# Austria at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Austria competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Beatrix Schuba | Figure skating | Ladies singles |
| Silver | Annemarie Moser-Proll | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| Silver | Annemarie Moser-Proll | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
| Bronze | Wiltrud Drexel | Alpine skiing | Women's giant slalom |
| Bronze | Heinrich Messner | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Reinhard Tritscher | Downhill | | | | | 1:58.05 | 31 |
| Josef Loidl | Downhill | | | | | 1:53.71 | 9 |
| Karl Cordin | Downhill | | | | | 1:53.32 | 7 |
| Heini Meßner | Downhill | | | | | 1:52.40 | |
| Josef Loidl | Giant slalom | 1:36.26 | 25 | 1:38.39 | 7 | 3:14.65 | 12 |
| Werner Bleiner | Giant slalom | 1:34.18 | 15 | 1:41.78 | 22 | 3:15.96 | 18 |
| Reinhard Tritscher | Giant slalom | 1:32.51 | 5 | 1:39.88 | 14 | 3:12.39 | 8 |
| David Zwilling | Giant slalom | 1:32.34 | 4 | 1:39.98 | 15 | 3:12.32 | 7 |

### Men's slalom

| Athlete | Classification | Classification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Alfred Matt | DSQ | – | 58.44 | 19 | 55.24 | 12 | 1:53.68 | 14 |
| Josef Loidl | 1:44.27 | 2 | 58.60 | 20 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Reinhard Tritscher | 1:44.06 | 3 | 59.43 | 22 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| David Zwilling | bye | bye | 57.30 | 11 | 54.67 | 8 | 1:51.97 | 7 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Monika Kaserer | Downhill | | | | | 1:42.59 | 30 |
| Brigitte Totschnig | Downhill | | | | | 1:40.73 | 15 |
| Bernadette Rauter | Downhill | | | | | 1:39.84 | 9 |
| Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Downhill | | | | | 1:37.00 | |
| Gertrud Gabl | Giant slalom | | | | | DNF | – |
| Monika Kaserer | Giant slalom | | | | | 1:33.42 | 13 |
| Wiltrud Drexel | Giant slalom | | | | | 1:32.35 | |
| Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Giant slalom | | | | | 1:30.75 | |
| Wiltrud Drexel | Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Gertrud Gabl | Slalom | 47.80 | 11 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Monika Kaserer | Slalom | 47.59 | 9 | 46.77 | 5 | 1:34.36 | 7 |
| Annemarie Moser-Pröll | Slalom | 47.20 | 6 | 46.83 | 6 | 1:34.03 | 5 |

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| AUT-1 | Herbert Gruber Josef Oberhauser | Two-man | 1:16.48 | 6 | 1:16.34 | 5 | 1:14.44 | 9 | 1:14.34 | 6 | 5:01.60 | 8 |
| AUT-2 | Werner Delle Karth Fritz Sperling | Two-man | 1:16.99 | 10 | 1:17.91 | 18 | 1:15.84 | 20 | 1:14.61 | 8 | 5:05.35 | 13 |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| AUT-1 | Herbert Gruber Utz Chwalla Josef Eder Josef Oberhauser | Four-man | 1:11.20 | 4 | 1:12.46 | 10 | 1:11.11 | 8 | 1:11.00 | 5 | 4:45.77 | 6 |
| AUT-2 | Werner Delle Karth Werner Moser Walter Delle Karth Fritz Sperling | Four-man | 1:11.58 | 8 | 1:12.46 | 10 | 1:11.16 | 10 | 1:11.46 | 10 | 4:46.66 | 7 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Herbert Wachter | 49:44.13 | 42 |
| 15 km | Heinrich Wallner | 49:17.97 | 38 |
| 30 km | Josef Hauser | DNF | – |
| 30 km | Heinrich Wallner | 1'48:05.42 | 48 |
| 30 km | Herbert Wachter | 1'44:45.67 | 33 |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Herbert Wachter Josef Hauser Ulli Öhlböck Heinrich Wallner | DNF | – |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Günter Anderl | 14 | 16 | 2313.6 | 138 | 15 |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Sonja Balun | 17 | 17 | 2260.6 | 148 | 17 |
| Beatrix Schuba | 1 | 7 | 2751.5 | 9 | |

## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Franz Schachner | 54.67 | 23 | 54.38 | 24 | 53.40 | 24 | 53.17 | 18 | 3:35.62 | 23 |
| Rudolf Schmid | 54.33 | 20 | 53.93 | 18 | 52.74 | 17 | 52.76 | 14 | 3:33.76 | 16 |
| Josef Feistmantl | 53.18 | 10 | 53.11 | 9 | 52.52 | 13 | 52.51 | 11 | 3:31.32 | 10 |
| Manfred Schmid | 53.06 | 7 | 52.80 | 8 | 52.19 | 7 | 52.00 | 6 | 3:30.05 | 7 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch | 44.92 | 7 | 44.83 | 6 | 1:29.75 | 7 |
| Rudolf Schmid Franz Schachner | 45.37 | 10 | 45.31 | 9 | 1:30.68 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Margit Graf | 46.89 | 16 | 46.92 | 18 | 46.25 | 15 | 46.23 | 19 | 3:06.29 | 16 |
| Antonia Mayr | 46.15 | 12 | 46.36 | 11 | 45.97 | 11 | 46.12 | 17 | 3:04.60 | 14 |
| Angelika Schafferer | 46.00 | 11 | 46.41 | 13 | 45.94 | 10 | 45.71 | 14 | 3:04.06 | 11 |

## Nordic combined

Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Ulli Öhlböck | Individual | 63.0 | 67.5 | 150.9 | 33 | 53:59.5 | 169.810 | 35 | 320.710 | 37 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Max Golser | Normal hill | 73.0 | 95.5 | 73.5 | 100.3 | 195.8 | 36 |
| Reinhold Bachler | Normal hill | 73.5 | 100.3 | 73.5 | 101.3 | 201.6 | 29 |
| Rudi Wanner | Normal hill | 77.0 | 104.4 | 74.0 | 100.6 | 205.0 | 26 |
| Rudi Wanner | Large hill | 79.0 | 69.6 | 83.0 | 82.7 | 152.3 | 46 |
| Max Golser | Large hill | 86.0 | 84.9 | 78.0 | 68.7 | 153.6 | 43 |
| Reinhold Bachler | Large hill | 88.5 | 88.9 | 89.5 | 90.3 | 179.2 | 24 |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Otmar Braunecker | 42.14 | 23 |
| 1500 m | Otmar Braunecker | 2:14.88 | 31 |