1976 Winter Olympics
12th edition of Winter Olympics, in Innsbruck, Austria
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Summary
1976 Winter Olympics is a Winter Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 1,777 Wikipedia views per month (winter olympic games edition category, ranking #19 of 29).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Austria[3]
- Instance of: international sporting event[4]
- Follows: 1972 Winter Olympics[5]
- Followed by: 1980 Winter Olympics[6]
- Location: Innsbruck[7]
- Commons category: 1976 Winter Olympics[8]
- Edition number: 12[9]
- Has part(s): cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics[10], ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics[11], ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics[12], bobsleigh at the 1976 Winter Olympics[13], luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics[14], Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics[15], biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics[16], Nordic skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics[17], speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics[18], alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics[19], figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics[20]
- Officially opened by: Rudolf Kirchschläger[21]
- Oath made by: Werner Delle Karth[22], Willy Köstinger[23]
- Torch lit by: Christl Haas[24], Josef Feistmantl[25]
- Start time: February 4, 1976[26]
- End time: February 15, 1976[27]
- Point in time: February 1976[28]
- Sport: winter sport[29]
- Mascot: Schneemann[30]
- Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/innsbruck-1976[31]
- Topic's main category: Category:1976 Winter Olympics[32]
- Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/[33]
- Number of participants: 37[34], 1123[35]
- Official name: XII. Olympesch Wanterspiller[36]
- Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[37]
- Sports season of league or competition: Winter Olympic Games[38]
Why It Matters
1976 Winter Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]