Austria at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUT
Nocname:	Austrian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Website:
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	92 (55 men and 37 women)
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Wolfram Waibel
Rank:	32
Gold:	2
Silver:	1
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 92 competitors, 55 men and 37 women, took part in 68 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's Mistral
			Men's Tornado
			Women's 800 metres

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Martin Lachkovics	100 m	10.41	4 q	10.44	8	colspan=4
200 m	21.00	4	colspan=6
Elmar Lichtenegger	100 m hurdles	13.65	4 Q	13.73	4 Q	13.59	8	colspan=2
Günther Weidlinger	3000 m steeple	8:24.07	3 Q	8:26.70	8
Michael Buchleitner	Marathon	2:19:26	33

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event											Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Klaus Ambrosch	style=font-size:95%	Result	11.01	50.23	14.92	4:40.94	15.30	41.22	67.94	7.17	1.91	4.60	7917	18
style=font-size:95%	Points	858	854	808	723	804	859	659	790	858	674

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Karin Mayr	100 m	11.50	4	colspan=6
200 m	23.90	6	colspan=6
Stephanie Graf	800 m	1.58.39	1 Q	1:57.56	1 Q	1:56.64
Susanne Pumper	5000 m	15:16.66	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Valentina Fedjuschina	Shot Put	17.84	12 Q	17.14	12
Linda Horvath	High Jump	1.89	25	colspan=2
Doris Auer	Pole Vault	4.30	13	4.35	9

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Helmut Oblinger	align=left rowspan=2	Men's K-1	125.94	1	128.00	8	253.94	1 Q	112.58	4	113.87	10	226.45	4
Manuel Köhler	128.34	6	127.45	7	253.94	4 Q	115.06	10	111.74	4	226.80	6
Violetta Oblinger-Peters	Women's K-1	149.71	7	158.77	16	308.48	10 Q	145.64	15	136.65	13	282.29	15

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Matthias Buxhofer	align=left rowspan=5	Men's Road race	51	5:30:46
Gerrit Glomser	41	5:30:46
Thomas Mühlbacher
Peter Wrolich	23	5:30:46
align=left rowspan=2	René Haselbacher
Men's Time trial	1:02:38	34

Track

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Franz Stocher	Men's points race	8	6
Werner Riebenbauer Roland Garber	Men's Madison	10	5
Michaela Brunngraber	Women's points race	0	15

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Richard Frece	Men's 3 m springboard	328.68	31	colspan=8
Marion Reiff	align=left rowspan=2	Women's 10 m platform	206.55	37	colspan=8
Anja Richter-Libiseller	314.31	6 Q	168.78	10	483.09	7 Q	313.38	8	482.16	7
Marion Reiff Anja Richter-Libiseller	Women's 10 m platform synchronized	294.00	4

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Dressage(Total scores are the average of all three rounds for the individual competition, and the three best total scores of individual round 1 for the team competition.)

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix Test		Grand Prix Special			Grand Prix Freestyle		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Peter Gmoser	Candidat	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	65.52	24 Q	66.51	132.03	21	21
Stefan Peter	Bon Voyage	63.80	38	38

Jumping

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Austria in 2000.

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
Joachim Wendt	align=left rowspan=2	Individual foil		L 5–15	22
Michael Ludwig		L 12–15	22
Oliver Kayser	align=left rowspan=3	Individual épée		L 12–15	20
Christoph Marik		L 10–15	26
Michael Switak	W 14–13	L 11–15	27
Oliver Kayser Christoph Marik Michael Switak	Men's team épée	L 44–45		Placement 9–11 W 45–35	Ninth place match L 44–45	10

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Team roster

• Ausra Fridrikas
• Barbara Strass
• Doris Meltzer
• Iris Morhammer
• Laura Fritz
• Natalia Rusnatchenko
• Sorina Teodorovic
• Stanka Bozovic
• Steffi Ofenböck
• Svetlana Mugoša-Antić
• Tanja Logvin
• Tatjana Dschandschgawa
• Birgit Engl
• Ariane Maier
• Rima Sypkus

Preliminary round

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Quarterfinal

5–8th place semifinals

Fifth place game

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Christoph Stangl	-73 kg		L 0000-1000	colspan=8
Patrick Reiter	-81 kg		L 0001-0010	colspan=8
Franz Birkfellner	-100 kg		W 0201-0010	L 0000-1000

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raphael Hartl Horst Nußbaumer Arnold Jonke Norbert Lambing	Quadruple sculls	5:59.41	4 R	6:05.65	2 SF	6:00.27	5 FB	5:57.58	11
Helfried Jurtschitsch Bernd Wakolbinger Martin Kobau Wolfgang Sigl	Lightweight coxless four	6:16.94	3 SF	6:10.11	4 FB	6:10.11	9

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Four men and one woman participated in the sailing competition for Austria. They won two gold medals.

Men

Women

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Andreas Geritzer	Laser	2	11	38	9	11	7	15	15	DNF	5	3	78	5
Roman Hagara Hans Peter Steinacher	Tornado	3	1	2	1	1	4	1	1	2	DNC	DNC	16

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Thomas Farnik	50 m rifle three positions	1162	12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	585	44	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	588	18	Did not advance
Mario Knögler	50 m rifle three positions	1164	9	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	596	9	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	591	9	Did not advance
		588	18	Did not advance

Women

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Hannes Kalteis	400 m freestyle	4:03.66	42	colspan=2
1500 m freestyle	15:32.90	25	colspan=2
Michael Windisch	200 m butterfly	2:01.20	28	colspan=4
Patrick Schmollinger	100 m breaststroke	1:02.87	22	colspan=4
Maxim Podoprigora	200 m breaststroke	2:14.37	4 Q	2:14.20	6	colspan=2
align=left rowspan=2	Markus Rogan	100 m backstroke	57.35	33	colspan=4
200 m backstroke	2:02.84	27	colspan=4
align=left rowspan=2	Michael Windisch	200 m individual medley	2:05.15	27	colspan=4
400 m individual medley	4:24.62	26

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Judith Draxler	50 m freestyle	26.26	31	colspan=4
100 m freestyle	57.40	27	colspan=4
Petra Zahrl	200 m butterfly	2:13.29	23	colspan=4
Elvira Fischer	200 m breaststroke	2:30.05	19

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Werner Schlager	align=left rowspan=2	Singles	W 3–2	W 3–2	L 2–3	5
Ding Yi	W 3–0	L 0–3	2	=33
Werner Schlager Karl Jindrak	Doubles		W 3–0	L 2–3	=5

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liu Jia	Singles	W 3–1	W 3–2	1 Q		L 1–3	=17
Liu Jia Judith Herczig	Doubles	W 2–1	L 1–2	2		=17

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sylvia Plischke	align=left rowspan=3	Singles	L 2–6, 2–6	=33
Barbara Schett	W 7–6, 6–2	W 7–6, 6–4	W 2–6, 6–2, 6–1	L 6–2, 2–6, 2–6	=5
Patricia Wartusch	W 6–4, 6–2	L 2–6, 4–6	=17
Barbara Schett Patricia Wartusch	Doubles		L 2–6, 2–6	=17

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austria at the 2000 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042502/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/2000/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-02-26 . sports-reference.com.