Austria at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Austria at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  AUT
NOC Austrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.oeoc.at (German)
At the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz
Competitors 39 (34 men, 5 women) in 8 sports
Medals
Rank: 7		 Gold
0		 Silver
3		 Bronze
1		 Total
4
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Austria competed at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Böckl, WillyWilly Böckl Figure skating Men's singles
 Silver Burger, FritziFritzi Burger Figure skating Women's singles
 Silver Scholz, LillyLilly Scholz
Kaiser, OttoOtto Kaiser 		Figure skating Pairs
 Bronze Brunner, MelittaMelitta Brunner
Wrede, LudwigLudwig Wrede 		Figure skating Pairs

Bobsleigh

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
AUT-1 Franz Lorenz
Franz Wohlgemuth
Eduard Pechanda
Benno Karner
Richard Lorenz		 Five-man 1:44.2 14 DSQ – DSQ –
AUT-2 Gustav Mader
Hugo Weinstengel
Michael Waissnix
Walter Sehr
Franz Pamperl		 Five-man 1:52.3 23 1:49.7 22 3:42.0 22

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Harald Paumgarten 1'51:43 17

Figure skating

Men
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Ludwig Wrede Men's singles 10 6 53 1368.75 8
Karl Schäfer 6 4 35 1463.75 4
Willy Böckl 2 2 13 1625.50 2nd
Women
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Grete Kubitschek Women's singles 15 17 110 1778.50 17
Ilse Hornung 10 7 54 2050.75 8
Melitta Brunner 7 9 48 2087.50 7
Fritzi Burger 6 2 25 2248.50 2nd
Pairs
Athletes Points Score Final rank
Melitta Brunner
Ludwig Wrede		 29 93.25 3rd
Lilly Scholz
Otto Kaiser		 17 99.25 2nd

Ice hockey

Group C

The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W L T GF GA
  Switzerland210154
 Austria200244
 Germany201101
February 11   Switzerland 4:4
(2:4,1:0,1:0)		  Austria
February 11  Austria 0:0
-		 Germany
—  Austria (AUT)
Herbert Brück
Walter Brück
Jacques Dietrichstein
Hans Ertl
Josef Göbl
Hans Kail
Herbert Klang
Ulrich Lederer
Walter Sell
Reginald Spevak
Hans Tatzer
Harry Weiß

Nordic combined

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
Harald Paumgarten Individual 1'51:43 12.750 10 38.5 38.0 10.958 24 11.854 17

Skeleton

Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Louis Hasenknopf 1:15.4 9 1:10.9 8 1:10.4 8 3:36.7 8
Franz Unterlechner 1:05.9 8 1:03.4 5 1:04.2 5 3:13.5 6

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Jump 1 (Dist.) Jump 2 (Dist.) Total
Points Rank
Harald Bosio Normal hill 36.5 52.0 12.062 29

Speed skating

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Rudolf Riedl 49.1 24
Otto Polacsek 47.5 21
Fritz Moser 46.7 18
1500 m Rudolf Riedl 2:37.8 22
Fritz Moser 2:31.4 16
5000 m Fritz Moser 9:57.8 27
Rudolf Riedl 9:53.5 26
Otto Polacsek 9:08.9 8

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