Austria at the 1936 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUT
Nocname:	Austrian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1936
Website:
Location:	Berlin
Competitors:	234 (217 men and 17 women)
Sports:	19
Flagbearer:	Friedrich Wurmböck
Rank:	11
Gold:	4
Silver:	6
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 234 competitors, 217 men and 17 women, took part in 105 events in 19 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's Folding K-1 10000m
			Men's K-1 1000m
			Men's K-2 1000m
			Men's Lightweight
			Men's K-1 10000m
			Men's C-2 1000m
			Men's K-2 10000m
			Men's Football Competition
			Men's Handball Competition
			Men's Single Sculls
			Men's C-2 10000m
			Individual Dressage
			Women's Individual Foil

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Ten cyclist, all male, represented Austria in 1936.

Individual road race

• Virgilius Altmann
• Hans Höfner
• Eugen Schnalek
• Karl Kühn

Team road race

• Virgilius Altmann
• Hans Höfner
• Eugen Schnalek
• Karl Kühn

Sprint

• Franz Dusika

Time trial

• Alfred Mohr

Tandem

• Franz Dusika
• Alfred Mohr

Team pursuit

• Josef Genschieder
• Josef Moser
• Karl Schmaderer
• Karl Wölfl

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1936 Summer Olympics. 15 fencers, 12 men and 3 women, represented Austria in 1936.

Men's foil

• Josef Losert
• Karl Sudrich
• Josef Ritz

Men's team foil

• Hans Lion, Roman Fischer, Hans Schönbaumsfeld, Ernst Baylon, Josef Losert, Karl Sudrich

Men's épée

• Karl Hanisch
• Roman Fischer
• Rudolf Weber

Men's team épée

• Karl Hanisch, Hans Schönbaumsfeld, Roman Fischer, Hugo Weczerek, Rudolf Weber

Men's sabre

• Josef Losert
• Hubert Loisel
• Karl Sudrich

Men's team sabre

• Josef Losert, Hugo Weczerek, Karl Sudrich, Hubert Loisel, Karl Hanisch, Karl Kaschka

Women's foil

• Ellen Müller-Preis
• Elisabeth Grasser
• Friedrieke Wenisch-Filz

Football

See main article: Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Eduard Kainberger

• Josef Lagofsky

• Martin Kargl

• Ernst Kuenz

• Anton Krenn

• Karl Wahlmueller

• Max Hofmeister

• Walter Werginz

• Adolf Laudon

• Klement Steinmetz

• Josef Kitzmueller

• Franz Fuchsberger

• Franz Mandl

• Karl Kainberger

• Josef Ksander

• Ernst Bacher

• Alois Homschak

• Anton Kleindienst

• Leo Schaffelhofer

• Karl Schreiber

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Two male pentathletes represented Austria in 1936.

• Karl Leban
• Alfred Guth

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Austria had nine rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1936.^[2]

Men's single sculls

• Josef Hasenöhrl

Men's double sculls

• Fritz Moser
• Hermann Kubik

Men's coxless pair

• Heinz Gattringer
• Max Colli

Men's coxless four

• Rudolf Höpfler
• Camillo Winkler
• Wilhelm Pichler
• Hans Binder

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Open

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Three shooters represented Austria in 1936.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Alfred Hämmerle	50 m rifle, prone	281	61
Theodor Janisch		291	32
Alois Navratil		289	40

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Art competitions

See main article: Art competitions at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austria at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041856/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1936/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-05-07 . sports-reference.com.
2. Austria Rowing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417091007/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1936/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 May 2018.