Austria at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Austria at the 1988 Winter Olympics

IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.oeoc.at (in German)
in Calgary
Competitors	81 (66 men, 15 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Leonhard Stock (alpine skiing)
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 3 Silver 5 Bronze 2 Total 10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Austria competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	9	8	17
Biathlon	5	–	5
Bobsleigh	8	–	8
Cross-country skiing	4	4	8
Figure skating	1	1	2
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Luge	6	1	7
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	2	1	3
Total	66	15	81

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Hubert Strolz	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	17 February
Gold	Anita Wachter	Alpine skiing	Women's combined	21 February
Gold	Sigrid Wolf	Alpine skiing	Women's super-G	22 February
Silver	Bernhard Gstrein	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	17 February
Silver	Helmut Mayer	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	21 February
Silver	Michael Hadschieff	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 metres	21 February
Silver	Hubert Strolz	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	25 February
Silver	Klaus Sulzenbacher	Nordic combined	Individual	28 February
Bronze	Michael Hadschieff	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	20 February
Bronze	Hansjörg Aschenwald Günther Csar Klaus Sulzenbacher	Nordic combined	Team	24 February

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Günther Mader	Downhill			2:03.96	19
Anton Steiner				2:02.19	7
Gerhard Pfaffenbichler				2:02.02	5
Leonhard Stock				2:01.56	4
Leonhard Stock	Super-G			1:42.36	8
Günther Mader				1:41.96	5
Hubert Strolz				1:41.11	4
Helmut Mayer				1:40.96
Günther Mader	Giant Slalom	1:06.74	1:03.30	2:10.04	11
Helmut Mayer		1:06.32	1:02.77	2:09.09	7
Rudolf Nierlich		1:05.75	1:03.17	2:08.92	5
Hubert Strolz		1:05.05	1:02.36	2:07.41
Rudolf Nierlich	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Günther Mader		52.69	DNF	DNF	–
Thomas Stangassinger		52.42	DNF	DNF	–
Bernhard Gstrein		51.87	48.21	1:40.08	4

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Thomas Stangassinger	1:54.70	44.76	42.93	107.87	13
Bernhard Gstrein	1:50.20	43.17	42.65	43.45
Günther Mader	1:49.56	DNF	–	DNF	–
Hubert Strolz	1:48.51	44.56	42.75	36.55

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Sigrid Wolf	Downhill			DNF	–
Anita Wachter				DNF	–
Elisabeth Kirchler				1:27.19	8
Petra Kronberger				1:27.03	6
Sylvia Eder	Super-G			1:22.39	25
Elisabeth Kirchler				1:21.16	15
Anita Wachter				1:20.36	5
Sigrid Wolf				1:19.03
Sigrid Wolf	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Petra Kronberger		1:02.41	1:09.90	2:12.31	14
Ulrike Maier		1:01.41	1:06.59	2:08.10	6
Anita Wachter		1:00.23	1:08.15	2:08.38	7
Anita Wachter	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Ulrike Maier		50.94	49.60	1:40.54	10
Roswitha Steiner		50.43	48.34	1:38.77	4
Ida Ladstätter		49.71	49.88	1:39.59	6

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Ulrike Maier	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Sylvia Eder	1:19.68	42.03	43.88	92.86	12
Petra Kronberger	1:18.36	44.53	43.25	88.01	11
Anita Wachter	1:17.14	40.68	42.29	29.25

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Alfred Eder	2	27:57.3	40
	Egon Leitner	2	27:42.4	37
	Bruno Hofstätter	1	27:02.8	23
	Franz Schuler	1	26:45.0	17

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Franz Schuler	55:24.5	8	1'03:24.5	36
	Egon Leitner	58:52.3	3	1'01:52.3	27
	Alfred Eder	55:39.7	6	1'01:39.7	26
	Bruno Hofstätter	57:05.1	4	1'01:05.1	24

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Anton Lengauer-Stockner Bruno Hofstätter Franz Schuler Alfred Eder	0	1'24:17.6	4

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Ingo Appelt Harald Winkler	Two-man	57.22	2	59.83	12	1:00.00	5	59.44	9	3:56.49	5
AUT-2	Peter Kienast Christian Mark	Two-man	58.19	13	58.96	4	1:00.48	12	59.28	7	3:56.91	8

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
AUT-1	Peter Kienast Franz Siegl Christian Mark Kurt Teigl	Four-man	57.07	11	57.40	4	56.27	2	57.91	8	3:48.65	6
AUT-2	Ingo Appelt Josef Muigg Gerhard Redl Harald Winkler	Four-man	56.93	8	57.51	5	56.41	4	58.10	13	3:48.95	7

