Austria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Austria at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Austria at the; 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.oeoc.at (in German)
in Barcelona, Spain; 25 July – 9 August
Competitors	102 (71 men and 31 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Elisabeth Max-Theurer
Medals; Ranked 41st	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	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

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

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
Head coach: Vinco Kandija

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Net points	Final rank
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
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
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
Hubert Raudaschl 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
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Thomas Farnik	50 m rifle three positions	1160	14	did not advance
Thomas Farnik	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
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jana Kubala	50 m rifle three positions	575	14	did not advance
Jana Kubala	10 m air rifle	378	12	did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Women's duet

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

References

^ "Austria at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
^ Austria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

[sports-reference-1] "Austria at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-21.

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