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 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

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, United States

United States

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. 102 competitors, 71 men and 31 women, took part in 72 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Judo Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics The Judo competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the 1980 Games. With the open division, there were eight competitions, which were restricted to male judoka. Japan returned to the top of the medal count, after boycotting the Moscow games...	Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
		Shooting Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at Prado Olympic Shooting Park, Chino, California. The games were historic as the first time women's events were included and also saw the inclusion of 10 metre air rifle...	Men's Air Rifle
		Judo Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics The Judo competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the 1980 Games. With the open division, there were eight competitions, which were restricted to male judoka. Japan returned to the top of the medal count, after boycotting the Moscow games...	Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)

Archery

In its third appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, Austria again entered only one competitor. This time, however, it was the first Austrian woman to compete in Olympic archery.

Women's Individual Competition

• Ursula Valenta — 2395 points (→ 32nd place)

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon

These are the official results of the Men's Marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, held on Sunday August 12, 1984. The race started on 17.00h local time. A total number of 78 athletes completed the race, with Dieudonné LaMothe from Haiti finishing in last position in...

• Gerhard Hartmann
  Gerhard Hartmann
  Gerhard Hartmann is a retired long-distance runner from Austria, who won the Vienna Marathon three times in a row, starting in 1985. He represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...
  
  
• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Decathlon

• Georg Werthner
  Georg Werthner
  Dr. Georg Werthner is a decathlete from Austria, who was the first athlete to finish four Olympic decathlons. In 1988 after him Daley Thompson crossed the finish-line to become the second athlete to do this....
  
  
• Final — 8028 points (→ 9th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Martin Toporek
• Final — 1:33:58 (→ 29th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Johann Lindner
  Johann Lindner
  Johann "Hans" Lindner is a retired hammer thrower from Austria, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. He also competed at the Winter Olympics, in 1984 as a bobsledder.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
  
• Qualification — 71.28 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Erwin Weitzl
• Qualifying Round — 18.96 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Konrad König
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Khemais Refai (Tunisia), RSC-1

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Olaf Mayer
  1. First Round — Lost to Peter Hussing
     Peter Hussing
     Peter Hussing was a West German heavyweight boxing champion. Although one of the favorites in European Championship in Katowice in 1975, he was heavily KO-ed by Andrzej Biegalski from Poland, who later became the champion. Four years later, Hussing became the European Champion in Cologne 1979...
     
      (West Germany), 0:5

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

• Johanna Hack → 26th place
• Hilde Dobiasch → 38th place

Fencing

Eight fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1984.

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the nineteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 1 to 2 1984. 58 fencers from 26 nations competed.-Results:...

• Robert Blaschka
  Robert Blaschka
  Robert Blaschka is an Austrian fencer. He competed at the 1984 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Joachim Wendt
  Joachim Wendt
  Joachim Wendt is an Austrian fencer. He competed at five consecutive Summer Olympics between 1984 and 2000.-References:...
  
  
• Georg Somloi
  Georg Somloi
  Georg Somloi is an Austrian fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's team foil

Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team foil

The men's team foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 4 to 5, 1984...

• Joachim Wendt
  Joachim Wendt
  Joachim Wendt is an Austrian fencer. He competed at five consecutive Summer Olympics between 1984 and 2000.-References:...
  
  , Dieter Kotlowski
  Dieter Kotlowski
  Dieter Kotlowski is an Austrian fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Georg Somloi
  Georg Somloi
  Georg Somloi is an Austrian fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Robert Blaschka
  Robert Blaschka
  Robert Blaschka is an Austrian fencer. He competed at the 1984 and 1992 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  , Georg Loisel
  Georg Loisel
  Georg Loisel is an Austrian fencer. He competed in the team foil event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. His father, Hubert Loisel, also fenced at the Olympics for Austria.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the nineteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 7 to 8 1984. 63 fencers from 26 nations competed.-Results:...

• Arno Strohmeyer
  Arno Strohmeyer
  Arno Strohmeyer is an Austrian fencer. He competed in the individual épée events at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Hannes Lembacher
  Hannes Lembacher
  Hannes Lembacher is an Austrian fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's sabre

Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre

The men's sabre was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twentieth appearance of the event. The competition was held from August 3 to 4, 1984. 33 fencers from 16 nations competed.-Results:...

• Hanns Brandstätter
  Hanns Brandstätter
  Hanns Brandstätter is an Austrian fencer. He competed in at the 1972, 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics.- References :...
  
  

Handball

Women's Team Competition

• Team Roster
• Ulrike Popp
• Martina Neubauer
• Susanne Unger
• Milena Gschiessl-Foltyn
• Maria Sykora
• Silvia Steinbauer
• Karin Hillinger
• Elisabeth Zehetner
• Gabriele Gebauer
• Vesna Radovic
  Vesna Radovic
  Vesna Radović is a former Yugoslav/Austrian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she won the silver medal with the Yugoslav team. She played three matches as goalkeeper....
  
  
• Teresa Zielewicz
• Monika Unger

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Michael Billwein — 4760 points (→ 32nd place)
• Ingo Peirits — 3682 points (→ 51st place)
• Horst Stocker
  Horst Stöcker
  Horst Stöcker is a German theoretical physicist.Horst Stöcker studied physics at the J.W. Goethe-Universität at Frankfurt am Main, where he got his Dr. phil.nat...
  
   — 3432 points (→ 52nd place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Billwein, Peirits, and Stocker — 11874 points (→ 17th place)

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Alexander Pilhatsch
• Heat — 52.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Thomas Böhm
• Heat — 1:04.60
• B-Final — 1:04.99 (→ 13th place)

• Gerhard Prohaska
• Heat — 1:06.41 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Thomas Böhm
• Heat — 2:22.17
• B-Final — 2:22.09 (→ 14th place)

• Gerhard Prohaska
• Heat — 2:27.85 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Alexander Pilhatsch
• Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Sonja Hausladen
• Heat — 2:13.50
• Final — 2:15.38 (→ 7th place)

• Brigitte Wanderer
• Heat — 2:21.16 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Brigitte Wanderer
• Heat — 2:26.85 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Sonja Hausladen
• Heat — 4:58.68
• B-Final — 4:57.78 (→ 13th place)

• Monika Bayer
• Heat — 5:05.61 (→ did not advance, 17th place)