Austria at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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

Austria at the 1972 Winter Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Sapporo
Competitors	40 (29 men, 11 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Manfred Schmid (luge)
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

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

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
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
Gertrud Gabl	Giant slalom					DNF	–
Monika Kaserer						1:33.42	13
Wiltrud Drexel						1:32.35
Annemarie Moser-Pröll						1:30.75
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

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

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

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

Luge

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

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

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

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

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com