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Austria at the 1896 Summer Olympics

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Austria at the
1896 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAUT
NOCAustrian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympia.at (in German)
in Athens, Greece
6 April 1896 – 15 April 1896
Competitors3 in 3 sports and 9 events
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Three sportsmen from Austria competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics. Though Austria was then a part of Austria-Hungary, most sources separate Austrian competitors from the Hungarians at the 1896 Games.

Medalists

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The following competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Adolf Schmal Cycling Men's 12 hour race April 13
 Gold Paul Neumann Swimming 500 m freestyle April 11
 Silver Otto Herschmann Swimming 100 m Freestyle April 11
 Bronze Adolf Schmal Cycling 10 km April 11
 Bronze Adolf Schmal Cycling Time trial April 11
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Swimming 1 1 0 2
Cycling 1 0 2 3
Total 2 1 2 5
Medals by day
Day Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 6 April 0 0 0 0
2 7 April 0 0 0 0
3 8 April 0 0 0 0
4 9 April 0 0 0 0
5 10 April 0 0 0 0
6 11 April 1 1 2 4
7 12 April 0 0 0 0
8 13 April 1 0 0 1
Total 2 1 2 5

Multiple medalists

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The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1896 Olympic Games.

Name Medal Sport Event
Adolf Schmal  Gold
 Bronze
 Bronze
Cycling Men's 12 hour race
Men's track time trial
Men's 10 kilometres

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Cycling 1 0 1
Fencing 1 0 1
Swimming 2 0 2
Total 3[1] 0 3

Cycling

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All three of Schmal's medals were won in the cycling competitions, even though he competed in two different sports. He competed in four events, earning a top three finish in three of them. In the time trial event, Schmal tied for second place Stamatios Nikolopoulos. A race-off between the two broke the tie in favor of the Greek athlete.

Track

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Athlete Event Time / Distance Rank
Adolf Schmal Time trial 26.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Adolf Schmal 10 km Unknown 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Adolf Schmal 100 km DNF
Adolf Schmal 12 hour race 295.300 km 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Fencing

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Schmal also competed in the sabre fencing tournament, placing fourth in the five-man round robin.

Athlete Event Final
MW ML Rank
Adolf Schmal Men's sabre 1 3 4

Swimming

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Two Austrian swimmers competed in 1896. One of the two competed in each of the three open events, and each swimmer won one medal.

Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Otto Herschmann 100 m freestyle 1:22.8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Paul Neumann 500 m freestyle 8:12.6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Otto Herschmann DNS
Paul Neumann 1200 m freestyle DNF

References

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  1. ^ Adolf Schmal competed in cycling and fencing.
  • Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at [1])
  • Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at [2])
  • Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.