# Austria at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Austria was the host nation for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. It was the second time that Austria had hosted the Winter Games, after the 1964 Winter Olympics, also in Innsbruck.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Franz Klammer | Alpine Skiing | Men's downhill |
| Gold | Karl Schnabl | Ski Jumping | Men's Large Hill |
| Silver | Brigitte Totschnig | Alpine Skiing | Women's downhill |
| Silver | Anton Innauer | Ski Jumping | Men's Large Hill |
| Bronze | Franz Schachner Rudolf Schmid | Luge | Doubles |
| Bronze | Karl Schnabl | Ski Jumping | Men's Normal Hill |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anton Steiner | Downhill | | | | | DNF | – |
| Klaus Eberhard | Downhill | | | | | 1:48.45 | 19 |
| Sepp Walcher | Downhill | | | | | 1:47.45 | 9 |
| Franz Klammer | Downhill | | | | | 1:45.73 | |
| Thomas Hauser | Giant slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Franz Klammer | Giant slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Alois Morgenstern | Giant slalom | 1:48.33 | 18 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Hansi Hinterseer | Giant slalom | 1:46.46 | 7 | 1:47.34 | 19 | 3:33.80 | 14 |
| Hansi Hinterseer | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Anton Steiner | Slalom | 1:06.02 | 27 | 1:08.88 | 21 | 2:14.90 | 22 |
| Alois Morgenstern | Slalom | 1:01.61 | 7 | 1:05.37 | 8 | 2:07.18 | 7 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Irmgard Lukasser | Downhill | | | | | 1:49.18 | 12 |
| Monika Kaserer | Downhill | | | | | 1:48.81 | 9 |
| Nicola Spieß | Downhill | | | | | 1:47.71 | 4 |
| Brigitte Totschnig | Downhill | | | | | 1:46.68 | |
| Irmgard Lukasser | Giant slalom | | | | | 1:35.38 | 29 |
| Regina Sackl | Giant slalom | | | | | 1:31.78 | 19 |
| Brigitte Totschnig | Giant slalom | | | | | 1:31.48 | 16 |
| Monika Kaserer | Giant slalom | | | | | 1:30.49 | 6 |
| Monika Kaserer | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Regina Sackl | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Nicola Spieß | Slalom | n/a | ? | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Brigitte Totschnig | Slalom | 49.17 | 14 | DNF | – | DNF | – |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Klaus Farbmacher | 1'20:31.07 | 16 | 1'36:31.07 | 49 |
| 20 km | Franz-Josef Weber | 1'16:14.92 | 10 | 1'26:14.92 | 37 |
| 20 km | Alfred Eder | 1'14:42.52 | 8 | 1'22:42.52 | 21 |
    $^1$ 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 | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^2$ | Time | Rank |
| Franz-Josef Weber Alfred Eder Klaus Farbmacher Josef Hones | 11 | 2'18:06.78 | 15 |
    $^2$ A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| AUT-1 | Dieter Delle Karth Franz Köfel | Two-man | 56.52 | 6 | 56.76 | 7 | 56.47 | 4 | 56.62 | 5 | 3:46.37 | 6 |
| AUT-2 | Fritz Sperling Andreas Schwab | Two-man | 56.06 | 1 | 56.19 | 2 | 56.73 | 6 | 56.76 | 7 | 3:45.74 | 4 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| AUT-1 | Fritz Sperling Kurt Oberhöller Gerd Zaunschirm Dieter Gehmacher | Four-man | 55.51 | 8 | 55.62 | 8 | 56.05 | 6 | 56.61 | 5 | 3:43.79 | 7 |
| AUT-2 | Werner Delle Karth Andreas Schwab Heinz Krenn Otto Breg Franz Köfel | Four-man | 54.66 | 2 | 55.80 | 10 | 56.10 | 7 | 56.65 | 6 | 3:43.21 | 6 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Josef Vogel | 48:42.32 | 48 |
| 15 km | Werner Vogel | 48:17.47 | 43 |
| 15 km | Rudolf Horn | 48:10.52 | 42 |
| 15 km | Herbert Wachter | 46:46.39 | 19 |
| 30 km | Franz Gattermann | 1'43:04.88 | 58 |
| 30 km | Werner Vogel | 1'40:16.10 | 51 |
| 30 km | Reinhold Feichter | 1'37:43.73 | 39 |
| 30 km | Herbert Wachter | 1'36:28.48 | 32 |
| 50 km | Heinrich Wallner | 3'03:58.19 | 43 |
| 50 km | Reinhold Feichter | 2'50:53.00 | 35 |
| 50 km | Werner Vogel | 2'47:05.63 | 26 |
| 50 km | Herbert Wachter | 2'46:40.25 | 24 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Rudolf Horn Reinhold Feichter Werner Vogel Herbert Wachter | 2'12:22.80 | 8 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Sylvia Schweiger | 20:17.43 | 42 |
| 5 km | Gertrud Gasteiger | 20:14.94 | 41 |
| 5 km | Barbara Stöckl | 18:49.16 | 38 |
| 10 km | Gertrud Gasteiger | 37:35.77 | 44 |
| 10 km | Sylvia Schweiger | 36:32.93 | 41 |
| 10 km | Barbara Stöckl | 35:28.99 | 40 |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Ronald Koppelent | 15 | – | – | – | DNF | – |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Claudia Kristofics-Binder | 15 | 18 | 16 | 162.88 | 149 | 16 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Ursula Nemec Michael Nemec | 12 | 10 | 121.30 | 96 | 10 |

