Austria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Austria at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Flag bearer		Elisabeth Max-Theurer
Medals Ranked 41st	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
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1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 102 competitors, 71 men and 31 women, took part in 68 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Arnold Jonke Christoph Zerbst	Rowing	Men's double sculls	1 August
Silver	Boris Boor Thomas Frühmann Jörg Münzner Hugo Simon	Equestrian	Team jumping	4 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	11	5	16
Badminton	2	0	2
Canoeing	3	1	4
Cycling	5	0	5
Diving	2	0	2
Equestrian	4	1	5
Fencing	5	0	5
Handball	0	14	14
Judo	3	3	6
Rowing	12	0	12
Sailing	13	0	13
Shooting	4	1	5
Swimming	1	1	2
Synchronized swimming	–	2	2
Table tennis	2	0	2
Tennis	2	3	5
Wrestling	2	–	2
Total	71	31	102

Athletics

Men's 100m metres

• Andreas Berger
  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Helmut Schmuck — 2:23.38 (→ 47th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Stefan Wogerbauer
  — 4:17:25 (→ 26th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Johann Linder
  • Qualification — 75.28 m
  • Final — 75.14 m (→ 9th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Klaus Bodenmuller
  • Qualification — 19.86 m
  • Final — 20.48 m (→ 6th place)

Women's High Jump

• Sigrid Kirchmann
  • Qualification — 1.92 m
  • Final — 1.94 m (→ 5th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll
  • Heat — 6.53 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Ursula Weber
  • Heat — 51.62m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1992.

Men's road race

• Peter Luttenberger
• Andreas Langl
• Georg Totschnig

Men's 1 km time trial

• Christian Meidlinger

Men's points race

• Franz Stocher

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

• Niki Stajković
  • Preliminary round – 339.75 points (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
• Jürgen Richter
  • Preliminary round – 336.78 points (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Men's foil

• Benny Wendt
• Anatol Richter
• Michael Ludwig

Men's team foil

• Benny Wendt, Anatol Richter, Michael Ludwig, Robert Blaschka, Merten Mauritz

Handball

Women's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Austria – Spain 20-16
  • Austria – South Korea 27-27
  • Austria – Norway 17-19
• Classification Match
  • 5th/6th place: Austria – United States 26-17 (→ Fifth place)
• Team Roster
  • Stanka Bozovic
  • Slavica Đukić
  • Jadranka Jez
  • Kerstin Jönsson
  • Leona Kloud
  • Jasna Kolar-Merdan
  • Sandra Mamoli
  • Edith Matei
  • Iris Morhammer
  • Nicole Peissl
  • Karin Prokop
  • Marianna Racz
  • Natali Rusnatchenko
  • Barbara Strass
  • Liliana Topea
  • Teresa Zurowski
• Head coach: Vinco Kandija

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Christoph Sieber	Lechner A-390	18	8	2	6	2	12	6	27	3	13	110.1	5
Hans Spitzauer	Finn	9	18	5	15	3	3	16	—			79.4	8
Christian Binder Markus Piso	470	4	20	24	31	25	23	23	—			153.0	26

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Stephan Schurich Markus Schneeberger	Flying Dutchman	7	19	18	11	8	8	21	107.0	16
Andreas Hagara Roman Hagara	Tornado	6	6	1	18	4	13	9	65.4	7
Friedrich Xaver Gruber	Star	15	18	18	11	11	14	22	123.0	20
Michael Luschan Stefan Lindner Georg Stadler	Soling	9	15	17	9	18	19	—	98.0	19

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Thomas Farnik	50 m rifle three positions	1160	14	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	590	6 Q	690.2	6
Wolfram Waibel Sr.	50 m rifle prone	591	31	did not advance
Wolfram Waibel Jr.	50 m rifle three positions	1140	38	did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	596	11	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	589	11	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jana Kubala	50 m rifle three positions	575	14	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	378	12	did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Josef Hahnenkamp	Skeet	144	33	did not advance

Swimming

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Alexander Brandl
  • Heat – 55.45 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Alexander Brandl
  • Heat – 2:02.88 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Martina Nemec
  • Heat – 1:13.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Martina Nemec
  • Heat – 2:36.65 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Martina Nemec
  • Heat – 2:22.63 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Synchronized swimming

Two synchronized swimmers represented Austria in 1992.

Women's solo

• Beatrix Müllner
• Christine Müllner

Women's duet

• Beatrix Müllner
• Christine Müllner

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's singles competition

• Thomas Muster
  1. First round — Lost to Henri Leconte (France) 6–7, 6–7, 4–6
• Horst Skoff
  1. First round — Lost to Magnus Larsson (Sweden) 2–6, 2–6, 3–6

Women's singles competition

• Barbara Paulus
  1. First round – Defeated Monique Javer (Great Britain) 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
  2. Second round – Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 4–6, 1-6
• Petra Ritter
  1. First round – Lost to Eugenia Maniokova (Unified Team) 1–6, 6-7

Wrestling

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