Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics
| Nordic Combined at the XII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Seefeld in Tirol | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 8–9 February 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning Score | 423.390 | ||||||||||||
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Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics, consisted of one event, held from 8 February to 9 February at Seefeld.[1][2]
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  East Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 |  West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Germany won all three medals, with the East Germans topping the table with two and West Germany winning the third.
Events
[edit]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual |
Ulrich Wehling East Germany |
423.39 | Urban Hettich West Germany |
418.90 | Konrad Winkler East Germany |
417.47 |
Individual
[edit]Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal.[1]
| Rank | Name | Country | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||||
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Ulrich Wehling | East Germany |
112.5 | 113.0 | 225.5 | 1 | 50:28.9 | 197.89 | 13 | 423.39 | |
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Urban Hettich | West Germany |
98.7 | 100.2 | 198.9 | 11 | 48:01.5 | 220.00 | 1 | 418.90 | |
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Konrad Winkler | East Germany |
107.0 | 106.9 | 213.9 | 4 | 49:51.1 | 203.57 | 7 | 417.47 | |
| 4 | Rauno Miettinen |  Finland |
109.3 | 110.6 | 219.9 | 2 | 51:12.2 | 191.40 | 19 | 411.30 | |
| 5 | Claus Tuchscherer | East Germany |
109.1 | 109.6 | 218.7 | 3 | 51:16.1 | 190.81 | 20 | 409.51 | |
| 6 | Nikolay Nogovitsyn |  Soviet Union |
99.5 | 96.6 | 196.1 | 16 | 49:06.0 | 210.34 | 3 | 406.44 | |
| 7 | Valery Kopayev | Soviet Union |
102.2 | 100.7 | 202.9 | 9 | 49:53.3 | 203.24 | 8 | 406.14 | |
| 8 | Tom Sandberg |  Norway |
96.3 | 99.4 | 195.7 | 17 | 49:09.3 | 209.83 | 4 | 405.53 | |
| 9 | Pål Schjetne | Norway |
102.1 | 102.3 | 204.4 | 7 | 50:27.0 | 198.19 | 12 | 402.59 | |
| 10 | Erkki Kilpinen | Finland |
100.9 | 102.2 | 203.1 | 8 | 50:20.5 | 199.16 | 11 | 402.26 | |
| 11 | Jukka Kuvaja | Finland |
98.9 | 98.4 | 197.3 | 13 | 50:03.3 | 201.74 | 9 | 399.04 | |
| 12 | Josef Pospíšil |  Czechoslovakia |
95.0 | 102.9 | 197.9 | 12 | 50:14.7 | 200.03 | 10 | 397.93 | |
| 13 | Günter Deckert | East Germany |
95.1 | 99.1 | 194.2 | 18 | 49:51.0 | 203.58 | 6 | 397.78 | |
| 14 | Günther Abel | West Germany |
101.2 | 95.6 | 196.8 | 14 | 50:29.8 | 197.77 | 14 | 394.57 | |
| 15 | František Zeman | Czechoslovakia |
94.7 | 95.2 | 189.9 | 21 | 51:00.2 | 193.21 | 16 | 383.11 | |
| 16 | Stefan Hula |  Poland |
101.0 | 104.9 | 205.9 | 6 | 52:48.4 | 176.98 | 26 | 382.88 | |
| 17 | Jim Galanes |  United States |
90.6 | 93.5 | 184.1 | 25 | 50:34.7 | 197.03 | 15 | 381.13 | |
| 18 | Jan Legierski | Poland |
88.9 | 86.8 | 175.7 | 28 | 49:39.0 | 205.38 | 5 | 381.08 | |
| 19 | Karl Lustenberger |  Switzerland |
101.8 | 100.7 | 202.5 | 10 | 52:57.5 | 175.60 | 27 | 378.10 | |
| 20 | Marek Pach | Poland |
94.7 | 96.6 | 191.3 | 19 | 52:05.0 | 183.49 | 22 | 374.79 | |
| 21 | Yuji Katsuro |  Japan |
104.5 | 105.3 | 209.8 | 5 | 54:15.7 | 163.87 | 29 | 373.67 | |
| 22 | Stein Erik Gullikstad | Norway |
79.5 | 82.6 | 162.1 | 31 | 49:04.1 | 210.62 | 2 | 372.72 | |
| 23 | Aleksey Baranov | Soviet Union |
93.7 | 92.0 | 185.7 | 23 | 51:58.4 | 184.47 | 21 | 370.17 | |
| 24 | Jorma Etelälahti | Finland |
92.7 | 92.4 | 185.1 | 24 | 52:05.8 | 183.36 | 23 | 368.46 | |
| 25 | Jacques Gaillard |  France |
91.1 | 89.9 | 181.0 | 27 | 52:08.9 | 182.90 | 24 | 363.90 | |
| 26 | Fritz Koch |  Austria |
95.2 | 93.9 | 189.1 | 22 | 53:04.7 | 174.52 | 28 | 363.62 | |
| 27 | Arne Bystøl | Norway |
81.9 | 84.6 | 166.5 | 30 | 51:02.8 | 192.81 | 17 | 359.31 | |
| 28 | Mike Devecka | United States |
77.0 | 74.6 | 151.6 | 32 | 51:06.4 | 192.28 | 18 | 343.88 | |
| 29 | Walter Malmquist | United States |
90.0 | 91.3 | 181.3 | 26 | 54:40.4 | 160.17 | 30 | 341.47 | |
| 30 | Michio Kubota | Japan |
98.4 | 97.9 | 196.3 | 15 | 56:39.4 | 142.32 | 32 | 338.62 | |
| 31 | Francesco Giacomelli |  Italy |
94.2 | 96.1 | 190.3 | 20 | 56:08.8 | 146.92 | 31 | 337.22 | |
| 32 | Modesto De Silvestro | Italy |
71.1 | 68.7 | 139.8 | 33 | 52:27.6 | 180.09 | 25 | 319.89 | |
| 33 | Kurt Sjolund |  Canada |
66.1 | 57.9 | 124.0 | 34 | 58:13.4 | 128.22 | 33 | 252.22 | |
| - | Stanisław Kawulok | Poland |
83.7 | 89.1 | 172.8 | 29 | DNF | DNF | - | - | |
Participating NOCs
[edit]Fourteen nations participated in nordic combined at the Innsbruck Games.[1]
Austria (1)
Canada (1)
Finland (4)
France (1)
West Germany (2)
East Germany (4)
Italy (2)
Japan (2)
Norway (4)
Poland (4)
Switzerland (1)
Czechoslovakia (2)
Soviet Union (3)
United States (3)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
- ^ "Nordic Combined at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
