Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
Judo
Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Judo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 15 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium....

 
Men's 60 kg
Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg
-Mat 1:-Mat 2:-Repechage:-Final ranking:...

Swimming
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held over a thirteen day period from August 9 to August 21, with the conventional events ending on August 17 and the new marathon 10 km events being held on August 20 and 21...

 
Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Schedule:All times are China Standard Time -Heats:-Semifinals:-Final:-References:...

Canoeing
Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeing competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 11 to August 23 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing....

 
Women's K-1
Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1
The women's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 13 and August 15, 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 event is raced by one-person kayaks through a whitewater course...


Diving

Men
Athlete Events Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank
Constantin Blaha 3 m individual springboard
Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard
Men's 3 metre springboard competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics was held from August 18 to August 19, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. It was an individual diving competition, with dives performed from a flexible springboard three metres above the surface of the water.The...

407.55 22 Did not advance


Women
Athlete Events Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank
Veronika Kratochwil 3 m individual springboard
Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard
Women's 3 meter springboard competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics was held from August 15 to August 17, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. It is an individual diving competition, with dives performed from a flexible springboard three meters above the surface of the water.The...

218.75 27 Did not advance
Anja Richter 10 m individual platform
Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform
Women's 10 metre platform competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics took place from August 20 to August 21, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center...

287.70 22 Did not advance

Men

Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
David Brandl 400 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle
-Heats:-Final:* WR = World Record; OR = Olympic Record; NR = National Record; PB = Personal Best* AS = Asian Record; AF = African Record-References:...

3:48.63 NR 20 Did not advance
Florian Janistyn 1500 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:Legend: OR=Olympic Record; AM=Americas Record; ER=European Record; AS=Asian Record-Final:...

15:12.46 NR 21 Did not advance
Dinko Jukić
Dinko Jukic
Dinko Jukić is a male medley and butterfly swimmer from Austria of Croatian origin. He competed for Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing in tenth place in the men's 200 m butterfly event. He is the younger brother of swimmer Mirna Jukić.-References:*...

200 m butterfly
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...

1:55.96 12 Q 1:55.65 NR 10 Did not advance
200 m individual medley
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heats:* Q = Qualified* DNS = Did Not Start-Semifinals:-Final:-References:...

2:00.57 16 Q 2:00.98 16 Did not advance
400 m individual medley
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.- Heats :* OR = Olympic Record; Q = Qualified for next round* NR = National Record- Final :* WR = World Record; OR = Olympic Record...

4:15.48 NR 15 Did not advance
Dominik Koll 200 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heats:-Semifinals:-Final:* WR = World Record; AS = Asian Record-References:...

1:47.81 NR 16 Q 1:47.87 13 Did not advance
Hunor Mate 100 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Schedule:All times are China Standard Time -Heats:-Semifinals:-Final:-References:...

1:00.93 NR 18 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place between August 12 and 14 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.Seven...

2:11.56 21 Did not advance
Maxim Podoprigora
Maxim Podoprigora
Maxim Podoprigora is an Austrian Olympic swimmer.He is Jewish, and was born in Kyiv, Ukraine.He studied at the University of Vienna in Vienna, Austria...

200 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke
The men's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place between August 12 and 14 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. This swimming event used the breaststroke. Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of four lengths of the pool.Seven...

2:14.43 35 Did not advance
Markus Rogan
Markus Rogan
Markus Antonius Rogan is an Austrian swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and a gold medal for 200 m backstroke at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester...

100 m backstroke
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heats:-Semifinals:-Final:...

54.22 13 Q 53.80 9 Did not advance
200 m backstroke
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
The record now stands as recorded below:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Swim-Off:-Final:-References:...

1:56.64 3 Q 1:56.34 3 Q 1:55.49 NR 4
Sebastian Stoss 200 m backstroke
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke
The record now stands as recorded below:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Swim-Off:-Final:-References:...

1:59.44 19 Did not advance
Dominik Koll
David Brandl
Florian Janistyn
Markus Rogan
Markus Rogan
Markus Antonius Rogan is an Austrian swimmer, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and a gold medal for 200 m backstroke at the 2008 World Championships in Manchester...

