What is 1976 Winter Olympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|1976|Winter|Olympics | host_city = [[Innsbruck]], [[Tyrol (state)|Tyrol]], [[Austria]] | nations = 37 | athletes = 1,123 (892 men, 231 women) | events = 37 in 6 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (10 disciplines) | opening = 4 February | closing = 15 February | opened_by = [[President of Austria|President]] [[Rudolf Kirchschläger]] | cauldron = [[Christl Haas]]<br />[[Josef Feistmantl]] | stadium = [[Bergisel]] | winter_prev = [[1972 Winter Olympics|Sapporo 1972]] | winter_next = [[1980 Winter Olympics|Lake Placid 1980]] | summer_prev = [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]] | summer_next = [[1976 Summer Olympics|Montreal 1976]] }} The '''1976 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the '''XII Olympic Winter Games''', were held in 1976 in [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]]. The games were originally awarded to [[Denver]], [[Colorado]], [[United States]] in May 1970, but a 300 percent rise in costs and worries about environmental impact led to voters' rejection of a $5 million bond issue to finance the games in 1972. As a result, the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] offered the games to [[Whistler, British Columbia]] ([[Canada]]), who had bid on the games, but they also declined due to a [[1972 British Columbia general election|change of government]] there. (Whistler would go on to be associated with neighbouring [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]]'s successful bid for the [[2010 Winter Olympics]].) The IOC finally called on Innsbruck, which had hosted the [[1964 Winter Olympics|1964 Winter Games]] just twelve years earlier, to also host the 1976 games. [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]], which would eventually host in 2002, offered itself as a potential host after the withdrawal of Denver. The IOC declined. == Other websites == * [https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/innsbruck-1976 IOC page for the 1976 Winter Olympics] {{Commonscat}} {{Olympic Games}} {{Sport-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:1976 in Austrian sport|Winter Olympics]] [[Category:Sports comp