Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Beijing
Competitors	70 in 14 sports
Flag bearers	Hans-Peter Steinacher (opening) Ludwig Paischer (closing)
Medals Ranked 61st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Austria sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Medalists

Violetta Oblinger-Peters (left), Ludwig Paischer (center) and Mirna Jukić (right)

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Ludwig Paischer	Judo	Men's 60 kg
Bronze	Mirna Jukić	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke
Bronze	Violetta Oblinger-Peters	Canoeing	Women's K-1

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Günther Weidlinger	10000 m	28:14.38	27

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gerhard Mayer	Discus throw	61.32	18	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Eva-Maria Gradwohl	Marathon	2:44:24	57

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Helmut Oblinger	Men's K-1	86.21	10	85.54	7	171.75	6 Q	88.69	9 Q	90.14	6	178.83	7
Violetta Oblinger-Peters	Women's K-1	97.27	6	99.44	7	196.71	6 Q	110.65	5 Q	104.12	3	214.77

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz	Women's K-2 500 m	1:46.980	5 QS	1:44.834	3 Q	1:44.965	9

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christian Pfannberger	Men's road race	6:26:17	23
Thomas Rohregger		6:26:25	39
Monika Schachl	Women's road race	3:36:37	46
Christiane Soeder	Women's road race	3:32:28	4
	Women's time trial	36:20.75	7

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christoph Soukup	Men's cross-country	2:00:11	6
Elisabeth Osl	Women's cross-country	1:51:39	11

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Constantin Blaha	3 m springboard	407.55	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Veronika Kratochwil	3 m springboard	218.75	27	Did not advance
Anja Richter	10 m platform	287.70	22	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Victoria Max-Theurer	Falcao Old	Individual	65.333	27	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Harald Ambros	Quick 2	Individual	55.70	51	Withdrew*

*Harald Ambros withdrew after the dressage competition because his horse suffered from an injury.

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roland Schlosser	Individual foil	Bye	Menendez (ESP) W 15–9	Cassarà (ITA) L 8–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Caroline Weber	Individual	16.125	15.875	16.250	15.925	64.175	17	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ludwig Paischer	−60 kg	Bye	Ahamdi (MAR) W 1010–0000	Fallon (GBR) W 0002–0001	Kim K-J (PRK) W 0020–0000	Dragin (FRA) W 1001–0000	Bye			Choi M-H (KOR) L 0000–1000

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sabrina Filzmoser	−57 kg	Kye S-H (PRK) L 0001–1001	Did not advance
Claudia Heill	−63 kg	Clark (GBR) W 1011–0100	González (CUB) L 0001–0010	Did not advance		Bye	Wang C-F (TPE) W 1010–0010	Barreto (VEN) W 0030–0001	Won O-I (PRK) L 0001–0110	5

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Andreas Geritzer	Laser	28	6	2	30	20	44 BFD	44	18	9	CAN	EL	157	19
Florian Reichstädter Matthias Schmid	470	24	19	25	24	14	24	24	5	19	11	EL	164	24
Christian Nehammer Hans Spitzauer	Star	14	10	11	6	14	4	12	4	12	14	EL	87	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Carolina Flatscher Sylvia Vogl	470	9	20 DSQ	13	7	1	7	1	13	6	11	16	84	8

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Nico Delle Karth Nikolaus Resch	49er	9	2	14	8	13	7	5	7	7	13	5	1	CAN	CAN	CAN	22	99	8
Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Tornado	12	10	14	10	11	3	3	9	5	5	—					14	82	9

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Thomas Farnik	10 m air rifle	594	10	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1171	7 Q	1268.9	5
Mario Knögler	50 m rifle prone	590	30	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1170	8 Q	1268.4	6
Christian Planer	10 m air rifle	589	30	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	588	41	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Brandl	400 m freestyle	3:48.63 NR	20	—		Did not advance
Florian Janistyn	1500 m freestyle	15:12.46 NR	21	—		Did not advance
Dinko Jukić	200 m butterfly	1:55.96	12 Q	1:55.65 NR	10	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:00.57	16 Q	2:00.98	16	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:15.48 NR	15	—		Did not advance
Dominik Koll	200 m freestyle	1:47.81 NR	16 Q	1:47.87	13	Did not advance
Hunor Mate	100 m breaststroke	1:00.93 NR	18	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.56	21	Did not advance
Maxim Podoprigora	200 m breaststroke	2:14.43	35	Did not advance
Markus Rogan	100 m backstroke	54.22	13 Q	53.80	9	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:56.64	3 Q	1:56.34	3 Q	1:55.49 NR	4
Sebastian Stoss	200 m backstroke	1:59.44	19	Did not advance
Dominik Koll David Brandl Florian Janistyn Markus Rogan	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:11.45 NR	9	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nina Dittrich	200 m butterfly	2:09.85 NR	17	Did not advance
Mirna Jukić	100 m breaststroke	1:07.06	3 Q	1:07.27	3 Q	1:07.34
	200 m breaststroke	2:24.39	3 Q	2:23.76	3 Q	2:23.24 NR	4
Birgit Koschischek	100 m freestyle	55.62 NR	29	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	59.07 NR	26	Did not advance
Jördis Steinegger	200 m freestyle	2:00.52 NR	26	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:09.72 NR	16	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:36.40 NR	22	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:45.15 NR	26	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Nadine Brandl Elisabeth Mahn	Duet	41.250	21	41.167	82.417	22	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

All five singles players participated in the team events, with Veronika Heine completing the women's team and Daniel Habesohn as a reserve for the men's team.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chen Weixing	Men's singles	Bye		Kamal (IND) W 4–1	Wang H (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Robert Gardos		Bye	Ri C-G (PRK) W 4–3	Primorac (CRO) L 2–4	Did not advance
Werner Schlager		Bye			Yoon J-Y (KOR) W 4–3	Wang Lq (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Li Qiangbing	Women's singles	Bye		Tan (ITA) W 4–2	Wu Jd (GER) W 4–3	Tie Y N (HKG) L 3–4	Did not advance
Liu Jia		Bye			Li J (NED) L 1–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chen Weixing Robert Gardos Werner Schlager	Men's team	Group A  China (CHN) L 0 – 3  Greece (GRE) W 3 – 0  Australia (AUS) W 3 – 0	2	Did not advance	Croatia (CRO) W 3 – 1	Japan (JPN) W 3 – 1	South Korea (KOR) L 1 – 3	Did not advance	4
Veronika Heine Li Qiangbing Liu Jia	Women's team	Group A  China (CHN) L 0 – 3  Croatia (CRO) W 3 – 0  Dominican Republic (DOM) W 3 – 0	2	Did not advance	Japan (JPN) L 0 – 3	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jürgen Melzer	Men's singles	Daniel (BRA) W 6–7^(9–11), 6–1, 8–6	Wawrinka (SUI) W 6–4, 6–0	Lu Y-H (TPE) W 6–2, 6–4	Nadal (ESP) L 0–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	Men's doubles	—	Kiefer / Schüttler (GER) W 6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 6–1	B Bryan / M Bryan (USA) L 6–7^(2–7), 4–6	Did not advance
Sybille Bammer	Women's singles	Medina Garrigues (ESP) W 6–2, 4–6, 6–4	Schnyder (SUI) W 6–4, 6–4	Šafářová (CZE) W 7–5, 6–4	Zvonareva (RUS) L 3–6, 6–3, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Simon Agoston	Men's	18:20	0:30	59:00	0:31	35:02	1:53:23.98	38
Kate Allen	Women's	20:57	0:32	1:05:24	0:35	34:32	2:02:00.69	14
Eva Dollinger		20:04	0:25	Did not finish
Tania Haiböck		21:03	0:28	1:05:22	0:33	36:37	2:04:03.16	27

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Four Austrian beach volleyball teams had qualified for the Olympics, but the women's team Montagnolli - Swoboda was replaced by the Swiss team Kuhn - Schwer, because of medical reasons.[1] There are now three beach volley teams in the games:

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Clemens Doppler Peter Gartmayer	Men's	Pool D  Barsouk – Kolodinsky (RUS) W 2 – 1 (21–16, 18–21, 16–14)  Araújo – Luiz (BRA) W 2 – 1 (20–22, 21–19, 15–11)  Amore – Lione (ITA) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 24–22)	1 Q	Geor – Gia (GEO) L 1 – 2 (21–19, 16–21, 13–15)	Did not advance
Florian Gosch Alexander Horst		Pool A  Wu – Xu (CHN) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 15–21)  Herrera – Mesa (ESP) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 12–21)  Kais – Vesik (EST) W 2 – 1 (21–16, 18–21, 15–12) Lucky Losers  Heyer - Heuscher (SUI) W 2 – 0 (21–11, 21–19)	3 Q	Pļaviņš – Samoilovs (LAT) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–18)	Araújo – Luiz (BRA) L 0 – 2 (20–22, 17–21)	Did not advance
Doris Schwaiger Stefanie Schwaiger	Women's	Pool A  Arvaniti – Karantasiou (GRE) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–18)  Talita – Renata (BRA) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21)  Candelas – García (MEX) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–10)	2 Q	Goller – Ludwig (GER) W 2 – 1 (23–21, 11–21, 18–16)	Tian J – Wang J (CHN) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 12–21)	Did not advance

See also

• Austria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

References

1. After Austrian withdrawal for medical reason, Swiss Beach Volleyball pair Kuhn-Schwer qualified for the Olympic Games, FIVB, 31 July 2008.

External links

• Austria NOC