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Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Field	Value
NOC	URS
NOCname	Soviet Olympic Committee
games	Winter Olympics
year	1976
flagcaption	Flag of the Soviet Union
location	Innsbruck
competitors	79 (59 men, 20 women)
sports	9
flagbearer	Vladislav Tretiak (ice hockey)
rank	1
gold	13
silver	6
bronze	8
appearances	auto
app_begin_year	1956
app_end_year	1988
seealso	RU1 (1900–1912)
EST (1920–1936, 1992–)
LAT (1924–1936, 1992–)
LTU (1924–1928, 1992–)
EUN (1992)
ARM (1994–)
BLR (1994–)
GEO (1994–)
KAZ (1994–)
KGZ (1994–)
MDA (1994–)
RUS (1994–)
UKR (1994–)
UZB (1994–)
AZE (1996–)
TJK (1996–)
TKM (1996–)

EST (1920–1936, 1992–) LAT (1924–1936, 1992–) LTU (1924–1928, 1992–) EUN (1992) ARM (1994–) BLR (1994–) GEO (1994–) KAZ (1994–) KGZ (1994–) MDA (1994–) RUS (1994–) UKR (1994–) UZB (1994–) AZE (1996–) TJK (1996–) TKM (1996–)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

During the games, the Soviet Union won 13 gold medals, the most any country won at a single Winter Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Biathlon	Men's 20 km

Biathlon	Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
		Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
		Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km
		Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km

Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating	Pairs

Figure skating	Ice dancing
	Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team
	Ice hockey	Men's competition
		Speed skating	Men's 500m
		Speed skating	Women's 1000m
		Speed skating	Women's 1500m
		Speed skating	Women's 3000m
		Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
		Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
		Figure skating	Men's singles

Figure skating	Ice dancing
		Speed skating	Men's 500m
		Speed skating	Men's 1500m
		Biathlon	Men's 20 km
		Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km

Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
		Cross-country skiing	Women's 5 km
		Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km
		Speed skating	Men's 1000m
		Speed skating	Women's 500m
		Speed skating	Women's 1500m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

;Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Time	Rank	Time
Vladimir Andreyev	Downhill		1:53.61	44
Vladimir Andreyev	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Vladimir Andreyev	Slalom	1:07.01	31	1:10.55	26	2:17.56	25

;Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Time	Rank	Time
Alla Askarova	Downhill		1:53.19	28
Alla Askarova	Giant Slalom		1:36.86	32
Alla Askarova	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

;Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Aleksandr Tikhonov	1'10:18.33	7	1'17:18.33	5
Aleksandr Elizarov	1'13:05.57	3	1'16:05.57
Nikolay Kruglov	1'12:12.26	2	1'14:12.26

;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race	Misses 2
Aleksandr Elizarov
Ivan Biakov
Nikolay Kruglov
Aleksandr Tikhonov	0	1'57:55.64

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

;Men

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
15 km	Yury Skobov	46:16.27	16
Ivan Garanin	44:41.98	4
Yevgeny Belyayev	44:01.10
Nikolay Bazhukov	43:58.47
30 km	Vasily Rochev	1'32:39.42	10
Nikolay Bazhukov	1'31:33.14	5
Ivan Garanin	1'31:09.29
Sergey Savelyev	1'30:29.38
50 km	Yevgeny Belyayev	2'54:00.55	38
Sergey Savelyev	2'46:01.36	21
Vasily Rochev	2'44:31.23	12
Ivan Garanin	2'40:38.94	4

;Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race	Time	Rank
Yevgeny Belyayev
Nikolay Bazhukov
Sergey Savelyev
Ivan Garanin	2'10:51.46

;Women

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
5 km	Galina Kulakova	DSQ (doping)	–
Zinaida Amosova	16:33.78	6
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova	16:12.82
Raisa Smetanina	15:49.73
10 km	Zinaida Amosova	31:11.23	6
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova	30:52.58	4
Galina Kulakova	30:38.61
Raisa Smetanina	30:13.41

;Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race	Time	Rank
Nina Baldycheva-Fyodorova
Zinaida Amosova
Raisa Smetanina
Galina Kulakova	1'07:49.75

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

;Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Yuri Ovchinnikov	12	8	7	180.04	75	8
Sergei Volkov	1	5	9	184.08	53	5
Vladimir Kovalev	3	6	4	187.64	28

;Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Elena Vodorezova	18	13	5	175.58	104	12

;Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Marina Leonidova
Vladimir Bogolyubov	9	9	127.06	76	9
Irina Vorobieva
Alexander Vlasov	3	5	134.52	35	4
Irina Rodnina
Alexander Zaitsev	1	1	140.54	9

;Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	FD	Points	Places	Rank
Natalia Linichuk
Gennadi Karponossov	4	4	199.10	35	4
Irina Moiseeva
Andrei Minenkov	2	2	204.88	20
Liudmila Pakhomova
Alexander Gorshkov	1	1	209.92	9

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics

First round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-12th places.

Medal round

Rank	W	L	T	GA	Pts
1	5	5	0	40	11
2	5	3	2	17	10
3	5	2	3	21	24
4	5	2	3	19	18
5	5	2	3	15	21
6	5	1	4	9	37

USSR 6-2 USA
USSR 16-1 Poland
USSR 7-3 West Germany
USSR 7-2 Finland
USSR 4-3 Czechoslovakia

Vladislav Tretiak
Aleksandr Sidelnikov
Aleksandr Gusev
Vladimir Lutchenko
Sergei Babinov
Yury Lyapkin
Gennadiy Tsygankov
Sergey Kapustin
Aleksandr Maltsev
Boris Aleksandrov
Boris Mikhailov
Alexander Yakushev
Vladimir Petrov
Valeri Kharlamov
Vladimir Shadrin
Valeri Vasiliev
Viktor Shalimov
Viktor Zhluktov

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

;Men

Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time
Aigars Krikis	54.243	16	53.415	11	53.273	15	53.764	17	3:34.695	13
Vladimir Shitov	53.485	11	53.025	9	52.927	10	53.133	11	3:32.570	10
Dainis Bremze	52.984	9	52.567	8	52.364	9	52.661	9	3:30.576	8

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Time	Rank	Time
Dainis Bremze
Aigars Krikis	43.667	8	43.740	8	1:27.407	8
Rolands Upatnieks
Valdis Ķuzis	43.732	9	43.825	9	1:27.557	9

;Women

Athlete	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vera Zozuļa	44.179	14	42.973	8	42.651	6	42.858	3	2:52.661	9

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping	Cross-country	Total	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points
Aleksey Baranov	Individual	69.0	70.0	185.7	23	51:58.45	184.47	21	370.17	23
Nikolay Nogovitsyn	72.0	74.0	196.1	16	49:05.97	210.34	3	406.44	6
Valeriy Kopayev	71.5	75.0	202.9	9	49:53.26	203.24	8	406.14	7

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1	Jump 2	Total	Distance	Points	Distance
Sergey Saychik	Normal hill	74.0	105.2	76.0	108.4	213.6	25
Yury Kalinin	74.5	105.5	79.0	113.2	218.7	22
Aleksey Borovitin	77.5	111.3	78.0	113.6	224.9	15
Aleksandr Karapuzov	78.0	112.6	79.0	114.2	226.8	12
Yury Kalinin	Large hill	85.0	94.0	80.0	87.5	181.5	24
Aleksey Borovitin	85.0	95.5	82.5	92.0	187.5	19
Sergey Saychik	90.0	101.5	87.5	98.5	200.0	11
Aleksandr Karapuzov	91.0	104.9	81.5	88.6	193.5	15

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

;Men

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
500 m	Andrey Malikov	40.09	8
Valery Muratov	39.25
Yevgeny Kulikov	39.17 OR
1000 m	Andrey Malikov	1:27.57	29
Aleksandr Safronov	1:20.84	4
Valery Muratov	1:20.57
1500 m	Sergey Marchuk	2:04.65	13
Sergey Ryabev	2:02.15	4
Yury Kondakov	1:59.97
5000 m	Sergey Marchuk	7:51.37	14
Vladimir Ivanov	7:37.73	7
Viktor Varlamov	7:30.97	4
10,000 m	Vladimir Ivanov	16:16.20	15
Sergey Marchuk	15:43.81	11
Viktor Varlamov	15:06.06	4

;Women

Event	Athlete	Race	Time
500 m	Lyubov Sadchikova	43.80	6
Vera Krasnova	43.23	5
Tatyana Averina-Barabash	43.17
1000 m	Tatyana Shelekhova	1:32.08	15
Lyudmila Titova	1:30.06	7
Tatyana Averina-Barabash	1:28.43 OR
1500 m	Nina Statkevich	2:22.59	15
Tatyana Averina-Barabash	2:17.96
Galina Stepanskaya	2:16.58 OR
3000 m	Tatyana Shelekhova	4:54.03	14
Nina Statkevich	4:53.94	13
Tatyana Averina-Barabash	4:45.19 OR

Medals by republic

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Notes

References

Canadian Press. (February 27, 2010). "Canada sets Olympic gold record". CBC Sports.

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