Austria at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Austria was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the Austrian Olympic Committee.

In total, 72 athletes including 56 men and 16 woman represented Austria in 15 different sports including athletics, badminton, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, judo, rhythmic gymnastics, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming, table tennis and tennis.

Austria won three medals at the games after Wolfram Waibel Jr. claimed silver in the men's 10 m air rifle and bronze in the men's 50 m rifle three positions and Theresia Kiesl claimed bronze in the women's 1,500 m.

Competitors

In total, 72 athletes represented Austria at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States across 15 different sports.

Medalists

Austria won three medals at the games after Wolfram Waibel Jr. claimed a silver and a bronze and Theresia Kiesl also won bronze.

Athletics

In total, 12 Austrian athletes participated in the athletics events – Thomas Ebner, Werner Edler-Muhr, Thomas Griesser, Theresia Kiesl, Sigrid Kirchmann, Martin Lachkovics, Elmar Lichtenegger, Mark McKoy, Lyudmila Ninova, Christoph Pöstinger, Herwig Röttl and Martin Schützenauer.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round

Men

Track & road events

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Women

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Field events

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Badminton

In total, one Austrian athlete participated in the badminton events – Hannes Fuchs in the men's singles.

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Canoeing

In total, three Austrian athletes participated in the canoeing events – Manuel Köhler and Helmut Oblinger in the men's C-1 and Ursula Profanter in the women's K-1 500 m.

Slalom

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Sprint

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Cycling

In total, nine Austrian athletes participated in the cycling events – Ernst Denifl in the men's cross-country, Tanja Klein in the women's road race, women's time trial and the Women's points race, Christian Meidlinger in the men's 1 km time trial, Harald Morscher, Peter Luttenberger, Werner Riebenbauer, Georg Totschnig and Peter Wrolich in the men's road race and Franz Stocher in the men's points race.

Road

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Track

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Mountain bike

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Diving

In total, two Austrian athletes participated in the diving events – Richard Frece in the men's 3 m springboard and the men's 10 m platform and Anja Richter in the women's 10 m platform.

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Equestrian

In total, five Austrian athletes participated in the equestrian events – Caroline Hatlapa in the individual dressage and Anton-Martin Bauer, Thomas Metzger, Helmut Morbitzer and Hugo Simon in the individual jumping and the team jumping.

Dressage

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Jumping

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Fencing

In total, three Austrian athletes participated in the fencing events – Marco Falchetto, Michael Ludwig and Joachim Wendt in the men's individual foil and the men's team foil.

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Gymnastics

In total, two Austrian athletes participated in the gymnastic events – Birgit Schielin and Nina Taborsky in the women's rhythmic individual all-around.

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Judo

In total, five Austrian athletes participated in the judo events – Sergei Klischin in the men's –86 kg category, Eric Krieger in the +95 kg category, Patrick Reiter in the men's –78 kg category, Thomas Schleicher in the men's –71 kg category and Mariela Spacek in the women's –66 kg category.

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Rowing

In total, 13 Austrian athletes participated in the rowing events – Hermann Bauer and Andreas Nader in the men's coxless pair, Gernot Faderbauer, Harald Hofmann, Martin Kobau and Christoph Schmölzer in the men's lightweight coxless four, Monika Felizeter and Karola Schustereder in the women's lightweight double sculls, Arnold Jonke and Christoph Zerbst in the men's double sculls, Horst Nußbaumer in the men's single sculls, Walter Rantasa, Wolfgang Sigl in the men's lightweight double sculls.

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Sailing

In total, six Austrian athletes participated in the sailing events – Andreas Hagara and Florian Schneeberger in the tornado, Andreas Hanakamp and Hubert Raudaschl in the star, Hans Spitzauer in the finn and Franz Urlesberger in the laser.

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Open

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Shooting

In total, three Austrian athletes participated in the shooting events – Thomas Farnik, Dieter Grabner and Wolfram Waibel Jr.

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Swimming

In total, four Austrian athletes participated in the swimming events – Judith Draxler in the women's 50 m freestyle and the women's 100 m freestyle, Elvira Fischer in the women's 200 m breaststroke, Martina Nemec in the women's 400 m freestyle, women's 200 m individual medley and the women's 400 m individual medley and Vera Lischka in the women's 100 m breaststroke.

<small>Key: FA - Qualify to A final (medal)</small>

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Table tennis

In total, four Austrian athletes participated in the table tennis events – Karl Jindrak, Qian Qianli, Werner Schlager and Ding Yi.

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Tennis

In total, one Austrian athletes participated in the tennis events – Judith Wiesner in the women's singles.

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