Austria at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Austria competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included forty-four athletes—forty men and four women.^[1] Austrian competitors won twenty-two medals, eight gold, ten silver and four bronze, to finish twentieth in the medal table.^[2]

Austria at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AUT
NPC	Austrian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.oepc.at (in German)
in Athens
Competitors	45 in 8 sports
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 8 Silver 10 Bronze 4 Total 22
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Thomas Geierspichler	Athletics	Men's 1500m T52
Gold	Georg Tischler	Athletics	Men's shot put F54
Gold	Bil Marinkovic	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F11
Gold	Andrea Scherney	Athletics	Women's long jump F44/46
Gold	Christoph Etzlstorfer	Cycling	Men's handcycle time trial HC A
Gold	Johann Mayrhofer	Cycling	Men's handcycle road race HC B/C
Gold	Wolfgang Eibeck	Cycling	Men's bicycle road race/time trial LC1
Gold	Stanisław Frączyk	Table tennis	Men's singles class 9
Silver	Thomas Geierspichler	Athletics	Men's 800m T52
Silver	Thomas Geierspichler	Athletics	Men's 5000m T52
Silver	Thomas Geierspichler	Athletics	Men's marathon T52
Silver	Willibald Monschein	Athletics	Men's shot put F11
Silver	Rene Schwarz	Athletics	Men's shot put F54
Silver	Johann Mayrhofer	Cycling	Men's handcycle time trial HC B/C
Silver	Wolfgang Dabernig	Cycling	Men's bicycle road race/time trial LC4
Silver	Wolfgang Eibeck	Cycling	Men's bicycle 4 km individual pursuit LC1
Silver	Hubert Aufschnaiter	Shooting	Mixed sport pistol SH1
Silver	Stanisław Frączyk Rene Gutdeutsch	Table tennis	Men's teams class 9
Bronze	Thomas Geierspichler	Athletics	Men's 400m T52
Bronze	Dennis Wliszczak	Athletics	Men's high jump F42
Bronze	Christoph Etzlstorfer	Cycling	Men's handcycle road race HC A
Bronze	Hubert Aufschnaiter	Shooting	Men's air pistol SH1

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gottfried Ferchl	T53	800m	1:50.00	11	did not advance
	T54	Marathon	N/A				1:50:19	25
Stefan Gaggl	T46	100m	11.60	8 q	N/A		11.43	5
		200m	22.97	7 q	N/A		23.27	7
Thomas Geierspichler	T52	400m	N/A
		800m	2:05.18	3 Q	N/A		1:58.69
		1500m	3:59.60	3 Q	N/A		3:49.06 PR
		5000m	N/A				13:10.94
		Marathon	N/A				2:06:10
Michael Linhart	T44	200m	25.96	10	did not advance
Bil Marinkovic	T11	100m	12.24	16	did not advance
Robert Mayer	T44	100m	12.39	7 Q	N/A		12.18	7
		400m	55.67	6 Q	N/A		55.02	7

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Wolfgang Dubin	F36	Discus	29.84	-	6
		Shot put	DSQ
Bernhard Eitzinger	F35	Discus	29.52	-	8
		Javelin	26.28	-	9
		Shot put	9.59	-	10
Bil Marinkovic	F11	Javelin	49.33 WR	-
		Long jump	5.71	-	10
Willibald Monschein	F11	Shot put	12.27	-
	F12	Discus	26.83	-	11
Dietmar Schmee	F44/46	Shot put	DNS
Rene Schwarz	F54	Javelin	18.93	-	7
		Shot put	8.95	-
Georg Tischler	F54	Discus	22.92	-	8
		Shot put	9.67 WR	-
Dennis Wliszczak	F42	High jump	1.68	-

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Andrea Scherney	F42-46	Discus	34.54	1067	9
		Shot put	11.33	1056	5
	F44/46	Long jump	5.02	1248 WR
Evelyn Schmied	F54/55	Discus	12.42	823	9
		Shot put	5.23	860	9

Boccia

Mixed individual

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gerhard Gahleitner	Mixed individual BC1	Beltran (ESP)	L 4-5	6	did not advance
		Taksee (THA)	L 3-6
		Shelly (IRL)	L 1-6
		Pearse (GBR)	L 0-11
		Villano (ARG)	L 1-5
Harald Grossmayer	Mixed individual BC1	Jorgensen (DEN)	L 0-7	2 Q	N/A	Sanders (NZL) W 5-4	Aandalen (NOR) L 3-4	Padtong (THA) L 3-4	4
		Ibarburen (ARG)	W 11-3
		Hawker (USA)	W 8-0
		Lanoix-Boyer (CAN)	W 5-2
Eva Maria Prossegger	Mixed individual BC1	Sanders (NZL)	L 4-13	3	did not advance
		Fernandez (POR)	L 0-4
		Robinson (GBR)	W 3-2
		Vanhoek (CAN)	W 7-1
		Cid (ESP)	W/O
Hubert Steirer	Mixed individual BC2	Siddiqi (DEN)	W 16-0	1 Q	Goncalves (POR) L 2-6	did not advance
		Mongkolpun (THA)	W 4-3
		Murphy (IRL)	W 7-0

Mixed pairs/teams

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gerhard Gahleitner Harald Grossmayer Eva Maria Prossegger Hubert Steirer	Mixed teams BC1-2	Spain (ESP)	L 4-5	3	did not advance
		Great Britain (GBR)	L 1-11
		Argentina (ARG)	W 5-3
		Canada (CAN)	W 12-3
		Norway (NOR)	W 13-0

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Wolfgang Dabernig	Men's road race/time trial LC4	-
Wolfgang Eibeck	Men's road race/time trial LC1	-
Christoph Etzlstorfer	Men's handcycle road race HC div A	1:10:40
	Men's handcycle time trial HC div A	11:55.11
Alfred Kaiblinger	Men's road race/time trial LC2	-	13
Michael Kurz	Men's road race/time trial CP div 4	-	6
Johann Mayrhofer	Men's handcycle road race HC div B/C	1:17:29
	Men's handcycle time trial HC div B/C	18:16.42
Wolfgang Schattauer	Men's handcycle road race HC div A	1:13:51	5
	Men's handcycle time trial HC div A	12:52.04	4

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1st round		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Wolfgang Dabernig	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				1:18.57	30
	Men's individual pursuit LC4	4:45.16	3 q	N/A		Beier (GER) L OVL	4
Wolfgang Eibeck	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				1:10.74	7
	Men's individual pursuit LC1	4:53.90	2 Q	Brechtel (GER) W 4:56.06	2 Q	Brooks (AUS) L 4:58.44
Alfred Kaiblinger	Men's 1km time trial LC1-4	N/A				1:18.75	31
	Men's individual pursuit LC2	5:44.23	8 Q	Alcaide (ESP) L OVL	-	did not advance
Michael Kurz	Men's 1km time trial CP div 3/4	N/A				1:22.42	17
	Men's individual pursuit CP div 4	4:11.17	9	did not advance

Equestrian

Athlete	Event	Total
		Score	Rank
Thomas Haller	Mixed individual championship test grade II	60.091	15
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	67.333	14

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Hubert Aufschnaiter	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	564	2 Q	94.6	658.6
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	574	2 Q	98.0	672.0
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	530	3 Q	82.2	612.2	6
Walter Holzner	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	588	4 Q	102.5	690.5	6
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1118	13	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	568	32	did not advance
Oscar Kreuzer	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	554	14	did not advance
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	546	15	did not advance
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	512	16	did not advance
Werner Mueller	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	583	10	did not advance
	Men's 50m air rifle 3 positions SH1	1127	9	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	592	41	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	566	34	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Thomas Rosenberger	SB3	50m breaststroke	57.66	6 Q	57.33	6
	SM4	150m individual medley	3:06.49	11	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Janine Schmid	S7	100m freestyle	1:25.15	12	did not advance
		400m freestyle	6:07.73	7 Q	6:02.67	6
		100m backstroke	1:35.11	5 Q	1:34.96	6

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Manfred Dollmann	Men's singles 3	Kosco (SVK) W 3-0	Rawson (GBR) W 3-2	Scheuvens (GER) W 3-0	1 Q	Bye	Robin (FRA) L 0-3	did not advance
Stanisław Frączyk	Men's singles 9	Lu (CHN) W 3-0	Chateigner (FRA) L 2-3	N/A	1 Q	Bye	Heijnen (NED) W 3-1	Leibovitz (USA) W 3-0	Lu (CHN) W 3-0
Rene Gutdeutsch	Men's singles 9	Hsu (TPE) L 1-3	Sérignat (FRA) L 0-3	Cinibulk (CZE) W 3-2	3	did not advance
Rudolf Hajek	Men's singles 2	Kurkinen (FIN) L 0–3	Boury (FRA) L 0–3	Mardani (IRI) W 3–1	3	did not advance
Egon Kramminger	Men's singles 3	Kesler (SCG) L 1-3	Glazar (CZE) W 3-2	Siachos (GRE) W 3-0	2 Q	Piñas (ESP) L 2-3	did not advance
Hans Reup	Men's singles 2	Kim (KOR) L 0-3	Revúcky (SVK) L 0-3	Gruenkemeyer (GER) W 3-0	3	did not advance
Peter Wolf	Men's singles 3	Guertler (GER) L 0-3	Verger (FRA) L 0-3	Nars (EGY) W 3-1	4	did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rudolf Hajek Hans Reup	Men's teams 1-2	France (FRA) L 2-3	Germany (GER) L 1–3	3	did not advance
Manfred Dollmann Egon Kramminger Peter Wolf	Men's teams 3	Germany (GER) L 2-3	Great Britain (GBR) L 1-3	3	did not advance
Stanisław Frączyk Rene Gutdeutsch	Men's teams 9	United States (USA) W 3-1	Japan (JPN) W 3-0	1 Q	Chinese Taipei (TPE) W 3-1	Netherlands (NED) L 2-3

Wheelchair tennis

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Herbert Baumgartner	Open	Men's singles	Silva (SRI) W 6–2, 6–0	Mistry (GBR) L 7–6, 5–7, 1–6	did not advance
Stefan Krieghofer			Wikstrom (SWE) L 3–6, 1–6	did not advance
Martin Legner			Peem Mee (THA) W 6–2, 6–0	Tur (ESP) W 6–1, 6–1	Farkas (HUN) W 6–0, 6–1	Welch (USA) L 2–6, 3–6	did not advance
Adolf Peinsith			Jeremiasz (FRA) DNS	did not advance
Herbert Baumgartner Martin Legner		Men's doubles	N/A	Hubbard (RSA) /   Victor (RSA) W 6–0, 6–1	Olsson (SWE) /   Wikstrom (SWE) L 4–6, 4–6	did not advance
Stefan Krieghofer Adolf Peinsith			N/A	Kruamai (THA) /   Peem Mee (THA) L 2–6, 3–6	did not advance

See also

• Austria at the Paralympics
• Austria at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
2. "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.