Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUT
Nocname:	Austrian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Website:
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	73 (66 men and 7 women)
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Hubert Raudaschl
Rank:	29
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 73 competitors, 66 men and 7 women, took part in 62 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	9	1	10
Boxing	1	–	1
Cycling	7	0	7
Diving	2	0	2
Equestrian	2	0	2
Fencing	5	0	5
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	3	–	3
Modern pentathlon	1	–	1
Rowing	5	0	5
Sailing	8	0	8
Shooting	7	4	11
Swimming	6	0	6
Table tennis	2	0	2
Tennis	2	1	3
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Wrestling	5	–	5
Total	66	7	73

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's Long Jump

• • • Andreas Steiner Qualification - 7.61m (→ did not advance)
    • Teddy Steinmayr Qualification - 7.36m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Klaus Bodenmüller
  • Qualifying Heat  - 18.89m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Johann Lindner
  • Qualifying Heat - 76.60m
  • Final - 75.36m (→ 10th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Georg Werthner - 7753 points (→ 21st place)

1. 100 metres - 11.52s

1. Long Jump - 7.36m

1. Shot Put - 13.93m

1. High Jump - 1.94m

1. 400 metres - 49.99s

1. 110m Hurdles - 15.64s

1. Discus Throw - 38.82m

1. Pole Vault - 4.60m

1. Javelin Throw - 67.04m

1. 1.500 metres - 4:26.42s

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Seven cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1988.

Men's road race

• Mario Traxl
• Johann Lienhart
• Dietmar Hauer

Men's team time trial

• Dietmar Hauer
• Norbert Kostel
• Johann Lienhart
• Mario Traxl

Men's team pursuit

• Roland Königshofer
• Johann Lienhart
• Kurt Schmied
• Franz Stocher

Men's points race

• Roland Königshofer

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Five fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1988.

Men's foil

• Benny Wendt
• Anatol Richter

Men's épée

• Arno Strohmeyer
• Johannes Nagele
• Axel Birnbaum

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented Austria in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Helmut Spannagl - 4833 pts (→ 36th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Spannagl - 4833 pts (→ 23rd place)

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Thomas Wallner	Division II	17	16	RET	10	7	11	1	91.0	11
Hans Spitzauer	Finn	DSQ	13	DSQ	3	12	YMP	14	119.7	15
Christian Binder Heimo Hecht	470	15	19	18	16	17	RET	RET	151.0	24

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Norbert Petschel Christian Claus	Tornado	2	11	8	5	4	2	4	46.0	4
Hubert Raudaschl Stephan Puxkandl	Star	13	RET	11	15	9	1	13	91.0	13

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	50 m rifle prone	589	45	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	581	34	did not advance
Hannes Gufler	50 m rifle three positions	1155	38	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	577	41	did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	1157	36	did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	595	15	did not advance
Hans Hierzer	50 m pistol	550	32	did not advance
	10 m air pistol	565	40	did not advance
Horst Krasser	50 m pistol	543	38	did not advance
	10 m air pistol	569	34	did not advance
Hermann Sailer	25 m rapid fire pistol	584	29	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	50 m rifle three positions	578	16	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	393	9	did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	576	20	did not advance
Christine Strahalm	25 m pistol	580	18	did not advance
	10 m air pistol	379	8 Q	472.6	8
Barbara Troger	10 m air rifle	383	33	did not advance

Open

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's 50m Freestyle

• Markus Opatril
  • Heat - 24.32 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
• Alexander Pilhatsch
  • Heat - 24.42 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Markus Opatril
  • Heat - 52.66 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
• Stefan Opatril
  • Heat - DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Alesander Placheta
  • Heat - 1:56.11 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Thomas Böhm
  • Heat - 1:04.96 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Thomas Böhm
  • Heat - 2:24.15 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Reinhold Leitner
  • Heat - 56.72 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Reinhold Leitner
  • Heat - 2:02.18 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Stefan Opatril, Markus Opatril, Alesander Placheta, and Alexander Pilhatsch
  • Heat - DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Women's Singles Competition

• Barbara Paulus
  1. First Round  - Defeated Bettina Fulco (Argentina) 7-6 6–4
  2. Second Round  - Defeated Jana Novotná (Czechoslovakia) 6-4 6–3
  3. Third Round  - Lost to Zina Garrison (USA) 5-7 2-6

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austria at the 1988 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044103/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1988/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-07-16 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/AUT/editions/22 Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics