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{{Infobox Olympics Austria |
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| NOC = AUT |
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|games=1896 Summer |
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| NOCname = [[Austrian Olympic Committee]] |
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|flagcaption=Flag of Austria within [[Austria-Hungary]] |
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| games = Summer Olympics |
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|competitors=3 |
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| year = 1896 |
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|sports=3 |
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| flagcaption = |
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|gold=2 |
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| oldcode = |
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|silver=1 |
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| website = {{URL|www.oeoc.at }} {{in lang|de}} |
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|bronze=2 |
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| location = [[Athens]], [[Greece]] |
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|total=5 |
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| date = ''April 6, 1896 – April 15, 1896'' |
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| competitors = 3 |
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| sports = 3 |
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| events = 9 |
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| flagbearer = |
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| rank = 7 |
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| gold = 2 |
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| silver = 1 |
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| bronze = 2 |
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| officials = |
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| appearances = auto |
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| app_begin_year = |
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| app_end_year = |
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| summerappearances = |
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| winterappearances = |
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| seealso = [[Austria at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1906]] Intercalated Games |
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}} |
}} |
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Three sportsmen from |
Three sportsmen from [[Cisleithania|Austria]] competed at the [[1896 Summer Olympics]]. Though Austria was then a part of [[Austria-Hungary]], most sources separate Austrian competitors from the [[Hungary at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Hungarians at the 1896 Games]]. |
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==Medalists== |
==Medalists== |
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{{further|1896 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 1896 Summer Olympics medal winners}} |
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Austria finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and five medals overall. |
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The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are '''bolded'''. |
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!Date |
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|{{gold medal}} |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Adolf|Schmal}} || [[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] || [[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 12 hour race|12 hour race]] |
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|{{sortname|Adolf|Schmal}} |
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|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] |
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|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 12 hour race|Men's 12 hour race]] |
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|{{dts|April 13}} |
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|{{gold medal}} |
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| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Paul|Neumann|Paul Neumann (swimmer)}} || [[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 500 metre freestyle|500 m freestyle]] |
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|{{sortname|Paul|Neumann|Paul Neumann (swimmer)}} |
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|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] |
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|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 500 metre freestyle|500 m freestyle]] |
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|{{dts|April 11}} |
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|{{silver medal}} |
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|{{sortname|Otto|Herschmann}} |
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|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] |
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|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m Freestyle]] |
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|{{dts|April 11}} |
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|{{bronze medal}} |
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|{{sortname|Adolf|Schmal}} |
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|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] |
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|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres|10 km]] |
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|{{dts|April 11}} |
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|{{bronze medal}} |
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|{{sortname|Adolf|Schmal}} |
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|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] |
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|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial|Time trial]] |
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|{{dts|April 11}} |
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{{Clear}} |
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; float:right;" |
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!colspan=5|Medals by sport |
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!Sport |
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|bgcolor=F7F6A8|{{gold01}} |
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|bgcolor=DCE5E5|{{silver02}} |
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|bgcolor=FFDAB9|{{bronze03}} |
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!Total |
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|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] |
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|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1 |
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|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1 |
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|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0 |
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|'''2''' |
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|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] |
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|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1 |
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|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0 |
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|bgcolor=FFDAB9|2 |
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|'''3''' |
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!Total |
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!style=background:gold|2 |
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!style=background:silver|1 |
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!style=background:#c96|2 |
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!5 |
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{|class=wikitable style=font-size:85%;float:right;text-align:center |
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|-style="background:#efefef;" |
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!colspan=6|Medals by day |
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!Day |
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!Date |
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| bgcolor=F7F6A8| {{gold01}} |
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| bgcolor=DCE5E5| {{silver02}} |
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| bgcolor=FFDAB9| {{bronze03}} |
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!Total |
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|1 |
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|6 April |
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| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0 |
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| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0 |
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| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0 |
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|'''0''' |
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|- style="text-align:center" |
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|2 |
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|7 April |
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| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0 |
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| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0 |
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| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0 |
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|'''0''' |
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|- style="text-align:center" |
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|3 |
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|8 April |
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| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0 |
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| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0 |
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| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0 |
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|'''0''' |
