Austria competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 111 competitors, 97 men and 14 women, took part in 68 events in 15 sports.
Men's 100 metres
Axel Nepraunik
First Heat — 10.61s (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
Georg Regner, Axel Nepraunik, Gunther Würfel, and Helmut Lang
Heat — 40.49s
Semifinals — DNF (→ did not advance)
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Franz Csandl
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Rolando Garbey (CUB), 0:5
Five cyclists represented Austria in 1972.
Individual road race
Roman Humenberger — 14th place
Johann Summer — 46th place
Wolfgang Steinmayr — 55th place
Rudolf Mitteregger — 71st place
Team time trial
Sigi Denk
Roman Humenberger
Rudolf Mitteregger
Johann Summer
Men's 3m Springboard:
Rudolf Kruspel — 293.58 points (→ 31st place)
Josef Kien — 285.30 points (→ 32nd place)
Men's 10m Platform:
Nikola Stajkovic — 280.29 points (→ 18th place)
Rudolf Kruspel — 248.07 points (→ 33rd place)
Women's 10m Platform:
Ingeborg Pertmayr — 321.03 points (→ 8th place)
13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Austria in 1972.
Men's foil
Roland Losert
Men's épée
Rudolf Trost
Karl-Heinz Müller
Roland Losert
Men's team épée
Roland Losert, Karl-Heinz Müller, Herbert Polzhuber, Rudolf Trost
Men's sabre
Hanns Brandstätter
Fritz Prause
Bernd Brodar
Men's team sabre
Hanns Brandstätter, Bernd Brodar, Fritz Prause, Günther Ulrich
Women's foil
Elke Radlingmaier
Hannelore Hradez
Waltraut Peck-Repa
Women's team foil
Ingrid Gosch, Hannelore Hradez, Adrienne Krebitz, Elke Radlingmaier, Waltraut Peck-Repa
Three male pentathletes represented Austria in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
Wolfgang Leu — 4852 points (→ 18th place)
Peter Zobl-Wessely — 4545 points (→ 35th place)
Bruno Jerebicnik — 4415 points (→ 44th place)
Men's Team Competition:
Leu, Zobl-Wessely, and Jerebicnik — 13865 points (→ 11th place)
Men's Coxed Pairs
Rainer Hinteregger, Manfred Grieshofer and Werner Grieshofer
Heat — 8:08.88
Repechage — 8:15.94 (→ did not advance)
Open
Seven male shooters represented Austria in 1972. Rudolf Dollinger won bronze in the 50 m pistol event.
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