Austria at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 147 competitors, 115 men and 32 women, took part in 79 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Austria at the 1948 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in London
Competitors	147 (115 men, 32 women) in 17 sports
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 3 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Herma Bauma	Athletics	Women's Javelin
Bronze	Ine Schäffer	Athletics	Women's Shot Put
Bronze	Fritzi Schwingl	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500m
Bronze	Ellen Preis	Fencing	Women's Individual Foil

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• OR = Olympic record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
• NP = Not placed

Men

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Felix Würth	Long Jump	7.08	8 Q	7.00	8
Arnulf Pilhatsch	High Jump	1.84	21	did not advance
Felix Würth	Triple Jump	13.92	21	did not advance
Hermann Tunner	Discus throw	45.92	10 Q	44.43	11

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maria Oberbreyer	100 m		4	did not advance
Grete Pavlousek			4	did not advance
Grete Pavlousek	200 m		4	did not advance
Maria Oberbreyer	80 m Hurdles	11.9	3 Q	11.9	2 Q	11.8	5
Elfriede Steurer		12.2	1 Q	12.4	6	did not advance
Grete Jenny Elfriede Steurer Grete Pavlousek Maria Oberbreyer	4 × 100 m relay	50.0	2 Q	—		49.2	6

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ilse Steinegger	long jump	5.30	10 Q	5.19	10
Maria Oberbreyer		5.35	9	5.24	9
Ilse Steinegger	high jump	—		1.55	7
Ine Schäffer	Shot put	—		13.08
Anni Bruk		—		12.50	6
Marianne Schläger		—		11.75	12
Lotte Haidegger	Discus throw	—		38.81	5
Frieda Tiltsch		—		37.19	9
Marianne Schläger		—		34.79	15
Herma Bauma	Javelin throw	—		45.57	OR
Gerda Schilling-Staniek		—		38.01	9

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robert Gausterer	Flyweight	Han (KOR) L PTS	did not advance
Hermann Mazurkiewitsch	Bantamweight	Carrizo (URU) L PTS	did not advance
Eduard Kerschbaumer	Featherweight	Bye	Verdú (ESP) W PTS	Núñez (ARG) L PTS	did not advance
Otto Michtits	Light heavyweight	Siljander (FIN) L PTS	did not advance
Karl Ameisbichler	Heavyweight	Bye	Gardner (GBR) L KO2	did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Eight cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1948.

Individual road race

• Rudi Valenta
• Hans Goldschmid
• Siegmund Huber
• Josef Pohnetal

Team road race

• Rudi Valenta
• Hans Goldschmid
• Siegmund Huber
• Josef Pohnetal

Sprint

• Erich Welt

Time trial

• Walter Freitag

Tandem

• Kurt Nemetz
• Erich Welt

Team pursuit

• Walter Freitag
• Hans Goldschmid
• Josef Pohnetal
• Heinrich Schiebel

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Wilhelm Lippa	3 m springboard	103.18	19
Franz Worisch		112.15	12
Wilhelm Lippa	10 m platform	89.04	17
Franz Worisch		90.05	15
Gudrun Grömer	3 m springboard	93.30	5
Alma Staudinger		86.93	11
Gudrun Grömer	10 m platform	DNF
Alma Staudinger		64.59	4

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Austria in 1948.

Men's sabre

• Hubert Loisel
• Heinz Putzl
• Werner Plattner

Men's team sabre

• Werner Plattner, Heinz Putzl, Heinz Lechner, Hubert Loisel

Women's foil

• Ellen Müller-Preis
• Fritzi Wenisch-Filz
• Gabriele Zeilinger

Football

Main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Head coach: Eduard Frühwirth

Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
FW	Josef Epp	1 Mar 1920	28	?	Wiener Sportclub	1	0	90	-	-	-
FW	Erich Habitzl	9 Oct 1923	24	?	SK Admira Wien	1	0	90	-	-	-
FW	Wilhelm Hahnemann	14 Apr 1914	34	?	SC Wacker Wien	1	0	90	-	-	-
DF	Ernst Happel	29 Nov 1925	22	?	SK Rapid Wien	1	0	90	-	-	-
MF	Siegfried Joksch	4 Jul 1917	31	?	FK Austria Wien	1	0	90	-	-	-
FW	Alfred Körner	14 Feb 1926	22	?	SK Rapid Wien	1	0	90	-	-	-
DF	Karl Kowanz	15 Apr 1926	22	?	SK Admira Wien	1	0	65	-	-	/1red
FW	Ernst Melchior	26 Jun 1920	28	?	FK Austria Wien	1	0	90	-	-	-
MF	Leopold Mikolasch	17 Oct 1920	27	?	FK Austria Wien	1	0	90	-	-	-
DF	Ernst Ocwirk	7 Mar 1926	22	?	FK Austria Wien	1	0	90	-	-	1 yel. / -
GK	Franz Pelikan	6 Nov 1925	22	?	SC Wacker Wien	1	0	90	-	-	-
	- Stand-by players -
MF	Theodor Brinek	9 May 1921	27	?	SC Wacker Wien	0	0	0	-	-	-
MF	Karl Decker	5 Sep 1921	26	?	First Vienna FC	0	0	0	-	-	-
FW	Ludwig Durek	27 Jan 1921	27	?	SK Sturm Graz	0	0	0	-	-	-
GK	Bruno Engelmeier	5 Sep 1927	20	?	First Vienna FC	0	0	0	-	-	-
DF	Gustav Gerhart	4 Feb 1922	26	?	SK Admira Wien	0	0	0	-	-	-
MF	Leopold Gernhardt	16 Mar 1920	28	?	SK Rapid Wien	0	0	0	-	-	-
GK	Josef Musil	7 Aug 1920	27	?	SK Rapid Wien	0	0	0	-	-	-
FW	Ernst Stojaspal	14 Jan 1925	23	?	FK Austria Wien	0	0	0	-	-	-
FW	Josef Stroh	5 Mar 1913	35	?	FK Austria Wien	0	0	0	-	-	-
FW	Theodor Wagner	6 Aug 1927	20	?	SC Wacker Wien	0	0	0	-	-	-

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Women's team all-around

• Gretchen Hehenberger

Hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Head coach:

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals
	B	Adam Bischof	13 October 1915	32	?		3	?
	FW	Karl Brandl	2 May 1912	36	?		3	?
		Siegfried Egger			?		0	0
	B	Karl Holzapfel	20 October 1923	24	?		3	?
		Wolfgang Klee			?		0	0
	FW	Johann Koller	3 April 1921	27	?		2	?
	FW	Franz Lovato	28 February 1923	25	?		3	?
	FW	Walter Niederle	17 February 1921	27	?		3	?
	FW	Oskar Nowak	25 March 1913	35	?		3	?
	FW	Karl Ördögh	10 March 1908	40	?		2	?
		Josef Pecanka			?		0	0
	GK	Franz Raule	20 November 1920	27	?		3	?
	HB	Friedrich Rückert	7 July 1920	28	?		3	?
	HB	Franz Strachota	14 October 1918	29	?		2	?
	HB	Ernst Schala	13 July 1916	32	?		3	?

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Austria had seven male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[2]

Men's coxless pair

• Gert Watzke
• Kurt Watzke

Men's coxed four

• Erwin Bittmann
• Karl Sitter
• Franz Frauneder
• Theodor Obrietan
• Karl Riedel (cox)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Harald Musil	Firefly	20	DNF	DNF	18	17	19	DNF	499	21
Georg Obermuller Hans Schachinger G. Werner Horst Obermuller	Star	10	15	14	14	15	8	9	1661	13

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Three shooters represented Austria in 1948.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Richard Bohslavsky	50 m rifle, prone	575	58
Andreas Krapf		581	50
Ernst Wöll		573	60

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fritz Zwazl	100 m backstroke	1:13.5	6	Did not advance
Walter Pavlicek	200 m breaststroke	2:50.6	13 Q	2:50.1	11	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Art competitions

Main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Mixed literature, epic works

• Hans Breidbach-Bernau