# Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 73 competitors, 66 men and 7 women, took part in 62 events in 17 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Peter Seisenbacher | Judo | Men's 86 kg | 29 September |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Boxing | 1 | – | 1 |
| Cycling | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Diving | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Equestrian | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Fencing | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 3 | – | 3 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | – | 1 |
| Rowing | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sailing | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Shooting | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Swimming | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | – | 1 |
| Wrestling | 5 | – | 5 |
| Total | 66 | 7 | 73 |

## Athletics

Men's Long Jump
* Andreas Steiner
** Qualification — 7.61m (→ did not advance)
* Teddy Steinmayr
** Qualification — 7.36m (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put
* Klaus Bodenmüller
** Qualifying Heat – 18.89m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
* Johann Lindner
** Qualifying Heat — 76.60m
** Final — 75.36m (→ 10th place)
Men's Decathlon
* Georg Werthner — 7753 points (→ 21st place)
   * 100 metres — 11.52s
   * Long Jump — 7.36m
   * Shot Put — 13.93m
   * High Jump — 1.94m
   * 400 metres — 49.99s
   * 110m Hurdles — 15.64s
   * Discus Throw — 38.82m
   * Pole Vault — 4.60m
   * Javelin Throw — 67.04m
   * 1.500 metres — 4:26.42s

## Cycling

Seven cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1988.

### Men's road race

* Mario Traxl
* Johann Lienhart
* Dietmar Hauer

### Men's team time trial

* Dietmar Hauer
* Norbert Kostel
* Johann Lienhart
* Mario Traxl

### Men's team pursuit

* Roland Königshofer
* Johann Lienhart
* Kurt Schmied
* Franz Stocher

### Men's points race

* Roland Königshofer

## Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1988.

### Men's foil

* Benny Wendt
* Anatol Richter

### Men's épée

* Arno Strohmeyer
* Johannes Nagele
* Axel Birnbaum

## Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Austria in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition:
* Helmut Spannagl — 4833 pts (→ 36th place)
Men's Team Competition:
* Spannagl — 4833 pts (→ 23rd place)

## Sailing
### Men

| 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 |
| Thomas Wallner | Division II | 17 | 16 | RET | 10 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 91.0 | 11 |
| Hans Spitzauer | Finn | DSQ | 13 | DSQ | 3 | 12 | YMP | 14 | 119.7 | 15 |
| Christian Binder Heimo Hecht | 470 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | RET | RET | 151.0 | 24 |

### 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 |
| Norbert Petschel Christian Claus | Tornado | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 46.0 | 4 |
| Hubert Raudaschl Stephan Puxkandl | Star | 13 | RET | 11 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 91.0 | 13 |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Albert Deuring | 50 m rifle prone | 589 | 45 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Albert Deuring | 10 m air rifle | 581 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hannes Gufler | 50 m rifle three positions | 1155 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hannes Gufler | 10 m air rifle | 577 | 41 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lothar Heinrich | 50 m rifle three positions | 1157 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lothar Heinrich | 50 m rifle prone | 595 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hans Hierzer | 50 m pistol | 550 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hans Hierzer | 10 m air pistol | 565 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Horst Krasser | 50 m pistol | 543 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Horst Krasser | 10 m air pistol | 569 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hermann Sailer | 25 m rapid fire pistol | 584 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Sylvia Baldessarini | 50 m rifle three positions | 578 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sylvia Baldessarini | 10 m air rifle | 393 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dorothee Deuring | 50 m rifle three positions | 576 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Christine Strahalm | 25 m pistol | 580 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Christine Strahalm | 10 m air pistol | 379 | 8 Q | 472.6 | 8 |
| Barbara Troger | 10 m air rifle | 383 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Josef Hahnenkamp | Skeet | 143 | 33 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle
* Markus Opatril
** Heat — 24.32 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
* Alexander Pilhatsch
** Heat — 24.42 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
* Markus Opatril
** Heat — 52.66 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
* Stefan Opatril
** Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 200m Freestyle
* Alesander Placheta
** Heat — 1:56.11 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Thomas Böhm
** Heat — 1:04.96 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
* Thomas Böhm
** Heat — 2:24.15 (→ did not advance, 34th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
* Reinhold Leitner
** Heat — 56.72 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly
* Reinhold Leitner
** Heat — 2:02.18 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Stefan Opatril, Markus Opatril, Alesander Placheta, and Alexander Pilhatsch
** Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

## Tennis

Women's Singles Competition
* Barbara Paulus
** First Round – Defeated Bettina Fulco (Argentina) 7-6 6–4
** Second Round – Defeated Jana Novotná (Czechoslovakia) 6-4 6–3
** Third Round – Lost to Zina Garrison (USA) 5-7 2-6