Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...
at the
1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...
consisted of two events, at
Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck
The Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton located in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck). The most recent version of the track was completed in 1975 and is the first permanent, combination artificially ...
. The competition took place between 6 and 14 February 1976.
Medal summary
Medal table
Three countries won medals in Innsbruck, with East Germany sweeping the gold medals.
Events
Participating NOCs
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Thirteen nations participated in bobsleigh at the 1976 Games. East Germany made their Olympic bobsleigh debut.
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References
External links
*Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Bobsleigh". In ''The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition''. London: Aurum Press Limited.
{{Bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics
1976
Events January
* January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force.
* January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea.
* January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...
1976 Winter Olympics events
1976 in bobsleigh