Austria competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Alpine skiing Women's downhill Figure skating Men's singles Luge Men's individual Alpine skiing Men's slalom Bobsleigh Four-man Luge Men's doubles Ski jumping Men's normal hill Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom Alpine skiing Men's slalom Alpine skiing Women's downhill Ski jumping Men's normal hill
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEgon ZimmermannDownhill2:02.5513Gerhard Nenning2:02.319Karl Schranz2:01.895Heini Meßner2:01.934Werner BleinerGiant Slalom1:46.5616DSQ–DSQ–Gerhard Nenning1:46.47151:47.1443:33.618Karl Schranz1:45.2861:47.8083:33.086Heini Meßner1:45.1651:46.6733:31.83
Men's slalom
AthleteHeat 1Heat 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankKarl Schranz52.561 QF––DSQ–49.531DSQ–Heini Meßner51.761 QF––52.322751.83141:44.1514Alfred Matt50.991 QF––49.68250.4151:40.09Herbert Huber53.041 QF––50.061349.7621:39.82
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGertrud GablDownhill1:43.9712Brigitte Seiwald1:41.824Christl Haas1:41.41Olga Pall1:40.87Lisi PallGiant Slalom2:00.9127Brigitte Seiwald1:57.2611Gertrud Gabl1:56.859Olga Pall1:55.615Gertrud GablSlalomDNF–––DNF–Olga Pall43.591647.5291:31.119Bernadette Rauter43.341447.1081:30.448Brigitte Seiwald41.52459.77301:41.2924
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmFranz Vetter1'16:25.0201'36:25.056Adolf Scherwitzl1'30:21.741'34:21.750Horst Schneider1'24:49.691'33:49.647Paul Ernst1'25:47.961'31:47.940
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankPaul ErnstAdolf ScherwitzlHorst SchneiderFranz Vetter102'33:47.111
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAUT-1Erwin ThalerReinhold DurnthalerTwo-man1:11.2771:11.2631:10.7231:11.8874:45.134AUT-2Max KaltenbergerFritz DinkhauserTwo-man1:11.3491:12.1591:11.0051:12.1484:46.638
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAUT-1Erwin ThalerReinhold DurnthalerHerbert GruberJosef EderFour-man1:10.0821:07.4022:17.48AUT-2Manfred HoferHans RitzlFritz DinkhauserKarl PichlerFour-man1:10.9091:09.12152:20.0213
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmWalter Failer54:12.551Ernst Pühringer53:23.047Heinrich Wallner52:53.642Andreas Janc51:29.83130 kmHansjörg Farbmacher1'49:43.350Franz Vetter1'45:11.240Ernst Pühringer1'44:51.03850 kmFranz Vetter2'43:51.134Andreas Janc2'32:32.213
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankHeinrich WallnerFranz VetterErnst PühringerAndreas Janc2'22:29.413
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Günter Anderl20231574,719323 Emmerich Danzer411873.0294 Wolfgang Schwarz121904.113
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Elisabeth Nestler26211562.6208923 Elisabeth Mikula17191612.516418 Beatrix Schuba3121773.2515
Ice hockey
Consolation round Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places. Austria entered in this round, from the start they did not play for the medals.
RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts9550033910105410271281153201515612523022234135140122721450509320
Romania – Austria 3:2 (2:1, 1:1, 0:0) Goalscorers: Fagarasi, Calamar, Mois – Schupp, Samonig.
Yugoslavia – Austria 6:0 (2:0, 2:0, 2:0) Goalscorers: Ivo Jan 3, Roman Smolej, Tisler, Klinar.
France – Austria 2:5 (0:1, 2:3, 0:1) Goalscorers: Faucomprez, Caux – Puschnig 2, Kirchbaumer, St. John, Schupp.
Norway – Austria 5:4 (3:1, 2:1, 0:2) Goalscorers: Dalsören 2, Bjölbak, Olsen, Hansen – Schupp 2, Weingärtner, St. John.
Japan – Austria 11:1 (1:0, 6:0, 4:1) Goalscorers: Itoh 2, Okajima 2, Hikigi 2, Araki, Kudo, Takashima, Toriyabe, Iwamoto – Puschnig.
Contestants 13. AUSTRIA Goaltenders: Franz Schilcher, Karl Pregl Defence: Gerd Schager, Gerhard Felfernig, Josef Mössmer, Hermann Erhard, Gerhard Hausner Forwards: Dieter Kalt, Adelbert St. John, Josef Puschnig, Josef Schwitzer, Heinz Schupp, Walter König, Heinz Knoflach, Klaus Weingartner, Klaus Kirchbaumer, Günter Burkhart, Paul Samonig
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPeter KretauerDSQ–––––DSQ–Helmut Thaler58.421459.031658.60142:56.0514Josef Feistmantl57.78658.06557.7342:53.275Manfred Schmid57.16157.73357.5922:52.48
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankManfred SchmidEwald Walch48.16248.1821:36.34Josef FeistmantlWilhelm Bichl48.81649.30101:38.117
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankElfriede Wäger51.931850.441252.04172:34.4115Marlene Korthals49.72950.31851.30122:31.3310Leni Thurner49.64650.15750.7172:30.509
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankHelmut VoggenbergerIndividual67.566.0181.93254:57.2160.0737341.9735Waldemar Heigenhauser69.068.5197.22155:00.4159.4938356.6934Ulli Öhlböck64.064.0168.83652:23.9189.2023358.0032
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankSepp LichteneggerNormal hill72.598.370.094.8193.129Max Golser74.0102.765.083.3186.036Reinhold Bachler77.5107.876.0106.4214.2Baldur Preiml80.0113.872.598.8212.6Baldur PreimlLarge hill80.566.187.086.2152.348Sepp Lichtenegger91.090.891.093.8184.628Max Golser95.098.991.591.5190.422Reinhold Bachler98.5107.395.0103.4210.76
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mOtmar Braunecker42.1261500 mErich Korbel2:15.744Hermann Strutz2:14.840Otmar Braunecker2:14.4395000 mErich Korbel8:20.837Hermann Strutz7:53.31610,000 mHermann Strutz16:24.917
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com