1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Austria)

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Austria took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital, Rome, with a delegation of 103 athletes, 82 men and 21 women.

Since 1896 , it was Austria's thirteenth participation in the Summer Olympic Games .

Flag bearer

The canoeist Herbert Wiedermann carried the flag of Austria during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medals

Each with a recovered gold and silver medals, the Austrian team was ranked 18 in the medal count .

gold

• shoot
  • Hubert Hammerer : Gentlemen, free rifle three-position fight 300 m

silver

• rowing
  • Alfred Sageder and Josef Kloimstein : Gentlemen, two without a helmsman.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Josef Grumser

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Rupert Koenig

  Light welterweight: 2nd round

• Franz Koschina

  Welterweight: 2nd round

• Egon Rusch

  Middleweight: 1st round

• Peter Weiss

  Bamtamweight: 3rd round

fencing

• Traudl Ebert

  Women, foil, singles: 8th place

  Women, foil, team: preliminary round

• Helga Gnauer

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary round

  Women, foil, team: preliminary round

• Maria Grötzer

  Women, foil, singles: quarter-finals

  Women, foil, team: preliminary round

• Hans Hocke

  Men, sabers, team: 9th round

• Paul Curb

  Men, sabers, team: 9th place

• Waltraut Peck repairs

  Women, foil, team: preliminary round

• Helmuth Resch

  Men, sabers, singles: 2nd round

  Men, sabers, team: 9th place

• Günther Ulrich

  Men, sabers, singles: 2nd round

  Men, sabers, team: 9th place

• Josef Wanetschek

  Men, sabers, singles: 2nd round

  Men, sabers, team: 9th place

Weightlifting

• Hermann Dodojacek

  Featherweight: 16th place

• Kurt Herbst

  Middle heavyweight: 17th place

• Walter Legel

  Featherweight: 20th place

• Josef Tauchner

  Lightweight: 16th place

canoe

• Walter Buchgraber , Karl Leitner , Hermann Salzner & Herbert Wiedermann

  Men, kayak relay, 4 * 500 m: quarter-finals

• Herwig Dirnböck & Kurt Liebhart

  Men, canoe two-man, 1000 m: 9th place

• Helga Hellebrand-Wiedermann & Lisa Schindler

  Women, kayak twos, 500 m: 9th place

• Helmut Holzschuster & Franz Wolf

  Men, kayak twos, 1000 m: semi-finals

• Herbert Wiedermann

  Men, kayak single, 1000 m: semi-finals

athletics

• Helmut Donner

  Men, high jump: 22nd place (qualification)

• Dolfi Gruber

  Men, marathon: 52nd place

• Dorli court judge

  Women, discus throw: 16th place (qualification)

• Rudolf Klaban

  Men, 800 meters: quarter-finals

  Men, 1500 meters: prelims

• Elmar Kunauer

  Men, 100 meters: prelims

  Men, 200 meters: prelims

• Hans Muchitsch

  Men, decathlon: 17th place

• Friedl Murauer

  Women, 80 meter hurdles: prelims

• Erika Strasser

  Women, javelin: 17th place (qualification)

• Heinrich Thun

  Gentlemen, hammer throw: 9th place

Modern pentathlon

• Frank Battig

  Men, singles: 39th place

  Men, team: 12th place

• Udo Birnbaum

  Men, singles: 37th place

  Men, team: 12th place

• Peter Lichtner-Hoyer

  Men, singles: 25th place

  Men, team: 12th place

Cycling

• Peter Deimböck

  100 km team time trial: 13th place

  4000 m team pursuit: preliminary round

• Kurt Garschal

  4000 m team pursuit: preliminary round

• Fritz Inthaler

  Road race, individual: 70th place

  100 km team time trial: 13th place

• Günther Kriz

  1000 m individual time trial: 20th place

  4000 m team pursuit: preliminary round

• Kurt Postl

  Road race, individual: 42nd place

  100 km team time trial: 13th place

• Arnold Ruiner

  Road race, individual: 35th place

• Kurt Schein

  4000 m team pursuit: preliminary round

• Kurt Schweiger

  Road race, individual: DNF

  100 km team time trial: 13th place

horse riding

• Eduard Budil

  Jump, singles: DNF

Wrestling

• Franz Berger

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 12th place

  Welterweight, freestyle: 19th place

• Bartl Brötzner

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 12th place

• Franz Brunner

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 13th place

• Werner Hartmann

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 17th place

• Helmut Längle

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 21st place

• Hans Marte

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 11th place

  Featherweight, freestyle: 16th place

• Eugen Wiesberger junior

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

rowing

• Gottfried Dittrich & Adolf Löblich

  Men, double sculls: semi-finals

• Dieter Ebner , Helmuth Kuttelwascher , Horst Kuttelwascher , Dieter Losert & Wolfdietrich Traugott

  Gentlemen, foursome with helmsman: semi-finals

• Horst Fink

  Gentlemen, one: semifinals

• Josef Kloimstein & Alfred Sageder

  Gentlemen, twos without a helmsman: silver

shoot

• Josef Froewis

  Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters: 9th place

  Free rifle lying 50 meters: 57th place (qualification)

