Olympedia – Downhill, Men

Downhill, Men

Date	5 February 1976 — 12:30
Status	Olympic
Location	Patscherkofel, Igls
Participants	74 from 27 countries
Course Setter		UNK
Details	Gates: 26 Length: 3020 m Start Altitude: 1950 m Vertical Drop: 870 m

Date

5 February 1976 — 12:30

Status

Olympic

Location

Patscherkofel, Igls

Participants

74 from 27 countries

Course Setter

UNK

Details

Gates: 26
Length: 3020 m
Start Altitude: 1950 m
Vertical Drop: 870 m

All of Austria pinned its hopes on Franz Klammer, who was leading the downhill World Cup in 1976, having lost only one race, having won that title in 1975. But defending champion gold medalist Bernhard Russi went off third and posted a fast time that held up until the end of the seeded racers. Klammer was the last off of the 15 seeds. His run was one of high drama, as he skied on the brink throughout, falling behind Russi at most of the early checkpoints. With what seemed like all of Austria screaming madly for him, taking every chance he could, seemingly on the verge of falling several times, Klammer pulled ahead over the last few metres and won the gold medal. Klammer would dominate the downhill for several years, winning the World Cup title from 1975-78.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time
1	15	Franz Klammer	AUT	1:45.73	Gold
2	3	Bernhard Russi	SUI	1:46.06	Silver
3	8	Herbert Plank	ITA	1:46.59	Bronze
4	11	Philippe Roux	SUI	1:46.69
5	10	Ken Read	CAN	1:46.83
6	19	Andy Mill	USA	1:47.06
7	29	Walter Tresch	SUI	1:47.29
8	13	Dave Irwin	CAN	1:47.41
9	6	Sepp Walcher	AUT	1:47.45
10	5	Jim Hunter	CAN	1:47.52
11	30	Greg Jones	USA	1:47.84
12	1	René Berthod	SUI	1:47.89
13	22	Pete Patterson	USA	1:47.94
14	21	Rolando Thoeni	ITA	1:48.13
15	20	Peter Fischer	FRG	1:48.18
16	24	Patrice Pellat-Finet	FRA	1:48.34
17	25	Sepp Ferstl	FRG	1:48.41
18	28	Dave Murray	CAN	1:48.43
19	4	Klaus Eberhard	AUT	1:48.45
20	42	Sumihiro Tomii	JPN	1:48.88
21	16	Willi Frommelt	LIE	1:48.92
=22	31	David Griff	AUS	1:49.02
=22	2	Michael Veith	FRG	1:49.02
24	27	Karl Anderson	USA	1:49.08
25	9	Erik Håker	NOR	1:49.19
26	14	Gustavo Thoeni	ITA	1:49.25
27	18	Mikio Katagiri	JPN	1:50.03
28	38	Andi Wenzel	LIE	1:50.08
29	46	Wolfgang Junginger	FRG	1:50.48
30	37	Alan Stewart	GBR	1:50.56
31	44	Luis Rosenkjer	ARG	1:50.87
32	34	Stuart Fitzsimmons	GBR	1:50.89
33	45	Bohumír Zeman	TCH	1:51.27
34	35	Kim Clifford	AUS	1:51.64
35	17	Francisco Fernández Ochoa	ESP	1:51.91
36	36	Juan Manuel Fernández Ochoa	ESP	1:52.40
=37	43	Andrej Koželj	YUG	1:52.75
=37	33	Peter Fuchs	GBR	1:52.75
39	39	Juan Ángel Olivieri	ARG	1:52.76
40	55	Miloslav Sochor	TCH	1:53.48
41	32	Jaime Ros	ESP	1:53.50
42	59	Jorge García	ESP	1:53.55
43	58	Didier Xhaet	BEL	1:53.56
44	49	Vladimir Andreyev	URS	1:53.61
45	41	Robert Blanchaer	BEL	1:54.30
46	40	Adjin Pašović	YUG	1:54.57
47	54	Carlos Alberto Martínez	ARG	1:54.62
48	56	Ivan Penev	BUL	1:55.56
49	74	Dan Cristea	ROU	1:55.63
50	70	Georgi Kochov	BUL	1:55.82
51	47	José Luis Koifman	CHI	1:56.30
52	50	Roman Dereziński	POL	1:56.33
53	67	Stuart Blakely	NZL	1:57.91
54	52	Antoine Crespo	AND	1:58.72
55	53	Gorban Ali Kalhor	IRI	1:59.15
56	62	Mohammad Hadj Kia Shemshaki	IRI	1:59.44
57	68	Ion Cavași	ROU	2:00.19
58	61	Akbar Kalili	IRI	2:00.32
59	75	Rafael Cañas	CHI	2:00.39
60	69	Brett Kendall	NZL	2:00.57
61	63	Fernando Reutter	CHI	2:01.19
62	64	Carlos Font	AND	2:01.75
63	65	Ahmet Kıbıl	TUR	2:03.74
64	73	Mümtaz Demirhan	TUR	2:06.01
65	71	Thomas Karadimas	GRE	2:14.69
66	66	Spyros Theodorou	GRE	2:17.08
DNF	60	Robin Armstrong	NZL	–
DNF	57	Mohammad Kalhor	IRI	–
DNF	51	Xavier Areny	AND	–
DNF	48	Adrián Roncallo	ARG	–
DNF	26	Konrad Bartelski	GBR	–
DNF	23	Rob McIntyre	AUS	–
DNF	12	Anton Steiner	AUT	–
DNF	7	Erwin Stricker	ITA	–
DNS	72	Murat Tosun	TUR	–