Austria at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Austria at the
1968 Summer Olympics

IOC code| AUT
NOC| Austrian Olympic Committee
Website| www.olympia.at (in German)
in Mexico City
Competitors| 43 (35 men and 8 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer| Roland Losert
Medals
Ranked 32nd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Austria competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 43 competitors, 38 men and 8 women, took part in 37 events in 12 sports.[1]

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Silver | Hubert Raudaschl | Sailing | Men's Finn Competition
Silver | Liese Prokop | Athletics | Women's Pentathlon
Bronze | Eva Janko | Athletics | Women's Javelin Throw
Bronze | Günther Pfaff
Gerhard Seibold | Canoeing | Men's K2 1.000m Kayak Pairs

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1968.

Men's foil

* Roland Losert
* Udo Birnbaum
* Rudolf Trost

Men's épée

* Herbert Polzhuber
* Rudolf Trost
* Roland Losert

Men's team épée

* Udo Birnbaum, Roland Losert, Herbert Polzhuber, Frank Battig

## Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Austria in 1968.

Individual

* Wolf-Dietrich Sonnleitner
* Siegfried Springer
* Wolfgang Leu

Team

* Wolf-Dietrich Sonnleitner
* Siegfried Springer
* Wolfgang Leu

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Open
Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Net points  | Final rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7
Hubert Raudaschl | Finn | ~~14~~ | 3  | 3  | 4  | 4  | 4  | 12  | 53.4  |
Karl Geiger
Werner Fischer | Flying Dutchman | 18  | 15  | 10  | 16  | 16  | 12  | 11  | 116  | 17

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Five shooters, all men, represented Austria in 1968.

Open
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Score  | Rank
Hubert Garschall | 50 m free pistol | 547  | 18
25 m rapid fire pistol | 579  | 30
Guido Loacker | 50 m rifle three positions | 1146  | 14
Josef Meixner | Trap | 187  | 37
Friedrich Schattleitner | 50 m rifle prone | 590  | 35
Wolfram Waibel, Sr. | 50 m rifle three positions | 1133  | 32
50 m rifle prone | 587  | 53

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Austria at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-12-26.

## External links

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database

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