| Austria at the 1988 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | AUT |
| NOC | Austrian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Calgary | |
| Competitors | 81 (66 men, 15 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearer | Leonhard Stock (alpine skiing) |
| Medals Ranked 6th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Austria competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. [1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 9 | 8 | 17 |
| Biathlon | 5 | – | 5 |
| Bobsleigh | 8 | – | 8 |
| Cross-country skiing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Figure skating | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ice hockey | 23 | – | 23 |
| Luge | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Nordic combined | 4 | – | 4 |
| Ski jumping | 4 | – | 4 |
| Speed skating | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 66 | 15 | 81 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Hubert Strolz | Alpine skiing | Men's combined | 17 February |
| Gold | Anita Wachter | Alpine skiing | Women's combined | 21 February |
| Gold | Sigrid Wolf | Alpine skiing | Women's super-G | 22 February |
 Silver | Bernhard Gstrein | Alpine skiing | Men's combined | 17 February |
| Silver | Helmut Mayer | Alpine skiing | Men's super-G | 21 February |
| Silver | Michael Hadschieff | Speed skating | Men's 10,000 metres | 21 February |
| Silver | Hubert Strolz | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom | 25 February |
| Silver | Klaus Sulzenbacher | Nordic combined | Individual | 28 February |
 Bronze | Michael Hadschieff | Speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | 20 February |
| Bronze | Hansjörg Aschenwald Günther Csar Klaus Sulzenbacher | Nordic combined | Team | 24 February |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Günther Mader | Downhill | 2:03.96 | 19 | ||
| Anton Steiner | 2:02.19 | 7 | |||
| Gerhard Pfaffenbichler | 2:02.02 | 5 | |||
| Leonhard Stock | 2:01.56 | 4 | |||
| Leonhard Stock | Super-G | 1:42.36 | 8 | ||
| Günther Mader | 1:41.96 | 5 | |||
| Hubert Strolz | 1:41.11 | 4 | |||
| Helmut Mayer | 1:40.96 | | |||
| Günther Mader | Giant Slalom | 1:06.74 | 1:03.30 | 2:10.04 | 11 |
| Helmut Mayer | 1:06.32 | 1:02.77 | 2:09.09 | 7 | |
| Rudolf Nierlich | 1:05.75 | 1:03.17 | 2:08.92 | 5 | |
| Hubert Strolz | 1:05.05 | 1:02.36 | 2:07.41 | | |
| Rudolf Nierlich | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Günther Mader | 52.69 | DNF | DNF | – | |
| Thomas Stangassinger | 52.42 | DNF | DNF | – | |
| Bernhard Gstrein | 51.87 | 48.21 | 1:40.08 | 4 | |
Men's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
| Thomas Stangassinger | 1:54.70 | 44.76 | 42.93 | 107.87 | 13 |
| Bernhard Gstrein | 1:50.20 | 43.17 | 42.65 | 43.45 | |
| Günther Mader | 1:49.56 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Hubert Strolz | 1:48.51 | 44.56 | 42.75 | 36.55 | |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time | Time | Rank | ||
| Sigrid Wolf | Downhill | DNF | – | ||
| Anita Wachter | DNF | – | |||
| Elisabeth Kirchler | 1:27.19 | 8 | |||
| Petra Kronberger | 1:27.03 | 6 | |||
| Sylvia Eder | Super-G | 1:22.39 | 25 | ||
| Elisabeth Kirchler | 1:21.16 | 15 | |||
| Anita Wachter | 1:20.36 | 5 | |||
| Sigrid Wolf | 1:19.03 | | |||
| Sigrid Wolf | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Petra Kronberger | 1:02.41 | 1:09.90 | 2:12.31 | 14 | |
| Ulrike Maier | 1:01.41 | 1:06.59 | 2:08.10 | 6 | |
| Anita Wachter | 1:00.23 | 1:08.15 | 2:08.38 | 7 | |
| Anita Wachter | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Ulrike Maier | 50.94 | 49.60 | 1:40.54 | 10 | |
| Roswitha Steiner | 50.43 | 48.34 | 1:38.77 | 4 | |
| Ida Ladstätter | 49.71 | 49.88 | 1:39.59 | 6 | |
Women's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Points | Rank | |
| Ulrike Maier | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
| Sylvia Eder | 1:19.68 | 42.03 | 43.88 | 92.86 | 12 |
| Petra Kronberger | 1:18.36 | 44.53 | 43.25 | 88.01 | 11 |
| Anita Wachter | 1:17.14 | 40.68 | 42.29 | 29.25 | |
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km Sprint | Alfred Eder | 2 | 27:57.3 | 40 |
| Egon Leitner | 2 | 27:42.4 | 37 | |
| Bruno Hofstätter | 1 | 27:02.8 | 23 | |
| Franz Schuler | 1 | 26:45.0 | 17 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Franz Schuler | 55:24.5 | 8 | 1'03:24.5 | 36 |
| Egon Leitner | 58:52.3 | 3 | 1'01:52.3 | 27 | |
| Alfred Eder | 55:39.7 | 6 | 1'01:39.7 | 26 | |
| Bruno Hofstätter | 57:05.1 | 4 | 1'01:05.1 | 24 |
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
| Anton Lengauer-Stockner Bruno Hofstätter Franz Schuler Alfred Eder | 0 | 1'24:17.6 | 4 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| AUT-1 | Ingo Appelt Harald Winkler | Two-man | 57.22 | 2 | 59.83 | 12 | 1:00.00 | 5 | 59.44 | 9 | 3:56.49 | 5 |
| AUT-2 | Peter Kienast Christian Mark | Two-man | 58.19 | 13 | 58.96 | 4 | 1:00.48 | 12 | 59.28 | 7 | 3:56.91 | 8 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| AUT-1 | Peter Kienast Franz Siegl Christian Mark Kurt Teigl | Four-man | 57.07 | 11 | 57.40 | 4 | 56.27 | 2 | 57.91 | 8 | 3:48.65 | 6 |
| AUT-2 | Ingo Appelt Josef Muigg Gerhard Redl Harald Winkler | Four-man | 56.93 | 8 | 57.51 | 5 | 56.41 | 4 | 58.10 | 13 | 3:48.95 | 7 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km C | Johann Standmann | 46:04.1 | 42 |
| Alois Stadlober | 45:38.5 | 36 | |
| André Blatter | 45:15.2 | 32 | |
| Alois Schwarz | 45:06.9 | 31 | |
| 30 km C | Johann Standmann | 1'34:24.8 | 44 |
| Alois Stadlober | 1'32:00.0 | 33 | |
| Alois Schwarz | 1'29:34.4 | 18 | |
| 50 km F | Alois Stadlober | DNF | – |
| Alois Schwarz | 2'17:03.5 | 41 | |
| Johann Standmann | 2'13:39.3 | 36 | |
| André Blatter | 2'10:43.6 | 19 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| André Blatter Alois Schwarz Johann Standmann Alois Stadlober | 1'49:14.5 | 10 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 5 km C | Hildegard Embacher | 17:18.6 | 45 |
| Margot Kober | 16:39.2 | 36 | |
| Maria Theurl | 16:36.7 | 34 | |
| Cornelia Sulzer | 16:09.7 | 20 | |
| 10 km C | Maria Theurl | DNF | – |
| Hildegard Embacher | 34:53.2 | 42 | |
| Margot Kober | 32:22.2 | 34 | |
| Cornelia Sulzer | 32:17.1 | 26 | |
| 20 km F | Margot Kober | DNF | – |
| Hildegard Embacher | 1'07:35.1 | 50 | |
| Cornelia Sulzer | 1'03:01.2 | 37 | |
| Athletes | CD | OD | FD | TFP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathrin Beck Christoff Beck | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10.0 | 5 |
Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.
| Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Soviet Union | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 10 |
 West Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 8 |
 Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 6 |
 United States | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 4 |
 Austria | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 1 |
 Norway | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 32 | 1 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 3–2 |  Poland |
Team Roster
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Gerhard Sandbichler | 46.911 | 14 | 46.990 | 15 | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Otto Mayregger | 46.777 | 10 | 46.896 | 14 | 46.925 | 11 | 46.931 | 8 | 3:07.619 | 9 |
| Markus Prock | 46.637 | 8 | 46.632 | 4 | 47.637 | 22 | 46.829 | 5 | 3:07.735 | 11 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Georg Fluckinger Robert Manzenreiter | 46.135 | 8 | 46.229 | 3 | 1:32.364 | 5 |
| Gerhard Sandbichler Franz Lechleitner | 46.771 | 14 | 46.691 | 9 | 1:33.462 | 12 |
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Andrea Tagwerker | 46.787 | 13 | 47.140 | 13 | 46.735 | 9 | 46.839 | 14 | 3:07.501 | 12 |
Men's individual
Events:
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Points | Rank | ||
| Günther Csar | Individual | 196.2 | 25 | 3:35.4 | 45:26.2 | 378.430 | 34 |
| Klaus Ofner | 208.9 | 11 | 2:10.7 | 43:26.3 | 396.410 | 22 | |
| Hansjörg Aschenwald | 214.1 | 7 | 1:36.0 | 43:55.5 | 392.025 | 24 | |
| Klaus Sulzenbacher | 228.5 | 1 | 0:00.0 | 39:46.5 | 429.375 | | |
Men's Team
Three participants per team.
Events:
| Athletes | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Start at | Time | Rank | |
| Hansjörg Aschenwald Günther Csar Klaus Sulzenbacher | 626.6 | 2 | 0:16.0 | 1'21:16.9 | |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Ernst Vettori | Normal hill | 79.5 | 94.8 | 76.0 | 86.7 | 181.5 | 24 |
| Andreas Felder | 80.5 | 96.9 | 81.0 | 95.2 | 192.1 | 12 | |
| Günther Stranner | 83.5 | 98.7 | 78.0 | 87.9 | 186.6 | 20 | |
| Heinz Kuttin | 87.0 | 105.3 | 80.5 | 94.4 | 199.7 | 6 | |
| Ernst Vettori | Large hill | 103.0 | 94.1 | 96.5 | 82.5 | 176.6 | 28 |
| Günther Stranner | 112.0 | 106.7 | 94.5 | 78.2 | 184.9 | 20 | |
| Heinz Kuttin | 112.0 | 108.2 | 98.5 | 85.3 | 193.5 | 12 | |
| Andreas Felder | 113.5 | 110.3 | 103.0 | 93.6 | 203.9 | 6 | |
| Athletes | Result | |
|---|---|---|
| Points 1 | Rank | |
| Ernst Vettori Heinz Kuttin Günther Stranner Andreas Felder | 577.6 | 5 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Christian Eminger | 39.70 | 34 |
| Michael Hadschieff | 37.90 | 26 | |
| 1000 m | Michael Hadschieff | 1:13.84 | 6 |
| 1500 m | Michael Hadschieff | 1:52.31 | |
| 5000 m | Christian Eminger | 6:57.22 | 20 |
| Michael Hadschieff | 6:48.72 | 5 | |
| 10,000 m | Christian Eminger | 14:30.21 | 19 |
| Michael Hadschieff | 13:56.11 | | |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady | 41.38 | 19 |
| 1000 m | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady | 1:22.22 | 16 |
| 3000 m | Emese Nemeth-Hunyady | 4:27.56 | 14 |
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