Austria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Austria at the
1996 Summer Olympics

IOC code| AUT
NOC| Austrian Olympic Committee
Website| www.olympia.at (in German)
in Atlanta
Competitors| 72 (56 men and 16 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer | Hubert Raudaschl
Medals
Ranked 57th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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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

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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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Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

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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

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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  |

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Lyudmila Ninova | Long Jump | NM  | Did not advance
Sigrid Kirchmann | High Jump | Did not start

## Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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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Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Slalom
Athlete  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Best

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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

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Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Repechage  | Semifinal  | Final

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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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Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

### Road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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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

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Christian Meidlinger | Men's 1k time trial | 1:05.530  | 9
Athlete  | Event  | Points  | Rank

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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

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Ernst Denifl | Men's cross-country | 2:45:34  | 28

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Semifinal  | Final

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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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Main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Dressage
Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Grand Prix Test  | Grand Prix Special  | Grand Prix Freestyle

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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

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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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Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Three fencers, all male, represented Austria in 1996.

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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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Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Repechage 3  | Final / BM

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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

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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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Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Semifinals  | Final

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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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Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete(s)  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Semifinals  | Final

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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

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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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Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

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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

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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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Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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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  |
50 m rifle prone | 590  | 39  | Did not advance
10 m air rifle | 596  | 1 Q | 695.2  |

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final

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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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Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Group stage  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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 |  Lü /
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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Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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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.

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