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Johann Standmann	46:04.1	42
	Alois Stadlober	45:38.5	36
	André Blatter	45:15.2	32
	Alois Schwarz	45:06.9	31
30 km C	Johann Standmann	1'34:24.8	44
	Alois Stadlober	1'32:00.0	33
	Alois Schwarz	1'29:34.4	18
50 km F	Alois Stadlober	DNF	–
	Alois Schwarz	2'17:03.5	41
	Johann Standmann	2'13:39.3	36
	André Blatter	2'10:43.6	19

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
André Blatter Alois Schwarz Johann Standmann Alois Stadlober	1'49:14.5	10

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Hildegard Embacher	17:18.6	45
	Margot Kober	16:39.2	36
	Maria Theurl	16:36.7	34
	Cornelia Sulzer	16:09.7	20
10 km C	Maria Theurl	DNF	–
	Hildegard Embacher	34:53.2	42
	Margot Kober	32:22.2	34
	Cornelia Sulzer	32:17.1	26
20 km F	Margot Kober	DNF	–
	Hildegard Embacher	1'07:35.1	50
	Cornelia Sulzer	1'03:01.2	37

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Figure skating

Ice Dancing

Athletes	CD	OD	FD	TFP	Rank
Kathrin Beck Christoff Beck	5	5	5	10.0	5

Ice hockey

Group B

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	32	10	10
West Germany	5	4	1	0	19	12	8
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	23	14	6
United States	5	2	3	0	27	27	4
Austria	5	0	4	1	12	29	1
Norway	5	0	4	1	11	32	1

USA 10-6 Austria
Soviet Union 8-1 Austria
Austria 1-3 West Germany
Austria 4-0 Czechoslovakia
Austria 4-4 Norway

Game for 9th place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Austria	3–2	Poland

Team Roster

Andreas Salat

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gerhard Sandbichler	46.911	14	46.990	15	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Otto Mayregger	46.777	10	46.896	14	46.925	11	46.931	8	3:07.619	9
Markus Prock	46.637	8	46.632	4	47.637	22	46.829	5	3:07.735	11

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georg Fluckinger Robert Manzenreiter	46.135	8	46.229	3	1:32.364	5
Gerhard Sandbichler Franz Lechleitner	46.771	14	46.691	9	1:33.462	12

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andrea Tagwerker	46.787	13	47.140	13	46.735	9	46.839	14	3:07.501	12

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Points	Rank
Günther Csar	Individual	196.2	25	3:35.4	45:26.2	378.430	34
Klaus Ofner		208.9	11	2:10.7	43:26.3	396.410	22
Hansjörg Aschenwald		214.1	7	1:36.0	43:55.5	392.025	24
Klaus Sulzenbacher		228.5	1	0:00.0	39:46.5	429.375

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athletes	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Hansjörg Aschenwald Günther Csar Klaus Sulzenbacher	626.6	2	0:16.0	1'21:16.9

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Ernst Vettori	Normal hill	79.5	94.8	76.0	86.7	181.5	24
Andreas Felder		80.5	96.9	81.0	95.2	192.1	12
Günther Stranner		83.5	98.7	78.0	87.9	186.6	20
Heinz Kuttin		87.0	105.3	80.5	94.4	199.7	6
Ernst Vettori	Large hill	103.0	94.1	96.5	82.5	176.6	28
Günther Stranner		112.0	106.7	94.5	78.2	184.9	20
Heinz Kuttin		112.0	108.2	98.5	85.3	193.5	12
Andreas Felder		113.5	110.3	103.0	93.6	203.9	6

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Ernst Vettori Heinz Kuttin Günther Stranner Andreas Felder	577.6	5

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Christian Eminger	39.70	34
500 m	Michael Hadschieff	37.90	26
1000 m	Michael Hadschieff	1:13.84	6
1500 m	Michael Hadschieff	1:52.31
5000 m	Christian Eminger	6:57.22	20
5000 m	Michael Hadschieff	6:48.72	5
10,000 m	Christian Eminger	14:30.21	19
10,000 m	Michael Hadschieff	13:56.11

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Emese Nemeth-Hunyady	41.38	19
1000 m	Emese Nemeth-Hunyady	1:22.22	16
3000 m	Emese Nemeth-Hunyady	4:27.56	14

References

^ Canada at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com

Nations at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada

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