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Austria At The 1912 Summer Olympics
Austria competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time. 85 competitors, 76 men and 6 women, took part in 46 events in 12 sports. Medalists Aquatics Swimming Eight swimmers competed for Austria at the 1912 Games. It was the fifth time the nation had competed in swimming, a sport in which Austria had competed at each Olympic Games. The team finished with a bronze medal, won in the women's relay event, for the third straight time that the Austrian swimming team had won precisely one bronze medal. None of the Austrian swimmers advanced to the finals in their individual events; only two reached the semifinals. The women's relay team was one of four to compete. A single race was held, in which the Austrian women came in third behind Great Britain and Germany but before the host Sweden. ; Men ; Women Water polo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austrian Olympic Committee
The Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC) (german: link=no, Österreichisches Olympisches Comité) is the non-profit organization representing Austrian athletes in the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The ÖOC also represents the selection of Austrian cities in their bid for being the site for an Olympic Games. ÖOC is headquartered in Vienna. History The Austrian Olympic Committee was created in 1908 and formally recognized by the IOC in 1912. List of presidents Member federations The Austrian National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 32 Olympic Summer and 6 Winter Sport Federations in Austria. See also *Austria at the Olympics References External links Official website Austria at the Olympics National Olympic Committees Oly Oly may refer to: * Oly, informal name for Olympia, Washington, United States * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Zborzil
Arthur Zborzil (15 July 1885 – 15 October 1937) was a male tennis player from Austria. At the 1912 Summer Olympics, 1912 Stockholm Olympics he teamed up with Felix Pipes to win a silver medal in the men's doubles event. Zborzil also competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he lost his first match in the singles event as well as his first match with Felix Pipes in the doubles event. References 1885 births 1937 deaths Austrian male tennis players Olympic tennis players of Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Tennis players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics {{Austria-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 Metre Breaststroke
The men's 400 metre breaststroke was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced (as the 440 yard breaststroke) in 1904. The competition was held from Monday July 8, 1912 to Friday July 12, 1912. Seventeen swimmers from ten nations competed. The final of the event was a rematch between the five swimmers who had competed in the final of the 200 metre race. Bathe won once again (and indeed, set a new Olympic record each time he raced in both breaststroke events), with Henning providing a stiff challenge in the semifinals. Neither Lützow nor Malisch were able to medal in the longer race, as Henning took silver and Courtman finished third. Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics. ''(*)'' 440 yards (= 402.34 m) In the first heat Thor Henning set a new Olympic record with 6:52.4 minutes. Only to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeno Von Singalewicz
Zeno ( grc, Ζήνων) may refer to: People * Zeno (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Philosophers * Zeno of Elea (), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, known for his paradoxes * Zeno of Citium (333 – 264 BC), founder of the Stoic school of philosophy * Zeno of Tarsus (3rd century BC), Stoic philosopher * Zeno of Sidon (1st century BC), Epicurean philosopher * Zeno of Rhodes (not later than 220 BC), historian and politician. Other persons of antiquity * Zeno of Caunus (3rd century BC), finance minister to the Ptolemies, whose papyri letters (the "Zenon archive") were discovered in the 20th century * Zeno (physician) (3rd and 2nd centuries BC), Greek physician * Zeno of Cyprus (4th century), Greek physician * Zeno of Gaza (died c. 362), early Christian martyr * Zeno of Verona (4th century), saint commemorated in the place name Basilica of San Zeno, Verona, Italy * Zeno the Hermit (4th century?) disciple of St. Basil and saint * Zeno (consul 44 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 Metre Freestyle
The men's 1500 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1908. At the 1904 and 1906 Olympics a one-mile freestyle contest was held. The competition was held from Saturday July 6, 1912 to Wednesday July 10, 1912. Nineteen swimmers from eleven nations competed. Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics. George Hodgson George Ritchie Hodgson (October 12, 1893 – May 1, 1983) was a Canadian competition swimmer of the early 20th century, and considered by many to be the greatest swimmer in Canadian history. Hodgson won the two longer freestyle swimming gold ... set a new world record with a 22:23.0 in the qualifying round and improved his own record in the final to 22:00.0. Results Quarterfinals The top two in each heat advanced along with the fastest loser overall. Quar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 Metre Freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third appearance of the event, which had been introduced in 1904. The competition was held from Thursday July 11, 1912 to Sunday July 14, 1912. Twenty-six swimmers from 13 nations competed. Records These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics. In the first heat Harold Hardwick set a new Olympic record with 5:36.0 minutes. In the fifth heat Cecil Healy improved the Olympic record with 5:34.0 minutes. In the first semi-final George Hodgson George Ritchie Hodgson (October 12, 1893 – May 1, 1983) was a Canadian competition swimmer of the early 20th century, and considered by many to be the greatest swimmer in Canadian history. Hodgson won the two longer freestyle swimming gold ... set a world record with 5:25.4 minutes and in the final he improved his record again with 5:24.4 minutes. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Schuh (swimmer)
