Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Speed skating
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for speed skating
VenueEisschnellaufbahn
Dates5–14 February 1976
No. of events9
Competitors111 from 19 nations
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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]

  1. ^ "Final Report - XII. Olympische Winterspiele Innsbruck 1976" (PDF). Organizing Committee for the XIIth Winter Olympic Games 1976. LA84 Foundation. 1976. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Speed Skating at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2019.