Austria at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUT
Nocname:	Austrian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Website:
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	72 (56 men and 16 women)
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Hubert Raudaschl
Rank:	57
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's Air Rifle
			Women's 1,500 metres
			Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

Athletics

See 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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christoph Pöstinger	align=left rowspan=2	200 m	20.98	5	Did not advance
Thomas Griesser	21.20	6	Did not advance
Werner Edler-Muhr	align=left rowspan=2	1500 m	3:45.02	8	Did not advance
Thomas Ebner	3:48.38	10	Did not advance
Mark McKoy	align=left rowspan=3	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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lyudmila Ninova	Long Jump	NM		Did not advance
Sigrid Kirchmann	High Jump	Did not start

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Best
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Helmut Oblinger	align=left rowspan=2	Men's C-1	159.22	20	157.06	19	157.06	28
Manuel Köhler	261.01	43	209.54	36	209.54	42

Slalom

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Peter Luttenberger	align=left rowspan=5	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
align=left rowspan=2	Tanja Klein	Women's road race	2:37:06	22
Women's time trial	42:03	23

Track

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Franz Stocher	Men's points race	5	12
Tanja Klein	Women's points race	0	16

Mountain Bike

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	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

See main article: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying										Final
			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	align=left rowspan=4	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

See 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 /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Benny Wendt	align=left rowspan=3	Individual foil		L 7–15	Did not advance				23
Michael Ludwig	W 15–11	L 12–15	Did not advance				26
Marco Falchetto	L 13–15	Did not advance					33
Benny Wendt Michael Ludwig Marco Falchetto	Team foil	W 45–32	W 45–36	L 36–45	L 28–45	4

Judo

See 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 /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Thomas Schleicher	–71 kg		L	Did not advance			W	L	Did not advance		=9
Patrick Reiter	–78 kg	L	Did not advance								=33
Sergei Klischin	-86 kg		L	Did not advance							=21
Eric Krieger	+95 kg		W	W	L	Did not advance		L	Did not advance		=9

Women

Rhythmic gymnastics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries						Semifinals						Final
		Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Birgit Schielin	align=left rowspan=2	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

See main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		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

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		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

See main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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
align=left rowspan=3	Wolfram Waibel, Jr.	align=center=2	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

See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Judith Draxler	50 m freestyle	26.34	=20	Did not advance
100 m freestyle	57.34 NR	27	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	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

See main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ding Yi	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	L 0–2	L 1–2	W 2–1	3	Did not advance
Werner Schlager	L 0–2	W 2-0	W 2-0	2	Did not advance
Ding Yi Qian Qianli	align=left rowspan=2	Men's doubles	L 0–2	W 2-0	W 2-0	3		Did not advance
Karl Jindrak Werner Schlager	L 0–2	W 2-0	W 2-1	2		Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austria at the 1996 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044232/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1996/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-02-05 . sports-reference.com.