Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Similar to the 1964 games, the men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel (above Igls), the other five events at Axamer Lizum.Andorra and San Marino made their Olympic alpine skiing debuts.[1] From 1948 through 1980, the alpine skiing events at the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships, held every two years.During the Olympics from 1956 through 1980, World Championship medals were awarded by the FIS for the combined event.The combined returned as a separate event at the World Championships in 1982 and at the Olympics in 1988.