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Biathlon
at the: XII Olympic Winter Games
VenueSeefeld
Dates6–13 February
Competitors74 from 18 nations
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Biathlon at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Individualmen
Relaymen

Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of two biathlon events, held at Seefeld. 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 gold medal in the relay.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)2013
2 Finland (FIN)0202
3 East Germany (GDR)0011
Totals (3 entries)2226

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
details
Nikolay Kruglov
 Soviet Union
1:14:12.26 Heikki Ikola
 Finland
1:15:54.10 Aleksandr Elizarov
 Soviet Union
1:16:05.57
Relay
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Aleksandr Elizarov
Ivan Biakov
Nikolay Kruglov
Aleksandr Tikhonov
1:57:55.64  Finland (FIN)
Henrik Flöjt
Esko Saira
Juhani Suutarinen
Heikki Ikola
2:01:45.58  East Germany (GDR)
Karl-Heinz Menz
Frank Ullrich
Manfred Beer
Manfred Geyer
2:04:08.61

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.

References

  1. ^ "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "Biathlon at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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