4×200 m freestyle 7:11.45 NR
Koll 1:47.72
Brandl 1:46.45
Janistyn 1:50.48
Rogan 1:46.80
9 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nina Dittrich 200 m butterfly
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:-References:...

2:09.85 NR 17 Did not advance
Mirna Jukić
Mirna Jukic
Mirna Jukić is an retired former Austrian swimmer of Croatian origin who won a bronze medal in both short course and long course at the world championships in swimming. She is trained by her father Željko Jukić, a former basketball player...

100 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Schedule:All times are China Standard Time -Heats:-Semifinals:-Final:-References:...

1:07.06 ER 3 Q 1:07.27 3 Q 1:07.34
200 m breaststroke
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Semifinals:-Final:-References:...

2:24.39 3 Q 2:23.76 ER 3 Q 2:23.24 NR 4
Birgit Koschischek 100 m butterfly
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly
-Heats:Q = Qualified to Semifinal AS = Asian RecordAF = African Record...

59.07 NR 26 Did not advance
100 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.World record holder and current World Champion, Lisbeth Trickett, was the favourite to win gold on Day 6 of swimming competition...

55.62 NR 29 Did not advance
Jördis Steinegger 400 m individual medley
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heats:-Final:AF = African record-References:...

4:45.15 NR 26 Did not advance
200 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heats:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:-References:...

2:00.52 NR 26 Did not advance
400 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle
The Women's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 10–11 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. This swimming event used freestyle swimming, which means that the method of the stroke is not regulated . Nearly all swimmers use the front crawl or a variant of...

4:09.72 NR 16 Did not advance
800 m freestyle
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle
The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.During the competition, Rebecca Adlington broke the Olympic Record in a preliminary heat...

8:36.40 NR 22 Did not advance


Mirna Jukić's European record for 100 m breaststroke was broken just two heats later by Yuliya Yefimova. Jukic's European record for 200 m breaststroke was broken in the final by Sara Nordenstam
Sara Nordenstam
Sara Maria Evelina Nordenstam is a Norwegian swimmer. Nordenstam was born to Swedish parents and lived in Sweden until she was 10, after which she moved to Oslo. From 2004 she is a naturalised citizen of Norway....

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Synchronized swimming

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine (preliminary) Free routine (final)
Points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank Points Rank Total points Rank
Nadine Brandl
Elisabeth Mahn
Duet
Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's duet
The women's duet synchronized swimming event at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from August 18 to 20, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center....

41.250 21 41.167 22 82.417 22 Did not advance

Athletics

Men
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Günther Weidlinger
Günther Weidlinger
Günther Weidlinger is an Austrian long-distance runner who is a former 3000 metres steeplechase specialist but now competes in the marathon....

10000m 28:14.38 27
Gerhard Mayer
Gerhard Mayer
Gerhard Mayer is a male discus thrower from Austria.He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he ended up in 18th place in the overall-rankings. Mayer is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's discus event at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok,...

Discus 61.32 18 Did not advance


Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Eva-Maria Gradwohl Marathon 2:44:24 57

Flatwater

Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yvonne Schuring
Yvonne Schuring
Yvonne Schuring is an Austrian sprint canoer who competed in the late 2000s. She won a bronze in the K-2 500 m event at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań....

 
Viktoria Schwarz
Viktoria Schwarz
Viktoria "Vicki" Schwarz is an Austrian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. She won two medals in the K-2 500 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 2005 and a bronze in 2010....

K-2 500 m
Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's K-2 500 metres
The women's K-2 500 metres competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics will take place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-2 event is raced in two-person kayaks....

1:46.980 5 1:44.834 3 1:44.965 9

Slalom

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final Total Rank
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Helmut Oblinger
Helmut Oblinger
Helmut Oblinger is an Austrian slalom canoer who has competed since the mid 1990s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 event at the 2003 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Augsburg....

K-1
Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom K-1
The men's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 11 and 12 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 event was raced by one-man kayaks through a whitewater course....

86.21 10 85.54 7 171.75 6 88.69 9 90.14 6 178.83 7


Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final Total Rank
Run 1 Rank Run 2 Rank Total Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Violetta Oblinger-Peters
Violetta Oblinger-Peters
Violetta Oblinger-Peters is a German-born, Austrian slalom canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K-1 event at Beijing in 2008....

K-1
Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1
The women's K-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 13 and August 15, 2008 at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing. The K-1 event is raced by one-person kayaks through a whitewater course...

97.27 6 99.44 7 196.71 6 110.65 5 104.12 3 214.77

Cycling

Mountain biking

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Christoph Soukup Cross-country
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's cross-country
The men's cross-country at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 23 at the Laoshan Mountain Bike Course.This event is a mass-start contest consisting of multiple laps around the course. Only a final is held, with the first cyclist to the finish line being the winner...

2:00:11 6


Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Elisabeth Osl Cross-country
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's cross-country
The women's cross-country at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place at the Laoshan Mountain Bike Course on August 23 at 10:00 .The event was a mass-start contest consisting of multiple laps around the course. Only a final was held, with the first cyclist to the finish line, after six laps of the...

1:51:39 11

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Christian Pfannberger
Christian Pfannberger
Christian Pfannberger is an Austrian former professional road racing cyclist. He was a two-time Austrian national road-race champion . Other achievements included winning the U23 National Championship in 2001 and the Giro del Capo, a stage race in South Africa in 2008...

Road race
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race
The men's road race, a part of the cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, took place on August 9 at the Urban Road Cycling Course in Beijing. It started at 11:00 China Standard Time , and was scheduled to last until 17:30 later that day...

6h 26' 17 (+2:28) 23rd
Thomas Rohregger
Thomas Rohregger
Thomas Rohregger is an Austrian professional road bicycle racer. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam Leopard Trek.-Palmarès:2006...

Road race
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's road race
The men's road race, a part of the cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, took place on August 9 at the Urban Road Cycling Course in Beijing. It started at 11:00 China Standard Time , and was scheduled to last until 17:30 later that day...

6h 26' 25 (+2:36) 39th


Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Monika Schachl Road race
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road race
The women's road race was one of the cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. It took place on 10 August 2008, featuring 66 women from 33 countries. It was the seventh appearance of an Olympic women's road race event and featured a longer course than any of the previous six races...

3h 36' 37 (+4:13) 46th
Christiane Soeder
Christiane Soeder
Christiane Soeder is a German-born Austrian road racing cyclist and former duathlete who now lives in Vienna. She finished 4th in Olympic road race with a time of 3h 32′ 28...

Road race
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road race
The women's road race was one of the cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. It took place on 10 August 2008, featuring 66 women from 33 countries. It was the seventh appearance of an Olympic women's road race event and featured a longer course than any of the previous six races...

3h 32' 28 (+0:04) 4th
Time trial
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial
The Women's road time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 13 at the Urban Road Cycling Course. Of the 25 women competing in the event, the medal hopefuls included Karin Thürig , Judith Arndt and Hanka Kupfernagel , Marianne Vos , Christiane Soeder , and road race gold medalist...

36' 20 (+1:29) 7th

Equestrian

Dressage
Athlete Horse Event Round 1 Round 2 Final
Score Rank Score Rank Total Score Rank Score Rank Total Score Rank
Victoria Max-Theurer Falcao Old Individual
Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage
The individual dressage at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 14 and 19, at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.The first round of the individual dressage competition is the same FEI Grand Prix Test used for the team dressage event. The Grand Prix Test consists of a battery of required...

65.333 27 Did not advance


Victoria Max-Theurer will perform a routine to freestyle music produced by Michael Erdmann (Germany).

Eventing
Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Harald Ambros Quick 2 Individual
Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Individual eventing
The individual eventing at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place between August 9 and 12 2008 at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.Individual eventing consisted of four phases: dressage, cross-country, and two phases of show-jumping...

55.7 51 Withdrew


Harald Ambros withdrew after the dressage competition because his horse suffered from an injury.

Fencing

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Roland Schlosser
Roland Schlosser
Roland Schlosser is a Austrian fencer. He competed in the individual foil events at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.-References:...

Individual foil
Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's foil
The men's foil fencing competition at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 13 at the Olympic Green Convention Centre.The foil competition consisted of a five-round single-elimination bracket with a bronze medal match between the two semifinal losers...


