Austria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 102 competitors, 71 men and 31 women, took part in 72 events in 18 sports.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Judo Men's 86 kg 8 August Shooting Men's 10 metre air rifle 3 August Judo Men's 65 kg 5 August
Archery
In its third appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, Austria again entered only one competitor. This time, however, it was the first Austrian woman to compete in Olympic archery.
Women's Individual Competition Ursula Valenta — 2395 points (→ 32nd place)
Athletics
Men's Marathon Gerhard Hartmann Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Decathlon Georg Werthner Final — 8028 points (→ 9th place)
Men's 20 km Walk Martin Toporek Final — 1:33:58 (→ 29th place)
Men's Hammer Throw Johann Lindner Qualification — 71.28 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put Erwin Weitzl Qualifying Round — 18.96 m (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Konrad König First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Khemais Refai (Tunisia), RSC-1
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) Olaf Mayer First Round — Lost to Peter Hussing (West Germany), 0:5
Canoeing
Cycling
Nine cyclists, seven men and two women, represented Austria in 1984.
Men's individual road race Helmut Wechselberger Kurt Zellhofer Johann Traxler Paul Popp
Team time trial Karl Krenauer Hans Lienhart Peter Muckenhuber Helmut Wechselberger
1000m time trial Paul Popp
Individual pursuit Karl Krenauer
Points race Kurt Zellhofer Paul Popp
Women's individual road race Johanna Hack → 26th place Hilde Dobiasch → 38th place
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
Eight fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1984.
Men's foil Robert Blaschka Joachim Wendt Georg Somloi
Men's team foil Joachim Wendt, Dieter Kotlowski, Georg Somloi, Robert Blaschka, Georg Loisel
Men's épée Arno Strohmeyer Hannes Lembacher
Men's sabre Hanns Brandstätter
Handball
Women's Team Competition Team Roster Ulrike Popp Martina Neubauer Susanne Unger Milena Gschiessl-Foltyn Maria Sykora Sylvia Steinbauer Karin Hillinger Elisabeth Zehetner Gabriele Gebauer Vesna Radovic Teresa Zielewicz Monika Unger
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Austria in 1984.
Men's Individual Competition: Michael Billwein — 4760 points (→ 32nd place) Ingo Peirits — 3682 points (→ 51st place) Horst Stocker — 3432 points (→ 52nd place)
Men's Team Competition: Billwein, Peirits, and Stocker — 11874 points (→ 17th place)
Rowing
Sailing
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Bjoern EyblWindglider1110YMP1057680.08 Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Gerhard PanuschkaManfred PanuschkaFlying Dutchman13 41613151511105.016Norbert PetschelWalter SchlagbauerTornado9910161111488.012Hubert RaudaschlKarl FerstlStar613111103253.45Michael FarthoferChristian HollerRichard HollerSoling1211141411RET15113.015
Shooting
Men AthleteEventFinalScoreRankLothar Heinrich 50 m rifle three positions11392250 m rifle prone58925Gerhard Krimbacher50 m rifle three positions11352610 m air rifle57328Andreas Kronthaler 10 m air rifle587Gerhard Petritsch25 m rapid fire pistol58911Vinzenz Schweighofer50 m pistol55511 Women AthleteEventFinalScoreRankKarin Bauer 50 m rifle three positions5641510 m air rifle37918Gudrun Sinnhuber10 m air rifle38111 Open AthleteEventFinalScoreRankMartin BurkertSkeet18926Ludwig PuserTrap18514Nicky SzapárySkeet19213
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle Alexander Pilhatsch Heat — 52.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke Thomas Böhm Heat — 1:04.60 B-Final — 1:04.99 (→ 13th place) Gerhard Prohaska Heat — 1:06.41 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke Thomas Böhm Heat — 2:22.17 B-Final — 2:22.09 (→ 14th place) Gerhard Prohaska Heat — 2:27.85 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley Alexander Pilhatsch Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's 200m Butterfly Sonja Hausladen Heat — 2:13.50 Final — 2:15.38 (→ 7th place) Brigitte Wanderer Heat — 2:21.16 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley Brigitte Wanderer Heat — 2:26.85 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley Sonja Hausladen Heat — 4:58.68 B-Final — 4:57.78 (→ 13th place) Monika Bayer Heat — 5:05.61 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Synchronized swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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