Franz Schuh may refer to: * Franz Schuh (writer) (born 1947), Austrian novelist, literary critic and essayist * Franz Schuh (physician) (1804–1865), Austrian pathologist and surgeon * Franz Schuh (swimmer) Franz Schuh may refer to: * Franz Schuh (writer) (born 1947), Austrian novelist, literary critic and essayist * Franz Schuh (physician) Franz Schuh (17 October 1804, Scheibbs, Scheibbs District, Lower Austria – 22 December 1865) was an Austrian ... (1891–?), Austrian swimmer See also * Schuh (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Schuh, Franz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1912 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 Metre Freestyle Relay
The women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay was a swimming event held as part of the swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event, which along with the individual 100 metre freestyle marked the debut of women's Olympic swimming. Four teams entered the event: Australasia, whose swimmers finished first and second in the individual 100m freestyle, did not have any other women present to make a relay team, and a request for their swimmers to swim two legs each was rejected. Great Britain, with two of the individual finalists, won the gold. Germany took silver and Austria won bronze over the host Swedes Swedes ( sv, svenskar) are a North Germanic ethnic group native to the Nordic region, primarily their nation state of Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countr .... The competition was held on Monday July 15, 1912. Sixteen swimmers from four nations co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 1912 Summer Olympics
At the 1912 Summer Olympics, nine swimming events were contested. Swimming events were held in a 100 m course built in Stockholm harbor. For the first time, women's events were part of the Olympic swimming program. The competitions were held from Saturday July 6, 1912, to Friday July 12, 1912. There was a total of 120 participants from 17 countries competing. Medal table Medal summary Men's events Women's events Participating nations A total of 120 swimmers (93 men and 27 women) from 17 nations (men from 17 nations - women from 8 nations) competed at the Stockholm Games: * (men:7 women:2) * (men:3 women:5) * (men:4 women:1) * (men:1 women:0) * (men:1 women:0) * (men:4 women:2) * (men:3 women:0) * (men:13 women:4) * (men:12 women:6) * (men:1 women:0) * (men:8 women:0) * (men:2 women:0) * (men:4 women:1) * (men:4 women:0) * (men:1 women:0) * (men:18 women:6) * (men:7 women:0) References * * * {{Swimming at the Summer Olympics 1912 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berta Zahourek
Berta Zahourek-Blaha (January 3, 1896 in Vienna – June 14, 1967) was an Austrian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event, becoming the first Austrian woman to win an Olympic medal together with her teammates Margarete Adler, Klara Milch and Josephine Sticker Josephine Sticker (July 7, 1894 – September 10, 1963) was an Austrian freestyle swimmer, born in Vienna, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event, becoming the first A .... She also participated in the 100 metre freestyle competition but was eliminated in the first round. References 1896 births 1967 deaths Swimmers from Vienna Austrian female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Austria Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Austria Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Sticker
Josephine Sticker (July 7, 1894 – September 10, 1963) was an Austrian freestyle swimmer, born in Vienna, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event, becoming the first Austrian woman to win an Olympic medal together with her teammates Margarete Adler, Klara Milch and Berta Zahourek Berta Zahourek-Blaha (January 3, 1896 in Vienna – June 14, 1967) was an Austrian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event, becoming the first Austri .... Sticker also participated in the 100 metre freestyle competition, but was eliminated in the first round. See also * List of select Jewish swimmers References External linksProfileat jewsinsports.org 1894 births 1963 deaths Swimmers from Vienna Austrian female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Austria Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klara Milch
Klara Milch (May 24, 1891 – July 13, 1970) was an Austrian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She was Jewish. She was the first woman to represent Austria at the Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event, becoming the first Austrian woman to win an Olympic medal together with her teammates Margarete Adler, Josephine Sticker and Berta Zahourek Berta Zahourek-Blaha (January 3, 1896 in Vienna – June 14, 1967) was an Austrian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event, becoming the first Austria .... Milch also participated in the 100 metre freestyle competition but was eliminated in the first round. See also * List of select Jewish swimmers References External links Klara Milch's profile at Sports Reference.com 1891 births 1970 deaths Austrian female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Austria Swimmers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
