Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Austria at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	72 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Hans-Peter Steinacher
Medals Rank: 61	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 3
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Austria sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Aquatics 2.1 Diving 2.2 Swimming 2.2.1 Men 2.2.2 Women 2.3 Synchronized Swimming 3 Athletics 4 Canoeing 4.1 Flatwater 4.2 Slalom 5 Cycling 5.1 Mountain Biking 5.2 Road 6 Equestrian 7 Fencing 8 Gymnastics 8.1 Rhythmic 9 Judo 10 Sailing 11 Shooting 12 Table Tennis 13 Tennis 14 Triathlon 15 Volleyball 15.1 Beach volleyball 16 See also 17 References 18 External links

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Ludwig Paischer	Judo	Men's 60 kg
3 Bronze	Mirna Jukić	Swimming	Women's 100 metre breaststroke
3 Bronze	Violetta Oblinger-Peters	Canoeing	Women's K-1

[edit] Aquatics

[edit] Diving

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Constantin Blaha	3 m Individual Springboard	407.55	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Veronika Kratochwil	3 m Individual Springboard	218.75	27	Did not advance
Anja Richter	10 m Individual Platform	287.70	22	Did not advance

[edit] Swimming

[edit] Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Brandl	400 m freestyle	3:48.63 NR	20	Did not advance
Florian Janistyn	1500 m freestyle	15:12.46 NR	21			Did not advance
Dinko Jukić	200 m butterfly	1:55.96	12 Q	1:55.65 NR	10	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:00.57	16 Q	2:00.98	16	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:15.48 NR	15			Did not advance
Dominik Koll	200 m freestyle	1:47.81 NR	16 Q	1:47.87	13	Did not advance
Hunor Mate	100 m breaststroke	1:00.93 NR	18	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.56	21	Did not advance
Maxim Podoprigora	200 m breaststroke	2:14.43	35	Did not advance
Markus Rogan	100 m backstroke	54.22	13 Q	53.80	9	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	1:56.64	3 Q	1:56.34	3 Q	1:55.49 NR	4
Sebastian Stoss	200 m backstroke	1:59.44	19	Did not advance
Dominik Koll David Brandl Florian Janistyn Markus Rogan	4×200 m freestyle	7:11.45 NR Koll 1:47.72 Brandl 1:46.45 Janistyn 1:50.48 Rogan 1:46.80	9			Did not advance

[edit] Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nina Dittrich	200 m butterfly	2:09.85 NR	17	Did not advance
Mirna Jukic	100 m breaststroke	1:07.06 ER	3 Q	1:07.27	3 Q	1:07.34
	200 m breaststroke	2:24.39	3 Q	2:23.76 ER	3 Q	2:23.24 NR	4
Birgit Koschischek	100 m butterfly	59.07 NR	26	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.62 NR	29	Did not advance
Jördis Steinegger	400 m individual medley	4:45.15 NR	26			Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:00.52 NR	26	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:09.72 NR	16			Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:36.40 NR	22			Did not advance

Mirna Jukic's European Record for 100 m breaststroke was broken just two heats later by Yuliya Yefimova. Jukic's European Record for 200 m breaststroke was broken in the final by Sara Nordenstam.

[edit] Synchronized Swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical Routine		Free Routine (Preliminary)				Free Routine (Final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total Points	Rank
Nadine Brandl Elisabeth Mahn	Duet	41.250	21	41.167	22	82.417	22	Did not advance

[edit] Athletics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Günther Weidlinger	10000m			28:14.38	27
Gerhard Mayer	Discus	61.32	18	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Eva-Maria Gradwohl	Marathon	2:44:24	57

[edit] Canoeing

[edit] Flatwater

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz	K-2 500 m	1:46.980	5	1:44.834	3	1:44.965	9

[edit] Slalom

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Helmut Oblinger	K-1	86.21	10	85.54	7	171.75	6	88.69	9	90.14	6	178.83	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final		Total	Rank
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Violetta Oblinger-Peters	K-1	97.27	6	99.44	7	196.71	6	110.65	5	104.12	3	214.77

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Mountain Biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christoph Soukup	Cross-country	2:00:11	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Elisabeth Osl	Cross-country	1:51:39	11

[edit] Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christian Pfannberger	Road race	6h 26' 17 (+2:28)	23rd
Thomas Rohregger	Road race	6h 26' 25 (+2:36)	39th

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Monika Schachl	Road race	3h 36' 37 (+4:13)	46th
Christiane Soeder	Road race	3h 32' 28 (+0:04)	4th
	Time trial	36' 20 (+1:29)	7th

[edit] Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2				Final
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Total Score	Rank
Victoria Max-Theurer	Falcao Old	Individual	65.333	27	Did not advance

Victoria Max-Theurer will perform a routine to freestyle music produced by Michael Erdmann (Germany).

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Jumping				Total
							Qualifier		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Harald Ambros	Quick 2	Individual	55.7	51	Withdrew

Harald Ambros withdrew after the dressage competition because his horse suffered from an injury.

[edit] Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Roland Schlosser	Individual foil		Menendez (ESP) W 15-9	Cassarà (ITA) L 8-15	Did not advance

[edit] Gymnastics

[edit] Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Rope	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Caroline Weber	Individual	16.125	15.875	16.250	15.925	64.175	17	Did not advance

[edit] Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ludwig Paischer	−60 kg		Ahamdi (MAR) W 1010-0000	Fallon (GBR) W 0002-0001	Jin (PRK) W 0020-0000	Dragin (FRA) W 1001-0000	Repechage not needed			Ho (KOR) L 0000-1000

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sabrine Filzmoser	−57 kg		Hui (PRK) L 0001-1001	Did not advance
Claudia Heill	−63 kg		Clark (GBR) W 1011-0100	Gonzalez (CUB) L 0001-0010	Did not advance		Fang (TPE) W 1010-0010	Barreto (VEN) W 0030-0001	Im (PRK) L 0001-0110	Did not advance

[edit] Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal
Andreas Geritzer	Laser	28	6	2	30	20	44 BFD	44 DNS	18	9	CAN	Did not advance	157	19
Florian Reichstädter Matthias Schmid	470	24	19	25	24	14	24	24	5	19	11	Did not advance	164	24
Christian Nehammer Hans Spitzauer	Star	14	10	11	6	14	4	12	4	12	14	Did not advance	87	12

BFD - Black flag disqualification (scores one point higher than the number of boats in the race)
DNS - Did not start (scores one point higher than the number of boats in the race)
CAN - Race cancelled

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Medal
Carolina Flatscher Sylvia Vogl	470	9	20 DSQ	13	7	1	7	1	13	6	11	16	84	8

DSQ - Disqualification (scores one point higher than the number of boats in the race)

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Medal
Nico Delle Karth Nikolaus Resch	49er	9	2	14	8	13	7	5	7	7	13	5	1	CAN	CAN	CAN	22	99	8
Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Tornado	12	10	14	10	11	3	3	9	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	14	82	9

CAN - Race cancelled

[edit] Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Thomas Farnik	10 m air rifle	594	10	Did not advance		10
	50 m Rifle Three Positions	1171	7	97.9	1268.9	5
Christian Planer	10 m air rifle	589	30	Did not advance		30
	50 m rifle Prone	588	41	Did not advance		41
Mario Knögler	50 m rifle Prone	590	30	Did not advance		30
	50 m Rifle Three Positions	1170	8	98.4	1268.4	6

[edit] Table Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Chen Weixing	Singles	Bye		Sharath Kamal Achanta (IND) W 4-1	Wang Hao (CHN) L 0-4	Did not advance
Robert Gardos	Singles	Bye	Ri Chol Guk (PRK) W 4-3	Zoran Primorac (CRO) L 2-4	Did not advance
Werner Schlager	Singles	Bye			Yoon Jae Young (KOR) W 4-3	Wang Liqin (CHN) L 0-4	Did not advance

Team
August 13 Men's Team Group A

Austria	3–0	Australia

August 14 Men's Team Group A

Austria	3–0	Greece
Austria	0–3	China

Team (Group A)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
China	6	3	3	0	9	0
Austria	5	3	2	1	6	3
Greece	4	3	1	2	3	6
Australia	3	3	0	3	0	9

August 15 Men's Team Bronze Medal Round 1

Austria	3–1	Croatia

August 17 Men's Team Bronze Medal Round 2

Austria	3–1	Japan

August 18 Men's Team Bronze Medal Contest

Austria	1–3	South Korea

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Li Qiangbing	Singles	Bye		Wenling Tan Monfardini (ITA) W 4-2	Wu Jiaduo (GER) W 4-3	Tie Yana (HKG) L 3-4	Did not advance
Liu Jia	Singles	Bye			Li Jie (NED) L 1-4	Did not advance

