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Three sportsmen from '''[[Austrian Empire|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]].
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]].


==Medalists==
==Medalists==
{{further|1896 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 1896 Summer Olympics medal winners}}
Austria finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and five medals overall.
The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are '''bolded'''.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable" style=font-size:95%
|-
|-
!Medal
!Medal
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!Sport
!Sport
!Event
!Event
!Date
|-
|-
|{{gold medal}}
| {{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]]
|{{sortname|Adolf|Schmal}}
|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]
|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 12 hour race|Men's 12 hour race]]
|{{dts|April 13}}
|-
|-
|{{gold medal}}
| {{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]]
|{{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]]
|{{dts|April 11}}
|-
|{{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]]
|{{dts|April 11}}
|-
|{{bronze medal}}
|{{sortname|Adolf|Schmal}}
|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]
|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres|10 km]]
|{{dts|April 11}}
|-
|{{bronze medal}}
|{{sortname|Adolf|Schmal}}
|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]
|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's track time trial|Time trial]]
|{{dts|April 11}}
|}

{{Clear}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; float:right;"
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!colspan=5|Medals by sport
|-
!Sport
|bgcolor=F7F6A8|{{gold01}}
|bgcolor=DCE5E5|{{silver02}}
|bgcolor=FFDAB9|{{bronze03}}
!Total
|-
|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]
|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1
|bgcolor=DCE5E5|1
|bgcolor=FFDAB9|0
|'''2'''
|-
|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]
|bgcolor=F7F6A8|1
|bgcolor=DCE5E5|0
|bgcolor=FFDAB9|2
|'''3'''
|-
!Total
!style=background:gold|2
!style=background:silver|1
!style=background:#c96|2
!5
|}

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:85%;float:right;text-align:center
|-style="background:#efefef;"
!colspan=6|Medals by day
|-
!Day
!Date
| bgcolor=F7F6A8| {{gold01}}
| bgcolor=DCE5E5| {{silver02}}
| bgcolor=FFDAB9| {{bronze03}}
!Total
|-
|1
|6 April
| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0
| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0
| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0
|'''0'''
|- style="text-align:center"
|2
|7 April
| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0
| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0
| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0
|'''0'''
|- style="text-align:center"
|3
|8 April
| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0
| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0
| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0
|'''0'''
|- style="text-align:center"
|4
|9 April
| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0
| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0
| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0
|'''0'''
|- style="text-align:center"
|5
|10 April
| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0
| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0
| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0
|'''0'''
|- style="text-align:center"
|6
|11 April
| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |1
| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |1
| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |2
| '''4'''
|- style="text-align:center"
|7
|12 April
| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |0
| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0
| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0
|'''0'''
|- style="text-align:center"
|8
|13 April
| bgcolor=F7F6A8 |1
| bgcolor=DCE5E5 |0
| bgcolor=FFDAB9 |0
|'''1'''
|-
!colspan=2|Total
! style="background:gold" |2
! style="background:silver" |1
! style="background:#c96" |2
!5
|}

===Multiple medalists===
The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1896 Olympic Games.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
! Name
! Medal
! Sport
! Event
|-
| {{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]]
|}

==Competitors==
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
|-
! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
|-
| align=left|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|-
| align=left|[[Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Fencing]]
| {{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]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Adolf|Schmal}} || [[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] || [[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's time trial|Time trial]]
| align=left|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]
| 2 || 0 || 2
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Adolf|Schmal}} || [[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Cycling]] || [[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres|10 km]]
! 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}}


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.
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===
=== Track ===

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
|-
|-
!Athlete
!Athlete
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!Rank
!Rank
|-
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Adolf Schmal]]
|align=left|'''[[Adolf Schmal]]'''
|[[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]]
|26.6
|align="center"|26.0
|{{bronze03}}
|align="center"|[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]
|-
|-
|align=left|'''[[Adolf Schmal]]'''
|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres|10 km]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 kilometres|10 km]]
|align="center"| Unknown
|Unknown
|align="center"|[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]
|{{bronze03}}
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Adolf Schmal]]
|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kilometres|100 km]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kilometres|100 km]]
|align="center"|DNF
|colspan=2|{{Abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|align="center"|-
|-
|-
|align=left|'''[[Adolf Schmal]]'''
|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 12 hour race|12 hour race]]
|align=left|[[Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 12 hour race|12 hour race]]
|align="center"|314.997&nbsp;km
|295.300&nbsp;km
|align="center"|[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]
|{{gold01}}
|}
|}


