# Austria at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 147 competitors, 115 men and 32 women, took part in 79 events in 17 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Herma Bauma | Athletics | Women's Javelin |
| Bronze | Ine Schäffer | Athletics | Women's Shot Put |
| Bronze | Fritzi Schwingl | Canoeing | Women's K-1 500m |
| Bronze | Ellen Preis | Fencing | Women's Individual Foil |

## 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
* OR = Olympic record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
* NP = Not placed

### Field Events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Felix Würth | Long Jump | 7.08 | 8 Q | 7.00 | 8 |
| Arnulf Pilhatsch | High Jump | 1.84 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Felix Würth | Triple Jump | 13.92 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hermann Tunner | Discus throw | 45.92 | 10 Q | 44.43 | 11 |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Maria Oberbreyer | 100 m | | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Grete Pavlousek | 100 m | | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Grete Pavlousek | 200 m | | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maria Oberbreyer | 80 m Hurdles | 11.9 | 3 Q | 11.9 | 2 Q | 11.8 | 5 |
| Elfriede Steurer | 80 m Hurdles | 12.2 | 1 Q | 12.4 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Grete Jenny Elfriede Steurer Grete Pavlousek Maria Oberbreyer | 4 × 100 m relay | 50.0 | 2 Q | — | — | 49.2 | 6 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Ilse Steinegger | long jump | 5.30 | 10 Q | 5.19 | 10 |
| Maria Oberbreyer | long jump | 5.35 | 9 | 5.24 | 9 |
| Ilse Steinegger | high jump | — | — | 1.55 | 7 |
| Ine Schäffer | Shot put | — | — | 13.08 | |
| Anni Bruk | Shot put | — | — | 12.50 | 6 |
| Marianne Schläger | Shot put | — | — | 11.75 | 12 |
| Lotte Haidegger | Discus throw | — | — | 38.81 | 5 |
| Frieda Tiltsch | Discus throw | — | — | 37.19 | 9 |
| Marianne Schläger | Discus throw | — | — | 34.79 | 15 |
| Herma Bauma | Javelin throw | — | — | 45.57 | OR |
| Gerda Schilling-Staniek | Javelin throw | — | — | 38.01 | 9 |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Robert Gausterer | Flyweight | Han (KOR) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hermann Mazurkiewitsch | Bantamweight | Carrizo (URU) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Eduard Kerschbaumer | Featherweight | Bye | Verdú (ESP) W PTS | Núñez (ARG) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Otto Michtits | Light heavyweight | Siljander (FIN) L PTS | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Karl Ameisbichler | Heavyweight | Bye | Gardner (GBR) L KO2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling

Eight cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1948.

### Individual road race

* Rudi Valenta
* Hans Goldschmid
* Siegmund Huber
* Josef Pohnetal

### Team road race

* Rudi Valenta
* Hans Goldschmid
* Siegmund Huber
* Josef Pohnetal

### Sprint

* Erich Welt

### Time trial

* Walter Freitag

### Tandem

* Kurt Nemetz
* Erich Welt

### Team pursuit

* Walter Freitag
* Hans Goldschmid
* Josef Pohnetal
* Heinrich Schiebel

## Fencing

Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Austria in 1948.

