Austria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Austria at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Austria at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Atlanta
Competitors	72 (56 men and 16 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Hubert Raudaschl
Medals ; Ranked 57th	Gold0Silver1Bronze2Total3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Last updated August 18, 2024

Austria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 72 competitors, 56 men and 16 women, took part in 53 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Wolfram Waibel	Shooting	Men's Air Rifle
Bronze	Theresia Kiesl	Athletics	Women's 1,500 metres
Bronze	Wolfram Waibel	Shooting	Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
NM = No mark
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christoph Pöstinger	200 m	20.98	5	—		Did not advance
Thomas Griesser	200 m	21.20	6	Did not advance
Werner Edler-Muhr	1500 m	3:45.02	8	Did not advance
Thomas Ebner	1500 m	3:48.38	10	—		Did not advance
Mark McKoy	110 m hurdles	13.70	2 Q	13.64	5	Did not advance
Elmar Lichtenegger		14.03	6	Did not advance
Herwig Röttl		14.08	7	Did not advance
Martin Schützenauer Martin Lachkovics Thomas Griesser Christoph Pöstinger	4 × 100 m relay	39.80	4	—		did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Theresia Kiesl	1500 m	4:09.24	1 Q	4:09.44	1 Q	—		4:03.02

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Lyudmila Ninova	Long Jump	NM		Did not advance
Sigrid Kirchmann	High Jump	Did not start

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hannes Fuchs	Men's singles	Bye	Robertson (GBR) W (15–2, 15–6)	Stuer-Lauridsen (DEN) L (2-15, 5–15)	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Best
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Helmut Oblinger	Men's C-1	159.22	20	157.06	19	157.06	28
Manuel Köhler	Men's C-1	261.01	43	209.54	36	209.54	42

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ursula Profanter	Women's K-1 500m	1:51.440	1 QS	Bye		1:50.066	3 QF	1:50.271	6

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Peter Luttenberger	Men's road race	4:56:50	81
Harald Morscher		4:55:45	46
Werner Riebenbauer		4:56:45	44
Georg Totschnig		4:56:47	61
Peter Wrolich		4:55:46	54
Tanja Klein	Women's road race	2:37:06	22
Tanja Klein	Women's time trial	42:03	23

Track

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christian Meidlinger	Men's 1k time trial	1:05.530	9

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Franz Stocher	Men's points race	5	12
Tanja Klein	Women's points race	0	16

Mountain Bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ernst Denifl	Men's cross-country	2:45:34	28

Diving

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Richard Frece	Men's 3 m springboard	365.73	10	197.91	17	563.64	14	Did not advance
Richard Frece	Men's 10 m platform	373.41	12	148.35	17	521.76	12	355.29	11	503.64	12
Anja Richter	Women's 10 m platform	266.13	10	160.83	10	426.96	10	247.62	11	408.45	11

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix Test		Grand Prix Special				Grand Prix Freestyle
Athlete	Horse	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Caroline Hatlapa	Merlin	Individual	64.36	31	Did not advance

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying										Final
			Round 1		Round 2				Round 3				Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Total	Rank	Penalties	Jump-off	Rank
Anton-Martin Bauer	Vesuve Paluelle	Individual	4.00	=14	0.00	=1	4.00		8.00	=31	12.00	=9	8.00	—	=11
Thomas Metzger	Royal Flash		DNF		Did not advance
Helmut Morbitzer	Racal		0.00	=1	16.00	=57	16.00		4.00	=14	20.00	=29	29.00	—	25
Hugo Simon	ET		4.00	=14	4.00	=11	8.00		8.00	=31	16.00	=16	4.00	4.00	4
Anton-Martin Bauer Thomas Metzger Helmut Morbitzer Hugo Simon	See above	Team	—		20.00	=9	—		20.00	=11	20.00	=11	—

Fencing

Three fencers, all male, represented Austria in 1996.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Benny Wendt	Individual foil	—	Römer (GER) L 7–15	Did not advance				23
Michael Ludwig		Rodríguez (VEN) W 15–11	Plumenail (FRA) L 12–15	Did not advance				26
Marco Falchetto		Marchetti (ARG) L 13–15	Did not advance					33
Benny Wendt Michael Ludwig Marco Falchetto	Team foil	—		United States (USA) W 45–32	Italy (ITA) W 45–36	Poland (POL) L 36–45	Cuba (CUB) L 28–45	4

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Thomas Schleicher	–71 kg	Bye	Nakamura (JPN) L	Did not advance			Harkat (ALG) W	Schmidt (GER) L	Did not advance		=9
Patrick Reiter	–78 kg	Shmakov (UZB) L	Did not advance								=33
Sergei Klischin	-86 kg	Bye	Wilkinson (AUS) L	Did not advance							=21
Eric Krieger	+95 kg	Bye	Larbi (ALG) W	Rakhimov (TJK) W	Douillet (FRA) L	Did not advance	Bye	Van Barneveld (BEL) L	Did not advance		=9

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mariela Spacek	–66 kg	Bye	Kotelnikova (RUS) W	Dubois (FRA) L	Did not advance	Bye	Revé (CUB) L	Did not advance		=9

Rhythmic gymnastics

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries						Semifinals						Final
Athlete	Event	Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Birgit Schielin	Individual	9.200	9.166	9.266	9.249	36.881	24	Did not advance
Nina Taborsky	Individual	9.133	9.183	9.083	9.166	36.566	29	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Horst Nußbaumer	Single sculls	7:36.15	3 R	7:49.79	2 SAB	7:35.52	6 FB	6:53.20	9
Andreas Nader Hermann Bauer	Coxless pair	6:46.18	6 R	7:03.86	2 SAB	6:57.44	4 FB	6:38.60	11
Arnold Jonke Christoph Zerbst	Double sculls	6:56.55	4 R	6:43.52	1 SAB	6:35.76	2 FA	6:25.17	5
Wolfgang Sigl Walter Rantasa	Lightweight double sculls	6:54.36	2 R	6:21.10	1 Q	6:28.06	3 FA	6:30.85	5
Martin Kobau Harald Hofmann Christoph Schmölzer Gernot Faderbauer	Lightweight coxless four	6:24.59	3 R	6:02.76	3 Q	6:22.60	6 FB	6:06.09	12

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karola Schustereder Monika Felizeter	Lightweight double sculls	7:45.45	4 R	7:07.34	3 Q	7:32.07	6 FB	7:11.22	11

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Net points	Final rank
Hans Spitzauer	Finn	4	1	10	7	11	4	5	~~PMS~~	12	12	54.0	4

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Franz Urlesberger	Laser	19	30	15	16	16	23	14	12	6	9	15	122.0	14
Andreas Hagara Florian Schneeberger	Tornado	4	3	5	6	1	7	10	13	7	13	1	44.0	4
Hubert Raudaschl Andreas Hanakamp	Star	12	12	13	19	13	5	13	20	13	8	—	89.0	15

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Thomas Farnik	50 m rifle three positions	1164	13	Did not advance
Thomas Farnik	50 m rifle prone	589	42	Did not advance
Dieter Grabner	10 m air rifle	588	18	Did not advance
Wolfram Waibel, Jr.	50 m rifle three positions	1170	4 Q	1269.6
	50 m rifle prone	590	39	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	596	1 Q	695.2

Swimming

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Judith Draxler	50 m freestyle	26.34	=20	Did not advance
Judith Draxler	100 m freestyle	57.34 NR	27	Did not advance
Martina Nemec	400 m freestyle	4:23.72	32	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:21.10	30	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:02.52	30	Did not advance
Vera Lischka	100 m breaststroke	1:09.68 NR	5 FA	1:09.24 NR	5
Elvira Fischer	200 m breaststroke	2:33.89	=24	Did not advance

Key: FA - Qualify to A final (medal); FB - Qualify to B final (non-medal)

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ding Yi	Men's singles	Kim (KOR) L 0–2	Németh (HUN) L 1–2	Langley (AUS) W 2–1	3	Did not advance
Werner Schlager	Men's singles	Primorac (CRO) L 0–2	Bátorfi (HUN) W 2-0	Al-Hammadi (QAT) W 2-0	2	Did not advance
Ding Yi Qian Qianli	Men's doubles	Lü / Wang (CHN) L 0–2	Atiković / Primorac (CRO) W 2-0	Langley / Lavale (AUS) W 2-0	3	—	Did not advance
Karl Jindrak Werner Schlager	Men's doubles	Fetzner / Roßkopf (GER) L 0–2	Huang / Ng (CAN) W 2-0	Hoyama / Peixoto (BRA) W 2-1	2	—	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Judith Wiesner	Women's singles	Temesvári (HUN) W 7–6, 6–4	Novotná (CZE) L 4–6, 6–3, 3-6	Did not advance

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