Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Austria at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Austria.svg
IOC code AUT
NOC Austrian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympia.at  (in German)
in Beijing
Competitors70 in 14 sports
Flag bearers Hans-Peter Steinacher (opening)
Ludwig Paischer (closing)
Medals
Ranked 61st
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Austria sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Contents

Medalists

Violetta Oblinger-Peters (left), Ludwig Paischer (center) and Mirna Jukic (right) Violetta Oblinger-Peters, Ludwig Paischer, Mirna Jukic olympic medals Vienna2008.jpg
Violetta Oblinger-Peters (left), Ludwig Paischer (center) and Mirna Jukić (right)
MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ludwig Paischer Judo Men's 60 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mirna Jukić Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Violetta Oblinger-Peters Canoeing Women's K-1

Athletics

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Günther Weidlinger 10000 m 28:14.3827
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Gerhard Mayer Discus throw 61.3218Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Eva-Maria Gradwohl Marathon 2:44:2457

Canoeing

Slalom

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
Run 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankTotalRank
Helmut Oblinger Men's K-1 86.211085.547171.756 Q88.699 Q90.146178.837
Violetta Oblinger-Peters Women's K-1 97.27699.447196.716 Q110.655 Q104.123214.77Bronze medal icon.svg

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yvonne Schuring
Viktoria Schwarz
Women's K-2 500 m 1:46.9805 QS1:44.8343 Q1:44.9659

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Christian Pfannberger Men's road race 6:26:1723
Thomas Rohregger 6:26:2539
Monika Schachl Women's road race 3:36:3746
Christiane Soeder Women's road race 3:32:284
Women's time trial 36:20.757

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Christoph Soukup Men's cross-country 2:00:116
Elisabeth Osl Women's cross-country 1:51:3911

Diving

Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Constantin Blaha 3 m springboard 407.5522Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Veronika Kratochwil 3 m springboard 218.7527Did not advance
Anja Richter 10 m platform 287.7022Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankScoreRankScoreRank
Victoria Max-Theurer Falcao Old Individual 65.33327Did not advance

Eventing

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotal
QualifierFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Harald Ambros Quick 2 Individual 55.7051Withdrew*

* Harald Ambros withdrew after the dressage competition because his horse suffered from an injury.

Fencing

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Roland Schlosser Individual foil ByeFlag of Spain.svg  Menendez  (ESP)
W 15–9
Flag of Italy.svg  Cassarà  (ITA)
L 8–15
Did not advance

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
RopeHoopClubsRibbonTotalRankRopeHoopClubsRibbonTotalRank
Caroline Weber Individual 16.12515.87516.25015.92564.17517Did not advance

Judo

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ludwig Paischer −60 kg ByeFlag of Morocco.svg  Ahamdi  (MAR)
W 1010–0000
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Fallon  (GBR)
W 0002–0001
Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim K-J  (PRK)
W 0020–0000
Flag of France.svg  Dragin  (FRA)
W 1001–0000
ByeFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Choi M-H  (KOR)
L 0000–1000
Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Sabrina Filzmoser −57 kg Flag of North Korea.svg  Kye S-H  (PRK)
L 0001–1001
Did not advance
Claudia Heill −63 kg Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Clark  (GBR)
W 1011–0100
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  González  (CUB)
L 0001–0010
Did not advanceByeFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Wang C-F  (TPE)
W 1010–0010
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Barreto  (VEN)
W 0030–0001
Flag of North Korea.svg  Won O-I  (PRK)
L 0001–0110
5

Sailing

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Andreas Geritzer Laser 2862302044
BFD
44189CANEL15719
Florian Reichstädter
Matthias Schmid
470 2419252414242451911EL16424
Christian Nehammer
Hans Spitzauer
Star 14101161441241214EL8712
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Carolina Flatscher
Sylvia Vogl
470 920
DSQ
1371711361116848
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112131415M*
Nico Delle Karth
Nikolaus Resch
49er 921481375771351CANCANCAN22998
Roman Hagara
Hans-Peter Steinacher
Tornado 12101410113395514829

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Thomas Farnik 10 m air rifle 59410Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 11717 Q1268.95
Mario Knögler 50 m rifle prone 59030Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 11708 Q1268.46
Christian Planer 10 m air rifle 58930Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 58841Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
David Brandl 400 m freestyle 3:48.63 NR 20Did not advance
Florian Janistyn 1500 m freestyle 15:12.46 NR 21Did not advance
Dinko Jukić 200 m butterfly 1:55.9612 Q1:55.65 NR 10Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:00.5716 Q2:00.9816Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:15.48 NR 15Did not advance
Dominik Koll 200 m freestyle 1:47.81 NR 16 Q1:47.8713Did not advance
Hunor Mate 100 m breaststroke 1:00.93 NR 18Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:11.5621Did not advance
Maxim Podoprigora 200 m breaststroke 2:14.4335Did not advance
Markus Rogan 100 m backstroke 54.2213 Q53.809Did not advance
200 m backstroke 1:56.643 Q1:56.343 Q1:55.49 NR 4
Sebastian Stoss 200 m backstroke 1:59.4419Did not advance
Dominik Koll
David Brandl
Florian Janistyn
Markus Rogan
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:11.45 NR 9Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Nina Dittrich 200 m butterfly 2:09.85 NR 17Did not advance
Mirna Jukić 100 m breaststroke 1:07.063 Q1:07.273 Q1:07.34Bronze medal icon.svg
200 m breaststroke 2:24.393 Q2:23.763 Q2:23.24 NR 4
Birgit Koschischek 100 m freestyle 55.62 NR 29Did not advance
100 m butterfly 59.07 NR 26Did not advance
Jördis Steinegger 200 m freestyle 2:00.52 NR 26Did not advance
400 m freestyle 4:09.72 NR 16Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:36.40 NR 22Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:45.15 NR 26Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)
PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)Rank
Nadine Brandl
Elisabeth Mahn
Duet 41.2502141.16782.41722Did not advance

