Austria at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation has competed at every edition of Summer Olympic Games, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The Österreichisches Olympisches Comité sent a total of 70 athletes to the Games, 39 men and 31 women, to compete in 17 sports. This was approximately the same size as the previous Games, with the difference of one male athlete, the addition of one female athlete and three sporting events participated in. There was only a single competitor in eventing, fencing, rhythmic gymnastics, modern pentathlon, and Greco-Roman wrestling.

Austria at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in London
Competitors	70 in 17 sports
Flag bearers	Markus Rogan (opening) Beate Schrott (closing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The Austrian team included past Olympic medalists: judoka Ludwig Paischer, who won silver in Beijing, and swimmer Markus Rogan, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[1] Rifle shooter and multiple time world champion Thomas Farnik, at age 45, competed at his sixth Olympics and was the oldest and most experienced team member. Meanwhile, two Austrian athletes made their fifth Olympic appearance: table tennis player and former world champion Werner Schlager, and slalom kayaker Helmut Oblinger, the husband of former Olympic bronze medalist Violetta Oblinger-Peters.

Austria, however, failed to win a single medal for the first time since 1964, after a poor performance at these games.^[2] Hurdler Beate Schrott, butterfly swimmer Dinko Jukic, open skiff sailors Nico Delle Karth and Nikolaus Resch, sprint kayak pair Yvonne Schuring and Viktoria Schwarz, and modern pentathlete Thomas Daniel qualified successfully for the final rounds of their respective sports, but missed out of the medal standings.

Austrian athletes for the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austrian athletes have further achieved qualifying standards in their respective events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[3][4]

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
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Austrian delegation in track and field. From L to R (Vojta, Eberl, Schrott, and Mayer)

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andreas Vojta	1500 m	3:43.52	12	Did not advance
Günther Weidlinger	Marathon	—				DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gerhard Mayer	Discus throw	60.81	24	Did not advance

Andrea Mayr in women's marathon

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Mayr	Marathon	—				2:34:51	54
Beate Schrott	100 m hurdles	13.09	1 Q	12.83	2 Q	13.07	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Elisabeth Eberl	Javelin throw	49.66	37	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Ivona Dadic	Result	14.58	1.80	12.19	24.29	6.00	41.82	2:15.90	5935	25
	Points	898	978	674	953	850	702	880

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Michael Lahnsteiner	Men's singles	Santoso (INA) L 11–21, 7–21	Must (EST) L 14–21, 18–21	3	Did not advance
Simone Prutsch	Women's singles	Cheng S-c (TPE) L 11–21, 9–21	Yiğit (TUR) L 18–21, 10–21	3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Austria has qualified boats for the following events

Corinna Kuhnle in the K-1 semifinal

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Helmut Oblinger	Men's K-1	88.81	5	92.66	14	88.81	10 Q	98.99	7 Q	104.28	8
Corinna Kuhnle	Women's K-1	160.06	16	101.77	5	101.77	7 Q	111.07	5 Q	119.30	8

Sprint

Austria has so far qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz	Women's K-2 500 m	1:46.374	4 Q	1:42.317	2 FA	1:44.785	5

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

Austria has qualified two riders.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bernhard Eisel	Men's road race	5:46:37	36
Daniel Schorn		5:46:37	81

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alexander Gehbauer	Men's cross-country	1:31:16	9
Karl Markt		1:33:18	20
Elisabeth Osl	Women's cross-country	1:36:47	15

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  Alexander Gehbauer in the men's cross-country race
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  Karl Markt in the men's cross-country race

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Victoria Max-Theurer	Augustin	Individual	73.267	17 Q	73.619	17 Q	76.393	81.714	79.053	13
Renate Voglsang	Fabriano		69.635	34	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Harald Ambros	O-Feltiz	Individual	69.50	71	Eliminated			Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria has qualified 1 fencer.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roland Schlosser	Individual foil	Bye	Lei S (CHN) L 9–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Fabian Leimlehner	All-around	12.966	12.100	13.633	14.966	14.200	13.533	81.398	39	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB			F	V	UB	BB
Barbara Gasser	All-around	12.133	13.700	12.800	12.000	50.633	46	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Caroline Weber	Individual	25.950	25.925	26.725	26.350	104.950	18	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ludwig Paischer	Men's −60 kg	Gnahoui (BEN) W 0100–0000	Sobirov (UZB) L 0210–0000	Did not advance
Sabrina Filzmoser	Women's −57 kg	—	Melançon (CAN) W 0100–0010	Diédhiou (SEN) W 1001–0001	Pavia (FRA) L 0002–0031	Did not advance	Quintavalle (ITA) L 0001–0100	Did not advance	7
Hilde Drexler	Women's −63 kg	—	Zouak (MAR) W 0011–0000	Schlesinger (ISR) L 0001–0002	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria has qualified 1 athlete.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
		Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points
Thomas Daniel	Men's	17–18	=13	808	2:09.23	25	1252	20	5	1180	10:24.02	3	2504	5744	6

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Andreas Geritzer	Laser	6	20	22	16	6	28	23	22	32	16	EL	158	20
Florian Raudaschl	Finn	6	19	23	24	25	15	21	24	24	23	EL	179	23
Florian Reichstädter Matthias Schmid	470	1	4	7	19	4	16	24	10	14	14	18	107	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Eva-Maria Schimak Lara Vadlau	470	20	15	15	16	18	13	20	18	10	19	EL	143	20

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Nico Delle-Karth Nikolaus Resch	49er	10	15	6	5	5	16	4	19	4	9	6	17	11	4	4	2	118	4

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria has ensured four quota places in the shooting events at the Games.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Thomas Farnik	50 m rifle 3 positions	1167	12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	592	27	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	591	28	Did not advance
Christian Planer	50 m rifle prone	592	23	Did not advance
Andreas Scherhaufer	Trap	119	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stephanie Obermoser	50 m rifle 3 positions	573	37	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	395	19	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria selected 11 swimmers to the team after achieving qualifying standards in their respective events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[6][7] Three of their swimmers had competed at their first Games, including medley swimmer Lisa Zaiser, who was also the nation's youngest athlete.

The Austrian swimmers also included the former backstroker and Olympic silver medalist Markus Rogan, competing in the men's 200 m individual medley event, and Dinko Jukic, brother of former Olympic swimmer Mirna Jukic, in the butterfly events. By results, Jukic qualified successfully for the finals in the men's 200 m butterfly event, but missed out of the medal standings. Rogan, another Olympic hopeful, was disqualified in the semi-finals due to a technical mistake during a turn.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Brandl	200 m freestyle	1:49.00	27	Did not advance
Dinko Jukic	100 m butterfly	52.22	=13 Q	51.99	9	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:54.79	1 Q	1:54.95	6 Q	1:54.35	4
Hunor Mate	200 m breaststroke	2:15.98	29	Did not advance
Markus Rogan	200 m individual medley	1:58.66	8 Q	DSQ		Did not advance
Sebastian Stoss	200 m backstroke	2:02.91	34	Did not advance
David Brandl Florian Janistyn Markus Rogan Christian Scherübl	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:17.94	16	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nina Dittrich	800 m freestyle	8:45.41	28	—		Did not advance
Birgit Koschischek	100 m butterfly	1:00.54	37	Did not advance
Jördis Steinegger	200 m freestyle	2:02.39	29	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:45.80	23	—		Did not advance
Lisa Zaiser	200 m individual medley	2:14.56	19	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Nadine Brandl Livia Lang	Duet	82.000	19	81.850	163.850	19	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria has qualified three athletes for singles table tennis events. Based on their world rankings as of 16 May 2011 Werner Schlager and Weixing Chen have qualified for the men's event; Jia Liu has qualified for the women's.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Weixing Chen	Singles	Bye		Didukh (UKR) W 4–0	Mattenet (FRA) W 4–0	Ovtcharov (GER) L 0–4	Did not advance
Werner Schlager		Bye		Bobocica (ITA) W 4–2	Wang H (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Weixing Chen Robert Gardos Werner Schlager	Team	—				Egypt (EGY) W 3–0	Germany (GER) L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Li Qiangbing	Singles	Bye		Zhang (CAN) W 4–0	Ishikawa (JPN) L 2–4	Did not advance
Liu Jia		Bye		Privalova (BLR) W 4–2	Kim K-A (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Li Qiangbing Liu Jia Amelie Solja	Team	—				Hong Kong (HKG) L 1–3	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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
Jürgen Melzer	Men's singles	Čilić (CRO) L 6–7(5–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Jürgen Melzer Alexander Peya	Men's doubles	—	A Murray / J Murray (GBR) W 5–7, 7–6(8–6), 7–5	Ferrer / López (ESP) L 3–6, 6–3, 9–11	Did not advance
Tamira Paszek	Women's singles	Cornet (FRA) L 6–7(4–7), 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria has qualified the following athletes.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total time	Rank
Andreas Giglmayr	Men's	18:57	0:43	58:45	0:28	32:21	1:51:14	40
Lisa Perterer	Women's	20:17	0:45	1:10:12	0:35	37:23	2:09:12	48

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Clemens Doppler Alexander Horst	Men's	Pool A  Alison – Emanuel (BRA) L 1 – 2 (21–19, 17–21, 14–16)  Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–17)  Bellaguarda – Heuscher (SUI) L 0 – 2 (22–24, 12–21)	4	Did not advance				19
Doris Schwaiger Stefanie Schwaiger	Women's	Pool C  Kolocová – Sluková (CZE) L 1 – 2 (21–10, 13–21, 13–15)  Cook – Hinchley (AUS) W 2 – 1 (18–21, 22–20, 15–10)  May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) L 1 – 2 (21–17, 8–21, 10–15) Lucky Losers  Dampney – Mullin (GBR) W 2 – 0 (21–15, 21–12)	3 Q	Vasina – Vozakova (RUS) W 2 – 1 (21–17, 16–21, 15–9)	Xue – Zhang (CHN) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 11–21)	Did not advance		5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria has qualified in the following events.

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amer Hrustanović	−84 kg	Lee S-Y (KOR) W 3–0 PO	Janikowski (POL) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					10