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=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
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
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Peter Herzogalign=left rowspan=2Men's marathon2:22:1561
Lemawork Ketema
Susanne WalliWomen's 400 m52.193 Q51.52 PB6Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Lukas WeißhaidingerMen's discus throw64.775 q67.07
Victoria HudsonWomen's javelin throw58.6021Did not advance
Combined events – Women's heptathlon
AthleteEvent200 m800 mTotalRank
align=left rowspan=2Ivona DadicResult13.611.83 =PB14.10 SB24.33 SB6.11 SB48.40 SB2:15.10 SB6403 SB8
Points10341016801949883829891
align=left rowspan=2Verena PreinerResult13.651.77 =SB13.5924.55 SB6.1244.952:07.926310 SB11
Points1028941767929887763995

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]

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Felix OschmautzMen's K-194.10892.18792.187 Q98.429 Q98.794
Nadine WeratschnigWomen's C-1112.474115.56 10112.476119.69 7119.415
Viktoria WolffhardtWomen's K-1114.6314112.2815112.2816 Q112.1111Did 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]

AthleteEventTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Patrick KonradMen's road race6:09:0418
Men's time trial1:02:05.0831
Gregor Mühlbergeralign=left rowspan=2Men's road race6:21:4670
Hermann Pernsteiner6:13:1730
Anna KiesenhoferWomen's road race3:52:45

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.

AthleteEventTimeRank
Maximilian FoidlMen's cross-country1:28:4517
Laura StiggerWomen'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]

AthleteHorseEventGrand Prix Grand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
Florian BacherFidertraumIndividual69.81330Did not advance
Victoria Max-TheurerAbegglenWithdrewDid not advance
Christian SchumachTe Quiero70.90021Did not advance
Florian Bacher
Victoria Max-Theurer
Christian Schumach
See aboveTeamEliminatedDid not advanceDid 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]

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotal
QualifierFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesPenaltiesRank
Katrin Khoddam-Hazratialign=left rowspan="2" IndividualCosmaWithdrew
Lea SieglFighting Line32.60282.4035.00164.0039.00178.0047.0015

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]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Matthias Schwabalign=left rowspan=2Men's69697067275−9=27
Sepp Straka63716868270−14=10
Christine WolfWomen's71728173297+1356

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]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Shamil BorchashviliMen's −81 kg
W 01–00

W 01–00

W 01–00

L 00–10

W 10–00
Stephan HegyiMen's +100 kg
L 00–10
Did not advance
Sabrina FilzmoserWomen's −57 kg
L 00–10
Did not advance
Magdalena KrssakovaWomen's −63 kg
W 10–00

L 00–10
Did not advance
Michaela PolleresWomen's −70 kg
W 01–00

W 01–00

W 01–00

W 01–00

L 00–01
Bernadette GrafWomen'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]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Magdalena LobnigWomen's single sculls7:37.911 QF7:58.201 SA/B7:25.593 FA7:19.72
Louisa Altenhuber
Valentina Cavallar
Women's lightweight double sculls7:26.225 R7:42.314 FC7:15.2514
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]

AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112M*
Benjamin Bildstein
David Hussl
Men's 49er1064991051671513EL10410
Lorena Abicht
Tanja Frank
Women's 49erFX1113911121979171620EL14417
Thomas Zajac
Barbara Matz
Mixed Nacra 1731081351213941211EL10011
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]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Martin StrempflMen's 10 m air rifle627.013Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2Sylvia SteinerWomen's 10 m air pistol57315Did not advance
Women's 25 m pistol57729Did 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]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
SpeedBoulderLeadTotalRankSpeedBoulderLeadTotalRank
BestPlaceResultPlaceHoldTimePlaceBestPlaceResultPlaceHoldTimePlace
Jakob SchubertMen's6.70 12 1T3z 2 13 7 412+ 4:02 1 84.00 4 Q6.76 7 1T3z 1 75Top 135
Jessica PilzWomen's8.51 11 1T3z 3 5 9 33+ 2 198.00 6 Q8.43 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
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=3Felix Auböck400 m freestyle3:43.912 Q3:44.074
800 m freestyle7:45.73 NR4 Q7:49.147
1500 m freestyle14:51.887 Q15:03.477
Simon Bucher100 m butterfly52.52=37Did not advance
Heiko Gigler50 m freestyle22.1722Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3Bernhard Reitshammer100 m backstroke55.2635Did not advance
100 m breaststroke1:00.4130Did not advance
200 m individual medley1:59.5632Did not advance
Christopher Rothbauer200 m breaststroke2:13.1928Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Lena Grabowski100 m backstroke1:01.8029Did not advance
200 m backstroke2:09.7710 Q2:10.1012Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3Marlene Kahler400 m freestyle4:08.3717Did not advance
800 m freestyle8:36.1622Did not advance
1500 m freestyle16:20.0519Did 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]

