Austria at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Austria at the Olympic Games
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	92 (55 men and 37 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Wolfram Waibel
Medals	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 3
Olympic history (summary)
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Intercalated Games
1906

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]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Sieber, ChristophChristoph Sieber	Sailing	Men's Mistral
01 ! Gold	Hagara, RomanRoman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Sailing	Men's Tornado
02 ! Silver	Graf, StephanieStephanie Graf	Athletics	Women's 800 metres

Athletics

Men's 100 m

• Martin Lachkovics
  1. Round 1 — 10.41 (did not advance)
  2. Round 2 — 10.44 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Martin Lachkovics
  1. Round 1 — 21 (did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Elmar Lichtenegger
  1. Round 1 — 13.65
  2. Round 2 — 13.73
  3. Semifinal — 13.59 (did not advance)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Günther Weidlinger
  1. Round 1 — 08:24.07
  2. Final — 08:26.70 (8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Gregor Hoegler
  1. Qualifying — 80.89 (did not advance)

Men's marathon

• Michael Buchleitner
  1. Final — 2:19:26 (33rd place)

Men's Decathlon

• Klaus Ambrosch
  1. 100 m — 11.01
  2. 400 m — 50.23
  3. 100 m Hurdles — 14.92
  4. 1,500 m — 04:40.94
  5. Shot Put — 15.30
  6. Discus Throw — 41.22
  7. Javelin Throw — 67.94
  8. Long Jump — 7.17
  9. High Jump — 1.91
  10. Pole Vault — 4.60
  • Points — 7917.00 (18th place)

Women's 100 m

• Karin Mayr
  1. Round 1 — 11.50 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m

• Karin Mayr
  1. Round 1 — 23.90 (did not advance)

Women's 800 m

• Stephanie Graf
  1. Round 1 — 01:58.39
  2. Semifinal — 01:57.56
  3. Final — 01:56.64 (Silver medal)

Women's 5,000 m

• Susanne Pumper
  1. Round 1 — 15:16.66 (did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Valentina Fedjuschina
  1. Qualifying — 17.84
  2. Final — 17.14 (12th place)

Women's High Jump

• Linda Horvath
  1. Qualifying — 1.89 (did not advance)

Women's Pole Vault

• Doris Auer
  1. Qualifying — 4.30
  2. Final — 4.25 (9th place)

Beach volleyball

• Nikolas Berger and Oliver Stamm — 9th place (tied)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Uschi Profanter
  1. Qualifying Heat — 01:56.118
  2. Semifinal — 01:55.626
  3. Final — 02:20.598 (8th place)

Slalom

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles

• Helmut Oblinger
  1. Qualifying — 253.94
  2. Final — 226.45 (4th place)

• Manuel Koehler
  1. Qualifying — 255.79
  2. Final — 226.80 (6th place)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles

• Violetta Oblinger-Peters
  1. Qualifying — 308.48
  2. Final — 282.29 (15th place)

Cycling

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Rene Haselbacher
  1. Final — 1:02:38 (34th place)

Track Cycling

Men's competition

Men's Road Race

• Peter Wrolich
  1. Final — 5:30:46 (→ 23rd place)

• Gerrit Glomser
  1. Final — 5:30:46 (→ 41st place)

• Matthias Buxhofer
  1. Final — 5:30:46 (→ 51st place)

• Rene Haselbacher
  1. Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

Men's Point Race

• Franz Stocher
  • Points — 8
  • Laps Down — 1 (→ 6th place)

Men's Madison

• Werner Riebenbauer, Roland Garber
  • Final — 10 points (→ 5th place)

Women's competition

Women's Point Race

• Michaela Brunngraber
  • Points — 0 (→ 15th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Richard Frece
  1. Preliminary — 328.68 (31st place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Marion Reiff
  1. Preliminary — 206.55 (37th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Anja Richter-Libiseller
  1. Preliminary — 314.31
  2. Semi-final — 168.78- 483.09
  3. Final — 313.38-482.16 (7th place)

Women's Synchronized 10 Metre Platform

• Marion Reiff, Anja RichterLib
  1. Final — 294 (4th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Men's foil

• Benny Wendt
• Michael Ludwig

Men's épée

• Oliver Kayser
• Christoph Marik
• Michael Switak

Men's team épée

• Oliver Kayser, Christoph Marik, Michael Switak

Women's épée

• Andrea Rentmeister

Handball

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

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

Men's Mistral

• Christoph Sieber
  1. Race 1 — 1
  2. Race 2 — 2
  3. Race 3 — 1
  4. Race 4 — (24)
  5. Race 5 — 1
  6. Race 6 — 10
  7. Race 7 — 7
  8. Race 8 — (23)
  9. Race 9 — 4
  10. Race 10 — 5
  11. Race 11 — 7
  12. Final — 38 (Gold medal)

Men's Laser

• Andreas Geritzer
  1. Race 1 — 2
  2. Race 2 — 11
  3. Race 3 — (38)
  4. Race 4 — 9
  5. Race 5 — 11
  6. Race 6 — 7
  7. Race 7 — 15
  8. Race 8 — 15
  9. Race 9 — (44) DNF
  10. Race 10 — 5
  11. Race 11 — 3
  12. Final — 78 (5th place)

Men's Tornado

• Roman Hagara and Hans Peter Steinacher
  1. Race 1 — 3
  2. Race 2 — 1
  3. Race 3 — 2
  4. Race 4 — 1
  5. Race 5 — 1
  6. Race 6 — 4
  7. Race 7 — 1
  8. Race 8 — 1
  9. Race 9 — 2
  10. Race 10 — (17) — DNC
  11. Race 11 — (17) — DNC
  12. Final — 16 (Gold medal)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Denise Cesky
  1. Race 1 — 22
  2. Race 2 — 22
  3. Race 3 — 6
  4. Race 4 — 9
  5. Race 5 — 15
  6. Race 6 — 9
  7. Race 7 — 14
  8. Race 8 — 16
  9. Race 9 — (26)
  10. Race 10 — (24)
  11. Race 11 — 21
  12. Final — 134 (20th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Hannes Kalteis
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:03.66 (did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Hannes Kalteis
  • Preliminary Heat — 15:32.90 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Michael Windisch
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:01.20 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Patrick Schmollinger
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:02.87 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Maxim Podoprigora
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:14.37
  • Semi-final — 02:14.20 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Markus Rogan
  • Preliminary Heat — 57.35 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Markus Rogan
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:02.84 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Michael Windisch
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:05.15 (did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Michael Windisch
  • Preliminary Heat — 04:24.62 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Judith Draxler
  • Preliminary Heat — 26.26 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Judith Draxler
  • Preliminary Heat — 57.4 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

• Petra Zahrl
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:13.29 (did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Elvira Fischer
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:30.05 (did not advance)

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Johannes Enzenhofer — 1:51:02.48 (→ 29th place)

Notes

References

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