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Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics
1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, England, United Kingdom. These games were originally scheduled to be held in Rome. At the time they were the fifth modern Olympic games...

in London

London

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, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympic Games are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

at the time.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Otto Scheff Otto Scheff Otto Scheff, born Otto Sochaczewsky was an Austrian freestyle swimmer, water polo player, lawyer, politician, and sports official who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Scheff was born in Berlin. He won a bronze medal in the 400 metre...	Swimming Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, six swimming events were contested. These were the first Olympic Games in which a 100 metre pool had been especially constructed . Previous Olympic events were swum in open water...	men's 400 metre freestyle

Athletics

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men's 100 metres Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metres The men's 100 metres was the shortest of the sprint races at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The competition was held over the course of three days...	Heats	Eduard Schönecker Eduard Schönecker Erich Eduard "Edi" Schönecker was an Austrian athlete, football player, and architect. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London....	Unknown 4th, heat 13	Did not advance

Men's 200 metres Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metres The men's 200 metre race was held for the third time at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The competition was held from July 21, 1908 to July 23, 1908.43 sprinters from 15 nations competed.-Records:...	Heats	Eduard Schönecker	Unknown 3rd, heat 12	Did not advance

Men's marathon Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The men's marathon race was held at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The race was held on July 24, 1908.The distance was the now-standard length of 26 miles, 385 yards . 75 competitors entered. 55 runners from 16 nations began the race, with 27 athletes finishing.The most famous incident of...	25th	Emmerich Rath Emmerich Rath Emmerich Rath was an Austrian track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Prague and died in Broumov....	None held		3:50:30.4
	—	F. Kwieton	None held		Did not start

Men's 10 mile walk Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 mile walk The men's 10 miles walk race was held at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. This event was held for the only time. The competition was held on Thursday, July 16, 1908 and on Friday, July 17, 1908.The competition was held in two rounds...	15th	Emmerich Rath	None held	1:30:33.8 8th, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Fencing

Austria's lone sabreur advanced to the second round before being eliminated.

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final	Final

Men's sabre Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's sabre The men's sabre was one of four fencing events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The top two places were won by Hungarian fencers, who also took the gold medal in the team sabre event.-First round:...	Second round	Siegfried Flesch Siegfried Flesch Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch was an Austrian sabre fencer who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Flesch was Jewish.-Olympic fencing career:...	5-0 (1st in A)	1-3 (3rd in 6)	Did not advance

Swimming

Event	Place	Swimmer	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men's 100 metre freestyle Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle The men's 100 metre freestyle was one of six swimming events on the swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. It was the shortest of the three individual freestyle events, as the 50 yard freestyle had been dropped after its one appearance on the 1904 Summer Olympics programme...	Semi- finalist	Otto Scheff Otto Scheff Otto Scheff, born Otto Sochaczewsky was an Austrian freestyle swimmer, water polo player, lawyer, politician, and sports official who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.Scheff was born in Berlin. He won a bronze medal in the 400 metre...	1:11.8 1st, heat 2	Unknown 4th, semifinal 2	Did not advance

Men's 400 metre freestyle Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre freestyle The men's 400 metre freestyle was one of six swimming events on the swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the median of the 3 individual freestyle event distances. It was the first time an event over 400 metres was held at the Olympics...	3rd	Otto Scheff	5:51.0 1st, heat 7	5:40.6 1st, semifinal 1	5:46.0

Men's 1500 metre freestyle Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle The men's 1500 metre freestyle was one of 6 swimming events on the swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the longest of the 3 individual freestyle event distances...	4th	Otto Scheff	24:15.8 2nd, heat 6	24:25.0 2nd, semifinal 2	Unknown

Tennis

Event	Place	Name	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final

Men's singles Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's singles The men's singles was one of six lawn tennis events on the Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme.-Standings:-Finals:There was no match for third place. A bronze medal was awarded to Wilberforce Eaves, who had lost to Ritchie in the semifinals.-Section 1:-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:...	16th	Arthur Zborzil Arthur Zborzil Arthur Zborzil was a male tennis player from Austria. At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he teamed up with Felix Pipes to win a silver medal in the men's doubles event....	Bye	Lost to Bissing	Did not advance
	26th	Rolf Kinzl	Lost to Eaves Wilberforce Eaves Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves was a male tennis player from the United Kingdom. At the 1908 London Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's singles tournament. He was also the first non-American to reach the final in the US National Singles Championships in 1897.-Runner-ups :...	Did not advance
	26th	Felix Pipes Felix Pipes Fritz Felix Pipes was a male tennis player from Austria. At the 1912 Stockholm Olympics he teamed up with Arthur Zborzil to win a silver medal in the men's doubles event.-References:...	Lost to Kreuzer Oscar Kreuzer Oscar Kreuzer was a male tennis player from Germany.He played at the 1908 Summer Olympics and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden where he won a bronze medal in the men's singles tournament. In 1914, he and Otto Froitzheim were member of the German Davis Cup team, playing a Davis Cup...	Did not advance

Men's doubles Tennis at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's doubles -Top half:-Bottom half:...	4th	Felix Pipes Arthur Zborzil	None held	Bye	Bye	Lost to Ritchie Josiah Ritchie Major Josiah George Ritchie was a male tennis player from Great Britain.He was born in Westminster and died in Ashford, Middlesex.... /Parke	Did not advance

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Great Britain	0	2	.000
Germany Germany at the 1908 Summer Olympics Germany competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England.-Athletics:Germany's best athletics result was a silver medal in the medley relay.-Cycling:Germany's best cycling result was the silver medal won in the team pursuit event....	0	2	.000

Total	0	4	.000

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