Innsbruck 1976

United States

ABC Broadcast Schedule

As originally written by BD Sullivan

Wednesday, February 4 (9 p.m.-11 p.m.)

Opening Ceremonies, men's downhill skiing trial, compulsory competition in ice dancing, first run of the single luge competition.

Thursday, February 5 (8:30 p.m.-11 p.m.)

Men's downhill skiing, short program in pairs' figure skating, women's 1500-meter speed skating, second run in men's and women's single luge competition, three hockey games, set patterns in ice dancing, men's 30-K cross-country skiing.

Friday, February 6 (9 p.m.-11 p.m., 11:30-midnight)

Third run in men's and women's single luge, 20-K biathlon race, women's 500-meter speed skating, two-man bobsled runs; three hockey games.

Saturday, February 7 (12:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m., 9 p.m.-11 p.m.)

Final run in men's and women's single luge, women's 5-K cross country skiing, women's 1000-meter speed skating, women's downhill skiing trial runs, 70-meter ski jumping, final runs in the two-man bobsled, three hockey games, freestyle competition in pairs' figure skating.

Sunday, February 8 (2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m.-6:30 p.m., 9 p.m.-11 p.m.)

Compulsory figures in women's figure skating, 70-meter ski jump, women's 3000-meter speed skating, women's downhill ski race, three hockey games.

Monday, February 9 (8:30 p.m.-10 p.m.)

First run of the men's giant slalom, three hockey games, men's 15-K cross-country skiing for Nordic combined event, short program in men's figure skating.

Tuesday, February 10 (9 p.m.-11 p.m.)

Compulsory figures in men's figure skating, two-man luge races, women's 10-K cross-country skiing, men's 500-meter speed skating, second run in men's giant slalom, three hockey games.

Wednesday, February 11 (8 p.m.-11 p.m.)

Men's 40-K cross-country relay, men's 5000-meter speed skating, two runs women's slalom, three hockey games, short program in women's figure skating, freestyle in men's figure skating.

Thursday, February 12 (9 p.m.-10:30 p.m.)

Women's 20-K cross country relay, men's 1000-meter speed skating, three hockey games.

Friday, February 13 (9 p.m.-11 p.m., 11:30 p.m.-midnight)

Men's 30-K biathlon race, men's 1500-meter speed skating, women's giant slalom race, four-man bobsled races, three hockey games, freestyle in women's figure skating.

Saturday, February 14 (2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m., 6:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m., 9 p.m.-11 p.m.)

Men's 50-K cross country skiing, men's slalom race, four-man bobsled races, three hockey games.

Sunday, February 15 (1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m., 9 p.m.-11 p.m.)

90-meter ski jumping, figure skating exhibition, closing ceremonies, highlights of the Games.

The shortened coverage on February 9 was so that ABC could show the third "chapter" of their hit miniseries, "Rich Man, Poor Man."

The half hour gap between coverage and local news on February 12 allowed ABC to show their schlock game show/stunt contest, "Almost Anything Goes."

ABC Commentators

As originally written by Jeff Haggar

host - Jim McKay      

alpine skiing - Frank Gifford, Bob Beattie, Karl Schranz

figure skating - Chris Schenkel, Dick Button      

hockey - Curt Gowdy, Brian Conacher      

bobsled - ??, Paul Lamey            

luge - ??, Paul Lamey      

ski jumping - ??, Art Devlin      

speed skating - Keith Jackson, Anne Henning   

Canada

CTV Commentators

As originally written by ku528808

Figure Skating: Johnny Esaw, Otto Jelinek, Debbie Darrock

Hockey: Bernie Pascall, Dick Irvin

Bobsled: Dick Irvin, Vic Emery

Luge: Dick Irvin, Vic Emery

Biathlon: Dick Irvin, Lawrence Kimber

Skiing: Fergie Olver, Nancy Greene Raine

Speedskating: Ken Newans, Don McConnell

Ski Jumping: John Wells, Ron Richards