Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Austria at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.oeoc.at (in German)
in Beijing
Competitors70 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)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists
Violetta Oblinger-Peters (left), Ludwig Paischer (center) and Mirna Jukić (right)
Medal Name Sport Event
 SilverLudwig PaischerJudoMen's 60 kg
 BronzeMirna JukićSwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke
 BronzeVioletta Oblinger-PetersCanoeingWomen'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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

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		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

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