Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | AUT |
NOC | Austrian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Beijing | |
Competitors | 70 in 14 sports |
Flag bearers | Hans-Peter Steinacher (opening) Ludwig Paischer (closing) |
Medals Ranked 61st |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Austria sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Silver | Ludwig Paischer | Judo | Men's 60 kg |
Bronze | Mirna Jukić | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke |
Bronze | Violetta Oblinger-Peters | Canoeing | Women's K-1 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Günther Weidlinger | 10000 m | 28:14.38 | 27 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Gerhard Mayer | Discus throw | 61.32 | 18 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Result | Rank | ||
Eva-Maria Gradwohl | Marathon | 2:44:24 | 57 |
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||
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Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
Helmut Oblinger | Men's K-1 | 86.21 | 10 | 85.54 | 7 | 171.75 | 6 Q | 88.69 | 9 Q | 90.14 | 6 | 178.83 | 7 |
Violetta Oblinger-Peters | Women's K-1 | 97.27 | 6 | 99.44 | 7 | 196.71 | 6 Q | 110.65 | 5 Q | 104.12 | 3 | 214.77 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz | Women's K-2 500 m | 1:46.980 | 5 QS | 1:44.834 | 3 Q | 1:44.965 | 9 |
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Christian Pfannberger | Men's road race | 6:26:17 | 23 |
Thomas Rohregger | 6:26:25 | 39 | |
Monika Schachl | Women's road race | 3:36:37 | 46 |
Christiane Soeder | Women's road race | 3:32:28 | 4 |
Women's time trial | 36:20.75 | 7 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Christoph Soukup | Men's cross-country | 2:00:11 | 6 |
Elisabeth Osl | Women's cross-country | 1:51:39 | 11 |
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Constantin Blaha | 3 m springboard | 407.55 | 22 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Veronika Kratochwil | 3 m springboard | 218.75 | 27 | Did not advance | |||
Anja Richter | 10 m platform | 287.70 | 22 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | ||||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
Victoria Max-Theurer | Falcao Old | Individual | 65.333 | 27 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | |||||||||
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Qualifier | Final | ||||||||||||||
Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
Harald Ambros | Quick 2 | Individual | 55.70 | 51 | Withdrew* |
* Harald Ambros withdrew after the dressage competition because his horse suffered from an injury.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Roland Schlosser | Individual foil | Bye | Menendez (ESP) W 15–9 | Cassarà (ITA) L 8–15 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
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Rope | Hoop | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Rope | Hoop | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | ||
Caroline Weber | Individual | 16.125 | 15.875 | 16.250 | 15.925 | 64.175 | 17 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Ludwig Paischer | −60 kg | Bye | Ahamdi (MAR) W 1010–0000 | Fallon (GBR) W 0002–0001 | Kim K-J (PRK) W 0020–0000 | Dragin (FRA) W 1001–0000 | Bye | Choi M-H (KOR) L 0000–1000 |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Sabrina Filzmoser | −57 kg | Kye S-H (PRK) L 0001–1001 | Did not advance | |||||||
Claudia Heill | −63 kg | Clark (GBR) W 1011–0100 | González (CUB) L 0001–0010 | Did not advance | Bye | Wang C-F (TPE) W 1010–0010 | Barreto (VEN) W 0030–0001 | Won O-I (PRK) L 0001–0110 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Andreas Geritzer | Laser | 28 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 20 | BFD | 44 | 18 | 9 | CAN | EL | 157 | 19 |
Florian Reichstädter Matthias Schmid | 470 | 24 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 11 | EL | 164 | 24 | |
Christian Nehammer Hans Spitzauer | Star | 10 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 14 | EL | 87 | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Carolina Flatscher Sylvia Vogl | 470 | 9 | DSQ | 13 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 84 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
Nico Delle Karth Nikolaus Resch | 49er | 9 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | CAN | CAN | CAN | 22 | 99 | 8 | |
Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher | Tornado | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | — | 14 | 82 | 9 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Thomas Farnik | 10 m air rifle | 594 | 10 | Did not advance | |
50 m rifle 3 positions | 1171 | 7 Q | 1268.9 | 5 | |
Mario Knögler | 50 m rifle prone | 590 | 30 | Did not advance | |
50 m rifle 3 positions | 1170 | 8 Q | 1268.4 | 6 | |
Christian Planer | 10 m air rifle | 589 | 30 | Did not advance | |
50 m rifle prone | 588 | 41 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
David Brandl | 400 m freestyle | 3:48.63 NR | 20 | — | Did not advance | ||
Florian Janistyn | 1500 m freestyle | 15:12.46 NR | 21 | — | Did not advance | ||
Dinko Jukić | 200 m butterfly | 1:55.96 | 12 Q | 1:55.65 NR | 10 | Did not advance | |
200 m individual medley | 2:00.57 | 16 Q | 2:00.98 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
400 m individual medley | 4:15.48 NR | 15 | — | Did not advance | |||
Dominik Koll | 200 m freestyle | 1:47.81 NR | 16 Q | 1:47.87 | 13 | Did not advance | |
Hunor Mate | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.93 NR | 18 | Did not advance | |||
200 m breaststroke | 2:11.56 | 21 | Did not advance | ||||
Maxim Podoprigora | 200 m breaststroke | 2:14.43 | 35 | Did not advance | |||
Markus Rogan | 100 m backstroke | 54.22 | 13 Q | 53.80 | 9 | Did not advance | |
200 m backstroke | 1:56.64 | 3 Q | 1:56.34 | 3 Q | 1:55.49 NR | 4 | |
Sebastian Stoss | 200 m backstroke | 1:59.44 | 19 | Did not advance | |||
Dominik Koll David Brandl Florian Janistyn Markus Rogan | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:11.45 NR | 9 | — | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Nina Dittrich | 200 m butterfly | 2:09.85 NR | 17 | Did not advance | |||
Mirna Jukić | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.06 | 3 Q | 1:07.27 | 3 Q | 1:07.34 | |
200 m breaststroke | 2:24.39 | 3 Q | 2:23.76 | 3 Q | 2:23.24 NR | 4 | |
Birgit Koschischek | 100 m freestyle | 55.62 NR | 29 | Did not advance | |||
100 m butterfly | 59.07 NR | 26 | Did not advance | ||||
Jördis Steinegger | 200 m freestyle | 2:00.52 NR | 26 | Did not advance | |||
400 m freestyle | 4:09.72 NR | 16 | — | Did not advance | |||
800 m freestyle | 8:36.40 NR | 22 | — | Did not advance | |||
400 m individual medley | 4:45.15 NR | 26 | — | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | |||||
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Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | ||
Nadine Brandl Elisabeth Mahn | Duet | 41.250 | 21 | 41.167 | 82.417 | 22 | Did not advance |
All five singles players participated in the team events, with Veronika Heine completing the women's team and Daniel Habesohn as a reserve for the men's team.
Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Chen Weixing | Men's singles | Bye | Kamal (IND) W 4–1 | Wang H (CHN) L 0–4 | Did not advance | |||||
Robert Gardos | Bye | Ri C-G (PRK) W 4–3 | Primorac (CRO) L 2–4 | Did not advance | ||||||
Werner Schlager | Bye | Yoon J-Y (KOR) W 4–3 | Wang Lq (CHN) L 0–4 | Did not advance | ||||||
Li Qiangbing | Women's singles | Bye | Tan (ITA) W 4–2 | Wu Jd (GER) W 4–3 | Tie Y N (HKG) L 3–4 | Did not advance | ||||
Liu Jia | Bye | Li J (NED) L 1–4 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Group round | Semifinals | Bronze playoff 1 | Bronze playoff 2 | Bronze medal | Final | ||
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Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Chen Weixing Robert Gardos Werner Schlager | Men's team | Group A China (CHN) L 0 – 3 Greece (GRE) W 3 – 0 Australia (AUS) W 3 – 0 | 2 | Did not advance | Croatia (CRO) W 3 – 1 | Japan (JPN) W 3 – 1 | South Korea (KOR) L 1 – 3 | Did not advance | 4 |
Veronika Heine Li Qiangbing Liu Jia | Women's team | Group A China (CHN) L 0 – 3 Croatia (CRO) W 3 – 0 Dominican Republic (DOM) W 3 – 0 | 2 | Did not advance | Japan (JPN) L 0 – 3 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Jürgen Melzer | Men's singles | Daniel (BRA) W 6–7(9–11), 6–1, 8–6 | Wawrinka (SUI) W 6–4, 6–0 | Lu Y-H (TPE) W 6–2, 6–4 | Nadal (ESP) L 0–6, 4–6 | Did not advance | ||
Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer | Men's doubles | — | Kiefer / Schüttler (GER) W 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–1 | B Bryan / M Bryan (USA) L 6–7(2–7), 4–6 | Did not advance | |||
Sybille Bammer | Women's singles | Medina Garrigues (ESP) W 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 | Schnyder (SUI) W 6–4, 6–4 | Šafářová (CZE) W 7–5, 6–4 | Zvonareva (RUS) L 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
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Simon Agoston | Men's | 18:20 | 0:30 | 59:00 | 0:31 | 35:02 | 1:53:23.98 | 38 |
Kate Allen | Women's | 20:57 | 0:32 | 1:05:24 | 0:35 | 34:32 | 2:02:00.69 | 14 |
Eva Dollinger | 20:04 | 0:25 | Did not finish | |||||
Tania Haiböck | 21:03 | 0:28 | 1:05:22 | 0:33 | 36:37 | 2:04:03.16 | 27 |
Four Austrian beach volleyball teams had qualified for the Olympics, but the women's team Montagnolli - Swoboda was replaced by the Swiss team Kuhn - Schwer, because of medical reasons. [1] There are now three beach volley teams in the games:
Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
Clemens Doppler Peter Gartmayer | Men's | Pool D Barsouk – Kolodinsky (RUS) W 2 – 1 (21–16, 18–21, 16–14) Araújo – Luiz (BRA) W 2 – 1 (20–22, 21–19, 15–11) Amore – Lione (ITA) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 24–22) | 1 Q | Geor – Gia (GEO) L 1 – 2 (21–19, 16–21, 13–15) | Did not advance | |||
Florian Gosch Alexander Horst | Pool A Wu – Xu (CHN) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 15–21) Herrera – Mesa (ESP) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 12–21) Kais – Vesik (EST) W 2 – 1 (21–16, 18–21, 15–12) Lucky Losers Heyer - Heuscher (SUI) W 2 – 0 (21–11, 21–19) | 3 Q | Pļaviņš – Samoilovs (LAT) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–18) | Araújo – Luiz (BRA) L 0 – 2 (20–22, 17–21) | Did not advance | |||
Doris Schwaiger Stefanie Schwaiger | Women's | Pool A Arvaniti – Karantasiou (GRE) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–18) Talita – Renata (BRA) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21) Candelas – García (MEX) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–10) | 2 Q | Goller – Ludwig (GER) W 2 – 1 (23–21, 11–21, 18–16) | Tian J – Wang J (CHN) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 12–21) | Did not advance |
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