Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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Soviet Union at the Olympic Games

Flag of the Soviet Union – Flag bearers
IOC code   URS
At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck
Competitors 79 (59 men, 20 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Vladislav Tretiak (ice hockey)
Medals
Rank: 1		 Gold
13		 Silver
6		 Bronze
8		 Total
27
Olympic history (summary)
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Other related appearances
Unified Team (1992)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

During the games, the Soviet Union won 13 gold medals, the most any country won at a single Winter Olympics.[1] Norway tied it during the Salt Lake City games.[1] However, Canada broke this record with 14 when they hosted the Vancouver games.[1]

Contents

[edit] Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Kruglov, NikolayNikolay Kruglov Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Gold Yelizarov, AleksandrAleksandr Yelizarov
Byakov, IvanIvan Byakov
Kruglov, NikolayNikolay Kruglov
Tikhonov, AleksandrAleksandr Tikhonov		 Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
 Gold Bazhukov, NikolayNikolay Bazhukov Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
 Gold Savelyev, SergeySergey Savelyev Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
 Gold Smetanina, RaisaRaisa Smetanina Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Gold Baldycheva-Fyodorova, NinaNina Baldycheva-Fyodorova
Amosova, ZinaidaZinaida Amosova
Smetanina, RaisaRaisa Smetanina
Kulakova, GalinaGalina Kulakova		 Cross-country skiing Women's 4 x 5 km relay
 Gold Rodnina, IrinaIrina Rodnina
Zaitsev, AlexanderAlexander Zaitsev		 Figure skating Pairs
 Gold Pakhomova, LiudmilaLiudmila Pakhomova
Gorshkov, AlexanderAlexander Gorshkov		 Figure skating Ice dancing
 Gold Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
Vladislav Tretiak   Sergey Kapustin   Vladimir Shadrin
Aleksandr Sidelnikov   Aleksandr Maltsev   Valeri Vasiliev
Aleksandr Gusev   Boris Aleksandrov   Viktor Shalimov
Vladimir Lutchenko   Boris Mikhailov   Viktor Zhluktov
Sergei Babinov   Alexander Yakushev
Yury Lyapkin   Vladimir Petrov
Gennadiy Tsygankov   Valeri Kharlamov
Ice hockey Men's competition
 Gold Kulikov, YevgenyYevgeny Kulikov Speed skating Men's 500m
 Gold Averina-Barabash, TatyanaTatyana Averina-Barabash Speed skating Women's 1000m
 Gold Stepanskaya, GalinaGalina Stepanskaya Speed skating Women's 1500m
 Gold Averina-Barabash, TatyanaTatyana Averina-Barabash Speed skating Women's 3000m
 Silver Belyayev, YevgenyYevgeny Belyayev Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
 Silver Smetanina, RaisaRaisa Smetanina Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
 Silver Kovalev, VladimirVladimir Kovalev Figure skating Men's singles
 Silver Moiseeva, IrinaIrina Moiseeva
Minenkov, AndreiAndrei Minenkov		 Figure skating Ice dancing
 Silver Muratov, ValeryValery Muratov Speed skating Men's 500m
 Silver Kondakov, YuryYury Kondakov Speed skating Men's 1500m
 Bronze Yelizarov, AleksandrAleksandr Yelizarov Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Bronze Garanin, IvanIvan Garanin Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
 Bronze Belyayev, YevgenyYevgeny Belyayev
Bazhukov, NikolayNikolay Bazhukov
Savelyev, SergeySergey Savelyev
Garanin, IvanIvan Garanin		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
 Bronze Baldycheva-Fyodorova, NinaNina Baldycheva-Fyodorova Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km
 Bronze Kulakova, GalinaGalina Kulakova Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km
 Bronze Muratov, ValeryValery Muratov Speed skating Men's 1000m
 Bronze Averina-Barabash, TatyanaTatyana Averina-Barabash Speed skating Women's 500m
 Bronze Averina-Barabash, TatyanaTatyana Averina-Barabash Speed skating Women's 1500m

