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 .

See also : List of flag bearers of the Austrian teams at the Olympic Games

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

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Boxing

Flyweight (up to 51 kg)

• Alfred Zima

  1st round: 1: 2 defeat against Pablo Lugo from Puerto Rico

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

• Leopold Potesil

  1st round: 3-0 win against Ju Sang-Jum from South Korea

  2nd round: 0-3 defeat against Americo Bonetti from Argentina

Medium weight (up to 71 kg)

• 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)

• Franz Pfitscher

  1st round: BYE

  2nd round: 0-3 defeat against Poland's Tadeusz Grzelak

fencing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Fencing

Men

Saber single

• 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

• 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

• 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

Saber crew

• 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

  9: 7 win against Belgium / Werner Plattner (2), Heinz Putzl (1), Hubert Loisel (4), Heinz Lechner (2) 

  6:10 defeat against France / Werner Plattner (1), Heinz Lechner (4), Hubert Loisel (1) 

  4:12 defeat against Hungary / Werner Plattner (1), Heinz Lechner (2), Heinz Putzl (1) 

Women

Foil single

• 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

• 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

• 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

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Football

• Franz Feldinger , Robert Fendler , Otto Gollnhuber , Herbert Grohs , Hermann Hochleitner , Walter Kollmann , Anton Krammer , Fritz Nikolai , Erich Stumpf , Josef Walter and Anton Wolf

  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)

  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)

Weightlifting

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

• Josef Tauchner , 67.45 kg

  Final: 307.5 kg, 17th place

  Military press: 90.0 kg

  Tear: 92.5 kg

  Push: 125.0 kg

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

• Emmerich Bauer , 73.15 kg

  Final: 337.5 kg, 14th place

  Military press: 100.0 kg

  Tear: 102.5 kg

  Push: 135.0 kg

Lightweight (up to 82.5 kg)

• Wilhelm Flenner , 82.45 kg

  Final: 352.5 kg, rank 14

  Military press: 100.0 kg

  Tear: 110.0 kg

  Push: 142.5 kg

Heavy weight (over 90 kg)

• Franz Hölbl , 114.10 kg

  Final: 387.5 kg, rank 8

  Military press: 115.0 kg

  Tear: 117.5 kg

  Push: 155.0 kg

hockey

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Hockey

• 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

  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 

canoe

→ Main article : 1992 Summer Olympics / Canoe

Men

Single kayak 1000 m

• Herbert Schreiner

  Prelims: in run 3 (rank 5) with 4: 22.9 min not qualified for the final

Single kayak 10,000 m

• Alfred Schmidtberger

  49: 45.6 min (+ 2: 22.8 min), rank 9

Two-person kayak 1000 m

• Max Raub & Herbert Wiedermann

  Prelims: Qualified for the final in run 2 (rank 1) with 3: 55.2 min

  Final: 3: 51.4 min (+ 0.3 s), 3rd place

Two-person kayak 10,000 m

• Max Raub & Herbert Wiedermann

  44: 29.1 min (+ 7.8 s), rank 4

Two-person canoe 1000 m

• 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

Single kayak 500 m

• Gertrude Liebhart

  Prelims: Qualified for the final in run 1 (rank 2) with 2: 20.6 min

  Final: 2: 18.8 min (+ 0.4 s), 2nd place

athletics

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Men

400 m

• 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

• 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

1500 m

• 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

5000 m

• Helmuth Perz

  Prelims : in run 1 (rank 11) with 14: 57.2 min not qualified for the final

• Kurt Rötzer

  Preliminary runs: in run 3 (rank 10) with 14: 49.4 min not qualified for the final

10,000 m

• Helmuth Perz

  32: 13.2 min (+ 2: 56.2 min), rank 27

marathon

• Dolfi Gruber

  2: 45: 02.0 hours (+ 21: 58.8 min), rank 39

400 m hurdles

• 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

Long jump

• Felix Würth

  Qualification , group B: 6.99 m, rank 9, not qualified for the final

Triple jump

• Felix Würth

  Qualification , group B: 13.65 m, rank 15, not qualified for the final

Shot put

• Alois Schwabl

  Qualification : 15.00 m, rank 9, qualified for the final

  1st joint: 15.00 m

  2nd push: omitted

  3rd push: omitted

  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

Women

100 m

• 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

80 m hurdles

• 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

• Helene Bielansky

  in run 4 (rank 4) with 11.8 s and 12.10 s, respectively, did not qualify for the semi-finals

high jump

• 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

Discus throw

• Lotte Haidegger

  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

  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

• 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

Javelin throw

• Herma Bauma

  Qualification : 43.07 m, rank 7, qualified for the final

  1st litter: 37.10 m

  2nd litter: 43.07 m

  3rd litter: left out

  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

• Gerda Staniek

  Qualification: without a valid throw

Cycling

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Cycling

Railway competitions

sprint

• 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

1000 m time trial

• Kurt Nemetz

  1: 17.5 min (+ 6.4 s), rank 21

tandem

• 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

4000 m team pursuit

• Walter Bortel, Arthur Mannsbarth , Kurt Nemetz and Franz Wimmer

  Qualification: 4: 59.6 min (+ 9.8 s), 13th place, not qualified for the quarterfinals

Road Race (190.4 km)

Individual evaluation

• Walter Bortel

  Race not finished

• Arthur Mannsbarth

  Race not finished

• Franz Wimmer

  Race not finished

Team ranking

• Walter Bortel, Arthur Mannsbarth, and Franz Wimmer

  Race not finished

Wrestling

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Wrestling

Greco-Roman style

Flyweight (up to 52 kg)

• Franz Brunner

  Rank 12

  1st round: 0-3 defeat against Bengt Johansson from Sweden

  2nd round: 0-3 defeat against Dumitru Pîrvulescu from Romania

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)

• 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

Welter weight (up to 73 kg)

• 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

rowing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Rowing

Foursome without a helmsman

• 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

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Shooting

Small caliber three-position fight

• Siegfried Gurschler

  1145 rings (- 19 rings), 48 direct hits, rank 17

  standing: 367 rings

  kneeling: 382 rings

  lying: 396 rings

• Wilhelm Sachsenmaier

  1,140 rings (- 24 rings), 31 direct hits, rank 19

  standing: 356 rings

  kneeling: 388 rings

  lying: 396 rings

Small caliber lying

• Siegfried Gurschler

  396 rings (- 4 rings), rank 18

  99 + 100 + 99 + 98 rings, 25 direct hits

• Wilhelm Sachsenmaier

  396 rings (- 4 rings), rank 23

  99 + 98 + 99 + 100 rings, 21 direct hits

Clay pigeon shooting

• Laszlo Szapáry

  178 points (- 14 points), rank 22

  1st round: 87 points

  2nd round: 91 points

swim

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Swimming

Men

400 m freestyle

• Peter Steinwender

  Preliminary runs: in run 4 (4th place) with 5: 03.6 min not qualified for the semi-finals

100 m back

• Helmut Koppelstätter

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (4th place) with 1: 11.9 min not qualified for the semi-finals

Women

200 m chest

• Use Albert

  Preliminary runs: in run 1 (rank 5) with 3: 12.5 min not qualified for the semi-finals

sailing

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Sailing

Finn dinghy

• Wolfgang Erndl

  Final: 4273 points, 5th place

  1st race: disqualified, 0 points

  2nd race: 04th place, 0946 points

  3rd race: 09th place, 0594 points

  4th race: 16th place, 0344 points

  5th race: 04th place, 0946 points

  6th race: 15th place, 0372 points

  7th race: 03rd place, 1071 points

star

• 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: 08th place, 520 points

  5th race: 13th place, 309 points

  6th race: 08th place, 520 points

  7th race: 14th place, 277 points

do gymnastics

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Gymnastics

Men

Individual all-around

rank	Surname	Points (rank) per discipline						points total
		ground	Leap	Ingots	Horizontal bar	Rings	horse
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

Team all-around

• Friedrich Fetz , Hans Friedrich , Wolfgang Girardi , Paul Grubenthal , Franz Kemter , Johann Sauter , Willi Welt and Ernst Wister

  Final: 535.40 points, rank 11

Women

Individual all-around

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

Team all-around

• 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

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Water polo

• 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

  1: 8 (0: 4) defeat against Italy 

  3: 0 (3: 3) draw against Great Britain

  1: 4 (1: 2) defeat against the USA

Diving

→ Main article : 1952 Summer Olympics / Diving

Men

Jump 3 m

• Franz Worisch

  Preliminary round: 67.18 points, rank 10, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers

Diving

• Julius Janowsky

  Preliminary round: 62.65 points, rank 24, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers

• Kurt Liederer

  Preliminary round: 60.21 points, rank 27, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers

• Franz Worisch

  Preliminary round: 63.02 points, 22nd place, not qualified for the final of the eight best jumpers

Women

Diving

• 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

1. ↑ Austria at the 1952 Summer Games at www.sports-reference ( English )