Austria at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Austria at the
1972 Winter Olympics

IOC code| AUT
NOC| Austrian Olympic Committee
Website| www.olympia.at (in German)
in Sapporo
Competitors| 40 (29 men, 11 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer| Manfred Schmid (luge)
Medals
Ranked 9th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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Austria competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Beatrix Schuba | Figure skating | Ladies singles
Silver | Annemarie Moser-Proll | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill
Silver | Annemarie Moser-Proll | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom
Bronze | Wiltrud Drexel | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom
Bronze | Heinrich Messner | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Reinhard Tritscher | Downhill  |  | 1:58.05  | 31
Josef Loidl |  | 1:53.71  | 9
Karl Cordin |  | 1:53.32  | 7
Heini Meßner |  | 1:52.40  |
Josef Loidl | Giant slalom  | 1:36.26  | 25  | 1:38.39  | 7  | 3:14.65  | 12
Werner Bleiner | 1:34.18  | 15  | 1:41.78  | 22  | 3:15.96  | 18
Reinhard Tritscher | 1:32.51  | 5  | 1:39.88  | 14  | 3:12.39  | 8
David Zwilling | 1:32.34  | 4  | 1:39.98  | 15  | 3:12.32  | 7

Men's slalom
Athlete  | Classification  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time 1  | Rank  | Time 2  | Rank  | Total  | Rank
Alfred Matt | DSQ  | - | 58.44  | 19  | 55.24  | 12  | 1:53.68  | 14
Josef Loidl | 1:44.27  | 2  | 58.60  | 20  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Reinhard Tritscher | 1:44.06  | 3  | 59.43  | 22  | DSQ  | - | DSQ  | -
David Zwilling | bye  | 57.30  | 11  | 54.67  | 8  | 1:51.97  | 7

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Monika Kaserer | Downhill  |  | 1:42.59  | 30
Brigitte Totschnig |  | 1:40.73  | 15
Bernadette Rauter |  | 1:39.84  | 9
Annemarie Moser-Pröll |  | 1:37.00  |
Gertrud Gabl | Giant slalom  |  | DNF  | -
Monika Kaserer |  | 1:33.42  | 13
Wiltrud Drexel |  | 1:32.35  |
Annemarie Moser-Pröll |  | 1:30.75  |
Wiltrud Drexel | Slalom  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Gertrud Gabl | 47.80  | 11  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -
Monika Kaserer | 47.59  | 9  | 46.77  | 5  | 1:34.36  | 7
Annemarie Moser-Pröll | 47.20  | 6  | 46.83  | 6  | 1:34.03  | 5

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
AUT-1  | Herbert Gruber
Josef Oberhauser | Two-man  | 1:16.48  | 6  | 1:16.34  | 5  | 1:14.44  | 9  | 1:14.34  | 6  | 5:01.60  | 8
AUT-2  | Werner Delle Karth
Fritz Sperling | Two-man  | 1:16.99  | 10  | 1:17.91  | 18  | 1:15.84  | 20  | 1:14.61  | 8  | 5:05.35  | 13
Sled  | Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
AUT-1  | Herbert Gruber
Utz Chwalla
Josef Eder
Josef Oberhauser | Four-man  | 1:11.20  | 4  | 1:12.46  | 10  | 1:11.11  | 8  | 1:11.00  | 5  | 4:45.77  | 6
AUT-2  | Werner Delle Karth
Werner Moser
Walter Delle Karth
Fritz Sperling | Four-man  | 1:11.58  | 8  | 1:12.46  | 10  | 1:11.16  | 10  | 1:11.46  | 10  | 4:46.66  | 7

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
15 km  | Herbert Wachter | 49:44.13  | 42
Heinrich Wallner | 49:17.97  | 38
30 km  | Josef Hauser | DNF  | -
Heinrich Wallner | 1'48:05.42  | 48
Herbert Wachter | 1'44:45.67  | 33

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Herbert Wachter
Josef Hauser
Ulli Öhlböck
Heinrich Wallner | DNF  | -

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | CF  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Günter Anderl | 14  | 16  | 2313.6  | 138  | 15

Women
Athlete  | CF  | FS  | Points  | Places  | Rank

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Sonja Balun | 17  | 17  | 2260.6  | 148  | 17
Beatrix Schuba | 1  | 7  | 2751.5  | 9  |

## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Franz Schachner | 54.67  | 23  | 54.38  | 24  | 53.40  | 24  | 53.17  | 18  | 3:35.62  | 23
Rudolf Schmid | 54.33  | 20  | 53.93  | 18  | 52.74  | 17  | 52.76  | 14  | 3:33.76  | 16
Josef Feistmantl | 53.18  | 10  | 53.11  | 9  | 52.52  | 13  | 52.51  | 11  | 3:31.32  | 10
Manfred Schmid | 53.06  | 7  | 52.80  | 8  | 52.19  | 7  | 52.00  | 6  | 3:30.05  | 7

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Manfred Schmid
Ewald Walch | 44.92  | 7  | 44.83  | 6  | 1:29.75  | 7
Rudolf Schmid
Franz Schachner | 45.37  | 10  | 45.31  | 9  | 1:30.68  | 9

Women
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Margit Graf | 46.89  | 16  | 46.92  | 18  | 46.25  | 15  | 46.23  | 19  | 3:06.29  | 16
Antonia Mayr | 46.15  | 12  | 46.36  | 11  | 45.97  | 11  | 46.12  | 17  | 3:04.60  | 14
Angelika Schafferer | 46.00  | 11  | 46.41  | 13  | 45.94  | 10  | 45.71  | 14  | 3:04.06  | 11

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete  | Event  | Ski Jumping  | Cross-country  | Total

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Distance 1  | Distance 2  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Ulli Öhlböck | Individual  | 63.0  | 67.5  | 150.9  | 33  | 53:59.5  | 169.810  | 35  | 320.710  | 37

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Max Golser | Normal hill  | 73.0  | 95.5  | 73.5  | 100.3  | 195.8  | 36
Reinhold Bachler | 73.5  | 100.3  | 73.5  | 101.3  | 201.6  | 29
Rudi Wanner | 77.0  | 104.4  | 74.0  | 100.6  | 205.0  | 26
Rudi Wanner | Large hill  | 79.0  | 69.6  | 83.0  | 82.7  | 152.3  | 46
Max Golser | 86.0  | 84.9  | 78.0  | 68.7  | 153.6  | 43
Reinhold Bachler | 88.5  | 88.9  | 89.5  | 90.3  | 179.2  | 24

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Otmar Braunecker | 42.14  | 23
1500 m  | Otmar Braunecker | 2:14.88  | 31

## References

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* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com

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