1976 Winter Olympics Games as the "Games of Simplicity". It was also regarded as a good-luck charm, to avert the dearth of snow that had marred the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. There were 37 events contested in 6 sports (10 disciplines). Ice dancing made its debut to the Olympics. See the medal winners, ordered by sport: 37 nations participated in the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. The games marked the final time the Republic of China (Taiwan) participated under the Republic of China flag and name. After most of the international community recognized the People's Republic of China as the legitimate government of
Women's sport in Australia first female Winter Olympians. They competed at figure skating at 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. In 1991, Helen Brownlee became the first woman elected to the Australian Olympic Committee's Executive Board. In 1988, at the Seoul Olympics, the Australian women's hockey team "Hockeyroos", became the first Australian women's team sport to win an Olympic gold medal. The Hockeyroos went on to win the gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Games. In 2002, Alisa Camplin competing at the 2012 Winter Olympics Salt Lake City became Australia's first female Winter Olympics gold medalist. In 1960, Daphne Hilton was