Austria at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 111 competitors, 97 men and 14 women, took part in 68 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Austria at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Munich, West Germany August 26, 1972 (1972-08-26) – September 10, 1972 (1972-09-10)
Competitors	111 (97 men and 14 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Hubert Raudaschl
Medals Ranked 31st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
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
Silver	Norbert Sattler	Canoeing	Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
Bronze	Ilona Gusenbauer	Athletics	Women's High Jump
Bronze	Rudolf Dollinger	Shooting	Men's Free Pistol

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

• Axel Nepraunik
  • First Heat — 10.61s (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Georg Regner, Axel Nepraunik, Gunther Würfel, and Helmut Lang
  • Heat — 40.49s
  • Semifinals — DNF (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Franz Csandl
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Rolando Garbey (CUB), 0:5

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists represented Austria in 1972.

Individual road race

• Roman Humenberger — 14th place
• Johann Summer — 46th place
• Wolfgang Steinmayr — 55th place
• Rudolf Mitteregger — 71st place

Team time trial

• Sigi Denk
• Roman Humenberger
• Rudolf Mitteregger
• Johann Summer

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard:

• Rudolf Kruspel — 293.58 points (→ 31st place)
• Josef Kien — 285.30 points (→ 32nd place)

Men's 10m Platform:

• Nikola Stajkovic — 280.29 points (→ 18th place)
• Rudolf Kruspel — 248.07 points (→ 33rd place)

Women's 10m Platform:

• Ingeborg Pertmayr — 321.03 points (→ 8th place)

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Austria in 1972.

Men's foil

• Roland Losert

Men's épée

• Rudolf Trost
• Karl-Heinz Müller
• Roland Losert

Men's team épée

• Roland Losert, Karl-Heinz Müller, Herbert Polzhuber, Rudolf Trost

Men's sabre

• Hanns Brandstätter
• Fritz Prause
• Bernd Brodar

Men's team sabre

• Hanns Brandstätter, Bernd Brodar, Fritz Prause, Günther Ulrich

Women's foil

• Elke Radlingmaier
• Hannelore Hradez
• Waltraut Peck-Repa

Women's team foil

• Ingrid Gosch, Hannelore Hradez, Adrienne Krebitz, Elke Radlingmaier, Waltraut Peck-Repa

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Austria in 1972.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Wolfgang Leu — 4852 points (→ 18th place)
• Peter Zobl-Wessely — 4545 points (→ 35th place)
• Bruno Jerebicnik — 4415 points (→ 44th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Leu, Zobl-Wessely, and Jerebicnik — 13865 points (→ 11th place)

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Rainer Hinteregger, Manfred Grieshofer and Werner Grieshofer
  • Heat — 8:08.88
  • Repechage — 8:15.94 (→ did not advance)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Kurt Seidl Ernst Seidl	Flying Dutchman	15	5	26	DNS	18	9	19	127.0	18
Hubert Raudaschl Erich Moritz	Tempest	5	6	13	15	3	12	14	84.4	10
Manfred Stelzl Peter Luschan	Star	8	15	5	15	7	7	18	92.0	11
Uli Strohschneider Peter Denzel Robert Haschka	Soling	26	16	15	13	13	8	—	95.0	17
Harald Fereberger Franz Eisl Karl Stangl	Dragon	9	6	13	5	10	17	—	71.7	10

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Seven male shooters represented Austria in 1972. Rudolf Dollinger won bronze in the 50 m pistol event.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Rudolf Dollinger	50 m free pistol	560
Karl Fröschl	50 m rifle prone	587	67
Hubert Garschall	50 m free pistol	548	21
	25 m rapid fire pistol	581	32
Guido Loacker	50 m rifle three positions	1126	39
Josef Meixner	Trap	186	20
Gerhard Petritsch	25 m rapid fire pistol	590	8
Wolfram Waibel, Sr.	50 m rifle three positions	1137	25
	50 m rifle prone	596	13

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics