Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics, was held from 5 to 14 February. Nine events were contested at Eisschnelllaufbahn Innsbruck.[1] This was the first Olympics which included the men's 1000 metres, and the first change to the men's program at the Olympics since the elimination of the all-round event in 1928.[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

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The Soviet Union led the medal table, with four gold and nine overall. The silver medal for East Germany's Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich was the country's first in speed skating.

Tatyana Averina led the individual medal table, winning a medal in all four women's events, two gold and two bronze. Sheila Young won three medals one of each value on the three shortest distances for women. The most successful male skaters were Norway's Sten Stensen and the Netherlands' Piet Kleine, who both won one gold and one silver medal, splitting the long distance events. The Dutch speed skater Hans van Helden won the bronze-medals on all the three longest distances for men. The Russian speed skater Valery Muratov also got a multiple set of medals with a silver medal in the 500 metres event and the bronze medal in the 1000 metres event.

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 39.17
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 39.25 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 39.54
1000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:19.32
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:20.45 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:20.57
1500 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:59.38
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:59.97 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:00.87
5000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 7:24.48 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 7:26.47 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 7:26.54
10,000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 14:50.59
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 14:53.30 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 15:02.02

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
500 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 42.76
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 43.12 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 43.17
1000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:28.43
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:28.57 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:29.14
1500 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:16.58
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:17.06 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:17.96
3000 metres
Template:DetailsLink 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 4:45.19
(OR) 		Template:FlagIOCmedalist 4:45.23 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 4:45.24

Records

Eight out of the nine events, including the debuting men's 1000 metres, had new Olympic records set, with only the men's 5000 metres record remaining unbroken.[3][4]

Event Date Team Time OR WR
Men's 500 metres 10 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 39.17 OR
Men's 1000 metres 12 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 1:19.32 OR
Men's 1500 metres 13 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 1:59.38 OR
Men's 10000 metres 14 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 14:50.59 OR
Women's 500 metres 6 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 42.76 OR
Women's 1000 metres 7 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 1:28.43 OR
Women's 1500 metres 5 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 2:16.58 OR
Women's 3000 metres 8 February Template:FlagIOCathlete 4:45.19 OR

Participating NOCs

Nineteen nations competed in the speed skating events at Innsbruck.

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