Team
August 13 Women's Team Group A

Austria	3–0	Dominican Republic
Austria	3–0	Croatia

August 14 Women's Team Group A

Austria	0–3	China

Team (Group A)	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
China	6	3	3	0	9	0
Austria	5	3	2	1	6	3
Croatia	4	3	1	2	3	7
Dominican Republic	3	3	0	3	1	9

August 15 Women's Team Bronze Medal Round 1

Austria	0–3	Japan

All five singles players participated in the team events, with Veronika Heine completing the women's team and Daniel Habesohn as a reserve for the men's team.

[edit] Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jürgen Melzer	Singles	Marcos Daniel (BRA) W 6-7(9), 6-1, 8-6	Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) W 6-4, 6-0	Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) W 6-2, 6-4	Rafael Nadal (ESP) L 0-6, 4-6	Did not advance
Jürgen Melzer Julian Knowle	Doubles		Nicolas Kiefer (GER)  Rainer Schuettler (GER) W 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-1	Bob Bryan (USA)  Mike Bryan (USA) L 6-7(2), 4-6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sybille Bammer	Singles	Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) W 6-2, 4-6, 6-4	Patty Schnyder (SUI) W 6-4, 6-4	Lucie Safarova (CZE) W 7-5, 6-4	Vera Zvonareva (RUS) L 3-6, 6-3, 3-6	Did not advance

[edit] Triathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5km)		Trans 1	Cycling (40km)		Trans 2	Run (10km)		Total	Rank
		Time	Rank		Time	Rank		Time	Rank
Simon Agoston	Individual	18:20	24	0:30	59:00	32	0:31	35:02	38	1:53:23.98	38

Women

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5km)		Trans 1	Cycling (40km)		Trans 2	Run (10km)		Total	Rank
		Time	Rank		Time	Rank		Time	Rank
Kate Allen	Individual	20:57	48	0:32	1:05:24	23	0:35	34:32	3	2:02:00.69	14
Eva Dollinger	Individual	20:04	30	0:25	Did not finish
Tania Haiböck	Individual	21:03	52	0:28	1:05:22	22	0:33	36:37	20	2:04:03.16	27

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Beach volleyball

Four Austrian beach volleyball teams had qualified for the Olympics, but the women's team Montagnolli - Swoboda was replaced by the Swiss team Kuhn - Schwer, because of medical reasons.^[1]There are now three beach volley teams in the games:

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round	Standing	Lucky Loser Round	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Clemens Doppler Peter Gartmayer No. 15 Seeds	Doubles	Barsouk - Kolodinsky (RUS) W 2-1 (21-16, 18-21, 16-14)  M.Araujo - Fabio Luiz (BRA) W 2-1 (20-22, 21-19, 15-11)  Lione - Amore (ITA) W 2-0 (21-19, 24-22)	(Pool D) 1st		Geor - Gia (GEO) L 1-2 (21-19, 16-21, 13-15)	Did not advance
Florian Gosch Alexander Horst No. 19 Seeds	Doubles	Xu - Wu (CHN) L 0-2 (16-21, 15-21)  Herrera - Mesa (ESP) L 0-2 (14-21, 12-21)  Kais Kr. - Vesik (EST) W 2-1 (21-16, 18-21, 15-12)	(Pool A) 3rd	Heyer - Heuscher (SUI) W 2-0 (21-11, 21-19)	Samoilovs - Pļaviņš (LAT) W 2-0 (21-17, 21-18)	M.Araujo - Fabio Luiz (BRA) L 0-2 (20-22, 17-21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Pool Game 1	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Doris Schwaiger Stefanie Schwaiger No. 14 Seeds	Doubles	Karantasiou - Arvaniti (GRE) W 2-0 (21-18, 21-18)  Talita - Renata (BRA) L 0-2 (18-21, 19-21)  Candelas - Garcia (MEX) W 2-0 (21-17, 21-10)	(Pool F) 2nd	Goller - Ludwig (GER) W 2-1 (23-21, 11-21, 18-16)	Tian Jia - Wang (CHN) L 0-2 (12-21, 12-21)	Did not advance

[edit] See also

• Austria at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Austria NOC

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