Austria at the 1968 Winter Olympics
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = AUT
| NOCname = Austrian Olympic Committee
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 1968
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.olympia.at }} {{in lang|de}}
| location = Grenoble
| competitors = 76 (63 men, 13 women)
| sports = 10
| flagbearer = Emmerich Danzer (figure skating)
| rank = 5
| gold = 3
| silver = 4
| bronze = 4
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games
}}
Austria competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Medalists
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" | |||
| Medal
!Name !Sport !Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Olga|Pall}} | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Wolfgang|Schwarz}} | Figure skating | Men's singles |
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Manfred|Schmid}} | Luge | Men's individual |
| {{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Herbert|Huber|dab=skier}} | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| {{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Erwin|Thaler}} {{sortname|Reinhold|Durnthaler}} {{sortname|Herbert|Gruber}} {{sortname|Josef|Eder}} | Bobsleigh | Four-man |
| {{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Manfred|Schmid}} {{sortname|Ewald|Walch}} | Luge | Men's doubles |
| {{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Reinhold|Bachler}} | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill |
| {{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Heini|Meßner}} | Alpine skiing | Men's giant slalom |
| {{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Alfred|Matt}} | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| {{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Christl|Haas}} | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill |
| {{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Baldur|Preiml}} | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill |
Alpine skiing
{{main|Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Race 1 !colspan="2"|Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Egon Zimmermann
|rowspan="4"|Downhill |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:02.55 |align="center"|13 |
| Gerhard Nenning
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:02.31 |align="center"|9 |
| Karl Schranz
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:01.89 |align="center"|5 |
| Heini Meßner
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:01.93 |align="center"|4 |
| Werner Bleiner
|rowspan="4"|Giant Slalom |align="center"|1:46.56 |align="center"|16 |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |
| Gerhard Nenning
|align="center"|1:46.47 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|1:47.14 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|3:33.61 |align="center"|8 |
| Karl Schranz
|align="center"|1:45.28 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|1:47.80 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|3:33.08 |align="center"|6 |
| Heini Meßner
|align="center"|1:45.16 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|1:46.67 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|3:31.83 |align="center"|{{bronze03}} |
;Men's slalom
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Heat 1 !colspan="2"|Heat 2 !colspan="6"|Final |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time 1 !Rank !Time 2 !Rank !Total !Rank |
| Karl Schranz
|align="center"|52.56 |align="center"|1 QF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |align="center"|49.53 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |
| Heini Meßner
|align="center"|51.76 |align="center"|1 QF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|52.32 |align="center"|27 |align="center"|51.83 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|1:44.15 |align="center"|14 |
| Alfred Matt
|align="center"|50.99 |align="center"|1 QF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|49.68 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|50.41 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|1:40.09 |align="center"|{{bronze03}} |
| Herbert Huber
|align="center"|53.04 |align="center"|1 QF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|50.06 |align="center"|13 |align="center"|49.76 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|1:39.82 |align="center"|{{silver02}} |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Race 1 !colspan="2"|Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Gertrud Gabl
|rowspan="4"|Downhill |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:43.97 |align="center"|12 |
| Brigitte Seiwald
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:41.82 |align="center"|4 |
| Christl Haas
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:41.41 |align="center"|{{bronze03}} |
| Olga Pall
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:40.87 |align="center"|{{gold01}} |
| Lisi Pall
|rowspan="4"|Giant Slalom |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:00.91 |align="center"|27 |
| Brigitte Seiwald
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:57.26 |align="center"|11 |
| Gertrud Gabl
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:56.85 |align="center"|9 |
| Olga Pall
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|1:55.61 |align="center"|5 |
| Gertrud Gabl
|rowspan="4"|Slalom |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
| Olga Pall
|align="center"|43.59 |align="center"|16 |align="center"|47.52 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|1:31.11 |align="center"|9 |
| Bernadette Rauter
|align="center"|43.34 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|47.10 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|1:30.44 |align="center"|8 |
| Brigitte Seiwald
|align="center"|41.52 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|59.77 |align="center"|30 |align="center"|1:41.29 |align="center"|24 |
Biathlon
{{main|Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Event
!Athlete !Time !Penalties !Adjusted time 1 !Rank |
|---|
| rowspan="4"|20 km
|align="center"|1'16:25.0 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|1'36:25.0 |align="center"|56 |
| Adolf Scherwitzl
|align="center"|1'30:21.7 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|1'34:21.7 |align="center"|50 |
| Horst Schneider
|align="center"|1'24:49.6 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|1'33:49.6 |align="center"|47 |
| Paul Ernst
|align="center"|1'25:47.9 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|1'31:47.9 |align="center"|40 |
{{ref begin}}
: 1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
{{ref end}}
;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=3|Race |
|---|
| Misses 2
!Time !Rank |
| Paul Ernst Adolf Scherwitzl Horst Schneider Franz Vetter |align=center|10 |align=center|2'33:47.1 |align=center|11 |
{{ref begin}}
: 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
{{ref end}}
Bobsleigh
{{main|Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Sled
!rowspan="2"|Athletes !rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Run 4 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align="center"|AUT-1
|Erwin Thaler |Two-man |align="center"|1:11.27 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|1:11.26 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1:10.72 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1:11.88 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|4:45.13 |align="center"|4 |
| align="center"|AUT-2
|Max Kaltenberger |Two-man |align="center"|1:11.34 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|1:12.15 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|1:11.00 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|1:12.14 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|4:46.63 |align="center"|8 |
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Sled
!rowspan="2"|Athletes !rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| align="center"|AUT-1
|Erwin Thaler |Four-man |align="center"|1:10.08 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|1:07.40 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|2:17.48 |align="center"|{{silver02}} |
| align="center"|AUT-2
|Manfred Hofer |Four-man |align="center"|1:10.90 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|1:09.12 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|2:20.02 |align="center"|13 |
Cross-country skiing
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=4|15 km
|align=center|54:12.5 |align=center|51 |
| Ernst Pühringer
|align=center|53:23.0 |align=center|47 |
| Heinrich Wallner
|align=center|52:53.6 |align=center|42 |
| Andreas Janc
|align=center|51:29.8 |align=center|31 |
| rowspan=3|30 km
|align=center|1'49:43.3 |align=center|50 |
| Franz Vetter
|align=center|1'45:11.2 |align=center|40 |
| Ernst Pühringer
|align=center|1'44:51.0 |align=center|38 |
| rowspan=2|50 km
|align=center|2'43:51.1 |align=center|34 |
| Andreas Janc
|align=center|2'32:32.2 |align=center|13 |
;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| Heinrich Wallner Franz Vetter Ernst Pühringer Andreas Janc |align=center|2'22:29.4 |align=center|13 |
Figure skating
{{main|Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athlete
!CF !FS !Points !Places !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| Günter Anderl |20 |23 |1574,7 |193 |23 |
| align=center
|align=left| Emmerich Danzer |4 |1 |1873.0 |29 |4 |
| align=center
|align=left| Wolfgang Schwarz |1 |2 |1904.1 |13 |{{gold01}} |
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| Athlete
!CF !FS !Points !Places !Rank |
|---|
| align=center
|align=left| Elisabeth Nestler |26 |21 |1562.6 |2089 |23 |
| align=center
|align=left| Elisabeth Mikula |17 |19 |1612.5 |164 |18 |
| align=center
|align=left| Beatrix Schuba |3 |12 |1773.2 |51 |5 |
Ice hockey
{{main|Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
= Consolation round =
Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places. Austria entered in this round, from the start they did not play for the medals.
| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Rank !bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|Team !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|T !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts | ||||||
| align=center
|9 |align=left|{{ih|YUG}} |5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 10 |
| align=center
|10 |align=left|{{ih|JPN}} |5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 8 |
| align=center
|11 |align=left|{{ih|NOR}} |5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| align=center
|12 |align=left|{{ih|ROU|1965}} |5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 4 |
| align=center bgcolor="ccccff"
|13 |align=left|{{ih|AUT}} |5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 2 |
| align=center
|14 |align=left|{{ih|FRA}} |5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 |
{{flagicon|Romania}} Romania – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria 3:2 (2:1, 1:1, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Fagarasi, Calamar, Mois – Schupp, Samonig.
{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria 6:0 (2:0, 2:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Ivo Jan 3, Roman Smolej, Tisler, Klinar.
{{Flagicon|France}} France – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria 2:5 (0:1, 2:3, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Faucomprez, Caux – Puschnig 2, Kirchbaumer, St. John, Schupp.
{{flagicon|Norway}} Norway – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria 5:4 (3:1, 2:1, 0:2)
Goalscorers: Dalsören 2, Bjölbak, Olsen, Hansen – Schupp 2, Weingärtner, St. John.
{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria 11:1 (1:0, 6:0, 4:1)
Goalscorers: Itoh 2, Okajima 2, Hikigi 2, Araki, Kudo, Takashima, Toriyabe, Iwamoto – Puschnig.
=Contestants=
13. AUSTRIA
Goaltenders: Franz Schilcher, Karl Pregl
Defence: Gerd Schager, Gerhard Felfernig, Josef Mössmer, Hermann Erhard, Gerhard Hausner
Forwards: Dieter Kalt, Adelbert St. John, Josef Puschnig, Josef Schwitzer, Heinz Schupp, Walter König, Heinz Knoflach, Klaus Weingartner, Klaus Kirchbaumer, Günter Burkhart, Paul Samonig
Luge
{{main|Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Peter Kretauer
|align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |
| Helmut Thaler
|align="center"|58.42 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|59.03 |align="center"|16 |align="center"|58.60 |align="center"|14 |align="center"|2:56.05 |align="center"|14 |
| Josef Feistmantl
|align="center"|57.78 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|58.06 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|57.73 |align="center"|4 |align="center"|2:53.27 |align="center"|5 |
| Manfred Schmid
|align="center"|57.16 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|57.73 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|57.59 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|2:52.48 |align="center"|{{gold01}} |
(Men's) Doubles
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athletes
!colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Manfred Schmid Ewald Walch |align="center"|48.16 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|48.18 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|1:36.34 |align="center"|{{silver02}} |
| Josef Feistmantl Wilhelm Bichl |align="center"|48.81 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|49.30 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|1:38.11 |align="center"|7 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Elfriede Wäger
|align="center"|51.93 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|50.44 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|52.04 |align="center"|17 |align="center"|2:34.41 |align="center"|15 |
| Marlene Korthals
|align="center"|49.72 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|50.31 |align="center"|8 |align="center"|51.30 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|2:31.33 |align="center"|10 |
| Leni Thurner
|align="center"|49.64 |align="center"|6 |align="center"|50.15 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|50.71 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|2:30.50 |align="center"|9 |
Nordic combined
{{main|Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping {{small|(Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)}}
- 15 km cross-country skiing
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="4"|Ski Jumping !colspan="3"|Cross-country !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Distance 1
!Distance 2 !Points !Rank !Time !Points !Rank !Points !Rank |
| Helmut Voggenberger
|rowspan="3"|Individual |align="center"|67.5 |align="center"|66.0 |align="center"|181.9 |align="center"|32 |align="center"|54:57.2 |align="center"|160.07 |align="center"|37 |align="center"|341.97 |align="center"|35 |
| Waldemar Heigenhauser
|align="center"|69.0 |align="center"|68.5 |align="center"|197.2 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|55:00.4 |align="center"|159.49 |align="center"|38 |align="center"|356.69 |align="center"|34 |
| Ulli Öhlböck
|align="center"|64.0 |align="center"|64.0 |align="center"|168.8 |align="center"|36 |align="center"|52:23.9 |align="center"|189.20 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|358.00 |align="center"|32 |
Ski jumping
{{main|Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Jump 1 !colspan="2"|Jump 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Distance
!Points !Distance !Points !Points !Rank |
| Sepp Lichtenegger
|rowspan="4"|Normal hill |align="center"|72.5 |align="center"|98.3 |align="center"|70.0 |align="center"|94.8 |align="center"|193.1 |align="center"|29 |
| Max Golser
|align="center"|74.0 |align="center"|102.7 |align="center"|65.0 |align="center"|83.3 |align="center"|186.0 |align="center"|36 |
| Reinhold Bachler
|align="center"|77.5 |align="center"|107.8 |align="center"|76.0 |align="center"|106.4 |align="center"|214.2 |align="center"|{{silver02}} |
| Baldur Preiml
|align="center"|80.0 |align="center"|113.8 |align="center"|72.5 |align="center"|98.8 |align="center"|212.6 |align="center"|{{bronze03}} |
| Baldur Preiml
|rowspan="4"|Large hill |align="center"|80.5 |align="center"|66.1 |align="center"|87.0 |align="center"|86.2 |align="center"|152.3 |align="center"|48 |
| Sepp Lichtenegger
|align="center"|91.0 |align="center"|90.8 |align="center"|91.0 |align="center"|93.8 |align="center"|184.6 |align="center"|28 |
| Max Golser
|align="center"|95.0 |align="center"|98.9 |align="center"|91.5 |align="center"|91.5 |align="center"|190.4 |align="center"|22 |
| Reinhold Bachler
|align="center"|98.5 |align="center"|107.3 |align="center"|95.0 |align="center"|103.4 |align="center"|210.7 |align="center"|6 |
Speed skating
{{main|Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| 500 m
|align=center|42.1 |align=center|26 |
| rowspan=3|1500 m
|align=center|2:15.7 |align=center|44 |
| Hermann Strutz
|align=center|2:14.8 |align=center|40 |
| Otmar Braunecker
|align=center|2:14.4 |align=center|39 |
| rowspan=2|5000 m
|align=center|8:20.8 |align=center|37 |
| Hermann Strutz
|align=center|7:53.3 |align=center|16 |
| 10,000 m
|align=center|16:24.9 |align=center|17 |
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080522105330/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
- [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/ Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com]
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