Olympic Summer Games 1972 / Participant (Austria)

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Austria took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 111 athletes, 97 of them men and fourteen women. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the sailor Hubert Raudaschl .

Medals

The canoeist Norbert Sattler won silver in the slalom competition with the single kayak. Both the marksman Rudolf Dollinger and the athlete Ilona Gusenbauer won bronze. Dollinger was successful with the free pistol over 50 meters, Gusenbauer in high jumping.

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Franz Csandl

  Men, light middleweight: 2nd round

fencing

• Hans Brandstätter

  Men, sabers, singles: 2nd round

  Men, sabers, team: 1st round

• Bernd Brodar

  Men, sabers, singles: 1st round

  Men, sabers, team: 1st round

• Ingrid Gosch

  Women, foil, team: 1st round

• Hannelore Hradez

  Women, foil, singles: 1st round

  Women, foil, team: 1st round

• Adrienne Krebitz

  Women, foil, team: 1st round

• Roland Losert

  Men, foil, singles: 2nd round

  Men, swords, singles: 2. round

  Men, epee, team: 9. space

• Karl-Heinz Müller

  Men, epee, singles: 2nd round

  Men, epee, team: 9th place

• Waltraut Peck repairs

  Women, foil, singles: 1st round

  Women, foil, team: 1st round

• Herbert Polzhuber

  Men, epee, team: 9th place

• Fritz Prause

  Men, sabers, singles: 2nd round

  Men, sabers, team: 1st round

• Elke Radlingmaier

  Women, foil, singles: 1st round

  Women, foil, team: 1st round

• Rudolf Trost

  Men, swords, singles: 3rd round

  Men, epee, team: 9th place

• Günther Ulrich

  Men, sabers, team: 1st round

Weightlifting

• Rudolf Hill

  Men, middle heavyweight: eliminated

• Walter Legel

  Gentlemen, lightweight: disqualified

• Rudolf Litsch

  Men, middle heavyweight: 14th place

• Leopold Pichler

  Men, middleweight: eliminated

• Kurt Pittner

  Men, featherweight: 5th place

• Reinhold Platzer

  Men, light heavyweight: 10th place

Judo

• Eduard Aellig

  Men, light heavyweight: 13th place

• Erich Butka

  Men, heavyweight: 11th place

• Gerold Jungwirth

  Men, light middleweight: 10th place

• Lutz Lischka

  Men, middleweight: 5th place

• Erich Pointner

  Men, lightweight: 19th place

• Johann Pollak

  Men, Open Class: 10th place

Canoe (race)

• Helmut Hediger & Günther Pfaff

  Men, kayak twos, 1000 m: 7th place

• Kurt Heubusch , Heinz Rodinger , Gerhard Seibold & Alfred Zechmeister

  Men, kayak foursome, 1000 m: quarter-finals

• Heimo Müllneritsch & Helmar Steindl

  Men, canoe two-man, slalom: 8th place

• Günther Pfaff

  Men, kayak single, 1000 m: semi-finals

• Kurt Presslmayr

  Men, kayak single, slalom: 10th place

• Barbara Sattler

  Women, kayak single, slalom: 18th place

• Norbert Sattler

  Men, Kayak Single, Slalom: Silver

• Hans Bad

  Men, kayak single, slalom: 15th place

athletics

• Christiane Casapicola

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: heats

• Ilona Gusenbauer

  Women, high jump: bronze

• Eva Janko

  Women, javelin: 6th place

• Karoline Beetle

  Women, 200 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 400 meters: quarter-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 m: prelims

• Helmut Lang

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: disqualified in the semi-finals

• Gerlinde Massing

  Women, 4 × 400 m: prelims

• Axel Nepraunik

  Men, 100 meters: prelims

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: disqualified in the semi-finals

• Gert Nöster

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: only used in the heats

• Georg Regner

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: disqualified in the semi-finals

• Heimo Reinitzer

  Men, discus throw: 27th place (qualification)

• Peter Sternad

  Gentlemen, hammer throw: 17th place

• Maria Sykora

  Women, 400 meters: heats

  Women, 800 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 400 meters: heats

• Read Sykora-Procopius

  Ladies, pentathlon: eliminated

• Sepp Zeilbauer

  Men, decathlon: 9th place

• Günther Würfel

  Men, 4 × 100 meters: disqualified in the semi-finals

Modern pentathlon

• Bruno Jerebicnik

  Men, singles: 44th place

  Men, doubles: 11th place

• Wolfgang Leu

  Men, singles: 18th place

  Men, doubles: 11th place

• Peter Zobl-Wessely

  Men, singles: 34th place

  Men, doubles: 11th place

Cycling (road)

• Sigi Denk

  Men, 100 km team time trial: 10th place

• Roman Humenberger

  Men, road races, singles: 14th place

  Men, 100 km team time trial: 10th place

• Rudolf Mitteregger

  Men, road races, singles: 71st place

  Men, 100 km team time trial: 10th place

• Wolfgang Steinmayr

  Men, road races, singles: 55th place

• Johann Summer

  Men, road races, singles: 46th place

  Men, 100 km team time trial: 10th place

horse riding

• Ferdinand Croy

  Eventing, individual: 21st place

  Eventing, team: 12th place

• Friedrich Resch

  Eventing, individual: 40th place

  Eventing, team: 12th place

• Wolf-Dieter Rihs

  Eventing, individual: 45th place

  Eventing, team: 12th place

• Hugo Simon

  Jumping, singles: 4th place

• Rüdiger Wassibauer

  Eventing, individual: eliminated

  Eventing, team: 12th place

Wrestling

• Franz Berger

  Men, welterweight, Greco-Roman: 12th place

• Josef Brötzner

  Gentlemen, lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated

• Serious hack

  Men, bantamweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated

  Men, bantamweight, freestyle: eliminated

• Bruno Hartmann

  Men, welterweight, freestyle: eliminated

rowing

• Peter Bredl , Martin Hinterleitner , Norbert Hlobil , Franz Nitsche , Peter Preiß , Manfred Ruthner , Kurt Sandhäugl , Karl Sinzinger, Sr. & Peter Wetzstein

  Gentlemen, eighth with helmsman: 12th place

• Hans Fortmüller & Ulrich Wolf

  Men, two men without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Manfred Grieshofer , Werner Grieshofer & Rainer Hinteregger

  Men, two-man with helmsman: quarter-finals

• Manfred Krausbar & Sepp Puchinger

  Men, double sculls: quarter-finals

shoot

• Rudolf Dollinger

  Free pistol 50 meters: bronze

• Karl Froeschl

  Small bore, lying 50 meters: 67th place

• Hubert Garschall

  Rapid fire pistol 25 meters: 32nd place

  Free pistol 50 meters: 21st place

• Guido Loacker

  Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters: 39th place

• Josef Meixner

  Trap: 20th place

• Gerhard Petritsch

  Rapid fire pistol 25 meters: 8th place

• Wolfram Waibel senior

  Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters: 25th place

  Small bore, lying 50 meters: 13th place

swim

• Steffen Kriechbaum

  Men, 100 m chest: prelims

  Men, 200 m chest: heats

• Helmut Podolan

  Men, 100 m back: heats

  Men, 200 m back: heats

sailing

• Peter Denzel , Robert Haschka & Ulrich Strohschneider

  Soling: 17th place

• Franz Eisl , Harald Fereberger & Karl Stangl

  Soling: 10th place

• Peter Luschan & Manfred Stelzl

  Tempest: 11th place

• Erich Moritz & Hubert Raudaschl

  Tempest: 10th place

• Ernst Seidl & Kurt Seidl

  Flying Dutchman: 18th place

Diving

• Josef Kien

  Men, jumping: 32nd place (qualification)

• Rudolf Kruspel

  Men, jumping: 31st place (qualification)

  Men, high diving: 33rd place (qualification)

• Inge Pertmayr

  Women, high diving: 8th place

• Niki Stajković

  Men, high diving: 18th place (qualification)

Web links

• Austrian Olympic team 1972 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )