Austria at the 1972 Summer Olympics

 

Austria at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	AUT
NOC:	Österreichisches Olympisches Comité external link (German)
1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 3
Summer Olympic Games appearances
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Winter Olympic Games appearances
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Austria competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Medals

Austria finished in 31st position in the final medal rankings, with one silver medal and two bronze medals.

Silver

• Norbert Sattler — Canoeing, Men's K1 Kayak Slalom Singles

Bronze

• Ilona Gusenbauer — Athletics, Women's High Jump
• Rudolf Dollinger — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Axel Nepraunik

• First Heat — 10.61s (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Georg Regner, Axel Nepraunik, Gunther Würfel, and Helmut Lang

• Heat — 40.49s
• Semifinals — DNF (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Franz Csandl

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

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

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

Diving

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)

Modern pentathlon

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

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Rainer Hinteregger, Manfred Grieshofer and Werner Grieshofer

• Heat — 8:08.88
• Repechage — 8:15.94 (→ did not advance)

Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany

Afghanistan • Albania • Algeria • Argentina • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Barbados • Belgium • Bermuda • Bolivia • Brazil • British Honduras • Bulgaria • Burma • Cambodia • Cameroon • Canada • Ceylon • Chad • Chile • Republic of China • Colombia • Congo • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Cuba • Czechoslovakia • Dahomey • Denmark • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Egypt • El Salvador • Ethiopia • Fiji • Finland • France • Gabon • East Germany • West Germany • Ghana • Great Britain • Greece • Guatemala • Guyana • Haiti • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • Kenya • North Korea • South Korea • Kuwait • Lebanon • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Liechtenstein • Luxembourg • Madagascar • Malawi • Malaysia • Mali • Malta • Mexico • Monaco • Mongolia • Morocco • Nepal • Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • New Zealand • Nicaragua • Niger • Nigeria • Norway • Pakistan • Panama • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Romania • San Marino • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Singapore • Somalia • Soviet Union • Spain • Sudan • Suriname • Swaziland • Sweden • Switzerland • Syria • Tanzania • Thailand • Togo • Trinidad‑Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • Uganda • United States • Upper Volta • Uruguay • Venezuela • Vietnam • Virgin Islands • Yugoslavia • Zambia

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