Biathlon 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
biathlon
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not tim ...
events, held at
Seefeld Seefeld may refer to:
Places
* Seefeld in Tirol, a tourist resort in Tyrol, Austria
* Seefeld, Bavaria, a town in Starnberg, Bavaria, Germany
** Seefeld Castle
* Seefeld, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Ho ...
. The events began on 6 February and ended on 13 February 1976.
Medal summary
Three nations won medals in biathlon, the Soviet Union leading the medal table with three medals (2 gold, 1 bronze).
Nikolay Kruglov led the individual medal table, winning the individual race, and adding a gold medal in the relay.
Medal table
Events
Participating nations
Eighteen nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. Bulgaria and Chinese Taipei (as Republic of China) made their Olympic biathlon debuts.
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References
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1976 Winter Olympics events
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 in biathlon
Biathlon competitions in Austria