Austria_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

Austria at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Austria at the; 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.oeoc.at (in German)
in Munich, West Germany; August 26, 1972 – September 10, 1972
Competitors	111 (97 men and 14 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Hubert Raudaschl
Medals; Ranked 31st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	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.^[1]

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Norbert Sattler	Canoeing	Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles
Bronze	Ilona Gusenbauer	Athletics	Women's High Jump
Bronze	Rudolf Dollinger	Shooting	Men's Free Pistol

Athletics edit

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 edit

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Franz Csandl
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Rolando Garbey (CUB), 0:5

Canoeing edit

Cycling edit

Five cyclists represented Austria in 1972.

Individual road race

Roman Humenberger — 14th place
Johann Summer — 46th place
Wolfgang Steinmayr — 55th place
Rudolf Mitteregger — 71st place

Team time trial

Diving edit

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 edit

Fencing edit

13 fencers, 8 men and 5 women, represented Austria in 1972.

Men's foil

Roland Losert

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Roland Losert, Karl-Heinz Müller, Herbert Polzhuber, Rudolf Trost

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Hanns Brandstätter, Bernd Brodar, Fritz Prause, Günther Ulrich

Women's foil

Women's team foil

Ingrid Gosch, Hannelore Hradez, Adrienne Krebitz, Elke Radlingmaier, Waltraut Peck-Repa

Judo edit

Modern pentathlon edit

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 edit

Men's Coxed Pairs

Rainer Hinteregger, Manfred Grieshofer and Werner Grieshofer
- Heat — 8:08.88
- Repechage — 8:15.94 (→ did not advance)

Sailing edit

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Kurt Seidl Ernst Seidl	Flying Dutchman	15	5	26	~~DNS~~	18	9	19	127.0	18
Hubert Raudaschl Erich Moritz	Tempest	5	6	13	15	3	12	14	84.4	10
Manfred Stelzl Peter Luschan	Star	8	15	5	15	7	7	18	92.0	11
Uli Strohschneider Peter Denzel Robert Haschka	Soling	26	16	15	13	13	8	—	95.0	17
Harald Fereberger Franz Eisl Karl Stangl	Dragon	9	6	13	5	10	17	—	71.7	10

Shooting edit

Seven male shooters represented Austria in 1972. Rudolf Dollinger won bronze in the 50 m pistol event.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Rudolf Dollinger	50 m free pistol	560
Karl Fröschl	50 m rifle prone	587	67
Hubert Garschall	50 m free pistol	548	21
Hubert Garschall	25 m rapid fire pistol	581	32
Guido Loacker	50 m rifle three positions	1126	39
Josef Meixner	Trap	186	20
Gerhard Petritsch	25 m rapid fire pistol	590	8
Wolfram Waibel, Sr.	50 m rifle three positions	1137	25
Wolfram Waibel, Sr.	50 m rifle prone	596	13