Austria at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

Austria at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.oeoc.at (in German)
in Munich, West Germany
August 26, 1972 (1972-08-26) – September 10, 1972 (1972-09-10)
Competitors111 (97 men and 14 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Hubert Raudaschl
Medals
Ranked 31st
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 SilverNorbert SattlerCanoeingMen's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
 BronzeIlona GusenbauerAthleticsWomen's High Jump
 BronzeRudolf DollingerShootingMen's Free Pistol

Athletics

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)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight ( 71 kg)

  • Franz Csandl
    • First Round Bye
    • Second Round Lost to Rolando Garbey (CUB), 0:5

Cycling

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

Diving

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)

Equestrian

Fencing

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

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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)

Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs

  • Rainer Hinteregger, Manfred Grieshofer and Werner Grieshofer
    • Heat 8:08.88
    • Repechage 8:15.94 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Kurt Seidl
Ernst Seidl
Flying Dutchman 15 5 26 DNS 18 9 19 127.0 18
Hubert Raudaschl
Erich Moritz
Tempest 5 6 13 15 3 12 14 84.4 10
Manfred Stelzl
Peter Luschan
Star 8 15 5 15 7 7 18 92.0 11
Uli Strohschneider
Peter Denzel
Robert Haschka
Soling 26 16 15 13 13 8 95.0 17
Harald Fereberger
Franz Eisl
Karl Stangl
Dragon 9 6 13 5 10 17 71.7 10

Shooting

Seven male shooters represented Austria in 1972. Rudolf Dollinger won bronze in the 50 m pistol event.

Open
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Rudolf Dollinger 50 m free pistol 560
Karl Fröschl 50 m rifle prone 587 67
Hubert Garschall 50 m free pistol 548 21
25 m rapid fire pistol 581 32
Guido Loacker 50 m rifle three positions 1126 39
Josef Meixner Trap 186 20
Gerhard Petritsch 25 m rapid fire pistol 590 8
Wolfram Waibel, Sr. 50 m rifle three positions 1137 25
50 m rifle prone 596 13

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "Austria at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
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