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| previous = [[1972 Winter Olympics medal table|1972]]
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The [[1976 Winter Olympics]], officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter [[multi-sport event]] held in [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]], from 4 to 15 February 1976. A total of 1,123 athletes representing 37 [[National Olympic Committee]]s (NOC) participated in 37 events from 10 different [[Olympic sports|sports and disciplines]].<ref name="IOC">{{cite web |title=Innsbruck 1976 Winter Olympics |url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Innsbruck-1976/ |work=Olympic.org |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=1 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813073149/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Innsbruck-1976/ |archive-date=13 August 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> Two events were contested for the first time: the [[Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics|figure skating]] discipline of [[ice dancing]], and the men's 1,000 metres in [[Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics|speed skating]].<ref name="IOC" /><ref name="Ellensburg">{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mike |title=In Olympic 1,000 meter event – Mueller wins speed skating event |url=https://news.google.pt/newspapers?id=N8U0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=jI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5041,2121642&dq=speed+skating+1000+meters&hl=en |access-date=1 August 2010 |newspaper=[[Daily Record (Washington)|Daily Record]] |location=Ellensburg, Washington |date=12 February 1976 |page=6}}</ref>
The [[1976 Winter Olympics]], officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter [[multi-sport event]] held in [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]], from 4 to 15 February 1976. A total of 1,123 athletes representing 37 [[National Olympic Committee]]s (NOC) participated in 37 events from 10 different [[Olympic sports|sports and disciplines]].<ref name="IOC">{{cite web |title=Innsbruck 1976 Winter Olympics |url=http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Innsbruck-1976/ |work=Olympic.org |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |access-date=1 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100813073149/http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Innsbruck-1976/ |archive-date=13 August 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> Two events were contested for the first time: the [[Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics|figure skating]] discipline of [[ice dancing]], and the men's 1,000 metres in [[Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics|speed skating]].<ref name="IOC" /><ref name="Ellensburg">{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Mike |title=In Olympic 1,000 meter event – Mueller wins speed skating event |url=https://news.google.pt/newspapers?id=N8U0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=jI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5041,2121642&dq=speed+skating+1000+meters&hl=en |access-date=1 August 2010 |newspaper=[[Daily Record (Washington)|Daily Record]] |location=Ellensburg, Washington |date=12 February 1976 |page=6 |archive-date=29 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329233825/https://news.google.pt/newspapers?id=N8U0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=jI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5041,2121642&dq=speed+skating+1000+meters&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref>


[[File:1964 Winter Olympics USSR stamp.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Soviet stamp noting the awards of the Soviet athletes at the XII Winter Olympics]]
[[File:1964 Winter Olympics USSR stamp.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Soviet stamp noting the awards of the Soviet athletes at the XII Winter Olympics]]
Sixteen NOCs won at least one medal, and twelve of them secured at least one gold. The [[Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Soviet Union]] clinched the first place in the gold and overall medal counts, with 13 and 27, respectively. Moreover, the Soviet team also collected the most silver (6) and bronze (8) medals. The host nation, [[Austria at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Austria]], concluded its participation with a total of six medals (two golds, two silvers, and two bronzes).
Sixteen NOCs won at least one medal, and twelve of them secured at least one gold. The [[Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Soviet Union]] clinched the first place in the gold and overall medal counts, with 13 and 27, respectively. Moreover, the Soviet team also collected the most silver (6) and bronze (8) medals. The host nation, [[Austria at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Austria]], concluded its participation with a total of six medals (two golds, two silvers, and two bronzes).
[[Liechtenstein at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Liechtenstein]] won its first Olympic medals: two bronzes by [[Willi Frommelt]] and [[Hanni Wenzel]] in the [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|alpine skiing]] slalom events.<ref name="liechtenstein">{{cite web |title=Sports Successes/Highlights |url=http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-sport-sport/fl-sport-erfolge.htm |work=Portal Principality of Liechtenstein |publisher=Principality of Liechtenstein – Government Spokesperson's Office |access-date=2 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911211741/http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-sport-sport/fl-sport-erfolge.htm |archive-date=11 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Hanni Wenzel">{{cite news |title=For figure skating gold medal – Hamill appears unbeatable |url=https://news.google.pt/newspapers?id=NsU0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=jI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4441,2032529&dq=hanni+wenzel&hl=en |access-date=2 August 2010 |newspaper=[[Anchorage Daily News]] |date=12 February 1976 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=16}}</ref> [[East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics|East German]] athletes achieved gold medal sweeps in [[Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics|luge]] and [[Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics|bobsleigh]],<ref name="GDR">{{cite news |last=Tupper |first=Fred |title=Russian six takes title; U.S. medal bid fails; Russians win title; U.S. medal bid fails |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/15/archives/russian-six-takes-title-us-medal-bid-fails-russians-win-title-us.html |access-date=2 August 2010 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 February 1976 |page=S1}}</ref> which accounted for five of the country's seven Olympic titles. Alpine skier [[Rosi Mittermaier]] won the women's downhill and slalom events to give [[West Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics|West Germany]]'s two gold medals in these Games. She came close to winning a third in the giant slalom, which would have made her the first woman to win all three Olympic alpine skiing events.<ref name="IOC" /><ref name="Rosi Mittermaier">{{cite news |title=Hamill captures gold; Rosi's sweep foiled |url=https://news.google.pt/newspapers?id=r8YRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6598,5091857&dq=rosi+mittermaier+first+woman&hl=en |access-date=2 August 2010 |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |location=Spokane, Washington |date=14 February 1976 |agency=Associated Press |page=15}}</ref> [[Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skier]] [[Helena Takalo]] contributed three of [[Finland at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Finland]]'s seven medals by reaching podium place finishes in all of the women's events.<ref name="Ellensburg" /> Two [[Netherlands at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Dutch]] speed skaters were responsible for five of their country's six medals: [[Piet Kleine]] won the men's 10,000 metres and came second in the 5,000 metres, while [[Hans van Helden]] secured bronze medals in the same events and also in the 1,500 metres.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Speed skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/SSK/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043021/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/SSK/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=2 August 2010}}</ref> Before these Games, Great Britain's last Winter Olympic medal had been a gold at the [[1964 Winter Olympics|1964 Games]], also held in Innsbruck.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Great Britain at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/winter/1964/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/winter/1964/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=2 August 2010}}</ref> Twelve years later in the same city, the [[Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Olympics|British]] team won again a single gold medal, this time by figure skater [[John Curry]] in the men's singles with a still-standing record total score.<ref name="IOC" /><ref name="John Curry">{{cite web |title=John Curry |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/c/n214044807.shtml |work=The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |access-date=2 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623223756/http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/c/n214044807.shtml |archive-date=23 June 2011}}</ref> The two bronze medals won by [[Sweden at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Swedish]] athletes were not enough to prevent this team's performance from becoming the weakest ever in the nation's Winter Olympic history.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Sweden |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/ |access-date=2 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716034950/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/ |archive-date=16 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[Liechtenstein at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Liechtenstein]] won its first Olympic medals: two bronzes by [[Willi Frommelt]] and [[Hanni Wenzel]] in the [[Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|alpine skiing]] slalom events.<ref name="liechtenstein">{{cite web |title=Sports Successes/Highlights |url=http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-sport-sport/fl-sport-erfolge.htm |work=Portal Principality of Liechtenstein |publisher=Principality of Liechtenstein – Government Spokesperson's Office |access-date=2 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911211741/http://www.liechtenstein.li/en/eliechtenstein_main_sites/portal_fuerstentum_liechtenstein/fl-sport-sport/fl-sport-erfolge.htm |archive-date=11 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Hanni Wenzel">{{cite news |title=For figure skating gold medal – Hamill appears unbeatable |url=https://news.google.pt/newspapers?id=NsU0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=jI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4441,2032529&dq=hanni+wenzel&hl=en |access-date=2 August 2010 |newspaper=[[Anchorage Daily News]] |date=12 February 1976 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |page=16 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306183649/https://news.google.pt/newspapers?id=NsU0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=jI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4441,2032529&dq=hanni+wenzel&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> [[East Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics|East German]] athletes achieved gold medal sweeps in [[Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics|luge]] and [[Bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics|bobsleigh]],<ref name="GDR">{{cite news |last=Tupper |first=Fred |title=Russian six takes title; U.S. medal bid fails; Russians win title; U.S. medal bid fails |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/15/archives/russian-six-takes-title-us-medal-bid-fails-russians-win-title-us.html |access-date=2 August 2010 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=14 February 1976 |page=S1 |archive-date=22 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722214654/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/15/archives/russian-six-takes-title-us-medal-bid-fails-russians-win-title-us.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which accounted for five of the country's seven Olympic titles. Alpine skier [[Rosi Mittermaier]] won the women's downhill and slalom events to give [[West Germany at the 1976 Winter Olympics|West Germany]]'s two gold medals in these Games. She came close to winning a third in the giant slalom, which would have made her the first woman to win all three Olympic alpine skiing events.<ref name="IOC" /><ref name="Rosi Mittermaier">{{cite news |title=Hamill captures gold; Rosi's sweep foiled |url=https://news.google.pt/newspapers?id=r8YRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6598,5091857&dq=rosi+mittermaier+first+woman&hl=en |access-date=2 August 2010 |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |location=Spokane, Washington |date=14 February 1976 |agency=Associated Press |page=15 |archive-date=12 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012233342/https://news.google.pt/newspapers?id=r8YRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6598%2C5091857&dq=rosi%20mittermaier%20first%20woman&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skier]] [[Helena Takalo]] contributed three of [[Finland at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Finland]]'s seven medals by reaching podium place finishes in all of the women's events.<ref name="Ellensburg" /> Two [[Netherlands at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Dutch]] speed skaters were responsible for five of their country's six medals: [[Piet Kleine]] won the men's 10,000 metres and came second in the 5,000 metres, while [[Hans van Helden]] secured bronze medals in the same events and also in the 1,500 metres.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Speed skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/SSK/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043021/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/SSK/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=2 August 2010}}</ref> Before these Games, Great Britain's last Winter Olympic medal had been a gold at the [[1964 Winter Olympics|1964 Games]], also held in Innsbruck.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Great Britain at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/winter/1964/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042749/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/winter/1964/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |access-date=2 August 2010}}</ref> Twelve years later in the same city, the [[Great Britain at the 1976 Winter Olympics|British]] team won again a single gold medal, this time by figure skater [[John Curry]] in the men's singles with a still-standing record total score.<ref name="IOC" /><ref name="John Curry">{{cite web |title=John Curry |url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/c/n214044807.shtml |work=The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |access-date=2 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623223756/http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/c/n214044807.shtml |archive-date=23 June 2011}}</ref> The two bronze medals won by [[Sweden at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Swedish]] athletes were not enough to prevent this team's performance from becoming the weakest ever in the nation's Winter Olympic history.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Sweden |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/ |access-date=2 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716034950/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/ |archive-date=16 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>