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|- style="text-align:center" |
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|4 |
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|9 April |
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| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0 |
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| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0 |
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| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0 |
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|'''0''' |
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|- style="text-align:center" |
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|5 |
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|10 April |
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| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0 |
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| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0 |
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| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0 |
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|'''0''' |
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|- style="text-align:center" |
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|6 |
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|11 April |
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| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |1 |
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| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |1 |
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| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |2 |
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| '''4''' |
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|- style="text-align:center" |
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|7 |
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|12 April |
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| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0 |
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| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0 |
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| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0 |
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|'''0''' |
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|- style="text-align:center" |
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|8 |
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|13 April |
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| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |1 |
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| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0 |
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| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0 |
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|'''1''' |
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|- |
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!colspan=2|Total |
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! style="background:gold" |2 |
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! style="background:silver" |1 |
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! style="background:#c96" |2 |
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!5 |
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===Multiple medalists=== |
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The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1896 Olympic Games. |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" |
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! Name |
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! Medal |
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! Sport |
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! Event |
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| {{sortname|Adolf|Schmal}} || {{gold medal}}<br />{{bronze medal}}<br />{{bronze medal}} ||[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]|| [[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 12 hour race|Men's 12 hour race]]<br />[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial|Men's track time trial]]<br />[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres|Men's 10 kilometres]] |
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==Competitors== |
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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center |
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! width=180|Sport |
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! width=55|Men |
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! width=55|Women |
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! width=55|Total |
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| align=left|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] |
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| 1 || 0 || 1 |
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| align=left|[[Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Fencing]] |
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| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Otto|Herschmann}} || [[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || [[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m Freestyle]] |
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| 1 || 0 || 1 |
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| align=left|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Swimming]] |
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| 2 || 0 || 2 |
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! Total || 3<ref name="Schmal">[[Adolf Schmal]] competed in [[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|cycling]] and [[Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics|fencing]].</ref> || 0 || 3 |
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{{main|Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics}} |
{{main|Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics}} |
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All three of Schmal's medals were won in the cycling competitions, even though he competed in two different sports. |
All three of Schmal's medals were won in the cycling competitions, even though he competed in two different sports. He competed in four events, earning a top three finish in three of them. In the time trial event, Schmal tied for second place [[Stamatios Nikolopoulos]]. A race-off between the two broke the tie in favor of the Greek athlete. |
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=== Track === |
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===[[Image:Cycling (track) pictogram.svg|30px]] Track=== |
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{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%" |
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!Athlete |
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!Rank |
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|align=left|'''[[Adolf Schmal]]''' |
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|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's time trial|Time trial]] |
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial|Time trial]] |
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|26.6 |
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|align="center"|26.0 |
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|{{bronze03}} |
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|align="center"|[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]] |
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|align=left|'''[[Adolf Schmal]]''' |
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|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres|10 km]] |
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|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres|10 km]] |
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|align="center"|''Unknown'' |
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|Unknown |
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|align="center"|[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]] |
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|{{bronze03}} |
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|align=left|[[Adolf Schmal]] |
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|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kilometres|100 km]] |
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|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kilometres|100 km]] |
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|align="center"|DNF |
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|colspan=2|{{Abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |
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|align="center"|- |
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|align=left|'''[[Adolf Schmal]]''' |
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|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 12 hour race|12 hour race]] |
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|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 12 hour race|12 hour race]] |
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|align="center"|314.997 km |
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|295.300 km |
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|align="center"|[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]] |
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|{{gold01}} |
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==Fencing== |
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{{main|Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics}} |
{{main|Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics}} |
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Schmal also competed in the sabre fencing tournament, placing fourth in the five-man round robin. |
Schmal also competed in the sabre fencing tournament, placing fourth in the five-man round robin. |
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!rowspan=2|Event |
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!colspan=3|Final |
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|- style="font-size:95%" |
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!colspan="2"|Touches |
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!{{abbr|MW|Matches won}} |
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!rowspan="2"|Final Rank |
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!{{abbr|ML|Matches lost}} |
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!Rank |
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!Wins |
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!Losses |
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!For |
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!Against |
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|[[Adolf Schmal]] |
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|[[Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre|Sabre]] |
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|align="center"|1 |
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|align="center"|3 |
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|align="center"|7 |
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|align="center"|11 |
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|align="center"|4 |
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{| class=wikitable |
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|- align=center |
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|align=left| [[Denmark at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Denmark]] || 0 || 1 || .000 |
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|align=left|[[Adolf Schmal]] |
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|align=left|[[Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre|Men's sabre]] |
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|3 |
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|4 |
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! Total || 1 || 3 || .250 |
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==Swimming== |
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{{main|Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics}} |
{{main|Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics}} |
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Two Austrian swimmers competed in 1896. |
Two Austrian swimmers competed in 1896. One of the two competed in each of the three open events, and each swimmer won one medal. |
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!rowspan="2"|Athlete |
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!rowspan="2"|Events |
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!colspan="2"|Final |
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!rowspan=2|Athlete |
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!colspan=2|Final |
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!Time |
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!Rank |
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|[[Otto Herschmann]] |
|align=left|'''[[Otto Herschmann]]''' |
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|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] |
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle|100 m freestyle]] |
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|1:22.8 |
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|{{silver02}} |
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|align="center"|[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]] |
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|align=left|'''[[Paul Neumann (swimmer)|Paul Neumann]]''' |
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|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 500 metre freestyle|500 m freestyle]] |
|align=left rowspan=2|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 500 metre freestyle|500 m freestyle]] |
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|8:12.6 |
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|{{gold01}} |
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|align="center"|[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]] |
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|align=left|[[Otto Herschmann]] |
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|colspan=2| {{Abbr|DNS|Did not start}} |
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|align=left|[[Paul Neumann (swimmer)|Paul Neumann]] |
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|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 1200 metre freestyle|1200 m freestyle]] |
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|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 1200 metre freestyle|1200 m freestyle]] |
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|align="center"|DNF |
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|colspan=2| {{Abbr|DNF|Did not finish}} |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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* {{cite book | author=Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; & Anninos, C. | title=The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896 | location=Athens | publisher=Charles Beck | year=1897 |id=}} (Digitally available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf]) |
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{{commons category}} |
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* {{cite book | author=Mallon, Bill; & Widlund, Ture | title=The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary | location=Jefferson | publisher=McFarland | year=1998 | isbn=0-7864-0379-9}} (Excerpt available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf]) |
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* {{cite book |author1=Lampros, S.P. |author2=Polites, N.G. |author3=De Coubertin, Pierre |author4=Philemon, P.J. |author5=Anninos, C. |name-list-style=amp | title=The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896 | location=Athens | publisher=Charles Beck | year=1897 }} (Digitally available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf]) |
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* {{cite book | author1=Mallon, Bill | author2=Widlund, Ture | name-list-style=amp | title=The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary | location=Jefferson | publisher=McFarland | year=1998 | isbn=0-7864-0379-9 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/resultsofearlymo00mall }} (Excerpt available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf]) |
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* {{cite book | author=Smith, Michael Llewellyn | title= Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games | location=London | publisher=Profile Books | year = 2004 | isbn=1-86197-342-X}} |
* {{cite book | author=Smith, Michael Llewellyn | title= Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games | location=London | publisher=Profile Books | year = 2004 | isbn=1-86197-342-X}} |
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Revision as of 12:08, 27 January 2024
Austria at the 1896 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | AUT |
NOC | Austrian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Athens, Greece April 6, 1896 – April 15, 1896 | |
Competitors | 3 in 3 sports and 9 events |
Medals Ranked 7th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Three sportsmen from Austria competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics. Though Austria was then a part of Austria-Hungary, most sources separate Austrian competitors from the Hungarians at the 1896 Games.
Medalists
The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Adolf Schmal | Cycling | Men's 12 hour race | April 13 |
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Paul Neumann | Swimming | 500 m freestyle | April 11 |
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Otto Herschmann | Swimming | 100 m Freestyle | April 11 |
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Adolf Schmal | Cycling | 10 km | April 11 |
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Adolf Schmal | Cycling | Time trial | April 11 |
Medals by sport | ||||
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Sport | ![]() |
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Total |
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Cycling | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Medals by day | |||||
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Day | Date | ![]() |
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Total |
1 | 6 April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 7 April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 8 April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | 9 April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | 10 April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | 11 April | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
7 | 12 April | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | 13 April | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Multiple medalists
The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1896 Olympic Games.
Name | Medal | Sport | Event |
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Adolf Schmal | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cycling | Men's 12 hour race Men's track time trial Men's 10 kilometres |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 3[1] | 0 | 3 |
Cycling
All three of Schmal's medals were won in the cycling competitions, even though he competed in two different sports. He competed in four events, earning a top three finish in three of them. In the time trial event, Schmal tied for second place Stamatios Nikolopoulos. A race-off between the two broke the tie in favor of the Greek athlete.
Track
Athlete | Event | Time / Distance | Rank |
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Adolf Schmal | Time trial | 26.6 | ![]() |
Adolf Schmal | 10 km | Unknown | ![]() |
Adolf Schmal | 100 km | DNF | |
Adolf Schmal | 12 hour race | 295.300 km | ![]() |
Fencing
Schmal also competed in the sabre fencing tournament, placing fourth in the five-man round robin.
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
MW | ML | Rank | ||
Adolf Schmal | Men's sabre | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Swimming
Two Austrian swimmers competed in 1896. One of the two competed in each of the three open events, and each swimmer won one medal.
Athlete | Event | Final | |
---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | ||
Otto Herschmann | 100 m freestyle | 1:22.8 | ![]() |
Paul Neumann | 500 m freestyle | 8:12.6 | ![]() |
Otto Herschmann | DNS | ||
Paul Neumann | 1200 m freestyle | DNF |
References
- ^ Adolf Schmal competed in cycling and fencing.
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- Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
- Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
- Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.