Austria at the 1968 Winter Olympics - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Grenoble, France. The six events were held at Chamrousse from February 9–17, 1968.Jean-Claude Killy won all three men's events, repeating Toni Sailer's triple-gold of 1956...	Women's downhill
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics The figure skating 1968 Winter Olympics results in Grenoble, France. Ice Dance was a demonstration event and was won by the team of Diane Towler and Bernard Ford of Great Britain.-Medal table:-Men:Referee:* Josef DědičAssistant Referee:...	Men's singles
		Luge Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:With his win in the doubles, Thomas Köhler becomes the first person to win in both men's singles and doubles.-Women's singles:...	Men's individual
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Grenoble, France. The six events were held at Chamrousse from February 9–17, 1968.Jean-Claude Killy won all three men's events, repeating Toni Sailer's triple-gold of 1956...	Men's slalom
		Bobsleigh Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Two-man:There was a tie for first place. Despite initially ruling that both teams would be awarded the gold medals, the judges awarded the sole gold to the Italian team based on their fastest single heat time...	Four-man
		Luge Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Men's singles:-Doubles:With his win in the doubles, Thomas Köhler becomes the first person to win in both men's singles and doubles.-Women's singles:...	Men's doubles
		Ski jumping Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Large hill:February 18, 1968-Normal hill:February 11, 1968-References:*...	Men's normal hill
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Grenoble, France. The six events were held at Chamrousse from February 9–17, 1968.Jean-Claude Killy won all three men's events, repeating Toni Sailer's triple-gold of 1956...	Men's giant slalom
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Grenoble, France. The six events were held at Chamrousse from February 9–17, 1968.Jean-Claude Killy won all three men's events, repeating Toni Sailer's triple-gold of 1956...	Men's slalom
		Alpine skiing Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Grenoble, France. The six events were held at Chamrousse from February 9–17, 1968.Jean-Claude Killy won all three men's events, repeating Toni Sailer's triple-gold of 1956...	Women's downhill
		Ski jumping Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics -Large hill:February 18, 1968-Normal hill:February 11, 1968-References:*...	Men's normal hill

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Egon Zimmermann Egon Zimmermann Egon Zimmermann , often referred to as Egon Zimmermann II, is a former alpine skier from Austria...	Downhill					2:02.55	13
Gerhard Nenning						2:02.31	9
Karl Schranz Karl Schranz Karl Schranz is a former champion alpine ski racer, one of the best in the 1960s.During his lengthy career , Schranz won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms...						2:01.89	5
Heini Meßner						2:01.93	4
Werner Bleiner	Giant Slalom	1:46.56	16	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Gerhard Nenning		1:46.47	15	1:47.14	4	3:33.61	8
Karl Schranz Karl Schranz Karl Schranz is a former champion alpine ski racer, one of the best in the 1960s.During his lengthy career , Schranz won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms...		1:45.28	6	1:47.80	8	3:33.08	6
Heini Meßner		1:45.16	5	1:46.67	3	3:31.83

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Karl Schranz Karl Schranz Karl Schranz is a former champion alpine ski racer, one of the best in the 1960s.During his lengthy career , Schranz won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms...	52.56	1 QF	–	–	DSQ	–	49.53	1	DSQ	–
Heini Meßner	51.76	1 QF	–	–	52.32	27	51.83	14	1:44.15	14
Alfred Matt Alfred Matt Alfred Matt is an Austrian former alpine skier and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal in the slalom at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.-References:...	50.99	1 QF	–	–	49.68	2	50.41	5	1:40.09
Herbert Huber Herbert Huber Herbert Huber was an Austrian former alpine skier and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal in the slalom at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.-References:...	53.04	1 QF	–	–	50.06	13	49.76	2	1:39.82

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gertrud Gabl	Downhill					1:43.97	12
Brigitte Seiwald						1:41.82	4
Christl Haas Christl Haas Christl Haas was an Austrian alpine skiing champion at the 1964 Winter Olympics.Haas was born in at Kitzbühel. In the World Cup she won four downhill competitions in total...						1:41.41
Olga Pall Olga Pall Olga Scarzezzini-Pall is a former alpine skier from Austria. At the 1968 Winter Olympics of Grenoble she won the downhill event. In addition to the Olympic gold, Pall had two World Cup victories during her career, both in the downhill discipline.-References:...						1:40.87
Lisi Pall	Giant Slalom					2:00.91	27
Brigitte Seiwald						1:57.26	11
Gertrud Gabl						1:56.85	9
Olga Pall Olga Pall Olga Scarzezzini-Pall is a former alpine skier from Austria. At the 1968 Winter Olympics of Grenoble she won the downhill event. In addition to the Olympic gold, Pall had two World Cup victories during her career, both in the downhill discipline.-References:...						1:55.61	5
Gertrud Gabl	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Olga Pall Olga Pall Olga Scarzezzini-Pall is a former alpine skier from Austria. At the 1968 Winter Olympics of Grenoble she won the downhill event. In addition to the Olympic gold, Pall had two World Cup victories during her career, both in the downhill discipline.-References:...		43.59	16	47.52	9	1:31.11	9
Bernadette Rauter		43.34	14	47.10	8	1:30.44	8
Brigitte Seiwald		41.52	4	59.77	30	1:41.29	24

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Franz Vetter	1'16:25.0	20	1'36:25.0	56
	Adolf Scherwitzl	1'30:21.7	4	1'34:21.7	50
	Horst Schneider	1'24:49.6	9	1'33:49.6	47
	Paul Ernst	1'25:47.9	6	1'31:47.9	40

¹One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Paul Ernst Adolf Scherwitzl Horst Schneider Franz Vetter	10	2'33:47.1	11

²A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Erwin Thaler Erwin Thaler Erwin Thaler is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the 1960s. He won two silver medals in the four-man event at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics.... Reinhold Durnthaler Reinhold Durnthaler Reinhold Durnthaler is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the 1960s...	Two-man	1:11.27	7	1:11.26	3	1:10.72	3	1:11.88	7	4:45.13	4
AUT-2	Max Kaltenberger Fritz Dinkhauser	Two-man	1:11.34	9	1:12.15	9	1:11.00	5	1:12.14	8	4:46.63	8

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Erwin Thaler Erwin Thaler Erwin Thaler is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the 1960s. He won two silver medals in the four-man event at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics.... Reinhold Durnthaler Reinhold Durnthaler Reinhold Durnthaler is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the 1960s... Herbert Gruber Herbert Gruber Herbert Gruber is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble and finished eighth in the two-man event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.Gruber also won a bronze medal in the two-man... Josef Eder Josef Eder Josef Eder is an Austrian bobsledder who competed in the late 1960s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.-References:* *...	Four-man	1:1.08	2	1:07.40	2	2:17.48
AUT-2	Manfred Hofer Hans Ritzl Fritz Dinkhauser Karl Pichler	Four-man	1:10.90	9	1:09.12	15	2:20.02	13

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Walter Failer	54:12.5	51
	Ernst Pühringer	53:23.0	47
	Heinrich Wallner	52:53.6	42
	Andreas Janc	51:29.8	31
30 km	Hansjörg Farbmacher	1'49:43.3	50
	Franz Vetter	1'45:11.2	40
	Ernst Pühringer	1'44:51.0	38
50 km	Franz Vetter	2'43:51.1	34
50 km	Andreas Janc	2'32:32.2	13

Men's 4 x 10km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Heinrich Wallner Franz Vetter Ernst Pühringer Andreas Janc	2'22:29.4	13

Figure skating

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Günter Anderl Günter Anderl Günter Anderl is an Austrian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was a three-time Austrian national champion from 1969 to 1971. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics...	20	23	157407	193	23
Emmerich Danzer Emmerich Danzer Emmerich Danzer was an Austrian figure skater and multiple European and World Champion.-Career:Emmerich Danzer began to skate at the age of five. He attended a Catholic school in Vienna...	4	1	1873.0	29	4
Wolfgang Schwarz Wolfgang Schwarz Wolfgang Schwarz was an Austrian figure skater who won the gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Prior to that, he was best known for finishing as runner-up to Austrian teammate Emmerich Danzer at the World Figure Skating Championships and European Figure Skating Championships multiple...	1	2	1904.1	13

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Elisabeth Nestler	26	21	1562.6	2089	23
Elisabeth Mikula	17	19	1612.5	164	18
Beatrix Schuba Beatrix Schuba Trixi Schuba is an Austrian figure skater and is a six-time Austrian champion , a two-time European champion , a two-time World champion , and Olympic champion of 1972, all in ladies' singles.She is considered to be one of the best compulsory figure skaters ever.-Biography:Born in Vienna,...	3	12	1773.2	51	5

Ice hockey

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.

Rank	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
9	5	5	0	33	9	10
10	5	4	1	27	12	8
11	5	3	2	15	15	6
12	5	2	3	22	23	4
13	5	1	4	12	27	2
14	5	0	5	9	32	0

Romania – Austria Austria 3:2 (2:1, 1:1, 0:0)

Goalscorers: Fagarasi, Calamar, Mois – Schupp, Samonig.
Yugoslavia – Austria Austria 6:0 (2:0, 2:0, 2:0)

Goalscorers: Ivo Jan 3, Roman Smolej, Tisler, Klinar.

Early Modern France France –

Austria Austria 2:5 (0:1, 2:3, 0:1)

Goalscorers: Faucomprez, Caux – Puschnig 2, Kirchbaumer, St. John, Schupp.
Norway – Austria Austria 5:4 (3:1, 2:1, 0:2)

Goalscorers: Dalsören 2, Bjölbak, Olsen, Hansen – Schupp 2, Weingärtner, St. John.
Japan – 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

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Kretauer	DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Helmut Thaler Helmut Thaler Helmut Thaler was an Austrian luger who competed from the late 1950s to the late 1960s. He won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.He was born in Imst....	58.42	14	59.03	16	58.60	14	2:56.05	14
Josef Feistmantl Josef Feistmantl Josef Feistmantl was an Austrian luger who competed from the mid 1950s to the early 1970s.He was born in Absam....	57.78	6	58.06	5	57.73	4	2:53.27	5
Manfred Schmid Manfred Schmid Manfred Schmid is an Austrian former luger who competed from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals at Grenoble in 1968 with a gold in the men's singles event and a silver in the men's doubles event.Schmid also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge...	57.16	1	57.73	3	57.59	2	2:52.48

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Manfred Schmid Manfred Schmid Manfred Schmid is an Austrian former luger who competed from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals at Grenoble in 1968 with a gold in the men's singles event and a silver in the men's doubles event.Schmid also won seven medals at the FIL World Luge... Ewald Walch Ewald Walch Ewald Walch was an Austrian luger who competed from the mid 1950s to the early 1970s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble....	48.16	2	48.18	2	1:36.34
Josef Feistmantl Josef Feistmantl Josef Feistmantl was an Austrian luger who competed from the mid 1950s to the early 1970s.He was born in Absam.... Wilhelm Bichl Wilhelm Bichl Wilhelm Bichl was an Austrian luger who competed in the late 1960s. He won a gold medal in the men's doubles event at the 1967 FIL European Luge Championships in Königssee, West Germany....	48.81	6	49.30	10	1:38.11	7

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elfriede Wäger	51.93	18	50.44	12	52.04	17	2:34.41	15
Marlene Korthals	49.72	9	50.31	8	51.30	12	2:31.33	10
Leni Thurner	49.64	6	50.15	7	50.71	7	2:30.50	9

Nordic combined

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Helmut Voggenberger	Individual	67.5	66.0	181.9	32	54:57.2	160.07	37	341.97	35
Waldemar Heigenhauser		69.0	68.5	197.2	21	55:00.4	159.49	38	356.69	34
Ulli Öhlböck		64.0	64.0	168.8	36	52:23.9	189.20	23	358.00	32

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Sepp Lichtenegger	Normal hill	72.5	98.3	70.0	94.8	193.1	29
Max Golser		74.0	102.7	65.0	83.3	186.0	36
Reinhold Bachler Reinhold Bachler Reinhold Bachler is a former Austrian ski jumper who competed from 1968 to 1978.His best known finish was a silver medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble....		77.5	107.8	76.0	106.4	214.2
Baldur Preiml Baldur Preiml Baldur Preiml . is a former Austrian ski jumper who competed from 1960 to 1968.His best known finish was a Bronze medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.-External links:...		80.0	113.8	72.5	98.8	212.6
Baldur Preiml Baldur Preiml Baldur Preiml . is a former Austrian ski jumper who competed from 1960 to 1968.His best known finish was a Bronze medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.-External links:...	Large hill	80.5	66.1	87.0	86.2	152.3	48
Sepp Lichtenegger		91.0	90.8	91.0	93.8	184.6	28
Max Golser		95.0	98.9	91.5	91.5	190.4	22
Reinhold Bachler Reinhold Bachler Reinhold Bachler is a former Austrian ski jumper who competed from 1968 to 1978.His best known finish was a silver medal in the Individual Normal Hill at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble....		98.5	107.3	95.0	103.4	210.7	6

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Otmar Braunecker	42.1	26
1500 m	Erich Korbel	2:15.7	44
	Hermann Strutz	2:14.8	40
	Otmar Braunecker	2:14.4	39
5000 m	Erich Korbel	8:20.8	37
5000 m	Hermann Strutz	7:53.3	16
10,000 m	Hermann Strutz	16:24.9	17

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Rank	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
9	5	5	0	33	9	10
10	5	4	1	27	12	8
11	5	3	2	15	15	6
12	5	2	3	22	23	4
13	5	1	4	12	27	2
14	5	0	5	9	32	0

Rank	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
9	5	5	0	33	9	10
10	5	4	1	27	12	8
11	5	3	2	15	15	6
12	5	2	3	22	23	4
13	5	1	4	12	27	2
14	5	0	5	9	32	0

Rank	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
9	5	5	0	33	9	10
10	5	4	1	27	12	8
11	5	3	2	15	15	6
12	5	2	3	22	23	4
13	5	1	4	12	27	2
14	5	0	5	9	32	0