Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = AUT
| NOCname = Austrian Olympic Committee
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1988
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{URL|www.olympia.at }} {{in lang|de}}
| location = Seoul
| competitors = 73 (66 men and 7 women)
| sports = 17
| flagbearer = Hubert Raudaschl
| rank = 29
| gold = 1
| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games
}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1988/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044103/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AUT/summer/1988/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Austria at the 1988 Summer Games |access-date=2011-07-16 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Medalists
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" | ||||
| Medal
!Name !Sport !Event !Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Peter|Seisenbacher}} | Judo | Men's 86 kg | 29 September |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[https://www.olympedia.org/countries/AUT/editions/22 Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics]
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
| width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men ! width=55|Women ! width=55|Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| align=left|Athletics
| 9 | 1 | 10 |
| align=left|Boxing
| 1 | – | 1 |
| align=left|Cycling
| 7 | 0 | 7 |
| align=left|Diving
| 2 | 0 | 2 |
| align=left|Equestrian
| 2 | 0 | 2 |
| align=left|Fencing
| 5 | 0 | 5 |
| align=left|Gymnastics
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left|Judo
| 3 | – | 3 |
| align=left|Modern pentathlon
| 1 | – | 1 |
| align=left|Rowing
| 5 | 0 | 5 |
| align=left|Sailing
| 8 | 0 | 8 |
| align=left|Shooting
| 7 | 4 | 11 |
| align=left|Swimming
| 6 | 0 | 6 |
| align=left|Table tennis
| 2 | 0 | 2 |
| align=left|Tennis
| 2 | 1 | 3 |
| align=left|Weightlifting
| 1 | – | 1 |
| align=left|Wrestling
| 5 | – | 5 |
| Total || 66 || 7 || 73 |
Athletics
{{main|Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
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
Boxing
{{main|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
Cycling
{{main|Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
Seven cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1988.
Diving
{{main|Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Preliminary !colspan="2"|Final |
|---|
| style="font-size:95%"
!Points !Rank !Points !Rank |
| align=center
|align=left|Niki Stajković |align=left rowspan=2|3 m springboard |579.63 |9 Q |570.60 |9 |
| align=center
|align=left|Erich Pils |532.19 |19 |colspan=2|Did not advance |
Equestrianism
{{main|Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
Fencing
{{main|Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
Five fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1988.
Judo
{{main|Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
Modern pentathlon
{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
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)
Rhythmic gymnastics
{{main|Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
Rowing
{{main|Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
Sailing
{{main|Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
| 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|Thomas Wallner |align=left|Division II |17 |16 | |10 |7 |11 |1 |91.0 |11 |
| align=center
|align=left|Hans Spitzauer |align=left|Finn | |13 |DSQ |3 |12 |YMP |14 |119.7 |15 |
| align=center
|align=left|Christian Binder |align=left|470 |15 |19 |18 |16 |17 | |RET |151.0 |24 |
;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|Norbert Petschel |align=left|Tornado |2 | |8 |5 |4 |2 |4 |46.0 |4 |
| align=center
|align=left|Hubert Raudaschl |align=left|Star |13 | |11 |15 |9 |1 |13 |91.0 |13 |
Shooting
{{main|Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Qualification !colspan="2"|Final |
|---|
| Score
!Rank !Score !Rank |
| rowspan=2|Albert Deuring
|align="center"|589 |align="center"|45 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| 10 m air rifle
|align="center"|581 |align="center"|34 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| rowspan=2|Hannes Gufler
|align="center"|1155 |align="center"|38 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| 10 m air rifle
|align="center"|577 |align="center"|41 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| rowspan=2|Lothar Heinrich
|align="center"|1157 |align="center"|36 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| 50 m rifle prone
|align="center"|595 |align="center"|15 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| rowspan=2|Hans Hierzer
|align="center"|550 |align="center"|32 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| 10 m air pistol
|align="center"|565 |align="center"|40 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| rowspan=2|Horst Krasser
|align="center"|543 |align="center"|38 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| 10 m air pistol
|align="center"|569 |align="center"|34 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| Hermann Sailer
|align="center"|584 |align="center"|29 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Qualification !colspan="2"|Final |
|---|
| Score
!Rank !Score !Rank |
| rowspan=2|Sylvia Baldessarini
|align="center"|578 |align="center"|16 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| 10 m air rifle
|align="center"|393 |align="center"|9 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| Dorothee Deuring
|align="center"|576 |align="center"|20 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| rowspan=2|Christine Strahalm
|align="center"|580 |align="center"|18 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
| 10 m air pistol
|align="center"|379 |align="center"|8 Q |align="center"|472.6 |align="center"|8 |
| Barbara Troger
|align="center"|383 |align="center"|33 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
;Open
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Qualification !colspan="2"|Final |
|---|
| Score
!Rank !Score !Rank |
| Josef Hahnenkamp
|align="center"|143 |align="center"|33 |colspan="2" align="center"|did not advance |
Swimming
{{main|Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
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)
Table tennis
{{main|Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
Tennis
{{main|Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
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
Weightlifting
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
Wrestling
{{main|Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics}}
References
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