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| Austria at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | AUT |
| NPC | Austrian Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 28 August 2024 – 8 September 2024 | |
| Competitors | 24 (17 men and 7 women) in 11 sports |
| Flag bearers | Henriett Koósz Pepo Puch |
| Medals Ranked 69th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Austria competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.
The following Austrian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
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| Multiple medallists | ||||||
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| Name | Sport |  |  |  | Total | |
| Thomas Frühwirth | Cycling | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cycling | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Equestrian | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Paracanoeing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paratriathlon | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wheelchair tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 17 | 6 | 23 |
For the first time in Paralympics Games, Austria secured a quota place in the men's compound, event by virtue of the nations result at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Michael Meier | Men's individual compound | 691 | 13 |  Charao (BRA)W 142-135 |  Tremblay (CAN)L 139-140 | Did not advance | |||
Austrian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | ||
| Georg Schober | Men's shot put F63 | 12.56 | 8 |
| Bil Marinkovic | Men's discus throw F11 | 38.14 | 6 |
| Natalija Eder | Women's javelin throw F13 | 37.22 | |
Austria has qualified one para badminton player for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Henriett Koósz | Women's singles WH1 |  To (BEL)L 0-2 |  Kwon (KOR)L 0-2 | — | 3 | Did not advance | |||
Austria entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking. [1]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Frühwirth | Men's road race H4 | 1:29:46 | |
| Men's time trial H4 | 41:31.22 | | |
| Alexander Gritsch | Men's road race H4 | 1:42:38 | 6 |
| Men's time trial H4 | 45:11.96 | 8 | |
| Franz-Josef Lässer | Men's road race C4-5 | 2:32:35 | 13 |
| Men's time trial C5 | 37:16.60 | 5 | |
| Wolfgang Steinbichler | Men's road race T1-2 | 1:17:15 | 5 |
| Men's time trial T1-2 | 24:59.86 | 6 |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Svetlana Moshkovich | Women's road race H1-2-3-4 | 56:57 | 7 |
| Women's time trial H4-5 | 27:15.05 | 8 | |
| Cornelia Wibmer | Women's road race H1-2-3-4 | 1:00:12 | 11 |
| Women's time trial H4-5 | 34:31.97 | 13 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Franz-Josef Lässer | Men's 1000 m C4-5 | 1:06.463 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Men's pursuit C5 | 4:21.084 | 4 QB | Final bronze medal Gordon (USA)L4:25.009-4:18.880 | 4 | |
Austria entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, as one of the top two teams, not yet qualified, through final world para dressage rankings.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | |||
| Pepo Puch | Sailor's Blue | Individual championship test grade II | 72.793 | 5 |
| Individual freestyle test grade II | 74.127 | 5 | ||
| Julia Sciancalepore | Heinrich IV | Individual championship test grade I | 68.917 | 10 |
| Individual freestyle test grade I | Did not advance | |||
| Thomas Haller | Espalion | Individual championship test grade III | 63.733 | 11 |
| Individual freestyle test grade III | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Individual score | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT | Score | Rank | |||
| Pepo Puch | See above | Team | 74.100 | 209.125 | 9 |
| Julia Sciancalepore | 71.458 | ||||
| Thomas Haller | 63.567 | ||||
Austria earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Markus Swoboda | Men's KL2 | 43.87 | 2 SF | 43.41 | 1 FA | 42.63 | 4 |
| Men's VL3 | 53.49 | 6 SF | 50.79 | 2 FA | |||
Austria have qualified one quota for the paratriathlon via world rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Swim | Trans 1 | Bike | Trans 2 | Run | Total time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florian Brungraber | Men's PTWC | 14:15 | 1:14 | 31:49 | 0:51 | 11:16 | 59:25 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Josef Pacher | R5 Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2 | 631.8 | 23 | Did not advance | |
| R9 Mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH2 | 615.5 | 20 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Andreas Onea | Men's 100 m breaststroke SB8 | 1:13.71 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Men's 200 m individual medley SM8 | 2:31.29 | 9 | Did not advance | ||
| Andreas Ernhofer | Men's 50 m freestyle S4 | 42.44 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| Men's 200 m freestyle S4 | 3:30.89 | 12 | Did not advance | ||
| Men's 50 m backstroke S4 | 48.35 | 10 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Janina Falk | Women's 100 m breaststroke SB14 | 1:23.65 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 100 m butterfly S14 | 1:11.67 | 13 | Did not advance | ||
| Women's 200 m individual medley SM14 | 2:37.70 | 10 | Did not advance | ||
Austria entered one athletes for the Paralympic games. Krisztian Gardos qualified for the games through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Krisztian Gardos | Men's individual C10 | Massad (BRA) L 1-3 | 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 | ||
| Josef Riegler | Men's singles |  Dharmasena (SRI)L 1-6, 3-6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Nico Langmann | Hang (KOR) W 6-2, 0-6, 6-2 |  Scheffers (NED)L 4-6, 1-6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Josef Riegler Nico Langmann | Men's doubles | — | Bye | Hang / Im (KOR) L 2-6, 0-6 | Did not advance | |||
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