Table tennis

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.

Singles
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chen Weixing Men's singles ByeFlag of India.svg  Kamal  (IND)
W 4–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang H  (CHN)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Robert Gardos ByeFlag of North Korea.svg  Ri C-G  (PRK)
W 4–3
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Primorac  (CRO)
L 2–4
Did not advance
Werner Schlager ByeFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Yoon J-Y  (KOR)
W 4–3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Lq  (CHN)
L 0–4
Did not advance
Li Qiangbing Women's singles ByeFlag of Italy.svg  Tan  (ITA)
W 4–2
Flag of Germany.svg  Wu Jd  (GER)
W 4–3
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Tie Y N  (HKG)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Liu Jia ByeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Li J  (NED)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Team
AthleteEventGroup roundSemifinalsBronze playoff 1Bronze playoff 2Bronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Chen Weixing
Robert Gardos
Werner Schlager
Men's team Group A
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
L 0 – 3
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)
W 3 – 0
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
W 3 – 0
2Did not advanceCivil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)
W 3 – 1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
W 3 – 1
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)
L 1 – 3
Did not advance4
Veronika Heine
Li Qiangbing
Liu Jia
Women's team Group A
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
L 0 – 3
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)
W 3 – 0
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic  (DOM)
W 3 – 0
2Did not advanceFlag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)
L 0 – 3
Did not advance

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jürgen Melzer Men's singles Flag of Brazil.svg  Daniel  (BRA)
W 6–7(9–11), 6–1, 8–6
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Wawrinka  (SUI)
W 6–4, 6–0
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Lu Y-H  (TPE)
W 6–2, 6–4
Flag of Spain.svg  Nadal  (ESP)
L 0–6, 4–6
Did not advance
Julian Knowle
Jürgen Melzer
Men's doubles Flag of Germany.svg  Kiefer /
Schüttler  (GER)
W 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–1
Flag of the United States.svg  B Bryan /
M Bryan  (USA)
L 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Did not advance
Sybille Bammer Women's singles Flag of Spain.svg  Medina Garrigues  (ESP)
W 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Schnyder  (SUI)
W 6–4, 6–4
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Šafářová  (CZE)
W 7–5, 6–4
Flag of Russia.svg  Zvonareva  (RUS)
L 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Simon Agoston Men's 18:200:3059:000:3135:021:53:23.9838
Kate Allen Women's 20:570:321:05:240:3534:322:02:00.6914
Eva Dollinger 20:040:25Did not finish
Tania Haiböck 21:030:281:05:220:3336:372:04:03.1627

Volleyball

Beach

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:

AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Clemens Doppler
Peter Gartmayer
Men's Pool D
Flag of Russia.svg  Barsouk Kolodinsky  (RUS)
W 2 – 1 (21–16, 18–21, 16–14)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Araújo Luiz  (BRA)
W 2 – 1 (20–22, 21–19, 15–11)
Flag of Italy.svg  Amore Lione  (ITA)
W 2 – 0 (21–19, 24–22)
1 QFlag of Georgia.svg  Geor
Gia  (GEO)
L 1 – 2 (21–19, 16–21, 13–15)
Did not advance
Florian Gosch
Alexander Horst
Pool A
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wu Xu  (CHN)
L 0 – 2 (16–21, 15–21)
Flag of Spain.svg  Herrera Mesa  (ESP)
L 0 – 2 (14–21, 12–21)
Flag of Estonia.svg  Kais Vesik  (EST)
W 2 – 1 (21–16, 18–21, 15–12)
Lucky Losers
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Heyer - Heuscher  (SUI)
W 2 – 0 (21–11, 21–19)
3 QFlag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Pļaviņš
Samoilovs  (LAT)
W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–18)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Araújo
Luiz  (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (20–22, 17–21)
Did not advance
Doris Schwaiger
Stefanie Schwaiger
Women's Pool A
Flag of Greece.svg  Arvaniti Karantasiou  (GRE)
W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–18)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Talita Renata  (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Candelas García  (MEX)
W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–10)
2 QFlag of Germany.svg  Goller
Ludwig  (GER)
W 2 – 1 (23–21, 11–21, 18–16)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tian J
Wang J  (CHN)
L 0 – 2 (12–21, 12–21)
Did not advance

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