Austria at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Austria competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 92 competitors, 55 men and 37 women, took part in 68 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Austria at the 2000 Summer Olympics

IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.oeoc.at (in German)
in Sydney
Competitors	92 (55 men and 37 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Wolfram Waibel
Medals Ranked 32nd	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Hans-Peter Steniacher, gold medallist at the 2000 Olympics

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Christoph Sieber	Sailing	Men's Mistral
Gold	Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Sailing	Men's Tornado
Silver	Stephanie Graf	Athletics	Women's 800 metres

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Lachkovics	100 m	10.41	4 q	10.44	8	Did not advance
Martin Lachkovics	200 m	21.00	4	Did not advance
Elmar Lichtenegger	100 m hurdles	13.65	4 Q	13.73	4 Q	13.59	8	Did not advance
Günther Weidlinger	3000 m steeple	8:24.07	3 Q	—				8:26.70	8
Michael Buchleitner	Marathon	—						2:19:26	33

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gregor Hoegler	Javelin throw	80.89	17	Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Klaus Ambrosch	Result	11.01	50.23	14.92	4:40.94	15.30	41.22	67.94	7.17	1.91	4.60	7917	18
Klaus Ambrosch	Points	858	854	808	723	804	859	659	790	858	674	7917	18

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karin Mayr	100 m	11.50	4	Did not advance
Karin Mayr	200 m	23.90	6	Did not advance
Stephanie Graf	800 m	1.58.39	1 Q	—		1:57.56	1 Q	1:56.64
Susanne Pumper	5000 m	15:16.66	5	—				Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Valentina Fedjuschina	Shot Put	17.84	12 Q	17.14	12
Linda Horvath	High Jump	1.89	25	Did not advance
Doris Auer	Pole Vault	4.30	13	4.35	9

Beach volleyball

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Preliminary elimination		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nikolas Berger Oliver Stamm	Men's	Høidalen – Kjemperud (NOR) L 6–15	Raffaelli – Pimponi (ITA) W 15–9	Grinlaubs – Slack (AUS) W 15–10	de Melo – Santos (BRA) L 14–16	Did not advance			=9

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ursula Profanter	Women's K-1 500 m	1:56.118	7 QS	1:55.626	3 QF	2:20.598	8

Slalom

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Helmut Oblinger	Men's K-1	125.94	1	128.00	8	253.94	1 Q	112.58	4	113.87	10	226.45	4
Manuel Köhler	Men's K-1	128.34	6	127.45	7	253.94	4 Q	115.06	10	111.74	4	226.80	6
Violetta Oblinger-Peters	Women's K-1	149.71	7	158.77	16	308.48	10 Q	145.64	15	136.65	13	282.29	15

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Matthias Buxhofer	Men's Road race	51	5:30:46
Gerrit Glomser		41	5:30:46
Thomas Mühlbacher		DNF
Peter Wrolich		23	5:30:46
René Haselbacher		DNF
René Haselbacher	Men's Time trial	1:02:38	34

Track

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Franz Stocher	Men's points race	8	6
Werner Riebenbauer Roland Garber	Men's Madison	10	5
Michaela Brunngraber	Women's points race	0	15

Diving

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Richard Frece	Men's 3 m springboard	328.68	31	Did not advance
Marion Reiff	Women's 10 m platform	206.55	37	Did not advance
Anja Richter-Libiseller	Women's 10 m platform	314.31	6 Q	168.78	10	483.09	7 Q	313.38	8	482.16	7
Marion Reiff Anja Richter-Libiseller	Women's 10 m platform synchronized	—								294.00	4

Equestrian

Dressage

(Total scores are the average of all three rounds for the individual competition, and the three best total scores of individual round 1 for the team competition.)

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix Test		Grand Prix Special			Grand Prix Freestyle		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Peter Gmoser	Candidat	Individual	65.52	24 Q	66.51	132.03	21	Did not advance			21
Stefan Peter	Bon Voyage	Individual	63.80	38	Did not advance						38

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final				Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Anton-Martin Bauer	Equo	Individual	24.50	65	8.00	32.50	58	8.00	40.50	50	12.00	=20	16.00	26	28.00	26

Fencing

Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Austria in 2000.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Joachim Wendt	Individual foil	Bye	Tucker (CUB) L 5–15	Did not advance				22
Michael Ludwig	Individual foil	Bye	Gomes (POR) L 12–15	Did not advance				22
Oliver Kayser	Individual épée	Bye	Zhao (CHN) L 12–15	Did not advance				20
Christoph Marik		Bye	Srecki (FRA) L 10–15	Did not advance				26
Michael Switak		Shabalin (KAZ) W 14–13	Rota (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance				27
Oliver Kayser Christoph Marik Michael Switak	Men's team épée	—		Belarus (BLR) L 44–45	—	Placement 9–11 China (CHN) W 45–35	Ninth place match Estonia (EST) L 44–45	10

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Andrea Rentmeister	Individual épée	Bye	Halls (AUS) W 15–14	Flessel-Colovic (FRA) L 12–15	Did not advance			13

Handball

Team roster

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	4	4	0	101	72	+29	8	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	4	3	1	124	83	+41	6
3	Austria	4	2	2	131	90	+41	4
4	Brazil	4	1	3	100	133	−33	2
5	Australia	4	0	4	59	137	−78	0	Ninth place game

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19 September 2000 21:30	Austria	26–30	Denmark	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
	Fridrikas 11	(13–16)	Andersen, Kiærskou 7
	3× 1×		2× 3×

21 September 2000 14:30	Brazil	26–45	Austria	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Salim, Hassan (EGY)
	L. Silva 8	(14–21)	Fridrikas 11
	3× 7×		3× 2×

