West Germany
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(Federal Republic of Germany) competed 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 ...
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Innsbruck
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Austria
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Medalists
Alpine skiing
;Men
;Women
Biathlon
;Men
1One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
;Men
;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
;Women
Figure skating
;Women
;Pairs
Ice hockey
First round
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.
Medal round
*West Germany 7-4 Poland
*Finland 5-3 West Germany
*USSR 7-3 West Germany
*Czechoslovakia 7-4 West Germany
*West Germany 4-1 USA
Leading scorers
*Team roster
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Erich Weißhaupt
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Anton Kehle
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Rudolf Thanner
Rudolf "Rudi" Thanner (20 August 1944 – 9 August 2007) was an ice hockey player who played for the West German national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic W ...
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Josef Volk
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Udo Kiessling
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*Lothair Udo II, Margrave of the Nordmark (c. 1025 – ...
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Stefan Metz
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Klaus Auhuber
Klaus Auhuber (born 18 October 1951 in Landshut) is an ice hockey player who played for the West German national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter ...
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Ignaz Berndaner
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Rainer Phillip
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* Rainier (disambiguation ...
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Lorenz Funk
Lorenz Funk Sr. (17 March 1947 in Bad Tölz – 29 September 2017 in Greiling) was an ice hockey player who played for the West German national team. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics.
He came back from retirement to play with ...
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Wolfgang Boos
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Ernst Köpf, Sr.
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Ferenc Vozar
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Walter Koberle
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Erich Kühnhackl
Erich Kühnhackl (born 17 October 1950) is a German former professional ice hockey player, born and raised in Czechoslovakia. He is one of the all-time greats of German ice hockey and was named Germany's ice hockey player of the 20th century in ...
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Alois Schloder
Alois Schloder (born 11 August 1947 in Landshut, Germany) is a retired ice hockey player. He participated at the 1976 Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal. He was disqualified from the 1972 Winter Olympics after failing a doping test. After h ...
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Martin Hinterstocker
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Franz Reindl
Franz Reindl (born 24 November 1954) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the German Bundesliga. He was born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany.
Reindl played for SC Riessersee his first 12 seasons of senior team hocke ...
*Head coach:
Xaver Unsinn
Xaver Unsinn (29 November 1929 – 4 January 2012) was a German ice hockey player and coach. His greatest success was winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics as coach of the Germany men's national ice hockey team, German national tea ...
Luge
;Men
(Men's) Doubles
;Women
Nordic combined
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping
(Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
Ski jumping
Speed skating
;Men
;Women
References
Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com
{{Nations at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Germany, West
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 ...
Winter Olympics
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