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Austria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Austria at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympia.at (in German)
in Atlanta
Competitors72 (56 men and 16 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Hubert Raudaschl
Medals
Ranked 57th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 72 competitors, 56 men and 16 women, took part in 53 events in 15 sports.[1]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Wolfram Waibel Shooting Men's Air Rifle
 Bronze Theresia Kiesl Athletics Women's 1,500 metres
 Bronze Wolfram Waibel Shooting Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

Athletics

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Key

  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • NM = No mark
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Christoph Pöstinger 200 m 20.98 5 Did not advance
Thomas Griesser 21.20 6 Did not advance
Werner Edler-Muhr 1500 m 3:45.02 8 Did not advance
Thomas Ebner 3:48.38 10 Did not advance
Mark McKoy 110 m hurdles 13.70 2 Q 13.64 5 Did not advance
Elmar Lichtenegger 14.03 6 Did not advance
Herwig Röttl 14.08 7 Did not advance
Martin Schützenauer
Martin Lachkovics
Thomas Griesser
Christoph Pöstinger
4 × 100 m relay 39.80 4 did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Theresia Kiesl 1500 m 4:09.24 1 Q 4:09.44 1 Q 4:03.02 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Lyudmila Ninova Long Jump NM Did not advance
Sigrid Kirchmann High Jump Did not start

Badminton

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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Hannes Fuchs Men's singles Bye  Robertson (GBR)
W (15–2, 15–6)
 Stuer-Lauridsen (DEN)
L (2-15, 5–15)
Did not advance

Canoeing

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Slalom
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Best
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Helmut Oblinger Men's C-1 159.22 20 157.06 19 157.06 28
Manuel Köhler 261.01 43 209.54 36 209.54 42
Slalom
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ursula Profanter Women's K-1 500m 1:51.440 1 QS Bye 1:50.066 3 QF 1:50.271 6

Cycling

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Road

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Peter Luttenberger Men's road race 4:56:50 81
Harald Morscher 4:55:45 46
Werner Riebenbauer 4:56:45 44
Georg Totschnig 4:56:47 61
Peter Wrolich 4:55:46 54
Tanja Klein Women's road race 2:37:06 22
Women's time trial 42:03 23

Track

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Christian Meidlinger Men's 1k time trial 1:05.530 9
Athlete Event Points Rank
Franz Stocher Men's points race 5 12
Tanja Klein Women's points race 0 16

Mountain Bike

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Ernst Denifl Men's cross-country 2:45:34 28

Diving

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Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Richard Frece Men's 3 m springboard 365.73 10 197.91 17 563.64 14 Did not advance
Men's 10 m platform 373.41 12 148.35 17 521.76 12 355.29 11 503.64 12
Anja Richter Women's 10 m platform 266.13 10 160.83 10 426.96 10 247.62 11 408.45 11

Equestrian

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Dressage
Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Test Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle
Points Rank Points Rank Total Rank Points Rank Total Rank
Caroline Hatlapa Merlin Individual 64.36 31 Did not advance
Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Qualifying Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Total Rank Penalties Rank Total Rank Penalties Jump-off Rank
Anton-Martin Bauer Vesuve Paluelle Individual 4.00 =14 0.00 =1 4.00 8.00 =31 12.00 =9 8.00 =11
Thomas Metzger Royal Flash DNF Did not advance
Helmut Morbitzer Racal 0.00 =1 16.00 =57 16.00 4.00 =14 20.00 =29 29.00 25
Hugo Simon ET 4.00 =14 4.00 =11 8.00 8.00 =31 16.00 =16 4.00 4.00 4
Anton-Martin Bauer
Thomas Metzger
Helmut Morbitzer
Hugo Simon
See above Team 20.00 =9 20.00 =11 20.00 =11

Fencing

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Three fencers, all male, represented Austria in 1996.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Benny Wendt Individual foil  Römer (GER)
L 7–15
Did not advance 23
Michael Ludwig  Rodríguez (VEN)
W 15–11
 Plumenail (FRA)
L 12–15
Did not advance 26
Marco Falchetto  Marchetti (ARG)
L 13–15
Did not advance 33
Benny Wendt
Michael Ludwig
Marco Falchetto
Team foil  United States (USA)
W 45–32
 Italy (ITA)
W 45–36
 Poland (POL)
L 36–45
 Cuba (CUB)
L 28–45
4

