Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. 112 competitors, 91 men and 21 women, took part in 70 events in 16 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

;Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) * Walter Bortel — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Franz Wimmer — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Arthur Mannsbarth — did not finish (→ no ranking) ;Track Competition Men's 1.000m Time Trial * Kurt Nemetz ** Final — 1:17.5 (→ 21st place) Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race * Kurt Nemetz — 15th place

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Franz Worisch ** Preliminary Round — 67.18 points (→ 10th place) Women's 10m Platform * Eva Pfarrhofer ** Preliminary Round — 40.26 points (→ 9th place)

Fencing

; Men's sabre * Werner Plattner *

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 ...

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

, Paul Kerb ; Women's foil * Ellen Müller-Preis * Fritzi Wenisch-Filz * Grete Kunz

Football

----

Gymnastics

Hockey

Rowing

Austria had four male rowers participate in one 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 ...

events in 1952. ; Men's coxless four * Kurt Marz * Alexander Mitterhuber * Adolf Scheithauer * Johann Geiszler

Sailing

;Open

Shooting

Three shooters represented Austria in 1952. ;Men

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
{{Country at games navbox, Austria, Olympics Nations at the 1952 Summer Olympics

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

Summer Olympics