== Fencing==
==Fencing==
{{main|Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics}}
{{main|Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics}}


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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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan="2"|Record
!colspan=3|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!colspan="2"|Touches
!{{abbr|MW|Matches won}}
!rowspan="2"|Final Rank
!{{abbr|ML|Matches lost}}
|-
!Rank
!Wins
!Losses
!For
!Against
|-
|[[Adolf Schmal]]
|[[Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre|Sabre]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|4
|}

{| class=wikitable
! Opponent nation || Wins || Losses || Percent
|- align=center
|- align=center
|align=left| [[Denmark at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Denmark]] || 0 || 1 || .000
|align=left|[[Adolf Schmal]]
|align=left|[[Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre|Men's sabre]]
|- align=center
|1
|align=left| [[Greece at the 1896 Summer Olympics|Greece]] || 1 || 2 || .333
|-
|3
|4
|colspan=4 bgcolor=lightgray|
|-
! Total || 1 || 3 || .250
|}
|}


== Swimming==
==Swimming==
{{main|Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics}}
{{main|Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics}}


Two Austrian swimmers competed in 1896. One of the two competed in each of the three open events, and each swimmer won one medal.
Two Austrian swimmers competed in 1896. One of the two competed in each of the three open events, and each swimmer won one medal.


{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Events
!colspan="2"|Final
|-
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=2|Final
|-style=font-size:95%
!Time
!Time
!Rank
!Rank
|-
|-
|[[Otto Herschmann]]
|align=left|'''[[Otto Herschmann]]'''
|[[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]]
|align="center"|1:22.8
|1:22.8
|{{silver02}}
|align="center"|[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]
|-
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Paul Neumann (swimmer)|Paul Neumann]]
|align=left|'''[[Paul Neumann (swimmer)|Paul Neumann]]'''
|[[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]]
|align="center"|8:12.6
|8:12.6
|{{gold01}}
|align="center"|[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]
|-
|align=left|[[Otto Herschmann]]
|colspan=2| {{Abbr|DNS|Did not start}}
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Paul Neumann (swimmer)|Paul Neumann]]
|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 1200 metre freestyle|1200 m freestyle]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's 1200 metre freestyle|1200 m freestyle]]
|align="center"|DNF
|colspan=2| {{Abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}
|align="center"|-
|}
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{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 &ndash; AD 1896 | location=Athens | publisher=Charles Beck | year=1897 |id=}} (Digitally available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf])
{{commons category}}
* {{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 &ndash; AD 1896 | location=Athens | publisher=Charles Beck | year=1897 }} (Digitally available at [http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf])
* {{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])
* {{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])
* {{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}}

Revision as of 12:08, 27 January 2024

Austria at the
1896 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.oeoc.at (in German)
in Athens, Greece
April 6, 1896 – April 15, 1896
Competitors3 in 3 sports and 9 events
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
5
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

Further information: 1896 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1896 Summer Olympics medal winners

The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Adolf Schmal Cycling Men's 12 hour race April 13
 Gold Paul Neumann Swimming 500 m freestyle April 11
 Silver Otto Herschmann Swimming 100 m Freestyle April 11
 Bronze Adolf Schmal Cycling 10 km April 11
 Bronze Adolf Schmal Cycling Time trial April 11
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Swimming 1 1 0 2
Cycling 1 0 2 3
Total 2 1 2 5
Medals by day
Day Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
Adolf Schmal  Gold
 Bronze
 Bronze		 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
Cycling 1 0 1
Fencing 1 0 1
Swimming 2 0 2
Total 3[1] 0 3

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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
Adolf Schmal Time trial 26.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Adolf Schmal 10 km Unknown 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Adolf Schmal 100 km DNF
Adolf Schmal 12 hour race 295.300 km 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Paul Neumann 500 m freestyle 8:12.6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Otto Herschmann DNS
Paul Neumann 1200 m freestyle DNF

References

  1. ^ Adolf Schmal competed in cycling and fencing.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Austria at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
  • 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.
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