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

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Women's Downhill
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueAxamer Lizum
DateFebruary 8
Competitors38 from 15 nations
Winning time1:46.16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rosi Mittermaier  West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brigitte Totschnig  Austria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cindy Nelson  United States
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Alpine skiing at the
1976 Winter Olympics
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Women's Downhill
LocationAxamer Lizum
Vertical   700 m (2,297 ft)
Top elevation2,310 m (7,579 ft)  
Base elevation1,610 m (5,282 ft)

The Women's downhill competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Sunday, 8 February.[1][2]

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.[3][4] 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.[5][6] 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).[1] 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

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Sunday, February 8, 1976

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 9 Rosi Mittermaier  West Germany 1:46.16 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Brigitte Totschnig  Austria 1:46.68 +0.52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976". Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Women's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  3. ^ "1975 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "1974 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "Nelson claims bronze in downhill". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. February 9, 1976. p. 13.
  6. ^ Johnson, William Oscar (February 16, 1976). "On came the heroes". Sports Illustrated. p. 10.
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