Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill
The Women's downhill competition of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum on Sunday, 8 February.
The defending world champion was Annemarie Moser-Pröll of Austria, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion, but spent this year away from racing to care for her ailing father; Switzerland's Bernadette Zurbriggen led the current season. Defending Olympic champion Marie-Theres Nadig was entered in the race but did not start.
Rosi Mittermaier won the gold medal, Brigitte Totschnig of Austria took the silver, and Cindy Nelson of the United States was the bronze medalist. Mittermaier also won the slalom and was the runner-up in the giant slalom.
The starting gate was at an elevation of above sea level, with a vertical drop of. The course length was and Mittermaier's winning run of 106.16 seconds resulted in an average speed of, with an average vertical descent rate of.Results
Sunday, February 8, 1976
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| 9 | Rosi Mittermaier | | 1:46.16 | — |
| 7 | Brigitte Totschnig | | 1:46.68 | +0.52 |
| 10 | Cindy Nelson | | 1:47.50 | +1.34 |
| 4 | 13 | Nicola Spieß | | 1:47.71 | +1.55 |
| 5 | 5 | Danièle Debernard | | 1:48.48 | +2.32 |
| 6 | 4 | Jacqueline Rouvier | | 1:48.58 | +2.42 |
| 7 | 2 | Bernadette Zurbriggen | | 1:48.62 | +2.46 |
| 8 | 3 | Marlies Oberholzer | | 1:48.68 | +2.52 |
| 9 | 14 | Monika Kaserer | | 1:48.81 | +2.65 |
| 10 | 8 | Irene Epple | | 1:48.91 | +2.75 |
| 11 | 15 | Hanni Wenzel | | 1:49.17 | +3.01 |
| 12 | 1 | Irmgard Lukasser | | 1:49.18 | +3.02 |
| 13 | 11 | Evi Mittermaier | | 1:49.23 | +3.07 |
| 14 | 26 | Susan Patterson | | 1:49.37 | +3.21 |
| 15 | 19 | Paola Hofer | | 1:49.60 | +3.44 |
| 16 | 20 | Laurie Kreiner | | 1:49.97 | +3.81 |
| 17 | 18 | Michèle Jacot | | 1:49.98 | +3.82 |
| 18 | 6 | Doris de Agostini | | 1:50.46 | +4.30 |
| 19 | 16 | Kathy Kreiner | | 1:50.48 | +4.32 |
| 20 | 30 | Wanda Bieler | | 1:50.58 | +4.42 |
| 21 | 23 | Fabienne Serrat | | 1:51.34 | +5.18 |
| 22 | 27 | Betsy Clifford | | 1:51.40 | +5.24 |
| 23 | 25 | Maria Epple | | 1:51.41 | +5.25 |
| 24 | 24 | Ursula Konzett | | 1:51.53 | +5.37 |
| 25 | 21 | Jolanda Plank | | 1:52.50 | +6.34 |
| 26 | 29 | Leslie Smith | | 1:52.98 | +6.82 |
| 27 | 28 | Torill Fjeldstad | | 1:52.99 | +6.83 |
| 28 | 36 | Alla Askarova | | 1:53.19 | +7.03 |
| 29 | 17 | Valentina Iliffe | | 1:53.31 | +7.15 |
| 30 | 22 | Riitta Ollikka | | 1:53.85 | +7.69 |
| 31 | 34 | Sally Rodd | | 1:54.82 | +8.66 |
| 32 | 33 | Dagmar Kuzmanová | | 1:54.81 | +8.65 |
| 33 | 32 | Jana Šoltýsová | | 1:55.02 | +8.86 |
| 34 | 35 | Fiona Easdale | | 1:57.66 | +11.50 |
| 35 | 37 | Hazel Hutcheon | | 1:58.33 | +12.17 |
| 36 | 38 | Joanne Henke | | 1:59.59 | +13.43 |
| 37 | 31 | Theresa Wallis | | 1:59.77 | +13.61 |
| 38 | 40 | Sue Gibson | | 2:03.49 | +17.33 |
| 12 | Marie-Theres Nadig | | DNS | |
| 39 | Janet Wells | | DNS | |
