Austria at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:AUT
Nocname:Austrian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Website: 
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:78
Competitors Men:42
Competitors Women:36
Sports:21
Flagbearer Open:Felix Oschmautz & Michaela Polleres
Flagbearer Close:Lukas Mähr & Lara Vadlau
Rank:36
Gold:2
Silver:0
Bronze:3
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twenty-ninth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for Antwerp 1920, due to the nation's role in World War I.

Medalists

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Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Judo0011
Sailing2002
Sport climbing0022
Total2035
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Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Male1012
Female0022
Mixed1001
Totalstyle=background:gold2style=background:silver0style=background:#c9635
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Medals by date
Datebgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
31 July0011
8 August1001
9 August1012
10 August0011
Total2035

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Archery0 1 1
Artistic swimming0 2 2
Athletics4 3 7
Badminton1 0 1
Canoeing1 2 3
Cycling5 4 9
Diving1 0 1
Equestrian5 3 8
Golf1 2 3
Gymnastics1 1 2
Judo3 3 6
Rowing0 3 3
Sailing5 4 9
Shooting3 2 5
Sport climbing1 1 2
Swimming5 0 5
Table tennis1 1 2
Taekwondo0 1 1
Tennis1 1 2
Triathlon2 2 4
Volleyball2 0 2
Total 42 36 78

Archery

See main article: article, Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2016, one Austrian archer qualified for the women's individual by virtue of top three results at the 2024 European Continental Qualification Tournament in Essen, Germany.

Artistic swimming

See main article: Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Artistic swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet by topping the combination of technical and free events at the 2023 European Games in Oświęcim, Poland.[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austrian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[2]

Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Markus FuchsMen's 100 m10.598Did not advance
Raphael PallitschMen's 1500 m3:38.20113:39.3232Did not advance
Enzo DiesslMen's 110 m hurdles13.63613.564Did not advance
Susanne Gogl-WalliWomen's 400 m50.67 2 QBye51.177Did Not Advance
Julia Mayer[de]Women's marathon2:35:1455
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Lukas WeißhaidingerMen's discus throw66.723 Q67.545
Victoria HudsonWomen's javelin throw59.6920Did not advance

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered one badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the re-allocations of unused quota places, through the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Slalom

Austrian entered three boat into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 European Games in Kraków, Poland; 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain; and through the re-allocation of unused African continental spots.[3]

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRank
Felix OschmautzMen's K-190.071592.401690.0718 Q91.834 Q90.2110
Corinna KuhnleWomen's K-198.241195.67895.678 Q106.2512 Q103.0910
Viktoria WolffhardtWomen's C-1114.2717110.3912110.3917 Q120.7814Did not advance

Kayak cross

AthleteEventTime trialRound 1RepechageHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Felix OschmautzMen's KX-167.8771 Q3Did not advance17
Corinna KuhnleWomen's KX-176.55224 R3Did not advance33
Viktoria Wolffhardt80.83323 R2 Q4Did not advance31

Cycling

See main article: article, Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Austria entered four road cyclists (two male and two female). Austria qualified two male and two female through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.[4]

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Felix Großschartneralign=left rowspan=2Road race6:21.5426
Marco Haller6:20.506
Felix GroßschartnerTime trial38:17.3619
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Anna Kiesenhoferalign=center rowspan=2Road race4:07:1652
Christina Schweinberger4:04.2328
Anna Kiesenhoferalign=left rowspan=2Time trial46:28.8833
Christina Schweinberger41:52.0210

Track

Austria entered two riders for men's omnium and madison events, based on the nations performances, through the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Omnium
Madison

Mountain biking

Austrian mountain bikers secured one men and two women's quota places in the Olympic through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.

AthleteEventTimeRank
Maximilian FoidlMen's cross-country1:31:2622
Mona Mitterwallneralign=left rowspan=2Women's cross-country1:34:4418
Laura Stigger1:30:156

Diving

See main article: article, Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered one diver, Anton Knoll, into the Olympic competition.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered a squad of three jumping riders, three dressage riders and one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by securing the first of two available team spots at the 2023 European Jumping Championships in Milan, Italy for Group A and Group B for jumping competition; become one of three highest eligible nations at the 2023 European Dressage Championships in Riesenbeck, Germany and secured one of two available spots for Group B (South Western Europe), through the establishments of final eventing olympics ranking.[5] [6] In the eventing, Austria received a last minute second individual spot, because of some withdrawals from other qualified countries.[7]

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand Prix Grand Prix SpecialGrand Prix Freestyle
ScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtistic
Victoria Max-TheurerAbegglen FHIndividual74.30114 Q75.37517
Stefan LehfellnerRoberto Carlos MT68.18345Did not advance
Florian BacherFidertraum71.00926Did not advance
Victoria Max-Theurer
Stefan Lehfellner
Florian Bacher
See aboveTeam213.4938 Q211.5059
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser
TF = Substituted for the team final

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
PenaltiesTimeRankPenaltiesTimeRank
Gerfried PuckNaxcel Valign=left rowspan=3Individual12.0077.3455Did not advance
Max KühnerElektric Blue P4.0073.0422 Q4.0081.297
Katharina RhombergCuma 54.0075.5532Did not advance
Gerfried Puck
Max Kühner
Katharina Rhomberg
See aboveTeam2813Did not advance

Golf

See main article: Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered two golfers into the Olympic tournament. Sepp Straka, Emma Spitz and Sarah Schober qualified for the games, based on their own position inside the top 60 eligible players on the IGF World Rankings.

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Total
ScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRank
Sepp StrakaMen's67747071282−2T35
Emma Spitzalign=left rowspan=2Women's75707570290+2T29
Sarah Schober75737379300+12T47

Gymnastics

See main article: article, Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Artistic

Austria entered one gymnast to compete at the games. Charlize Moerz secured a quota place by virtue of becoming one of the highest eligible gymnast in women's floor, not yet qualified, through the final ranking of 2024 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series.

Women

Trampoline

Austria qualified a gymnast for the men's trampoline by finishing in the top five eligible nation's at the 2023 World Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom.[8]

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Four Austrian judokas qualified directly via the IJF Olympics rankings. Katharina Tanzer received a European continental quota place. By qualifying in the corresponding weight classes, Austria received an additional invitation quota to compete in the mixed team.[9] [10] Despite qualifying, Shamil Borchashvili declined to be nominated, meaning his brother Wachid Borchashvili moved up.[11] [12]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Samuel GassnerMen's –73 kgBye
W 10-00
L 00-10Did Not Advance9
Wachid BorchashviliMen's –81 kgBye
W 11-00
L 00-0Did Not Advance9
Aaron FaraMen's –100 kg
Did Not Advance
Katharina TanzerWomen's –48 kg
W 10–00

L 00–10
Did Not Advance9
Lubjana PiovesanaWomen's –63 kg
W 01-00
W 01-00L 00-01N/AW 10-00L 00-105
Michaela PolleresWomen's –70 kgByeW 01-00W 10-00L 00-10N/AW 10-00
Mixed

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austrian rowers qualified boats in the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; and through the 2024 European Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Magdalena LobnigWomen's single sculls7:39.392 QF7:40.073 SA/B7:40.026 FB7:30.5410
Louisa Altenhuber
Lara Tiefenthaler
Women's lightweight double sculls7:24.144 R7:17.772 SA/BN/A7:19.705 FB7:10.0210
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 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austrian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands and the 2023 Nacra 17 European Championship in Vilamoura, Portugal.[13]

Elimination events
AthleteEventRaceFinal rank
1234567891011121314151617181920EWSF1SF2SF3SF4SF5SF6EWF1F2F3F4F5F6
Valentin BontusMen's Formula Kite12584Cancelled2WQualify to final0WWW
Lorena AbichtWomen's IQFoil101822222324222221112520CancelledDid not advance23
Alina KornelliWomen's Formula Kite1213985CancelledDid not advance11
Medal race events
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112131415M*
Benjamin Bildstein
David Hussl
Men's 49er359111317176161510EL12214
Lara Vadlau
Lukas Mähr
Mixed 47053171521438
Lukas Haberl
Tanja Frank
Mixed Nacra 171214151615153891016EL13315
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austrian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[14]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Alexander SchmirlMen's 10 m air rifle627.726Did not advance
Martin Strempfl627.228Did not advance
Alexander Schmirlalign=left rowspan=2Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions585-26x28Did not advance
Andreas Thum280-24x35Did not advance
Nadine UngerankWomen's 10 m air rifle626.128Did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions589-27x7 Q432.15
Sylvia SteinerWomen's 25 m pistol58117Did not advance
Women's 10 m air pistol56927Did not advance
Nadine Ungerank
Martin Strempfl
Mixed 10 m air rifle team625.515Did not advance

Sport climbing

See main article: Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered two sport climbers into the Olympic tournament. Jakob Schubert and Jessica Pilz qualified directly for the men's and women's boulder and lead combined event, by winning the gold and silver medal and securing one of the three berths available at the 2023 IFSC World Championships in Bern, Switzerland.[15]

Boulder & lead combined
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
BoulderLeadTotalRankBoulderLeadTotalRank
Result Place ResultPlaceResult Place ResultPlace
Jakob SchubertMen's48.7654.1698.85 Q43.6596.01139.6
Jessica PilzWomen's68.8688.13156.92 Q59.3688.12147.4

Swimming

See main article: article, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austrian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[16] [17]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=4Felix AuböckMen's 200 m freestyleDid not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle3:50.5024Did not advance
Men's 800 m freestyle7:48.4913Did not advance
Men's 10 km open water2:03:00.524
Simon BucherMen's 100 m butterfly51.5513 Q51.3510Did not advance
Martin EspernbergerMen's 200 m butterfly1:55.195 Q1:54.628 Q1:54.17 6
Jan HercogMen's 10 km open water2:01:03.821

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered two table tennis players into Paris 2024. Daniel Habesohn and Sofia Polcanova qualified for the games by being nominated into top twelve ranked players, in their respective classes, through the final release of the world ranking.

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Daniel HabesohnMen's singlesByeL 2–4Did Not Advance
Sofia PolcanovaWomen's singlesBye
W 4–0

W 4–2

W 4–0

L 0–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2004, Austria qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Marlene Jahl secured her spot through the re-allocations of Individual Neutral Athletes quotas, in her own division, at the 2024 European Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament, in Sofia, Bulgaria

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Austria entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Sebastian Ofner and Julia Grabher qualified directly for the men's and women's singles as the top 56 eligible players in the World Rankings as of 10 June 2024.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sebastian OfnerMen's singles
W 7–5, 6–2

L 2–6, 2–6
Did not advance
Julia GrabherWomen's singles
L 2–6, 0–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Austria entered four triathletes (two per gender) in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual olympics qualification ranking.

Individual
AthleteEventTimeRank
Swim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total
Tjebbe Kaindlalign=left rowspan=2Men's21:210:4751:180:2735:081:49:0133
Alois Knabl20:330:5451:570:2632:331:46:2323
Julia Hauseralign=left rowspan=2Women's24:410:571:00:390:3234:552:01:4432
Lisa Perterer27:521:031:00:160:3537:412:07:2750
Relay
AthleteEventTimeRank
Swim (300 m)Trans 1Bike (7 km)Trans 2Run (2 km)Total group
Alois Knablalign=left rowspan=5Mixed relay4:101:079:370:245:1920:37rowspan=4
Julia Hauser5:361:1811:490:306:1425:27
Tjebbe Kaindl5:021:0610:150:245:3722:24
Lisa Perterer6:01DNF
TotalDNF15

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Beach

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. For the first time since 2016, Austrian men's pair qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking.[18]

Notes and References

  1. News: European Games 2023: Austria qualifies for Paris 2024 as Anna-Maria and Eirini Marina Alexandri complete double duet gold in artistic swimming. International Olympic Committee. 27 June 2023. 29 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Road to Paris 24. World Athletics. 20 December 2023.
  3. News: Jessica Fox and Joseph Clarke avenge for missed opportunities by taking K1 golds at 2023 Worlds, as K1 Olympic quotas are given out. 23 September 2023. International Olympic Committee. 24 September 2023.
  4. News: Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations. 18 October 2023. International Olympic Committee. 20 October 2023.
  5. News: Threepeat for Swedish equestrian team at European jumping championships with Paris 2024 quotas also awarded. International Olympic Committee. 2 September 2023. 20 December 2023.
  6. News: FEI publishes Olympic and Paralympic Rankings for Paris 2024. International Federation for Equestrian Sports. 3 January 2024.
  7. News: Paris 2024: Österreich erhält 2. Vielseitigkeits-Startplatz. EQWO. 2 July 2024. German.
  8. News: World Trampoline Championships 2023: Bryony Page and Yan Langyu secure second world titles - Results. International Olympic Committee. 29 November 2023.
  9. Web site: 2024-06-27 . Olympic ranking — Austria .
  10. Web site: 2024-06-27 . Wolfgang Eichler . 2024-06-11 . de-DE . Olympia-Sextett . Judo Austria.
  11. Web site: 2024-05-31 . 2024-05-31 . Wachid Borchashvili rückt nach Olympia-Out von Shamil nach . VOL.at/APA.
  12. Web site: 2024-06-09 . de-AT . Judo-Medaillenkandidat Shamil Borchashvili verzichtet für seinen Bruder auf Olympia .
  13. News: Sailing World Championships 2023 The Hague: All results, medals, and Paris 2024 qualification spots – complete list. International Olympic Committee. 20 August 2023. 29 November 2023.
  14. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 1 January 2018. issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 18 September 2022.
  15. News: Janja Garnbret wins boulder and lead gold at IFSC Climbing World Champs. 12 August 2023. International Olympic Committee. 12 August 2023.
  16. Web site: Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification. World Aquatics. 4 June 2023.
  17. News: Bucher schafft 100-m-Delfin-Olympia-Limit. Bucher attains the Olympic cut in the 100 m butterfly. de. Kronen Zeitung. 12 March 2023. 4 June 2023.
  18. News: Provisional Olympic Ranking – Ranking Men. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 9 June 2024. 10 June 2024.