Austria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 112 competitors, 91 men and 21 women, took part in 70 events in 16 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Canoeing Women's K-1 500m Herbert Wiedermann Canoeing Men's K-2 1000m
Athletics
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankRupert Blöch400 m49.823Did not advanceRudolf Haidegger50.014Did not advanceFritz Prossinagg1500 m3:54.25 colspan="2" Did not advanceHelmuth Perz5000 m14:57.211 colspan="4" Did not advanceKurt Rötzer14:49.410 colspan="4" Did not advanceHelmuth Perz10,000 m colspan="6" 32:13.227Rudolf Haidegger400 m hurdles54.84Did not advanceAdolf GruberMarathon colspan="6" 2:45:02.039
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankFelix WürthLong jump6.9915Did not advanceFelix WürthTriple jump13.6531Did not advanceAlois SchwablShot put15.009 Q14.4513Hermann TunnerDiscus throwDNSDid not advance
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankElfriede Steurer100 m12.74Did not advanceGertrud Pruschak80 m hurdlesDNS colspan="2" Did not advanceHelene Bielansky11.84 colspan="2" Did not advanceElfriede Steurer11.44 colspan="2" Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankLotte HaideggerShot putDNSDid not advanceLotte HaideggerDiscus throw39.549 Q43.495Frieda Tiltsch39.4710 Q27.8418Herma BaumaJavelin throw43.077 Q42.549Gerda Schilling-StaniekNMDid not advance
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) Walter Bortel – did not finish (→ no ranking) Franz Wimmer – did not finish (→ no ranking) Arthur Mannsbarth – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition Men's 1.000m Time Trial Kurt Nemetz Final – 1:17.5 (→ 21st place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race Kurt Nemetz – 15th place
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankFranz Worisch3 m springboard67.1810 Did not advanceJulius Janowsky10 m platform62.6524 Did not advanceKurt Liederer60.2127 Did not advanceFranz Worisch63.0222 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankEva Pfarrhofer10 m platform40.269 Did not advance
Fencing
Men's sabre Werner Plattner Heinz Lechner Hubert Loisel
Men's team sabre Werner Plattner, Heinz Putzl, Hubert Loisel, Heinz Lechner, Paul Kerb
Women's foil Ellen Müller-Preis Fritzi Wenisch-Filz Grete Kunz
Football
Gymnastics
Hockey
Rowing
Austria had four male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.
Men's coxless four Kurt Marz Alexander Mitterhuber Adolf Scheithauer Johann Geiszler
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Wolfgang ErndlFinnDSQ 4916415342735Harald MusilHarald FerebergerStar161518 813814226014
Shooting
Three shooters represented Austria in 1952. Men AthleteEventFinalScoreRankSiegfried Gurschler50 m rifle, three positions11451750 m rifle, prone39618Wilhelm Sachsenmaier50 m rifle, three positions11401950 m rifle, prone39623Laszlo SzapáryTrap17822
Swimming
Men Ranks given are within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPeter Steinwender400 m freestyle 5:03.6 4 Did not advanceHelmut Koppelstätter100 m backstroke 1:11.9 4 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIlse Albert200 m breaststroke 3:12.5 24 Did not advance
Water polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database