Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics consisted of two biathlon events, held at Seefeld. The events began on 6 February and ended on 13 February 1976.^[1][2]

Biathlon at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Seefeld
Dates	6–13 February
Competitors	74 from 18 nations
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Medal summary

Three nations won medals in biathlon, the Soviet Union leading the medal table with three medals (2 gold, 1 bronze). Nikolay Kruglov led the individual medal table, winning the individual race, and adding a gold medal in the relay.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	2	0	1	3
2	Finland (FIN)	0	2	0	2
3	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		2	2	2	6

Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Nikolay Kruglov  Soviet Union	1:14:12.26	Heikki Ikola  Finland	1:15:54.10	Aleksandr Elizarov  Soviet Union	1:16:05.57
Relay details	Soviet Union (URS) Aleksandr Elizarov Ivan Biakov Nikolay Kruglov Aleksandr Tikhonov	1:57:55.64	Finland (FIN) Henrik Flöjt Esko Saira Juhani Suutarinen Heikki Ikola	2:01:45.58	East Germany (GDR) Karl-Heinz Menz Frank Ullrich Manfred Beer Manfred Geyer	2:04:08.61

Participating nations

Eighteen nations sent biathletes to compete in the events. Below is a list of the competing nations; in parentheses are the number of national competitors. Bulgaria and Chinese Taipei (as Republic of China) made their Olympic biathlon debuts.^[1]

•  Austria (4)
•  Bulgaria (2)
•  Finland (4)
•  France (5)
•  West Germany (6)
•  Great Britain (4)
•  East Germany (5)
•  Italy (4)
•  Japan (5)
•  Norway (4)
•  Poland (4)
•  Republic of China (2)
•  Romania (4)
•  Switzerland (3)
•  Sweden (4)
•  Czechoslovakia (5)
•  Soviet Union (4)
•  United States (5)