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

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, Spain. 102 competitors, 71 men and 31 women, took part in 68 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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Athletics

Men's 100m metres *

Andreas Berger Andreas Berger (born 9 June 1961 in Gmunden, Oberösterreich) is a former Austrian track and field sprinter, who ran in the 100m and 200m. In 1993 he tested positive for the banned steroid Metandienone, together with his teammates Franz Ratzen ...

** Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon * Helmut Schmuck — 2:23.38 (→ 47th place) Men's 50 km Walk * Stefan Wogerbauer — 4:17:25 (→ 26th place) Men's Hammer Throw * Johann Linder ** Qualification — 75.28 m ** Final — 75.14 m (→ 9th place) Men's Shot Put * Klaus Bodenmuller ** Qualification — 19.86 m ** Final — 20.48 m (→ 6th place) Women's High Jump * Sigrid Kirchmann ** Qualification — 1.92 m ** Final — 1.94 m (→ 5th place) Women's Long Jump * Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll ** Heat — 6.53 m (→ did not advance) Women's Discus Throw * Ursula Weber ** Heat — 51.62m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists, all men, represented Austria in 1992. ; Men's road race * Peter Luttenberger * Andreas Langl *

Georg Totschnig Georg Totschnig (born 25 May 1971) is an Austrian former road bicycle racer who raced professionally between 1993 and 2006. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 1997 and 2003. He also rode at three Olympic Games. Career In ...

; Men's 1 km time trial *

Christian Meidlinger Christian Meidlinger (born 5 September 1971) is an Austrian former Cycle sport, cyclist. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1971 births Living people Austrian male cyclis ...

; Men's points race *

Franz Stocher Franz Stocher (born 23 March 1969) is a former Austrian racing cyclist. A specialist of the track, he was the world champion in 2003 in the points race event. He competed at five Olympic Games. Palmares Track ;2002 :1st World Cup Madison (wit ...

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Niki Stajković ** Preliminary round – 339.75 points (→ did not advance, 22nd place) * Jürgen Richter ** Preliminary round – 336.78 points (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

; Men's foil *

Benny Wendt Benny Bernhard Heinz Wendt (born 4 November 1950) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Playing career Wendt started his career with IFK Norrköping in 1975. He later moved to 1. FC Köln, Tennis Borussia Ber ...

* Anatol Richter * Michael Ludwig ; Men's team foil *

, Anatol Richter, Michael Ludwig, Robert Blaschka, Merten Mauritz

Handball

Women's team competition

*Preliminary round (Group B) ** Austria – Spain 20-16 ** Austria – South Korea 27-27 ** Austria – Norway 17-19 *Classification Match ** 5th/6th place: Austria – United States 26-17 (→ Fifth place) *Team Roster ** Stanka Bozovic **

Slavica Đukić Slavica Đukić ( sr-cyrl, Славица Ђукић, german: Slavica Djukic, born 7 January 1960 in Veliko Gradište, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a former Yugoslav/Austrian handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics, in the 19 ...

** Jadranka Jez ** Kerstin Jönsson ** Leona Kloud **

Jasna Kolar-Merdan Jasna Kolar-Merdan (born 19 October 1956 in Mostar) is a former Bosnian and Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 1980 she won the silver medal w ...

** Sandra Mamoli ** Edith Matei ** Iris Morhammer ** Nicole Peissl ** Karin Prokop ** Marianna Racz ** Natali Rusnatchenko ** Barbara Strass ** Liliana Topea ** Teresa Zurowski *Head coach: Vinco Kandija

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

;Men ;Open

Shooting

;Men ;Women ;Open

Swimming

Men's 100m Butterfly * Alexander Brandl ** Heat – 55.45 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 200m Butterfly * Alexander Brandl ** Heat – 2:02.88 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) Women's 100m Breaststroke * Martina Nemec ** Heat – 1:13.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Women's 200m Breaststroke * Martina Nemec ** Heat – 2:36.65 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Women's 200m Individual Medley * Martina Nemec ** Heat – 2:22.63 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Synchronized swimming

Two synchronized swimmers represented Austria in 1992. ; Women's solo * Beatrix Müllner * Christine Müllner ; Women's duet * Beatrix Müllner * Christine Müllner

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's singles competition *

Thomas Muster Thomas Muster (born 2 October 1967) is an Austrian former world No. 1 tennis player. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s, he won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was called "The King of Clay". In addition, he won eig ...

*# First round — Lost to

Henri Leconte Henri Leconte (born 4 July 1963) is a French former professional tennis player. He reached the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, won the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and helped France win the Davis Cup in 1991. Leconte ...

(France) 6–7, 6–7, 4–6 *

Horst Skoff Horst Skoff (22 August 1968 – 7 June 2008) was a professional tennis player from Austria, who won four tournaments at the top-level. Biography Skoff was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and started playing tennis at age 6. In 1984 he won the singl ...

*# First round — Lost to

Magnus Larsson Per Henrik ''Magnus'' Larsson (born 25 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Playing career Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title ...

(Sweden) 2–6, 2–6, 3–6 Women's singles competition *

Barbara Paulus Barbara Paulus (born 1 September 1970) is a former professional top-ten tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career, she won a total of seven WTA tournaments (six singles titles, on ...

*# First round – Defeated

Monique Javer Monique Alicia Javer (born 22 July 1967) is an American-born former professional tennis player who represented Great Britain and was at one time the British number 1. She turned professional in 1985 and played her final professional match in 2000 ...

(Great Britain) 6–7, 6–4, 6–3 *# Second round – Lost to

Anke Huber Anke Huber (born 4 December 1974) is a German retired top-five professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open and the 1995 WTA Finals. Huber won twelve singles and one doubles title on the WTA ...

(Germany) 4–6, 1-6 * Petra Ritter *# First round – Lost to

Eugenia Maniokova Eugenia Aleksandrovna Maniokova ( rus, Евгения Александровна Манюкова, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪə mənʲʊˈkovə ; born 17 May 1968) is a retired professional tennis player from Russia. She is a former world No. 18 in doub ...

(Unified Team) 1–6, 6-7

Wrestling

References

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