### Men's sabre

* Hubert Loisel
* Heinz Putzl
* Werner Plattner

### Men's team sabre

* Werner Plattner, Heinz Putzl, Heinz Lechner, Hubert Loisel

### Women's foil

* Ellen Müller-Preis
* Fritzi Wenisch-Filz
* Gabriele Zeilinger

## Football

Head coach: Eduard Frühwirth
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Club | Tournament games | Tournament goals | Minutes played | Sub off | Sub on | Cards yellow/red |
| FW | Josef Epp | 1 Mar 1920 | 28 | ? | Wiener Sportclub | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
| FW | Erich Habitzl | 9 Oct 1923 | 24 | ? | SK Admira Wien | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
| FW | Wilhelm Hahnemann | 14 Apr 1914 | 34 | ? | SC Wacker Wien | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
| DF | Ernst Happel | 29 Nov 1925 | 22 | ? | SK Rapid Wien | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
| MF | Siegfried Joksch | 4 Jul 1917 | 31 | ? | FK Austria Wien | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
| FW | Alfred Körner | 14 Feb 1926 | 22 | ? | SK Rapid Wien | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
| DF | Karl Kowanz | 15 Apr 1926 | 22 | ? | SK Admira Wien | 1 | 0 | 65 | - | - | /1red |
| FW | Ernst Melchior | 26 Jun 1920 | 28 | ? | FK Austria Wien | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
| MF | Leopold Mikolasch | 17 Oct 1920 | 27 | ? | FK Austria Wien | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
| DF | Ernst Ocwirk | 7 Mar 1926 | 22 | ? | FK Austria Wien | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | 1 yel. / - |
| GK | Franz Pelikan | 6 Nov 1925 | 22 | ? | SC Wacker Wien | 1 | 0 | 90 | - | - | - |
| | - Stand-by players - | | | | | | | | | | |
| MF | Theodor Brinek | 9 May 1921 | 27 | ? | SC Wacker Wien | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| MF | Karl Decker | 5 Sep 1921 | 26 | ? | First Vienna FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| FW | Ludwig Durek | 27 Jan 1921 | 27 | ? | SK Sturm Graz | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| GK | Bruno Engelmeier | 5 Sep 1927 | 20 | ? | First Vienna FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| DF | Gustav Gerhart | 4 Feb 1922 | 26 | ? | SK Admira Wien | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| MF | Leopold Gernhardt | 16 Mar 1920 | 28 | ? | SK Rapid Wien | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| GK | Josef Musil | 7 Aug 1920 | 27 | ? | SK Rapid Wien | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| FW | Ernst Stojaspal | 14 Jan 1925 | 23 | ? | FK Austria Wien | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| FW | Josef Stroh | 5 Mar 1913 | 35 | ? | FK Austria Wien | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| FW | Theodor Wagner | 6 Aug 1927 | 20 | ? | SC Wacker Wien | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |

## Gymnastics

Women's team all-around
* Gretchen Hehenberger

## Hockey

Head coach:
| Pos. | Player | DoB | Age | Caps | Tournament games | Tournament goals |
| B | Adam Bischof | 13 October 1915 | 32 | ? | 3 | ? |
| FW | Karl Brandl | 2 May 1912 | 36 | ? | 3 | ? |
| | Siegfried Egger | | | ? | 0 | 0 |
| B | Karl Holzapfel | 20 October 1923 | 24 | ? | 3 | ? |
| | Wolfgang Klee | | | ? | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Johann Koller | 3 April 1921 | 27 | ? | 2 | ? |
| FW | Franz Lovato | 28 February 1923 | 25 | ? | 3 | ? |
| FW | Walter Niederle | 17 February 1921 | 27 | ? | 3 | ? |
| FW | Oskar Nowak | 25 March 1913 | 35 | ? | 3 | ? |
| FW | Karl Ördögh | 10 March 1908 | 40 | ? | 2 | ? |
| | Josef Pecanka | | | ? | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Franz Raule | 20 November 1920 | 27 | ? | 3 | ? |
| HB | Friedrich Rückert | 7 July 1920 | 28 | ? | 3 | ? |
| HB | Franz Strachota | 14 October 1918 | 29 | ? | 2 | ? |
| HB | Ernst Schala | 13 July 1916 | 32 | ? | 3 | ? |

## Rowing

Austria had seven male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.

### Men's coxless pair

* Gert Watzke
* Kurt Watzke

### Men's coxed four

* Erwin Bittmann
* Karl Sitter
* Franz Frauneder
* Theodor Obrietan
* Karl Riedel (cox)

## 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 |
| Harald Musil | Firefly | 20 | DNF | DNF | 18 | 17 | 19 | DNF | 499 | 21 |
| Georg Obermuller Hans Schachinger G. Werner Horst Obermuller | Star | 10 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 1661 | 13 |

## Shooting

Three shooters represented Austria in 1948.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Richard Bohslavsky | 50 m rifle, prone | 575 | 58 |
| Andreas Krapf | 50 m rifle, prone | 581 | 50 |
| Ernst Wöll | 50 m rifle, prone | 573 | 60 |

## Art competitions
### Mixed literature, epic works

   * Hans Breidbach-Bernau