| Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | AUT |
| NOC | Austrian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Turin | |
| Competitors | 73 (55 men, 18 women) in 12 sports |
| Flag bearer | Renate Götschl (opening) [1] [2] |
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Austria competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Stephan Görgl | Giant slalom | 1:17.15 | did not finish | |||
| Christoph Gruber | Super-G | n/a | 1:32.00 | 19 | ||
| Reinfried Herbst | Slalom | 53.55 | 50.42 | n/a | 1:43.97 |  |
| Klaus Kröll | Downhill | n/a | 1:50.91 | 22 | ||
| Mario Matt | Slalom | did not finish | ||||
| Combined | 1:41.08 | 45.60 | 1:02.10 | 3:28.78 | 43 | |
| Hermann Maier | Downhill | n/a | 1:50.00 | 6 | ||
| Super-G | n/a | 1:30.78 | | |||
| Giant slalom | 1:16.83 | 1:18.33 | n/a | 2:35.16 |  | |
| Benjamin Raich | Super-G | n/a | 1:32.05 | 21 | ||
| Giant slalom | 1:16.95 | 1:18.05 | n/a | 2:35.00 |  | |
| Slalom | 53.37 | 49.77 | n/a | 1:43.14 | | |
| Combined | 1:40.42 | 44.23 | did not finish | |||
| Hannes Reichelt | Super-G | n/a | 1:31.39 | 10 | ||
| Rainer Schönfelder | Giant slalom | 1:17.49 | 1:19.15 | n/a | 2:36.64 | 8 |
| Slalom | 54.03 | 50.12 | n/a | 1:44.15 | | |
| Combined | 1:40.02 | 45.67 | 44.98 | 3:10.67 | | |
| Fritz Strobl | Downhill | n/a | 1:50.12 | 8 | ||
| Michael Walchhofer | Downhill | n/a | 1:49.52 | | ||
| Combined | 1:39.52 | did not finish | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Michaela Dorfmeister | Downhill | n/a | 1:56.49 | | ||
| Super-G | n/a | 1:32.47 | | |||
| Andrea Fischbacher | Super-G | n/a | 1:33.97 | 13 | ||
| Elisabeth Görgl | Downhill | n/a | did not finish | |||
| Renate Götschl | Downhill | n/a | 1:57.20 | 4 | ||
| Super-G | n/a | 1:34.83 | 26 | |||
| Nicole Hosp | Giant slalom | 1:01.26 | 1:09.40 | n/a | 2:10.66 | 4 |
| Slalom | 42.83 | 46.50 | n/a | 1:29.33 | | |
| Combined | 38.75 | 43.32 | 1:31.14 | 2:53.21 | 5 | |
| Michaela Kirchgasser | Giant slalom | 1:02.22 | did not finish | |||
| Slalom | 42.97 | 47.31 | n/a | 1:30.28 | 5 | |
| Combined | 38.99 | 43.47 | 1:31.02 | 2:53.48 | 6 | |
| Alexandra Meissnitzer | Downhill | n/a | 1:57.78 | 8 | ||
| Super-G | n/a | 1:33.06 | | |||
| Marlies Schild | Giant slalom | 1:02.68 | 1:10.59 | n/a | 2:13.27 | 17 |
| Slalom | 43.09 | 46.70 | n/a | 1:29.79 | | |
| Combined | 38.39 | 42.83 | 1:30.36 | 2:51.58 | | |
| Kathrin Zettel | Giant slalom | 1:01.95 | 1:09.40 | n/a | 2:11.35 | 7 |
| Slalom | disqualified | |||||
| Combined | 38.77 | 42.98 | 1:30.66 | 2:52.41 | 4 | |
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
Both Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottmann had their results annulled and declared permanently ineligible after violations of the IOC Anti-doping Rules. [3]
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Ludwig Gredler | Men's sprint | 29:17.6 | 4 | 53 |
| Men's pursuit | 40:57.55 | 10 | 45 | |
| Men's individual | 59:55.1 | 3 | 41 | |
| Daniel Mesotitsch | Men's individual | 1:01:59.7 | 5 | 59 |
| Wolfgang Perner | Men's sprint | disqualified | ||
| Men's pursuit | disqualified | |||
| Men's individual | disqualified | |||
| Friedrich Pinter | Men's individual | 58:25.7 | 1 | 26 |
| Wolfgang Rottmann | Men's sprint | disqualified | ||
| Men's pursuit | disqualified | |||
| Christoph Sumann | Men's sprint | 27:43.2 | 2 | 15 |
| Men's pursuit | 36:39.70 | 2 | 7 | |
| Men's mass start | 48:17.4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Ludwig Gredler Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Christoph Sumann | Men's relay | 1:28:26.4 | 12 | 17 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Wolfgang Stampfer Klaus Seelos | Two-man | 55.92 | 55.94 | 56.57 | 56.90 | 3:45.33 | 10 |
| Jürgen Loacker Gerhard Köhler | Two-man | 56.29 | 56.22 | 57.07 | 57.69 | 3:47.27 | 13 |
| Wolfgang Stampfer Klaus Seelos Jürgen Loacker Hans Peter Welz | Four-man | 55.77 | 55.83 | 55.73 | 55.53 | 3:42.86 | 13 |
Four cross-country skiers, Roland Diethart, Johannes Eder, Jürgen Pinter and Martin Tauber were permanently barred by the IOC for violations of the Anti-Doping Code, and their results were annulled. [3]
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | ||
| Mikhail Botwinov | Men's 30 km pursuit | 1:17:08.5 | 7 |
| Men's 50 km freestyle | 2:06:12.7 | | |
| Martin Tauber | Men's 15 km classical | Disqualified | |
| Men's 30 km pursuit | Disqualified | ||
| Martin Tauber Jürgen Pinter Roland Diethart Johannes Eder | Men's 4 x 10 km relay | Disqualified | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Martin Stockinger | Men's sprint | 2:20.18 | 25 Q | 2:27.1 | 4 | Did not advance | 20 | ||
| Harald Wurm | Men's sprint | 2:20.11 | 24 Q | 2:23.4 | 5 | Did not advance | 24 | ||
| Johannes Eder Jürgen Pinter | Men's team sprint | Disqualified | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | CD | SP/OD | FS/FD | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Viktor Pfeifer | Men's | n/a | 62.17 | 17 Q | 101.70 | 23 | 163.87 | 22 | |
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Margarita Marbler | Women's moguls | 24.15 | 6 Q | 20.79 | 17 |
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | Rank | ||
| Veronika Halder | Women's singles | 47.426 | 47.137 | 47.246 | 47.278 | 3:09.087 | 5 |
| Markus Kleinheinz | Men's singles | 52.140 | 51.767 | 51.841 | 51.839 | 3:27.587 | 9 |
| Sonja Manzenreiter | Women's singles | 47.308 | 47.200 | did not finish | |||
| Rainer Margreiter | Men's singles | 52.200 | 51.880 | 52.234 | 51.800 | 3:28.114 | 12 |
| Daniel Pfister | Men's singles | 52.317 | 52.103 | 52.058 | 51.882 | 3:28.360 | 13 |
| Nina Reithmayer | Women's singles | 47.485 | 47.532 | 47.333 | 47.223 | 3:09.573 | 8 |
| Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger | Doubles | 47.028 | 47.469 | n/a | 1:34.497 | | |
| Markus Schiegl Tobias Schiegl | Doubles | 47.108 | 47.843 | n/a | 1:34.951 | 4 | |
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank | |||||
| Christoph Bieler | Sprint | 115.8 | 8 | 0:40 | 19:44.0 +1:15.0 | 23 | |||
| Individual Gundersen | 251.0 | 5 | 0:46 | 41:51.3 +2:06.7 | 13 | ||||
| Felix Gottwald | Sprint | 112.1 | 12 | 0:54 | 18:29.0 | | |||
| Individual Gundersen | 234.5 | 11 | 1:52 | 39:54.4 +0:09.8 | | ||||
| Michael Gruber | Sprint | 116.9 | 6 | 0:35 | 19:23.3 +0:54.3 | 13 | |||
| Individual Gundersen | 248.5 | 7 | 0:56 | 41:47.9 +2:03.3 | 12 | ||||
| Mario Stecher | Sprint | 108.9 | 15 | 1:07 | 19:30.3 +1:01.3 | 14 | |||
| Individual Gundersen | 223.0 | 17 | 2:38 | 42:59.2 +3:14.6 | 19 | ||||
| Christoph Bieler Felix Gottwald Michael Gruber Mario Stecher | Team | 903.2 | 2 | 0:10 | 49:52.6 | | |||
Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
| Markus Penz | Men's | 59.55 | 59.51 | 1:59.06 | 16 |
| Martin Rettl | Men's | 59.23 | 59.53 | 1:58.76 | 13 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | First round | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | ||
| Martin Koch | Normal hill | 123.0 | 9 Q | 118.0 | 24 Q | 111.5 | 229.5 | 23 |
| Large hill | 100.8 | 8 Q | 94.8 | 32 | did not advance | 32 | ||
| Andreas Kofler | Normal hill | 134.5 | 1 PQ | 127.0 | 11 Q | 130.5 | 257.5 | 11 |
| Large hill | 133.8 | 3 PQ | 135.7 | 1 Q | 141.1 | 276.8 | | |
| Thomas Morgenstern | Normal hill | 117.0 | 13 PQ | 134.5 | 2 Q | 125.0 | 259.5 | 9 |
| Large hill | 136.8 | 1 PQ | 131.4 | 2 Q | 145.5 | 276.9 | | |
| Andreas Widhölzl | Normal hill | 129.0 | 6 PQ | 120.5 | 20 Q | 123.5 | 244.0 | 13 |
| Large hill | 99.9 | 15 PQ | 109.9 | 12 Q | 100.2 | 210.1 | 21 | |
| Martin Koch Andreas Kofler Thomas Morgenstern Andreas Widhölzl | Team | n/a | 472.6 | 1 Q | 511.4 | 984.0 | | |
Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Siegfried Grabner | Parallel giant slalom | 1:10.65 | 6 Q |  Richardsson (SWE) (11)W-1.44 (-0.37-1.07) |  Inniger (SUI) (3)W-0.61 (-1.35+0.74) | Schoch (SUI) (2) L+0.34 (+0.42-0.08) | Bronze final Bozzetto (FRA) (13)WDNF (DNF+0.41) | |
| Alexander Maier | Parallel giant slalom | disqualified | ||||||
| Andreas Prommegger | Parallel giant slalom | 1:10.35 | 4 Q | Bozzetto (FRA) (13) L+0.54 (+0.48+0.06) | did not advance | 9 | ||
| Harald Walder | Parallel giant slalom | 1:12.11 | 14 Q | Inniger (SUI) (14) L+0.66 (+0.25+0.41) | did not advance | 14 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Doris Günther | Parallel giant slalom | 1:21.49 | 8 Q |  Takeuchi (JPN) (9)W-0.24 (-0.10-0.14) |  Tudigescheva (RUS) (1)W-0.66 (-0.97+0.31) |  Kober (GER) (5)L+3.76 (+1.50+2.26) | Bronze final Fletcher (USA) (13)L+0.69 (+1.50-0.81) | 4 |
| Doresia Krings | Parallel giant slalom | 1:22.02 | 11 Q | Meuli (SUI) (6) L+1.00 (+0.24+0.76) | did not advance | 11 | ||
| Heidi Krings | Parallel giant slalom | 1:21.79 | 10 Q | Bruhin (SUI) (7) L+2.06 (+0.06+2.00) | did not advance | 10 | ||
| Manuela Riegler | Parallel giant slalom | 1:31.72 | 28 | did not advance | 28 | |||
Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | 1/8 finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Position | Position | Position | Position | Rank | ||
| Mario Fuchs | Men's snowboard cross | 1:22.60 | 26 Q | 3 | did not advance | 30 | ||
| Lukas Grüner | Men's snowboard cross | 1:21.28 | 11 Q | 4 | did not advance | 19 | ||
| Doris Günther | Women's snowboard cross | 1:32.58 | 16 Q | n/a | 4 | did not advance | Classification 13–16 2 | 14 |
| Dieter Krassnig | Men's snowboard cross | 1:21.00 | 6 Q | 1 Q | 2 Q | 4 | Small final 4 | 8 |
| Doresia Krings | Women's snowboard cross | 1:30.90 | n/a | n/a | 4 | did not advance | Classification 13–16 1 | 13 |
| Hans Jörg Unterrainer | Men's snowboard cross | 1:22.10 | 17 Q | 1 Q | 4 | did not advance | Classification 13–16 3 | 17 |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Anna Rokita | Women's 1500 m | n/a | 2:20.19 | 27 | |
| Women's 3000 m | n/a | 4:12.87 | 16 | ||
| Women's 5000 m | n/a | 7:16.75 | 12 | ||
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