Austria at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Austria at the
1972 Winter Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympia.at (in German)
in Sapporo
Competitors40 (29 men, 11 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerManfred Schmid (luge)
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Austria competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Beatrix Schuba Figure skating Ladies singles
 Silver Annemarie Moser-Proll Alpine skiing Women's downhill
 Silver Annemarie Moser-Proll Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
 Bronze Wiltrud Drexel Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
 Bronze Heinrich Messner Alpine skiing Men's downhill

Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Reinhard Tritscher Downhill 1:58.05 31
Josef Loidl 1:53.71 9
Karl Cordin 1:53.32 7
Heini Meßner 1:52.40 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Josef Loidl Giant slalom 1:36.26 25 1:38.39 7 3:14.65 12
Werner Bleiner 1:34.18 15 1:41.78 22 3:15.96 18
Reinhard Tritscher 1:32.51 5 1:39.88 14 3:12.39 8
David Zwilling 1:32.34 4 1:39.98 15 3:12.32 7
Men's slalom
Athlete Classification Final
Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Alfred Matt DSQ – 58.44 19 55.24 12 1:53.68 14
Josef Loidl 1:44.27 2 58.60 20 DNF – DNF –
Reinhard Tritscher 1:44.06 3 59.43 22 DSQ – DSQ –
David Zwilling bye 57.30 11 54.67 8 1:51.97 7
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Monika Kaserer Downhill 1:42.59 30
Brigitte Totschnig 1:40.73 15
Bernadette Rauter 1:39.84 9
Annemarie Moser-Pröll 1:37.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gertrud Gabl Giant slalom DNF –
Monika Kaserer 1:33.42 13
Wiltrud Drexel 1:32.35 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Annemarie Moser-Pröll 1:30.75 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Wiltrud Drexel Slalom DNF – – – DNF –
Gertrud Gabl 47.80 11 DNF – DNF –
Monika Kaserer 47.59 9 46.77 5 1:34.36 7
Annemarie Moser-Pröll 47.20 6 46.83 6 1:34.03 5

Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
AUT-1 Herbert Gruber
Josef Oberhauser 		Two-man 1:16.48 6 1:16.34 5 1:14.44 9 1:14.34 6 5:01.60 8
AUT-2 Werner Delle Karth
Fritz Sperling 		Two-man 1:16.99 10 1:17.91 18 1:15.84 20 1:14.61 8 5:05.35 13
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
AUT-1 Herbert Gruber
Utz Chwalla
Josef Eder
Josef Oberhauser 		Four-man 1:11.20 4 1:12.46 10 1:11.11 8 1:11.00 5 4:45.77 6
AUT-2 Werner Delle Karth
Werner Moser
Walter Delle Karth
Fritz Sperling 		Four-man 1:11.58 8 1:12.46 10 1:11.16 10 1:11.46 10 4:46.66 7

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Herbert Wachter 49:44.13 42
Heinrich Wallner 49:17.97 38
30 km Josef Hauser DNF –
Heinrich Wallner 1'48:05.42 48
Herbert Wachter 1'44:45.67 33
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Herbert Wachter
Josef Hauser
Ulli Öhlböck
Heinrich Wallner 		DNF –

Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Günter Anderl 14 16 2313.6 138 15
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Sonja Balun 17 17 2260.6 148 17
Beatrix Schuba 1 7 2751.5 9 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Franz Schachner 54.67 23 54.38 24 53.40 24 53.17 18 3:35.62 23
Rudolf Schmid 54.33 20 53.93 18 52.74 17 52.76 14 3:33.76 16
Josef Feistmantl 53.18 10 53.11 9 52.52 13 52.51 11 3:31.32 10
Manfred Schmid 53.06 7 52.80 8 52.19 7 52.00 6 3:30.05 7

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Manfred Schmid
Ewald Walch 		44.92 7 44.83 6 1:29.75 7
Rudolf Schmid
Franz Schachner 		45.37 10 45.31 9 1:30.68 9
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Margit Graf 46.89 16 46.92 18 46.25 15 46.23 19 3:06.29 16
Antonia Mayr 46.15 12 46.36 11 45.97 11 46.12 17 3:04.60 14
Angelika Schafferer 46.00 11 46.41 13 45.94 10 45.71 14 3:04.06 11

Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Ulli Öhlböck Individual 63.0 67.5 150.9 33 53:59.5 169.810 35 320.710 37

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Max Golser Normal hill 73.0 95.5 73.5 100.3 195.8 36
Reinhold Bachler 73.5 100.3 73.5 101.3 201.6 29
Rudi Wanner 77.0 104.4 74.0 100.6 205.0 26
Rudi Wanner Large hill 79.0 69.6 83.0 82.7 152.3 46
Max Golser 86.0 84.9 78.0 68.7 153.6 43
Reinhold Bachler 88.5 88.9 89.5 90.3 179.2 24

Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Otmar Braunecker 42.14 23
1500 m Otmar Braunecker 2:14.88 31

References

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