### Ice Dancing

| Athletes | CD | FD | Points | Places | Rank |
| Susanne Handschmann Peter Handschmann | 12 | – | – | DNF | – |

## Ice hockey
### First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Soviet Union | 16–3 | Austria |

### Consolation Round

| Rank | | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 7 | Romania | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 15 | 8 |
| 8 | Austria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 6 |
| 9 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 18 | 6 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 22 | 4 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 38 | 0 |
* Austria 6-2 Bulgaria
* Austria 3-2 Japan
* Austria 3-4 Romania
* Austria 3-5 Switzerland
* Austria 3-1 Yugoslavia
* Contestants Daniel Gritsch Franz Schilcher Walter Schneider Gerhard Hausner Johann Schuller Michael Herzog Günter Oberhuber Othmar Russ Max Moser Rudolf König Sepp Puschnig Franz Voves Josef Schwitzer Peter Zini Sepp Kriechbaum Alexander Sadjina Herbert Pöck Herbert Mörtl

## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Reinhold Sulzbacher | 53.137 | 10 | 52.491 | 7 | 52.204 | 6 | 52.566 | 8 | 3:30.398 | 7 |
| Manfred Schmid | 52.973 | 8 | 52.073 | 3 | 52.113 | 5 | 52.352 | 6 | 3:29.511 | 5 |
| Rudolf Schmid | 52.933 | 7 | 53.806 | 15 | 52.361 | 8 | 52.319 | 5 | 3:31.419 | 9 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rudolf Schmid Franz Schachner | 42.997 | 3 | 42.922 | 2 | 1:25.919 | |
| Manfred Schmid Reinhold Sulzbacher | 43.035 | 4 | 43.389 | 6 | 1:26.424 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Angelika Schafferer | 43.444 | 8 | 43.007 | 9 | 42.793 | 8 | 43.078 | 9 | 2:52.322 | 8 |
| Margit Graf | 43.094 | 6 | 42.790 | 5 | 42.555 | 4 | 43.020 | 8 | 2:51.459 | 6 |
| Antonia Mayr | 42.949 | 4 | 42.812 | 6 | 42.633 | 5 | 42.966 | 6 | 2:51.360 | 5 |

## Nordic combined

Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Fritz Koch | Individual | 72.0 | 72.0 | 189.1 | 22 | 53:04.73 | 174.52 | 28 | 363.62 | 26 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Toni Innauer | Normal hill | 80.5 | 115.6 | 81.0 | 117.9 | 233.5 | 7 |
| Rudi Wanner | Normal hill | 79.5 | 116.5 | 79.5 | 117.0 | 233.5 | 7 |
| Reinhold Bachler | Normal hill | 80.5 | 118.1 | 80.5 | 119.1 | 237.2 | 6 |
| Karl Schnabl | Normal hill | 82.5 | 121.8 | 81.5 | 120.2 | 242.0 | |
| Hans Wallner | Large hill | 93.5 | 109.4 | 92.5 | 107.5 | 216.9 | 6 |
| Reinhold Bachler | Large hill | 95.0 | 111.5 | 91.0 | 105.9 | 217.4 | 5 |
| Karl Schnabl | Large hill | 97.5 | 117.5 | 97.0 | 117.3 | 234.8 | |
| Toni Innauer | Large hill | 102.5 | 126.5 | 91.0 | 106.4 | 232.9 | |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Heinz Steinberger | 43.28 | 27 |
| 500 m | Berend Schabus | 42.33 | 26 |
| 1000 m | Berend Schabus | 1:26.50 | 25 |
| 1500 m | Berend Schabus | 2:15.41 | 29 |
| 1500 m | Ludwig Kronfuß | 2:11.17 | 26 |
| 5000 m | Hubert Gundolf | 8:29.34 | 29 |
| 5000 m | Ludwig Kronfuß | 8:19.72 | 27 |
| 10,000 m | Hubert Gundolf | 17:52.43 | 20 |