Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Biathlon
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Biathlon; at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Seefeld
Dates	6–13 February
Competitors	74 from 18 nations
	← 1972 1980 →

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.^[1]^[2]

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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	0	1	3
2	Finland (FIN)	0	2	0	2
3	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

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.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
^ "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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[Biathlon-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.

[SR-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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