Austria at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUT
Nocname:	Austrian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1992
Website:
Start Date:	25 July
End Date:	9 August
Location:	Barcelona, Spain
Competitors:	102 (71 men and 31 women)
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Elisabeth Max-Theurer
Rank:	41
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 102 competitors, 71 men and 31 women, took part in 68 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				1 August
				4 August

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	11	5	16
Badminton	2	0	2
Canoeing	3	1	4
Cycling	5	0	5
Diving	2	0	2
Equestrian	4	1	5
Fencing	5	0	5
Handball	0	14	14
Judo	3	3	6
Rowing	12	0	12
Sailing	13	0	13
Shooting	4	1	5
Swimming	1	1	2
Synchronized swimming	–	2	2
Table tennis	2	0	2
Tennis	2	3	5
Wrestling	2	–	2
Total	71	31	102

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m metres

• • • Andreas Berger Heat - DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Helmut Schmuck - 2:23.38 (→ 47th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Stefan Wogerbauer - 4:17:25 (→ 26th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• • • Johann Linder Qualification - 75.28 m
  • Final - 75.14 m (→ 9th place)

Men's Shot Put

• • • Klaus Bodenmuller Qualification - 19.86 m
  • Final - 20.48 m (→ 6th place)

Women's High Jump

• • • Sigrid Kirchmann Qualification - 1.92 m
  • Final - 1.94 m (→ 5th place)

Women's Long Jump

• • • Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll Heat - 6.53 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Ursula Weber
  • Heat - 51.62m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Five cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1992.

Men's road race

• Peter Luttenberger
• Andreas Langl
• Georg Totschnig

Men's 1 km time trial

• Christian Meidlinger

Men's points race

• Franz Stocher

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's 3m Springboard

• Niki Stajković
  • Preliminary round – 339.75 points (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
• Jürgen Richter
  • Preliminary round – 336.78 points (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men's foil

• Benny Wendt
• Anatol Richter
• Michael Ludwig

Men's team foil

• Benny Wendt, Anatol Richter, Michael Ludwig, Robert Blaschka, Merten Mauritz

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Women's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Austria  - Spain 20-16
  • Austria  - South Korea 27-27
  • Austria  - Norway 17-19
• Classification Match
  • 5th/6th place: Austria  - United States 26-17 (→ Fifth place)
• Team Roster
  • Stanka Bozovic
  • Slavica Đukić
  • Jadranka Jez
  • Kerstin Jönsson
  • Leona Kloud
  • Jasna Kolar-Merdan
  • Sandra Mamoli
  • Edith Matei
  • Iris Morhammer
  • Nicole Peissl
  • Karin Prokop
  • Marianna Racz
  • Natali Rusnatchenko
  • Barbara Strass
  • Liliana Topea
  • Teresa Zurowski
• Head coach: Vinco Kandija

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Christoph Sieber	Lechner A-390	18	8	2	6	2	12	6	27	3	13	110.1	5
Hans Spitzauer	Finn	9	18	5	15	3	3	16	79.4	8
Christian Binder Markus Piso	470	4	20	24	31	25	23	23	153.0	26

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Stephan Schurich Markus Schneeberger	Flying Dutchman	7	19	18	11	8	8	21	107.0	16
Andreas Hagara Roman Hagara	Tornado	6	6	1	18	4	13	9	65.4	7
Hubert Raudaschl Friedrich Xaver Gruber	Star	15	18	18	11	11	14	22	123.0	20
Michael Luschan Stefan Lindner Georg Stadler	Soling	9	15	17	9	18	19	98.0	19

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Thomas Farnik	50 m rifle three positions	1160	14	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	590	6 Q	690.2	6
Wolfram Waibel Sr.	50 m rifle prone	591	31	did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	1140	38	did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	596	11	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	589	11	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jana Kubala	50 m rifle three positions	575	14	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	378	12	did not advance

Open

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m Butterfly

• Alexander Brandl
  • Heat  - 55.45 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Alexander Brandl
  • Heat  - 2:02.88 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Martina Nemec
  • Heat  - 1:13.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Martina Nemec
  • Heat  - 2:36.65 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Martina Nemec
  • Heat  - 2:22.63 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Synchronized swimming

See main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Two synchronized swimmers represented Austria in 1992.

Women's solo

• Beatrix Müllner
• Christine Müllner

Women's duet

• Beatrix Müllner
• Christine Müllner

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Men's singles competition

• Thomas Muster
  1. First round - Lost to Henri Leconte (France) 6–7, 6–7, 4–6
• Horst Skoff
  1. First round - Lost to Magnus Larsson (Sweden) 2–6, 2–6, 3–6

Women's singles competition

• Barbara Paulus
  1. First round  - Defeated Monique Javer (Great Britain) 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
  2. Second round  - Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 4–6, 1-6
• Petra Ritter
  1. First round  - Lost to Eugenia Maniokova (Unified Team) 1–6, 6-7

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austria at the 1992 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043829/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1992/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-12-21 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/AUT/editions/23 Austria at the 1992 Summer Olympics