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Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
AUT

Flag bearer
  
Hubert Raudaschl

Website
  
www.oeoc.at (German)

Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Austrian Olympic Committee

Competitors
  
73 (66 men and 7 women) in 17 sports

Medals Ranked 29th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 0 1

Austria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 73 competitors, 66 men and 7 women, took part in 62 events in 17 sports.

Contents

Athletics

Men's Long Jump

  • Andreas Steiner
  • Qualification — 7.61m (→ did not advance)
  • Teddy Steinmayr
  • Qualification — 7.36m (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Shot Put

  • Klaus Bodenmüller
  • Qualifying Heat – 18.89m (→ did not advance)

    • Men's Hammer Throw

  • Johann Lindner
  • Qualifying Heat — 76.60m
  • Final — 75.36m (→ 10th place)

    • Men's Decathlon

  • Georg Werthner — 7753 points (→ 21st place)
    1. 100 metres — 11.52s
    2. Long Jump — 7.36m
    3. Shot Put — 13.93m
    4. High Jump — 1.94m
    5. 400 metres — 49.99s
    6. 110m Hurdles — 15.64s
    7. Discus Throw — 38.82m
    8. Pole Vault — 4.60m
    9. Javelin Throw — 67.04m
    10. 1.500 metres — 4:26.42s

    Cycling

    Seven cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1988.

    Men's road race
  • Mario Traxl
  • Johann Lienhart
  • Dietmar Hauer
    • Men's team time trial
  • Dietmar Hauer
  • Norbert Kostel
  • Johann Lienhart
  • Mario Traxl
    • Men's team pursuit
  • Roland Königshofer
  • Johann Lienhart
  • Kurt Schmied
  • Franz Stocher
    • Men's points race
  • Roland Königshofer

    • Fencing

    Five fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1988.

    Men's foil
  • Benny Wendt
  • Anatol Richter
    • Men's épée
  • Arno Strohmeyer
  • Johannes Nagele
  • Axel Birnbaum

    • Modern pentathlon

    One male pentathlete represented Austria in 1988.

    Men's Individual Competition:

  • Helmut Spannagl — 4833 pts (→ 36th place)

    • Men's Team Competition:

  • Spannagl — 4833 pts (→ 23rd place)

    • Sailing

    Men
    Open

    Shooting

    Men
    Women
    Open

    Swimming

    Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Markus Opatril
  • Heat — 24.32 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
  • Alexander Pilhatsch
  • Heat — 24.42 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

    • Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Markus Opatril
  • Heat — 52.66 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
  • Stefan Opatril
  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

    • Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Alesander Placheta
  • Heat — 1:56.11 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

    • Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Thomas Böhm
  • Heat — 1:04.96 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

    • Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Thomas Böhm
  • Heat — 2:24.15 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

    • Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Reinhold Leitner
  • Heat — 56.72 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

    • Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Reinhold Leitner
  • Heat — 2:02.18 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

    • Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Stefan Opatril, Markus Opatril, Alesander Placheta, and Alexander Pilhatsch
  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

    • Tennis

    Women's Singles Competition

  • Barbara Paulus
    1. First Round – Defeated Bettina Fulco (Argentina) 7-6 6-4
    2. Second Round – Defeated Jana Novotná (Czechoslovakia) 6-4 6-3
    3. Third Round – Lost to Zina Garrison (USA) 5-7 2-6

    • References

    Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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