Austrian Ski Championships 1923

The 11th Austrian Ski Championship was held from February 17 to 18, 1923 in the Pongau winter sports resort Bad Hofgastein in the state of Salzburg .

Last year's champion and defending champion Hans Schneeberger decided not to participate and started at the Bavarian championships, which he was also able to win.

The classification of the classes was based on age and previous performance, but was irrelevant for the championship ranking because only the grades were decisive.

The Tyrolean Method Scheiber from Gurgl was crowned Austrian ski champion for 1923 . He won cross-country skiing convincingly and achieved the best average performance in ski jumping with a mediocre performance .

Cross-country skiing

The cross-country skiing competition ran over a distance of 12 km and was held on February 17, 1923.

First class

Seven participants named for the first class.

Sepp Bildstein , who started as the favorite for the title, had to give up the race shortly after the start due to a broken ski. Rehbeck also left Vienna because of a broken ski.

space	country	athlete	society	time	grade
1	AUT	Otto Amanshauser	Badgastein ski club	38.55	1,859
2	AUT	Ing.Robert Lezuo	innsbruck	40:08	2,000
3	AUT	Peter Radacher	WSV Bad Hofgastein	41:02	2.235
4th	AUT	Max German	Badgastein ski club	42.52	2.797
5	AUT	Karl Risch	Bregenz	43.10	2,892

Second grade

The second class comprised a field of 42 runners.

space	country	athlete	society	time	grade
1	AUT	Method Scheiber	SC Gurgl	36:13	1,000
2	AUT	Theodor Rhomberg	Bregenz	38:40	1,852
3	AUT	knitter	?	40:01	2.208
4th	AUT	Franz Höplinger	WSV St. Wolfgang	40:38	2.404

Age group 1

In age group 1, 13 participants named

space	country	athlete	society	time	grade
1	AUT	Hans Mayringer	Vienna	45:01	3,798
2	AUT	Grettler	Graz	45:45	4.031
3	AUT	Dr. fiddler	Graz	47:27	?

Age group 2

space	country	athlete	society	time	grade
1	GER	Andreas Sattler	TV Munich from 1860	46:39	4,323
2	AUT	Ambros Scholz	Ö.WSC Vienna	46:10	4,323
3	GER	Wieninger	Traunstein ski department	49:19	?

Jump run

The ski jumping competitions took place on February 18, 1923 on the Bilgeri ski jump . Conditions were difficult due to heavy snowfall. The title favorite Sepp Bildstein fell so badly on the second jump that he remained unconscious, but soon recovered.

The largest distance of the day was achieved by Hans Rucker from Styria, out of competition . He landed at 56 meters but was unable to take the jump.

First class

7 jumpers took part in the first class jump. Not only the distance but also the number of jumps were included in the evaluation.

space	country	athlete	society	Expanse	grade
1	AUT	Peter Radacher	WSV Bad Hofgastein	37.5 m / 42 m (standing)	2.333
2	AUT	Karl Risch	Bregenz	39 m (1 gest.)	2,417
3	AUT	Josef Bildstein	Ö.WSC Vienna	37 m (1 straight jump)	2.883

Second grade

There were 35 participants in the 2nd class.

space	country	athlete	society	Expanse	grade
1	AUT	Heinz Hinterauer	Salzburg Ski Club	34.5 m / 40 m (both standing)	2.167
2	AUT	Emanuel Müller	W. Sp. V. Bad Aussee		2.483
3		?	?

Age group 1

In age group 1, 5 jumpers took part.

space	country	athlete	society	Expanse	grade
1	AUT	Hans Mayringer	Vienna	36 m / 41 m (both standing)	1,867
2	AUT	Ambros Scholz	Ö.WSC Vienna	32 m (1 jump)	3.283
3

Compound run

For the championship ranking and the composite run (today: Nordic Combined ), the scores from the cross-country run and the jump run were added together. The best athlete was awarded the title of Austrian Ski Champion, and places two to four received honorary prizes.

space	country	athlete	society	grade
1	AUT	Method Scheiber	Gurgl Ski Club	?
2	AUT	Peter Radacher	WSV Bad Hofgastein	2,383
3	AUT	Ing.Theodor Rhomberg	SC Bregenz	2,411
4th	AUT	Otto Amanshauser	SC Badgastein	2,646

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• The Austrian ski championship in the Wiener Sporttagblatt from February 19, 1923, page 5
• Austrian Ski Championship in the Wiener Sportzeitung on February 24, 1923, page 60