Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Austria at the Olympic Games
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	73 (66 men and 7 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Hubert Raudaschl
Medals Rank: 29	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 1
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Austria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. 73 competitors, 66 men and 7 women, took part in 62 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Peter Seisenbacher	Judo	Men's Middleweight (86 kg)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Long Jump

• Andreas Steiner

• Qualification — 7.61m (→ did not advance)

• Teddy Steinmayr

• Qualification — 7.36m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Klaus Bodenmüller

• Qualifying Heat – 18.89m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Johann Lindner

• Qualifying Heat — 76.60m
• Final — 75.36m (→ 10th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Georg Werthner — 7753 points (→ 21st place)

1. 100 metres — 11.52s
2. Long Jump — 7.36m
3. Shot Put — 13.93m
4. High Jump — 1.94m
5. 400 metres — 49.99s
6. 110m Hurdles — 15.64s
7. Discus Throw — 38.82m
8. Pole Vault — 4.60m
9. Javelin Throw — 67.04m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:26.42s

Boxing

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Cycling

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Diving

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Equestrianism

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Fencing

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Five fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1988.

Men's foil

• Benny Wendt
• Anatol Richter

Men's épée

• Arno Strohmeyer
• Johannes Nagele
• Axel Birnbaum

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

• Helmut Spannagl — 4833 pts (→ 36th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Spannagl — 4833 pts (→ 23rd place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

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Rowing

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

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Men's 50m Freestyle

• Markus Opatril

• Heat — 24.32 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

• Alexander Pilhatsch

• Heat — 24.42 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Markus Opatril

• Heat — 52.66 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

• Stefan Opatril

• Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Alesander Placheta

• Heat — 1:56.11 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Thomas Böhm

• Heat — 1:04.96 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Thomas Böhm

• Heat — 2:24.15 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Reinhold Leitner

• Heat — 56.72 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Reinhold Leitner

• Heat — 2:02.18 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Stefan Opatril, Markus Opatril, Alesander Placheta, and Alexander Pilhatsch

• Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Table tennis

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Tennis

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Women's Singles Competition

• Barbara Paulus
  1. First Round – Defeated Bettina Fulco (Argentina) 7-6 6-4
  2. Second Round – Defeated Jana Novotná (Czechoslovakia) 6-4 6-3
  3. Third Round – Lost to Zina Garrison (USA) 5-7 2-6

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics