Austria at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Austria at the
1908 Summer Olympics

IOC code| AUT
NOC| Austrian Olympic Committee
Website| www.olympia.at (in German)
in London
Competitors| 7 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 19th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

* 1896
* 1900
* 1904
* 1908
* 1912
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
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* 1980
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* 1988
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* 2000
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* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Bronze | Otto Scheff | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle | July 16

## Results by event

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### Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event | Place | Athlete | Heats | Semifinals | Final

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Men's 100 metres | Heats | Eduard Schönecker | Unknown
4th, heat 13 | Did not advance
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Men's 200 metres | Heats | Eduard Schönecker | Unknown
3rd, heat 12 | Did not advance
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Men's marathon | 25th | Emmerich Rath | None held | 3:50:30.4
— | Felix Kwieton | Did not start
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Men's 10 mile walk | 15th | Emmerich Rath | None held | 1:30:33.8
8th, semifinal 2 | Did not advance
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### Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Austria's lone sabreur advanced to the second round before being eliminated.

Event | Place | Fencer | First
round | Second
round | Semi-
final | Final

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Men's sabre | Second
round | Siegfried Flesch | 5-0 (1st in A) | 1-3 (3rd in 6) | Did not advance
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### Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event | Place | Swimmer | Heats | Semifinals | Final

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Men's 100 metre freestyle | Semi-
finalist | Otto Scheff | 1:11.8
1st, heat 2 | Unknown
4th, semifinal 2 | Did not advance
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Men's 400 metre freestyle | 3rd | Otto Scheff | 5:51.0
1st, heat 7 | 5:40.6
1st, semifinal 1 | 5:46.0
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Men's 1500 metre freestyle | 4th | Otto Scheff | 24:15.8
2nd, heat 6 | 24:25.0
2nd, semifinal 2 | Unknown
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### Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event | Place | Name | Round
of 64 | Round
of 32 | Round
of 16 | Quarter-
finals | Semi-
finals | Final

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Men's singles | 16th | Arthur Zborzil | Bye | Lost to Bissing | Did not advance
26th | Rolf Kinzl | Lost to Eaves | Did not advance
Felix Pipes | Lost to Kreuzer
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Men's doubles | 4th | Felix Pipes
Arthur Zborzil | None held | Bye | Bye | Lost to
Ritchie/Parke | Did not advance
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Opponent nation | Wins | Losses | Percent

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Great Britain | 0 | 2 | .000
Germany | 0 | 2 | .000
Total | 0 | 4 | .000

## Sources

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* Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
* De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2006.

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Austria hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics.
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