Austria at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Austria at the 1900 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AUT
NOC	Austrian Olympic Committee
Website	www.oeoc.at (in German)
in Paris
Competitors	14 in 3 sports
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Austria competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Austrian and Hungarian results at early Olympics are generally kept separate despite the union of the two nations as Austria-Hungary at the time.

14 Austrian competitors entered 3 disciplines, with 20 entries across 11 events.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Karl Ruberl	Swimming	men's 200 metre backstroke
Silver	Otto Wahle	Swimming	men's 1000 metre freestyle
Silver	Otto Wahle	Swimming	men's 200 metre obstacle event
Bronze	Siegfried Flesch	Fencing	sabre
Bronze	Milan Neralić	Fencing	masters sabre
Bronze	Karl Ruberl	Swimming	men's 200 metre freestyle

Results by event[]

Aquatics[]

Swimming[]

Four swimmers represented Austria in 1900. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Swimmer	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karl Ruberl	200 m freestyle	2:22.6	1 Q	2:32.0
Otto Wahle		2:35.6	1 Q	DNS
Richard von Foregger		4:32.0	4	Did not advance
Karl Ruberl	200 m backstroke	2:56.0	1 Q	2:56.0
Otto Wahle	1000 m freestyle	15:27.0	2 q	14:43.6
Alois Anderlé	4000 m freestyle	1:26:25.6	4 q	DNF
Karl Ruberl	200 m obstacle event	3:06.0	2 Q	2:51.2	4
Otto Wahle		2:56.1	1 Q	2:40.0

Athletics[]

Two Austrian athletes competed in three events, not winning any medals in the sport. It was Austria's first appearance in athletics.

Equestrian[]

Austria had two riders in 1900, the debut of equestrian at the Olympics.

Fencing[]

Austria competed for the second time in fencing at the 1900 Games. The Austrian saberists won a pair of bronze medals, the nation's first medals in the sport.

Fencer	Event	Round 1	Quarterfinal	Repechage	Semifinal	Final
Rudolf Brosch	Men's foil	Advanced by jury	Sent to Repechage by jury	Advanced by jury	4th Q	8th
van der Stoppen		Advanced by jury	Not advanced by jury	Did not advance
Heinrich Rischtoff		Not advanced by jury	Did not advance
Siegfried Flesch	Men's sabre	Top 4 in group	N/A		3rd in group Q
Heinrich von Tenner		Top 4 in group	N/A		2nd in group Q	7th
Camillo Müller		Top 4 in group	N/A		2nd in group Q	8th
Harstein		Top 4 in group	N/A		Not in top 4	Did not advance
Milan Neralić	Men's masters sabre	Top 4 in group	N/A		4th in group Q

References[]

• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "1900 Olympians from Austria". Accessed 11 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7864-0378-3.