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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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===Multiple medalists=== |
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The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1896 Olympic Games. |
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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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Revision as of 00:35, 25 July 2022
Austria at the 1896 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | AUT |
NOC | Austrian Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Athens, Greece 6 – 15 April 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
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 |
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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 |
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 | Did not finish | |
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 | ||
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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 | |
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Time | Rank | ||
Otto Herschmann | 100 m freestyle | 1:22.8 | ![]() |
Paul Neumann | 500 m freestyle | 8:12.6 | ![]() |
Otto Herschmann | Did not start | ||
Paul Neumann | 1200 m freestyle | Did not finish |
References
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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.