W 15-9

L 8-15
Did not advance

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Rope Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Rope Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Caroline Weber Individual
Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic individual all-around
Women's rhythmic individual all-around competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.There were two rounds of competition in the individual competition. In each round, competing gymnasts performed four routines. One routine was performed with...

16.125 15.875 16.250 15.925 64.175 17 Did not advance

Judo

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals First repechage round Repechage quarterfinals Repechage semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ludwig Paischer
Ludwig Paischer
Ludwig Paischer is an Austrian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com* on Judovision.org...

−60 kg
Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg
-Mat 1:-Mat 2:-Repechage:-Final ranking:...


W 1010-0000

W 0002-0001

W 0020-0000

W 1001-0000
Repechage not needed
L 0000-1000


Women
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals First repechage
round
Repechage
quarterfinals
Repechage
semifinals
Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Sabrine Filzmoser −57 kg
Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg
The Women's 57 kg Judo competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 11 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.Preliminary rounds started at 12:00 Noon CST....


L 0001-1001
Did not advance
Claudia Heill
Claudia Heill
Claudia Heill was an Austrian judoka best known for winning the silver medal in the half-middleweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Biography:...

−63 kg
Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 63 kg
The Women's 63 kg Judo competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 12 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.Preliminary rounds started at 12:00 Noon CST....


W 1011-0100

L 0001-0010
Did not advance
W 1010-0010

W 0030-0001

L 0001-0110
Did not advance

Sailing

Men
Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Medal
Andreas Geritzer
Andreas Geritzer
Andreas Geritzer is an Austrian sailor in the Laser class.At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney he finished fifth, four years later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he won the Silver medal....

Laser
Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Laser class
Men's Laser class competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place from August 12 to 19 in Qingdao, at the Qingdao International Marina. 43 sailors competed in this Laser dinghy competition....

28 6 2 30 20 44
BFD
44
DNS
18 9 CAN Did not advance 157 19
Florian Reichstädter
Matthias Schmid
470
Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 470 class
Men's 470 class competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place between August 11 and 18 in Qingdao, at the Qingdao International Marina. 29 pairs competed in this 470 dinghy competition....

24 19 25 24 14 24 24 5 19 11 Did not advance 164 24
Christian Nehammer 
Hans Spitzauer
Star
Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Star class
Star class competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place in Qingdao, at Qingdao International Marina.The ten preliminary races took place in the afternoons of August 15–20...

14 10 11 6 14 4 12 4 12 14 Did not advance 87 12

BFD - Black flag disqualification (scores one point higher than the number of boats in the race)

DNS - Did not start (scores one point higher than the number of boats in the race)

CAN - Race cancelled

Women
Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Medal
Carolina Flatscher 
Sylvia Vogl
470
Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 470 class
Women's 470 class competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place between August 11 and 18 in Qingdao, at the Qingdao International Marina. 19 pairs competed in this 470 dinghy competition....

9 20
DSQ
13 7 1 7 1 13 6 11 16 84 8

DSQ - Disqualification (scores one point higher than the number of boats in the race)

Open
Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Medal
Nico Delle Karth 
Nikolaus Resch
49er
Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er class
The 49er class sailing competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place between the 10th and 17th of August in Qingdao, at the Qingdao International Marina. 19 teams of two sailors each competed in this 49er dinghy competition...

9 2 14 8 13 7 5 7 7 13 5 1 CAN CAN CAN 22 99 8
Roman Hagara
Roman Hagara
Roman Hagara is an Austrian sailor in the Tornado class.Hagara, and his colleague Hans-Peter Steinacher won the Gold medal in the Tornado class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and successfully defended their title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.Hagara was the Flagbearer for the...


Hans-Peter Steinacher
Hans-Peter Steinacher
Hans-Peter Steinacher is an Austrian sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the Tornado Class with Roman Hagara at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. They won the gold medal again at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:...

Tornado
Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado class
Tornado class competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place between August 15 and August 21 in Qingdao, at the Qingdao International Marina. 15 teams of two sailors each competed in this Tornado sailboat competition....

