Austria at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 112 competitors, 91 men and 21 women, took part in 70 events in 16 sports.[1]

Austria at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.oeoc.at (in German)
in Helsinki
Competitors112 in 16 sports
Flag bearer Willi Welt
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event
  Silver Gertrude Liebhart Canoeing Women's K-1 500m
  Bronze Maximilian Raub
Herbert Wiedermann
Canoeing Men's K-2 1000m

Athletics edit

Boxing edit

Canoeing edit

Cycling edit

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Diving edit

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Franz Worisch
    • Preliminary Round — 67.18 points (→ 10th place)

Women's 10m Platform

Fencing edit

Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil

Football edit

Finland  3–4  Austria
Stolpe   11', 34'
Rytkönen   36'
Report Gollnhuber   8' (pen.), 30'
Stumpf   59'
Grohs   79'
Attendance: 33,053
Referee: William Ling (GBR)

Sweden  3–1  Austria
Sandberg   80'
Brodd   85'
Rydell   87'
Report Grohs   40'
Attendance: 12,564
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)

Gymnastics edit

Hockey edit

Rowing edit

Austria had four male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1952.[2]

Men's coxless four

Sailing edit

Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Wolfgang Erndl Finn DSQ 4 9 16 4 15 3 4273 5
Harald Musil
Harald Fereberger
Star 16 15 18 8 13 8 14 2260 14

Shooting edit

Three shooters represented Austria in 1952.

Men
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Siegfried Gurschler 50 m rifle, three positions 1145 17
50 m rifle, prone 396 18
Wilhelm Sachsenmaier 50 m rifle, three positions 1140 19
50 m rifle, prone 396 23
Laszlo Szapáry Trap 178 22

Swimming edit

Water polo edit

Weightlifting edit

Wrestling edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Austria at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Austria Rowing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2018.

External links edit