Austria competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 147 competitors, 115 men and 32 women, took part in 79 events in 17 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Athletics Women's Javelin Athletics Women's Shot Put Canoeing Women's K-1 500m Fencing Women's Individual Foil
Athletics
Key Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only Q = Qualified for the next round q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target NR = National record OR = Olympic record N/A = Round not applicable for the event Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round NP = Not placed
Men Field Events
AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionFelix WürthLong Jump7.088 Q7.008Arnulf PilhatschHigh Jump1.84 21did not advanceFelix WürthTriple Jump13.9221did not advanceHermann TunnerDiscus throw45.9210 Q44.4311
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMaria Oberbreyer100 m4did not advanceGrete Pavlousek4did not advanceGrete Pavlousek200 m4did not advanceMaria Oberbreyer80 m Hurdles11.93 Q11.92 Q11.85Elfriede Steurer12.21 Q12.46did not advanceGrete JennyElfriede SteurerGrete PavlousekMaria Oberbreyer4 × 100 m relay50.02 Qcolspan=2 49.26
Women Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionIlse Steineggerlong jump5.3010 Q5.1910Maria Oberbreyer5.3595.249Ilse Steineggerhigh jumpcolspan=2 1.557Ine SchäfferShot putcolspan=2 13.08Anni Brukcolspan=2 12.506Marianne Schlägercolspan=2 11.7512Lotte HaideggerDiscus throwcolspan=2 38.815Frieda Tiltschcolspan=2 37.199Marianne Schlägercolspan=2 34.7915Herma BaumaJavelin throwcolspan=2 45.57 ORGerda Schilling-Staniekcolspan=2 38.019
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRobert GaustererFlyweight L PTSdid not advanceHermann MazurkiewitschBantamweight L PTSdid not advanceEduard KerschbaumerFeatherweightW PTS L PTSdid not advanceOtto MichtitsLight heavyweight L PTSdid not advanceKarl AmeisbichlerHeavyweight L KO2did not advance
Five other competitors did not start: Hans Schmöllerl (flyweight), Franz Dyma (bantamweight), W. Müller (featherweight), Norbert Oschgan (light heavyweight) and Otto Hofstätter (heavyweight)
Canoeing
DNS = did not start
Men
Canoe Singles - Men's C-1 1,000 metres Karl Molnar DNS
Canoe Singles - Men's C-1 10,000 metres Karl Molnar DNS
Canoe Doubles - Men's C-2 1,000 metres Karl Molnar, Viktor Salmhofer (5th)
Canoe Doubles - Men's C-2 1,0000 metres Karl Molnar, Viktor Salmhofer (4th)
Kayak Singles - Men's K-1 1,000 metres Walter Piemann (8th)
Kayak Singles - Men's K-1 10,000 metres Herbert Klepp (10th)
Kayak Doubles - Men's K-2 1,000 metres Paul Felinger, Herbert Klepp (5th place, Heat 2)
Kayak Doubles - Men's K-2 10,000 metres Walter Piemann, Alfred Umgeher (9th)
Women Kayak Singles – Women's K-1 500 metres Fritzi Schwingl
Cycling
Eight cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1948.
Individual road race Rudi Valenta Hans Goldschmid Siegmund Huber Josef Pohnetal
Team road race Rudi Valenta Hans Goldschmid Siegmund Huber Josef Pohnetal
Sprint Erich Welt
Time trial Walter Freitag
Tandem Kurt Nemetz Erich Welt
Team pursuit Walter Freitag Hans Goldschmid Josef Pohnetal Heinrich Schiebel
Diving
Men AthleteEventFinalPointsRankWilhelm Lippa3 m springboard103.1819Franz Worisch112.1512Wilhelm Lippa10 m platform89.0417Franz Worisch90.0515
Women AthleteEventFinalPointsRankGudrun Grömer3 m springboard93.305Alma Staudinger86.9311Gudrun Grömer10 m platform Alma Staudinger64.594
Equestrian
Individual dressage Alois Podhajsky on Teja (7th)
Individual eventing Heinrich Sauer on Sobri -
Fencing
Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Austria in 1948.
Men's sabre Hubert Loisel Heinz Putzl Werner Plattner
Men's team sabre Werner Plattner, Heinz Putzl, Heinz Lechner, Hubert Loisel
A fifth competitor in the individual sabre and team sabre events, Karl Hanisch, did not start.
Women's foil Ellen Müller-Preis Fritzi Wenisch-Filz Gabriele Zeilinger
Football
Head coach: Eduard Frühwirth Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoalsMinutesplayedSub offSub onCardsyellow/red FW Josef Epp 1 Mar 1920 28 ? Wiener Sportclub 1 0 90 - - - FW Erich Habitzl 9 Oct 1923 24 ? SK Admira Wien 1 0 90 - - - FW Wilhelm Hahnemann 14 Apr 1914 34 ? SC Wacker Wien 1 0 90 - - - DF Ernst Happel 29 Nov 1925 22 ? SK Rapid Wien 1 0 90 - - - MF Siegfried Joksch 4 Jul 1917 31 ? FK Austria Wien 1 0 90 - - - FW Alfred Körner 14 Feb 1926 22 ? SK Rapid Wien 1 0 90 - - - DF Karl Kowanz 15 Apr 1926 22 ? SK Admira Wien 1 0 65 - - /1red FW Ernst Melchior 26 Jun 1920 28 ? FK Austria Wien 1 0 90 - - - MF Leopold Mikolasch 17 Oct 1920 27 ? FK Austria Wien 1 0 90 - - - DF Ernst Ocwirk 7 Mar 1926 22 ? FK Austria Wien 1 0 90 - - 1 yel. / - GK Franz Pelikan 6 Nov 1925 22 ? SC Wacker Wien 1 0 90 - - -- Stand-by players - MF Theodor Brinek 9 May 1921 27 ? SC Wacker Wien 0 0 0 - - - MF Karl Decker 5 Sep 1921 26 ? First Vienna FC 0 0 0 - - - FW Ludwig Durek 27 Jan 1921 27 ? SK Sturm Graz 0 0 0 - - - GK Bruno Engelmeier 5 Sep 1927 20 ? First Vienna FC 0 0 0 - - - DF Gustav Gerhart 4 Feb 1922 26 ? SK Admira Wien 0 0 0 - - - MF Leopold Gernhardt 16 Mar 1920 28 ? SK Rapid Wien 0 0 0 - - - GK Josef Musil 7 Aug 1920 27 ? SK Rapid Wien 0 0 0 - - - FW Ernst Stojaspal 14 Jan 1925 23 ? FK Austria Wien 0 0 0 - - - FW Josef Stroh 5 Mar 1913 35 ? FK Austria Wien 0 0 0 - - - FW Theodor Wagner 6 Aug 1927 20 ? SC Wacker Wien 0 0 0 - - -
Gymnastics
Men
Gymnast Event Score Rank Men's all-around 229.7 28th 228.8 =36th 225.65 59th 225.2 61st 225.0 66th 223.95 99th 221.1 114th 217.45 123rd Men's team all-around 9th Men's horizontal bar 32nd 41st 45th 51st =57th =77th 87th Men's parallel bars =35th 37th 63rd 68th 74th 76th 107th 122nd Men's pommel horse =26th =30th =36th =48th 61st =74th 108th Men's rings 44th =63th =83rd 86th 89th 98th 117th Men's vault =18th =40th =46th 87th 88th 112th 115th Men's floor =10th =14th =29th =38th =70th =95th 118th
Two further male team members, Karl Bilas and Leopold Redl, did not start.
Women
Women's team all-around Gerti Fesl, Gretchen Hehenberger, Gertrude Kolar aka Trude Gollner-Kolar, Edeltraud Schramm, Erika Enzenhofer, Traudl Ruckser, Gertrude Gries aka Gerti Gries, Gertrude Winnige aka Winnige-Barosch - 6th place
A further female team member, Christl Luft, did not start.
Hockey
Head coach: No.Pos.PlayerDoBAgeCapsClubTournamentgamesTournamentgoals B Adam Bischof 13 October 1915 32 ? 3 ? FW Karl Brandl 2 May 1912 36 ? 3 ? Siegfried Egger ? 0 0 B Karl Holzapfel 20 October 1923 24 ? 3 ? Wolfgang Klee ? 0 0 FW Johann Koller 3 April 1921 27 ? 2 ? FW Franz Lovato 28 February 1923 25 ? 3 ? FW Walter Niederle 17 February 1921 27 ? 3 ? FW Oskar Nowak 25 March 1913 35 ? 3 ? FW Karl Ördögh 10 March 1908 40 ? 2 ? Josef Pecanka ? 0 0 GK Franz Raule 20 November 1920 27 ? 3 ? HB Friedrich Rückert 7 July 1920 28 ? 3 ? HB Franz Strachota 14 October 1918 29 ? 2 ? HB Ernst Schala 13 July 1916 32 ? 3 ?
Rowing
Austria had seven male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.
Men's coxless pair Gert Watzke Kurt Watzke
Men's coxed four Erwin Bittmann Karl Sitter Franz Frauneder Theodor Obrietan Karl Riedel (cox)
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Harald MusilFirefly 20DNFDNF181719DNF49921Georg ObermullerHans SchachingerG. WernerHorst ObermullerStar101514141589166113
Shooting
Three shooters represented Austria in 1948. Men AthleteEventFinalScoreRankRichard Bohslavsky50 m rifle, prone57558Andreas Krapf58150Ernst Wöll57360
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFritz Zwazl100 m backstroke 1:13.5 6 Did not advanceWalter Pavlicek200 m breaststroke 2:50.6 13 Q 2:50.1 11 Did not advance
A third competitor, Helmut Koppelstätter in the 100 m backstroke, did not start.
Weightlifting
Bantamweight (56kg) Johann Josef Vojtech (17th)
Featherweight (60kg) Anton Richter (11th)
Middleweight (75 kg) Klement Schuh (16th)
Light-Heavyweight (82.5 kg) Wilhelm Pankl (13th); Fritz Hala aka Haller (14th)
Heavyweight (+82.5) Franz Eibler (14th)
Wrestling
Freestyle featherweight Georg Weidner did not start
Middleweight, Freestyle, Men Anton Vogel (unplaced)
Greco-Roman bantamweight Kurt Elias (unplaced)
Greco-Roman featherweight Georg Weidner (4th)
Greco-Roman welterweight Josef Schmidt (=4th)
Greco-Roman middleweight Anton Vogel (unplaced)
Greco-Roman light heavyweight Peter Enzinger (unplaced)
Art competitions
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database