Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Seefeld
Dates	February 6-13
Competitors	74 from 18 nations

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]

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

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Events

^[1]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual	Nikolay Kruglov Soviet Union (URS)	1:14:12.3	Heikki Ikola Finland (FIN)	1:15:54.1	Aleksandr Elizarov Soviet Union (URS)	1:16:05.6
Relay	Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Elizarov Ivan Biakov Nikolay Kruglov Aleksandr Tikhonov	1:57:55.6	Finland (FIN) Henrik Flöjt Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola	2:01:45.6	East Germany (GDR) Karl-Heinz Menz Frank Ullrich Manfred Beer Manfred Geyer	2:04:08.6

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]

Austria (4)
Bulgaria (2)
Finland (4)
France (5)
West Germany (6)

Great Britain (4)
East Germany (5)
Italy (4)
Japan (5)
Norway (4)

References

1 2 3 4 "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 Winter Olympics

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List of medalists List of venues

Events at the 1976 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Ski jumping Speed skating

Men's events

20 km

Medal	Athlete	Time	Missed Targets	Adjusted Time
Gold	Nikolay Kruglov (URS)	1:12:12.26	2	1:14:12.26
Silver	Heikki Ikola (FIN)	1:13:54.10	2	1:15:54.10
Bronze	Aleksandr Elizarov (URS)	1:13:05.57	3	1:16:05.57

4 x 7.5 km relay

Medal	Athletes	Time	Missed Targets
Gold	Soviet Union (URS) (Aleksandr Elizarov, Ivan Biakov, Nikolay Kruglov, Alexander Tikhonov)	1:57:55.64	0
Silver	Finland (FIN) (Henrik Flöjt, Esko Saira, Juhani Suutarinen, Heikki Ikola)	2:01:45.58	2
Bronze	East Germany (GDR) (Karl-Heinz Menz, Frank Ullrich, Manfred Beer, Manfred Geyer)	2:04:08.61	5

References

Official Olympic Report

Biathlon at the Winter Olympics

Military patrol	1924 1928 (demonstration) 1932 1936 (demonstration) 1948 (demonstration) 1952 1956

Biathlon	1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

List of medalists List of venues

Events at the 1976 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Ski jumping Speed skating

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