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Austria at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
AUT

Website
  
www.oeoc.at (German)

Austria at the 1968 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Austrian Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
76 (63 men, 13 women) in 10 sports

Flag bearer
  
Emmerich Danzer (figure skating)

Medals Ranked 5th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 3 4 4 11

Austria competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Contents

Alpine skiing

Men
Men's slalom
Women

Biathlon

Men
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Cross-country skiing

Men
Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Figure skating

Men
Women

Consolation round

Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places. Austria entered in this round, from the start they did not play for the medals.

Romania – Austria 3:2 (2:1, 1:1, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Fagarasi, Calamar, Mois – Schupp, Samonig.

Yugoslavia – Austria 6:0 (2:0, 2:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Ivo Jan 3, Roman Smolej, Tisler, Klinar.

France – Austria 2:5 (0:1, 2:3, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Faucomprez, Caux – Puschnig 2, Kirchbaumer, St. John, Schupp.

Norway – Austria 5:4 (3:1, 2:1, 0:2)
Goalscorers: Dalsören 2, Bjölbak, Olsen, Hansen – Schupp 2, Weingärtner, St. John.

Japan – Austria 11:1 (1:0, 6:0, 4:1)
Goalscorers: Itoh 2, Okajima 2, Hikigi 2, Araki, Kudo, Takashima, Toriyabe, Iwamoto – Puschnig.

Contestants

13. AUSTRIA
Goaltenders: Franz Schilcher, Karl Pregl
Defence: Gerd Schager, Gerhard Felfernig, Josef Mössmer, Hermann Erhard, Gerhard Hausner
Forwards: Dieter Kalt, Adelbert St. John, Josef Puschnig, Josef Schwitzer, Heinz Schupp, Walter König, Heinz Knoflach, Klaus Weingartner, Klaus Kirchbaumer, Günter Burkhart, Paul Samonig

Luge

Men

(Men's) Doubles

Women

Nordic combined

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
  • Speed skating

    Men

    References

    Austria at the 1968 Winter Olympics Wikipedia