[edit] Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vladimir Andreyev Downhill 1:53.61 44
Vladimir Andreyev Giant Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Vladimir Andreyev Slalom 1:07.01 31 1:10.55 26 2:17.56 25


Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alla Askarova Downhill 1:53.19 28
Alla Askarova Giant Slalom 1:36.86 32
Alla Askarova Slalom DNF – – – DNF –

[edit] Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Aleksandr Tikhonov 1'10:18.33 7 1'17:18.33 5
Aleksandr Yelizarov 1'13:05.57 3 1'16:05.57 3
Nikolay Kruglov 1'12:12.26 2 1'14:12.26 1

1One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.


Men's 4 x 7.5km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Aleksandr Yelizarov
Ivan Byakov
Nikolay Kruglov
Aleksandr Tikhonov		 0 1'57:55.64 1

2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

[edit] Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Yury Skobov 46:16.27 16
Ivan Garanin 44:41.98 4
Yevgeny Belyayev 44:01.10 2
Nikolay Bazhukov 43:58.47 1
30 km Vasily Rochev 1'32:39.42 10
Nikolay Bazhukov 1'31:33.14 5
Ivan Garanin 1'31:09.29 3
Sergey Savelyev 1'30:29.38 1
50 km Yevgeny Belyayev 2'54:00.55 38
Sergey Savelyev 2'46:01.36 21
Vasily Rochev 2'44:31.23 12
Ivan Garanin 2'40:38.94 4
Men's 4 x 10km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Yevgeny Belyayev
Nikolay Bazhukov
Sergey Savelyev
Ivan Garanin		 2'10:51.46 3


Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Galina Kulakova DSQ (doping) –
Zinaida Amosova 16:33.78 6
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova 16:12.82 3
Raisa Smetanina 15:49.73 2
10 km Zinaida Amosova 31:11.23 6
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova 30:52.58 4
Galina Kulakova 30:38.61 3
Raisa Smetanina 30:13.41 1
Women's 4 x 5km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova
Zinaida Amosova
Raisa Smetanina
Galina Kulakova		 1'07:49.75 1

[edit] Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Yuri Ovchinnikov 12 8 7 180.04 75 8
Sergei Volkov 1 5 9 184.08 53 5
Vladimir Kovalev 3 6 4 187.64 28 2
Women
Athlete CF SP FS Points Places Rank
Elena Vodorezova 18 13 5 175.58 104 12
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Marina Leonidova
Vladimir Bogoliubov		 9 9 127.06 76 9
Irina Vorobieva
Alexander Vlasov		 3 5 134.52 35 4
Irina Rodnina
Alexander Zaitsev		 1 1 140.54 9 1
Ice Dancing
Athletes CD FD Points Places Rank
Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponossov		 4 4 199.10 35 4
Irina Moiseeva
Andrei Minenkov		 2 2 204.88 20 2
Liudmila Pakhomova
Alexander Gorshkov		 1 1 209.92 9 1

[edit] Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

[edit] 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

[edit] Medal round

Rank Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 1 5 5 0 0 40 11 10
2  Czechoslovakia 5 3 2 0 17 10 6
3  West Germany 5 2 3 0 21 24 4
4  Finland 5 2 3 0 19 18 4
5  United States 5 2 3 0 15 21 4
6  Poland 5 1 4 0 9 37 2
  • USSR 6-2 USA
  • USSR 16-1 Poland
  • USSR 7-3 West Germany
  • USSR 7-2 Finland
  • USSR 4-3 Czechoslovakia

