Austria competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 102 competitors, 71 men and 31 women, took part in 72 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Archery

In its third appearance in archery competition at the Olympics, Austria again entered only one competitor. This time, however, it was the first Austrian woman to compete in Olympic archery.

Austria at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Women's Individual Competition

Ursula Valenta — 2395 points (→ 32nd place)

Austria at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athletics

Men's Marathon

Gerhard Hartmann

Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Austria at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Decathlon

Georg Werthner

Final — 8028 points (→ 9th place)

Men's 20 km Walk

Martin Toporek

Final — 1:33:58 (→ 29th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

Johann Lindner

Qualification — 71.28 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

Erwin Weitzl

Qualifying Round — 18.96 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Konrad König First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Khemais Refai (Tunisia), RSC-1

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) Olaf Mayer First Round — Lost to Peter Hussing (West Germany), 0:5

Canoeing

Cycling

Nine cyclists, seven men and two women, represented Austria in 1984.

Men's individual road race

Helmut Wechselberger

Kurt Zellhofer

Johann Traxler

Paul Popp

Team time trial

Karl Krenauer

Hans Lienhart

Peter Muckenhuber

Helmut Wechselberger

1000m time trial

Paul Popp

Individual pursuit

Karl Krenauer

Points race

Kurt Zellhofer

Paul Popp

Women's individual road race

Johanna Hack → 26th place

Hilde Dobiasch → 38th place

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

Eight fencers, all men, represented Austria in 1984.

Men's foil

Robert Blaschka

Joachim Wendt

Georg Somloi

Men's team foil

Joachim Wendt, Dieter Kotlowski, Georg Somloi, Robert Blaschka, Georg Loisel

Men's épée

Arno Strohmeyer

Hannes Lembacher

Men's sabre

Hanns Brandstätter

Handball

Women's Team Competition

Team Roster

Ulrike Popp

Martina Neubauer

Susanne Unger

Milena Gschiessl-Foltyn

Maria Sykora

Sylvia Steinbauer

Karin Hillinger

Elisabeth Zehetner

Gabriele Gebauer

Vesna Radovic

Teresa Zielewicz

Monika Unger

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Austria in 1984.

Men's Individual Competition: Michael Billwein — 4760 points (→ 32nd place) Ingo Peirits — 3682 points (→ 51st place) Horst Stocker — 3432 points (→ 52nd place)

Men's Team Competition: Billwein, Peirits, and Stocker — 11874 points (→ 17th place)

Rowing

Sailing

Men

Open

Shooting

Men

Women

Open

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

Alexander Pilhatsch

Heat — 52.25 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Thomas Böhm

Heat — 1:04.60

B-Final — 1:04.99 (→ 13th place) Gerhard Prohaska Heat — 1:06.41 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Thomas Böhm

Heat — 2:22.17

B-Final — 2:22.09 (→ 14th place) Gerhard Prohaska Heat — 2:27.85 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Alexander Pilhatsch

Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 200m Butterfly

Sonja Hausladen

Heat — 2:13.50

Final — 2:15.38 (→ 7th place) Brigitte Wanderer Heat — 2:21.16 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Brigitte Wanderer

Heat — 2:26.85 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Sonja Hausladen

Heat — 4:58.68

B-Final — 4:57.78 (→ 13th place) Monika Bayer Heat — 5:05.61 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Synchronized swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984

Summer Olympics