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. 147 competitors, 115 men and 32 women, took part in 79 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

;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 *OR = Olympic record *N/A = Round not applicable for the event *Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round *NP = Not placed ;Men ;Field Events ;Women ;Track & road events ;Women ;Field events

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eight cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1948. ; Individual road race * Rudi Valenta * Hans Goldschmid * Siegmund Huber * Josef Pohnetal ; Team road race * Rudi Valenta * Hans Goldschmid * Siegmund Huber * Josef Pohnetal ; Sprint * Erich Welt ;

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

* Walter Freitag ;

Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

* Kurt Nemetz * Erich Welt ;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Walter Freitag * Hans Goldschmid * Josef Pohnetal * Heinrich Schiebel

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Austria in 1948. ; Men's sabre *

Hubert Loisel Hubert Loisel (23 April 1912 – 24 February 1999) was an Austrian fencer. He competed at the 1936, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially know ...

* Heinz Putzl * Werner Plattner ; Men's team sabre * Werner Plattner, Heinz Putzl,

Heinz Lechner Heinz Lechner (26 April 1928 – 4 November 2020) was an Austrian fencer. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Gam ...

; Women's foil * Ellen Müller-Preis *

Fritzi Wenisch-Filz Friedrieke Wenisch-Filz (27 August 1907 – 22 July 1981) was an Austrian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1936, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, ...

Gabriele Zeilinger Gabriele Zeilinger (15 November 1917 – 6 July 2011) was an Austrian fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also kn ...

Football

Head coach:

Eduard Frühwirth Eduard "Edi" Frühwirth (17 November 1908 – 27 February 1973) was an Austrian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally ...

Gymnastics

Women's team all-around * Gretchen Hehenberger

Hockey

Head coach:

Rowing

Austria had seven male rowers participate in two out of seven

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically atta ...

events in 1948. ; Men's coxless pair * Gert Watzke * Kurt Watzke ; Men's coxed four * Erwin Bittmann * Karl Sitter * Franz Frauneder * Theodor Obrietan * Karl Riedel (cox)

Sailing

;Open

Shooting

Three shooters represented Austria in 1948. ;Men

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

Mixed literature, epic works

:* Hans Breidbach-Bernau

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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