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Robert Gardosalign=left rowspan=2Men's singles
L 1–4
Did not advance
Daniel Habesohn
W 4–1

L 3–4
Did not advance
Liu Jiaalign=left rowspan=2Women'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
AthleteEventTimeRank
Swim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total
Alois Knablalign=left rowspan="2Men's17:550:45 Did not finish
Lukas Hollaus18:380:4057:380:2931:341:48:5934
Julia Hauseralign=left rowspan=2Women'sDid not finish
Lisa Perterer20:030:421:06:140:3535:262:03:0027

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]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Sargis MartirosjanMen's +109 kg18062011238110
Sarah FischerWomen's +87 kg9791231122010

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. 28 March 2020. Olympics. 24 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Zottl . Malcolm . Wraber erfüllt sich Olympia-Traum . Wraber's Olympic dream comes true . BVZ.at . 11 June 2021 . 15 July 2021 . de . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210715180020/https://www.bvz.at/sport/sportmix/tokio-2021-wraber-erfuellt-sich-olympia-traum-neudoerfl-badminton-print-277042256 . 15 July 2021.
  3. News: Olympic quota places take shape after first day of slalom heats. International Canoe Federation. 27 September 2019. 27 September 2019.
  4. News: Athletes' quotas for Road Cycling events at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. UCI. 18 November 2019. 23 November 2019.
  5. News: Tokyo 2020 team and individual quota places confirmed by FEI. FEI. 17 February 2020. 1 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Eine Reiterin mehr in Tokio . de . . 23 June 2021 . 23 July 2021.
  7. News: Dressur-Team für Tokio nominiert . Dressage Team Nominated for Tokyo. de. Austrian Olympic Committee. 11 June 2021. 11 June 2021.
  8. Web site: 2021-07-31. No start for Katrin Khoddam-Hazrati: horse Cosma did not go lame-free. live. 31 July 2021. Tiroler. de. https://web.archive.org/web/20210731202956/https://www.tt.com/artikel/30797558/kein-start-von-katrin-khoddam-hazrati-pferd-cosma-ging-nicht-lahmfrei . 31 July 2021 .
  9. Web site: Wiesberger lässt Olympische Spiele aus. sport.ORF.at. 15 March 2021. de.
  10. News: Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019: Day 2 – as it happened. Olympic Channel. 5 October 2019. 12 October 2019.
  11. https://www.ijf.org/wrl_olympic International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking
  12. News: Olympian from 34 countries now confirmed for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. World Karate Federation. 15 June 2021. 15 June 2021.
  13. News: Look who’s going to the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. International Rowing Federation. 1 September 2019. 6 September 2019.
  14. News: European rowing gain Olympic and Paralympic qualification places. International Rowing Federation. 16 April 2021. 8 May 2021.
  15. News: First Laser, Radial and 49erFX nations confirmed for Tokyo 2020. World Sailing. 10 August 2018. 10 August 2018.
  16. News: Frank/Abicht für Olympia nominiert. Frank and Abicht nominated for the Olympics. de. Austrian Olympic Committee. 6 March 2020. 13 March 2020.
  17. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 1 January 2018. www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 2 September 2018.
  18. News: Where do we stand on Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification in sport climbing?. Olympic Channel. 19 August 2019. 21 August 2019.
  19. News: Schubert und Pilz klettern bei WM um Olympia-Ticket. Schubert and Pilz climbed for the Olympic ticket at the World Championships. de. Die Presse. 18 August 2019. 21 August 2019.
  20. Web site: FINA – Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Qualification. . 23 March 2019.
  21. News: Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System. . . . 6 March 2021.
  22. News: Ian. Marshall. 2020 ITTF World Team Qualification Tournament: Day Three. ITTF. 24 January 2020. 24 January 2020.
  23. News: Olympia-Tickets sind fix!. Olympic tickets are booked!. de. Austrian Olympic Committee. 1 June 2021. 3 June 2021.
  24. https://www.iwf.net/qualif2/menu/ Tokyo 2020 Qualification (Weightlifting)
  25. Web site: Final-List-of-Qualified-Athletes. live. www.iwf.net. https://web.archive.org/web/20210706163911/https://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/07/Final-List-of-Qualified-Athletes.pdf . 6 July 2021 .