Austria at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 92 competitors, 55 men and 37 women, took part in 68 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Austria at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Sydney
Competitors	92 (55 men and 37 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Wolfram Waibel
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Hans-Peter Steniacher, gold medallist at the 2000 Olympics

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Christoph Sieber	Sailing	Men's Mistral
Gold	Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Sailing	Men's Tornado
Silver	Stephanie Graf	Athletics	Women's 800 metres

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Lachkovics	100 m	10.41	4 q	10.44	8	Did not advance
	200 m	21.00	4	Did not advance
Elmar Lichtenegger	100 m hurdles	13.65	4 Q	13.73	4 Q	13.59	8	Did not advance
Günther Weidlinger	3000 m steeple	8:24.07	3 Q	—				8:26.70	8
Michael Buchleitner	Marathon	—						2:19:26	33

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gregor Hoegler	Javelin throw	80.89	17	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Klaus Ambrosch	Result	11.01	50.23	14.92	4:40.94	15.30	41.22	67.94	7.17	1.91	4.60	7917	18
	Points	858	854	808	723	804	859	659	790	858	674

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karin Mayr	100 m	11.50	4	Did not advance
	200 m	23.90	6	Did not advance
Stephanie Graf	800 m	1.58.39	1 Q	—		1:57.56	1 Q	1:56.64
Susanne Pumper	5000 m	15:16.66	5	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Valentina Fedjuschina	Shot Put	17.84	12 Q	17.14	12
Linda Horvath	High Jump	1.89	25	Did not advance
Doris Auer	Pole Vault	4.30	13	4.35	9

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Preliminary elimination		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nikolas Berger Oliver Stamm	Men's	Høidalen – Kjemperud (NOR) L 6–15	Raffaelli – Pimponi (ITA) W 15–9	Grinlaubs – Slack (AUS) W 15–10	de Melo – Santos (BRA) L 14–16	Did not advance			=9

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ursula Profanter	Women's K-1 500 m	1:56.118	7 QS	1:55.626	3 QF	2:20.598	8

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Helmut Oblinger	Men's K-1	125.94	1	128.00	8	253.94	1 Q	112.58	4	113.87	10	226.45	4
Manuel Köhler		128.34	6	127.45	7	253.94	4 Q	115.06	10	111.74	4	226.80	6
Violetta Oblinger-Peters	Women's K-1	149.71	7	158.77	16	308.48	10 Q	145.64	15	136.65	13	282.29	15

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Matthias Buxhofer	Men's Road race	51	5:30:46
Gerrit Glomser		41	5:30:46
Thomas Mühlbacher		DNF
Peter Wrolich		23	5:30:46
René Haselbacher		DNF
	Men's Time trial	1:02:38	34

Track

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Franz Stocher	Men's points race	8	6
Werner Riebenbauer Roland Garber	Men's Madison	10	5
Michaela Brunngraber	Women's points race	0	15

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Richard Frece	Men's 3 m springboard	328.68	31	Did not advance
Marion Reiff	Women's 10 m platform	206.55	37	Did not advance
Anja Richter-Libiseller		314.31	6 Q	168.78	10	483.09	7 Q	313.38	8	482.16	7
Marion Reiff Anja Richter-Libiseller	Women's 10 m platform synchronized	—								294.00	4

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Dressage

(Total scores are the average of all three rounds for the individual competition, and the three best total scores of individual round 1 for the team competition.)

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix Test		Grand Prix Special			Grand Prix Freestyle		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Peter Gmoser	Candidat	Individual	65.52	24 Q	66.51	132.03	21	Did not advance			21
Stefan Peter	Bon Voyage		63.80	38	Did not advance						38

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final				Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Anton-Martin Bauer	Equo	Individual	24.50	65	8.00	32.50	58	8.00	40.50	50	12.00	=20	16.00	26	28.00	26

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Austria in 2000.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joachim Wendt	Individual foil	Bye	Tucker (CUB) L 5–15	Did not advance				22
Michael Ludwig		Bye	Gomes (POR) L 12–15	Did not advance				22
Oliver Kayser	Individual épée	Bye	Zhao (CHN) L 12–15	Did not advance				20
Christoph Marik		Bye	Srecki (FRA) L 10–15	Did not advance				26
Michael Switak		Shabalin (KAZ) W 14–13	Rota (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance				27
Oliver Kayser Christoph Marik Michael Switak	Men's team épée	—		Belarus (BLR) L 44–45	—	Placement 9–11  China (CHN) W 45–35	Ninth place match  Estonia (EST) L 44–45	10

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrea Rentmeister	Individual épée	Bye	Halls (AUS) W 15–14	Flessel-Colovic (FRA) L 12–15	Did not advance			13

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Team roster

• Ausra Fridrikas
• Barbara Strass
• Doris Meltzer
• Iris Morhammer
• Laura Fritz
• Natalia Rusnatchenko
• Sorina Teodorovic
• Stanka Bozovic
• Steffi Ofenböck
• Svetlana Mugoša-Antić
• Tanja Logvin
• Tatjana Dschandschgawa
• Birgit Engl
• Ariane Maier
• Rima Sypkus

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	4	4	0	0	101	72	+29	8	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	4	3	0	1	124	83	+41	6
3	Austria	4	2	0	2	131	90	+41	4
4	Brazil	4	1	0	3	100	133	−33	2
5	Australia	4	0	0	4	59	137	−78	0	Ninth place game

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

19 September 2000 21:30	Austria	26–30	Denmark	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
	Fridrikas 11	(13–16)	Andersen, Kiærskou 7
	3× 1×		2× 3×

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21 September 2000 14:30	Brazil	26–45	Austria	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY)
	L. Silva 8	(14–21)	Fridrikas 11
	3× 7×		3× 2×

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23 September 2000 19:30	Austria	39–10	Australia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN)
	Logwin 8	(17–6)	three players 2
	2× 4× 1×		3× 2×

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25 September 2000 19:30	Norway	24–21	Austria	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Grini 8	(12–7)	Fridrikas 8
	4× 5×		4× 3×

Quarterfinal

28 September 2000 16:30	Austria	27–28 (ET)	Hungary	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
	Logwin 9	(12–14)	Ág. Farkas 8
	3× 8× 1×		4× 7×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 2–3

5–8th place semifinals

30 September 2000 11:30	Austria	29–23	Romania	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Fridrikas 8	(12–12)	Drăgănescu 6
	3× 3×		1× 4×

Fifth place game

1 October 2000 11:30	France	32–33 (ET)	Austria	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
	Ludwig 9	(8–13)	Logwin 12
	3× 2×		3× 1×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 7–8

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Christoph Stangl	-73 kg	Bye	Lewak (POL) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Patrick Reiter	-81 kg	Bye	Wanner (GER) L 0001-0010	Did not advance
Franz Birkfellner	-100 kg	Bye	Geraldino (DOM) W 0201-0010	Hand (USA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raphael Hartl Horst Nußbaumer Arnold Jonke Norbert Lambing	Quadruple sculls	5:59.41	4 R	6:05.65	2 SF	6:00.27	5 FB	5:57.58	11
Helfried Jurtschitsch Bernd Wakolbinger Martin Kobau Wolfgang Sigl	Lightweight coxless four	6:16.94	3 SF	Bye		6:10.11	4 FB	6:10.11	9

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Four men and one woman participated in the sailing competition for Austria. They won two gold medals.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Christoph Sieber	Mistral	1	2	1	24	1	10	7	23	4	5	7	38

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Denise Cesky	Europe	22	22	6	9	15	9	14	16	26	24	21	134	20

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Andreas Geritzer	Laser	2	11	38	9	11	7	15	15	DNF	5	3	78	5
Roman Hagara Hans Peter Steinacher	Tornado	3	1	2	1	1	4	1	1	2	DNC	DNC	16

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Thomas Farnik	50 m rifle three positions	1162	12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	585	44	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	588	18	Did not advance
Mario Knögler	50 m rifle three positions	1164	9	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	596	9	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	591	9	Did not advance
Wolfram Waibel, Jr.		588	18	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Monika Haselsberger	10 m air rifle	393	9	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hannes Kalteis	400 m freestyle	4:03.66	42	—		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:32.90	25	—		Did not advance
Michael Windisch	200 m butterfly	2:01.20	28	Did not advance
Patrick Schmollinger	100 m breaststroke	1:02.87	22	Did not advance
Maxim Podoprigora	200 m breaststroke	2:14.37	4 Q	2:14.20	6	Did not advance
Markus Rogan	100 m backstroke	57.35	33	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:02.84	27	Did not advance
Michael Windisch	200 m individual medley	2:05.15	27	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:24.62	26	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Judith Draxler	50 m freestyle	26.26	31	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	57.40	27	Did not advance
Petra Zahrl	200 m butterfly	2:13.29	23	Did not advance
Elvira Fischer	200 m breaststroke	2:30.05	19	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Werner Schlager	Singles	Bye			Heister (NED) W 3–2	Boll (GER) W 3–2	Kong (CHN) L 2–3	Did not advance		5
Ding Yi		Hamam (TUN) W 3–0	Chen (TPE) L 0–3	2	Did not advance					=33
Werner Schlager Karl Jindrak	Doubles	Bye			—	Heister / Keen (NED) W 3–0	Chila / Gatien (FRA) L 2–3	Did not advance		=5

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liu Jia	Singles	Aganović (CRO) W 3–1	Ramírez (CUB) W 3–2	1 Q	—	Li (SIN) L 1–3	Did not advance			=17
Liu Jia Judith Herczig	Doubles	Geng / Roussy (CAN) W 2–1	Miao / Zhou (AUS) L 1–2	2	—	Did not advance				=17

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tuncay Çalışkan	Men's −68 kg	Sin (KOR) L 3–7	Did not advance		Dzitiev (RUS) W 6–0	Acharki (GER) W 7–7	Saei (IRI) L 7–7	4

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sylvia Plischke	Singles	Grande (ARG) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance					=33
Barbara Schett		Molik (AUS) W 7–6, 6–2	Salerni (ARG) W 7–6, 6–4	Halard-Decugis (FRA) W 2–6, 6–2, 6–1	Dementieva (RUS) L 6–2, 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance		=5
Patricia Wartusch		Barabanschikova (BLR) W 6–4, 6–2	A Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance				=17
Barbara Schett Patricia Wartusch	Doubles	—	Barabanschikova / Zvereva (BLR) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance				=17

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans. 1	Cycle	Trans. 2	Run	Total	Rank
Johannes Enzenhofer	Men's triathlon	17:59.99	22.80	58:46.20	25.30	33:28.19	1:51:02.48	29

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site