1976 Winter Olympics

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The 1976 Winter Olympics were an international multi-sport winter event held in Innsbruck, Austria, featuring competitions in sports such as ice hockey, skiing, and figure skating.

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instanceOf Winter Olympic Games
multi-sport event
cauldronLighter Christl Haas
Josef Feistmantl NERFINISHED
closingDate 1976-02-15
continent Europe
country Austria
featuredSport Nordic combined
alpine skiing
biathlon
bobsleigh
cross-country skiing
figure skating
ice hockey
luge
ski jumping
speed skating
governingBody International Olympic Committee
hostCity Innsbruck
hostCityPreviouslyHosted 1964 Winter Olympics
hostCitySelection Innsbruck
mainStadium Bergisel Stadium
motto Spiele der kurzen Wege
nextWinterOlympics 1980 Winter Olympics
notableGoldMedalist Dorothy Hamill
Franz Klammer
Rosi Mittermaier
numberOfAthletes 1123
numberOfDisciplines 10
numberOfEvents 37
numberOfFemaleAthletes 231
numberOfMaleAthletes 892
numberOfParticipatingNations 37
numberOfSports 6
officialName XII Olympic Winter Games
openedBy Rudolf Kirchschläger NERFINISHED
openingDate 1976-02-04
organisingCommitteePresident Karl Heinz Klee
originalHostCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
originallyAwardedTo Denver, Colorado
surface form: Denver
previousWinterOlympics 1972 Winter Olympics
primaryLanguage German
reasonForRelocation Colorado voters rejected public funding for the Games
relocatedBy International Olympic Committee
relocationDecisionYear 1973
season winter
shortName Innsbruck 1976
typeOfCompetition international
year 1976

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Vladislav Tretiak OlympicGamesParticipatedIn 1976 Winter Olympics
Valeri Kharlamov olympicGamesParticipated 1976 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics previousWinterGames 1976 Winter Olympics
Jiří Holík participantIn 1976 Winter Olympics
Marián Šťastný participantIn 1976 Winter Olympics
Innsbruck hostedEvent 1976 Winter Olympics
Buzz Schneider participantIn 1976 Winter Olympics
1972 Winter Olympics nextEvent 1976 Winter Olympics
Dorothy Hamill competitionClass 1976 Winter Olympics
John Curry OlympicGames 1976 Winter Olympics
Seefeld in Tirol hostedEvent 1976 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: 1976 Winter Olympics Nordic skiing competitions
Axamer Lizum hostedEvent 1976 Winter Olympics
this entity surface form: 1976 Winter Olympics alpine skiing events
XIII Olympic Winter Games precededBy 1976 Winter Olympics
Eric Heiden participantIn 1976 Winter Olympics
Eric Heiden won five gold medals in speed skating participantIn 1976 Winter Olympics
subject surface form: Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden set multiple Olympic and world records in speed skating participatedIn 1976 Winter Olympics
subject surface form: Eric Heiden