23 September 2000 19:30	Austria	39–10	Australia	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Klucsó, Lekrinszky (HUN)
	Logwin 8	(17–6)	three players 2
	2× 4× 1×		3× 2×

25 September 2000 19:30	Norway	24–21	Austria	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Grini 8	(12–7)	Fridrikas 8
	4× 5×		4× 3×

Quarterfinal

28 September 2000 16:30	Austria	27–28 (ET)	Hungary	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
	Logwin 9	(12–14)	Ág. Farkas 8
	3× 8× 1×		4× 7×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 2–3

5–8th place semifinals

30 September 2000 11:30	Austria	29–23	Romania	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Hansson, Olsson (SWE)
	Fridrikas 8	(12–12)	Drăgănescu 6
	3× 3×		1× 4×

Fifth place game

1 October 2000 11:30	France	32–33 (ET)	Austria	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
	Ludwig 9	(8–13)	Logwin 12
	3× 2×		3× 1×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 7–8

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Christoph Stangl	-73 kg	Bye	Lewak (POL) L 0000-1000	Did not advance
Patrick Reiter	-81 kg	Bye	Wanner (GER) L 0001-0010	Did not advance
Franz Birkfellner	-100 kg	Bye	Geraldino (DOM) W 0201-0010	Hand (USA) L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Raphael Hartl Horst Nußbaumer Arnold Jonke Norbert Lambing	Quadruple sculls	5:59.41	4 R	6:05.65	2 SF	6:00.27	5 FB	5:57.58	11
Helfried Jurtschitsch Bernd Wakolbinger Martin Kobau Wolfgang Sigl	Lightweight coxless four	6:16.94	3 SF	Bye		6:10.11	4 FB	6:10.11	9

Sailing

Four men and one woman participated in the sailing competition for Austria. They won two gold medals.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Christoph Sieber	Mistral	1	2	1	24	1	10	7	23	4	5	7	38

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Denise Cesky	Europe	22	22	6	9	15	9	14	16	26	24	21	134	20

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Andreas Geritzer	Laser	2	11	38	9	11	7	15	15	~~DNF~~	5	3	78	5
Roman Hagara Hans Peter Steinacher	Tornado	3	1	2	1	1	4	1	1	2	~~DNC~~	~~DNC~~	16

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Thomas Farnik	50 m rifle three positions	1162	12	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	585	44	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	588	18	Did not advance
Mario Knögler	50 m rifle three positions	1164	9	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	596	9	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	591	9	Did not advance
Wolfram Waibel, Jr.	10 m air rifle	588	18	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Monika Haselsberger	10 m air rifle	393	9	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hannes Kalteis	400 m freestyle	4:03.66	42	—		Did not advance
Hannes Kalteis	1500 m freestyle	15:32.90	25	—		Did not advance
Michael Windisch	200 m butterfly	2:01.20	28	Did not advance
Patrick Schmollinger	100 m breaststroke	1:02.87	22	Did not advance
Maxim Podoprigora	200 m breaststroke	2:14.37	4 Q	2:14.20	6	Did not advance
Markus Rogan	100 m backstroke	57.35	33	Did not advance
Markus Rogan	200 m backstroke	2:02.84	27	Did not advance
Michael Windisch	200 m individual medley	2:05.15	27	Did not advance
Michael Windisch	400 m individual medley	4:24.62	26	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Judith Draxler	50 m freestyle	26.26	31	Did not advance
Judith Draxler	100 m freestyle	57.40	27	Did not advance
Petra Zahrl	200 m butterfly	2:13.29	23	Did not advance
Elvira Fischer	200 m breaststroke	2:30.05	19	Did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Werner Schlager	Singles	Bye			Heister (NED) W 3–2	Boll (GER) W 3–2	Kong (CHN) L 2–3	Did not advance		5
Ding Yi	Singles	Hamam (TUN) W 3–0	Chen (TPE) L 0–3	2	Did not advance					=33
Werner Schlager Karl Jindrak	Doubles	Bye			—	Heister / Keen (NED) W 3–0	Chila / Gatien (FRA) L 2–3	Did not advance		=5

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liu Jia	Singles	Aganović (CRO) W 3–1	Ramírez (CUB) W 3–2	1 Q	—	Li (SIN) L 1–3	Did not advance			=17
Liu Jia Judith Herczig	Doubles	Geng / Roussy (CAN) W 2–1	Miao / Zhou (AUS) L 1–2	2	—	Did not advance				=17

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tuncay Çalışkan	Men's −68 kg	Sin (KOR) L 3–7	Did not advance		Dzitiev (RUS) W 6–0	Acharki (GER) W 7–7	Saei (IRI) L 7–7	4

Tennis

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sylvia Plischke	Singles	Grande (ARG) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance					=33
Barbara Schett		Molik (AUS) W 7–6, 6–2	Salerni (ARG) W 7–6, 6–4	Halard-Decugis (FRA) W 2–6, 6–2, 6–1	Dementieva (RUS) L 6–2, 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance		=5
Patricia Wartusch		Barabanschikova (BLR) W 6–4, 6–2	A Sánchez Vicario (ESP) L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance				=17
Barbara Schett Patricia Wartusch	Doubles	—	Barabanschikova / Zvereva (BLR) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance				=17

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim	Trans. 1	Cycle	Trans. 2	Run	Total	Rank
Johannes Enzenhofer	Men's triathlon	17:59.99	22.80	58:46.20	25.30	33:28.19	1:51:02.48	29

Notes

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). . Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). . Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). . Retrieved 20 November 2005.

References

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