Olympic Summer Games 2004 / Participant (Austria)

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Austria took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Greek capital Athens with 74 athletes, 20 women and 54 men.

The Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) nominated the athletes for the Games on July 20, 2004. On August 3rd, they were sworn in by Federal President Heinz Fischer ; the formula of the pledge also included freedom from doping for the first time .

Since 1896 it was Austria's 24th participation in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

The sailor Roman Hagara carried the flag of Austria during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medals

With two won gold, four silver and one bronze medal, the Austrian team was ranked 27 in the medal count .

gold

Name / s	sport	competition
Kate Allen	Triathlon	singles
Roman Hagara & Hans-Peter Steinacher	sailing	tornado

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Andreas Geritzer	sailing	laser
Claudia Heill	Judo	up to 63 kg
Markus Rogan	swim	100 m back
Markus Rogan	swim	200 m back

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Christian planner	shoot	Small caliber three-position fight 50 m

Participants by sport

The youngest participant in Austria was the swimmer Mirna Jukić at 18 years and 129 days , and the oldest participant in the eventing rider Harald Riedl (42 years 363 days).

Christian Planer (right) at the award ceremony in the KK three-position fight 50 m

sport	Surname	Disciplines
beach volleyball	Nik Berger / Florian Gosch 1 ; Robert Nowotny / Peter Gartmayer	Beach volleyball men
fencing	Christoph Marik	Sword
	Roland Schlosser	foil
Weightlifting	Matthias Steiner	up to 105 kg
Judo	Claudia Heill	up to 63 kg
	Ludwig Paischer	up to 60 kg
canoe	Helmut Oblinger	Whitewater gentlemen
	Violetta Oblinger-Peters	Whitewater ladies
athletics	Michael Buchleitner	marathon
	Karin Mayr-Krifka	100 m, 200 m
	Bettina Mueller	100 m
	Martin Pröll	3000 m obstacle
	Roland Schwarzl	Decathlon
	Günther Weidlinger	5000 m
Cycling	Roland Garber	Madison
	Franz Stocher	Points race, Madison
	Bärbel Jungmeier	Mountain bike women
	Christoph Soukup ; Michael Weiss	Mountain bike men
	Christiane Soeder	Street ladies
	Bernhard Eisel ; Gerrit Glomser ; Georg Totschnig ; Gerhard Trampusch	Street gentlemen
horse riding	Fritz Gaulhofer ; Peter Gmoser ; Victoria Max-Theurer ; Nina Stadlinger	dressage
	Harald Ambros ; Margit Appelt ; Harald Riedl ; Harald Siegl ; Andreas Zehrer	versatility
Wrestling	Lubos Cikel	Men up to 60 kg
	Radovan Valach	Men up to 96 kg
	Marina Gastl	Women up to 72 kg
rowing	Raphael Hartl	One
	Juliusz Madecki / Sebastian Sageder Wolfgang Sigl / Bernd Wakolbinger	Lightweight foursome without
shoot	Monika Haselsberger	Air rifle
	Thomas Farnik ; Christian planner	Small caliber three-position and air rifle
	Mario Knögler ; Wolfram Waibel junior	Small caliber lying
swim	Judith Draxler	50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle
	Mirna Jukić	100 m chest, 200 m chest
	Dominik Koll	200 m freestyle
	Maxim Podoprigora	100 m chest, 200 m chest
	Markus Rogan	100 m back, 200 m back
	Petra Zahrl	200 m butterfly
sailing	Andreas Geritzer	laser
	Roman Hagara / Hans-Peter Steinacher	tornado
	Hans Spitzauer / Andreas Hanakamp	star
	Nico Delle Karth / Niko Resch	49er
Taekwondo	Nevena Lukic	up to 49 kg
	Tuncay Çalışkan	up to 68 kg
tennis	Jürgen Melzer	singles
Table tennis	Chen Weixing ; Liu Jia ; Werner Schlager	singles
	Karl Jindrak / Werner Schlager	Double
Triathlon	Kate Allen ; Eva Bramböck	Ladies
	Norbert Domnik	Men's
Diving	Marion Reiff ; Anja Richter	Tower ladies

¹ The originally registered Clemens Doppler had to cancel before the start of the Olympic Games due to an injury.

In addition, the following substitutes were nominated for the team competitions:

• Uwe Daxböck (rowing / foursome)
• Andrea Graus , Harald Morscher and Peter Wrolich (cycling / street)

Web links

• Austrian Olympic team 2004 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )