1976 Winter Olympics Innsbruck Austria 100 Schilling Austrian Coin

Description: This 1976 Innsbruck Austria Winter Olympics 100 Schilling Austrian Coin is the exact item you will receive and has been certified Authentic by REM Fine Collectibles. The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 (Austro-Bavarian: Innschbruck 1976), was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 4 to 15, 1976. The Games were awarded to Innsbruck after Denver, the original host city, withdrew in 1972. This was the second time the Tyrolean capital had hosted the Winter Olympics, having first done so in 1964. The cities of Denver, Colorado, United States; Sion, Switzerland; Tampere, Finland; and Vancouver (with most events near Mount Garibaldi), British Columbia, Canada, made bids for the Games. The host was decided at the 69th IOC meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on May 12, 1970. Composition: Silver Fineness: 0.6400 Weight: 24.0000g ASW: 0.4938oz Diameter: 36mm Obverse: Box surrounds stylized Imperial Eagle, Austrian shield on breast, above value, small shield below box Reverse: Ski jump, Olympic logo upper left, circle surrounds, date lower right Edge Description: Lettered Subject: Winter Olympics - Innsbruck Issuer: Austria Period: Second Republic (1945-date) Type: Non-circulating coin Year: 1975 Value: 100 Schilling (100 ATS) Currency: Second Schilling (1945-2001) Composition: Silver (.640) (Copper .360) Weight: 23.93 g Diameter: 36 mm Shape: Round Technique: Milled Demonetized: Yes Number: N# 15388 References: KM# 2928 Obverse:Script: LatinLettering:REPUBLIKÖSTERREICH100SCHILLINGEngraver: Helmuth Gsollpointner Reverse:Script: LatinLettering:XII.OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE· INNSBRUCK 1976 ·Engraver: Helmut Zobl Edge: Inscripted Lettering: HUNDERT SCHILLING Mint: Vienna, Austria (1194-date) Olympic Highlights:Austrian favorite Franz Klammer won the men's downhill event in alpine skiing in 1:45.73, after great pressure from his country and defending champion Bernhard Russi of Switzerland. Dorothy Hamill of the US won the gold in figure Skating, and inspired the popular "wedge" haircut. Elegant British figure skater John Curry altered his routine to appeal to Olympic judges, winning gold. American figure skater Terry Kubicka attempted – and completed – a dangerous backflip in figure skating. Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany nearly swept the women's alpine skiing events, earning two golds and a silver, missing the third gold by 0.13 seconds. Soviet speed skater Tatiana Averina won four medals. In the 4-man bobsled, the East German team won the first of three consecutive titles. The USSR won its fourth straight ice hockey gold medal; for the second consecutive Olympics, Canada refused to send a team, protesting the rules that allowed the USSR to field professional players while limiting Canada to amateurs. Sweden also joined the boycott. Sports technology, in the guise of innovative perforated skis, sleek hooded suits and streamlined helmets appeared in alpine skiing, speed skating and ski jumping, making headlines in Innsbruck. A second cauldron for the Olympic flame was built to represent the 1976 Games. Both it and the cauldron from the 1964 games were lit together. Bobsleigh and luge competed on the same track for the first time ever. Galina Kulakova of the Soviet Union finished 3rd in the women's 5 km ski event, but was disqualified due to a positive test for banned substance ephedrine. She claimed that this was a result of using the nasal spray that contained the substance. Both the FIS and the IOC allowed her to compete in the 10 km and the 4×5 km relay. This was the first stripped medal at the Winter Olympics. The Austrian anthem was played three times at the closing ceremony during the beginning, the victory ceremony and the handover ceremony to honor the three verses of the anthem.

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