# Austria at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 111 competitors, 97 men and 14 women, took part in 68 events in 15 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Norbert Sattler | Canoeing | Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles |
| Bronze | Ilona Gusenbauer | Athletics | Women's High Jump |
| Bronze | Rudolf Dollinger | Shooting | Men's Free Pistol |

## Athletics

Men's 100 metres
* Axel Nepraunik
** First Heat — 10.61s (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
* Georg Regner, Axel Nepraunik, Gunther Würfel, and Helmut Lang
** Heat — 40.49s
** Semifinals — DNF (→ did not advance)

## Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
* Franz Csandl
** First Round — Bye
** Second Round — Lost to Rolando Garbey (CUB), 0:5

## Cycling

Five cyclists represented Austria in 1972.

### Individual road race

* Roman Humenberger — 14th place
* Johann Summer — 46th place
* Wolfgang Steinmayr — 55th place
* Rudolf Mitteregger — 71st place

### Team time trial

* Sigi Denk
* Roman Humenberger
* Rudolf Mitteregger
* Johann Summer

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:
* Rudolf Kruspel — 293.58 points (→ 31st place)
* Josef Kien — 285.30 points (→ 32nd place)
Men's 10m Platform:
* Nikola Stajkovic — 280.29 points (→ 18th place)
* Rudolf Kruspel — 248.07 points (→ 33rd place)
Women's 10m Platform:
* Ingeborg Pertmayr — 321.03 points (→ 8th place)

## Fencing

13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Austria in 1972.

### Men's foil

* Roland Losert

### Men's épée

* Rudolf Trost
* Karl-Heinz Müller
* Roland Losert

### Men's team épée

* Roland Losert, Karl-Heinz Müller, Herbert Polzhuber, Rudolf Trost

### Men's sabre

* Hanns Brandstätter
* Fritz Prause
* Bernd Brodar

### Men's team sabre

* Hanns Brandstätter, Bernd Brodar, Fritz Prause, Günther Ulrich

### Women's foil

* Elke Radlingmaier
* Hannelore Hradez
* Waltraut Peck-Repa

### Women's team foil

* Ingrid Gosch, Hannelore Hradez, Adrienne Krebitz, Elke Radlingmaier, Waltraut Peck-Repa

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Austria in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
* Wolfgang Leu — 4852 points (→ 18th place)
* Peter Zobl-Wessely — 4545 points (→ 35th place)
* Bruno Jerebicnik — 4415 points (→ 44th place)
Men's Team Competition:
* Leu, Zobl-Wessely, and Jerebicnik — 13865 points (→ 11th place)

## Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs
* Rainer Hinteregger, Manfred Grieshofer and Werner Grieshofer
** Heat — 8:08.88
** Repechage — 8:15.94 (→ did not advance)

## Sailing
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Kurt Seidl Ernst Seidl | Flying Dutchman | 15 | 5 | 26 | DNS | 18 | 9 | 19 | 127.0 | 18 |
| Hubert Raudaschl Erich Moritz | Tempest | 5 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 84.4 | 10 |
| Manfred Stelzl Peter Luschan | Star | 8 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 92.0 | 11 |
| Uli Strohschneider Peter Denzel Robert Haschka | Soling | 26 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 8 | — | 95.0 | 17 |
| Harald Fereberger Franz Eisl Karl Stangl | Dragon | 9 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 17 | — | 71.7 | 10 |

## Shooting

Seven male shooters represented Austria in 1972. Rudolf Dollinger won bronze in the 50 m pistol event.

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Rudolf Dollinger | 50 m free pistol | 560 | |
| Karl Fröschl | 50 m rifle prone | 587 | 67 |
| Hubert Garschall | 50 m free pistol | 548 | 21 |
| Hubert Garschall | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 581 | 32 |
| Guido Loacker | 50 m rifle three positions | 1126 | 39 |
| Josef Meixner | Trap | 186 | 20 |
| Gerhard Petritsch | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 590 | 8 |
| Wolfram Waibel, Sr. | 50 m rifle three positions | 1137 | 25 |
| Wolfram Waibel, Sr. | 50 m rifle prone | 596 | 13 |