Austria at the 1948 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUT
Nocname:	Austrian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1948
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	147 (115 men, 32 women)
Sports:	17
Rank:	21
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 147 competitors, 115 men and 32 women, took part in 79 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's Javelin
			Women's Shot Put
			Women's K-1 500m
			Women's Individual Foil

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1948 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
• OR = Olympic record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
• NP = Not placed

Men

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Felix Würth	Long Jump	7.08	8 Q	7.00	8
Arnulf Pilhatsch	High Jump	1.84	21	did not advance
Felix Würth	Triple Jump	13.92	21	did not advance
Hermann Tunner	align=left rowspan=2	Discus throw	45.92	10 Q	44.43	11

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maria Oberbreyer	align=left rowspan=2	100 m		4	did not advance
Grete Pavlousek		4	did not advance
Grete Pavlousek	200 m		4	did not advance
Maria Oberbreyer	align=left rowspan=2	80 m Hurdles	11.9	3 Q	11.9	2 Q	11.8	5
Elfriede Steurer	12.2	1 Q	12.4	6	did not advance
Grete Jenny Elfriede Steurer Grete Pavlousek Maria Oberbreyer	4 × 100 m relay	50.0	2 Q	49.2	6

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ilse Steinegger	align=left rowspan=2	long jump	5.30	10 Q	5.19	10
Maria Oberbreyer	5.35	9	5.24	9
Ilse Steinegger	high jump	1.55	7
Ine Schäffer	align=left rowspan=3	Shot put	13.08
Anni Bruk	12.50	6
Marianne Schläger	11.75	12
Lotte Haidegger	align=left rowspan=3	Discus throw	38.81	5
Frieda Tiltsch	37.19	9
Marianne Schläger	34.79	15
Herma Bauma	align=left rowspan=2	Javelin throw	45.57	OR
Gerda Schilling-Staniek	38.01	9

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robert Gausterer	Flyweight	L PTS	did not advance
Hermann Mazurkiewitsch	Bantamweight	L PTS	did not advance
Eduard Kerschbaumer	Featherweight		W PTS	L PTS	did not advance
Otto Michtits	Light heavyweight	L PTS	did not advance
Karl Ameisbichler	Heavyweight		L KO2	did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Eight cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1948.

Individual road race

• Rudi Valenta
• Hans Goldschmid
• Siegmund Huber
• Josef Pohnetal

Team road race

• Rudi Valenta
• Hans Goldschmid
• Siegmund Huber
• Josef Pohnetal

Sprint

• Erich Welt

Time trial

• Walter Freitag

Tandem

• Kurt Nemetz
• Erich Welt

Team pursuit

• Walter Freitag
• Hans Goldschmid
• Josef Pohnetal
• Heinrich Schiebel

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Austria in 1948.

Men's sabre

• Hubert Loisel
• Heinz Putzl
• Werner Plattner

Men's team sabre

• Werner Plattner, Heinz Putzl, Heinz Lechner, Hubert Loisel

Women's foil

• Ellen Müller-Preis
• Fritzi Wenisch-Filz
• Gabriele Zeilinger

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Eduard Frühwirth

width=4%	Pos.	width=23%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=21%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals	width=4%	Minutes played	width=4%	Sub off	width=4%	Sub on	width=4%	Cards yellow/red
		1 Mar 1920	28	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		9 Oct 1923	24	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		14 Apr 1914	34	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		29 Nov 1925	22	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		4 Jul 1917	31	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		14 Feb 1926	22	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		15 Apr 1926	22	?		1	0	65	-	-	/1red
		26 Jun 1920	28	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		17 Oct 1920	27	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
		7 Mar 1926	22	?		1	0	90	-	-	1 yel. / -
		6 Nov 1925	22	?		1	0	90	-	-	-
	- Stand-by players -
		9 May 1921	27	?		0	0	0	-	-	-
		5 Sep 1921	26	?		0	0	0	-	-	-
		27 Jan 1921	27	?		0	0	0	-	-	-
		5 Sep 1927	20	?		0	0	0	-	-	-
		4 Feb 1922	26	?		0	0	0	-	-	-
		16 Mar 1920	28	?		0	0	0	-	-	-
		7 Aug 1920	27	?		0	0	0	-	-	-
		14 Jan 1925	23	?		0	0	0	-	-	-
		5 Mar 1913	35	?		0	0	0	-	-	-
		6 Aug 1927	20	?		0	0	0	-	-	-

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Women's team all-around

• Gretchen Hehenberger

Hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Head coach:

width=4%	No.	width=6%	Pos.	width=23%	Player	width=12%	DoB	width=4%	Age	width=4%	Caps	width=21%	Club	width=6%	Tournament games	width=6%	Tournament goals
	B		13 October 1915	32	?		3	?
	FW		2 May 1912	36	?		3	?
					?		0	0
	B		20 October 1923	24	?		3	?
					?		0	0
	FW		3 April 1921	27	?		2	?
	FW		28 February 1923	25	?		3	?
	FW		17 February 1921	27	?		3	?
	FW		25 March 1913	35	?		3	?
	FW		10 March 1908	40	?		2	?
					?		0	0
	GK		20 November 1920	27	?		3	?
	HB		7 July 1920	28	?		3	?
	HB		14 October 1918	29	?		2	?
	HB		13 July 1916	32	?		3	?

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Austria had seven male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Men's coxless pair

• Gert Watzke
• Kurt Watzke

Men's coxed four

• Erwin Bittmann
• Karl Sitter
• Franz Frauneder
• Theodor Obrietan
• Karl Riedel (cox)

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Harald Musil		20	DNF	DNF	18	17	19	DNF	499	21
Georg Obermuller Hans Schachinger G. Werner Horst Obermuller	Star	10	15	14	14	15	8	9	1661	13

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Three shooters represented Austria in 1948.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Richard Bohslavsky	50 m rifle, prone	575	58
Andreas Krapf		581	50
Ernst Wöll		573	60

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Art competitions

See main article: article and Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Mixed literature, epic works

• Hans Breidbach-Bernau

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austria at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090503/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1948/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 8 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.
2. Austria Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234829/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1948/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 March 2018.