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The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (German: XII. Olympische Winterspiele , French : XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver ) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( Austro-Bavarian : Innschbruck 1976 ), were a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck , Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976.
White Rock is a 1977 documentary film about the 1976 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria. [1] [2] The film was narrated by James Coburn, [1] and directed by Tony Maylam.[3] [1] [2] The film was nominated in 1977 for the Robert Flaherty Award (Feature Length Film, Documentary In Content) by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. [4]
The Winter Olympic Games have been filmed and competition highlights released since 1924. An Olympic Film Collection of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage (OFCH) includes fifty feature-length films providing a chronicle of the modern Olympic Games.
Austria at the 1976 Winter Olympics; IOC code: AUT: NOC: Austrian Olympic Committee: Website: www.olympia.at (in German) in Innsbruck; Competitors: 77 (63 men, 14 women) in 10 sports: Flag bearer: Franz Klammer (alpine skiing) Medals Ranked 7th: Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 6: Winter Olympics appearances
In the Olympic test event at Patscherkofel at Innsbruck in January 1975, Klammer had defeated defending Olympic champion Bernhard Russi of Switzerland, the runner-up, by nearly a half-second. [ 3 ] Entering the 1976 Winter Olympics , the 22-year-old Klammer was the favourite to take the gold medal in the downhill at Innsbruck in his native Austria.
The Men's Downhill competition of the 1976 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria, was held at Patscherkofel on Thursday, 5 February, [1] [2] [3] on the same course as in 1964. [4] The defending world champion was David Zwilling of Austria, who had recently retired; Bernhard Russi of Switzerland was the defending Olympic champion.
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Austria has competed at all of the modern Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1920 Summer Olympics, from which it was barred for being part of the Central Powers in World War I. Austria has won more medals in alpine skiing than any other nation in the world.