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Austria at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Austria at the; 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Helsinki
Competitors	112 in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Willi Welt
Medals; Ranked 32nd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
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 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	Gertrude Liebhart	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500m
Bronze	Maximilian 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)

Women's 10m Platform

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

Fencing

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

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

Women's foil

Football

19 July 1952
19:00

Finland	3–4	Austria
Stolpe 11', 34' Rytkönen 36'	Report	Gollnhuber 8' (pen.), 30' Stumpf 59' Grohs 79'

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 33,053

Referee: William Ling (GBR)

23 July 1952
19:00

Sweden	3–1	Austria
Sandberg 80' Brodd 85' Rydell 87'	Report	Grohs 40'

Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki

Attendance: 12,564

Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (ITA)

Gymnastics

Hockey

Rowing

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

Men's coxless four

Sailing

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
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

Three shooters represented Austria in 1952.

Men

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

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ "Austria at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ 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

[sports-reference-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.

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Austria at the 1952 Summer Olympics