Austria at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Austria at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.oeoc.at (German)
in Helsinki
Competitors	112 in 16 sports
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 1 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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]

Medalists

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

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)

• Walter Bortel — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Franz Wimmer — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Arthur Mannsbarth — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Kurt Nemetz
  • Final — 1:17.5 (→ 21st place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

• Kurt Nemetz — 15th place

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

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

Men's 3m Springboard

• Anthony Turner
  • Final — 151.90 points (→ 7th place)
• Peter Heatly
  • Preliminary Round — 63.37 points (→ 16th place)
• Peter Elliott
  • Preliminary Round — 61.85 points (→ 20th place)

Women's 10m Platform

• Eva Pfarrhofer
  • Preliminary Round — 40.26 points (→ 9th place)

Fencing

Men's sabre

• Werner Plattner
• Heinz Lechner
• Hubert Loisel

Men's team sabre

• Werner Plattner, Heinz Putzl, Hubert Loisel, Heinz Lechner, Paul Kerb

Women's foil

• Ellen Müller-Preis
• Fritzi Wenisch-Filz
• Grete Kunz

Football

Gymnastics

Hockey

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Three shooters represented Austria in 1952.

50 m rifle, three positions

• Siegfried Gurschler
• Wilhelm Sachsenmaier

50 m rifle, prone

• Siegfried Gurschler
• Wilhelm Sachsenmaier

Trap

• Laszlo Szapáry

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

1. "Austria at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database