[edit] Leading scorers

Rk GP G A Pts
1st Vladimir Shadrin 5 6 4 10
2nd Aleksandr Maltsev 5 5 5 10
2nd Viktor Shalimov 5 5 5 10
2nd Valeri Kharlamov 5 5 5 10
7th Vladimir Petrov 5 4 3 7
8th Alexander Yakushev 5 3 4 7
Gold:
Vladislav Tretiak
Aleksandr Sidelnikov
Aleksandr Gusev
Vladimir Lutchenko
Sergei Babinov
Yury Lyapkin
Gennadiy Tsygankov
Sergey Kapustin
Aleksandr Maltsev
Boris Aleksandrov
Boris Mikhailov
Alexander Yakushev
Vladimir Petrov
Valeri Kharlamov
Vladimir Shadrin
Valeri Vasiliev
Viktor Shalimov
Viktor Zhluktov

[edit] Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Aigars Krikis 54.243 16 53.415 11 53.273 15 53.764 17 3:34.695 13
Vladimir Shitov 53.485 11 53.025 9 52.927 10 53.133 11 3:32.570 10
Dainis Bremze 52.984 9 52.567 8 52.364 9 52.661 9 3:30.576 8

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dainis Bremze
Aigars Krikis		 43.667 8 43.740 8 1:27.407 8
Rolands Upatnieks
Valdis Ķuzis		 43.732 9 43.825 9 1:27.557 9


Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Vera Zozuļa 44.179 14 42.973 8 42.651 6 42.858 3 2:52.661 9

[edit] Nordic combined pictogram.svg Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Aleksey Baranov Individual 69.0 70.0 185.7 23 51:58.45 184.47 21 370.17 23
Nikolay Nogovitsyn 72.0 74.0 196.1 16 49:05.97 210.34 3 406.44 6
Valery Kopayev 71.5 75.0 202.9 9 49:53.26 203.24 8 406.14 7

[edit] Ski jumping pictogram.svg Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Sergey Saychik Normal hill 74.0 105.2 76.0 108.4 213.6 25
Yury Kalinin 74.5 105.5 79.0 113.2 218.7 22
Aleksey Borovitin 77.5 111.3 78.0 113.6 224.9 15
Aleksandr Karapuzov 78.0 112.6 79.0 114.2 226.8 12
Yury Kalinin Large hill 85.0 94.0 80.0 87.5 181.5 24
Aleksey Borovitin 85.0 95.5 82.5 92.0 187.5 19
Sergey Saychik 90.0 101.5 87.5 98.5 200.0 11
Aleksandr Karapuzov 91.0 104.9 81.5 88.6 193.5 15

[edit] Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Andrey Malikov 40.09 8
Valery Muratov 39.25 2
Yevgeny Kulikov 39.17 OR 1
1000 m Andrey Malikov 1:27.57 29
Aleksandr Safronov 1:20.84 4
Valery Muratov 1:20.57 3
1500 m Sergey Marchuk 2:04.65 13
Sergey Ryabev 2:02.15 4
Yury Kondakov 1:59.97 2
5000 m Sergey Marchuk 7:51.37 14
Vladimir Ivanov 7:37.73 7
Viktor Varlamov 7:30.97 4
10,000 m Vladimir Ivanov 16:16.20 15
Sergey Marchuk 15:43.81 11
Viktor Varlamov 15:06.06 4
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Lyubov Sadchikova 43.80 6
Vera Krasnova 43.23 5
Tatyana Averina-Barabash 43.17 3
1000 m Tatyana Shelekhova 1:32.08 15
Lyudmila Titova 1:30.06 7
Tatyana Averina-Barabash 1:28.43 OR 1
1500 m Nina Statkevich 2:22.59 15
Tatyana Averina-Barabash 2:17.96 3
Galina Stepanskaya 2:16.58 OR 1
3000 m Tatyana Shelekhova 4:54.03 14
Nina Statkevich 4:53.94 13
Tatyana Averina-Barabash 4:45.19 OR 1

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Canadian Press (February 27, 2010). "Canada sets Olympic gold record". CBC Sports. http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2010/02/27/sp-canada-gold-otp.html?ref=rss. Retrieved 2010-02-27. 

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