• Hubert Hammerer

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 meters: gold

  Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters: 11th place

• Wilhelm Sachsenmaier

  Free rifle three-position fight 300 meters: 16th place

  Small bore, lying 50 meters: 42nd place

• Frank Sarnitz

  Trap: 28th place

• Laszlo Szapáry

  Trap: 10th place

swim

• Gerald Brauner

  Men, 200 m chest: disqualified (prelims)

• Christl Filippovits

  Women, 200 m chest: prelims

• Helmut Ilk

  Men, 400 m freestyle: prelims

• Hannelore Janele

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: prelims

• Gert Kölli

  Men, 100 m freestyle: prelims

• Sigrid Müller

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

• Nora Novotny

  Women, 100 m freestyle: prelims

• Friedrich Suda

  Men, 100 m back: heats

• Lore Trittner

  Women, 100 m back: heats

• Christl Wöber

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

sailing

• Carl Auteried & Harald Fereberger

  Flying Dutchman: 17th place

• Franz Eisl & Harald von Musil

  Star: 15th place

• Hans-Peter Prince

  Finn Dinghy: 17th place

• Gerhard Huska , Gotfrid Köchert & Erich Moritz

  5.5 meter class: 17th place

do gymnastics

• Waltraud Benesch

  Women, singles: 83rd place

  Women, team: 15th place

  Women, floor: 95th place (qualification)

  Women, horse: 89th place (qualification)

  Women, uneven bars: 74th place (qualification)

  Women, balance beam: 79th place (qualification)

• Erika Bogovic

  Women, singles: 101st place

  Women, team: 15th place

  Women, floor: 111th place (qualification)

  Women, horse: 110th place (qualification)

  Women, uneven bars: 98th place (qualification)

  Women, balance beam: 89th place (qualification)

• Anni Cermak

  Women, singles: 102nd place

  Women, team: 15th place

  Women, floor: 108th place (qualification)

  Women, horse: 94th place (qualification)

  Women, uneven bars: 100th place (qualification)

  Women, balance beam: 112th place (qualification)

• Anton Hertl

  Men, singles: 122nd place

  Men, team: 16th place

  Men, floor: 99th place (qualification)

  Men, horse jump: 113th place (qualification)

  Men, parallel bars: 113th place (qualification)

  Men, horizontal bar: 101st place (qualification)

  Men, rings: 128th place (qualification)

  Men, pommel horse: 128th place (qualification)

• Elfriede Hirnschall

  Women, singles: 94th place

  Women, team: 15th place

  Women, floor: 80th place (qualification)

  Women, horse: 118th place (qualification)

  Women, uneven bars: 97th place (qualification)

  Women, balance beam: 55th place (qualification)

• Gerhard Huber

  Men, singles: 111th place

  Men, team: 16th place

  Men, floor: 116th place (qualification)

  Men, horse jump: 102nd place (qualification)

  Men, parallel bars: 107th place (qualification)

  Men, horizontal bar: 110th place (qualification)

  Men, Rings: 101st place (qualification)

  Men, pommel horse: 100th place (qualification)

• Willi Kafel

  Men, singles: 104th place

  Men, team: 16th place

  Men, floor: 86th place (qualification)

  Men, horse jump: 69th place (qualification)

  Men, parallel bars: 120th place (qualification)

  Men, horizontal bar: 93rd place (qualification)

  Men, rings: 111th place (qualification)

  Men, pommel horse: 92nd place (qualification)

• Hermann Klien

  Men, singles: 94th place

  Men, team: 16th place

  Men, floor: 102nd place (qualification)

  Men, horse jump: 106th place (qualification)

  Men, parallel bars: 74th place (qualification)

  Men, horizontal bar: 90th place (qualification)

  Men, rings: 107th place (qualification)

  Men, pommel horse: 78th place (qualification)

• Johann King

  Men, singles: 90th place

  Men, team: 16th place

  Men, floor: 98th place (qualification)

  Men, horse jump: 93rd place (qualification)

  Men, parallel bars: 99th place (qualification)

  Men, horizontal bar: 56th place (qualification)

  Men, rings: 100th place (qualification)

  Men, pommel horse: 83rd place (qualification)

• Henriette Parzer

  Women, singles: 91st place

  Women, team: 15th place

  Women, floor: 94th place (qualification)

  Women, horse: 65th place (qualification)

  Women, uneven bars: 91st place (qualification)

  Women, balance beam: 97th place (qualification)

• Hildegard Reitter

  Women, singles: 124th place

  Women, team: 15th place

  Women, floor: 124th place (qualification)

  Women, horse: 123rd place (qualification)

  Women, uneven bars: 124th place (qualification)

  Women, balance beam: 123rd place (qualification)

• Hans Sauter

  Men, singles: 79th place

  Men, team: 16th place

  Men, floor: 99th place (qualification)

  Men, horse jump: 73rd place (qualification)

  Men, parallel bars: 83rd place (qualification)

  Men, horizontal bar: 72nd place (qualification)

  Men, rings: 79th place (qualification)

  Men, pommel horse: 65th place (qualification)

Diving

• Peter Huber

  Art jumping: 19th place

• Kurt Mrkwicka

  Artistic jumping: 15th place

  Diving: 9th place

Web links

• Austrian Olympic team 1960 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )