Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill vertical drop was . The course length was and Klammer's famous winning run resulted in an average speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of . The win elevated him to an international celebrity and he was featured on the cover of "Sports Illustrated." 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. Source: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill The Men's Downhill competition of the 1976 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria, was
1952 Winter Olympics Games featured one demonstration sport, bandy, but only three Nordic countries competed in the tournament. Norway dominated the overall medal count with 16 medals, seven of them gold. The Games closed with the presentation of a flag that would be passed from one Winter Olympics host city to the next. The flag, which became known as the "Oslo flag", has been displayed in the host city during each subsequent Winter Games. Oslo had unsuccessfully bid to host the 1936 Winter Olympics, losing to Germany, which had hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics. At that time, the nation that hosted the Summer