12 10 14 10 11 3 3 9 5 5 - - - - - 14 82 9

CAN - Race cancelled

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Score Rank Score Total
Thomas Farnik
Thomas Farnik
Thomas Farnik, born 6 January 1967 in Vienna, is an Austrian rifle shooter.He was twelve years old when his father introduced him to shooting. He started with a rifle, and his father remained involved with his early training....

10 m air rifle
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle
-Qualification round:Q Qualified for final-Final:...

594 10 Did not advance 10
50 m rifle
three positions
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
-Prone position:-Standing position:-Kneeling position:-Combined qualification results:DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final-Final:...

1171 7 97.9 1268.9 5
Christian Planer 10 m air rifle
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle
-Qualification round:Q Qualified for final-Final:...

589 30 Did not advance 30
50 m rifle prone
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone
-Qualification round:Q Qualified for final-Final:...

588 41 Did not advance 41
Mario Knögler 50 m rifle prone
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle prone
-Qualification round:Q Qualified for final-Final:...

590 30 Did not advance 30
50 m rifle
three positions
Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
-Prone position:-Standing position:-Kneeling position:-Combined qualification results:DNS Did not start – Q Qualified for final-Final:...

1170 8 98.4 1268.4 6

Table tennis

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Chen Weixing
Chen Weixing
Chen Weixing is an Austrian table tennis player of Chinese origin. He has played for SVS Lower Austria for several years....

Singles Bye
W 4-1

L 0-4
Did not advance
Robert Gardos Singles Bye
W 4-3

L 2-4
Did not advance
Werner Schlager
Werner Schlager
Werner Schlager is a former world champion table tennis player from Austria.-Career:Schlager began playing table tennis when he was six years old, learning from his father and brother who were also top Austrian players, making them ideal training partners...

Singles Bye
W 4-3

L 0-4
Did not advance



Team
Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team
The men's team table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme and took place between August 13 and 18, at the Peking University Gymnasium. Teams consisted of three members. The sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, playing a round-robin within their pool...



August 13 men's team Group A
3–0


August 14 men's team Group A
3–0
0–3

Team (Group A) Pts Pld W L GW GL
6 3 3 0 9 0
5 3 2 1 6 3
4 3 1 2 3 6
3 3 0 3 0 9


August 15 men's team bronze medal round 1
3–1


August 17 men's team bronze medal round 2
3–1


August 18 men's team bronze medal contest
1–3


Women
Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Li Qiangbing
Li Qiangbing
Li Qiangbing is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Austria.She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the fourth round of the singles competition. She also competed in the team competition....

Singles Bye
W 4-2

W 4-3

L 3-4
Did not advance
Liu Jia
Liu Jia
Liu Jia is a female Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Austria.- Early life :...

Singles Bye
L 1-4
Did not advance



Team
Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team
The women's team table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme and took place between August 13 and 17 at the Peking University Gymnasium. Teams consisted of three members. The sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, playing a round-robin within their pool...



August 13 women's team Group A
3–0
3–0


August 14 women's team Group A
0–3

Team (Group A) Pts Pld W L GW GL
6 3 3 0 9 0
5 3 2 1 6 3
4 3 1 2 3 7
3 3 0 3 1 9


August 15 women's team bronze medal round 1
0–3


All five singles players participated in the team events, with Veronika Heine
Veronika Heine
Veronika Heine is an Austrian table tennis player.She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, reaching the bronze medal playoff of the team competition.She was born in Vienna.-References:*...

 completing the women's team and Daniel Habesohn as a reserve for the men's team.

Tennis

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Opposition
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Score
Rank
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...

Singles
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles
The Men's Singles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt competition. Matches were in best-of-3 sets, except for the final which was in best-of-5 sets...


W 6-7(9), 6-1, 8-6

W 6-4, 6-0

W 6-2, 6-4

L 0-6, 4-6
Did not advance
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of no. 8 on 18 April 2011, and a doubles ranking of no. 6 on 13 September 2010. He is the only current player on the ATP Tour to be ranked in the top 10 in both singles and doubles. He is a left-handed tennis player, but...

 
Julian Knowle
Julian Knowle
----Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys double-handed. He is Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no...

Doubles
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Doubles
The Men's Doubles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 16 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre. The DecoTurf surface rendered the event a hardcourt tournament. Matches were best-of-3 sets, except for the final which was best-of-5 sets...



W 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-1


L 6-7(2), 4-6
Did not advance


Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Score
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Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer
Sybille Bammer is a former professional female tennis player from Austria. Her career high ranking is No. 19, achieved on 17 December 2007....

Singles
Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Singles
The Women's Singles tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 10 to August 17 at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre...


W 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

W 6-4, 6-4

W 7-5, 6-4

L 3-6, 6-3, 3-6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Men
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Cycling (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Simon Agoston Individual
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

18:20 24 0:30 59:00 32 0:31 35:02 38 1:53:23.98 38


Women
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Cycling (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kate Allen Individual
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

20:57 48 0:32 1:05:24 23 0:35 34:32 3 2:02:00.69 14
Eva Dollinger Individual
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

20:04 30 0:25 Did not finish
Tania Haiböck
Tania Haiböck
Tania Haiböck is an Austrian triathlete who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.In 2008 she finished 27th in the Olympic triathlon event.-External links:*...

Individual
Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Triathlon competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics, in Beijing, were held on Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 , on the Triathlon Venue at the Ming Tomb Reservoir in Shisanling....

21:03 52 0:28 1:05:22 22 0:33 36:37 20 2:04:03.16 27

Beach volleyball

Four Austrian beach volleyball teams had qualified for the Olympics, but the women's team Montagnolli - Swoboda was replaced by the Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 team Kuhn
Simone Kuhn
Simone Kuhn is a female professional beach volleyball player from Switzerland, who represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Partnering Nicole Schnyder-Benoit she claimed the gold medal at the 2004 European Championships in Timmendorfer Strand,...

 - Schwer
Lea Schwer
Lea Schwer is a Swiss beach volleyball player.About a week before the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, the Austrian team Montagnolli - Swoboda, pulled out of the competition, because of medical reasons...

, because of medical reasons. There are now three beach volley teams in the games:

Men
Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Lucky Loser round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Clemens Doppler
Clemens Doppler
Clemens Doppler is a beach volleyball player from Austria.He and team mate Peter Gartmayer represented Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China...


Peter Gartmayer
Peter Gartmayer
Peter Gartmayer is a beach volleyball player from Austria.He and team mate Robert Nowotny represented Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece...


No. 15 seeds
Doubles
W 2-1 (21-16, 18-21, 16-14)

W 2-1 (20-22, 21-19, 15-11)

W 2-0 (21-19, 24-22)
(Pool D)
1st

L 1-2 (21-19, 16-21, 13-15)
Did not advance
Florian Gosch
Florian Gosch
Florian Gosch is a beach volleyball player from Austria.He and team mate Nikolas Berger represented Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Gosch and team mate Alexander Horst represented Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.-External links:* * at the Beach...


Alexander Horst
Alexander Horst
Alexander Horst is a beach volleyball player from Austria. Horst found most success with partner Florian Gosch on the FIVB world Beach Volleyball Tour. A knee injury forced Florian Gosch into retirement in the fall of 2010....


No. 19 seeds
Doubles
L 0-2 (16-21, 15-21)

L 0-2 (14-21, 12-21)

W 2-1 (21-16, 18-21, 15-12)
(Pool A)
3rd

W 2-0 (21-11, 21-19)

W 2-0 (21-17, 21-18)

L 0-2 (20-22, 17-21)
Did not advance


Women
Athlete Event Pool game 1 Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Doris Schwaiger
Doris Schwaiger
Doris Schwaiger is a beach volleyball player from Austria.She is the sister of Stefanie Schwaiger, and they are the team Schwaiger - Schwaiger in international beach volleyball....


Stefanie Schwaiger
Stefanie Schwaiger
Stefanie Schwaiger is a beach volleyball player from Austria.She is the sister of Doris Schwaiger, and they are the team Schwaiger - Schwaiger in international beach volleyball....


No. 14 seeds
Doubles
W 2-0 (21-18, 21-18)

L 0-2 (18-21, 19-21)

W 2-0 (21-17, 21-10)
(Pool F)
2nd

W 2-1 (23-21, 11-21, 18-16)

L 0-2 (12-21, 12-21)
Did not advance
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