Olympic history of Austria

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Austrian athletes were represented at all modern Olympic Games , with the exception of 1920 in Antwerp . The number of participants varied from 2 (1904 in St. Louis ) to 183 ( Berlin , 1936). Until 1918 athletes from other parts of the Austrian part of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy also took part in the Olympic Games.

With the exception of the Summer Games in Tokyo in 1964 and in London in 2012, every participation succeeded in winning at least one medal. With a total of 232 medals, the focus is on winter sports (especially skiing ). In contrast, there are 99 medals in summer sports and 9 in art competitions. Along with Norway and Liechtenstein, Austria is one of only three countries that have so far been more successful at winter games than at summer games.

Alignments

So far there have been two Olympic Winter Games in Austria. It was both the Winter Games in Innsbruck . The 1st Youth Olympic Winter Games in 2012 were also held in Innsbruck.

When Salzburg applied for the 2010 Winter Games , the Austrian city was eliminated in the first round of elections on July 2, 2003. Four years later, on July 4, 2007, Salzburg failed again in the first round in the application for the 2014 Winter Games .

Successful candidacies

• Innsbruck 1964 (Winter Games)
• Innsbruck 1976 (Winter Games; the games only went to Innsbruck in the second election because the actual organizer, Denver, had to return the games.)
• Innsbruck 2012 (Youth Winter Games)

Unsuccessful candidacies

• Innsbruck 1960 (Winter Games)
• Vienna 1964 (Summer Games)
• Graz 2002 (Winter Games)
• Klagenfurt 2006 (Winter Games)
• Salzburg 2010 (Winter Games)
• Salzburg 2014 (Winter Games)

Candidates not passed on by the ÖOC

In some years several Austrian locations had shown interest in hosting winter games. According to the statutes of the IOC , a country can only propose one location as the host. The application process therefore ended with the national preselection for the following applications:

• Innsbruck 2002 (Winter Games)
• Kitzbühel 2006 (Winter Games)
• Kitzbühel 2010 (Winter Games)
• Innsbruck 2014 (Winter Games)

Medalist

Main article: Alphabetical listing of all Austrian medal winners

The most successful Austrian participants in the Olympic Games are (table includes all athletes who have won at least two medals, at least one of which was gold) :

Olympic Summer Games (including the 1906 interim games) # Surname discipline G S. B. total 1. Julius Lenhart do gymnastics 2 1 0 3 2. Roman Hagara sailing 2 0 0 2 . Gregor Hradetzky canoe 2 0 0 2 . Peter Seisenbacher Judo 2 0 0 2 . Hans-Peter Steinacher sailing 2 0 0 2 6th Hans Haas Weightlifting 1 1 0 2 . Josef Steinbach Weightlifting 1 1 0 2 8th. Ellen Müller Prize fencing 1 0 2 3 . Otto Scheff Swimming 1 0 2 3 . Adolf Schmal Cycling 1 0 2 3 11. Rudolf Watzl Wrestling 1 0 1 2

winter Olympics # Surname discipline G S. B. total 1. Felix Gottwald Nordic combination 3 1 3 7th 2. Thomas Morgenstern Ski jumping 3 1 0 4th 3. Toni Sailer Alpine skiing 3 0 0 3 4th Hermann Maier Alpine skiing 2 1 1 4th 5. Michaela Dorfmeister Alpine skiing 2 1 0 3 . Marcel Hirscher Alpine skiing 2 1 0 3 . Trude Jochum-Beiser Alpine skiing 2 1 0 3 . Andreas Kofler Ski jumping 2 1 0 3 . Andreas Linger Luge 2 1 0 3 . Wolfgang Linger Luge 2 1 0 3 11. Benjamin Raich Alpine skiing 2 0 2 4th . Mario Stecher Nordic combination 2 0 2 4th 13. Petra Kronberger Alpine skiing 2 0 0 2 . Matthias Mayer Alpine skiing 2 0 0 2 . Karl Schäfer figure skating 2 0 0 2 16. Stephan Eberharter Alpine skiing 1 2 1 4th 17th Annemarie Moser-Pröll Alpine skiing 1 2 0 3 . Anna Veith Alpine skiing 1 2 0 2 . Anita Wachter Alpine skiing 1 2 0 3 20th Gregor Schlierenzauer Ski jumping 1 1 2 4th 21st Emese Hunyady Speed ​​skating 1 1 1 3 . Pepi Stiegler Alpine skiing 1 1 1 3 23. Toni Innauer Ski jumping 1 1 0 2 . Manfred Schmid Luge 1 1 0 2 . Othmar Schneider Alpine skiing 1 1 0 2 . Hubert Strolz Alpine skiing 1 1 0 2 . Ernst Vettori Ski jumping 1 1 0 2 28. Bernhard Gruber Nordic combination 1 0 3 4th 29 Christoph Bieler Nordic combination 1 0 2 3 . Andreas Widhölzl Ski jumping 1 0 2 3 31. David Gleirscher Luge 1 0 1 2 . Michael Gruber Nordic combination 1 0 1 2 . Christl Haas Alpine skiing 1 0 1 2 . Ernst Hinterseer Alpine skiing 1 0 1 2 . Christian Hoffmann Cross-country skiing 1 0 1 2 . Karl Schnabl Ski jumping 1 0 1 2

Felix Gottwald has won the most medals ( Nordic combined , 3 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze) with seven Olympic medals.

Four medals were won by Thomas Morgenstern ( ski jumping , 3 gold, 1 silver) , Hermann Maier ( alpine skiing , 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) , Benjamin Raich (alpine skiing, 2 gold, 2 bronze) , Mario Stecher (Nordic combined, 2 gold, 2 bronze) , Stephan Eberharter (alpine skiing, 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) , Gregor Schlierenzauer (ski jumping, 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) , Bernhard Gruber (Nordic combined, 1 gold, 3 bronze) , Martin Höllwarth (ski jumping, 3 silver, 1 bronze) , Marlies Schild (alpine skiing, 3 silver, 1 bronze) , Dominik Landertinger ( biathlon , 2 silver, 2 bronze) and Klaus Sulzenbacher (Nordic combined, 1 silver, 3 bronze) .

A successful "title defense", i.e. the repetition of the Olympic victory, was achieved by Karl Schäfer in figure skating (1932 and 1936), Peter Seisenbacher in judo (middleweight, 1984 and 1988), Roman Hagara / Hans-Peter Steinacher in sailing (Tornado, 2000 and 2004 ) as well as Andreas and Wolfgang Linger in luge (doubles), the ski jumping team ( Thomas Morgenstern and Andreas Kofler participated in both successes) and the Nordic combined team (both times with Felix Gottwald and Mario Stecher ) in 2006 and 2010.

Most of the participations

Summer Olympics : 10 times: Hubert Raudaschl (sailing, 1960–1996) 6 times: Hugo Simon (show jumping, 1972–1976, 1984–1996) Thomas Farnik (Shooting, 1992–2012) 5 times: Ellen Müller Prize (fencing, 1932–1936, 1948–1956) Wolfram Waibel senior (shooting, 1968–1980, 1992) Niki Stajković (diving, 1972–1980, 1988–1992) Joachim Wendt (fencing, 1984–2000) Franz Stocher (cycling, 1988-2004) Helmut Oblinger (canoe slalom, 1996–2012) Werner Schlager (table tennis, 1996–2012) Liu Jia (table tennis, 2000-2016) 4 times: Hans Sauter (gymnastics, 1948–1960) Franz Berger (wrestling, 1960–1972) Walter Legel (weightlifting, 1960, 1972–1980) Günter Pfaff (canoe, 1964–1976) Josef Meixner (shooting, 1964–1976) Herbert Polzhuber (fencing, 1964–1976) Gerhard Petritsch (shooting, 1972–1984) Franz Pitschmann (wrestling, 1976–1988) Georg Werthner (athletics, 1976–1988) Arnold Jonke (rowing, 1988-2000) Ding Yi (table tennis, 1988-2000) Wolfram Waibel junior (shooting, 1992-2004) Roman Hagara (sailing, 1992, 2000-2008) Andreas Geritzer (sailing, 2000–2012) Markus Rogan (swimming, 2000–2012) Günther Weidlinger (athletics, 2000–2012) Nico Delle Karth (sailing, 2004-2016) Victoria Max-Theurer (riding, 2004-2016) Ludwig Paischer (Judo, 2004-2016) Nikolaus Resch (sailing, 2004-2016)

Olympic Winter Games : 6 times: Alfred Eder (biathlon, 1976–1994) Emese Hunyady (speed skating, 1984-2002) Markus Prock (Luge, 1984–2002) Mario Stecher (Nordic Combined, 1994-2014) 5 times: Ludwig Gredler (biathlon, 1992-2006) Felix Gottwald (Nordic Combined, 1994-2010) Markus Schiegl (Luge, 1994–2010) Tobias Schiegl (luge, 1994–2010) Christoph Bieler (Nordic Combined, 1998-2014) 4 times: Manfred Schmid (luge, 1964–1976) Martin Höllwarth (ski jumping, 1992, 1998–2006) Renate Götschl (Alpine skiing, 1994-2006) Wolfgang Perner (biathlon, 1994-2006) Katharina Gutensohn (Alpine skiing, 1992–1998; Skicross, 2010) Siegfried Grabner (snowboard, 1998-2010) Wolfgang Loitzl (ski jumping, 1998–2010) Andreas Linger (Luge, 2002-2014) Wolfgang Linger (luge, 2002-2014) Daniel Mesotitsch (biathlon, 2002-2014) Benjamin Raich (Alpine skiing, 2002–2014) Marlies Schild (Alpine skiing, 2002-2014) Christoph Sumann (biathlon, 2002-2014) Claudia Riegler (snowboard, 2002, 2010-2018) Bernhard Gruber (Nordic Combined, 2006-2018)

Remarks:

1. ↑ Hubert Raudaschl only took part as a substitute in 1960 and was never used.
2. ↑ Emese Hunyady started for Hungary in 1984.
3. ↑ Katharina Gutensohn competed in alpine skiing competitions for Germany.
4. ↑ Wolfgang Loitzl was not used as a substitute in 1998 and 2006.
5. ↑ Bernhard Gruber was not used as a substitute in 2006.

Johann Lindner took part in three summer games (athletics, 1984-1992) and once in winter games (bobsleigh 1984).

Most successful games

The most successful Olympic Games for Austria were those of 2006 in Turin . The Austrian delegation won 9 gold and 7 silver and bronze medals. With Michaela Dorfmeister , Benjamin Raich , Felix Gottwald and Thomas Morgenstern , four double Olympic champions were presented. In the medal table of these games, Austria achieved a remarkable third place with 23 medals, behind Germany and the USA.

In these games you could top the previous record of Albertville 1992 by two medals. At that time the Austrian athletes won 6 gold, 7 silver and 8 bronze medals.

The most successful summer games go back to 1936. At that time, the Austrians were able to win 13 medals in Berlin . Of these, 4 were made of gold, 6 of silver and 3 of bronze.

Medal table

Olympic Summer Games year venue G S. B. total 1896 Athens 2 1 2 5 1900 Paris 0 3 3 6th 1904 St. Louis 2 1 1 4th 1906 Athens (interludes) 3 3 3 9 1908 London 0 0 1 1 1912 Stockholm 0 2 2 4th 1920 Antwerp not participated 1924 Paris 0 3 1 4th 1928 Amsterdam 2 0 1 3 1932 los Angeles 1 1 3 5 1936 Berlin 4th 6th 3 13 1948 London 1 0 3 4th 1952 Helsinki 0 1 1 2 1956 Melbourne 0 0 2 2 1960 Rome 1 1 0 2 1964 Tokyo 0 0 0 0 1968 Mexico city 0 2 2 4th 1972 Munich 0 1 2 3 1976 Montréal 0 0 1 1 1980 Moscow 1 2 1 4th 1984 los Angeles 1 1 1 3 1988 Seoul 1 0 0 1 1992 Barcelona 0 2 0 2 1996 Atlanta 0 1 2 3 2000 Sydney 2 1 0 3 2004 Athens 2 4th 1 7th 2008 Beijing 0 1 2 3 2012 London 0 0 0 0 2016 Rio de Janeiro 0 0 1 1 total 23 37 39 99 Average medal win 0.79 1.28 1.34 3.41

winter Olympics year venue G S. B. total - - - - - - - 1924 Chamonix 2 1 0 3 1928 St. Moritz 0 3 1 4th 1932 Lake Placid 1 1 0 2 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1 1 2 4th 1948 St. Moritz 1 3 4th 8th 1952 Oslo 2 4th 2 8th 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 4th 3 4th 11 1960 Squaw Valley 1 2 3 6th 1964 innsbruck 4th 5 3 12 1968 Grenoble 3 4th 4th 11 1972 Sapporo 1 2 2 5 1976 innsbruck 2 2 2 6th 1980 Lake Placid 3 2 2 7th 1984 Sarajevo 0 0 1 1 1988 Calgary 3 5 2 10 1992 Albertville 6th 7th 8th 21st 1994 Lillehammer 2 3 4th 9 1998 Nagano 3 5 9 17th 2002 Salt Lake City 3 4th 10 17th 2006 Turin 9 7th 7th 23 2010 Vancouver 4th 6th 6th 16 2014 Sochi 4th 8th 5 17th 2018 Pyeongchang 5 3 6th 14th total 64 81 87 232 Average medal win 2.78 3.52 3.78 10.09

The medal table from 1904 contains 2 gold and 1 silver, which were fought for by Austrians but are officially attributed to the USA by the IOC.

This medal table does not include the 9 medals that were won in the art competitions:

Summer Games - Art
year	place	G	S.	B.	total
1928	Amsterdam	1	0	0	1
1936	Berlin	1	1	2	4th
1948	London	1	2	1	4th
total		3	3	3	9

Medal table by sport

Olympic Summer Games rank sport last G S. B. total 1 canoe 2008 3 5 6th 14th of which canoe slalom 2008 0 1 1 2 Weightlifting 1936 3 4th 2 9 3 sailing 2016 3 4th 1 8th 4th Judo 2008 2 2 1 5 5 do gymnastics 1904 2 1 0 3 6th swim 2008 1 6th 5 12 7th shoot 2004 1 2 5 8th 8th athletics 2000 1 2 4th 7th 9 fencing 1948 1 1 5 7th 10 Equestrian sport 1992 1 1 1 3 11 Cycling 1896 1 0 2 3 12 Triathlon 2004 1 0 0 1 13 rowing 1992 0 3 2 5 14th Soccer 1936 0 1 0 1 (Field) handball 1936 0 1 0 1 tennis 1912 0 1 0 1 17th Wrestling 1932 0 0 2 2 total 20th 34 36 90 Status after 2016

winter Olympics rank sport last G S. B. total 1 Alpine skiing 2018 37 41 43 121 Nordic skiing overall 10 13 22nd 45 Total ice canal sports 7th 11 8th 26th 2 figure skating 1972 7th 9 4th 20th 3 Ski jumping 2014 6th 9 10 25th 4th Luge 2018 6th 8th 8th 22nd 5 Nordic combination 2018 3 2 10 15th 6th Snowboard 2018 2 1 4th 7th 7th Speed ​​skating 1994 1 2 3 6th 8th Cross-country skiing 2006 1 2 2 5 9 bob 1992 1 2 0 3 10 biathlon 2018 0 3 3 6th 11 Freestyle skiing 2010 0 1 0 1 skeleton 2002 0 1 0 1 total 64 81 87 232 Status after 2018

This medal table does not include those 9 medals that were won in the art competitions and those 9 medals from the interludes in 1906 in Athens:

Summer Olympic Games (Intermediate Games) 1906
rank	sport	G	S.	B.	total
1	Wrestling	1	2	1	4th
2	Weightlifting	1	1	0	2
3	swim	1	0	2	3
	of which diving	0	0	1
total		3	3	3	9

See also

• List of the flag bearers of the Austrian teams at the Olympic Games

Web links

Commons : Austria at the Olympic Games  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Austrian Olympic Committee
• Austria in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Austria on Olympic.org  - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)