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Austria at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
AUT

Competitors
  
29 in 11 sports

Website
  
www.oeoc.at (German)

Flag bearer
  
Franz Wimmer

Austria at the 1956 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Austrian Olympic Committee

MedalsRanked 34th
  
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Austria competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 29 competitors, 24 men and 5 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.

Contents

Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Adolf Gruber — 2:46:20 (→ 23rd place)

    • Cycling

    Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Kurt Schein — 1:13.1 (→ 11th place)

    • Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit

  • Rudolf Maresch
    Franz Wimmer
    Kurt Schein
    Walter Bortel — 10th place

    • Men's Individual Road Race

  • Franz Wimmer — 5:27:28 (→ 30th place)
  • Walter Bortel — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Kurt Schein — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Rudolf Maresch — did not finish (→ no ranking)

    • Cycling

    Four male cyclists represented Austria in 1956.

    Individual road race
  • Franz Wimmer
  • Walter Bortel
  • Rudolf Maresch
  • Kurt Schein
    • Team road race
  • Franz Wimmer
  • Walter Bortel
  • Rudolf Maresch
  • Kurt Schein
    • Time trial
  • Kurt Schein
    • Team pursuit
  • Franz Wimmer
  • Walter Bortel
  • Rudolf Maresch
  • Kurt Schein

    • Diving

    Women's 10m Platform

  • Eva Pfarrhofer
  • Preliminary Round — 46.02 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

    • Fencing

    One fencer represented Austria in 1956.

    Women's foil
  • Ellen Müller-Preis

    • Sailing

    Open

    References

    Austria at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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