# Austria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 72 competitors, 56 men and 16 women, took part in 53 events in 15 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Wolfram Waibel | Shooting | Men's Air Rifle |
| Bronze | Theresia Kiesl | Athletics | Women's 1,500 metres |
| Bronze | Wolfram Waibel | Shooting | Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions |

## Athletics

Key
* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* NM = No mark
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Christoph Pöstinger | 200 m | 20.98 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thomas Griesser | 200 m | 21.20 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Werner Edler-Muhr | 1500 m | 3:45.02 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thomas Ebner | 1500 m | 3:48.38 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mark McKoy | 110 m hurdles | 13.70 | 2 Q | 13.64 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elmar Lichtenegger | 110 m hurdles | 14.03 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Herwig Röttl | 110 m hurdles | 14.08 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martin Schützenauer Martin Lachkovics Thomas Griesser Christoph Pöstinger | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.80 | 4 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Theresia Kiesl | 1500 m | 4:09.24 | 1 Q | 4:09.44 | 1 Q | — | — | 4:03.02 | |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Lyudmila Ninova | Long Jump | NM | NM | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sigrid Kirchmann | High Jump | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Hannes Fuchs | Men's singles | Bye | Robertson (GBR) W (15–2, 15–6) | Stuer-Lauridsen (DEN) L (2-15, 5–15) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Best | Best |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Helmut Oblinger | Men's C-1 | 159.22 | 20 | 157.06 | 19 | 157.06 | 28 |
| Manuel Köhler | Men's C-1 | 261.01 | 43 | 209.54 | 36 | 209.54 | 42 |

### Slalom

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ursula Profanter | Women's K-1 500m | 1:51.440 | 1 QS | Bye | Bye | 1:50.066 | 3 QF | 1:50.271 | 6 |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Peter Luttenberger | Men's road race | 4:56:50 | 81 |
| Harald Morscher | Men's road race | 4:55:45 | 46 |
| Werner Riebenbauer | Men's road race | 4:56:45 | 44 |
| Georg Totschnig | Men's road race | 4:56:47 | 61 |
| Peter Wrolich | Men's road race | 4:55:46 | 54 |
| Tanja Klein | Women's road race | 2:37:06 | 22 |
| Tanja Klein | Women's time trial | 42:03 | 23 |

### Track

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Christian Meidlinger | Men's 1k time trial | 1:05.530 | 9 |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Franz Stocher | Men's points race | 5 | 12 |
| Tanja Klein | Women's points race | 0 | 16 |

### Mountain Bike

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ernst Denifl | Men's cross-country | 2:45:34 | 28 |

## Diving

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Richard Frece | Men's 3 m springboard | 365.73 | 10 | 197.91 | 17 | 563.64 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Richard Frece | Men's 10 m platform | 373.41 | 12 | 148.35 | 17 | 521.76 | 12 | 355.29 | 11 | 503.64 | 12 |
| Anja Richter | Women's 10 m platform | 266.13 | 10 | 160.83 | 10 | 426.96 | 10 | 247.62 | 11 | 408.45 | 11 |

## Equestrian
### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix Test | Grand Prix Test | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Caroline Hatlapa | Merlin | Individual | 64.36 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | | | | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Total | Rank | Penalties | Jump-off | Rank |
| Anton-Martin Bauer | Vesuve Paluelle | Individual | 4.00 | =14 | 0.00 | =1 | 4.00 | | 8.00 | =31 | 12.00 | =9 | 8.00 | — | =11 |
| Thomas Metzger | Royal Flash | Individual | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Helmut Morbitzer | Racal | Individual | 0.00 | =1 | 16.00 | =57 | 16.00 | | 4.00 | =14 | 20.00 | =29 | 29.00 | — | 25 |
| Hugo Simon | ET | Individual | 4.00 | =14 | 4.00 | =11 | 8.00 | | 8.00 | =31 | 16.00 | =16 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 4 |
| Anton-Martin Bauer Thomas Metzger Helmut Morbitzer Hugo Simon | See above | Team | — | — | 20.00 | =9 | — | — | 20.00 | =11 | 20.00 | =11 | — | — | — |

## Fencing

Three fencers, all male, represented Austria in 1996.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Benny Wendt | Individual foil | — | Römer (GER) L 7–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 23 |
| Michael Ludwig | Individual foil | Rodríguez (VEN) W 15–11 | Plumenail (FRA) L 12–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 26 |
| Marco Falchetto | Individual foil | Marchetti (ARG) L 13–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 33 |
| Benny Wendt Michael Ludwig Marco Falchetto | Team foil | — | — | United States (USA) W 45–32 | Italy (ITA) W 45–36 | Poland (POL) L 36–45 | Cuba (CUB) L 28–45 | 4 |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Thomas Schleicher | –71 kg | Bye | Nakamura (JPN) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Harkat (ALG) W | Schmidt (GER) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | =9 |
| Patrick Reiter | –78 kg | Shmakov (UZB) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =33 |
| Sergei Klischin | -86 kg | Bye | Wilkinson (AUS) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | =21 |
| Eric Krieger | +95 kg | Bye | Larbi (ALG) W | Rakhimov (TJK) W | Douillet (FRA) L | Did not advance | Bye | Van Barneveld (BEL) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | =9 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mariela Spacek | –66 kg | Bye | Kotelnikova (RUS) W | Dubois (FRA) L | Did not advance | Bye | Revé (CUB) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | =9 |

## Rhythmic gymnastics

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Rope | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Birgit Schielin | Individual | 9.200 | 9.166 | 9.266 | 9.249 | 36.881 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nina Taborsky | Individual | 9.133 | 9.183 | 9.083 | 9.166 | 36.566 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Horst Nußbaumer | Single sculls | 7:36.15 | 3 R | 7:49.79 | 2 SAB | 7:35.52 | 6 FB | 6:53.20 | 9 |
| Andreas Nader Hermann Bauer | Coxless pair | 6:46.18 | 6 R | 7:03.86 | 2 SAB | 6:57.44 | 4 FB | 6:38.60 | 11 |
| Arnold Jonke Christoph Zerbst | Double sculls | 6:56.55 | 4 R | 6:43.52 | 1 SAB | 6:35.76 | 2 FA | 6:25.17 | 5 |
| Wolfgang Sigl Walter Rantasa | Lightweight double sculls | 6:54.36 | 2 R | 6:21.10 | 1 Q | 6:28.06 | 3 FA | 6:30.85 | 5 |
| Martin Kobau Harald Hofmann Christoph Schmölzer Gernot Faderbauer | Lightweight coxless four | 6:24.59 | 3 R | 6:02.76 | 3 Q | 6:22.60 | 6 FB | 6:06.09 | 12 |

### Women

| Athlete(s) | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete(s) | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Karola Schustereder Monika Felizeter | Lightweight double sculls | 7:45.45 | 4 R | 7:07.34 | 3 Q | 7:32.07 | 6 FB | 7:11.22 | 11 |

## Sailing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Net points | Final rank |
| Hans Spitzauer | Finn | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | PMS | 12 | 12 | 54.0 | 4 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Franz Urlesberger | Laser | 19 | 30 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 122.0 | 14 |
| Andreas Hagara Florian Schneeberger | Tornado | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 44.0 | 4 |
| Hubert Raudaschl Andreas Hanakamp | Star | 12 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 8 | — | 89.0 | 15 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Thomas Farnik | 50 m rifle three positions | 1164 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thomas Farnik | 50 m rifle prone | 589 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dieter Grabner | 10 m air rifle | 588 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wolfram Waibel, Jr. | 50 m rifle three positions | 1170 | 4 Q | 1269.6 | |
| Wolfram Waibel, Jr. | 50 m rifle prone | 590 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wolfram Waibel, Jr. | 10 m air rifle | 596 | 1 Q | 695.2 | |

## Swimming
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Judith Draxler | 50 m freestyle | 26.34 | =20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Judith Draxler | 100 m freestyle | 57.34 NR | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Nemec | 400 m freestyle | 4:23.72 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Nemec | 200 m individual medley | 2:21.10 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Martina Nemec | 400 m individual medley | 5:02.52 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vera Lischka | 100 m breaststroke | 1:09.68 NR | 5 FA | 1:09.24 NR | 5 |
| Elvira Fischer | 200 m breaststroke | 2:33.89 | =24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
Key: FA - Qualify to A final (medal); FB - Qualify to B final (non-medal)

## Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ding Yi | Men's singles | Kim (KOR) L 0–2 | Németh (HUN) L 1–2 | Langley (AUS) W 2–1 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Werner Schlager | Men's singles | Primorac (CRO) L 0–2 | Bátorfi (HUN) W 2-0 | Al-Hammadi (QAT) W 2-0 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ding Yi Qian Qianli | Men's doubles | Lü / Wang (CHN) L 0–2 | Atiković / Primorac (CRO) W 2-0 | Langley / Lavale (AUS) W 2-0 | 3 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Karl Jindrak Werner Schlager | Men's doubles | Fetzner / Roßkopf (GER) L 0–2 | Huang / Ng (CAN) W 2-0 | Hoyama / Peixoto (BRA) W 2-1 | 2 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Judith Wiesner | Women's singles | Temesvári (HUN) W 7–6, 6–4 | Novotná (CZE) L 4–6, 6–3, 3-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |