Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Austria at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Austria at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Beijing
Competitors	70 in 14 sports
Flag bearers	Hans-Peter Steinacher (opening); Ludwig Paischer (closing)
Medals; Ranked 61st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Austria sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Medalists

Violetta Oblinger-Peters (left), Ludwig Paischer (center) and Mirna Jukić (right)

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Ludwig Paischer	Judo	Men's 60 kg
Bronze	Mirna Jukić	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke
Bronze	Violetta Oblinger-Peters	Canoeing	Women's K-1

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Günther Weidlinger	10000 m	28:14.38	27

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Gerhard Mayer	Discus throw	61.32	18	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Eva-Maria Gradwohl	Marathon	2:44:24	57

Canoeing

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Total	Rank
Helmut Oblinger	Men's K-1	86.21	10	85.54	7	171.75	6 Q	88.69	9 Q	90.14	6	178.83	7
Violetta Oblinger-Peters	Women's K-1	97.27	6	99.44	7	196.71	6 Q	110.65	5 Q	104.12	3	214.77

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yvonne Schuring Viktoria Schwarz	Women's K-2 500 m	1:46.980	5 QS	1:44.834	3 Q	1:44.965	9

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christian Pfannberger	Men's road race	6:26:17	23
Thomas Rohregger	Men's road race	6:26:25	39
Monika Schachl	Women's road race	3:36:37	46
Christiane Soeder	Women's road race	3:32:28	4
Christiane Soeder	Women's time trial	36:20.75	7

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christoph Soukup	Men's cross-country	2:00:11	6
Elisabeth Osl	Women's cross-country	1:51:39	11

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Constantin Blaha	3 m springboard	407.55	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Veronika Kratochwil	3 m springboard	218.75	27	Did not advance
Anja Richter	10 m platform	287.70	22	Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Victoria Max-Theurer	Falcao Old	Individual	65.333	27	Did not advance

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Harald Ambros	Quick 2	Individual	55.70	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	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Roland Schlosser	Individual foil	Bye	Menendez (ESP) W 15–9	Cassarà (ITA) L 8–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Caroline Weber	Individual	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	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ludwig Paischer	−60 kg	Bye	Ahamdi (MAR) W 1010–0000	Fallon (GBR) W 0002–0001	Kim K-J (PRK) W 0020–0000	Dragin (FRA) W 1001–0000	Bye			Choi M-H (KOR) L 0000–1000

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sabrina Filzmoser	−57 kg	Kye S-H (PRK) L 0001–1001	Did not advance
Claudia Heill	−63 kg	Clark (GBR) W 1011–0100	González (CUB) L 0001–0010	Did not advance		Bye	Wang C-F (TPE) W 1010–0010	Barreto (VEN) W 0030–0001	Won O-I (PRK) L 0001–0110	5

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Andreas Geritzer	Laser	28	6	2	30	20	44 BFD	44	18	9	CAN	EL	157	19
Florian Reichstädter Matthias Schmid	470	24	19	25	24	14	24	24	5	19	11	EL	164	24
Christian Nehammer Hans Spitzauer	Star	14	10	11	6	14	4	12	4	12	14	EL	87	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Carolina Flatscher Sylvia Vogl	470	9	20 DSQ	13	7	1	7	1	13	6	11	16	84	8

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Nico Delle Karth Nikolaus Resch	49er	9	2	14	8	13	7	5	7	7	13	5	1	CAN	CAN	CAN	22	99	8
Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Tornado	12	10	14	10	11	3	3	9	5	5	—					14	82	9

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Thomas Farnik	10 m air rifle	594	10	Did not advance
Thomas Farnik	50 m rifle 3 positions	1171	7 Q	1268.9	5
Mario Knögler	50 m rifle prone	590	30	Did not advance
Mario Knögler	50 m rifle 3 positions	1170	8 Q	1268.4	6
Christian Planer	10 m air rifle	589	30	Did not advance
Christian Planer	50 m rifle prone	588	41	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Brandl	400 m freestyle	3:48.63 NR	20	—		Did not advance
Florian Janistyn	1500 m freestyle	15:12.46 NR	21	—		Did not advance
Dinko Jukić	200 m butterfly	1:55.96	12 Q	1:55.65 NR	10	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:00.57	16 Q	2:00.98	16	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:15.48 NR	15	—		Did not advance
Dominik Koll	200 m freestyle	1:47.81 NR	16 Q	1:47.87	13	Did not advance
Hunor Mate	100 m breaststroke	1:00.93 NR	18	Did not advance
Hunor Mate	200 m breaststroke	2:11.56	21	Did not advance
Maxim Podoprigora	200 m breaststroke	2:14.43	35	Did not advance
Markus Rogan	100 m backstroke	54.22	13 Q	53.80	9	Did not advance
Markus Rogan	200 m backstroke	1:56.64	3 Q	1:56.34	3 Q	1:55.49 NR	4
Sebastian Stoss	200 m backstroke	1:59.44	19	Did not advance
Dominik Koll David Brandl Florian Janistyn Markus Rogan	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:11.45 NR	9	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nina Dittrich	200 m butterfly	2:09.85 NR	17	Did not advance
Mirna Jukić	100 m breaststroke	1:07.06	3 Q	1:07.27	3 Q	1:07.34
Mirna Jukić	200 m breaststroke	2:24.39	3 Q	2:23.76	3 Q	2:23.24 NR	4
Birgit Koschischek	100 m freestyle	55.62 NR	29	Did not advance
Birgit Koschischek	100 m butterfly	59.07 NR	26	Did not advance
Jördis Steinegger	200 m freestyle	2:00.52 NR	26	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:09.72 NR	16	—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:36.40 NR	22	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:45.15 NR	26	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Nadine Brandl Elisabeth Mahn	Duet	41.250	21	41.167	82.417	22	Did not advance

Table tennis

All five singles players participated in the team events, with Veronika Heine completing the women's team and Daniel Habesohn as a reserve for the men's team.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chen Weixing	Men's singles	Bye		Kamal (IND) W 4–1	Wang H (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Robert Gardos		Bye	Ri C-G (PRK) W 4–3	Primorac (CRO) L 2–4	Did not advance
Werner Schlager		Bye			Yoon J-Y (KOR) W 4–3	Wang Lq (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Li Qiangbing	Women's singles	Bye		Tan (ITA) W 4–2	Wu Jd (GER) W 4–3	Tie Y N (HKG) L 3–4	Did not advance
Liu Jia	Women's singles	Bye			Li J (NED) L 1–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chen Weixing Robert Gardos Werner Schlager	Men's team	Group A China (CHN) L 0 – 3 Greece (GRE) W 3 – 0 Australia (AUS) W 3 – 0	2	Did not advance	Croatia (CRO) W 3 – 1	Japan (JPN) W 3 – 1	South Korea (KOR) L 1 – 3	Did not advance	4
Veronika Heine Li Qiangbing Liu Jia	Women's team	Group A China (CHN) L 0 – 3 Croatia (CRO) W 3 – 0 Dominican Republic (DOM) W 3 – 0	2	Did not advance	Japan (JPN) L 0 – 3	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jürgen Melzer	Men's singles	Daniel (BRA) W 6–7^(9–11), 6–1, 8–6	Wawrinka (SUI) W 6–4, 6–0	Lu Y-H (TPE) W 6–2, 6–4	Nadal (ESP) L 0–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	Men's doubles	—	Kiefer / Schüttler (GER) W 6–7^(3–7), 6–3, 6–1	B Bryan / M Bryan (USA) L 6–7^(2–7), 4–6	Did not advance
Sybille Bammer	Women's singles	Medina Garrigues (ESP) W 6–2, 4–6, 6–4	Schnyder (SUI) W 6–4, 6–4	Šafářová (CZE) W 7–5, 6–4	Zvonareva (RUS) L 3–6, 6–3, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Simon Agoston	Men's	18:20	0:30	59:00	0:31	35:02	1:53:23.98	38
Kate Allen	Women's	20:57	0:32	1:05:24	0:35	34:32	2:02:00.69	14
Eva Dollinger		20:04	0:25	Did not finish
Tania Haiböck		21:03	0:28	1:05:22	0:33	36:37	2:04:03.16	27

Volleyball

Beach

Four Austrian beach volleyball teams had qualified for the Olympics, but the women's team Montagnolli - Swoboda was replaced by the Swiss team Kuhn - Schwer, because of medical reasons.^[1] There are now three beach volley teams in the games:

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Clemens Doppler Peter Gartmayer	Men's	Pool D Barsouk – Kolodinsky (RUS) W 2 – 1 (21–16, 18–21, 16–14) Araújo – Luiz (BRA) W 2 – 1 (20–22, 21–19, 15–11) Amore – Lione (ITA) W 2 – 0 (21–19, 24–22)	1 Q	Geor – Gia (GEO) L 1 – 2 (21–19, 16–21, 13–15)	Did not advance
Florian Gosch Alexander Horst	Men's	Pool A Wu – Xu (CHN) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 15–21) Herrera – Mesa (ESP) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 12–21) Kais – Vesik (EST) W 2 – 1 (21–16, 18–21, 15–12) Lucky Losers Heyer - Heuscher (SUI) W 2 – 0 (21–11, 21–19)	3 Q	Pļaviņš – Samoilovs (LAT) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–18)	Araújo – Luiz (BRA) L 0 – 2 (20–22, 17–21)	Did not advance
Doris Schwaiger Stefanie Schwaiger	Women's	Pool A Arvaniti – Karantasiou (GRE) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–18) Talita – Renata (BRA) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21) Candelas – García (MEX) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–10)	2 Q	Goller – Ludwig (GER) W 2 – 1 (23–21, 11–21, 18–16)	Tian J – Wang J (CHN) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 12–21)	Did not advance