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Austria at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Austria at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Flag of Austria.svg
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.oeoc.at (in German)
in Los Angeles
Competitors102 (71 men and 31 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Hubert Raudaschl
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 102 competitors, 71 men and 31 women, took part in 72 events in 18 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Peter Seisenbacher Judo Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
 Silver Andreas Kronthaler Shooting Men's Air Rifle
 Bronze Josef Reiter Judo Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)

Archery

In its third appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, Austria again entered only one competitor. This time, however, it was the first Austrian woman to compete in Olympic archery.

Women's Individual Competition

  • Ursula Valenta — 2395 points (→ 32nd place)

Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Gerhard Hartmann
    • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Decathlon

  • Georg Werthner
    • Final — 8028 points (→ 9th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

  • Martin Toporek
    • Final — 1:33:58 (→ 29th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Johann Lindner
    • Qualification — 71.28 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

  • Erwin Weitzl
    • Qualifying Round — 18.96 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Konrad König
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Khemais Refai (Tunisia), RSC-1

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

  • Olaf Mayer
    1. First Round — Lost to Peter Hussing (West Germany), 0:5

Canoeing

Cycling

Nine cyclists, seven men and two women, represented Austria in 1984.

Men's individual road race
  • Helmut Wechselberger
  • Kurt Zellhofer
  • Johann Traxler
  • Paul Popp
Team time trial
  • Karl Krenauer
  • Hans Lienhart
  • Peter Muckenhuber
  • Helmut Wechselberger
1000m time trial
  • Paul Popp
Individual pursuit
  • Karl Krenauer
Points race
  • Kurt Zellhofer
  • Paul Popp
Women's individual road race
  • Johanna Hack → 26th place
  • Hilde Dobiasch → 38th place

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

Eight fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1984.

Men's foil
  • Robert Blaschka
  • Joachim Wendt
  • Georg Somloi
Men's team foil
  • Joachim Wendt, Dieter Kotlowski, Georg Somloi, Robert Blaschka, Georg Loisel
Men's épée
  • Arno Strohmeyer
  • Hannes Lembacher
Men's sabre
  • Hanns Brandstätter

Handball

Women's Team Competition
  • Team Roster
    • Ulrike Popp
    • Martina Neubauer
    • Susanne Unger
    • Milena Gschiessl-Foltyn
    • Maria Sykora
    • Sylvia Steinbauer
    • Karin Hillinger
    • Elisabeth Zehetner
    • Gabriele Gebauer
    • Vesna Radovic
    • Teresa Zielewicz
    • Monika Unger

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Austria in 1984.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Michael Billwein — 4760 points (→ 32nd place)
  • Ingo Peirits — 3682 points (→ 51st place)
  • Horst Stocker — 3432 points (→ 52nd place)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Billwein, Peirits, and Stocker — 11874 points (→ 17th place)

Rowing

Sailing

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Bjoern Eybl Windglider 11 10 YMP 10 5 7 6 80.0 8
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Gerhard Panuschka
Manfred Panuschka
Flying Dutchman 13 4 16 13 15 15 11 105.0 16
Norbert Petschel
Walter Schlagbauer
Tornado 9 9 10 16 11 11 4 88.0 12
Hubert Raudaschl
Karl Ferstl
Star 6 13 1 11 10 3 2 53.4 5
Michael Farthofer
Christian Holler
Richard Holler
Soling 12 11 14 14 11 RET 15 113.0 15

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Lothar Heinrich 50 m rifle three positions 1139 22
50 m rifle prone 589 25
Gerhard Krimbacher 50 m rifle three positions 1135 26
10 m air rifle 573 28
Andreas Kronthaler 10 m air rifle 587 Silver medal.svg
Gerhard Petritsch 25 m rapid fire pistol 589 11
Vinzenz Schweighofer 50 m pistol 555 11
Women
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Karin Bauer 50 m rifle three positions 564 15
10 m air rifle 379 18
Gudrun Sinnhuber 10 m air rifle 381 11
Open
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Martin Burkert Skeet 189 26
Ludwig Puser Trap 185 14
Nicky Szapáry Skeet 192 13

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Alexander Pilhatsch
    • Heat — 52.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Thomas Böhm
    • Heat — 1:04.60
    • B-Final — 1:04.99 (→ 13th place)
  • Gerhard Prohaska
    • Heat — 1:06.41 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Thomas Böhm
    • Heat — 2:22.17
    • B-Final — 2:22.09 (→ 14th place)
  • Gerhard Prohaska
    • Heat — 2:27.85 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Alexander Pilhatsch
    • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Sonja Hausladen
    • Heat — 2:13.50
    • Final — 2:15.38 (→ 7th place)
  • Brigitte Wanderer
    • Heat — 2:21.16 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Brigitte Wanderer
    • Heat — 2:26.85 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Sonja Hausladen
    • Heat — 4:58.68
    • B-Final — 4:57.78 (→ 13th place)
  • Monika Bayer
    • Heat — 5:05.61 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Synchronized swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "Austria at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
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