Austria at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 43 competitors, 38 men and 8 women, took part in 37 events in 12 sports.^[1]

Austria at the 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Mexico City
Competitors	43 (35 men and 8 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Roland Losert
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Hubert Raudaschl	Sailing	Men's Finn Competition
Silver	Liese Prokop	Athletics	Women's Pentathlon
Bronze	Eva Janko	Athletics	Women's Javelin Throw
Bronze	Günther Pfaff Gerhard Seibold	Canoeing	Men's K2 1.000m Kayak Pairs

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1968.

Men's foil

• Roland Losert
• Udo Birnbaum
• Rudolf Trost

Men's épée

• Herbert Polzhuber
• Rudolf Trost
• Roland Losert

Men's team épée

• Udo Birnbaum, Roland Losert, Herbert Polzhuber, Frank Battig

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Austria in 1968.

Individual

• Wolf-Dietrich Sonnleitner
• Siegfried Springer
• Wolfgang Leu

Team

• Wolf-Dietrich Sonnleitner
• Siegfried Springer
• Wolfgang Leu

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Hubert Raudaschl	Finn	14	3	3	4	4	4	12	53.4
Karl Geiger Werner Fischer	Flying Dutchman	18	15	10	16	16	12	11	116	17

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Five shooters, all men, represented Austria in 1968.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Hubert Garschall	50 m free pistol	547	18
	25 m rapid fire pistol	579	30
Guido Loacker	50 m rifle three positions	1146	14
Josef Meixner	Trap	187	37
Friedrich Schattleitner	50 m rifle prone	590	35
Wolfram Waibel, Sr.	50 m rifle three positions	1133	32
	50 m rifle prone	587	53

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics