Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 73 competitors, 66 men and 7 women, took part in 62 events in 17 sports.

Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Judo Men's 86 kg 29 September

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 9 1 10Boxing 1 – 1Cycling 7 0 7Diving 2 0 2Equestrian 2 0 2Fencing 5 0 5Gymnastics 0 1 1Judo 3 – 3Modern pentathlon 1 – 1Rowing 5 0 5Sailing 8 0 8Shooting 7 4 11Swimming 6 0 6Table tennis 2 0 2Tennis 2 1 3Weightlifting 1 – 1Wrestling 5 – 5 Total 66 7 73

Athletics

Men's Long Jump Andreas Steiner Qualification — 7.61m (→ did not advance) Teddy Steinmayr Qualification — 7.36m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put Klaus Bodenmüller Qualifying Heat – 18.89m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw Johann Lindner Qualifying Heat — 76.60m Final — 75.36m (→ 10th place)

Men's Decathlon Georg Werthner — 7753 points (→ 21st place) 100 metres — 11.52s Long Jump — 7.36m Shot Put — 13.93m High Jump — 1.94m 400 metres — 49.99s 110m Hurdles — 15.64s Discus Throw — 38.82m Pole Vault — 4.60m Javelin Throw — 67.04m 1.500 metres — 4:26.42s

Boxing

Cycling

Seven cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1988.

Men's road race Mario Traxl Johann Lienhart Dietmar Hauer

Men's team time trial Dietmar Hauer Norbert Kostel Johann Lienhart Mario Traxl

Men's team pursuit Roland Königshofer Johann Lienhart Kurt Schmied Franz Stocher

Men's points race Roland Königshofer

Diving

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankNiki Stajković3 m springboard579.639 Q570.609Erich Pils532.1919Did not advance

Equestrianism

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1988.

Men's foil Benny Wendt Anatol Richter

Men's épée Arno Strohmeyer Johannes Nagele Axel Birnbaum

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Austria in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition: Helmut Spannagl — 4833 pts (→ 36th place)

Men's Team Competition: Spannagl — 4833 pts (→ 23rd place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Thomas WallnerDivision II1716RET10711191.011Hans SpitzauerFinnDSQ 13DSQ312YMP14119.715Christian BinderHeimo Hecht4701519181617RETRET151.024 Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Norbert PetschelChristian ClausTornado2118542446.04Hubert RaudaschlStephan PuxkandlStar13RET1115911391.013

Shooting

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankAlbert Deuring 50 m rifle prone58945did not advance10 m air rifle58134did not advanceHannes Gufler50 m rifle three positions115538did not advance10 m air rifle57741did not advanceLothar Heinrich 50 m rifle three positions115736did not advance50 m rifle prone59515did not advanceHans Hierzer50 m pistol55032did not advance10 m air pistol56540did not advanceHorst Krasser50 m pistol54338did not advance10 m air pistol56934did not advanceHermann Sailer25 m rapid fire pistol58429did not advance Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankSylvia Baldessarini 50 m rifle three positions57816did not advance10 m air rifle3939did not advanceDorothee Deuring 50 m rifle three positions57620did not advanceChristine Strahalm25 m pistol58018did not advance10 m air pistol3798 Q472.68Barbara Troger10 m air rifle38333did not advance Open AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankJosef HahnenkampSkeet14333did not advance

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle Markus Opatril Heat — 24.32 (→ did not advance, 36th place) Alexander Pilhatsch Heat — 24.42 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle Markus Opatril Heat — 52.66 (→ did not advance, 41st place) Stefan Opatril Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 200m Freestyle Alesander Placheta Heat — 1:56.11 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke Thomas Böhm Heat — 1:04.96 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke Thomas Böhm Heat — 2:24.15 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly Reinhold Leitner Heat — 56.72 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly Reinhold Leitner Heat — 2:02.18 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Stefan Opatril, Markus Opatril, Alesander Placheta, and Alexander Pilhatsch Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition Barbara Paulus First Round – Defeated Bettina Fulco (Argentina) 7-6 6–4 Second Round – Defeated Jana Novotná (Czechoslovakia) 6-4 6–3 Third Round – Lost to Zina Garrison (USA) 5-7 2-6

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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