1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Austria)

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Austria took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Australia's Melbourne and the equestrian games in the Swedish Stockholm with a delegation of 34 athletes, 29 men and five women, in 36 competitions in twelve sports part.

It was Austria's twelfth participation in the Summer Olympic Games since 1896 .

The youngest athlete was the cyclist Rudolf Maresch at the age of 22 years and nine days , the oldest athlete was the fencer Ellen Müller-Preis (44 years and 208 days).

Flag bearer

The cyclist Franz Wimmer carried the flag of Austria during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

With two bronze medals won the Austrian team finished 34th in the medals table .

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Max robbery	canoe	Two-person kayak 1000 meters
Herbert Wiedermann	canoe	Two-person kayak 1000 meters
Josef Kloimstein	rowing	Two without a helmsman
Alfred Sageder	rowing	Two without a helmsman

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men's

• Leopold Potesil
  • Light welterweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: Victory on points against Celestino Pinto from Brazil

  Round two: Losing to Antonio Marcilla from Argentina on points

fencing

Ladies

• Ellen Müller Prize
  • foil

  Round one: group two, five duels won - two lost, 26 hits scored - 19 suffered, second place, qualified for the semi-finals

  4-1 win against Janice Romary from the United States

  3: 4 defeat against Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini from Italy

  4-2 win against Pilar Roldán from Mexico

  3: 4 defeat against Ecaterina Orb-Lazăr from Romania

  4: 3 victory against Nadezhda Shitikova from the Soviet Union

  4: 3 win against Régine Veronnet from France

  4: 2 win against Lois Joseph from Australia

  Semi-finals: Group one, two duels won - three lost, 13 goals scored - twelve suffered, fourth place, qualified for the final

  0: 4 defeat against Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini from Italy

  2: 4 defeat against Karen Lachmann from Denmark

  3: 4 defeat against Renée Garilhe from France

  4-0 win against Ėmma Efimova from the Soviet Union

  4-0 win over Maxine Mitchell from the United States

  Final: one duel won - six lost, 20 hits scored - 25 suffered, seventh place

  3: 4 loss to Gillian Sheen from Great Britain

  3: 4 defeat against Olga Szabó-Orbán from Romania

  1: 4 defeat against Renée Garilhe from France

  3: 4 loss to Janice Romary from the United States of America

  3: 4 defeat against Kate Delbarre from France

  4-1 win against Karen Lachmann from Denmark

  3: 4 defeat against Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini from Italy

Weightlifting

Men's

• Franz Hölbl
  • Heavyweight

  Final: 425.0 kg, seventh place

  Military press: 142.5 kg, sixth place

  Snatch: 125.0 kg, sixth place

  Push: 157.5 kg, seventh place

• Josef Tauchner
  • lightweight

  Final: 347.5 kg, tenth place

  Military press: 105.0 kg, twelfth place

  Tear: 107.5 kg, sixth place

  Push: 135.0 kg, tenth place

canoe

Ladies

• Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann
  • Single kayak 500 meters

  Round one: eliminated in round one (fifth place), 2: 27.5 minutes

Men's
two-man canoe 1000 meters

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the final in run one (third place), 5: 05.9 minutes

  Final: 5: 04.4 minutes, sixth place

• team

  Otto Schindler

  Walter Waldner

Two-man canoe 10,000 meters

• Results

  Final: 56: 48.7 minutes, eighth place

• team

  Otto Schindler

  Walter Waldner

Two-person kayak 1000 meters

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the final in run one (second place), 3: 57.2 minutes

  Final: 3: 55.8 minutes, third place

• team

  Max robbery

  Herbert Wiedermann

Two-person kayak 10,000 meters

• Results

  Final: 49: 03.7 minutes, eleventh place

• team

  Hermann Salzner

  Alfred Schmidtberger

athletics

Ladies

• Regina Branner
  • Shot put

  Qualifying round: 13.87 meters, seventh place, qualified for the final

  Try one: 13.87 meters

  Trial two: left out

  Try three: skipped

  Final round: 14.60 meters, seventh place

  Trial one: 14.04 meters

  Trial two: 14.60 meters

  Try three: invalid

• Reinelde Knapp
  • high jump

  Qualifying round: 1.58 meters, fourth place, qualified for the final

  1.40 meters: left out

  1.50 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.55 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.58 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  Final round: 1.60 meters, twelfth place

  1.40 meters: left out

  1.50 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.55 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  1.60 meters: valid, without a failed attempt

  1.64 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

Men's

• Adolf Gruber
  • marathon

  Final: 2:46:20 hours, 23rd place

Cycling

Men's
track
4000 meters time tracking

• Round one: eliminated in round five (first place), 5: 01.6 minutes

• Results
• team

  Walter Bortel

  Rudolf Maresch

  Kurt Schein

  Franz Wimmer

singles

• Kurt Schein
  • 1000 meter time tracking

  Final: 1: 13.1 minutes, eleventh place

Road
team competition (187.73 km)

• Final: competition not finished (DNF)

• Results
• team

  Walter Bortel

  Rudolf Maresch

  Kurt Schein

  Franz Wimmer

singles

• Walter Bortel
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

• Rudolf Maresch
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

• Kurt Schein
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

• Franz Wimmer
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: 5:27:28 hours, rank 30

horse riding

Men's
show jumping team

• Results

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Round one: 325.50 fault points, 19th place

  Round two: not finished (DNF)

• team

  Romuald Halm

  Adolf Lauda

  Peter Lichtner-Hoyer

singles

• Romuald Halm
  • Show jumping

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Round one: 108.50 fault points, 49th place

  Round two: not finished (DNF)

• Robert Lattermann
  • dressage

  Final: 616.00 points, rank 25

  Judge one: 116.00 points

  Judge two: 128.00 points

  Judge three: 115.00 points

  Judge four: 127.00 points

  Judge five: 130.00 points

• Adolf Lauda
  • Show jumping

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Round one: 108.50 fault points, 49th place

  Round two: not finished (DNF)

• Peter Lichtner-Hoyer
  • Show jumping

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Round one: 108.50 fault points, 49th place

  Round two: not finished (DNF)

• Alexander Sagadin
  • dressage

  Final: 513.00 points, 34th place

  Judge one: 92.00 points

  Judge two: 112.00 points

  Judge three: 100.00 points

  Judge four: 96.00 points

  Judge five: 113.00 points

Wrestling

Men's
freestyle

• Ernst Wandaller
  • Welterweight

  eliminated after round two with six minus points

  Round one: Shoulders defeat against İbrahim Zengin from Turkey , three minus points

  Round two: shoulder defeat against Per Berlin from Sweden , six minus points

Greco-Roman

• Bartolomäus Brötzner
  • lightweight

  Fourth place, eliminated after round four with eight minus points

  Round one: Victory against Vladimir Rosin from the Soviet Union (3-0), a minus point

  Round two: prevailed against Rıza Doğan from Turkey (1: 2), two minus points

  Round three: defeat against Gyula Tóth from Hungary (0: 3), five minus points

  Round four: lost to Dimitar Stojanow from Bulgaria on points (0: 3), eight minus points

• Franz Brunner
  • Bantamweight

  eliminated after round two with five minus points

  Round one: defeat against Fred Kämmerer from Germany (1: 2), two minus points

  Round two: lost to Edvin Vesterby from Sweden (0: 3), five minus points

• Ernst Wandaller
  • Welterweight

  eliminated after round two with six minus points

  Round one: shoulder defeat against Per Berlin from Sweden , three minus points

  Round two: shoulder defeat to Vladimir Maneyev from the Soviet Union , six minus points

• Eugen Wiesberger
  • Light heavyweight

  Sixth place, eliminated after round three with six minus points

  Round one: shoulder loss to Dale Thomas from the United States of America , three minus points

  Round two: victory over Victor Macha from Australia , three minus points

  Round three: defeat against Karl-Erik Nilsson from Sweden (0: 3), six minus points

rowing

Two men
with helmsman

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run three (second place), 8: 11.2 minutes

  Semi-finals: eliminated in race one (fourth place), 9: 29.7 minutes

• team

  Josef Kloimstein

  Franz King

  Alfred Sageder

Two without a helmsman

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run three (third place), 7: 37.0 minutes

  Semi-finals: qualified for the final in run one (second place), 8: 42.4 minutes

  Final: 8: 11.8 minutes, third place

• team

  Josef Kloimstein

  Alfred Sageder

singles

• Ferdinand Rabeder
  • One

  Round one: failed in run one (fourth place), 7: 36.0 minutes

  Round one re-run: eliminated in run two (second place), 9: 16.4 minutes

sailing

Men's

• Wolfgang Erndl
  • Finn dinghy

  Final: 1910 points, 15th place

  Race one: 256 points, 3:35:48 hours, 14th place

  Race two: 226 points, 3:42:20 hours, 15th place

  Race three: 402 points, 3:50:16 hours, tenth place

  Race four: race not finished (DNF)

  Race five: 703 points, 3:32:52 hours, fifth place

  Race six: race not finished (DNF)

  Race seven: 323 points, 3:25:18 hours, twelfth place

do gymnastics

Men's

• Hans Sauter
  • Individual all-around

  Final: 79.85 points (53.40 points compulsory - 26.45 points freestyle), rank 60

  Floor exercise: 8.50 points (8.50 points compulsory), 63rd place

  Horse jump: 17.95 points (9.00 points compulsory - 8.95 points freestyle), rank 47

  Bars: 17.85 points (9.05 points compulsory - 8.80 points freestyle), 43rd place

  Horizontal bar: 9.20 points (9.20 points compulsory), rank 62

  Rings: 17.25 points (8.55 points compulsory - 8.70 points freestyle), rank 38

  Pommel horse: 9.10 points (9.10 points compulsory), rank 62

Diving

Ladies

• Eva Pfarrhofer
  • Diving

  Qualifying round: 46.02 points, ranked 13th, did not qualify for the final

  Jump one: 10.24 points, rank 14

  Jump two: 11.40 points, 15th place

  Jump three: 11.40 points, ninth place

  Jump four: 12.98 points, tenth place

Web links

• Austrian Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).
• Austrian Olympic team of the 1956 equestrian games in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).