Austria at the 1896 Summer Olympics
- Austria at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Austria
games=1896 Summer
flagcaption=Flag of Austria within Austria-Hungary
competitors=3
sports=3
gold=2
silver=1
bronze=2
total=5
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
Austria finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and five medals overall.
Gold
* Paul Neumann — Swimming, Men's 500 metres Freestyle
* Adolf Schmal — Cycling, Men's 12 hour race
ilver
* Otto Herschmann — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Freestyle
Bronze
* Adolf Schmal — Cycling, Men's 333 metres
* Adolf Schmal — Cycling, Men's 10 kilometres
Results by event
Cycling
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.
wimming
Two Austrian swimmers competed in 1896. One of the two competed in each of the three open events, and each swimmer won one medal.
References
* (Digitally available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1896/1896.pdf] )
* (Excerpt available at [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/Mallon/1896.pdf] )
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