[[Andorra at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Andorra]] and [[San Marino at the 1976 Winter Olympics|San Marino]] sent their first delegations to the Winter Olympics,<ref name="San Marino">{{cite journal |title=San Marino and Olympism |journal=Olympic Review |date=January 1977 |issue=111 |pages=29 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1977/ore111/ore111m.pdf |access-date=3 August 2010 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809135340/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1977/ore111/ore111m.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Andorra">{{cite journal |title=Andorra and Olympism |journal=Olympic Review |date=August–September 1982 |issue=178 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1982/ore178/ORE178w.pdf |access-date=3 August 2010 |page=503 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809013904/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1982/ore178/ORE178w.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> whereas the [[Republic of China at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Republic of China]] competed for the second and last time before its return as [[Chinese Taipei at the 1984 Winter Olympics]]; none of these teams medalled.
[[Andorra at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Andorra]] and [[San Marino at the 1976 Winter Olympics|San Marino]] sent their first delegations to the Winter Olympics,<ref name="San Marino">{{cite journal |title=San Marino and Olympism |journal=Olympic Review |date=January 1977 |issue=111 |pages=29 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1977/ore111/ore111m.pdf |access-date=3 August 2010 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809135340/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1977/ore111/ore111m.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Andorra">{{cite journal |title=Andorra and Olympism |journal=Olympic Review |date=August–September 1982 |issue=178 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1982/ore178/ORE178w.pdf |access-date=3 August 2010 |page=503 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |format=PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809013904/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1982/ore178/ORE178w.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> whereas the [[Republic of China at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Republic of China]] competed for the second and last time before its return as [[Chinese Taipei at the 1984 Winter Olympics]]; none of these teams medalled.
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|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics|Cross-Country Skiing, Women's 5 km]]
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|<ref>Temple, Wick. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19760209&id=J2EpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A3IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1359,1138847&hl=en "Russian star stripped of medal after use of drug"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220523021149/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1915&dat=19760209&id=J2EpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A3IFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1359,1138847&hl=en |date=2022-05-23 }}. ''The Day''. February 9, 1976.</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
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1976 Winter Olympics medals
LocationInnsbruck,  Austria
Highlights
Most gold medals Soviet Union (13)
Most total medals Soviet Union (27)
Medalling NOCs16
← 1972 · Olympics medal tables · 1980 →

