1972 Winter Olympics / Participant (Austria)
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Austria took part in the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan with a delegation of 40 athletes, 29 men and 11 women.
Since 1924 it was Austria's eleventh participation in the Winter Olympic Games .
Flag bearer
Luge athlete Manfred Schmid carried the Austrian flag during the opening ceremony in the Makomanai Stadium .
Medals
With a recovered gold, two silver and two bronze medals, the Austrian team was ranked 9 in the medals table .
gold
- Beatrix Schuba : Figure skating, women
silver
- Annemarie Moser-Pröll : Alpine skiing, women's downhill
- Annemarie Moser-Pröll: Alpine skiing, women's giant slalom
bronze
- Wiltrud Drexel : Alpine skiing, women's giant slalom
- Heinrich Messner : Alpine skiing, men's downhill
Participants by sport
Alpine skiing
- Women
- Annemarie Moser-Pröll
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Wiltrud Drexel
- Giant slalom: - 1: 32.35 min
- Slalom: DNF
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Gertrud Gabl
- Giant Slalom: DNF
- Slalom: DNF
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Monika Kaserer
- Departure: 30th place - 1: 42.59 min
- Giant slalom: 13th place - 1: 33.42 min
- Slalom: 7th place - 1: 34.36 min
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Bernadette Rauter
- Downhill: 9th place - 1: 39.84 min
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Brigitte Totschnig
- Downhill: 15th place - 1: 40.73 min
- Men
- Heinrich Messner
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Werner Bleiner
- Downhill: 18th place - 3: 15.96 min
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Karl Cordin
- Downhill: 7th place - 1: 53.32 min
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Josef Loidl
- Downhill: 9th place - 1: 53.71 min
- Giant slalom: 12th place - 3: 14.65 min
- Slalom: DNF
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Alfred Matt
- Slalom: 14th place - 1: 53.68 min
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Reinhard Tritscher
- Downhill: 9th place - 1: 53.71 min
- Giant slalom: 12th place - 3: 14.65 min
- Slalom: DSQ
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David Zwilling
- Giant slalom: 7th place - 3: 12.32 min
- Slalom: 7th place - 1: 51.97 min
bob
- Two-man bobsleigh
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Herbert Gruber / Josef Oberhauser (AUT I)
- 8th place - 5: 1.60 min
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Werner Delle Karth / Fritz Sperling (AUT II)
- 13th place - 5: 05.35 min
- Four-man bobsleigh
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Utz Chwalla / Josef Eder / Herbert Gruber / Josef Oberhauser (AUT I)
- 6th place - 4: 45.77 min
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Walter Delle Karth jun. / Werner Delle Karth / Werner Moser / Fritz Sperling (AUT II)
- 7th place - 4: 46.66 min
figure skating
- Ladies
- Trixi Schuba
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Sonja Balun
- 17th place
- Men's
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Günter Anderl
- 15th place
Speed skating
- Men
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Otmar Braunecker
- 500 m: 23rd place - 42.14 sec
- 1500 m: 31st place - 2: 14.88 min
Sledding
- Women
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Margit Graf
- 16th place - 3: 06.29 min
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Antonia Mayr
- 14th place - 3: 04.60 min
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Angelika Schafferer
- 11th place - 3: 04.06 min
- Men, single-seaters
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Josef Feistmantl
- 10th place - 3: 31.32 min
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Franz Schachner
- 23rd place - 3: 35.62 min
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Manfred Schmid
- 7th place - 3: 30.05 min
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Rudolf Schmid
- 16th place - 3: 33.76 min
- Men, two-seaters
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Manfred Schmid / Ewald Walch
- 7th place - 1: 29.75 min
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Franz Schachner / Rudolf Schmid
- 9th place - 1: 30.68 min
Nordic skiing
Cross-country skiing
- Men
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Josef Hauser
- 30 km: DNF
- 4 × 10 km relay: DNF
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Herbert Wachter
- 15 km: 42nd place - 49: 44.13 min
- 30 km: 33rd place - 1: 44: 45.67 h
- 4 × 10 km relay: DNF
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Heinrich Wallner
- 15 km: 38th place - 49: 17.97 min
- 30 km: 48th place - 1: 48: 05.42 h
- 4 × 10 km relay: DNF
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Ulli Öhlböck
- 4 × 10 km relay: DNF
Ski jumping
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Reinhold Bachler
- Normal hill: 29th place - 201.6 points
- Large hill: 24th place - 179.2 points
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Max Golser
- Normal hill: 36th place - 195.8 points
- Large hill: 43rd place - 153.6 points
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Rudi Wanner
- Normal hill: 26th place - 205.0 points
- Large hill: 46th place - 152.3 points
Nordic combination
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Ulli Öhlböck
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 37th place
Web links
- Austrian Olympic team 1972 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )