Austria at the 1932 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | AUT |
NOC | Austrian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Los Angeles | |
Competitors | 19 in 7 sports |
Medals Ranked 18th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Austria competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The team ranked eighteenth overall and attained 5 medals. 19 competitors, 17 men and 2 women, took part in 14 events in 7 sports. [1]
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Ellen Preis | Fencing | Women's Individual Foil |
Silver | Hans Haas | Weightlifting | Men's Lightweight |
Bronze | Karl Hipfinger | Weightlifting | Men's Middleweight |
Bronze | Nickolaus Hirschl | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight |
Bronze | Nickolaus Hirschl | Wrestling | Men's freestyle heavyweight |
One fencer, Ellen Müller-Preis, represented Austria at the 1932 Summer Olympics. She won gold in the women's foil event.
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
Hans Riedl | Snowbird | 9 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 10 |
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