# Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The Women's downhill competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Sunday, 8 February.
The defending world champion was Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion, but spent this year away from racing to care for her ailing father; Switzerland's Bernadette Zurbriggen led the current season. Defending Olympic champion Marie-Theres Nadig was entered in the race but did not start.
Rosi Mittermaier won the gold medal, Brigitte Totschnig of Austria took the silver, and Cindy Nelson of the United States was the bronze medalist. Mittermaier also won the slalom and was the runner-up in the giant slalom.
The starting gate was at an elevation of 2,310 m (7,579 ft) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 700 m (2,297 ft). The course length was 2.515 km (1.56 mi) and Mittermaier's winning run of 106.16 seconds resulted in an average speed of 85.286 km/h (53.0 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.594 m/s (21.6 ft/s).

## Results

Sunday, February 8, 1976
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| | 9 | Rosi Mittermaier | West Germany | 1:46.16 | — |
| | 7 | Brigitte Totschnig | Austria | 1:46.68 | +0.52 |
| | 10 | Cindy Nelson | United States | 1:47.50 | +1.34 |
| 4 | 13 | Nicola Spieß | Austria | 1:47.71 | +1.55 |
| 5 | 5 | Danièle Debernard | France | 1:48.48 | +2.32 |
| 6 | 4 | Jacqueline Rouvier | France | 1:48.58 | +2.42 |
| 7 | 2 | Bernadette Zurbriggen | Switzerland | 1:48.62 | +2.46 |
| 8 | 3 | Marlies Oberholzer | Switzerland | 1:48.68 | +2.52 |
| 9 | 14 | Monika Kaserer | Austria | 1:48.81 | +2.65 |
| 10 | 8 | Irene Epple | West Germany | 1:48.91 | +2.75 |
| 11 | 15 | Hanni Wenzel | Liechtenstein | 1:49.17 | +3.01 |
| 12 | 1 | Irmgard Lukasser | Austria | 1:49.18 | +3.02 |
| 13 | 11 | Evi Mittermaier | West Germany | 1:49.23 | +3.07 |
| 14 | 26 | Susan Patterson | United States | 1:49.37 | +3.21 |
| 15 | 19 | Paola Hofer | Italy | 1:49.60 | +3.44 |
| 16 | 20 | Laurie Kreiner | Canada | 1:49.97 | +3.81 |
| 17 | 18 | Michèle Jacot | France | 1:49.98 | +3.82 |
| 18 | 6 | Doris de Agostini | Switzerland | 1:50.46 | +4.30 |
| 19 | 16 | Kathy Kreiner | Canada | 1:50.48 | +4.32 |
| 20 | 30 | Wanda Bieler | Italy | 1:50.58 | +4.42 |
| 21 | 23 | Fabienne Serrat | France | 1:51.34 | +5.18 |
| 22 | 27 | Betsy Clifford | Canada | 1:51.40 | +5.24 |
| 23 | 25 | Maria Epple | West Germany | 1:51.41 | +5.25 |
| 24 | 24 | Ursula Konzett | Liechtenstein | 1:51.53 | +5.37 |
| 25 | 21 | Jolanda Plank | Italy | 1:52.50 | +6.34 |
| 26 | 29 | Leslie Smith | United States | 1:52.98 | +6.82 |
| 27 | 28 | Torill Fjeldstad | Norway | 1:52.99 | +6.83 |
| 28 | 36 | Alla Askarova | Soviet Union | 1:53.19 | +7.03 |
| 29 | 17 | Valentina Iliffe | Great Britain | 1:53.31 | +7.15 |
| 30 | 22 | Riitta Ollikka | Finland | 1:53.85 | +7.69 |
| 31 | 34 | Sally Rodd | Australia | 1:54.82 | +8.66 |
| 32 | 33 | Dagmar Kuzmanová | Czechoslovakia | 1:54.81 | +8.65 |
| 33 | 32 | Jana Šoltýsová | Czechoslovakia | 1:55.02 | +8.86 |
| 34 | 35 | Fiona Easdale | Great Britain | 1:57.66 | +11.50 |
| 35 | 37 | Hazel Hutcheon | Great Britain | 1:58.33 | +12.17 |
| 36 | 38 | Joanne Henke | Australia | 1:59.59 | +13.43 |
| 37 | 31 | Theresa Wallis | Great Britain | 1:59.77 | +13.61 |
| 38 | 40 | Sue Gibson | New Zealand | 2:03.49 | +17.33 |
| | 12 | Marie-Theres Nadig | Switzerland | DNS | |
| | 39 | Janet Wells | New Zealand | DNS | |
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