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| XII Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Nations participating | 37 |
| Athletes participating | 1123 (892 men, 231 women) |
| Events | 37 in 6 sports |
| Opening ceremony | February 4, 1976 |
| Closing ceremony | February 15, 1976 |
| Officially opened by | Rudolf Kirschschläger |
| Athlete's Oath | Werner Delle-Karth |
| Official's Oath | Willy Köstinger |
| Olympic Torch | Christl Haas and Josef Feistmantl |
The XII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria. The games were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado, USA in May, 1970 but a 300 percent rise in costs and worries about environmental impact led to voters rejecting a $5 million bond issue to finance the games in 1972, so the IOC called on the home of 1964 games.
See the medal winners, ordered by sport:
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| Pos | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 13 | 6 | 8 | 27 |
| 2 | East Germany | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Norway | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | West Germany | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Finland | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Austria | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
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