Venues of the 1976 Winter Olympics Venues of the 1976 Winter Olympics For the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, a total of eight sports venues were used. The games were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado in the United States in 1970, but they withdrew in the wake of Colorado residents voting against it for environmental and cost reasons in November 1972. This led to the International Olympic Committee opening up the bids for the games again, eventually awarding them to Innsbruck in February 1973. The Austrian city, having hosted the Winter Olympics in 1964, was in the process of having the venues used for those
Uganda at the 1976 Winter Paralympics 1984, 1988 and 1992 Games. Uganda's sole representative, Tofiri Kibuuka, competed in two events. Uganda at the 1976 Winter Paralympics Uganda competed at the inaugural Winter Paralympic Games in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. Uganda was the only African country to take part in the 1976 Games, and thus the first African country ever to compete at the Winter Paralympics. Uganda was also the only country to compete at the 1976 Winter Paralympics but not at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Uganda entered only one athlete, Tofiri Kibuuka, who competed in cross-country skiing. He did not win any medals. Kibuuka would later