Olympic Winter Games 1968 / Participant (Austria)

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Austria took part in the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, with a delegation of 76 athletes, 63 men and thirteen women.

Since 1924 it was Austria's tenth participation in the Winter Olympic Games .

Flag bearer

The figure skater Emmerich Danzer was chosen as the flag bearer of the Austrian team for the opening ceremony.

Medals

With three won gold, four silver and four bronze medals, the Austrian team finished 5th in the medal count .

gold

Olga Pall

• Olga Pall : Alpine skiing, women's downhill
• Wolfgang Schwarz : Figure skating, men, singles
• Manfred Schmid : tobogganing, men, single-seaters

silver

• Erwin Thaler , Reinhold Durnthaler , Herbert Gruber and Josef Eder : bobsleigh, men, four-man bobsleigh
• Manfred Schmid and Ewald Walch : tobogganing, men, two-seaters
• Reinhold Bachler : Ski jumping, men, normal hill
• Herbert Huber : Alpine skiing, men's slalom

bronze

• Heinrich Messner : Alpine skiing, men's giant slalom
• Alfred Matt : Alpine skiing, men's slalom
• Christl Haas : Alpine skiing, women's downhill
• Baldur Preiml : Ski jumping, men, normal hill

Participants by sport

Alpine skiing

Women: Gertrud Gabl Downhill: 12th place - 1: 43.97 min Giant slalom: 9th place - 1: 56.85 min Slalom: DNF Christl Haas Departure: - 1: 41.41 min Elisabeth Pall Giant slalom: 27th place - 2: 00.91 min Olga Pall Departure: - 1: 40.87 min Giant slalom: 5th place - 1: 55.61 min Slalom: 9th place - 1: 31.11 min Bernadette Rauter Slalom: 8th place - 1: 30.44 min Brigitte Seiwald Downhill: 4th place - 1: 41.82 min Giant slalom: 11th place - 1: 57.26 min Slalom: 24th place - 1: 41.29 min

Men's: Werner Bleiner Departure: DNF Herbert Huber Slalom: - 1: 39.82 min Alfred Matt Slalom: - 1: 40.09 min Heinrich Messner Downhill: 4th place - 2: 01.03 min Giant slalom: - 3: 31.83 min Slalom: 14th place - 1: 44.15 min Gerhard Nenning Departure: 9th place - 2: 02.31 min Giant slalom: 8th place - 3: 33.61 min Karl Schranz Downhill: 5th place - 2: 01.89 min Giant slalom: 6th place - 3: 33.08 min Slalom: disqualified in the 1st run Egon Zimmermann Departure: 13th place - 2: 02.55 min

biathlon

Men's:

• Paul Ernst

  20 km: 40th place - 1: 31: 47.9 h; 6 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 11th place - 2: 33: 47.1 h; 10 mistakes

• Adolf Scherwitzl

  20 km: 50th place - 1: 34: 21.7 min; 4 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 11th place - 2: 33: 47.1 h; 10 mistakes

• Horst Schneider

  20 km: 47th place - 1: 33: 49.6 min; 9 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 11th place - 2: 33: 47.1 h; 10 mistakes

• Franz Vetter

  20 km: 56th place - 1: 36: 25.0 h; 20 mistakes

  4 × 7.5 km relay: 11th place - 2: 33: 47.1 h; 10 mistakes

bob

Two-man bobsleigh:

• Reinhold Durnthaler / Erwin Thaler (AUT I)

  4th place - 4: 45.13 min

• Fritz Dinkhauser / Max Kaltenberger (AUT II)

  8th place - 4: 46.63 min

Four-man bobsleigh:

• Reinhold Durnthaler / Josef Eder / Herbert Gruber / Erwin Thaler (AUT I)

  - 2: 17.48 min

• Fritz Dinkhauser / Manfred Hofer / Karl Pichler / Hans Ritzl (AUT II)

  13th place - 2: 20.02 min

ice Hockey

Men: 13th place

Günter Burghard Hermann Erhart Gerhard Felfernig Gerhard Hausner Dieter Kalt senior Klaus Kirchbaumer Heinz Knoflach Walter König Josef Mössmer

Karl Pregl Sepp Puschnig Adelbert St. John Paul Samonig Gerd Schager Franz Schilcher Heinz Schupp Josef Schwitzer Klaus Weingärtner

figure skating

Women: Elisabeth Mikula 18th place Elisabeth Nestler 23rd place Beatrix Schuba 5th place

Men's: Günter Anderl 23rd place Emmerich Danzer 4th Place Wolfgang Schwarz

Couples: Wilhelm Bietak / Evelyne Schneider 15th place

Speed ​​skating

Men's:

• Otmar Braunecker

  500 m: 26th place - 42.1 s

  1500 m: 39th place - 2: 14.4 min

• Erich Korbel

  1500 m: 44th place - 2: 15.7 min

  5000 m: 37th place - 8: 20.8 min

• Hermann Strutz

  1500 m: 40th place - 2: 14.8 min

  5000 m: 16th place - 7: 53.3 min

  10,000 m: 17th place - 16: 24.9 min

Sledding

Women: Marlene Korthals 10th place - 2: 31.33 min Helene Thurner 9th place - 2: 30.50 min Elfriede Wäger 15th place - 2: 34.41 min

Men's: Josef Feistmantl 5th place - 2: 53.57 min Peter Kretauer disqualified in the 1st run Manfred Schmid - 2: 52.48 min Helmut Thaler 14th place - 2: 56.05 min

Double seater: Manfred Schmid / Ewald Walch - 1: 36.34 min Wilhelm Biechl / Josef Feistmantl 7th place - 1: 38.11 min

Nordic skiing

Cross-country skiing

Men's:

• Walter Failer

  15 km: 51st place - 54: 12.5 min

• Hansjörg color maker

  30 km: 50th place - 1: 49: 43.3 h

• Andreas Janc

  15 km: 31st place - 51: 29.8 min

  50 km: 13th place - 2:32: 32.2 hours

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place - 2:22:29.4 h

• Ernst Pühringer

  15 km: 47th place - 53: 23.0 min

  30 km: 38th place - 1: 44: 51.0 hours

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place - 2:22:29.4 h

• Franz Vetter

  30 km: 40th place - 1: 45: 11.2 h

  50 km: 34th place - 2: 43: 51.1 hours

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place - 2:22:29.4 h

• Heinrich Wallner

  15 km: 42nd place - 52: 53.6 min

  4 × 10 km relay: 13th place - 2:22:29.4 h

Ski jumping

• Reinhold Bachler

  Normal hill: - 214.2 points

  Large hill: 6th place - 210.7 points

• Baldur Preiml

  Normal hill: - 212.6 points

  Large hill: 48th place - 152.3 points

• Max Golser

  Normal hill: 36th place - 186.0 points

  Large hill: 22nd place - 190.4 points

• Sepp Lichtenegger

  Normal hill: 29th place - 193.1 points

  Large hill: 28th place - 184.6 points

Nordic combination

• Waldemar Heigenhauser

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 34th place

• Ulli Öhlböck

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 32nd place

• Helmut Voggenberger

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 35th place

Web link

• Austrian Olympic team 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )