1976 Winter Olympics all China, the ROC was forced to compete under the name Chinese Taipei, under an altered flag and to use its National Banner Song instead of its national anthem. Andorra and San Marino participated in their first Winter Olympic Games. These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1976 Winter Games. Notes Citations 1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (, ), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated February 4–15, 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the second time the Tyrolean city hosted the Games, which were
Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Individual full minutes, but his late misses meant he ended up in fifth. Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Individual The Men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics was held on 6 February, at Seefeld. Each miss of the target cost two minutes, while hitting the outer circle cost one minute. Defending world champion Heikki Ikola was among the leaders after the first shooting around, but he trailed Soviet Aleksandr Tikhonov, who set a torrid pace. Tikhonov led by thirty seconds at the halfway point, despite missing a shot, and after shooting clear the third time,