Three sportsmen from Austria competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics. Though Austria was then a part of Austria-Hungary, most sources separate Austrian competitors from the Hungarians at the 1896 Games.
Medalists
The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded. MedalNameSportEventDateCyclingMen's 12 hour raceSwimming500 m freestyleSwimming100 m FreestyleCycling10 kmCyclingTime trial
Medals by sportSportTotalSwimming1102Cycling1023Total2125
Medals by dayDayDate Total16 April000027 April000038 April000049 April0000510 April0000611 April112 4712 April0000813 April1001Total2125
Multiple medalists The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1896 Olympic Games. Name Medal Sport Event Cycling Men's 12 hour raceMen's track time trialMen's 10 kilometres
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalCycling 1 0 1Fencing 1 0 1Swimming 2 0 2 Total 3Adolf Schmal competed in cycling and fencing. 0 3
Cycling
All three of Schmal's medals were won in the cycling competitions, even though he competed in two different sports. He competed in four events, earning a top three finish in three of them. In the time trial event, Schmal tied for second place Stamatios Nikolopoulos. A race-off between the two broke the tie in favor of the Greek athlete.
Track
AthleteEventTime / DistanceRankAdolf SchmalTime trial26.6Adolf Schmal10 kmUnknownAdolf Schmal100 kmAdolf Schmal12 hour race295.300 km
Fencing
Schmal also competed in the sabre fencing tournament, placing fourth in the five-man round robin.
AthleteEventFinalRankAdolf SchmalMen's sabre134
Swimming
Two Austrian swimmers competed in 1896. One of the two competed in each of the three open events, and each swimmer won one medal.
AthleteEventFinalTimeRankOtto Herschmann100 m freestyle1:22.8Paul Neumann500 m freestyle8:12.6Otto Herschmann Paul Neumann1200 m freestyle
References
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