Austria at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 102 competitors, 71 men and 31 women, took part in 68 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Austria at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Barcelona, Spain 25 July – 9 August
Competitors	102 (71 men and 31 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Elisabeth Max-Theurer
Medals Ranked 41st	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 2
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	Date
Silver	Arnold Jonke Christoph Zerbst	Rowing	Men's double sculls	1 August
Silver	Boris Boor Thomas Frühmann Jörg Münzner Hugo Simon	Equestrian	Team jumping	4 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	11	5	16
Badminton	2	0	2
Canoeing	3	1	4
Cycling	5	0	5
Diving	2	0	2
Equestrian	4	1	5
Fencing	5	0	5
Handball	0	14	14
Judo	3	3	6
Rowing	12	0	12
Sailing	13	0	13
Shooting	4	1	5
Swimming	1	1	2
Synchronized swimming	–	2	2
Table tennis	2	0	2
Tennis	2	3	5
Wrestling	2	–	2
Total	71	31	102

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m metres

• Andreas Berger
  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Helmut Schmuck — 2:23.38 (→ 47th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Stefan Wogerbauer — 4:17:25 (→ 26th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Johann Linder
  • Qualification — 75.28 m
  • Final — 75.14 m (→ 9th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Klaus Bodenmuller
  • Qualification — 19.86 m
  • Final — 20.48 m (→ 6th place)

Women's High Jump

• Sigrid Kirchmann
  • Qualification — 1.92 m
  • Final — 1.94 m (→ 5th place)

Women's Long Jump

• Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll
  • Heat — 6.53 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw

• Ursula Weber
  • Heat — 51.62m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1992.

Men's road race

• Peter Luttenberger
• Andreas Langl
• Georg Totschnig

Men's 1 km time trial

• Christian Meidlinger

Men's points race

• Franz Stocher

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

• Niki Stajković
  • Preliminary round – 339.75 points (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
• Jürgen Richter
  • Preliminary round – 336.78 points (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's foil

• Benny Wendt
• Anatol Richter
• Michael Ludwig

Men's team foil

• Benny Wendt, Anatol Richter, Michael Ludwig, Robert Blaschka, Merten Mauritz

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women's team competition

• Preliminary round (Group B)
  • Austria – Spain 20-16
  • Austria – South Korea 27-27
  • Austria – Norway 17-19
• Classification Match
  • 5th/6th place: Austria – United States 26-17 (→ Fifth place)
• Team Roster
  • Stanka Bozovic
  • Slavica Đukić
  • Jadranka Jez
  • Kerstin Jönsson
  • Leona Kloud
  • Jasna Kolar-Merdan
  • Sandra Mamoli
  • Edith Matei
  • Iris Morhammer
  • Nicole Peissl
  • Karin Prokop
  • Marianna Racz
  • Natali Rusnatchenko
  • Barbara Strass
  • Liliana Topea
  • Teresa Zurowski
• Head coach: Vinco Kandija

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Christoph Sieber	Lechner A-390	18	8	2	6	2	12	6	27	3	13	110.1	5
Hans Spitzauer	Finn	9	18	5	15	3	3	16	—			79.4	8
Christian Binder Markus Piso	470	4	20	24	31	25	23	23	—			153.0	26

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Stephan Schurich Markus Schneeberger	Flying Dutchman	7	19	18	11	8	8	21	107.0	16
Andreas Hagara Roman Hagara	Tornado	6	6	1	18	4	13	9	65.4	7
Hubert Raudaschl Friedrich Xaver Gruber	Star	15	18	18	11	11	14	22	123.0	20
Michael Luschan Stefan Lindner Georg Stadler	Soling	9	15	17	9	18	19	—	98.0	19

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Thomas Farnik	50 m rifle three positions	1160	14	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	590	6 Q	690.2	6
Wolfram Waibel Sr.	50 m rifle prone	591	31	did not advance
Wolfram Waibel Jr.	50 m rifle three positions	1140	38	did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	596	11	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	589	11	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jana Kubala	50 m rifle three positions	575	14	did not advance
	10 m air rifle	378	12	did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Josef Hahnenkamp	Skeet	144	33	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Alexander Brandl
  • Heat – 55.45 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Alexander Brandl
  • Heat – 2:02.88 (→ did not advance, 32nd place)

Women's 100m Breaststroke

• Martina Nemec
  • Heat – 1:13.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Martina Nemec
  • Heat – 2:36.65 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Martina Nemec
  • Heat – 2:22.63 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Two synchronized swimmers represented Austria in 1992.

Women's solo

• Beatrix Müllner
• Christine Müllner

Women's duet

• Beatrix Müllner
• Christine Müllner

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's singles competition

• Thomas Muster
  1. First round — Lost to Henri Leconte (France) 6–7, 6–7, 4–6
• Horst Skoff
  1. First round — Lost to Magnus Larsson (Sweden) 2–6, 2–6, 3–6

Women's singles competition

• Barbara Paulus
  1. First round – Defeated Monique Javer (Great Britain) 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
  2. Second round – Lost to Anke Huber (Germany) 4–6, 1-6
• Petra Ritter
  1. First round – Lost to Eugenia Maniokova (Unified Team) 1–6, 6-7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics