# Austria at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation has competed at every edition of Summer Olympic Games, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The Österreichisches Olympisches Comité sent a total of 70 athletes to the Games, 39 men and 31 women, to compete in 17 sports. This was approximately the same size as the previous Games, with the difference of one male athlete, the addition of one female athlete and three sporting events participated in. There was only a single competitor in eventing, fencing, rhythmic gymnastics, modern pentathlon, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
The Austrian team included past Olympic medalists: judoka Ludwig Paischer, who won silver in Beijing, and swimmer Markus Rogan, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Rifle shooter and multiple time world champion Thomas Farnik, at age 45, competed at his sixth Olympics and was the oldest and most experienced team member. Meanwhile, two Austrian athletes made their fifth Olympic appearance: table tennis player and former world champion Werner Schlager, and slalom kayaker Helmut Oblinger, the husband of former Olympic bronze medalist Violetta Oblinger-Peters.
Austria, however, failed to win a single medal for the first time since 1964, after a poor performance at these games. Hurdler Beate Schrott, butterfly swimmer Dinko Jukic, open skiff sailors Nico Delle Karth and Nikolaus Resch, sprint kayak pair Yvonne Schuring and Viktoria Schwarz, and modern pentathlete Thomas Daniel qualified successfully for the final rounds of their respective sports, but missed out of the medal standings.

## Athletics

Austrian athletes have further achieved qualifying standards in their respective events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

### 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
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Andreas Vojta | 1500 m | 3:43.52 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Günther Weidlinger | Marathon | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Gerhard Mayer | Discus throw | 60.81 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Andrea Mayr | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:34:51 | 54 |
| Beate Schrott | 100 m hurdles | 13.09 | 1 Q | 12.83 | 2 Q | 13.07 | 8 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Elisabeth Eberl | Javelin throw | 49.66 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Combined events – Heptathlon

| Athlete | Event | 100H | HJ | SP | 200 m | LJ | JT | 800 m | Final | Rank |
| Ivona Dadic | Result | 14.58 | 1.80 | 12.19 | 24.29 | 6.00 | 41.82 | 2:15.90 | 5935 | 25 |
| Ivona Dadic | Points | 898 | 978 | 674 | 953 | 850 | 702 | 880 | 5935 | 25 |

## Badminton

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Michael Lahnsteiner | Men's singles | Santoso (INA) L 11–21, 7–21 | Must (EST) L 14–21, 18–21 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Simone Prutsch | Women's singles | Cheng S-c (TPE) L 11–21, 9–21 | Yiğit (TUR) L 18–21, 10–21 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Slalom

Austria has qualified boats for the following events
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Helmut Oblinger | Men's K-1 | 88.81 | 5 | 92.66 | 14 | 88.81 | 10 Q | 98.99 | 7 Q | 104.28 | 8 |
| Corinna Kuhnle | Women's K-1 | 160.06 | 16 | 101.77 | 5 | 101.77 | 7 Q | 111.07 | 5 Q | 119.30 | 8 |

### Sprint

Austria has so far qualified boats for the following events
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz | Women's K-2 500 m | 1:46.374 | 4 Q | 1:42.317 | 2 FA | 1:44.785 | 5 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road

Austria has qualified two riders.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Bernhard Eisel | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 36 |
| Daniel Schorn | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 81 |

### Mountain biking

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Alexander Gehbauer | Men's cross-country | 1:31:16 | 9 |
| Karl Markt | Men's cross-country | 1:33:18 | 20 |
| Elisabeth Osl | Women's cross-country | 1:36:47 | 15 |
* Alexander Gehbauer in the men's cross-country race
* Karl Markt in the men's cross-country race

## Equestrian
### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank |
| Victoria Max-Theurer | Augustin | Individual | 73.267 | 17 Q | 73.619 | 17 Q | 76.393 | 81.714 | 79.053 | 13 |
| Renate Voglsang | Fabriano | Individual | 69.635 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Final | Final | Final | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Harald Ambros | O-Feltiz | Individual | 69.50 | 71 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing

Austria has qualified 1 fencer.

### Men

| 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 |
| Roland Schlosser | Individual foil | Bye | Lei S (CHN) L 9–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Fabian Leimlehner | All-around | 12.966 | 12.100 | 13.633 | 14.966 | 14.200 | 13.533 | 81.398 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Barbara Gasser | All-around | 12.133 | 13.700 | 12.800 | 12.000 | 50.633 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Rhythmic

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Caroline Weber | Individual | 25.950 | 25.925 | 26.725 | 26.350 | 104.950 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ludwig Paischer | Men's −60 kg | Gnahoui (BEN) W 0100–0000 | Sobirov (UZB) L 0210–0000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sabrina Filzmoser | Women's −57 kg | — | Melançon (CAN) W 0100–0010 | Diédhiou (SEN) W 1001–0001 | Pavia (FRA) L 0002–0031 | Did not advance | Quintavalle (ITA) L 0001–0100 | Did not advance | 7 |
| Hilde Drexler | Women's −63 kg | — | Zouak (MAR) W 0011–0000 | Schlesinger (ISR) L 0001–0002 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Modern pentathlon

Austria has qualified 1 athlete.
| Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Riding (show jumping) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3000 m) | Total points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | Results | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Total points | Final rank |
| Thomas Daniel | Men's | 17–18 | =13 | 808 | 2:09.23 | 25 | 1252 | 20 | 5 | 1180 | 10:24.02 | 3 | 2504 | 5744 | 6 |

## Sailing

Austria has qualified 1 boat for each of the following events

### Men

| 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 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Andreas Geritzer | Laser | 6 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 22 | 32 | 16 | EL | 158 | 20 |
| Florian Raudaschl | Finn | 6 | 19 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 23 | EL | 179 | 23 |
| Florian Reichstädter Matthias Schmid | 470 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 107 | 9 |

### Women

| 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 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Eva-Maria Schimak Lara Vadlau | 470 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 19 | EL | 143 | 20 |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | 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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Nico Delle-Karth Nikolaus Resch | 49er | 10 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 118 | 4 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

## Shooting

Austria has ensured four quota places in the shooting events at the Games.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Thomas Farnik | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1167 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thomas Farnik | 50 m rifle prone | 592 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thomas Farnik | 10 m air rifle | 591 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Christian Planer | 50 m rifle prone | 592 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andreas Scherhaufer | Trap | 119 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Stephanie Obermoser | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 573 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stephanie Obermoser | 10 m air rifle | 395 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Austria selected 11 swimmers to the team after achieving qualifying standards in their respective events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Three of their swimmers had competed at their first Games, including medley swimmer Lisa Zaiser, who was also the nation's youngest athlete.
The Austrian swimmers also included the former backstroker and Olympic silver medalist Markus Rogan, competing in the men's 200 m individual medley event, and Dinko Jukic, brother of former Olympic swimmer Mirna Jukic, in the butterfly events. By results, Jukic qualified successfully for the finals in the men's 200 m butterfly event, but missed out of the medal standings. Rogan, another Olympic hopeful, was disqualified in the semi-finals due to a technical mistake during a turn.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| David Brandl | 200 m freestyle | 1:49.00 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dinko Jukic | 100 m butterfly | 52.22 | =13 Q | 51.99 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dinko Jukic | 200 m butterfly | 1:54.79 | 1 Q | 1:54.95 | 6 Q | 1:54.35 | 4 |
| Hunor Mate | 200 m breaststroke | 2:15.98 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Markus Rogan | 200 m individual medley | 1:58.66 | 8 Q | DSQ | DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sebastian Stoss | 200 m backstroke | 2:02.91 | 34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| David Brandl Florian Janistyn Markus Rogan Christian Scherübl | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:17.94 | 16 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nina Dittrich | 800 m freestyle | 8:45.41 | 28 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Birgit Koschischek | 100 m butterfly | 1:00.54 | 37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jördis Steinegger | 200 m freestyle | 2:02.39 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jördis Steinegger | 400 m individual medley | 4:45.80 | 23 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lisa Zaiser | 200 m individual medley | 2:14.56 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Synchronized swimming

Austria has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.
| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | Free routine (final) | Free routine (final) |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank |
| Nadine Brandl Livia Lang | Duet | 82.000 | 19 | 81.850 | 163.850 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Austria has qualified three athletes for singles table tennis events. Based on their world rankings as of 16 May 2011 Werner Schlager and Weixing Chen have qualified for the men's event; Jia Liu has qualified for the women's.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Weixing Chen | Singles | Bye | Bye | Didukh (UKR) W 4–0 | Mattenet (FRA) W 4–0 | Ovtcharov (GER) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Werner Schlager | Singles | Bye | Bye | Bobocica (ITA) W 4–2 | Wang H (CHN) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Weixing Chen Robert Gardos Werner Schlager | Team | — | — | — | — | Egypt (EGY) W 3–0 | Germany (GER) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Li Qiangbing | Singles | Bye | Bye | Zhang (CAN) W 4–0 | Ishikawa (JPN) L 2–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Liu Jia | Singles | Bye | Bye | Privalova (BLR) W 4–2 | Kim K-A (KOR) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Li Qiangbing Liu Jia Amelie Solja | Team | — | — | — | — | Hong Kong (HKG) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Jürgen Melzer | Men's singles | Čilić (CRO) L 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 2–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jürgen Melzer Alexander Peya | Men's doubles | — | A Murray / J Murray (GBR) W 5–7, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 7–5 | Ferrer / López (ESP) L 3–6, 6–3, 9–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tamira Paszek | Women's singles | Cornet (FRA) L 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Triathlon

Austria has qualified the following athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total time | Rank |
| Andreas Giglmayr | Men's | 18:57 | 0:43 | 58:45 | 0:28 | 32:21 | 1:51:14 | 40 |
| Lisa Perterer | Women's | 20:17 | 0:45 | 1:10:12 | 0:35 | 37:23 | 2:09:12 | 48 |

## Volleyball
### Beach

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Standing | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Clemens Doppler Alexander Horst | Men's | Pool A Alison – Emanuel (BRA) L 1 – 2 (21–19, 17–21, 14–16) Lupo – Nicolai (ITA) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–17) Bellaguarda – Heuscher (SUI) L 0 – 2 (22–24, 12–21) | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
| Doris Schwaiger Stefanie Schwaiger | Women's | Pool C Kolocová – Sluková (CZE) L 1 – 2 (21–10, 13–21, 13–15) Cook – Hinchley (AUS) W 2 – 1 (18–21, 22–20, 15–10) May-Treanor – Walsh Jennings (USA) L 1 – 2 (21–17, 8–21, 10–15) Lucky Losers Dampney – Mullin (GBR) W 2 – 0 (21–15, 21–12) | 3 Q | Vasina – Vozakova (RUS) W 2 – 1 (21–17, 16–21, 15–9) | Xue – Zhang (CHN) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 11–21) | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

## Wrestling

Austria has qualified in the following events.
Key:
* VT – Victory by fall.
* PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Amer Hrustanović | −84 kg | Lee S-Y (KOR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Janikowski (POL) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |