Olympic Summer Games 1952 / Participant (Austria)
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Austria took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 112athletes, 21 women and 91 men, nominatedby the Austrian Olympic Committee , in 70 competitions in 16 sports.
Since 1896 it was the eleventh participation of an Austrian team in the Summer Olympic Games .
The youngest participant was the 17-year-old gymnast Hedwig Traindl , the oldest participant the 44-year-old fencer Fritzi Wenisch-Filz .
Flag bearer
The gymnast Willi Welt carried the Austrian flag during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .
Medals
With one gained silver and bronze medals, the Austrian team was ranked 32 in the medal count .
silver
- Canoe - K1 500 m women: Gertrude Liebhart
bronze
- Canoe - K2 1000 m men: Maximilian Raub , Herbert Wiedermann
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Alfred Zima
- 1st round: 1: 2 defeat against Pablo Lugo from Puerto Rico
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Leopold Potesil
- 1st round: 3-0 win against Ju Sang-Jum from South Korea
- 2nd round: 0-3 defeat against Americo Bonetti from Argentina
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Josef Hamberger
- 1st round: 3-0 win against Willi Rammo from Saarland
- 2nd round: defeat by knockout in the third round against Eladio Oscar Herrera from Argentina
Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)
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Franz Pfitscher
- 1st round: BYE
- 2nd round: 0-3 defeat against Poland's Tadeusz Grzelak
fencing
Men
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Heinz Lechner
- 1st round: in group 3 (rank 2) qualified for the 2nd round with four wins and two defeats
- 2nd round: qualified for the semi-finals in group 3 (2nd place) with five wins and two defeats
- Semi-finals: in Group 1 (3rd place) qualified for the finals with four wins and one loss
- Final: two wins and six losses, 8th place
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Hubert Loisel
- 1st round: in group 1 (rank 1) qualified for the 2nd round with six wins and one defeat
- 2nd round: qualified for the semi-finals in group 5 (4th place) with four wins and one defeat
- Semi-finals: in group 2 (4th place) with two wins and three defeats did not qualify for the final
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Werner Plattner
- 1st round: qualified for the 2nd round in group 2 (4th place) with four wins and three defeats
- 2nd round: qualified for the semi-finals in group 2 (rank 2) with five wins and one loss
- Semi-finals: in group 3 (rank 2) qualified for the finals with three wins and one loss
- Final: four wins and four losses, 5th place
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Paul Kerb , Heinz Lechner, Hubert Loisel, Werner Plattner and Heinz Putzl
- 1st round: in group 2 (rank 1) qualified for the 2nd round with a win
- 13: 3 win against Venezuela / Heinz Lechner (2), Heinz Putzl (3), Werner Plattner (4), Hubert Loisel (4)
- 2nd round: in group 2 (rank 1) qualified for the semi-finals with a victory
- 13: 3 win against Denmark / Werner Plattner (4), Heinz Putzl (4), Hubert Loisel (1), Heinz Lechner (4)
- Semi-finals: in Group 1 (3rd place) with one win and two losses, not qualified for the final
- 1st round: in group 2 (rank 1) qualified for the 2nd round with a win
Women
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Grete Kunz
- 1st round: qualified in group 3 (rank 1) with four wins for the 2nd round
- 2nd round: qualified for the semi-finals in group 1 (4th place) with two wins
- Semi-finals: in group 1 (rank 8) with a win, not qualified for the finals
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Fritzi Wenisch-Filz
- 1st round: qualified in group 6 (4th place) with three wins for the 2nd round
- 2nd round: qualified in group 3 (3rd place) with two victories for the semi-finals
- Semi-finals: in group 2 (rank 1) with a win not qualified for the finals
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Ellen Müller Prize
- 1st round: qualified in group 5 (3rd place) with three wins for the 2nd round
- 2nd round: qualified in group 4 (3rd place) with three wins for the semi-finals
- Semi-finals: in group 1 (rank 6) with three wins not qualified for the finals
Soccer
