Yugoslavia 28NED Netherlands 11ARG Argentina 9LIE Liechtenstein 9TUR Turkey 9AUT Austria 7ROC Republic of China 6ISL Iceland 6AND Andorra 5CHI Chile 5NZL New Zealand 5BEL Belgium 4GRE Greece 4IRN Iran 4ESP Spain 4HUN Hungary 3KOR South Korea 3LIB Lebanon 3SMR San Marino 3Total 1 123Medal count Edit Pentti Peltopera and Tuula Vilkas who represented Finland in speed skating eventsFurther information 1976 Winter Olympics medal table These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1976 Winter Games Host nation Austria RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 Soviet Union1368272 East Germany757193 United States334104 Norway33175 West Germany253106 Finland24177 Austria 22268 Switzerland13159 Netherlands123610 Italy1214Totals 10 entries 353531101Documentary film EditIn 1977 White Rock a documentary film about the Innsbruck Winter Olympics was released 13 14 The film was narrated by James Coburn 13 and directed by Tony Maylam 15 13 14 It was nominated for the Robert Flaherty Award Feature Length Film Documentary In Content at the 30th British Academy Film Awards 16 The film s soundtrack was composed by English keyboardist Rick Wakeman His album White Rock entered the UK Albums Chart on 12 February 1977 where it spent 9 weeks and reached number 14 17 See also Edit Olympic Games portal1976 Winter Paralympics 1976 Summer Paralympics 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic Games celebrated in Austria 1964 Winter Olympics Innsbruck 1976 Winter Olympics Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympics InnsbruckList of IOC country codesReferences EditNotes The emblem represents the coat of arms of Innsbruck which shows the bridge on the Inn River that connects the old town and the Hotting district The bridge and the Olympic rings symbolize the link that ties the many peoples of the world with friendship through the Olympic Games The top of the coat of arms has two indents which match two of the Olympic rings and represent the 1964 and 1976 Winter Games which Innsbruck celebrates Citations a b Past Olympic host city election results GamesBids Archived from the original on January 24 2011 Retrieved March 17 2011 North America Gets 76 Olympics Montreal Summer Denver Winter The Spokesman Review Associated Press May 13 1970 p 14 Retrieved December 8 2022 via Newspapers com Sanko John October 12 1999 Colorado only state ever to turn down Olympics Rocky Mountain News Archived from the original on June 1 2009 Retrieved March 16 2011 International Olympic Committee Olympic Winter Games Mascots from Innsbruck 1976 to Sochi 2014 Archived from original June 3 2014 Retrieved April 10 2017 Australian Olympic Committee A history of winter mascots Retrieved April 10 2017 Dorothy Hamill bio Factmonster com Retrieved on July 7 2011 Olympic org Infoplease Infoplease February 1 2009 Retrieved on July 7 2011 Kiat net Archived March 13 2008 at the Wayback Machine Kiat net Retrieved on July 7 2011 Story 17 CBC CA CBC CA Retrieved on July 7 2011 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al 1976 Winter Olympics Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 20 January 2011 a b c White Rock 1977 IMDb Retrieved October 2 2017 a b Rick Wakeman White Rock Discogs Retrieved October 2 2017 White Rock 1977 British Film Institute Retrieved October 2 2017 BAFTA Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts Retrieved October 2 2017 White Rock Official Charts Company Retrieved October 2 2017 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1976 Winter Olympics Innsbruck 1976 Olympics com International Olympic Committee The Official Report of the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976 at Innsbruck from LA84Foundation at the Wayback Machine archived November 12 2013 Present photos of 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