Austria at the 1972 Summer Olympics
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = AUT
| NOCname = Austrian Olympic Committee
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1972
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| start_date = {{start date|1972|8|26}}
| end_date = {{end date|1972|9|10}}
| website = {{URL|www.olympia.at }} {{in lang|de}}
| location = Munich, West Germany
| competitors = 111 (97 men and 14 women)
| sports = 15
| flagbearer = Hubert Raudaschl
| rank = 31
| gold = 0
| silver = 1
| bronze = 2
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games
}}
Austria competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 111 competitors, 97 men and 14 women, took part in 68 events in 15 sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1972/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055239/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1972/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Austria at the 1972 Munich Summer Games |access-date=2011-02-10 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Medalists
Athletics
{{main|Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Men's 100 metres
- Axel Nepraunik
- First Heat — 10.61s (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
- Georg Regner, Axel Nepraunik, Gunther Würfel, and Helmut Lang
- Heat — 40.49s
- Semifinals — DNF (→ did not advance)
Boxing
{{main|Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- Franz Csandl
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Rolando Garbey (CUB), 0:5
Canoeing
{{main|Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Cycling
{{main|Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Five cyclists represented Austria in 1972.
- Roman Humenberger — 14th place
- Johann Summer — 46th place
- Wolfgang Steinmayr — 55th place
- Rudolf Mitteregger — 71st place
Diving
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Men's 3m Springboard:
- Rudolf Kruspel — 293.58 points (→ 31st place)
- Josef Kien — 285.30 points (→ 32nd place)
Men's 10m Platform:
- Nikola Stajkovic — 280.29 points (→ 18th place)
- Rudolf Kruspel — 248.07 points (→ 33rd place)
Women's 10m Platform:
- Ingeborg Pertmayr — 321.03 points (→ 8th place)
Equestrian
{{main|Equestrian at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Fencing
{{main|Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Austria in 1972.
Judo
{{main|Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Modern pentathlon
{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Three male pentathletes represented Austria in 1972.
Men's Individual Competition:
- Wolfgang Leu — 4852 points (→ 18th place)
- Peter Zobl-Wessely — 4545 points (→ 35th place)
- Bruno Jerebicnik — 4415 points (→ 44th place)
Men's Team Competition:
- Leu, Zobl-Wessely, and Jerebicnik — 13865 points (→ 11th place)
Rowing
{{main|Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Men's Coxed Pairs
- Rainer Hinteregger, Manfred Grieshofer and Werner Grieshofer
- Heat — 8:08.88
- Repechage — 8:15.94 (→ did not advance)
Sailing
{{main|Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
;Open
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete !rowspan="2"|Event !colspan=7|Race !rowspan=2|Net points !rowspan=2|Final rank |
| style="font-size:95%"
!1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 |
| align=center
|align=left|Kurt Seidl |align=left|Flying Dutchman |15 |5 |26 | |18 |9 |19 |127.0 |18 |
| align=center
|align=left|Hubert Raudaschl |align=left|Tempest |5 |6 |13 | |3 |12 |14 |84.4 |10 |
| align=center
|align=left|Manfred Stelzl |align=left|Star |8 |15 |5 |15 |7 |7 | |92.0 |11 |
| align=center
|align=left|Uli Strohschneider |align=left|Soling | |16 |15 |13 |13 |8 |colspan=1 {{n/a}} |95.0 |17 |
| align=center
|align=left|Harald Fereberger |align=left|Dragon |9 |6 |13 |5 |10 | |colspan=1 {{n/a}} |71.7 |10 |
Shooting
{{main|Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Seven male shooters represented Austria in 1972. Rudolf Dollinger won bronze in the 50 m pistol event.
;Open
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Final |
|---|
| Score
!Rank |
| Rudolf Dollinger
|align="center"|560 |align="center"|16x16px |
| Karl Fröschl
|align="center"|587 |align="center"|67 |
| rowspan=2|Hubert Garschall
|align="center"|548 |align="center"|21 |
| 25 m rapid fire pistol
|align="center"|581 |align="center"|32 |
| Guido Loacker
|align="center"|1126 |align="center"|39 |
| Josef Meixner
|Trap |align="center"|186 |align="center"|20 |
| Gerhard Petritsch
|align="center"|590 |align="center"|8 |
| rowspan=2|Wolfram Waibel, Sr.
|align="center"|1137 |align="center"|25 |
| 50 m rifle prone
|align="center"|596 |align="center"|13 |
Swimming
{{main|Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Weightlifting
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
Wrestling
{{main|Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics}}
References
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