Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AUT
Nocname:	Austrian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2020
Website:
Date:	23 July-8 August
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Competitors:	75 (36 men and 39 women)
Sports:	20
Flagbearer Close:	Andreas Müller
Rank:	53
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Olympic Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] It was the nation's twenty-eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Austria won seven medals, a significant improvement on their 2016 result, when the country won only a single bronze medal. In women's road race, Anna Kiesenhofer won Austria's first gold medal at the Summer Olympics since 2004. Equestrian Victoria Max-Theurer withdrew from the Olympics because her horse had a dental problem.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors from the Austrian delegation participating in the Games:

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
		2	2
	3	4	7
	1	0	1
	1	5	6
	6	2	8
	2	3	5
	2	1	3
	0	1	1
	2	4	6
	0	1	1
	1	0	1
	0	3	3
	3	3	6
	1	1	2
	0	1	1
	1	1	2
	5	2	7
	3	3	6
	2	0	2
	2	2	4
	1	1	2
Total	36	39	75

Artistic swimming

See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, who qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 FINA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Barcelona, Spain.

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Peter Herzog	align=left rowspan=2	Men's marathon	2:22:15	61
Lemawork Ketema
Susanne Walli	Women's 400 m	52.19	3 Q	51.52 PB	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lukas Weißhaidinger	Men's discus throw	64.77	5 q	67.07
Victoria Hudson	Women's javelin throw	58.60	21	Did not advance

Combined events – Women's heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Ivona Dadic	Result	13.61	1.83 =PB	14.10 SB	24.33 SB	6.11 SB	48.40 SB	2:15.10 SB	6403 SB	8
Points	1034	1016	801	949	883	829	891			6403 SB	8
align=left rowspan=2	Verena Preiner	Result	13.65	1.77 =SB	13.59	24.55 SB	6.12	44.95	2:07.92	6310 SB	11
Points	1028	941	767	929	887	763	995			6310 SB	11

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered one badminton player into the Olympic tournament. Luka Wraber secured the men's singles spot at the Games based on the BWF Race to Tokyo Rankings.^[2]

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Slalom

Austrian canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Felix Oschmautz	Men's K-1	94.10	8	92.18	7	92.18	7 Q	98.42	9 Q	98.79	4
Nadine Weratschnig	Women's C-1	112.47	4	115.56	10	112.47	6	119.69	7	119.41	5
Viktoria Wolffhardt	Women's K-1	114.63	14	112.28	15	112.28	16 Q	112.11	11	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Austria sent a delegation of four riders (three men and one woman) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 100 individual finish (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Patrick Konrad	Men's road race	6:09:04	18
Men's time trial	1:02:05.08	31
Gregor Mühlberger	align=left rowspan=2	Men's road race	6:21:46	70
Hermann Pernsteiner	6:13:17	30
Anna Kiesenhofer	Women's road race	3:52:45

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Austrian riders accumulated spots in the men's omnium and madison based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Omnium

Madison

Mountain biking

Austrian mountain bikers qualified for one men's and one women's quota place each into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's ninth-place-finish for men and fifteenth for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Maximilian Foidl	Men's cross-country	1:28:45	17
Laura Stigger	Women's cross-country

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by securing the last of six available slots, outside the group and continental selection, in the individual FEI Olympic rankings. Meanwhile, a composite squad of three dressage riders was formed and thereby added to the Austrian roster by receiving a spare berth freed up by one of two nations, unable to fulfill the NOC Certificate of Capability, based on their individual results in the FEI Olympic rankings at the end of 2019 season.^[5] With Pakistan failing to comply with the minimum eligibility requirements, Austria received an invitation from FEI to send an additional eventing rider to the Games, as the next highest-ranked eligible nation outside of the group and continental selection.^[6]

Dressage

The Austrian dressage team was named on June 11, 2021. The team is led by four-time Olympian Victoria Max-Theurer, who is joined by Florian Bacher and Christian Schumach.^[7]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Florian Bacher	Fidertraum	Individual	69.813	30	Did not advance
Victoria Max-Theurer	Abegglen	Withdrew		Did not advance
Christian Schumach	Te Quiero	70.900	21	Did not advance
Florian Bacher Victoria Max-Theurer Christian Schumach	See above	Team	Eliminated		Did not advance		Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Katrin Khoddam-Hazrati was forced to withdraw from the Games when her horse Cosma threw a shoe before competing in the dressage.^[8]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping				Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final	Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Penalties	Rank
Katrin Khoddam-Hazrati	align=left rowspan="2"	Individual	Cosma	Withdrew
Lea Siegl	Fighting Line	32.60	28	2.40	35.00	16	4.00	39.00	17	8.00	47.00	15

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered two male golfers and one female golfer into the Olympic tournament. Bernd Wiesberger qualified but chose not to play.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Matthias Schwab	align=left rowspan=2	Men's	69	69	70	67	275	−9	=27
Sepp Straka	63	71	68	68	270	−14	=10
Christine Wolf	Women's	71	72	81	73	297	+13	56

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

Austria entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Elisa Hämmerle booked a spot in the women's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing eleventh out of the twenty gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[10]

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered six judoka (two men and four women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shamil Borchashvili	Men's −81 kg		W 01–00	W 01–00	W 01–00	L 00–10		W 10–00
Stephan Hegyi	Men's +100 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance
Sabrina Filzmoser	Women's −57 kg		L 00–10	Did not advance
Magdalena Krssakova	Women's −63 kg		W 10–00	L 00–10	Did not advance
Michaela Polleres	Women's −70 kg		W 01–00	W 01–00	W 01–00	W 01–00		L 00–01
Bernadette Graf	Women's −78 kg		W 10–00	W 00–11	Did not advance

Karate

See main article: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Bettina Plank competed in the women's kumite 55 kg, qualifying via World Karate Federation continental representation quotas.^[12]

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing third in the B-final and securing the last of nine berths available at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.^[13] Meanwhile, the women's lightweight double sculls crew added one boat for the Austrian roster with a third-place finish at the 2021 European Continental Qualification Regatta in Varese, Italy.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Magdalena Lobnig	Women's single sculls	7:37.91	1 QF	7:58.20	1 SA/B	7:25.59	3 FA	7:19.72
Louisa Altenhuber Valentina Cavallar	Women's lightweight double sculls	7:26.22	5 R	7:42.31	4 FC	7:15.25	14

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austrian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.^[15]

On March 6, 2020, the Austrian Olympic Committee announced the first set of sailors to compete at the Enoshima regatta, namely Rio 2016 bronze medalist Tanja Frank and her new partner Lorena Abicht in the women's 49erFX class.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Benjamin Bildstein David Hussl	Men's 49er	10		6	4	9	9	10	5	16	7	15	13	EL	104	10
Lorena Abicht Tanja Frank	Women's 49erFX	11	13	9	11	12		19	7	9	17	16	20	EL	144	17
Thomas Zajac Barbara Matz	Mixed Nacra 17	3	10	8		13	5	12	13	9	4	12	11	EL	100	11

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austrian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Martin Strempfl	Men's 10 m air rifle	627.0	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sylvia Steiner	Women's 10 m air pistol	573	15	Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol	577	29	Did not advance

Skateboarding

See main article: Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered one skateboarder into the Olympic tournament

Sport climbing

See main article: Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered two sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Jakob Schubert and Jessica Pilz qualified directly each for the men's and women's combined event, by advancing to the final stage and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji, Japan.^[18] ^[19]

Athlete	Event	Qualification									Final
		Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank	Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank
		Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place	Total	Rank	Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place	Total	Rank
Jakob Schubert	Men's	6.70	12	1T3z 2 13	7	412+	4:02	1	84.00	4 Q	6.76	7	1T3z 1 7	5	Top	–	1	35
Jessica Pilz	Women's	8.51	11	1T3z 3 5	9	33+	–	2	198.00	6 Q	8.43	6	0T2z 0 10	5	34+	–	3	90	7

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austrian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[20] ^[21]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Felix Auböck	400 m freestyle	3:43.91	2 Q	3:44.07	4
800 m freestyle	7:45.73 NR	4 Q	7:49.14	7
1500 m freestyle	14:51.88	7 Q	15:03.47	7
Simon Bucher	100 m butterfly	52.52	=37	Did not advance
Heiko Gigler	50 m freestyle	22.17	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Bernhard Reitshammer	100 m backstroke	55.26	35	Did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:00.41	30	Did not advance
200 m individual medley	1:59.56	32	Did not advance
Christopher Rothbauer	200 m breaststroke	2:13.19	28	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Lena Grabowski	100 m backstroke	1:01.80	29	Did not advance
200 m backstroke	2:09.77	10 Q	2:10.10	12	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Marlene Kahler	400 m freestyle	4:08.37	17	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:36.16	22	Did not advance
1500 m freestyle	16:20.05	19	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered five athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The women's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the women's singles tournament.^[22] Moreover, an additional place was awarded to the Austrian table tennis players competing in the inaugural mixed doubles by virtue of a top six national finish vying for qualification in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.

Two-time Olympian Robert Gardos and Daniel Habesohn were automatically selected among the top seven eligible players in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings of June 1, 2021.^[23]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robert Gardos	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles	L 1–4	Did not advance
Daniel Habesohn	W 4–1	L 3–4	Did not advance
Liu Jia	align=left rowspan=2	Women's singles	W 4–0	W 4–2	W 4–3	W 4–0	L 1–4	Did not advance
Sofia Polcanova	W 4–0	L 0–4	Did not advance
Liu Jia Liu Yuan Sofia Polcanova	Women's team	L 0–3	Did not advance
Stefan Fegerl Sofia Polcanova	Mixed doubles	L 1–4	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Alois Knabl	align=left rowspan="2	Men's	17:55	0:45	Did not finish
Lukas Hollaus	18:38	0:40	57:38	0:29	31:34	1:48:59	34
Julia Hauser	align=left rowspan=2	Women's	Did not finish
Lisa Perterer	20:03	0:42	1:06:14	0:35	35:26	2:03:00	27

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austrian weightlifters qualified for two quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021.^[24] ^[25]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Sargis Martirosjan	Men's +109 kg	180	6	201	12	381	10
Sarah Fischer	Women's +87 kg	97	9	123	11	220	10

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