Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.oeoc.at (German)
in Seoul
Competitors	73 (66 men and 7 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Hubert Raudaschl
Medals Ranked 29th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 0 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 73 competitors, 66 men and 7 women, took part in 62 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Peter Seisenbacher	Judo	Men's Middleweight (86 kg)

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)

1. 100 metres — 11.52s
2. Long Jump — 7.36m
3. Shot Put — 13.93m
4. High Jump — 1.94m
5. 400 metres — 49.99s
6. 110m Hurdles — 15.64s
7. Discus Throw — 38.82m
8. Pole Vault — 4.60m
9. Javelin Throw — 67.04m
10. 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

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

Shooting

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
  1. First Round – Defeated Bettina Fulco (Argentina) 7-6 6-4
  2. Second Round – Defeated Jana Novotná (Czechoslovakia) 6-4 6-3
  3. Third Round – Lost to Zina Garrison (USA) 5-7 2-6

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References