Austria at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Austria at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Austria at the; 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Seoul
Competitors	73 (66 men and 7 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Hubert Raudaschl
Medals; Ranked 29th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1
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 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 73 competitors, 66 men and 7 women, took part in 62 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Peter Seisenbacher	Judo	Men's 86 kg	29 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	9	1	10
Boxing	1	–	1
Cycling	7	0	7
Diving	2	0	2
Equestrian	2	0	2
Fencing	5	0	5
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	3	–	3
Modern pentathlon	1	–	1
Rowing	5	0	5
Sailing	8	0	8
Shooting	7	4	11
Swimming	6	0	6
Table tennis	2	0	2
Tennis	2	1	3
Weightlifting	1	–	1
Wrestling	5	–	5
Total	66	7	73

Athletics

Men's Long Jump

Andreas Steiner
- Qualification — 7.61m (→ did not advance)
Teddy Steinmayr
- Qualification — 7.36m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

Klaus Bodenmüller
- Qualifying Heat – 18.89m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

Johann Lindner
- Qualifying Heat — 76.60m
- Final — 75.36m (→ 10th place)

Men's Decathlon

Georg Werthner — 7753 points (→ 21st place)

100 metres — 11.52s
Long Jump — 7.36m
Shot Put — 13.93m
High Jump — 1.94m
400 metres — 49.99s
110m Hurdles — 15.64s
Discus Throw — 38.82m
Pole Vault — 4.60m
Javelin Throw — 67.04m
1.500 metres — 4:26.42s

Boxing

Cycling

Seven cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1988.

Men's road race

Men's team time trial

Men's team pursuit

Men's points race

Roland Königshofer

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Niki Stajković	3 m springboard	579.63	9 Q	570.60	9
Erich Pils	3 m springboard	532.19	19	Did not advance

Equestrianism

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1988.

Men's foil

Men's épée

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Austria in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Helmut Spannagl — 4833 pts (→ 36th place)

Men's Team Competition:

Spannagl — 4833 pts (→ 23rd place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Thomas Wallner	Division II	17	16	~~RET~~	10	7	11	1	91.0	11
Hans Spitzauer	Finn	~~DSQ~~	13	DSQ	3	12	YMP	14	119.7	15
Christian Binder Heimo Hecht	470	15	19	18	16	17	~~RET~~	RET	151.0	24

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Norbert Petschel Christian Claus	Tornado	2	11	8	5	4	2	4	46.0	4
Hubert Raudaschl Stephan Puxkandl	Star	13	~~RET~~	11	15	9	1	13	91.0	13

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Albert Deuring	50 m rifle prone	589	45	did not advance
Albert Deuring	10 m air rifle	581	34	did not advance
Hannes Gufler	50 m rifle three positions	1155	38	did not advance
Hannes Gufler	10 m air rifle	577	41	did not advance
Lothar Heinrich	50 m rifle three positions	1157	36	did not advance
Lothar Heinrich	50 m rifle prone	595	15	did not advance
Hans Hierzer	50 m pistol	550	32	did not advance
Hans Hierzer	10 m air pistol	565	40	did not advance
Horst Krasser	50 m pistol	543	38	did not advance
Horst Krasser	10 m air pistol	569	34	did not advance
Hermann Sailer	25 m rapid fire pistol	584	29	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Sylvia Baldessarini	50 m rifle three positions	578	16	did not advance
Sylvia Baldessarini	10 m air rifle	393	9	did not advance
Dorothee Deuring	50 m rifle three positions	576	20	did not advance
Christine Strahalm	25 m pistol	580	18	did not advance
Christine Strahalm	10 m air pistol	379	8 Q	472.6	8
Barbara Troger	10 m air rifle	383	33	did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Josef Hahnenkamp	Skeet	143	33	did not advance

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Markus Opatril
- Heat — 24.32 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Alexander Pilhatsch
- Heat — 24.42 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

Markus Opatril
- Heat — 52.66 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Stefan Opatril
- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 200m Freestyle

Alesander Placheta
- Heat — 1:56.11 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Thomas Böhm
- Heat — 1:04.96 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Thomas Böhm
- Heat — 2:24.15 (→ did not advance, 34th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

Reinhold Leitner
- Heat — 56.72 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

Reinhold Leitner
- Heat — 2:02.18 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Stefan Opatril, Markus Opatril, Alesander Placheta, and Alexander Pilhatsch
- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Table tennis

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

Barbara Paulus
1. First Round – Defeated Bettina Fulco (Argentina) 7-6 6–4
2. Second Round – Defeated Jana Novotná (Czechoslovakia) 6-4 6–3
3. Third Round – Lost to Zina Garrison (USA) 5-7 2-6