United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics
# United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics

The United States competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

As Lake Placid would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, the American national anthem was performed at the closing ceremony.

## Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Sheila Young | Speed skating | Women's 500 meters | February 6 |
| Gold | Peter Mueller | Speed skating | Men's 1000 meters | February 12 |
| Gold | Dorothy Hamill | Figure skating | Ladies' singles | February 13 |
| Silver | Bill Koch | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 kilometers | February 5 |
| Silver | Sheila Young | Speed skating | Women's 1500 meters | February 5 |
| Silver | Leah Poulos | Speed skating | Women's 1000 meters | February 7 |
| Bronze | Sheila Young | Speed skating | Women's 1000 meters | February 7 |
| Bronze | Cindy Nelson | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill | February 8 |
| Bronze | James Millns Colleen O'Connor | Figure skating | Ice dancing | February 9 |
| Bronze | Dan Immerfall | Speed skating | Men's 500 meters | February 10 |

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Speed skating | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Figure skating | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cross-country skiing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alpine skiing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |

Multiple medalists :

| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sheila Young | Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

## Alpine skiing

Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Karl Anderson | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:49.08 | 24 |
| Greg Jones | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:47.84 | 11 |
| Andy Mill | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:47.06 | 6 |
| Pete Patterson | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:47.94 | 13 |
| Cary Adgate | Giant slalom | 1:48.64 | 23 | 1:47.77 | 21 | 3:36.41 | 21 |
| Greg Jones | Giant slalom | 1:48.09 | 16 | 1:43.68 | 9 | 3:31.77 | 9 |
| Phil Mahre | Giant slalom | 1:45.58 | 4 | 1:42.62 | 5 | 3:28.20 | 5 |
| Steve Mahre | Giant slalom | 1:47.80 | 14 | 1:45.96 | 12 | 3:33.76 | 13 |
| Cary Adgate | Slalom | 1:03.06 | 14 | 1:06.47 | 13 | 2:09.53 | 13 |
| Geoff Bruce | Slalom | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Greg Jones | Slalom | 1:05.05 | 24 | 1:07.66 | 19 | 2:12.71 | 19 |
| Phil Mahre | Slalom | 1:04.80 | 22 | 1:06.97 | 17 | 2:11.77 | 18 |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Cindy Nelson | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:47.50 | |
| Susan Patterson | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:49.37 | 14 |
| Leslie Smith | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:52.98 | 26 |
| Lindy Cochran | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:31.33 | 12 |
| Cindy Nelson | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:32.02 | 21 |
| Mary Seaton | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:31.58 | 17 |
| Leslie Smith | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:34.54 | 28 |
| Lindy Cochran | Slalom | 47.96 | 7 | 45.28 | 4 | 1:33.24 | 6 |
| Abbi Fisher | Slalom | 50.34 | 21 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Cindy Nelson | Slalom | 49.52 | 16 | 47.81 | 13 | 1:37.33 | 13 |
| Mary Seaton | Slalom | 49.04 | 12 | 46.83 | 9 | 1:35.87 | 10 |

## Biathlon

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Dascoulias | Individual | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Martin Hagen | Individual | 1:28:49.20 | 8 | 47 |
| Lyle Nelson | Individual | 1:25:27.50 | 10 | 35 |
| Peter Dascoulias Dennis Donahue John Morton Lyle Nelson | Relay | 2:10:17.72 | 4 | 11 |

## Bobsleigh

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jimmy Morgan Thomas Becker | Two-man | 57.68 | 15 | 57.63 | 14 | 57.66 | 13 | 57.79 | 13 | 3:50.76 | 14 |
| Brent Rushlaw John Proctor | Two-man | 58.07 | 20 | 58.27 | 20 | 57.79 | 15 | 57.89 | 14 | 3:52.02 | 19 |
| William Hollrock Earl Frisbie Frederick Fritsch Phil Duprey | Four-man | 56.61 | 19 | 56.86 | 18 | 57.89 | 21 | 58.35 | 20 | 3:49.71 | 19 |
| Jimmy Morgan Peter Brennan John Proctor Thomas Becker | Four-man | 56.09 | 15 | 56.08 | 14 | 56.96 | 15 | 57.59 | 15 | 3:46.72 | 15 |

## Cross-country skiing

Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Tim Caldwell | 15 km | 47:33.59 | 37 |
| Bill Koch | 15 km | 45:32.22 | 6 |
| Doug Peterson | 15 km | 49:00.98 | 54 |
| Ronny Yeager | 15 km | 48:58.16 | 52 |
| Bela Bodnar | 30 km | 1:43:10.73 | 59 |
| Tim Caldwell | 30 km | 1:35:57.97 | 27 |
| Chris Haines | 30 km | 1:40:58.43 | 52 |
| Bill Koch | 30 km | 1:30:57.84 | |
| Tim Caldwell | 50 km | DNF | DNF |
| Stan Dunklee | 50 km | 2:51:26.28 | 36 |
| Chris Haines | 50 km | DNF | DNF |
| Bill Koch | 50 km | 2:44:34.69 | 13 |
| Tim Caldwell Bill Koch Doug Peterson Ronny Yeager | 4 × 10 km relay | 2:11:41.35 | 6 |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jana Hlavaty | 5 km | 18:21.21 | 35 |
| Terry Porter | 5 km | 19:36.93 | 39 |
| Martha Rockwell | 5 km | 17:33.07 | 28 |
| Lynn von der Heide-Spencer-Galanes | 5 km | DNF | DNF |
| Twila Hinkle | 10 km | 36:35.49 | 42 |
| Jana Hlavaty | 10 km | 34:48.88 | 37 |
| Margie Mahoney | 10 km | 37:07.18 | 43 |
| Martha Rockwell | 10 km | 34:21.34 | 36 |
| Twila Hinkle Jana Hlavaty Terry Porter Martha Rockwell | 4 × 5 km relay | 1:17:58.18 | 9 |

## Figure skating

Individual

| Athlete | Event | CF | SP | FS | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank |
| Terry Kubicka | Men's singles | 11 | 10 | 3 | 183.30 | 56 | 7 |
| David Santee | Men's singles | 5 | 4 | 6 | 184.28 | 49 | 6 |
| Wendy Burge | Ladies' singles | 6 | 8 | 9 | 182.14 | 63 | 6 |
| Linda Fratianne | Ladies' singles | 9 | 6 | 6 | 181.86 | 67 | 8 |
| Dorothy Hamill | Ladies' singles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 193.80 | 9 | |

Mixed

| Athlete | Event | SP / CD | FS / FD | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank |
| Tai Babilonia Randy Gardner | Pairs | 5 | 4 | 134.24 | 36 | 5 |
| Alice Cook William Fauver | Pairs | 11 | 13 | 119.36 | 106 | 12 |
| Judi Genovesi Kent Weigle | Ice dancing | 15 | 16 | 168.26 | 134 | 15 |
| Susan Kelley Andrew Stroukoff | Ice dancing | 18 | 15 | 165.12 | 147 | 17 |
| Colleen O'Connor Jim Millns | Ice dancing | 3 | 3 | 202.64 | 27 | |

## Ice hockey

Summary

| Team | Event | First round | Consolation game | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| United States men | Men's tournament | Yugoslavia W 8–4 | Bye | Soviet Union L 2–6 | Czechoslovakia L 0–5 | Finland W 5–4 | Poland W 7–2 | West Germany L 1–4 | 5 |

### Roster

   * Steve Alley

   * Dan Bolduc

   * Blane Comstock

   * Bob Dobek

   * Rob Harris

   * Jeff Hymanson

   * Paul Jensen

   * Steve Jensen

   * Dick Lamby

   * Bob Lundeen

   * Bob Miller

   * Doug Ross

   * Gary Ross

   * Buzz Schneider

   * Steve Sertich

   * John Taft

   * Ted Thorndike

   * Jim Warden

First round Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| United States | 8–4 | Yugoslavia |

Medal round

| Rank | | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 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
* Czechoslovakia 5–0 USA
* USA 5–4 Finland
* USA 7–2 Poland
* West Germany 4–1 USA

## Luge

Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Richard Cavanaugh | Singles | 56.186 | 28 | 55.669 | 33 | 54.572 | 25 | 54.930 | 26 | 3:41.357 | 25 |
| James Murray | Singles | 56.269 | 31 | 55.554 | 31 | 55.142 | 30 | 55.187 | 28 | 3:42.152 | 26 |
| Terry O'Brien | Singles | 56.366 | 33 | 55.647 | 32 | 55.172 | 31 | 55.351 | 30 | 3:42.536 | 28 |
| Robert Berkley Richard Cavanaugh | Doubles | 46.455 | 24 | 45.554 | 20 | — | — | — | — | 1:32.009 | 23 |
| John Fee Jim Moriarty | Doubles | 46.075 | 22 | 45.965 | 22 | — | — | — | — | 1:32.040 | 24 |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Maura Haponski | Singles | 46.547 | 26 | 45.877 | 24 | 45.818 | 25 | 46.329 | 25 | 3:04.571 | 25 |
| Karen Roberts | Singles | 46.366 | 24 | 46.142 | 25 | 45.581 | 24 | 45.994 | 24 | 3:04.083 | 24 |
| Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad | Singles | 45.413 | 19 | 45.744 | 23 | 44.848 | 18 | 45.346 | 22 | 3:01.351 | 21 |

## Nordic combined

| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Mike Devecka | Individual | 77.0 | 74.6 | 151.6 | 32 | 51:06.38 | 192.28 | 18 | 343.88 | 28 |
| Jim Galanes | Individual | 90.6 | 93.5 | 184.1 | 25 | 50:34.71 | 197.03 | 15 | 381.13 | 17 |
| Walter Malmquist | Individual | 90.0 | 91.3 | 181.3 | 26 | 54:40.40 | 160.17 | 30 | 341.47 | 29 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Jim Denney | Normal hill | 79.0 | 110.7 | 76.5 | 108.2 | 218.9 | 21 |
| Jerry Martin | Normal hill | 78.0 | 109.6 | 74.5 | 103.0 | 212.6 | 27 |
| Kip Sundgaard | Normal hill | 68.0 | 89.6 | 67.0 | 88.0 | 177.6 | 53 |
| Greg Windsperger | Normal hill | 76.0 | 103.9 | 75.5 | 104.1 | 208.0 | 34 |
| Jim Denney | Large hill | 89.0 | 99.1 | 85.0 | 92.0 | 191.1 | 18 |
| Terry Kern | Large hill | 88.0 | 89.7 | 85.0 | 86.5 | 176.2 | 30 |
| Jim Maki | Large hill | 85.0 | 89.0 | 81.0 | 82.4 | 171.4 | 36 |
| Jerry Martin | Large hill | 85.0 | 94.0 | 78.0 | 81.7 | 175.7 | 32 |

## Speed skating

Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jim Chapin | 500 m | 40.09 | 10 |
| Dan Immerfall | 500 m | 39.54 | |
| Peter Mueller | 500 m | 39.57 | 5 |
| Dan Carroll | 1000 m | 1:27.37 | 28 |
| Dan Immerfall | 1000 m | 1:21.74 | 12 |
| Peter Mueller | 1000 m | 1:19.32 OR | |
| Dan Carroll | 1500 m | 2:02.26 | 5 |
| Eric Heiden | 1500 m | 2:02.40 | 7 |
| Mike Woods | 1500 m | 2:08.77 | 23 |
| Dan Carroll | 5000 m | 7:36.46 | 6 |
| Eric Heiden | 5000 m | 7:59.00 | 19 |
| Mike Woods | 5000 m | 7:48.08 | 12 |
| Dan Carroll | 10,000 m | 15:19.29 | 7 |
| Charles Gilmore | 10,000 m | 16:26.35 | 19 |
| Mike Woods | 10,000 m | 15:53.42 | 12 |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Lori Monk | 500 m | 44.00 | 9 |
| Leah Poulos | 500 m | 43.21 | 4 |
| Sheila Young | 500 m | 42.46 OR | |
| Peggy Crowe | 1000 m | DSQ | DSQ |
| Leah Poulos | 1000 m | 1:28.57 | |
| Sheila Young | 1000 m | 1:29.14 | |
| Leah Poulos | 1500 m | 2:19.11 | 6 |
| Cindy Seikkula | 1500 m | 2:24.06 | 17 |
| Sheila Young | 1500 m | 2:17.06 | |
| Beth Heiden | 3000 m | 4:51.67 | 11 |
| Cindy Seikkula | 3000 m | 4:57.57 | 17 |
| Nancy Swider-Peltz | 3000 m | 4:48.46 | 7 |
