Alpine Skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Dates 5 – 14 February 1976
Medal Events 6

With Innsbruck taking over the hosting of the 1976 Olympic Winter Games when Denver withdrew as host, all the facilities from the 1964 Olympic Winter Games were available. The Alpine skiing events in 1976 were contested at the same locations as in 1964, with the only exception being the women’s downhill. The men’s downhill was held at Patscherkofel, near Igls, in both years, and in 1964 the women’s downhill was held on the same mountain, moving it to Axamer Lizum in 1976. All the technical events were contested at Axamer Lizum.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Downhill, Men Olympic 5 February 1976 74 27
Giant Slalom, Men Olympic 9 – 10 February 1976 97 31
Slalom, Men Olympic 14 February 1976 94 31
Downhill, Women Olympic 8 February 1976 38 15
Giant Slalom, Women Olympic 13 February 1976 45 17
Slalom, Women Olympic 11 February 1976 42 16
181 (125/56) 33 (31/17)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Downhill, Men Franz KlammerAUT Bernhard RussiSUI Herbert PlankITA
Giant Slalom, Men Heini HemmiSUI Ernst GoodSUI Ingemar StenmarkSWE
Slalom, Men Piero GrosITA Gustavo ThoeniITA Willi FrommeltLIE
Downhill, Women Rosi MittermaierFRG Brigitte TotschnigAUT Cindy NelsonUSA
Giant Slalom, Women Kathy KreinerCAN Rosi MittermaierFRG Danièle DebernardFRA
Slalom, Women Rosi MittermaierFRG Claudia GiordaniITA Hanni WenzelLIE

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
West Germany FRG 2 1 0 3
Italy ITA 1 2 1 4
Switzerland SUI 1 2 0 3
Austria AUT 1 1 0 2
Canada CAN 1 0 0 1
Liechtenstein LIE 0 0 2 2
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1
United States USA 0 0 1 1