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Franz Feldinger , Robert Fendler , Otto Gollnhuber , Herbert Grohs , Hermann Hochleitner , Walter Kollmann , Anton Krammer , Fritz Nikolai , Erich Stumpf , Josef Walter and Anton Wolf
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Round of 16 match on July 19 in the Olympic Stadium in front of 33,053 spectators: 4: 3 (2: 3) victory against Finland
- Goal scorers: 1: 0 Gollnhuber (8th minute, penalty), 2: 1 Gollnhuber (30th), 3: 3 Stumpf (59th), 4: 3 Grohs (79th)
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Quarter-final game on July 23, 1952 in the Pallokenttä Stadium in front of 12,564 spectators: 1: 3 (1: 0) defeat against the later bronze medalists from Sweden
- Goalscorer: 1-0 Grohs (40th)
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Round of 16 match on July 19 in the Olympic Stadium in front of 33,053 spectators: 4: 3 (2: 3) victory against Finland
Weightlifting
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Josef Tauchner , 67.45 kg
- Final: 307.5 kg, 17th place
- Military press: 90.0 kg
- Tear: 92.5 kg
- Push: 125.0 kg
- Final: 307.5 kg, 17th place
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Emmerich Bauer , 73.15 kg
- Final: 337.5 kg, 14th place
- Military press: 100.0 kg
- Tear: 102.5 kg
- Push: 135.0 kg
- Final: 337.5 kg, 14th place
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Wilhelm Flenner , 82.45 kg
- Final: 352.5 kg, rank 14
- Military press: 100.0 kg
- Tear: 110.0 kg
- Push: 142.5 kg
- Final: 352.5 kg, rank 14
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Franz Hölbl , 114.10 kg
- Final: 387.5 kg, rank 8
- Military press: 115.0 kg
- Tear: 117.5 kg
- Push: 155.0 kg
- Final: 387.5 kg, rank 8
hockey
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Kurt Dvorak , Karl Holzapfel , Walter Kaitna , Alfred Knoll , Hermann Knoll , Johann Koller , Josef Matz , Josef Pecanka , Robert Pecanka , Franz Raule , Ernst Schala , Josef Schimmer and Franz Strachota
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Preliminary round : 2-1 (1-0) victory over Switzerland
- Goal scorers: Matz (1), Strachota (1)
- Quarterfinals : 0: 4 (0: 1) defeat against India
- Consolation round 1 : 2: 0 (2: 0) victory against Italy
- Consolation round 2 : 1: 2 (1: 2) defeat against the Federal Republic of Germany
- Placement round : won against Switzerland without a fight , 7th place
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Preliminary round : 2-1 (1-0) victory over Switzerland
canoe
Men
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Herbert Schreiner
- Prelims: in run 3 (rank 5) with 4: 22.9 min not qualified for the final
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Alfred Schmidtberger
- 49: 45.6 min (+ 2: 22.8 min), rank 9
- Max Raub & Herbert Wiedermann
- 44: 29.1 min (+ 7.8 s), rank 4
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Kurt Liebhart & Engelbert Lulla
- Prelims: Qualified for the final in run 2 (rank 2) with 4: 40.2 minutes
- Final: 4: 55.8 min (+ 17.5 s), 6th place
Women
athletics
Men
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Rupert Bloch
- Preliminary runs : in run 2 (3rd place) with 49.6 s (hand-stopped) or 49.82 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals
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Rudolf Haidegger
- Preliminary runs: in run 7 (4th place) with 49.9 s (hand-stopped) or 50.01 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals
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Fritz Prossinagg
- Preliminary runs : in run 3 (5th place) with 3: 54.2 min (hand-stopped) or 3: 54.76 min (electronically) not qualified for the semi-finals
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Helmuth Perz
- Prelims : in run 1 (rank 11) with 14: 57.2 min not qualified for the final
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Kurt Rötzer
- Preliminary runs: in run 3 (rank 10) with 14: 49.4 min not qualified for the final
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Helmuth Perz
- 32: 13.2 min (+ 2: 56.2 min), rank 27
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Dolfi Gruber
- 2: 45: 02.0 hours (+ 21: 58.8 min), rank 39
- Rudolf Haidegger
- Preliminary runs : in run 1 (4th place) with 54.8 s (hand-stopped) or 54.87 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals
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Felix Würth
- Qualification , group B: 6.99 m, rank 9, not qualified for the final
- Felix Würth
- Qualification , group B: 13.65 m, rank 15, not qualified for the final
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Alois Schwabl
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Qualification : 15.00 m, rank 9, qualified for the final
- 1st joint: 15.00 m
- 2nd push: omitted
- 3rd push: omitted
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Final : 14.45 m, 13th place
- 1st stroke: 14.43 m
- 2nd joint: 14.20 m
- 3rd stroke: 14.45 m, did not qualify for the final of the six best athletes
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Qualification : 15.00 m, rank 9, qualified for the final
Women
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Elfriede Steurer
- Preliminary runs : in run 12 (4th place) with 12.7 s (hand-stopped) or 12.86 s (electronic) not qualified for the quarter-finals
- Elfriede Steurer
- Preliminary runs : in run 6 (4th place) with 11.4 s (hand-stopped) or 11.74 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals
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Helene Bielansky
- in run 4 (rank 4) with 11.8 s and 12.10 s, respectively, did not qualify for the semi-finals
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Feodora Schenk
- Final: 1.58 m, 6th place
- 1.35 m: left out
- 1.40 m: left out
- 1.45 m: valid in the first attempt
- 1.50 m: valid in the first attempt
- 1.55 m: valid on the first attempt
- 1.58 m: valid in the second attempt
- 1.61 m: invalid, three failed attempts
- Final: 1.58 m, 6th place
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Lotte Haidegger
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Qualification : 39.54 m, rank 10, qualified for the final
- 1st litter: 34.29 m
- 2nd litter: 35.22 m
- 3rd litter: 39.54 m
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Final : 43.49 m, 5th place
- 1st litter: 35.66 m
- 2nd litter: 43.49 m
- 3rd throw: 40.02 m, qualified for the final of the six best throwers
- 4th litter: invalid
- 5th litter: invalid
- 6th litter: 41.32 m
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Qualification : 39.54 m, rank 10, qualified for the final
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Frieda Tiltsch
- Qualification: 39.75 m, rank 9, qualified for the final
- 1st litter: 39.75 m
- 2nd litter: left out
- 3rd litter: left out
- Final: 27.84 m, 18th place
- 1st litter: invalid
- 2nd litter: 27.84 m
- 3rd throw: invalid, not qualified for the final of the six best throwers
- Qualification: 39.75 m, rank 9, qualified for the final
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Herma Bauma
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Qualification : 43.07 m, rank 7, qualified for the final
- 1st litter: 37.10 m
- 2nd litter: 43.07 m
- 3rd litter: left out
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Final : 42.54 m, rank 9
- 1st litter: 42.54 m
- 2nd litter: 42.27 m
- 3rd throw: 41.13 m, not qualified for the final of the six best throwers
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Qualification : 43.07 m, rank 7, qualified for the final
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Gerda Staniek
- Qualification: without a valid throw
Cycling
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Kurt Nemetz
- Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 2) not directly qualified for the quarter-finals
- Preliminary runs, hope runs: in run 3 (rank 2) not qualified for the quarter-finals
- Kurt Nemetz
- 1: 17.5 min (+ 6.4 s), rank 21
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Walter Bortel and Kurt Nemetz
- 1st round: in run 4 against Jens Juul Eriksen and Olaf Holmstrup from Denmark not directly qualified for the quarter-finals
- 1st round, hope runs: in run 2 against Alfred Arber and Fritz Siegenthaler from Switzerland not qualified for the quarter-finals
- Walter Bortel, Arthur Mannsbarth , Kurt Nemetz and Franz Wimmer
- Qualification: 4: 59.6 min (+ 9.8 s), 13th place, not qualified for the quarterfinals
- Walter Bortel
- Race not finished
- Arthur Mannsbarth
- Race not finished
- Franz Wimmer
- Race not finished
- Walter Bortel, Arthur Mannsbarth, and Franz Wimmer
- Race not finished
Wrestling
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Franz Brunner
- Rank 12
- 1st round: 0-3 defeat against Bengt Johansson from Sweden
- 2nd round: 0-3 defeat against Dumitru Pîrvulescu from Romania
- Rank 12
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Bartl Brötzner
- Rank 5
- 1st round: 3-0 win against Lucien Claes from Belgium
- 2nd round: 2-1 win against Bela Torma from Yugoslavia
- 3rd round: 3-0 win against Gunnar Håkansson from Sweden
- 4th round: 0-3 defeat against Umberto Trippa from Italy
- Rank 5
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Gottfried Anglberger
- Rank 11
- 1st round: 3-0 defeat against René Chesneau from France
- 2nd round: 3-0 win against Heng Freylinger from Luxembourg
- 3rd round: 3-0 defeat against Khalil Taha from Lebanon
- Rank 11
rowing
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Johann Geiszler , Kurt Marz , Alexander Mitterhuber and Adolf Scheithauer
- Preliminary runs: in run 4 (rank 2) with 6: 44.1 minutes directly qualified for the semi-finals
- Semi-finals: in run 1 (3rd place) with 7: 02.4 min not directly qualified for the final
- Semi-finals, hope runs: in run 3 (3rd place) with 6: 48.5 min not qualified for the final
shoot
Small caliber three-position fight
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Siegfried Gurschler
- 1145 rings (- 19 rings), 48 direct hits, rank 17
- standing: 367 rings
- kneeling: 382 rings
- lying: 396 rings
- 1145 rings (- 19 rings), 48 direct hits, rank 17
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Wilhelm Sachsenmaier
- 1,140 rings (- 24 rings), 31 direct hits, rank 19
- standing: 356 rings
- kneeling: 388 rings
- lying: 396 rings
- 1,140 rings (- 24 rings), 31 direct hits, rank 19
- Siegfried Gurschler
- 396 rings (- 4 rings), rank 18
- 99 + 100 + 99 + 98 rings, 25 direct hits
- 396 rings (- 4 rings), rank 18
- Wilhelm Sachsenmaier
- 396 rings (- 4 rings), rank 23
- 99 + 98 + 99 + 100 rings, 21 direct hits
- 396 rings (- 4 rings), rank 23
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Laszlo Szapáry
- 178 points (- 14 points), rank 22
- 1st round: 87 points
- 2nd round: 91 points
- 178 points (- 14 points), rank 22
swim
Men
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Peter Steinwender
- Preliminary runs: in run 4 (4th place) with 5: 03.6 min not qualified for the semi-finals
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Helmut Koppelstätter
- Preliminary runs: in run 2 (4th place) with 1: 11.9 min not qualified for the semi-finals
Women
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Use Albert
- Preliminary runs: in run 1 (rank 5) with 3: 12.5 min not qualified for the semi-finals
sailing
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Wolfgang Erndl
- Final: 4273 points, 5th place
- 1st race: disqualified,
0 points - 2nd race: 4th place, 946 points
- 3rd race: 9th place, 594 points
- 4th race: 16th place, 344 points
- 5th race: 4th place, 946 points
- 6th race: 15th place, 372 points
- 7th race: 3rd place, 1071 points
- 1st race: disqualified,
- Final: 4273 points, 5th place
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Harald Fereberger and Harald von Musil
- Final: 2092 points, rank 14
- 1st race: 16th place, 219 points
- 2nd race: 15th place, 247 points
- 3rd race:
18th place, 168 points - 4th race: 8th place, 520 points
- 5th race: 13th place, 309 points
- 6th race: 8th place, 520 points
- 7th race: 14th place, 277 points
- Final: 2092 points, rank 14
do gymnastics
Men
rank | Surname | Points (rank) per discipline | points total |
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ground |
Leap |
Ingots |
Horizontal bar |
Rings |
horse |
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22nd | Johann Sauter | 17.60 (71) | 18.35 (54) | 18.75 (23) | 18.70 (29) | 18.60 (32) | 19.15 (6) | 111.15 |
61 | Ernst Wister | 18.05 (47) | 17.60 (114) | 18.25 (52) | 17.85 (63) | 17.85 (77) | 17.20 (84) | 106.80 |
74 | Wolfgang Girardi | 16.75 (122) | 18.85 (9) | 18.30 (49) | 18.20 (51) | 17.15 (104) | 15.25 (125) | 104.50 |
95 | Willi world | 16.40 (125) | 18.45 (40) | 18.45 (40) | 15.70 (137) | 15.90 (137) | 17.10 (87) | 102.00 |
101 | Franz Kemter | 14.90 (161) | 17.40 (123) | 17.90 (74) | 17.20 (92) | 15.55 (148) | 17.95 (49) | 100.90 |
