Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece from 13 to 29 August 2004. 74 competitors, 54 men and 20 women, took part in 56 events in 18 sports.

Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympia.at (in German)
in Athens
Competitors	74 in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Roman Hagara[1]
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 1 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Sailing	Tornado class	August 28
Gold	Kate Allen	Triathlon	Women's tournament	August 25
Silver	Claudia Heill	Judo	Women's 63 kg	August 17
Silver	Markus Rogan	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	August 16
Silver	Markus Rogan	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	August 19
Silver	Andreas Geritzer	Sailing	Laser class	August 22
Bronze	Christian Planer	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	August 22

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Austrian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[2][3]

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	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Michael Buchleitner	Marathon	—		2:19:19	29
Martin Pröll	3000 m steeplechase	8:26.01	8	Did not advance
Günther Weidlinger	5000 m	13:29.32	11	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Roland Schwarzl	Result	10.98	7.49	14.01	1.94	49.76	14.25	42.43	5.10	56.32	4:33.56	8102	10
	Points	865	932	729	749	826	942	714	941	683	721

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Karin Mayr-Krifka	100 m	11.40	4 q	11.55	8	Did not advance
	200 m	22.81	5 q	23.19	7	Did not advance
Bettina Müller	100 m	11.39	4 q	11.50	7	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Austria entered one competitor in each of the men's and women's divisions of the individual kayak slalom event. Both qualified for the semifinals, but in that race neither was among the top ten that advanced to the final.

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Helmut Oblinger	Men's K-1	94.25	3	98.94	16	193.19	7 Q	98.02	13	Did not advance
Violetta Oblinger-Peters	Women's K-1	110.95	6	115.45	14	226.40	7 Q	117.09	12	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bernhard Eisel	Men's road race	Did not finish
Gerrit Glomser		5:45:21	51
Georg Totschnig		5:41:56	22
Gerhard Trampusch		5:41:56	30
Christiane Soeder	Women's road race	3:25:42	24

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Franz Stocher	Men's point race	9	0	17
Roland Garber Franz Stocher	Men's madison	8	–1	8

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christoph Soukup	Men's cross-country	2:22:50	15
Michael Weiss		2:30:14	32
Bärbel Jungmeier	Women's cross-country	2:09:22	14

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Marion Reiff	10 m platform	232.35	31	Did not advance
Anja Richter		302.16	17 Q	472.44	15	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Friedrich Gaulhofer	Wels	Individual	63.667	44	Did not advance
Peter Gmoser	Don Debussy		62.750	48	Did not advance
Victoria Max-Theurer	Falcao		68.667	20 Q	68.753	20	Did not advance
Nina Stadlinger	Egalité		67.375	26 Q	66.148	25	Did not advance
Friedrich Gaulhofer Peter Gmoser Victoria Max-Theurer Nina Stadlinger	See above	Team	—						66.570	8

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Harald Ambros	Miss Ferrari	Individual	54.00	33	7.20	61.20	27	8.00	69.20	27 Q	4.00	73.20	19	73.20	19
Margit Appelt	Ice On Fire		74.60 #	=71	162.20	236.80	71	35.00	271.80	68	Did not advance			271.80	68
Harald Riedl	Foxy XX		61.60 #	49	52.80	114.40	61	27.00	141.40	58	Did not advance			141.40	DSQ
Harald Siegl	Gigant 2		60.60	46	23.20	83.80	48	12.00	95.80	45	Did not advance			95.80	45
Andreas Zehrer	Raemmi Daemmi		60.40	=44	Eliminated			Did not advance
Harald Ambros Margit Appelt Harald Riedl Harald Siegl Andreas Zehrer	See above	Team	175.00	10	192.60	381.80	14	55.00	436.80	14	—			436.80	14

"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Christoph Marik	Individual épée	Bye	Karyuchenko (UKR) L 7–15	Did not advance
Roland Schlosser	Individual foil	Bye	Attely (FRA) L 14–15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ludwig Paischer	Men's −60 kg	Choi M-H (KOR) L 0001–1100	Did not advance
Claudia Heill	Women's −63 kg	Rousey (USA) W 0010–0000	Clark (GBR) W 1001–0001	Hong O-S (PRK) W 0100–0010	Žolnir (SLO) W 1000–0111	Bye			Tanimoto (JPN) L 0000–0200

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raphael Hartl	Single sculls	7:34.61	2 R	7:06.21	2 SA/B/C	6:58.67	5 FC	7:00.75	17
Juliusz Madecki Sebastian Sageder Wolfgang Sigl Bernd Wakolbinger	Lightweight four	5:54.07	3 SA/B	Bye		5:58.73	4 FB	6:22.85	10

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Andreas Hanakamp Hans Spitzauer	Star	12	14	7	16	14	16	9	3	5	11	6	97	13

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Andreas Geritzer	Laser	4	1	34	7	1	2	12	15	12	4	—					10	68
Nico Delle-Karth Nikolaus Resch	49er	5	13	11	6	5	14	6	17	13	4	15	8	13	4	12	8	122	10
Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Tornado	1	3	8	1	14	8	4	1	2	5	—					1	34

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Thomas Farnik	10 m air rifle	593	=12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1165	6 Q	1261.4	6
Mario Knögler	50 m rifle prone	592	=16	Did not advance
Christian Planer	10 m air rifle	593	=12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1167	3 Q	1262.8
Wolfram Waibel Jr.	50 m rifle prone	592	=16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Monika Haselsberger	10 m air rifle	396	=9*	Did not advance

* Lost in shoot-out

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Austrian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dominik Koll	200 m freestyle	1:51.36	26	Did not advance
Maxim Podoprigora	100 m breaststroke	1:03.08	25	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:14.31	13 Q	2:14.66	13	Did not advance
Markus Rogan	100 m backstroke	54.87	=4 Q	54.42	2 Q	54.35 NR
	200 m backstroke	1:58.06	3 Q	1:57.50	3 Q	1:57.35 NR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Judith Draxler	50 m freestyle	25.82	19	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	57.29	33	Did not advance
Mirna Jukić	100 m breaststroke	1:09.99	14 Q	1:10.06	14	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:28.28	9 Q	2:26.95	8 Q	2:26.36	7
Petra Zahrl	200 m butterfly	2:13.92	23	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chen Weixing	Men's singles	Bye	Henzell (AUS) W 4–0	Oh S-E (KOR) L 3–4	Did not advance
Werner Schlager		Bye		Li C (HKG) W 4–2	Boll (GER) L 3–4	Did not advance
Karl Jindrak Werner Schlager	Men's doubles	—	Bye		Maze / Tugwell (DEN) L 0–4	Did not advance
Liu Jia	Women's singles	Bye		Fujinuma (JPN) L 3–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tuncay Çalışkan	Men's −68 kg	Liango (CAF) W KO	Huang C-H (TPE) L 8–10	Did not advance	Hussein (EGY) L 4–8	Did not advance		7
Nevena Lukic	Women's −49 kg	Mochesane (LES) W 4–0	Carías (GUA) L 1–1 SUP	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jürgen Melzer	Men's singles	Spadea (USA) L 0–6, 1–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Norbert Domnik	Men's	19:34	0:17	1:04:19	0:23	35:20	1:59:13.25	37
Kate Allen	Women's	20:38	0:19	1:09:52	0:25	34:13	2:04:43.45
Eva Bramböck		20:32	0:21	1:09:55	0:25	39:52	2:10:19.60	28

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nikolas Berger Florian Gosch	Men's	Pool C  Bosma – Herrera (ESP) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 13–21)  Gartmayer – Nowotny (AUT) W 2 – 0 (21–17, 21–17)  M Laciga – P Laciga (SUI) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 19–21)	3	Did not advance
Peter Gartmayer Robert Nowotny		Pool C  M Laciga – P Laciga (SUI) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 14–21)  Berger – Gosch (AUT) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 17–21)  Bosma – Herrera (ESP) L 1 – 2 (16–21, 21–19, 11–15)	4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Matthias Steiner	Men's −105 kg	182.5	=11	222.5	=5	405.0	7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lubos Cikel	−60 kg	Jung Y-H (KOR) L 1–3 PP	Zakhartdinov (UZB) W 3–1 PP	Inoue (JPN) L 0–3 PO	3	Did not advance			8
Radovan Valach	−96 kg	Cormier (USA) L 0–3 PO	Bartnicki (POL) L 1–3 PP	—	3	Did not advance			19

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marina Gastl	−72 kg	Manyurova (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Schätzle (GER) L 1–3 PP	3	Did not advance			9