Austria at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Austria at the 1896 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.oeoc.at (in German)
in Athens
Competitors	3 in 3 sports
Medals	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
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[]

Austria finished in seventh position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and five medals overall.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Adolf Schmal	Cycling	12 hour race
Gold	Paul Neumann	Swimming	500 m freestyle
Silver	Otto Herschmann	Swimming	100 m Freestyle
Bronze	Adolf Schmal	Cycling	Time trial
Bronze	Adolf Schmal	Cycling	10 km

Results by event[]

Aquatics[]

Swimming[]

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

Swimmer	Events	Final
		Time	Rank
Otto Herschmann	100 m freestyle	1:22.8
Paul Neumann	500 m freestyle	8:12.6
	1200 m freestyle	DNF	—

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. 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[]

Cyclist	Event	Time / Distance	Rank
Adolf Schmal	Time trial	26.0
	10 km	Unknown
	100 km	DNF	—
	12 hour race	295.300 km

Fencing[]

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

References[]

• 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.