# Austria at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Austria competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included forty-four athletes—forty men and four women. Austrian competitors won twenty-two medals, eight gold, ten silver and four bronze, to finish twentieth in the medal table.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Thomas Geierspichler | Athletics | Men's 1500m T52 |
| Gold | Georg Tischler | Athletics | Men's shot put F54 |
| Gold | Bil Marinkovic | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F11 |
| Gold | Andrea Scherney | Athletics | Women's long jump F44/46 |
| Gold | Christoph Etzlstorfer | Cycling | Men's handcycle time trial HC A |
| Gold | Johann Mayrhofer | Cycling | Men's handcycle road race HC B/C |
| Gold | Wolfgang Eibeck | Cycling | Men's bicycle road race/time trial LC1 |
| Gold | Stanisław Frączyk | Table tennis | Men's singles class 9 |
| Silver | Thomas Geierspichler | Athletics | Men's 800m T52 |
| Silver | Thomas Geierspichler | Athletics | Men's 5000m T52 |
| Silver | Thomas Geierspichler | Athletics | Men's marathon T52 |
| Silver | Willibald Monschein | Athletics | Men's shot put F11 |
| Silver | Rene Schwarz | Athletics | Men's shot put F54 |
| Silver | Johann Mayrhofer | Cycling | Men's handcycle time trial HC B/C |
| Silver | Wolfgang Dabernig | Cycling | Men's bicycle road race/time trial LC4 |
| Silver | Wolfgang Eibeck | Cycling | Men's bicycle 4 km individual pursuit LC1 |
| Silver | Hubert Aufschnaiter | Shooting | Mixed sport pistol SH1 |
| Silver | Stanisław Frączyk Rene Gutdeutsch | Table tennis | Men's teams class 9 |
| Bronze | Thomas Geierspichler | Athletics | Men's 400m T52 |
| Bronze | Dennis Wliszczak | Athletics | Men's high jump F42 |
| Bronze | Christoph Etzlstorfer | Cycling | Men's handcycle road race HC A |
| Bronze | Hubert Aufschnaiter | Shooting | Men's air pistol SH1 |

## Sports
### Athletics
#### Men's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Gottfried Ferchl | T53 | 800m | 1:50.00 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gottfried Ferchl | T54 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:50:19 | 25 |
| Stefan Gaggl | T46 | 100m | 11.60 | 8 q | N/A | N/A | 11.43 | 5 |
| Stefan Gaggl | T46 | 200m | 22.97 | 7 q | N/A | N/A | 23.27 | 7 |
| Thomas Geierspichler | T52 | 400m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Thomas Geierspichler | T52 | 800m | 2:05.18 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 1:58.69 | |
| Thomas Geierspichler | T52 | 1500m | 3:59.60 | 3 Q | N/A | N/A | 3:49.06 PR | |
| Thomas Geierspichler | T52 | 5000m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13:10.94 | |
| Thomas Geierspichler | T52 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:06:10 | |
| Michael Linhart | T44 | 200m | 25.96 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bil Marinkovic | T11 | 100m | 12.24 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robert Mayer | T44 | 100m | 12.39 | 7 Q | N/A | N/A | 12.18 | 7 |
| Robert Mayer | T44 | 400m | 55.67 | 6 Q | N/A | N/A | 55.02 | 7 |

#### Men's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Wolfgang Dubin | F36 | Discus | 29.84 | - | 6 |
| Wolfgang Dubin | F36 | Shot put | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Bernhard Eitzinger | F35 | Discus | 29.52 | - | 8 |
| Bernhard Eitzinger | F35 | Javelin | 26.28 | - | 9 |
| Bernhard Eitzinger | F35 | Shot put | 9.59 | - | 10 |
| Bil Marinkovic | F11 | Javelin | 49.33 WR | - | |
| Bil Marinkovic | F11 | Long jump | 5.71 | - | 10 |
| Willibald Monschein | F11 | Shot put | 12.27 | - | |
| Willibald Monschein | F12 | Discus | 26.83 | - | 11 |
| Dietmar Schmee | F44/46 | Shot put | DNS | DNS | DNS |
| Rene Schwarz | F54 | Javelin | 18.93 | - | 7 |
| Rene Schwarz | F54 | Shot put | 8.95 | - | |
| Georg Tischler | F54 | Discus | 22.92 | - | 8 |
| Georg Tischler | F54 | Shot put | 9.67 WR | - | |
| Dennis Wliszczak | F42 | High jump | 1.68 | - | |

#### Women's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Andrea Scherney | F42-46 | Discus | 34.54 | 1067 | 9 |
| Andrea Scherney | F42-46 | Shot put | 11.33 | 1056 | 5 |
| Andrea Scherney | F44/46 | Long jump | 5.02 | 1248 WR | |
| Evelyn Schmied | F54/55 | Discus | 12.42 | 823 | 9 |
| Evelyn Schmied | F54/55 | Shot put | 5.23 | 860 | 9 |

### Boccia
#### Mixed individual

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Gerhard Gahleitner | Mixed individual BC1 | Beltran (ESP) | L 4-5 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerhard Gahleitner | Mixed individual BC1 | Taksee (THA) | L 3-6 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerhard Gahleitner | Mixed individual BC1 | Shelly (IRL) | L 1-6 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerhard Gahleitner | Mixed individual BC1 | Pearse (GBR) | L 0-11 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerhard Gahleitner | Mixed individual BC1 | Villano (ARG) | L 1-5 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Harald Grossmayer | Mixed individual BC1 | Jorgensen (DEN) | L 0-7 | 2 Q | N/A | Sanders (NZL) W 5-4 | Aandalen (NOR) L 3-4 | Padtong (THA) L 3-4 | 4 |
| Harald Grossmayer | Mixed individual BC1 | Ibarburen (ARG) | W 11-3 | 2 Q | N/A | Sanders (NZL) W 5-4 | Aandalen (NOR) L 3-4 | Padtong (THA) L 3-4 | 4 |
| Harald Grossmayer | Mixed individual BC1 | Hawker (USA) | W 8-0 | 2 Q | N/A | Sanders (NZL) W 5-4 | Aandalen (NOR) L 3-4 | Padtong (THA) L 3-4 | 4 |
| Harald Grossmayer | Mixed individual BC1 | Lanoix-Boyer (CAN) | W 5-2 | 2 Q | N/A | Sanders (NZL) W 5-4 | Aandalen (NOR) L 3-4 | Padtong (THA) L 3-4 | 4 |
| Eva Maria Prossegger | Mixed individual BC1 | Sanders (NZL) | L 4-13 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eva Maria Prossegger | Mixed individual BC1 | Fernandez (POR) | L 0-4 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eva Maria Prossegger | Mixed individual BC1 | Robinson (GBR) | W 3-2 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eva Maria Prossegger | Mixed individual BC1 | Vanhoek (CAN) | W 7-1 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eva Maria Prossegger | Mixed individual BC1 | Cid (ESP) | W/O | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hubert Steirer | Mixed individual BC2 | Siddiqi (DEN) | W 16-0 | 1 Q | Goncalves (POR) L 2-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hubert Steirer | Mixed individual BC2 | Mongkolpun (THA) | W 4-3 | 1 Q | Goncalves (POR) L 2-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hubert Steirer | Mixed individual BC2 | Murphy (IRL) | W 7-0 | 1 Q | Goncalves (POR) L 2-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Mixed pairs/teams

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Gerhard Gahleitner Harald Grossmayer Eva Maria Prossegger Hubert Steirer | Mixed teams BC1-2 | Spain (ESP) | L 4-5 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerhard Gahleitner Harald Grossmayer Eva Maria Prossegger Hubert Steirer | Mixed teams BC1-2 | Great Britain (GBR) | L 1-11 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerhard Gahleitner Harald Grossmayer Eva Maria Prossegger Hubert Steirer | Mixed teams BC1-2 | Argentina (ARG) | W 5-3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerhard Gahleitner Harald Grossmayer Eva Maria Prossegger Hubert Steirer | Mixed teams BC1-2 | Canada (CAN) | W 12-3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gerhard Gahleitner Harald Grossmayer Eva Maria Prossegger Hubert Steirer | Mixed teams BC1-2 | Norway (NOR) | W 13-0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Cycling
#### Men's road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Wolfgang Dabernig | Men's road race/time trial LC4 | - | |
| Wolfgang Eibeck | Men's road race/time trial LC1 | - | |
| Christoph Etzlstorfer | Men's handcycle road race HC div A | 1:10:40 | |
| Christoph Etzlstorfer | Men's handcycle time trial HC div A | 11:55.11 | |
| Alfred Kaiblinger | Men's road race/time trial LC2 | - | 13 |
| Michael Kurz | Men's road race/time trial CP div 4 | - | 6 |
| Johann Mayrhofer | Men's handcycle road race HC div B/C | 1:17:29 | |
| Johann Mayrhofer | Men's handcycle time trial HC div B/C | 18:16.42 | |
| Wolfgang Schattauer | Men's handcycle road race HC div A | 1:13:51 | 5 |
| Wolfgang Schattauer | Men's handcycle time trial HC div A | 12:52.04 | 4 |

#### Men's track

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | 1st round | 1st round | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Wolfgang Dabernig | Men's 1km time trial LC1-4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:18.57 | 30 |
| Wolfgang Dabernig | Men's individual pursuit LC4 | 4:45.16 | 3 q | N/A | N/A | Beier (GER) L OVL | 4 |
| Wolfgang Eibeck | Men's 1km time trial LC1-4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:10.74 | 7 |
| Wolfgang Eibeck | Men's individual pursuit LC1 | 4:53.90 | 2 Q | Brechtel (GER) W 4:56.06 | 2 Q | Brooks (AUS) L 4:58.44 | |
| Alfred Kaiblinger | Men's 1km time trial LC1-4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:18.75 | 31 |
| Alfred Kaiblinger | Men's individual pursuit LC2 | 5:44.23 | 8 Q | Alcaide (ESP) L OVL | - | did not advance | did not advance |
| Michael Kurz | Men's 1km time trial CP div 3/4 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1:22.42 | 17 |
| Michael Kurz | Men's individual pursuit CP div 4 | 4:11.17 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Equestrian

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Thomas Haller | Mixed individual championship test grade II | 60.091 | 15 |
| Thomas Haller | Mixed individual freestyle test grade II | 67.333 | 14 |

### Shooting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Hubert Aufschnaiter | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 564 | 2 Q | 94.6 | 658.6 | |
| Hubert Aufschnaiter | Mixed 25m pistol SH1 | 574 | 2 Q | 98.0 | 672.0 | |
| Hubert Aufschnaiter | Mixed 50m pistol SH1 | 530 | 3 Q | 82.2 | 612.2 | 6 |
| Walter Holzner | Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 588 | 4 Q | 102.5 | 690.5 | 6 |
| Walter Holzner | Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 | 1118 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Walter Holzner | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 568 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Oscar Kreuzer | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 554 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Oscar Kreuzer | Mixed 25m pistol SH1 | 546 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Oscar Kreuzer | Mixed 50m pistol SH1 | 512 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Werner Mueller | Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 583 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Werner Mueller | Men's 50m air rifle 3 positions SH1 | 1127 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Werner Mueller | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 592 | 41 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Werner Mueller | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 566 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Swimming
#### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Thomas Rosenberger | SB3 | 50m breaststroke | 57.66 | 6 Q | 57.33 | 6 |
| Thomas Rosenberger | SM4 | 150m individual medley | 3:06.49 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Janine Schmid | S7 | 100m freestyle | 1:25.15 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Janine Schmid | S7 | 400m freestyle | 6:07.73 | 7 Q | 6:02.67 | 6 |
| Janine Schmid | S7 | 100m backstroke | 1:35.11 | 5 Q | 1:34.96 | 6 |

### Table tennis
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Manfred Dollmann | Men's singles 3 | Kosco (SVK) W 3-0 | Rawson (GBR) W 3-2 | Scheuvens (GER) W 3-0 | 1 Q | Bye | Robin (FRA) L 0-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stanisław Frączyk | Men's singles 9 | Lu (CHN) W 3-0 | Chateigner (FRA) L 2-3 | N/A | 1 Q | Bye | Heijnen (NED) W 3-1 | Leibovitz (USA) W 3-0 | Lu (CHN) W 3-0 | |
| Rene Gutdeutsch | Men's singles 9 | Hsu (TPE) L 1-3 | Sérignat (FRA) L 0-3 | Cinibulk (CZE) W 3-2 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rudolf Hajek | Men's singles 2 | Kurkinen (FIN) L 0–3 | Boury (FRA) L 0–3 | Mardani (IRI) W 3–1 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Egon Kramminger | Men's singles 3 | Kesler (SCG) L 1-3 | Glazar (CZE) W 3-2 | Siachos (GRE) W 3-0 | 2 Q | Piñas (ESP) L 2-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hans Reup | Men's singles 2 | Kim (KOR) L 0-3 | Revúcky (SVK) L 0-3 | Gruenkemeyer (GER) W 3-0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Peter Wolf | Men's singles 3 | Guertler (GER) L 0-3 | Verger (FRA) L 0-3 | Nars (EGY) W 3-1 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Teams

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rudolf Hajek Hans Reup | Men's teams 1-2 | France (FRA) L 2-3 | Germany (GER) L 1–3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Manfred Dollmann Egon Kramminger Peter Wolf | Men's teams 3 | Germany (GER) L 2-3 | Great Britain (GBR) L 1-3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stanisław Frączyk Rene Gutdeutsch | Men's teams 9 | United States (USA) W 3-1 | Japan (JPN) W 3-0 | 1 Q | Chinese Taipei (TPE) W 3-1 | Netherlands (NED) L 2-3 | |

### Wheelchair tennis
#### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Herbert Baumgartner | Open | Men's singles | Silva (SRI) W 6–2, 6–0 | Mistry (GBR) L 7–6, 5–7, 1–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stefan Krieghofer | Open | Men's singles | Wikstrom (SWE) L 3–6, 1–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Martin Legner | Open | Men's singles | Peem Mee (THA) W 6–2, 6–0 | Tur (ESP) W 6–1, 6–1 | Farkas (HUN) W 6–0, 6–1 | Welch (USA) L 2–6, 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Adolf Peinsith | Open | Men's singles | Jeremiasz (FRA) DNS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Herbert Baumgartner Martin Legner | Open | Men's doubles | N/A | Hubbard (RSA) / Victor (RSA) W 6–0, 6–1 | Olsson (SWE) / Wikstrom (SWE) L 4–6, 4–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stefan Krieghofer Adolf Peinsith | Open | Men's doubles | N/A | Kruamai (THA) / Peem Mee (THA) L 2–6, 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |