Austria at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Austria at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flag of Austria.svg
IOC code AUT
NOC Austrian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympia.at  (in German)
in London
Competitors147 (115 men, 32 women) in 17 sports
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
3
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 147 competitors, 115 men and 32 women, took part in 79 events in 17 sports. [1]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Herma Bauma Athletics Women's Javelin
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ine Schäffer Athletics Women's Shot Put
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Fritzi Schwingl Canoeing Women's K-1 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ellen Preis Fencing Women's Individual Foil

Athletics

Key
Men
Field Events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Felix Würth Long Jump 7.088 Q7.008
Arnulf Pilhatsch High Jump 1.8421did not advance
Felix Würth Triple Jump 13.9221did not advance
Hermann Tunner Discus throw 45.9210 Q44.4311
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Maria Oberbreyer 100 m 4did not advance
Grete Pavlousek 4did not advance
Grete Pavlousek 200 m 4did not advance
Maria Oberbreyer 80 m Hurdles 11.93 Q11.92 Q11.85
Elfriede Steurer 12.21 Q12.46did not advance
Grete Jenny
Elfriede Steurer
Grete Pavlousek
Maria Oberbreyer
4 × 100 m relay 50.02 Q49.26
Women
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Ilse Steinegger long jump 5.3010 Q5.1910
Maria Oberbreyer 5.3595.249
Ilse Steinegger high jump 1.557
Ine Schäffer Shot put 13.08Bronze medal icon.svg
Anni Bruk 12.506
Marianne Schläger 11.7512
Lotte Haidegger Discus throw 38.815
Frieda Tiltsch 37.199
Marianne Schläger 34.7915
Herma Bauma Javelin throw 45.57Gold medal icon.svgOR
Gerda Schilling-Staniek 38.019

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Robert Gausterer Flyweight Flag of South Korea (1945-1948).svg  Han  (KOR)
L PTS
did not advance
Hermann Mazurkiewitsch Bantamweight Flag of Uruguay.svg  Carrizo  (URU)
L PTS
did not advance
Eduard Kerschbaumer Featherweight ByeFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Verdú  (ESP)
W PTS
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Núñez  (ARG)
L PTS
did not advance
Otto Michtits Light heavyweight Flag of Finland.svg  Siljander  (FIN)
L PTS
did not advance
Karl Ameisbichler Heavyweight ByeFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Gardner  (GBR)
L KO2
did not advance

Canoeing

Cycling

Eight cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1948.

Individual road race
Team road race
Sprint
Time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

Men
AthleteEventFinal
PointsRank
Wilhelm Lippa 3 m springboard 103.1819
Franz Worisch 112.1512
Wilhelm Lippa 10 m platform 89.0417
Franz Worisch 90.0515
Gudrun Grömer 3 m springboard 93.305
Alma Staudinger 86.9311
Gudrun Grömer 10 m platform DNF
Alma Staudinger 64.594

Equestrian

Fencing

Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Austria in 1948.

Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Football

Head coach: Eduard Frühwirth

Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournament
games
Tournament
goals
Minutes
played
Sub offSub onCards
yellow/red
FW Josef Epp 1 Mar 192028 ? Flag of Austria.svg Wiener Sportclub 1090---
FW Erich Habitzl 9 Oct 192324 ? Flag of Austria.svg SK Admira Wien 1090---
FW Wilhelm Hahnemann 14 Apr 191434 ? Flag of Austria.svg SC Wacker Wien 1090---
DF Ernst Happel 29 Nov 192522 ? Flag of Austria.svg SK Rapid Wien 1090---
MF Siegfried Joksch 4 Jul 191731 ? Flag of Austria.svg FK Austria Wien 1090---
FW Alfred Körner 14 Feb 192622 ? Flag of Austria.svg SK Rapid Wien 1090---
DF Karl Kowanz 15 Apr 192622 ? Flag of Austria.svg SK Admira Wien 1065--/1red
FW Ernst Melchior 26 Jun 192028 ? Flag of Austria.svg FK Austria Wien 1090---
MF Leopold Mikolasch 17 Oct 192027 ? Flag of Austria.svg FK Austria Wien 1090---
DF Ernst Ocwirk 7 Mar 192622 ? Flag of Austria.svg FK Austria Wien 1090--1 yel. / -
GK Franz Pelikan 6 Nov 192522 ? Flag of Austria.svg SC Wacker Wien 1090---
- Stand-by players -
MF Theodor Brinek 9 May 192127 ? Flag of Austria.svg SC Wacker Wien 000---
MF Karl Decker 5 Sep 192126 ? Flag of Austria.svg First Vienna FC 000---
FW Ludwig Durek 27 Jan 192127 ? Flag of Austria.svg SK Sturm Graz 000---
GK Bruno Engelmeier 5 Sep 192720 ? Flag of Austria.svg First Vienna FC 000---
DF Gustav Gerhart 4 Feb 192226 ? Flag of Austria.svg SK Admira Wien 000---
MF Leopold Gernhardt 16 Mar 192028 ? Flag of Austria.svg SK Rapid Wien 000---
GK Josef Musil 7 Aug 192027 ? Flag of Austria.svg SK Rapid Wien 000---
FW Ernst Stojaspal 14 Jan 192523 ? Flag of Austria.svg FK Austria Wien 000---
FW Josef Stroh 5 Mar 191335 ? Flag of Austria.svg FK Austria Wien 000---
FW Theodor Wagner 6 Aug 192720 ? Flag of Austria.svg SC Wacker Wien 000---

Gymnastics

Women's team all-around

Hockey

Head coach:

No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournament
games
Tournament
goals
B Adam Bischof 13 October 191532 ?3 ?
FW Karl Brandl 2 May 191236 ?3 ?
Siegfried Egger ?00
B Karl Holzapfel 20 October 192324 ?3 ?
Wolfgang Klee ?00
FW Johann Koller 3 April 192127 ?2 ?
FW Franz Lovato 28 February 192325 ?3 ?
FW Walter Niederle 17 February 192127 ?3 ?
FW Oskar Nowak 25 March 191335 ?3 ?
FW Karl Ördögh 10 March 190840 ?2 ?
Josef Pecanka  ?00
GK Franz Raule 20 November 192027 ?3 ?
HB Friedrich Rückert 7 July 192028 ?3 ?
HB Franz Strachota 14 October 191829 ?2 ?
HB Ernst Schala 13 July 191632 ?3 ?

Rowing

Austria had seven male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948. [2]

Men's coxless pair
Men's coxed four

Sailing

Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567
Harald Musil Firefly 20DNFDNF181719DNF49921
Georg Obermuller
Hans Schachinger
G. Werner
Horst Obermuller
Star 101514141589166113

Shooting

Three shooters represented Austria in 1948.

Men
AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Richard Bohslavsky 50 m rifle, prone 57558
Andreas Krapf 58150
Ernst Wöll 57360

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Fritz Zwazl 100 m backstroke 1:13.56Did not advance
Walter Pavlicek 200 m breaststroke 2:50.613 Q2:50.111Did not advance

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

Mixed literature, epic works

References

  1. "Austria at the 1948 London Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Austria Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2018.