Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's downhill
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
VenuePatscherkofel
Tyrol, Austria
Date5 February 1976
Competitors74 from 27 nations
Winning time1:45.73
Medalists
 Franz Klammer  Austria
 Bernhard Russi  Switzerland
 Herbert Plank  Italy
Alpine skiing at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Men's Downhill
Location Patscherkofel
Vertical    870 m (2,854 ft)
Top elevation 1,950 m (6,398 ft)  
Base elevation 1,080 m (3,543 ft)
Patscherkofel
Location in Austria

The Men's Downhill competition of the 1976 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria, was held on 5 February at Patscherkofel,[1] on the same course as in 1964.

The defending world champion was David Zwilling of Austria, and Bernhard Russi of Switzerland was the defending Olympic champion. Franz Klammer of Austria was the defending World Cup downhill champion and led the 1976 World Cup.[2][3] He had also won the pre-Olympic World Cup downhill at Patcherkofel a year earlier in January 1975.

The starting gate was at an elevation of 1,950 m (6,398 ft), and the vertical drop was 870 m (2,854 ft).[1] The course length was 3.020 km (1.877 mi) and Klammer's famous winning run resulted in an average speed of 102.828 km/h (63.89 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 8.2285 m/s (27.00 ft/s). The win elevated him to an international celebrity and he was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated.[4]

Egon Zimmermann, also of Austria, took the gold medal a dozen years earlier in the 1964 Olympic downhill. His winning time was 2:18.16, more than a half minute behind Klammer's.

Results

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st, gold medalist(s) 15 Franz Klammer Austria 1:45.73 —
2nd, silver medalist(s) 3 Bernhard Russi Switzerland 1:46.06 +0.33
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 8 Herbert Plank Italy 1:46.59 +0.86
4 11 Philippe Roux Switzerland 1:46.69 +0.96
5 10 Ken Read Canada 1:46.83 +1.10
6 19 Andy Mill United States 1:47.06 +1.33
7 29 Walter Tresch Switzerland 1:47.29 +1.56
8 13 Dave Irwin Canada 1:47.41 +1.68
9 6 Sepp Walcher Austria 1:47.45 +1.72
10 5 Jim Hunter Canada 1:47.52 +1.79
11 30 Greg Jones United States 1:47.84 +2.11
12 1 René Berthod Switzerland 1:47.89 +2.16
13 22 Pete Patterson United States 1:47.94 +2.21
14 21 Rolando Thoeni Italy 1:48.13 +2.40
15 20 Peter Fischer West Germany 1:48.18 +2.45
16 24 Patrice Pellat-Finet France 1:48.34 +2.61
17 25 Sepp Ferstl West Germany 1:48.41 +2.68
18 28 Dave Murray Canada 1:48.43 +2.70
19 4 Klaus Eberhard Austria 1:48.45 +2.72
20 42 Sumihiro Tomii Japan 1:48.88 +3.15
21 16 Willi Frommelt Liechtenstein 1:48.92 +3.19
22 31 David Griff Australia1:49.02 +3.29
2 Michael Veith West Germany
24 27 Karl Anderson United States 1:49.08 +3.35
25 9 Erik Håker Norway 1:49.19 +3.46
26 14 Gustavo Thoeni Italy 1:49.25 +3.52
27 18 Mikio Katagiri Japan 1:50.03 +4.30
28 38 Andreas Wenzel Liechtenstein 1:50.08 +4.35
29 46 Wolfgang Junginger West Germany 1:50.48 +4.75
30 37 Alan Stewart Great Britain 1:50.56 +4.83
31 44 Luis Rosenkjer Argentina 1:50.87 +5.14
32 34 Stuart Fitzsimmons Great Britain 1:50.89 +5.16
33 45 Bohumír Zeman Czechoslovakia 1:51.27 +5.54
34 35 Kim Clifford Australia 1:51.64 +5.91
35 17 Francisco Fernández Ochoa Spain 1:51.91 +6.18
36 36 Juan Manuel Fernández Ochoa Spain 1:52.40 +6.67
37 43 Andrej Koželj Yugoslavia1:52.75 +7.02
33 Peter Fuchs Great Britain
39 39 Juan Angel Olivieri Argentina 1:52.76 +7.03
40 55 Miloslav Sochor Czechoslovakia 1:53.48 +7.75
41 32 Jaime Ros Spain 1:53.50 +7.77
42 59 Jorge García Spain 1:53.55 +7.82
43 58 Didier Xhaet Belgium 1:53.56 +7.83
44 49 Vladimir Andreyev Soviet Union 1:53.61 +7.88
45 41 Robert Blanchaer Belgium 1:54.30 +8.57
46 40 Adjin Pašović Yugoslavia 1:54.57 +8.84
47 54 Carlos Alberto Martínez Argentina 1:54.62 +8.89
48 56 Ivan Penev Bulgaria 1:55.56 +9.83
49 74 Dan Cristea Romania 1:55.63 +9.90
50 70 Georgi Kochov Bulgaria 1:55.82 +10.09
51 47 José Luis Koifman Chile 1:56.30 +10.57
52 50 Roman Dereziński Poland 1:56.33 +10.60
53 67 Stuart Blakely New Zealand 1:57.91 +12.18
54 52 Antoine Crespo Andorra 1:58.72 +12.99
55 53 Gorban Ali Kalhor Iran 1:59.15 +13.42
56 62 Mohammad Hadj Kia Shemshaki Iran 1:59.44 +13.71
57 68 Ion Cavaşi Romania 2:00.19 +14.46
58 61 Akbar Kalili Iran 2:00.32 +14.59
59 75 Rafael Cañas Chile 2:00.39 +14.66
60 69 Brett Kendall New Zealand 2:00.57 +14.84
61 63 Fernando Reutter Chile 2:01.19 +15.46
62 64 Carlos Font Andorra 2:01.75 +16.02
63 65 Ahmet Kıbıl Turkey 2:03.74 +18.01
64 73 Mümtaz Demirhan Turkey 2:06.01 +20.28
65 71 Thomas Karadimas Greece 2:14.69 +28.96
66 66 Spyros Theodorou Greece 2:17.08 +31.35
- 60 Robin Armstrong New Zealand DNF -
- 57 Mohammad Kalhor Iran DNF -
- 51 Xavier Areny Andorra DNF -
- 48 Adrián Roncallo Argentina DNF -
- 26 Konrad Bartelski Great Britain DNF -
- 23 Rob McIntyre Australia DNF -
- 12 Anton Steiner Austria DNF -
- 7 Erwin Stricker Italy DNF -
- 72 Murat Tosun Turkey DNS -

Source:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "1975 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "1974 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ↑ Johnson, William Oscar (16 February 1976). "On came the heroes". Sports Illustrated. p. 10.

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