Austria at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Austria at the
2018 Winter Olympics
Flag of Austria.svg
IOC code AUT
NOC Austrian Olympic Committee
Website www.olympia.at  (in German)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
9–25 February 2018
Competitors105 (65 men and 40 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer Anna Veith [1]
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
5
Silver
3
Bronze
6
Total
14
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Austria competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 105 competitors in 12 sports. They won 14 medals in total: five gold, three silver and six bronze; ranking 10th in the medal table.

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Medalists

On 22 January 2018, alpine skier Anna Veith was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. [2] During the announcement it was also announced the Austrian team would be composed of 105 athletes (65 men and 40 women) competing in 12 sports.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the delegation per sport.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine Skiing 111122
Biathlon 639
Bobsleigh 8412
Cross-country skiing 437
Figure skating 112
Freestyle skiing 7512
Luge 7310
Nordic combined 505
Skeleton 112
Ski jumping 538
Snowboarding 9514
Speed skating 112
Total6540105

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Stefan Brennsteiner Giant slalom 1:10.0214DNF
Manuel Feller Giant slalom DSQ
Slalom 49.351651.0361:40.3815
Max Franz Downhill 1:41.7511
Super-G 1:25.9617
Christian Hirschbühl Giant slalom DNF
Marcel Hirscher Combined 1:20.561245.9612:06.52Gold medal icon.svg
Giant slalom 1:08.2711:09.7722:18.04Gold medal icon.svg
Slalom DNF
Vincent Kriechmayr Downhill 1:41.197
Super-G 1:25.136
Combined 1:19.967DNF
Matthias Mayer Downhill 1:41.469
Super-G 1:24.44Gold medal icon.svg
Combined 1:19.373DNF
Michael Matt Slalom 49.001250.6611:39.66Bronze medal icon.svg
Hannes Reichelt Downhill 1:41.7612
Super-G 1:25.4011
Marco Schwarz Combined 1:20.981946.8952:07.874
Slalom 48.62851.57191:40.1911
Women
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Stephanie Brunner Giant slalom 1:11.539DNF
Slalom DNF
Katharina Gallhuber Slalom 50.12548.8311:38.95Bronze medal icon.svg
Ricarda Haaser Combined 1:41.75743.06142:24.8113
Giant slalom 1:13.37191:09.99142:23.3617
Cornelia Hütter Downhill 1:41.0413
Super-G 1:21.548
Katharina Liensberger Slalom 50.431050.1481:40.578
Bernadette Schild Giant slalom 1:14.50281:10.31192:24.8124
Slalom 49.89850.2991:40.187
Nicole Schmidhofer Downhill 1:41.0212
Super-G 1:22.3018
Ramona Siebenhofer Downhill 1:40.9810
Combined 1:40.34443.11152:23.457
Tamara Tippler Super-G 1:22.5021
Anna Veith Super-G 1:21.12Silver medal icon.svg
Giant slalom 1:12.43151:09.67102:22.1012
Stephanie Venier Downhill DNF
Slalom DNS
Mixed
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Manuel Feller
Michael Matt
Marco Schwarz
Stephanie Brunner
Katharina Gallhuber
Katharina Liensberger
Team Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
W 4–0
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
W 4–0
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
W 3–1
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
L 1–3
Silver medal icon.svg

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Austria has qualified 6 men and 5 women. [3] [4] However, they forfeited 2 female quota.

Men
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Julian Eberhard Sprint 23:47.21 (0+1)4
Pursuit 34:36.96 (0+1+3+2)15
Individual 50:15.63 (1+1+0+1)17
Mass start 36:18.03 (1+0+1+1)6
Tobias Eberhard Sprint 26:24.35 (4+1)77
Individual 53:33.64 (1+1+0+2)57
Simon Eder Sprint 24:42.52 (2+0)28
Pursuit 34:33.12 (0+0+0+2)14
Individual 49:55.82 (1+0+1+0)11
Mass start 37:01.03 (1+0+0+2)14
Dominik Landertinger Sprint 24:36.21 (1+0)25
Pursuit 36:22.25 (0+0+1+4)26
Individual 48:18.00 (0+0+0+0)Bronze medal icon.svg
Mass start 36:47.31 (0+0+1+0)12
Julian Eberhard
Tobias Eberhard
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
Team relay 1:18:09.013 (2+11)4
Women
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Lisa Hauser Sprint 23:58.94 (3+1)62
Individual 45:35.43 (1+1+0+1)41
Katharina Innerhofer Sprint 22:51.51 (0+1)29
Pursuit 34:41.25 (1+2+0+2)40
Individual 47:34.95 (2+1+0+2)60
Dunja Zdouc Sprint 23:21.00 (0+0)48
Pursuit 38:39.18 (1+3+1+3)58
Individual 47:09.02 (1+1+0+0)58
Mixed
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Julian Eberhard
Simon Eder
Lisa Hauser
Katharina Innerhofer
Team relay 1:10:56.314 (6+8)10

Bobsleigh

Based on their rankings in the 2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup, Austria has qualified 6 sleds. [5] [6] [7]

Men
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Benjamin Maier*
Markus Sammer
Two-man 49.41949.47649.32=549.56103:17.768
Markus Treichl*
Kilian Walch
49.671349.671549.561449.66133:18.5615
Benjamin Maier*
Dănuț Moldovan
Markus Sammer
Kilian Walch
Four-man 49.101449.21549.03749.5643:16.907
Markus Treichl*
Ekemini Bassey
Markus Glueck
Marco Rangl
49.732449.832249.6820Eliminated2:29.2422
Women
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Katrin Beierl*
Victoria Hahn
Two-woman 51.491951.411651.511751.43163:25.8418
Christina Hengster*
Valerie Kleiser
51.231451.04951.00851.24113:24.5110

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

Austria has qualified 4 men and 3 women.

Distance
Men
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleTotal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Dominik Baldauf 15 km freestyle 36:31.2+2:47.342
Max Hauke 15 km freestyle 35:57.5+2:13.629
30 km skiathlon 41:15.72936:57.5321:18:44.6+2:24.627
50 km classical 2:20:39.9+12:17.836
Bernhard Tritscher 15 km freestyle 36:24.7+2:40.839
50 km classical 2:22:47.7+14:25.642
Dominik Baldauf
Max Hauke
Luis Stadlober
Bernhard Tritscher
4 × 10 km relay 1:39:12.9+6:08.013
Women
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleTotal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Anna Seebacher 10 km freestyle 29:11.2+4:10.761
Teresa Stadlober 10 km freestyle 26:16.1+1:15.69
15 km skiathlon 21:25.8619:15.3741:11.5+26.67
30 km classical 1:26:31.7+4:14.19
Lisa Unterweger 10 km freestyle 29:35.2+4:34.767
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dominik Baldauf Men's sprint 3:18.5435Did not advance
Luis Stadlober 3:23.0153Did not advance
Dominik Baldauf
Bernhard Tritscher
Men's team sprint 16:43.698Did not advance
Lisa Unterweger Women's sprint 3:34.2950Did not advance
Teresa Stadlober
Lisa Unterweger
Women's team sprint 17:25.987Did not advance

Figure skating

Austria qualified one entry in pairs figure skating through the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. [8] The pair was announced on 18 December 2017. [9]

AthleteEventSPFSTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Pairs 58.8020Did not advance

Freestyle skiing

Austria has qualified 7 men and 5 women.

Halfpipe
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Run 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRank
Andreas Gohl Men's halfpipe 68.6031.6068.6012 Q14.6046.0068.8068.808
Marco Ladner 54.2039.4054.2021Did not advance
Lukas Müllauer 17.0063.6063.6016Did not advance
Elisabeth Gram Women's halfpipe 72.2020.0072.2013Did not advance
Moguls
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3
TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRank
Melanie Meilinger Women's moguls 33.7845.0254.952534.6148.7157.7116Did not advance
Ski cross
AthleteEventSeedingRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Adam Kappacher Men's ski cross 1:10.17162 QDNFDid not advance
Christoph Wahrstötter 1:09.796DNFDid not advance
Robert Winkler 1:10.09111 QDNFDid not advance
Thomas Zangerl 1:10.96282 Q3Did not advance
Andrea Limbacher Women's ski cross 1:14.718DNFDid not advance
Katrin Ofner 1:14.3071 Q3Did not advance
Slopestyle
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Run 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRank
Lara Wolf Women's slopestyle 10.2066.4066.4016Did not advance

Luge

Based on the results from the World Cups during the 2017–18 Luge World Cup season, Austria qualified 8 sleds. [10]

Gleirscher's unexpected win in the men's individual luge event was the first win in the event for an Austrian since the 1968 Olympics. [11]

Men
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Reinhard Egger Singles 48.2212047.9031147.9631747.840103:11.92715
David Gleirscher 47.652147.835747.584447.63143:10.702Gold medal icon.svg
Wolfgang Kindl 47.9551147.858947.7991247.52123:11.1339
Georg Fischler
Peter Penz
Doubles 45.891245.89421:31.785Silver medal icon.svg
Lorenz Koller
Thomas Steu
46.172546.11251:32.2844
Women
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Madeleine Egle Singles 46.7261446.6461446.541646.69673:06.6099
Birgit Platzer 47.31818DNFDNSEliminatedDNF
Hannah Prock 46.6221346.5851347.7432546.854123:07.80417
Mixed team relay
AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Madeleine Egle
David Gleirscher
Georg Fischler
Peter Penz
Team relay 47.122548.758349.10842:24.988Bronze medal icon.svg

Nordic combined

Austria has qualified 5 men:

AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotal
DistancePointsRankTimeRankTimeRank
Wilhelm Denifl Normal hill/10 km 92.092.32525:08.82727:41.829
Large hill/10 km 137.5135.0324:38.63424:54.68
Bernhard Gruber Normal hill/10 km 91.588.23324:32.11027:22.120
Large hill/10 km 133.598.53023:46.31426:28.321
Lukas Klapfer Normal hill/10 km 109.0122.6424:37.51125:09.5Bronze medal icon.svg
Large hill/10 km 131.0123.01024:11.32325:15.39
Franz-Josef Rehrl Normal hill/10 km 112.0130.6126:29.54426:29.513
Mario Seidl Large hill/10 km 127.0116.51423:51.01625:21.013
Wilhelm Denifl
Bernhard Gruber
Lukas Klapfer
Mario Seidl
Team large hill/4 x 5 km 536.5469.5147:17.6547:17.6Bronze medal icon.svg

Skeleton

Based on the world rankings, Austria qualified 3 sleds, but rejected one male quota. [12] [13]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Matthias Guggenberger Men's 51.381651.291751.812551.25133:25.7318
Janine Flock Women's 51.81352.07351.92452.12103:27.924

Ski jumping

Austria has qualified 5 men and 3 women:

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFirst roundFinalTotal
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Clemens Aigner Large hill 119.598.527 Q121.0110.031Did not advance
Manuel Fettner Normal hill 95.0109.427 Q96.599.529 Q105.5112.214211.723
Large hill 111.084.840 Q124.0109.832Did not advance
Michael Hayböck Normal hill 97.0112.426 Q99.5109.221 Q103.0110.517219.717
Large hill 133.5126.95 Q140.0140.42 Q131.0127.39267.76
Stefan Kraft Normal hill 102.5128.65 Q103.5122.85 Q103.0110.816233.611
Large hill 131.0121.111 Q131.5130.613 Q125.5116.821247.418
Gregor Schlierenzauer Normal hill 91.5104.032 Q102.5108.622 Q99.5103.622212.222
Manuel Fettner
Michael Hayböck
Stefan Kraft
Gregor Schlierenzauer
Team large hill 517.0493.74 Q511.0484.74978.44
Women
AthleteEventFirst roundFinalTotal
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Chiara Hölzl Normal hill 88.092.21495.5101.09193.211
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz 101.5113.3599.0112.67225.96
Jacqueline Seifriedsberger 93.093.71392.089.814183.513

Snowboarding

Austria has qualified 9 men and 5 women:

Freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Run 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2Run 3BestRank
Clemens Millauer Men's big air 39.2547.0047.0016Did not advance
Men's slopestyle 75.6577.4577.457Did not advance
Anna Gasser Women's big air 88.2598.0098.001 QJNS89.0096.00185.00Gold medal icon.svg
Women's slopestyle Canceled42.0546.56CAN46.5615

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Parallel
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Benjamin Karl Men's giant slalom 1:25.336 QFlag of Austria.svg  Prommegger  (AUT)
W –0.29
Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee S–h  (KOR)
L +0.94
Did not advance
Sebastian Kislinger 1:25.5910 QFlag of Germany.svg  Baumeister  (GER)
L +0.22
Did not advance
Alexander Payer 1:25.305 QFlag of Italy.svg  Coratti  (ITA)
L +0.33
Did not advance
Andreas Prommegger 1:25.6711 QFlag of Austria.svg  Karl  (AUT)
L +0.29
Did not advance
Julia Dujmovits Women's giant slalom 1:33.1611 QFlag of Japan.svg  Takeuchi  (JPN)
L +0.17
Did not advance
Ina Meschik 1:33.2313 QFlag of Germany.svg  Langenhorst  (GER)
W –0.02
Flag of Germany.svg  Hofmeister  (GER)
L +0.78
Did not advance
Claudia Riegler DNFDid not advance
Daniela Ulbing 1:33.078 QOlympic flag.svg  Bykova  (OAR)
W –0.52
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Ledecká  (CZE)
L +0.97
Did not advance
Snowboard cross
AthleteEventSeeding1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
Run 1Run 2BestSeed
TimeRankTimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
Hanno Douschan Men's snowboard cross 1:14.5316Bye1:14.53164Did not advance
Alessandro Hämmerle 1:15.0324Bye1:15.03241 Q3 Q5 FB77
Lukas Pachner 1:16.99331:17.48111:16.99385Did not advance
Markus Schairer 1:14.5617Bye1:14.56173 QDNFDid not advance

Qualification legend: FA-Qualify to medal round; FB- Qualify to consolation round

Speed skating

Austria earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cup's used for qualification. [14]

Individual
AthleteEventRace
TimeRank
Vanessa Herzog Women's 500 m 37.514
Women's 1500 m 1:14.475
Mass start
AthleteEventSemifinalFinal
PointsTimeRankPointsTimeRank
Linus Heidegger Men's mass start 608:20.461 Q67:52.386

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