The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 4 to 15 February 1976. A total of 1,123 athletes representing 37 National Olympic Committees (NOC) participated in 37 events from 10 different sports and disciplines.[1] Two events were contested for the first time: the figure skating discipline of ice dancing, and the men's 1,000 metres in speed skating.[1][2]

Soviet stamp noting the awards of the Soviet athletes at the XII Winter Olympics

Sixteen NOCs won at least one medal, and twelve of them secured at least one gold. The Soviet Union clinched the first place in the gold and overall medal counts, with 13 and 27, respectively. Moreover, the Soviet team also collected the most silver (6) and bronze (8) medals. The host nation, Austria, concluded its participation with a total of six medals (two golds, two silvers, and two bronzes).

Liechtenstein won its first Olympic medals: two bronzes by Willi Frommelt and Hanni Wenzel in the alpine skiing slalom events.[3][4] East German athletes achieved gold medal sweeps in luge and bobsleigh,[5] which accounted for five of the country's seven Olympic titles. Alpine skier Rosi Mittermaier won the women's downhill and slalom events to give West Germany's two gold medals in these Games. She came close to winning a third in the giant slalom, which would have made her the first woman to win all three Olympic alpine skiing events.[1][6] Cross-country skier Helena Takalo contributed three of Finland's seven medals by reaching podium place finishes in all of the women's events.[2] Two Dutch speed skaters were responsible for five of their country's six medals: Piet Kleine won the men's 10,000 metres and came second in the 5,000 metres, while Hans van Helden secured bronze medals in the same events and also in the 1,500 metres.[7] Before these Games, Great Britain's last Winter Olympic medal had been a gold at the 1964 Games, also held in Innsbruck.[8] Twelve years later in the same city, the British team won again a single gold medal, this time by figure skater John Curry in the men's singles with a still-standing record total score.[1][9] The two bronze medals won by Swedish athletes were not enough to prevent this team's performance from becoming the weakest ever in the nation's Winter Olympic history.[10]

Andorra and San Marino sent their first delegations to the Winter Olympics,[11][12] whereas the Republic of China competed for the second and last time before its return as Chinese Taipei at the 1984 Winter Olympics; none of these teams medalled.

Medal table

The athletes of East Germany's
gold medal sweep in luge
A man wearing a skin-tight cold-protecting jumpsuit, gloves, and a full-face helmet with a lifted visor. He is sitted on a sled and there are people behind him.
Dettlef Günther (men's individual)
A smiling brunette woman wearing a winter jacket and a full-face helmet with a lifted visor.
Margit Schumann (women's individual)
Two men wearing helmets embrace each other. The man on the left has his left arm over his partner's shoulder and grins while protecting his eyes from the direct sunlight with his brows.
Hans Rinn and Norbert Hahn (doubles)
See also: Olympic medal table

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals won by an NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

  *   Host nation (Austria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union136827
2 East Germany75719
3 United States33410
4 Norway3317
5 West Germany25310
6 Finland2417
7 Austria*2226
8 Switzerland1315
9 Netherlands1236
10 Italy1214
11 Canada1113
12 Great Britain1001
13 Czechoslovakia0101
14 Liechtenstein0022
 Sweden0022
16 France0011
Totals (16 entries)373737111

Change by doping

Main article: List of stripped Olympic medals

Galina Kulakova of the Soviet Union finished 3rd in the women's 5 km ski event, but was disqualified due to a positive test for banned substance ephedrine. She claimed that this was a result of using the nasal spray that contained the substance. Both the FIS and the IOC allowed her to compete in the 10 km and the 4×5 km relay.[13] This was the first stripped medal at the Winter Olympics.

Olympics Athlete Country Medal Event Ref
1976 Winter Olympics Galina Kulakova  Soviet Union 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cross-Country Skiing, Women's 5 km [14]

See also

References

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  3. ^ "Sports Successes/Highlights". Portal Principality of Liechtenstein. Principality of Liechtenstein – Government Spokesperson's Office. Archived from the original on 11 September 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
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  12. ^ "Andorra and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (178). International Olympic Committee: 503. August–September 1982. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2010.
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  14. ^ Temple, Wick. "Russian star stripped of medal after use of drug" Archived 2022-05-23 at the Wayback Machine. The Day. February 9, 1976.

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