Judo

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Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Thomas Schleicher –71 kg Bye  Nakamura (JPN)
L
Did not advance  Harkat (ALG)
W
 Schmidt (GER)
L
Did not advance =9
Patrick Reiter –78 kg  Shmakov (UZB)
L
Did not advance =33
Sergei Klischin -86 kg Bye  Wilkinson (AUS)
L
Did not advance =21
Eric Krieger +95 kg Bye  Larbi (ALG)
W
 Rakhimov (TJK)
W
 Douillet (FRA)
L
Did not advance Bye  Van Barneveld (BEL)
L
Did not advance =9
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mariela Spacek –66 kg Bye  Kotelnikova (RUS)
W
 Dubois (FRA)
L
Did not advance Bye  Revé (CUB)
L
Did not advance =9

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Rope Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Birgit Schielin Individual 9.200 9.166 9.266 9.249 36.881 24 Did not advance
Nina Taborsky 9.133 9.183 9.083 9.166 36.566 29 Did not advance

Rowing

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Men
Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Horst Nußbaumer Single sculls 7:36.15 3 R 7:49.79 2 SAB 7:35.52 6 FB 6:53.20 9
Andreas Nader
Hermann Bauer
Coxless pair 6:46.18 6 R 7:03.86 2 SAB 6:57.44 4 FB 6:38.60 11
Arnold Jonke
Christoph Zerbst
Double sculls 6:56.55 4 R 6:43.52 1 SAB 6:35.76 2 FA 6:25.17 5
Wolfgang Sigl
Walter Rantasa
Lightweight double sculls 6:54.36 2 R 6:21.10 1 Q 6:28.06 3 FA 6:30.85 5
Martin Kobau
Harald Hofmann
Christoph Schmölzer
Gernot Faderbauer
Lightweight coxless four 6:24.59 3 R 6:02.76 3 Q 6:22.60 6 FB 6:06.09 12
Women
Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Karola Schustereder
Monika Felizeter
Lightweight double sculls 7:45.45 4 R 7:07.34 3 Q 7:32.07 6 FB 7:11.22 11

Sailing

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Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Hans Spitzauer Finn 4 1 10 7 11 4 5 PMS 12 12 54.0 4
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Franz Urlesberger Laser 19 30 15 16 16 23 14 12 6 9 15 122.0 14
Andreas Hagara
Florian Schneeberger
Tornado 4 3 5 6 1 7 10 13 7 13 1 44.0 4
Hubert Raudaschl
Andreas Hanakamp
Star 12 12 13 19 13 5 13 20 13 8 89.0 15

Shooting

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Thomas Farnik 50 m rifle three positions 1164 13 Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 589 42 Did not advance
Dieter Grabner 10 m air rifle 588 18 Did not advance
Wolfram Waibel, Jr. 50 m rifle three positions 1170 4 Q 1269.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
50 m rifle prone 590 39 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 596 1 Q 695.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Swimming

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Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Judith Draxler 50 m freestyle 26.34 =20 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 57.34 NR 27 Did not advance
Martina Nemec 400 m freestyle 4:23.72 32 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:21.10 30 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 5:02.52 30 Did not advance
Vera Lischka 100 m breaststroke 1:09.68 NR 5 FA 1:09.24 NR 5
Elvira Fischer 200 m breaststroke 2:33.89 =24 Did not advance

Key: FA - Qualify to A final (medal); FB - Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Table tennis

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Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ding Yi Men's singles  Kim (KOR)
L 0–2
 Németh (HUN)
L 1–2
 Langley (AUS)
W 2–1
3 Did not advance
Werner Schlager  Primorac (CRO)
L 0–2
 Bátorfi (HUN)
W 2-0
 Al-Hammadi (QAT)
W 2-0
2 Did not advance
Ding Yi
Qian Qianli
Men's doubles   /
Wang (CHN)
L 0–2
 Atiković /
Primorac (CRO)
W 2-0
 Langley /
Lavale (AUS)
W 2-0
3 Did not advance
Karl Jindrak
Werner Schlager
 Fetzner /
Roßkopf (GER)
L 0–2
 Huang /
Ng (CAN)
W 2-0
 Hoyama /
Peixoto (BRA)
W 2-1
2 Did not advance

Tennis

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Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Judith Wiesner Women's singles  Temesvári (HUN)
W 7–6, 6–4
 Novotná (CZE)
L 4–6, 6–3, 3-6
Did not advance

References

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  1. ^ "Austria at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-05.