112 | Paul Grubenthal | 16.35 (126) | 18.40 (44) | 17.60 (100) | 17.65 (73) | 14.10 (168) | 15.40 (120) | 99.50 |
168 | Friedrich Fetz | 16.20 (134) | 17.70 (107) | 8.40 (182) | 16.25 (122) | 15.30 (154) | 12.25 (162) | 86.10 |
180 | Hans Friedrich | 6.10 (185) | 18.25 (70) | 18.20 (54) | 4.00 (184) | 7.75 (813) | 17.55 (69) | 71.85 |
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Friedrich Fetz , Hans Friedrich , Wolfgang Girardi , Paul Grubenthal , Franz Kemter , Johann Sauter , Willi Welt and Ernst Wister
- Final: 535.40 points, rank 11
Women
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Gerti Fesl
- Women, singles: 71st place
- Women, group gymnastics: 9th place
- Women, floor: 67th place
- Women, horse: 107th place
- Women, uneven bars: 66th place
- Ladies, balance beam: 79th place
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Trude Gollner-Kolar
- Women, singles: 75th place
- Women, group gymnastics: 9th place
- Women, floor: 88th place
- Ladies, horse: 73rd place
- Women, uneven bars: 83rd place
- Ladies, balance beam: 90th place
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Gertrude Gries
- Women, singles: 91st place
- Women, group gymnastics: 9th place
- Women, bottom: 121st place
- Women, horse: 101st place
- Women, uneven bars: 56th place
- Ladies, balance beam: 98th place
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Hildegard Grill
- Women, singles: 120th place
- Women, group gymnastics: 9th place
- Women, floor: 123rd place
- Women, horse: 123rd place
- Women, uneven bars: 112th place
- Ladies, balance beam: 114th place
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Ida Kadlec
- Women, singles: 56th place
- Women, group gymnastics: 9th place
- Women, floor: 37th place
- Ladies, horse: 44th place
- Women, uneven bars: 60th place
- Ladies, balance beam: 97th place
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Edeltraud Schramm
- Women, singles: 105th place
- Women, group gymnastics: 9th place
- Women, floor: 103rd place
- Women, horse: 118th place
- Women, uneven bars: 96th place
- Ladies, balance beam: 92nd place
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Hedwig Traindl
- Women, singles: 77th place
- Women, group gymnastics: 9th place
- Women, floor: 59th place
- Women, horse: 98th place
- Women, uneven bars: 100th place
- Ladies, balance beam: 77th place
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Gertrude Winnige-Barosch
- Women, singles: 81st place
- Women, group gymnastics: 9th place
- Women, floor: 79th place
- Women, horse: 65th place
- Women, uneven bars: 88th place
- Ladies, balance beam: 107th place
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Gerti Fesl , Trude Gollner-Kolar , Gertrude Gries , Hildegard Grill , Ida Kadlec , Edeltraud Schramm , Hedwig Traindl and Gertrude Winnige-Barosch
- 477.80 points, rank 10
Water polo
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Erich Bohuslav , Julius Depaoli , Ernst Endl , Heinrich Krumpfholz , Anton Kunz , Johann Liebenberger , Jörg Reichel , Rudolf Stiskalik , Hellmut Theimer and Franz Zigon
- 1st qualifying round : 3-4 (2-3) defeat against Great Britain
- 2nd qualifying round : 6-0 (4-0) win against Australia
- Preliminary round , group A: one draw and two losses, 4th place, not qualified for the semi-finals
Diving
Men
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Franz Worisch
- Preliminary round: 67.18 points, rank 10, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers
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Julius Janowsky
- Preliminary round: 62.65 points, rank 24, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers
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Kurt Liederer
- Preliminary round: 60.21 points, rank 27, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers
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Franz Worisch
- Preliminary round: 63.02 points, 22nd place, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers
Women
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Eva Pfarrhofer
- Preliminary round: 40.26 points, rank 9, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers
Web links
- Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement
- Austrian Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Austria at the 1952 Summer Games at www.sports-reference ( English )