Austria at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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| Austria at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||
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| At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 13 in 3 sports | |||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 3 |
Bronze 3 |
Total 6 |
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Austria competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympics are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.
13 Austrian competitors entered 3 disciplines, with 19 entries across 10 events.
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[edit] Medals
[edit] Silver
- Karl Ruberl — swimming, men's 200 metre backstroke
- Otto Wahle — swimming, men's 1000 metre freestyle
- Otto Wahle — swimming, men's 200 metre obstacle event
[edit] Bronze
- Siegfried Flesch — fencing, sabre
- Milan Neralić — fencing, masters sabre
- Karl Ruberl — swimming, men's 200 metre freestyle
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Athletics
One Austrian athlete competed in two events, not winning any medals in the sport.
| Event | Place | Athlete | Final |
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| 1500 metres | 6th | Hermann Wraschtil | Unknown |
| 2500 metre steeplechase | 5th | Hermann Wraschtil | Unknown |
[edit] Fencing
Austria competed for the second time in fencing at the 1900 Games. The Austrian saberists won a pair of bronze medals, the nation's first medals in the sport.
| Event | Place | Fencer | Round 1 | Quarterfinals | Repechage | Semifinals | Final |
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| Foil | 8th | Rudolf Brosch | Advanced by jury |
To repechage by jury |
Advanced by jury |
4th place semifinal A |
8th place |
| 25-34 | van der Stoppen | Advanced by jury |
Not advanced by jury |
Did not advance | |||
| 38-54 | Heinrich Rischtoff | Not advanced by jury |
Did not advance | ||||
| Sabre | 3rd | Siegfried Flesch | 1st-4th in pool |
None held | 3rd place semifinal A |
3rd place | |
| 7th | Heinrich von Tenner | 1st-4th in pool |
2nd place semifinal B |
7th place | |||
| 8th | Camillo Müller | 1st-4th in pool |
2nd place semifinal A |
8th place | |||
| 9-16 | Harstein | 1st-4th in pool |
5th-8th semifinal A |
Did not advance | |||
| Masters sabre | 3rd | Milan Neralić | 1st-4th in pool |
None held | 4th place semifinal A |
3rd place | |
| 9-10 | Horvath | 1st-4th in pool |
5th place semifinal A |
Did not advance | |||
[edit] Swimming
| Event | Place | Swimmer | Semifinals | Final |
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| Men's 200 metre freestyle |
3rd | Karl Ruberl | 2:22.6 1st, semifinal 5 |
2:32.0 |
| 10th | Otto Wahle | 2:35.6 1st, semifinal 1 |
Did not start | |
| Men's 1000 metre freestyle |
2nd | Otto Wahle | 15:27.0 2nd, semifinal 3 |
14:43.6 |
| Men's 4000 metre freestyle |
8th | Anderlé | 1:26:25.6 4th, semifinal 1 |
Did not finish |
| Men's 200 metre backstroke |
2nd | Karl Ruberl | 2:56.0 1st, semifinal 3 |
2:56.0 |
| Men's 200 metre obstacle event |
2nd | Otto Wahle | 2:56.0 1st, semifinal 2 |
2:40.0 |
| 4th | Karl Ruberl | 3:06.0 2nd, semifinal 1 |
2:51.2 | |
| Event | Place | Swimmer | Seconds | Metres | Score |
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| Men's underwater swimming | 13th | Anderlé | 22.4 | 23.50 | 69.4 |
[edit] References
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "1900 Olympians from Austria". Accessed 11 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
- Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.
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